Here at YLM, we see a mountain of boxes taking up the pristine open space created by the Our Father Lutheran Church Alternative Thanksgiving servant event, who laid new white tile in one of our offices…in a good way! Earlier this week, we received a shipment containing 2000 copies of Things I See at Christmas, [...]
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What do you see at Christmas?
Christmas Catalog 2011
If you didn’t receive a glossy, color copy of our Christmas Catalog in your mailbox, check out this equally snazzy online version! Click here to donate online. Wishing you and yours a blessed Advent and a very Merry Christmas!
Laying it all Down
Thanksgiving 2011 was celebrated at some of YLM’s mission churches in El Paso and Juarez with the annual group of holiday servants from Our Father Lutheran Church in Centennial, CO. Over three days, they served 1200 plates of turkey with all the fixin’s for San Pablo, San Lucas, Santisima Trinidad, and YLM’s Saturday volunteers, and [...]
Support YLM Volunteer Youth Worker Jeff Boone!
YLM volunteer youth worker Jeff Boone plans to return to El Paso one week from today, on November 10, 2011. This will be Jeff’s third stint of 2-3 months serving on the border. In the past, he has filled a vital role that full-time mission staff members do not have the flexibility to fill in [...]
Bundle up!
It may not seem like it, but colder weather is coming soon to the borderland! We here at Ysleta Lutheran Mission (YLM) want to make sure that as many children and families as possible have the means to bundle up against winter’s chills, which we do by providing winter coats and blankets to those in [...]
Canuks end Summer with a Triple Play
The last summer servant event of 2011 was made up of 22 Canadians! School starts later there, so mid-August is the perfect time for Bethel Lutheran Church in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, to serve in partnership with YLM. The sheer size and skill level of their group led us to plan 3 projects for them: [...]
Tenth Annual Sun for the Son Mexico Mission Trip Completed
by Rev. Mark Kluzek Thank you to everyone who donated supplies or money for the poor of Mexico once again! We were able to deliver supplies for 700 children in July 2011 to the Ysleta Lutheran Mission in El Paso, TX. There I met with representatives from 3 different Mexican churches who will deliver or [...]
YLM Staff visits Sicachique
Three staff and volunteers from YLM were blessed with the opportunity to visit our most remote mission site last week, Nueva Esperanza, deep in the heart of the Sierra Madre Mountains, southeast of Chihuahua City. Nueva Esperanza (New Hope) is located in a remote mountain village, home to many Tarahumara Indians. The village also hosts [...]

