BOUNCE

A week ago, the BOUNCE week five summer mission team was ready to serve Mora County, New Mexico, assisting with recovery efforts resulting from the 2022 Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire and post-fire floods. But, recent water contamination and flooding steered them to be a different community’s “answered prayer.”

Eleven construction projects were completed by 199 participants from 10 churches this past spring break through BOUNCE student disaster recovery, a ministry of Texas Baptists.

Offerings generously given by BOUNCE student missionaries have gone to adopt three Missionary Adoption Program (MAP) missionaries in Uganda and Spain for three years.

Middle and high school students give a week of their summer vacation learning about and serving church plants through BOUNCE Student Church Planting.

"We want them to look at people and have a Christ-like heart for others."

I’m grateful because God still has servants that are willing to be used.

See the impact of students coming together through BOUNCE to serve communities in Jefferson County that have been impacted by hurricanes.

"...we have all these folks here in this community and we get to come alongside them and meet their needs. And that’s what Jesus would do."

“Opportunities like this help us shift our focus off of ‘me’ and focus on things that really matter,”

“You don’t want to be sitting at home doing nothing when there are people out there who need help.”

During the second week of March, 168 middle school and high school students and group leaders from eight churches across Texas served in Waco, TX, through BOUNCE Student Disaster Recovery.

Alyssa, an incoming high school student, said that she is looking forward to sharing the gospel with kids and helping them further their faith this week during back-yard Bible clubs. We are so thankful for these student’s positive attitudes and willingness to serve in any capacity that furthers Christ’s Kingdom.

Bouncers had the privilege of experiencing a glimpse of heaven this week as the Church came together to be the fullest expression of God’s boundless love and grace.

Today marks the end of the final Bounce Summer 2018 Mission! It’s been a good week in the Rockport area as Bouncers finish up their projects. This week 250 students from eleven churches helped to rebuild the Rockport community.

Randy Beggs, the Worship Speaker, has been leading students through Acts. Beggs has been focusing challenging Bouncers to rethink what it means to be a witness for Christ. On Tuesday evening, Beggs explained to Bouncers that being a witness for Christ can be awkward, because the world’s purposes are different than Christ’s purposes. On Thursday evening Beggs challenged students to be a witness for Christ anytime, anywhere and to anyone.

On a hot and humid July day, a group of Bounce Student Volunteers arrived at Ms. Longoria’s home willing to repair her roof for free. The students were not merely offering Ms. Longoria their labor at no cost to her, but they had actually raised $279 to participate in Bounce for the week! A week of their summer and $279 per student seemed like a small price to pay when the students realized that Ms. Longoria would not have been able to receive help any other way.

Bouncers were sent out to their work sites in Rockport, TX this morning! Aaron Austin, one of the Mission Coordinators, led the students in a commissioning prayer before the students began their first day of work.

The eye of Hurricane Harvey passed over Rockport, TX in August 2017 leaving behind a trail of destruction. The Lord is faithful to gather these students and volunteers through Bounce to be his hands and feet, to help rebuild the Rockport community. While the students will be offering the Rockport community relief by rebuilding homes, students will also be going to their work sites with the word, that is the hope of salvation through Christ.