Mexico Volunteer Opportunity that can be done from Home

Want to help? Now there's a way to help mission work in Mexico without leaving your desk chair! Here's the scoop:

The Need
There are more than 120 WELS congregations in the U.S. currently carrying out outreach efforts to Hispanics in their areas.

On top of that, the Lutheran church in Mexico has been blessed with growth in recent years. While the church body continues to branch into new areas, Mexico is a big country and not every major city has a Lutheran church present yet.

Many members move from Mexico to the United States and vice versa. And when Lutherans come south of the border, they often contact us to find out if they are moving near a church.

Sometimes there is a church in the area, and sometimes there isn’t.

For Lutherans that are currently living in Mexico and do not have a church in their area, the Mexican Lutheran Church is in the process of developing a website – www.luteranosmexicanos.net. It should be finished this summer. One of the features this site will offer includes weekly videos of Spanish sermons.

In addition to the website, it would be helpful to have a database of all of the Lutherans in Mexico that are not near churches. By having their contact information in one place, pastors here can send them study materials, keep communication lines open, and deliver online devotions to them.

The Opportunity
We’re looking for a volunteer to help put together and maintain this database. There is no need to know Spanish or travel. The only requirements are:

- Internet and computer access

- Basic data entry skills (or ability to learn them)

- 5-8 hours per month

This would be a 1-year time commitment. The volunteer would work with the Mexico missionaries to gather the needed information and then enter it into the database. As mentioned above, the time needed for this project would be 5 to 8 hours per month (or 1 to 2 hours per week).

If you're interested or would like some additional information on this, please email me at rachelmhartman@gmail.com.

Thank you! And God's blessings on your year.