{"id":76,"date":"2015-08-18T16:15:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T16:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runasimi.com\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2026-06-22T20:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:15:38","slug":"our-founder-old","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/runasimi.com\/index.php\/our-founder-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Founder-old"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"pl-76\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-76-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-76-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-76-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>[vc_row top_margin=\"1\" bottom_margin=\"1\"][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 auto; text-align: center;\">Romulo Sau\u00f1e, the founder of \"Runa Simi\", worked with translation teams for many years so that his people may have the Word of God in their own language. 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