Today, the school is staffed by Honduran teachers and offers woodcarving, carpentry, industrial mechanics, auto mechanics and gardening to 60 or more students every year. Since the first class of 12 students, almost 5,000 boys have been influenced in the primary, vocational and Bible institute programs. Some of these young men have become mechanics, lawyers, engineers, accountants, pilots, teachers, agriculturists and pastors. The farm school is situated on 2,000 acres of land, used primarily for pasture and the production of corn, sorghum, rice, beans and garden produce. Approximately 900 head of cattle, both beef and dairy, provide food and a source of income for the school.
Students pay only minimal entrance fees.
They are then required to work some of each day as part of their practical training and to help cover the cost of room and board. Students graduate from El Sembrador having had every opportunity to better themselves spiritually, educationally and physically. Latin America Evangelist, reprinted with permission from Latin America Mission News Service. The church in Ukraine, the Baptist Union, has averaged over 100 new congregations a year since 1993, and obviously they just can't keep up with the leadership needs within the church. In Russia, SI developed the Far East Bible College.