Commonly known as
Texas Baptist Men, TBM empowers Christians just like you to take on the biggest challenges around the globe, changing the world one radical act of service and compassion at a time. Since 1967, TBM volunteers have delivered help, hope and healing to millions of hurting people and raising up the next generation to do likewise. As a result of its service, TBM has helped start and train disaster relief groups in all 50 states, giving birth to the nation's third-largest disaster relief network in the nation.
Each year, TBM volunteers take several trips around the globe to give access to clean drinking water to villages in desperate situations. Each of the trips is crucial to the people there, but none may be more crucial than the one that started Friday. It's no exaggeration to say this is a matter of life and death.
Five volunteers will be drilling a water well and teaching locals how to do likewise in a Ugandan refugee camp where water is so scarce people are fighting over it. Last fall, 11 people died as refugees and Ugandans fought for access to a well in the area.
If successful, the next few weeks will revolutionize life in this camp. The well Texans drill and the lessons they teach will lead to multiple wells drilled by local church leaders long after the Texas team returns home. Families will grow stronger. Children will become healthy and reach their full God-given potential.
As a result, church leaders, including the missionary we are assisting, also will have the opportunity to share about the Living Water that is Jesus Christ. Drilling water wells will be an incredible avenue for sharing God's love with the entire refugee camp.
In Matthew 18:19-20, Jesus reminds us that where people pray together in His name, God listens: "Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." I'm clinging to this truth for the next month.
I'm asking you to pray for the trip, which will go until Feb. 11. Please pray:
• step of the process, from locating water to the drilling process to the building of relationships.
• The drilling equipment works well.
• The team finds water quickly.
• For health and safety while traveling and in the camp.
• God's love is shared clearly through all the team does.
We're going to post updates from the field as often as we can despite limited internet availability. Follow along on Facebook and Instagram.
Thank you for your heart for sharing God's love. Together, we will provide clean drinking water as well as Living Water in the next few weeks.
DeeDee Wint
Vice President
TBM Water
