San Rabinac

San Rabinac is the newest parish in the ILAG and the move to being Lutheran will be a process for the community. The community, from what I understood, has 1300 people within the finca... and all of those belong to the church. The church leadership and the community leadership are more or less synonymous, but without a doubt this community is well structured. Tomas Chumpa (spelling may be wrong) is the leader of the community and the church, and is a man who loves the members of his community.
The parish had been Catholic but have been having many problems with the Catholic church. The Catholic church had wanted the community to give the church some of their land, maybe to give to others in need maybe not, I don`t know. Regardless, the priest had not visited the community in over a year and was threatening not to commune the parish for five years if they did not give this land away. To use the sacraments as a weapon is terrible, no matter who does it. Tomas has received numerous death threats as a result.
The community heard about the work of the ILAG, and especially Padre Horacio Castillo. They contacted Padre Castillo and began a relationship with the ILAG. It was when Padre Horacio was visiting this village about a year ago that he realized that he had a heart condition... probably because of how difficult it is to get into the community.
In the 6 or so months since the parish has been Lutheran, they have received a pastoral visit 4 times... and communion with each visit.