8 Loving Pastor

Archimandrite Andres Giron is the principal of a K-12 school where he teaches three of the high school classes himself.  He also runs a vo-tech agricultural college which uses the land adjacent to his house to grow corn and raise coches which at first sounded to me like Argentine cars, but are actually Guatemalan pigs.  I thought the Spanish for pig was cerdo or marrano or if its a wild pig maybe even cajuche, but in Guatemala they are definitely coches.  (I guess its related to the Colombian name for a messy person cochino.) 

There is a steady stream of people coming to ask Fr. Andres for guidance, comfort, financial help, sympathy, etc.  He doesn't turn anyone away, but is always available to talk and pray with each person.  He has been known to personally wash and cure horrible wounds with prayer and home remedies. His love is lived out among the people and this is why they trust him.