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Mission to the Children
is a Christian, non-profit, volunteer organization supported solely by the prayers, offerings, and material donations of
Christian
individuals, congregations, and church groups.
 Fund the Mission!
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Our goal
is to acquire, upgrade and maintain a building for a church for
Altar;
a rapidly expanding WELS mission in northern
Sonora.
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Fund Raiser
Saturday, January 19th
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Click here
Silent Auction $2,047.00
Food Reimbursement 378.00
Pledges paid 13,341.00
Total $15,766.00
Pledges outstanding $6,450.00
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Invest in Fund the Mission.
Buy us one square foot of our new church for only a $20
donation.
Send your
Tax-deductible donation to:
Fund the
Mission
PO Box
42223
Tucson,
AZ 85733
Or use
your credit card or PayPal account to donate by clicking on the
button below:
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What We Do...
The purpose of Mission to the Children is to bring the Gospel to
children and their families in northwestern Sonora, Mexico, and to help
them meet their basic physical needs.
To bring the Gospel, Mission to the Children cooperates
with mission activities of the
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) and
associated groups to (1) organize groups for regular worship and Bible
study, (2) foster worship services and Bible studies in such groups, and
(3) obtain and distribute Bibles and other literature for Christian
education.
To help meet basic physical needs,
Mission to the
Children (1) provides financial and material aid to needy families as
appropriate and (2) contributes to projects of general benefit to larger communities as may be appropriate. This physical ministry
is
administered to honor our Christian responsibility to help the truly
needy and promote our Gospel outreach.
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How We Do This? ...
Mission to the Children provides Bible
lessons for over 1000 little children from
thirteen towns and villages in Northern
Sonora Mexico. Mothers in the
villages volunteer to serve as the children's teachers. Children are
baptized upon request
of the parents.
Our greatest need is for monetary donations to
help support the new
missionary that has been called to provide
spiritual growth for the children and their parents and neighbors.
This is a new WELS
concept since the
WELS
World Missions is NOT providing salary, benefits, or expenses for
the missionary. We have prayerfully stepped out in faith that the Lord
will provide these expenses so that the spiritual needs of these villages
might be fulfilled. Your donations will make this possible.
Mission to the Children distributes over $5400 of food every month
($65,000/year) to over 600 families (including over 1000 little children).
Mission to the Children provides
medicine and medical services for the poorest families. We pay for medical exams, tests,
and prescription medicine for the children. We also provide children's
vitamins, warm blankets and quilts.
Presently, Mission to the Children operates Children's Centers in
Sasabe, Saric and Atil. Here the children can hear Bible stories, read books and play board games, view
Christian videos, and acquire some computer skills. The Centers are staffed
by local school teachers and mothers. We hope to expand services at the
Children's Centers as funding and volunteer support permits.
Mission to the Children is establishing several projects to help the poor families of
Northern Sonora Mexico to become self-sufficient. Some of the projects we are
currently involved with include:
 | Replace tin shacks with brick structures |
| Award scholarships to allow children to attend high school |
| Provide blankets and quilts to families in need during the winter months |
| Provide school supplies each August to supplement shortages |
| Provide Christmas presents for the children |
Our U.S. office is located in Tucson, Arizona, and we serve
children in the following communities in Northern Mexico:
Sasabe,
Saric,
Cerro Prieto,
Atil,
Tubutama,
San Jose,
San Manuel,
La Sangre,
La Reforma,
Altar,
Trincheras,
Llano Blanco, and
16 de Septiembre.
In 1989 we began this work of Christian compassion in one
small village with 13 families and 25 children, distributing about $60 of food per month.
Today, by God's grace, we bring the Gospel to over 1000 children from
over 600
families in 13 towns and villages, distributing $5400 of food each month.
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Pray every day for the children and their families, our volunteers,
and our ministry. |
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Your monetary offerings
allow us to provide food, Bible lessons, Bibles, school supplies, medical
assistance, blankets, clothing, ministerial training, scholarships, and
housing to many poor children and their families. These offerings are
absolutely critical to continuing and expanding our work. |
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Your donations of items needed in our Children's Center
are also appreciated, such as books in Spanish, Spanish educational software,
videos (religious or educational) in Spanish, kitchen utensils, and sports
equipment (in good condition).
(Gift
Guidelines) |
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Christmas gifts are needed by November 30th every year, and we
distribute them at our Christmas Fiestas for the children in the villages. Over 1500
gifts are needed for newborn babies through age 15.
Watch this site and our newsletter for more information as Christmas draws near.
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Financial grants from companies and corporations are
also needed for our
expanding ministry. Our work has grown so much under our Lord's gracious blessing that
soon we will have to construct buildings and hire full and part-time staff.
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21st Century Advances
Equally exciting is our ability to accept credit or debit card payment with or
without a PayPal account from our Web page using your credit card. We are
using PayPal as the medium for processing your contributions, a system which is
used by most commercial Web sites and it has an excellent record for protecting
transactions. To use this convenient system, simply log on to our Web site on
the Home page, the Donations page, or the Contact page and scroll down until you
see the "Donate" icon on the page. You do NOT have to
register with PayPal to Donate!
Thank you,
and may our Lord bless you richly for your generous and compassionate response to
the very great spiritual and physical needs of these precious little ones!
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We
Are Part of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Visit the WELS Home Page
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Mission Statement
As men, women,
and children united in faith and worship by the Word of God, the Wisconsin
Ev.
Lutheran Synod exists to make disciples throughout the world for time
and for eternity, using the
Gospel in Word and Sacrament to win the lost
for Christ and to nurture believers for lives of Christian
service, all to
the glory of God.
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