Welcome Home

On a spring evening marked by gratitude and celebration, two neighboring families returned home side by side. The homes of the Martinez family and their daughter Maria Kitchens’ family sit next to one another, and their shared Welcome Home gathering reflected not only the closeness of their houses, but the closeness of their lives. What […]

On a hopeful spring day in Rio Robles, friends, neighbors, and partners gathered to celebrate a true “Welcome Home” for Annette and Gary Dickson at their restored home on Chaparral Drive. Before the celebration began, there was time to tour the beautifully repaired house and hear the couple reflect on both the frightening morning of July 4 and […]

On the morning of July 4, 2025, Kevin Kearney woke in the dark to a sound no one wants to hear—the force of floodwater crashing against his home in the Hunt-Ingram area. When he opened the front door around 3:15 a.m., water was already at the threshold of his elevated modular home. Within moments, the […]

Michelle McGuire’s new home sits high on a hill, with a beautiful view and the kind of peace that once must have felt impossible. In the early morning hours of July 4, in Hunt, Texas, Michelle woke around 3:15 a.m. to the sound of water. At first, she thought she was dreaming. But when she got […]

Robert and Thelma Kimbrough were not at home on the night of the July 4 flood. As they often do for the Fourth of July, they had traveled to Missouri to visit their nephew. Early on the morning of Friday, July 4, a neighbor called to ask whether they had seen the news or heard […]

On the night of July 4, 2025, the storm was so loud that Joan Connor and David could not sleep. In the darkness of the early morning hours, David—99 years old and a proud World War II veteran—began to get out of bed. When his feet touched the floor, he felt water already ankle-deep inside their […]

On the morning of July 4, resident John Flowers awoke in shock to find floodwaters rushing into his home. In those first terrifying moments, he said his instinct was to pray—not only for himself and his nearby neighbors, but for those upstream, especially the camps. When daylight came and the waters receded, John stepped outside […]

Today, we had the pleasure of visiting Keith and Karel Halbert at their new home in Kerrville. Before the July 4, 2025, floods, the Halberts had been living in an RV in Ingram. In the early morning hours, a first responder came pounding on their door, urgently warning them to get up and get out. […]

On March 31, we had the privilege of visiting the home of Robert and Victoria Hight in Center Point as they continue the journey of moving back into their home after the devastating July 4, 2025 flood. The Hights have three young children—their energetic boys, Alex and Henry, and their youngest daughter, Buan, whom Victoria […]

Today we visited Patricia Moreno and her son, Thaddaeus, and presented them with a Bible and a pantry basket and gift card from HEB.  Patricia and her two sons, Thaddeus and Jonah were living along the Guadalupe River on the morning of July 4 when they were jolted awake by someone pounding on their front […]