Texans on Mission sent key disaster relief equipment to Florida this week in advance of Hurricane Milton’s landfall. The Dallas-based ministry is now seeking more volunteers to respond to what has become a two-hurricane disaster.
TXM sent a mobile mass feeding kitchen, large generator, shower/laundry unit and flood recovery unit to Florida Wednesday, while many Texas volunteers are still in North Carolina and Tennessee responding to Hurricane Helena devastation.
“We timed the deployment from Texas to ensure teams were on the ground quickly” after Hurricane Milton, said Mickey Lenamon, TXM chief executive officer. “With a storm of this magnitude, we anticipate people will be reeling and we want to begin meeting needs quickly.
“Back-to-back hurricanes of this size are stretching the volunteer corps of ministries across the country,” Lenamon said. “Texans on Mission volunteers are stepping up in incredible ways to minister in multiple locations.”
TXM has created a special website to facilitate recruitment of more volunteers — TexansOnMission.org/serve.
New volunteers can select dates and locations to plan for serving, Lenamon said. “You can even hop a weekly shuttle we're running from Dallas to Tennessee. As always, we'll take care of your lodging, meals and shower/laundry. All you need to do is minister in the name of Christ.”
In North Carolina and Tennessee, “disaster relief teams continue ramping up ministry as the reality of the situation sets in across the region,” Lenamon said. “Electricity is slow to come back. Entire towns have been washed away. People have lost their belongings and, in some cases, their livelihood. Hopelessness is widespread.
“In the midst of it all, Texans on Mission volunteers are delivering help, hope and healing in the name of Christ. Teams are cleaning out flooded homes, moving fallen trees and providing roughly 3,500 meals a day and counting.”
Lenamon thanked those who are praying for the people impacted by the hurricanes and for volunteers meeting needs. “Your prayers and support make a profound impact,” he said. “You are bringing help, hope and healing to people experiencing some of their most difficult days.”
TXM’s work is built on three pillars — volunteers, prayer and financial giving, he continued. And all three are “critical in our responses to these two hurricanes, not to mention Hurricane Francine’s devastation in Louisiana last month.”
Donations for TXM’s hurricane response may be sent via TexansOnMission.org/hurricanes.
