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    Last June, I had the chance to participate on a trip, with my church, through YUGO Ministries, where we built homes for families in Mexico. I was blown away with YUGO’s ministry, the opportunity to hand someone a key to their first home, and the chance I had to walk in the gifting and pull towards the Mexican people, that God has given me. YUGO works through local church partnership and partnering with teams from the U.S. and Canada to build homes for people, who do not have one, and by putting on VBS programs for the kids, all while pointing to the hope of the gospel!    
    Beginning June 1st, I will be joining YUGO in Ensenada, as an intern for the summer to reach out to the Mexican people with the Gospel. I will have the opportunity to spread the love and hope of Jesus to people who need it so badly. Many of these families are surviving on less than $7.00, per day and I am so excited to be a small part in breaking the chains of poverty in Jesus’s name. As an intern, I will have the opportunity to not only serve the Lord wholeheartedly but also to be further discipled


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YUGO Ministries 

C/O Zack Gross 

340 W 26th Street, Suite K 

National City, CA 91950


*All views expressed in this blog are my own and not necessarily those of YUGO Ministries. This blog is entirely my own and is not official or endorsed by YUGO Ministries. Click here to visit the official YUGO ministries website and find out how you can get involved.*






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