This is part of the Church's response to the Texas flooding

[RonJohnSilver]

Good afternoon TVBC Family,

Here is an update from Mickey Lenamon, the Chief Executive Officer at Texans on Mission, on the ongoing relief efforts in the Kerrville/Central Texas area following the catastrophic flooding this weekend.

"This morning, Texans on Mission deployed a wave of volunteers to help meet needs after the historic flooding in the Texas Hill Country. More teams will follow in the days ahead.

Record flooding has caused widespread devastation in Kerrville and the surrounding areas. Homes have been completely wiped off their foundations. The ones that haven’t been swept away sustained significant damage. Trees pummeled to the ground as flash floods raged through the towns. More than 80 people have died across the region, including 28 children. About a dozen people are still missing.

Within hours of the waters cresting, your disaster relief leaders were mobilizing through churches to assess the damage. Texans on Mission trained chaplains were on site immediately to provide spiritual and emotional support to the tight-knit community facing this unimaginable tragedy. The emotional toll placed on the families affected by the floods is heavy. They are hurting and desperately searching for hope.

Today, Texans on Mission deployed assessors, shower/laundry, box, electrical, electronic support, incident management, asset protection, volunteer feeding and more chaplains to Kerrville to begin serving. Flood recovery teams will deploy on Wednesday.

These teams will act as the hands and feet of Jesus, offering help, hope and healing to many people who are suffering.

How can you make an impact?

Please pray for those affected by the floods. There is hardly a resident in the area who was not touched in some way by the floods. Please pray for the volunteers and first responders who are working around the clock helping families find missing loved ones and helping families begin the long process of recovery.

You can also deliver help, hope and healing in the name of Christ by supporting the effort financially. When you donate to Texans on Mission, your gifts support life-changing ministries. You can give securely at TexansOnMission.org/hillcountry.

Thank you for living on mission with Christ. Because of you, we can serve and share God’s love with people in the midst of their most difficult days.

Mickey Lenamon

Chief Executive Officer

Texans on Mission"

 

[mattfivefour]

And here is an email from Franklin Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
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Pray for those suffering in the Texas Hill Country

Dear Friend,

Our hearts break for those who have been devastated by the catastrophic flooding in central Texas. Over 100 lives were lost as the Guadalupe River turned into a torrent in the early hours of July 4.

We immediately dispatched crisis-trained chaplains with our Billy Graham Rapid Response Team, and they are on the ground ministering in Kerr County, comforting grieving families and encouraging first responders. Pray that God will bind up these broken hearts and transform many lives with the hope of Jesus Christ.

On Sunday, I was on a call with families who had gathered in a church to await word about their missing loved ones. I shared Scripture and prayed for them. Will you join me in continuing to lift up this devastated community to the Lord?

Yesterday our chaplains met a woman whose granddaughter had been swept away in the floodwaters and later rescued from a tree—20 miles downriver from her campsite. The woman rushed to a reunification site to pick her up, but as she spoke to our team, she said she has no idea where her other family members are. “Her only two kids, their husbands, and her other granddaughter who had been camping—that’s her family,” our chaplain shared. “She didn’t know where else to go.”

The burdens are great all across this region. Thank you for praying for these broken communities and for your heart to comfort others with this news: “The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him” (Nahum 1:7, NKJV).

May God richly bless you,

Franklin Graham

P.S. If you would like to read more stories or give a secure gift today, visit BillyGraham.org.