Guatemala Medical Team 2207
DAY 3 June 9, 2022 The Team, in front of the trilingual Welcome sign About the church, Iglesia Redentor del Mundo: This church was founded in 1986 and is the location of a K-6 Lutheran school, currently with 49 students and 7 teachers. Most of the families in this community and in the church, are subsistence farmers. They grow their own corn and beans; and they grow cash crops of coffee, peanuts, sweet potatoes and more. Pastor Edmundo Auger was the original founder in 1985 of Lutheran Bible studies in this community. The church and then the school grew out of those studies. The public school in Santiago Zamora in those days was limited. The Lutheran church began a preschool and Bible studies, health & hygiene assistance, and a feeding program for the children in the community. ...