YLM’s one and only October servant event (10/22-10/28/11) is “none of your beeswax!” Or perhaps it is, because the group, from St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Barrington, IL, painted their house “Beeswax” yellow! Four of the five team members fell in love with YLM through St. Matthew Barrington, but these days they actually represented 4 [...]
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Sing to the Lord a new song, for He IS DOING marvelous things!
Rev. Jose Hernandez reported at today’s staff meeting about a new service being offered at his church, Santisima Trinidad: free family therapy. Sra. Nora Martinez is the volunteer therapist. A baptized Roman Catholic, she knew of Santisima through her sister, Blanca Hernandez, who happens to be Pastor Hernandez’s wife. Nora is studying toward a second [...]
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 [...]
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A Different Kind of Quinceanera
Trinity Lutheran Church from Centralia, IL, was one of two servant events at YLM the week of July 18-25. It was the group’s 15th anniversary year, and thus a week chock full of celebrations! It all began with a different kind of quinceanera after church at Santisima Trinidad on Sunday. A quinceanera is typically a [...]
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The Synagogue
The week of May 9-17, YLM welcomed 8 guests from north of the border: a servant event from Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada! It was the school’s first trip to YLM, but will hopefully become an annual offering; students were able to earn required “co-curricular units” for attending. They elected to build a [...]
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Bella Vista Braves the Cold to Serve!
The first week of February 2011 in El Paso will be remembered for record low temperatures that wreaked havoc on the city, but at YLM we will never forget the servant event from Bella Vista Lutheran Church in Bella Vista, AR, that braved the cold temperatures–and NO running water in the dorms for most of [...]
