Following weeks of logging long hours, Baptist volunteer teams continue flood recovery efforts in central Texas following the devastating Fourth of July floods that have left more than 130 dead.
Baptist Disaster Relief teams continue to run five sites in Kerrville, San Saba and San Angelo. Among the teams responding to the ongoing effort are Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, Texans on Mission, which also partners with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, Oklahoma Baptists and Arkansas Baptists, reported Coy Webb, crisis response director for Send Relief on Thursday morning July 24.
RELATED: Check out more stories on the Texas flooding and response.
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Hot meals, long hours, spiritual care
Mobile feeding unit teams continue to serve up 400–500 meals daily in San Angelo to displaced families in Red Cross shelters. The unit is scheduled to conclude meals Friday (July 25).
For those keeping track, volunteers working in central Texas since severe flooding hit the area have logged 4,058 days, assisted 390 homes, made 4,259 “spiritual and emotional care” contacts, and prepared 6,871 meals.
Meanwhile in New Mexico
In Ruidoso, New Mexico, where wildfires and flash flooding have wreaked havoc, Disaster Relief teams from New Mexico and Arizona continue serving local residents through multi-day cleanups and have provided care to reportedly 89 people. They are also assessing flood damage in Vado, New Mexico, amid hundreds of homes damaged by flash flooding.
Ways to help
For more information on how you can help, check with your church, association or state Baptist convention to find out how they are contributing to this and other ongoing relief efforts in neighboring states, your state and beyond.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was compiled by The Baptist Paper, with reporting from Send Relief, compassion ministry of the North American Mission Board and the International Mission Board.
