Letters from Sara AND GUIDO
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Sara Baltodano
San José, Costa Rica
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Sara Baltodano has been under appointment as PC(USA) mission co-workers since 1990. Sara and her husband, Guido Mahecha, served jointly until 2010. Sara continues to serve with the Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericano (UBL) in San José, Costa Rica, where she is a professor in practical theology.
Guido is an alumnus of the UBL, which was formerly the Latin American Biblical Seminary.
Prior to their appointment to the UBL in 1999, Sara and Guido had served as PC(USA) mission co-workers at the Universidad Unión Evangélica Boliviana in La Paz, Bolivia (1990 to 1994), and at the Seminario Teológico de Fortaleza in Fortaleza, Brazil (1995 to 1999).
Sara, a native of Costa Rica, earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from the Universidad de Costa Rica in San José and a master's degree in pastoral counseling from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Prior to her work in Bolivia, Sara was a professor and counselor at the Seminario Teologico Presbiteriana in Bogota, Colombia, and was a high school counselor and teacher at Colegio Americano in Girardot, Colombia. Sara is ordained to the office of elder.
A native of Colombia, Guido holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in New Testament from the Seminario Biblico Latinoamericano in Costa Rica and received his Ph.D. degree from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He served as a teacher, director and principal of Presbyterian educational institutions in Colombia: the Seminario Teológico de la Gran Colombia in Bogota and Colegio Americano de Girardot, and as pastor of Iglesia Presbiteriana in Girardot.
Guido was ordained to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in 1974 by the Presbiterio del Sur of the Presbyterian Church of Colombia. He has served as presbytery moderator, general secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Colombia and Secretary of AIPRAL (Association of Presbyterian and Reformed Churches in Latin America). He is a minister member of Central Presbytery in Colombia.
The Mahecha Baltodanos have three adult children: a daughter, Saguid, and two sons, Ebed and Caleb, who all live in Costa Rica.
Birthdays:
Guidoberto - December 11
Sara - January 22