Joy for Border Families
Laughter and happy voices filled the space at Iglesia Luterana La Santa Biblia on January 9 as families gathered for their annual Joy Distribution. More than 100 children arrived with bright smiles, eager to spend time together and celebrate a season often marked by simple hopes and deep faith. For many, this day carried the […]
Bringing Light to the Border
For the first time, a team from Messiah Lutheran Church in Boerne, TX came to serve alongside Ysleta Lutheran Mission Human Care, bringing willing hands and open hearts to the campus and surrounding community. Led by Mark Giardinelli, the team arrived ready to serve wherever needed, both in El Paso and across the border. […]
Twenty Years of Serving Together
The last week of December holds special meaning for many people, stretching from Minnesota to El Paso to Anapra, Mexico. In 2025, students and adult chaperones from Mayer Lutheran High School of Mayer, Minnesota marked their 20th annual mission trip through Ysleta Lutheran Mission Human Care. This milestone year brought together 38 participants, including teachers, […]
A Life-Changing Experience
When a small group from King of Kings Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa arrived to serve through Ysleta Lutheran Mission Human Care, they came ready to work and learn. What they did not fully expect was how deeply the experience would shape their faith and strengthen their understanding of serving as the Body of […]
San Pablo Joy Distribution
On December 13, the San Pablo Lutheran Church campus came alive as members gathered early to get ready for their annual Christmas Festival. Tables were set up, tents went up, and games and food stations slowly filled the space. By the time families began arriving, everything was ready for a day centered on welcome, joy, […]
A Decade of Christmas Giving
For more than ten years, SAIC, a company based in El Paso, has been showing up in a meaningful way during the Christmas season. Through a long-standing partnership with Ysleta Lutheran Mission Human Care, SAIC employees request families to sponsor and respond with generosity, time, and care. Each year, Ysleta Lutheran Mission identifies families […]
Answer to Prayer
Over the last few months, families across El Paso have been facing growing food insecurity. Rising costs, limited work hours, and unexpected expenses have stretched budgets to the breaking point. But another challenge has added to the strain: a noticeable decline in donations and funding to El Pasoans Fighting Hunger, the local food bank Ysleta […]
Counting Blessings
For thirty years, Our Father Lutheran Church of Centennial, Colorado has spent Thanksgiving weekend in the borderland, serving through Ysleta Lutheran Mission Human Care (YLM). Three decades of families traveling together. Three decades of parents and children passing down a tradition of service. Three decades of living out one shared purpose: bringing God’s love to […]
Building Homes, Sharing Christ’s Love
During the second week of November 2025, Ysleta Lutheran Mission Human Care (YLM) welcomed a team of twelve short-term missionaries from Peace Lutheran Church of New Berlin, Wisconsin for their 11th mission trip to serve families in Ciudad Juárez. The team focused their efforts in the KM30 community, where many families face deep poverty and […]
God Always Provides
Family of Christ Lutheran Church of Ham Lake, MN sent its third short-term mission team this year to serve across the border through Ysleta Lutheran Mission Human Care (YLM). The group of twenty people came with a wide spread of ages -thirteen the youngest and eighty-four the oldest. Men, women, and youth stepped onto the […]