This is Selvin Joel Cerna Sarabia, a Delegado de la Palabra of the community of San José Portrero, a community of Curarén.
I first met Selvin when I was celebrating Mass at another Curarén community called El Porvenir. Selvin had come to the Mass to see if the Red Lantern Foundation could help with some repairs to his church. Fortunately, the foundation was able to help, and the repairs were made.
As a Delegado, Selvin conducts Liturgies of the Word on Thursdays and Sundays, prepares folks for sacraments, takes care of all parish paperwork, cares for the church, conducts novenas after deaths, baptizes babies in danger of death, and a host of other things. Like other men and women who are Delegados, Selvin is the official leader of his community and official Catholic presence.