{"id":67127,"date":"2026-02-05T16:17:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/news\/recordando-a-sara-willard\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:01:28","slug":"recordando-a-sara-willard","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/es\/news\/recordando-a-sara-willard\/","title":{"rendered":"Recordando a Sara Willard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sara Willard, de 79 a\u00f1os, residente de Bethany, Oklahoma, falleci\u00f3 el 17 de diciembre de 2025. Ella era una misionera que sirvi\u00f3 en \u00c1frica de 1977 a 1991.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sara naci\u00f3 el 30 de noviembre de 1946, en Manchester, New Hampshire; hija de James y Edith Randall. Creci\u00f3 en una granja lechera con sus padres y hermanos en Derry, New Hampshire. Particip\u00f3 en el Club 4-H durante toda la escuela, convirti\u00e9ndose en experta en cocinar, hornear y coser.<\/p>\n\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de graduarse de la escuela secundaria, Sara y una amiga viajaron juntas en un autob\u00fas Greyhound de New Hampshire a Bethany, Oklahoma, para asistir a Bethany Nazarene College, ahora Southern Nazarene University. Mientras estaba all\u00ed, en 1967, ella conoci\u00f3 a su futuro esposo, Ronald Emery Willard. Ron y Sara se casaron el 10 de agosto de 1968; y disfrutaron de 57 a\u00f1os de un matrimonio en el que se apreciaron profundamente.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ron y Sara comenzaron a pastorear iglesias nazarenas en los Estados Unidos; y su familia hizo creci\u00f3 con el nacimiento de sus tres hijas. En 1977, comenzaron a servir como misioneros en <a href=\"http:\/\/africanazarene.org\">\u00c1frica<\/a> para la <a href=\"https:\/\/nazarene.org\">Iglesia del Nazareno<\/a>. Sirvieron en Zambia y Sud\u00e1frica; y fueron los misioneros pioneros en Botswana.<\/p>\n\n<p>Como esposa de un pastor y misionero, Sara era una parte integral del ministerio de Ron; y trabajaron de cerca como un equipo. Sara lider\u00f3 los ministerios de mujeres, los ministerios de ni\u00f1os, la escuela dominical, la adoraci\u00f3n, el coro e incluso predic\u00f3 sermones.<\/p>\n\n<p>Al regresar del campo de la misi\u00f3n en 1990, Ron y Sara pastorearon tres iglesias nazarenas: comenzando en Enid, Oklahoma; luego, Little Rock, Arkansas; y, finalmente, en Meade, Kansas. Mientras estaban en el Distrito Kansas, Sara sirvi\u00f3 como presidenta de misioneros del distrito durante cuatro a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n<p>Cuando lleg\u00f3 el momento de jubilarse del ministerio de tiempo completo en 2014, Ron y Sara se establecieron en Bethany, Oklahoma. Sin embargo, no pas\u00f3 mucho tiempo, hasta que tuvieron una oportunidad inesperada de regresar a \u00c1frica, esta vez a Eswatini. Sirvieron all\u00ed durante dos a\u00f1os como los coordinadores en el sitio para Eswatini Partnership con la Iglesia del Nazareno Bethany First.<\/p>\n\n<p>Tanto Ron como Sara disfrutaron profundamente el regresar a trabajar junto a las personas de \u00c1frica, a quienes aman tanto. Despu\u00e9s de completar su asignatura, Ron y Sara regresaron a la jubilaci\u00f3n en Bethany, donde Sara pronto comenz\u00f3 a trabajar a tiempo parcial en el programa Every Day Kids en Bethany First.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ella fue precedida en la muerte por sus padres, James y Edith Randall; su hermano, Nathaniel Randall; y su hija, Laura Dawn Willard.<\/p>\n\n<p>Le sobreviven quien fue su amoroso esposo por 57 a\u00f1os, Ron Willard; sus hijas, Carrie Lance y Chrissy McFerren; seis nietos y 2 bisnietos.<\/p>\n\n<p>Un servicio conmemorativo en memoria de Sara se llev\u00f3 a cabo el 5 de enero de 2026.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sara Willard, de 79 a\u00f1os, residente de Bethany, Oklahoma, falleci\u00f3 el 17 de diciembre de 2025. Ella era una misionera que sirvi\u00f3 en \u00c1frica de 1977 a 1991. Sara naci\u00f3 el 30 de noviembre de 1946, en Manchester, New Hampshire; hija de James y Edith Randall. 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