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Honduran Health Ministry Marks Four Decades of Faith and Service
Faith Facts
- Predisan ministry began in 1985 when a simple rehydration solution saved an infant and sparked a Church of Christ healthcare outreach.
- Dr. Amanda Madrid and Doris Clark led the work from humble beginnings to a full hospital, rehab center, and 233-school lunch program.
- Community leaders credit Predisan’s faith-based peace efforts with ending cartel violence that once plagued rural Olancho.
Dr. Amanda Madrid and 82-year-old Doris Clark recently climbed into saddles once more to retrace the dusty trails they first rode nearly forty years ago. Supporters, board members, and local families watched as the two women, now almost seventy and eighty-two, waved from horseback while a marching band played and more than one hundred villagers cheered.
The ride ended at CEDECO, the Center for Community Development in Las Delicias de Cuyamel, where Predisan’s earliest clinics once stood. Today the campus trains leaders in spiritual growth, water systems, food security, and the school lunch initiative that now feeds children in 233 rural schools.
Staff members later reenacted the 1985 moment that birthed the ministry. A young mother’s dying baby was restored to health after a visiting volunteer mixed a simple oral rehydration solution. The skit closed with the words “And Predisan is born.”
Community elder Oscar Melgar then stood to recall darker days. “From 2012 to 2015 there was a lot of violence in this area,” he said. “They wanted to solve their problems with their guns.”
“Now we have peace, so much that I’m not worried about sleeping at night with my door open and my windows open.”
Dr. Cliff Fullerton, a Texas board member who has volunteered for thirty years, noted the deeper change. “The whole community is getting more mature and healthier,” Fullerton said. “And I love seeing the pride that people have in Predisan and their communities.”
Young Honduran staffers Keyra Erazo and Annette Moradel, both twenty-five, listened intently. Moradel said the stories of Madrid and Clark “inspire me a lot and encourage me that I can really reach out and do anything that the Lord placed on my heart.”
Dr. Gabriela Tovar left a dental practice in the capital to join Predisan. “It’s an organization full of opportunity,” the thirty-one-year-old said. “Young people can come in here, work, get lots of experience. But more than experience, they can get closer to God.”
Adopted daughters Bartola Kuruvilla and Fide Madrid-Jones traveled from Tulsa and Denton to celebrate. Kuruvilla called herself “a product of this ministry.” Madrid-Jones described her own journey as “a miracle story because of them.”
Grandson Daniel King, a twenty-one-year-old flight instructor from Texas, reflected on the contrast between past and present. “Now the kids are vaccinated, there’s healthcare available, and that’s just the start of it,” King said. “They’ve expanded into education and food and economic development. And the coolest thing about it is that at the center of it all is Jesus.”
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Faith Facts
- Six Christians were killed while mourning a loved one at a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan.
- The attack took place in a nation long praised for its peace between faiths.
- Twenty-eight believers were also wounded in the gunfire.
In a rare attack in a country known for peaceful inter-faith coexistence, suspected armed Islamic extremists attacked a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan on Friday (Oct. 23), killing at least six people and wounding 28 others, according to reports.
The violence struck worshipers gathered to honor the dead, turning a sacred moment of grief into one of terror.
Local authorities have not released the names of the victims, but the community is already mourning its loss.
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Faith Facts
- Danny Burmawi converted to Christianity while living in Jordan and faced death threats from his own family.
- After fleeing to Lebanon in 2009, he now travels to the United States to warn Western churches about radical Islam.
- His brother threatened to behead him if he ever returned home, highlighting the severe persecution faced by Muslim converts to Christ.
Danny Burmawi knows the cost of following Jesus. Raised in a Muslim family in Jordan, he made the decision to surrender his life to Christ and immediately became a target for violence.
His own brother threatened to behead him if he ever returned home. In 2009, Burmawi fled to Lebanon, where he began rebuilding his life away from the constant fear of honor killing.
Today he travels across the United States with a clear mission. He is sounding the alarm to American churches about the true nature of radical Islam and the spiritual battle unfolding in the West.
“I was afraid I would be killed for leaving Islam.”
Burmawi speaks from firsthand experience. He understands the doctrines that fuel persecution and the urgency for Christians in free nations to wake up before the same threats reach their own communities.
“Now he comes to the United States with a warning to Western Christians.”
His testimony is a call to prayer, vigilance, and bold faith. American believers are being challenged to stand firm for truth while there is still time to defend religious liberty and the Gospel.
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Faith Facts
- Six young Christian men were arrested in Egypt for posting a TikTok video authorities deemed offensive to Islam.
- Egyptian officials continue to enforce strict blasphemy laws that disproportionately affect religious minorities.
- Believers worldwide are called to stand firm in faith amid rising persecution.
Six young Christian men in Egypt were taken into custody after posting a short video on TikTok. Authorities claimed the content insulted Islam.
The arrests highlight the ongoing pressure faced by Egypt’s Christian community. Christians make up roughly ten percent of the population and often encounter legal and social obstacles.
Local reports indicate the video was filmed privately and shared among friends before authorities intervened. No evidence of intent to incite violence has been presented.
“We are concerned that these young men are being targeted simply for their faith,”
“Such actions create an atmosphere of fear for believers who wish to express themselves online,”
Advocates for religious freedom note that blasphemy cases in Egypt frequently lack transparency and due process. Families of the detained men are seeking legal counsel and prayer support.
International Christian groups are urging the Egyptian government to uphold constitutional guarantees of religious liberty. They stress the importance of protecting minority rights in a nation striving for stability.
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