Water Impact

One year sometimes stands out among all the years that preceded it. Texans on Missions had such a year in 2024.

People require water to live, and they are used to turning on the faucet to get all they need. When safe water is no longer available, a potential disaster looms. A community near Utopia, west of San Antonio, had a “complete water failure” this year, and “there were 1,100 homes that had no water for almost seven weeks,” said Mitch Chapman, director of Texans on Mission Water Impact.

Mission trips often reveal contrasts — differences between things at home and those far away. Mikey Osborne and his family saw Christmas differently on a recent trip to Uganda. “It was pretty humbling to see kids get excited over things I wouldn’t normally even buy,” Osborne said. “It's an awakening to see a different perspective on gifts. It's easy to think you’re going to Africa to fix things, but I feel like Africa was kind of fixing me.”

Transforming lives through clean water and the Good News, Texans and Ugandans on Mission witnessed 910 professions of faith in Christ and 105 baptisms within the first six months of 2024.

Texans on Mission donated 21,160 bottles of water to Grand Prairie after thousands of its residents were directed not to come in contact with tap water.

Texans on Mission donated 1,680 cases of water to Quemado, Texas, after drought conditions led to failing water wells in the West Texas town.

A partnership between The Bucket Ministry, Texans on Mission and The Rising International Ministries will deliver God’s love through the gift of clean and safe drinking water to 400 homes in two Philippines villages – Besigan and Kibanog.

Give the money. Help drill the well. That’s what First Baptist Church in Hempstead has done over the past nine months through Texans on Mission’s Water Impact ministry in Peru, with an assist from First Baptist Church in Melissa.

Texans on Mission jumped into action after a software glitch caused Heath, Texas, to send out a boil water notice. Volunteers handed residents 4,000 bottles of water.