There were 140 Royal Ambassadors, Challengers and adult leaders that participated in the overnight campout and Turkey Shoot at Timberline Baptist Encampment hosted by Smith Baptist Association RA/Challengers.

Celebrating 100 years of Royal Ambassadors

Baptist General Convention of Texas 2008

Since 2000, The Hurricane IKE event was the second time in the history of Texas Baptist Men Disaster Relief (TBMDR) that disaster relief volunteers and units from other state conventions were required. We want to thank all who responded to God’s call. TBMDR is grateful for the largest number ever of volunteers to respond to a disaster at one time.

There is an article that was featured in The Orange County Record about TBM's assistance in the feeding in Orange, Texas.

Texas Baptist Men, a disaster-relief organization that cooked meals for the Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross, stir one of their last at North Orange Baptist Church.

Each year Texas Baptist Men sets up a Compass course and teaches basic compass skills to participants in addition to sharing spiritual applications related to Christ.  We also provide a water station and give out cups of water in Jesus' name.  This year more than 1,200 visitors participated in the Compass course at the TP&W Expo..

Texas Baptist Men continue to support Hurricane Ike effortts with one kitchen unit, 2 shower units and 2 chainsaw units at this time. More chainsaw units are expected to respond as team members are able to deploy.
Communities have begun shifting into long term recovery phase. Please continue to pray for those affected by the devistation of Hurricane Ike.

Hello Joe,

Wanted to thank your chain saw crew who responded to my Dad’s house following Hurricane Ike. My father is a retired music minster. He has been disabled from a stroke 13 years ago. Ike dumped about 50 of the trees in his yard, including a large oak tree, which fell onto part of their roof.

This is  an e-mail that was sent to Joe Detterman.

This is an email received from someone who was helped by the disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Ike hit:

Hello everybody.

A member of our church, stopped me this morning to express her appreciation for the work our team did in Anahuac.

Monday 10/06/08 - There has been an update on Big Bend Baptist Associations website, go check out the additional needs posted there.

The Bridge is still closed and we still have no word as to when it will open.
Lloyd Taylor arrived in Ojinaga on Thursday Sept 25th via Juarez and Chihuahua.

This was taken from an email from the Big Bend Baptist Association.  Please check their website for any changes that may occur with the needs of the people.

Starting Monday, September 29, 2008, the TBM Dixon Building will go back to a 5 day work week.  Our new office hours are from 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday - Friday.