TEXAS: Operation Blessing is on the ground since catastrophic flash-flooding has overwhelmed residents across vast swathes of Texas in a storm event that some authorities are saying has been worse than Hurricane Harvey. Nearly two months of rain inundated streets in a matter of days, turning them into rivers and submerging vehicles and homes.

In partnership with Hi-Way Tabernacle Church in Cleveland, Texas, Operation Blessing is providing more than 14 tons of critical relief supplies including emergency meal kits, clean water, and home cleanup buckets. Our staff are also in the process of assessing needs to determine where else we can help.

BRAZIL: Operation Blessing is deploying to Porto Alegre since the city of 1.4 million people were hit with the worst flooding on record, a deluge that drenched some areas with as much as 17.5 feet of water. Torrential rains caused landslides, collapsed bridges, and washed-out roads—killing at least 83 people and forcing 115,000 from their homes—in Porto Alegre as well as hundreds of towns and villages.

With more than 800,000 people now cutoff from water supply, our international disaster relief team is preparing to provide clean water to people in need through partnerships with local churches. Our staff are also planning to provide solar lamps and potentially food due to widespread power outages, and we will assess needs to find any other critical areas our help is needed.

UNITED STATES – As severe thunderstorms have spawned nearly constant tornadoes and torrential rainfall across the United States, Operation Blessing has been sending critical relief supplies to the hurting through local churches in 7 cities across Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Michigan. 

NEBRASKA: Operation Blessing is on the ground in Nebraska providing relief since an EF-3 tornado ravaged portions of the state, flipping cars and reducing homes to rubble. From our base in Blair, Nebraska just outside of Omaha, the disaster relief team is helping homeowners with removing debris and fallen trees and tarping roofs—a service desperately needed after the catastrophic damage the community experienced. 

Join the effort! You can make a difference in the lives of the hurting in the wake of disaster. Your compassion brings hope and help in their darkest hours.

Help Disaster Victims!

When disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, or other humanitarian crises strike, YOU are there to show hurting people God’s love with immediate relief and long-term recovery.

Operation Blessing partners, staff, and disaster relief volunteers are the first on the ground, partnering with emergency management and local churches to bring food, clean water, medicine and other vital supplies to meet the immediate needs of those suffering.

Then, after others have left, YOU continue to help with the long-term disaster recovery process. Teams of Operation Blessing disaster relief staff and volunteers assist with debris clean up and repairs, as well as providing microenterprise and small business support to help recover jobs and get families back on their feet. Last year, you enabled us to respond to 16 disasters in the U.S. and abroad. Within these past few years, we have also responded to a number of devastating hurricanes including Hurricane Ian, Fiona, Laura, Delta, and Iota. In Operation Blessing’s 2023 fiscal year, you helped us respond worldwide during times of war and political conflict, hurricane and tornado season, famine, flooding, typhoons, earthquakes, and wildfires.

Thanks to faithful friends like you, Operation Blessing is on the cutting edge of disaster response, providing both immediate and long-term relief for people facing crisis and disaster. With unmatched experience working with emergency management, law enforcement, and local churches, Operation Blessing is a disaster relief organization that’s able to provide the greatest impact quickly and efficiently. Whether it’s a historic hurricane like Katrina, an earthquake in Turkey, war in the Ukraine, a flood in West Virginia, fires in Hawaii, or a tornado in Alabama, Operation Blessing is there for those in need.

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Disaster Relief Testimonials

“When people were hungry, Operation Blessing provided … hot meals… when emergency staff were stressed and tired, Operation Blessing was there with care and compassion…” – Mary J. Sutton, FEMA VAL, New Orleans, LA

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“Thank you for your quick and heartfelt support to our community after the tornado last month… You responded to our need in a prompt, courteous, and loving way… Together we were able to minister to those in need and we are grateful for the generosity.” – Pastor Tony Peaks, Senior Pastor, Open Door Church, Suffolk, VA

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“Operation Blessing came in self-contained, ready to work, and had excellent logistics… I cannot begin to adequately express my thanks for the efforts you, your staff, and organization provided the citizens of Vigo County and my staff.” – Dorene G. Hojnicki, Director, Virgo County, IN Emergency Management

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