Mercy Ministries
 In
a third-world country like Mexico, most people are consumed with the daily
struggles of survival. They struggle each day to
obtain adequate food, housing and clothes for their family. Things such as
medical and dental care are luxuries for them. When the sick are able to
see a doctor, usually they discover the medications needed are simply
unaffordable. In order to assist the Mexican people in meeting their
basic needs, YUGO has formed this "Mercy Ministries"
division.
YUGO's
Mercy Ministry programs are based in
locations where full time YUGO missionaries are an active, supportive and encouraging presence among
the needy. If you are interested in assisting with any of these Mercy Ministry
programs, please contact our San Dimas office at (909) 592-6621.
Click on a link below to learn more about a specific ministry
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In addition to the above ministries, YUGO has
been able to provide for additional needs through three funding options:
Shelter/Kitchen Fund, Emergency Medical Fund, and General Fund & Donations.
Shelter / Kitchen Fund
 The
Shelter/Kitchen Fund has been used to help enclose poorly built Mexican homes.
Often times a family's home is not built strong enough to withstand
the harsh environmental elements, as many homes are made from used garage floors
or even plain cardboard boxes, resulting in dirt floors and no windows.
These funds enable YUGO to do repair and construction work to assist these
families and improve their living conditions. What a blessing and humbling
experience it is to be able to assist Mexican families
is such a way.
This Shelter/Kitchen Fund has also provided for
the construction of a kitchen for the Breakfast Feeding program and ministry in
Colonia Cipres in Mexicali. This fund has also been used to build a similar
kitchen facility in Tijuana for the Breakfast Program there.
Emergency Medical Fund
From time to time, Mexican pastors and church workers
have emergency medical needs. YUGO helped pay the medical expenses for a pastor's son who
had broken his arm. YUGO also provided an emergency appendectomy for a
pastor's wife and helped another pastor who had broken his leg. As with other areas of Mercy Ministries, our desire is to provide
for the physical needs of the Mexican people as well as provide for their spiritual
needs through our church planting and Bible Institute ministries.
Mercy Ministries General Fund & Material Donations
YUGO's Mercy Ministries General Fund exists to help cover the costs for transporting donated materials across the border. Material donations can be made to a specific
Mercy Ministries program, or general items (clothes and household items)
will be accepted
for distribution in Mexico. YUGO accepts a wide variety of donated
items, from clothes to books to vans to property! Specific donations of
food, medical supplies, dental supplies and health/hygiene products (soaps and
shampoo) can be made to our Breakfast Feeding Programs, Prison Ministry, or
Grace Children's Home.
Hint: For general items needed, shoes and jackets are
always at the top of the list. Household items such as pots
and pans, dishes, kitchen utensils, blankets, pillows, bedding, towels, curtains and
carpet would also be greatly appreciated. Please
be advised, all items donated need to be in good, useable condition, given as unto the Lord.
Material
donations can be dropped off at our San Diego or San Dimas (LA County) California offices.
For larger material donations such as vehicles or property, please call our
office at (909) 592-6621.We are also looking for volunteers to help transport
these items into Mexico. This could be a regular ministry for anybody who lives in the
Southern California area. Or, if you're visiting in the area and would like to see our
ministries in Mexico, you can participate by taking a few items across the
border on your way down! Please contact Leonard Janssen for more
information.
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