The Servant Event program at YLM provides a unique international setting for churches and family groups to serve and support missions while reaching out with God’s love. Groups can sleep in the dormitory and serve on YLM’s campus in El Paso and cross the border each day to serve at one or more of the six mission sites in Juarez. Projects can also be held in the Sparks or Horizon City colonias in Texas just outside the El Paso city limits. Lodging can also be provided in Mexico for those who wish it while serving in Juarez. Servant events are integral in supporting the ministries of YLM, completing projects related to mission maintenance, home construction, Christian education, evangelism, and more.
The goal of every Servant Event Mission Team is to love and serve God and others! YLM’s Servant Event Facilitators will work with you to plan a project, matching your abilities with the needs of YLM’s partnering mission-churches and communities they serve, as closely as possible.
Some common project types are:
Human Care
The needs of the people in El Paso and Mexico are greatly varied. Servant Event Mission Teams help fill people’s material, as well as spiritual, voids by building and/or repairing homes, distributing needed resources, and conducting medical, dental, and eyeglass clinics in extremely impoverished areas. They have also served by providing opportunities for sewing lessons, haircuts, massages, manicures, and health checks.
Evangelism
Each year, Servant Event Mission Teams organize and lead programs designed to educate and strengthen men, women, and children at our various ministry sites. Groups lead Vacation Bible Schools, perform concerts, or walk neighborhoods, inviting people to hear the Good News.
Church Maintenance/Improvement
Among all of the mission sites YLM serves, and the 4.2 acre campus of YLM in El Paso, there are always facilities needing minor and major repairs, clean-ups, and other maintenance projects. When Servant Event Mission Teams ensure our partnering mission-churches have functioning plumbing and electricity, roofs without leaks, solid floors and walls and other such needs, our on-the-ground missionaries can reach out to more people with ease.
Eyeglass/Water/Medical Clinics
We partner with MOST Ministries, who provide experienced and trained mission leaders to lead teams who desire to participate in the clinics they offer, such as Eyeglass, Medical, and Water/Hygiene Clinics. By partnering with MOST, we are able to combine the love of the Gospel and serving the needs of people lacking basic health care.
We also offer medically trained individuals wanting to give of their time, resources, and abilities to provide specialized clinics, such as Foot Care Clinics, Women’s Health Clinics, and Dental Clinics in areas in Juarez were specialized medical care and education is scarce.
Combination Projects
We are flexible! Servant Event Mission Teams are also able to divide their time and the people of their team to work on more than one type of project!
