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 [...]
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Laying it all Down
Posted in Assistance to the poor, Events, Mexico Mission, News, San Pablo Lutheran Church, Servant Events Also tagged campus improvements, cristo rey, event, juarez, Mexico Mission, san lucas, san pablo, servant events Leave a comment
Music Classes in Juarez Continue
There is much exciting news to report related to music classes that continue at YLM’s mission sites in Mexico: –The youth at both Cristo Rey and San Lucas are holding fundraisers so that they will be able to purchase more guitars. Each church has a few, but so many students are excited about the opportunity [...]
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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 [...]
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: [...]
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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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Our Father’s Hands
The week of June 4-11, YLM welcomed back its friends from Our Father Lutheran Church in Centennial, CO. Our Father typically sends 2 groups per year (summer and Thanksgiving), and we think it’s a beautiful thing that they come and see us so often! The summer 2011 group labored during the hottest week of the [...]
Easter at Santisima Trinidad
What better way to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus than by welcoming more followers into his kingdom? Every year on Easter Sunday, Pastor Hernandez welcomes these new members via baptism or confirmation from all of his mission sites. This year, 5 baptisms and 11 confirmations/first communions were celebrated, with two participants being baptized and confirmed [...]
Cornhuskers Close Spring Break Season at YLM
A successful spring here at YLM drew to a close with a group of 13 from Trinity Lutheran Church in Lincoln, NE, the week of April 8-15. Trinity has developed a profound relationship with YLM and its missions over many years, so most of the group members had been here several times in the past. [...]
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Spring Break at Santisima
The week of March 5-12, YLM was pleased to be one of 4 spring break mission trip options for students from Michigan State University’s campus ministry, Martin Luther Chapel. Ten students opted for El Paso and were assigned the task of building a new storage warehouse at Iglesia Luterana Santisima Trinidad. It was designed exactly [...]
Send us your Six-strings!
YLM needs your old guitars and guitar supplies! Three of our Mexico mission affiliates have begun offering guitar lessons, but cannot provide instruments to the students, many of whom cannot afford their own. The purpose of implementing such programs across the border is to form groups of musicians who can provide music for worship services [...]
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