Then, two young people from a church in the Catalan city of Castelldefels, joined the project to help me, especially with the technical part. One initial idea I had was to make a play with some testimonies, but my tutor for the project suggested the possibility of making a documentary and I decided to do it. I think this is very common, Spanish Protestants have little knowledge of our history.Īs a result of an interview I had to do for an assignment with the oldest woman in the local church of which I am a member, I thought I could do more in-depth research into the history of Protestantism for my final project.Īt first I thought about Spain, but then I narrowed it down to Segovia and how Protestantism began in the province, knowing that there is little written about it. When I took the subject History of Spanish Christianity I was fascinated by it and I realised that I didn't know much about my roots. “I want to encourage people, wherever they are, to ask their grandparents, the older people in their church, how they were first told about Jesus”, says Pesquera.Īnswer: 'Proyecto Lume' is my final University degree project, which I am beginning to prepare.
'Proyecto Lume' (Lume Project) has already become popular among the churches in Segovia.Īccording to its creator, it aims to “be spread by the churches in Spain” and “generate awareness and a movement of recovery of Protestant history among evangelicals in Spain, before many testimonies get lost”. In the future I would like to work with more provinces”, explains Pesquera, an actress by training. “ There are not many informative documentaries in Spain covering the history of Spanish Protestantism, and I am receiving a lot of encouragement.
Sara Pesquera never thought that her final University degree project could be turned into a documentary on the history of Protestantism in the Spanish city of Segovia.