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Many residents along the Texas Gulf Coast were unable to do laundry after Hurricane Beryl, and Texans on Mission volunteers stepped in to help.

This week, Missouri college students worked with Texans on Mission volunteers to feed Houston residents. The need for relief continues as many are still waiting to regain power, and day after day the spirit of service remains steadfast.

Texans on Mission delivered two pallets of canned water to Love Is Ministry Dallas, a refugee ministry that hosts Vacation Bible Schools and soccer camps all summer for hundreds of refugee children in the area.

Ken Anderson “rode out Beryl” in his Jones Creek home south of Houston. “We got hit harder than anybody, I believe. Lots of damage. Thousands of trees down.” One of those trees uprooted by Hurricane Beryl landed on Anderson’s home.

The city of Houston is hot, and we’re not talking about the temperature. People are angry and frustrated. Five days after Hurricane Beryl swept across southeast Texas, large parts of Houston remain dark. Traffic lights, restaurants, homes all lack power in many places. Internet service is sporadic.

Texans on Mission has deployed two mass feeding units to meet needs in the shadow of the vast power outage caused by Hurricane Beryl in recent days. It also has three chainsaw teams working to remove trees from homes and cars, as well as to give people access to their houses.

The Texans on Mission State Feeding Unit rolled out to Houston Tuesday morning to serve meals after residents lost power due to Hurricane Beryl. Local TXM chainsaw teams are also in the area.

What do googly eyes, fuzzy yarns, zippers without openings and little stuffed animals poking out of pockets have in common? They are just a few of the items one would find garnishing fidget quilts designed by ladies in sewing rooms at Christian campgrounds.

Sounds of roaring electric saws and clanging hammers reverberate outdoors across Christian campgrounds courtesy of hardworking Texans on Mission Camp Builders volunteers. Inside, different sounds are heard. They're the whirs of sewing machines, snips of scissors and laughter from a great group of friends serving God in a remarkable way.

Last week at Super Summer Texas, Texans on Mission helped young leaders develop a personal life plan to impact the world in Christ’s name.

A group from Crosspoint Church in McKinney recently traveled with Proclaim Cuba to minister in that Caribbean country. They took with them water filters provided by Texans on Mission.

Jack Tennison has built more than 6,000 pieces of furniture for ministries from Texas to Canada to Cuba, but at age 92 he’s now lost count. Still, he and others working with him keep building.