Dovald Ordained In Yakima

Members gathered at the Yakima (Wash.) Seventh-day Adventist Church Aug. 8, to celebrate the ordination of Alejandro Dovald, pastor.

Dovald was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated from the Adventist Theological Seminary in Plata in 2003. He then began working as a Bible instructor for the Upper Columbia Conference.

In 2004, he began working as pastor of the Central Valley district and most recently is serving as pastor of the Yakima Hispanic district.

Alejandro and his wife, Miriam, have two children, Arian, 9 and Nyara, 6.