History of
the Good Samaritan School
In the early 1980’s,
Sabel Guifarro, a young Honduran man from Catacamas came to the United
States as a foreign exchange student. His roommate, Rich Machen, taught
him the Word of God and he became a Christian. When he returned home he
shared his faith with his family and they too became Christians.
The Machen and Guifarro
families grew close and together they started to organize evangelistic
campaigns in Catacamas. These campaigns were often supported and
implemented by various individuals and churches in the U.S.
As the church in
Catacamas grew, Machen and others formed La Escuela Biblica Honduras
(Honduras Bible School) to train preachers and church leaders. When a
child of one of bible school students almost died of diarrhea and
dehydration, the idea of combining healthcare training with preacher
training was born. This ultimately led to the formation of Predisan
Healthcare Ministry.
Predisan organized
medical missions from the U.S. It was one of these medical missionaries
who noticed the many children who were too poor to attend public
schools. While other children were in school, these children helped
their parents in the marketplace or simple hung out around their homes.
They decided to open a school to address this problem.
In 1986 they opened the
Good Samaritan School in a modest building that was borrowed from
Predisan. The school started with just one first grade class. In
subsequent years the school added additional grades and eventually built
its own building. Today the schools educates 640 children in Pre-K,
Kindergarten and grades one through six.
Today the school is financially
supported by hundreds of individuals and churches from around the U.S.
From 1986 to 2003 oversight of the school was provided by Holmes Road
Church of Christ in Lansing, MI. Metro Church in Winter Springs,
FL took over as overseer in 2003.
Make a Donation
All donations to the Good
Samaritan School are processed through Metro Church and are 100% tax deductible.
