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In one occasion he was lined up for execution with several others and forced to sing a national anthem that said, "all honor and glory does not belong to Caesar, the bourgeois or God." In fear of being killed for disobedience he cried profusely, yet did not sing the national hymn. Miraculously, he was spare and thrown back into his jail cell. Many times he witnessed men being shot outside on the "Wall of Death", and prayed to God that if it was his will that he not be the next in line.

In 1964 he was commanded to use his engineering mechanic’s knowledge to make bombs to supply the communist front in Central America. When he refused to obey a Sergeant pulled out his pistol and put it to his head and was about to shoot if he refused again. At that moment he remembered his wife and children knowing he would not see them again. Again, because of Divine grace, a prison official persuaded the Sergeant that he be released because of his religious conscience. After that, authorities scolded him saying that he was going to be sentenced to about 30 year in prison. But by the grace of God he was released from prison in 1964 before he was sentenced.

Lázaro and his family suffered much persecution from authorities and other people. He was refused work everywhere he went and he and his family for many years suffered hunger and pain. Yet his faith in God did not waiver. He remembers several times traveling in Havana seeing a sign that said "La Iglesia de Cristo" (The Church of Christ), and would remark to his wife Julia, "That small temple has a Biblical name, Church of Christ." However, in 1984 things began to change. When Venezuela offered to give political asylum to people that had been imprisoned by the Cuban government he and his family were one of several that were selected by lottery. That year they were exiled to Caracas, Venezuela. That year while visiting a doctor of the Church of Christ in Caracas, he was handed a book called the New Testament Church by Armando Alaniz. Soon after the read the book and taught more truths, Lazaro was baptized into the body of Christ - the Church of Christ. Then in 1990, under a U.S. program, "Plan Exodus" for individuals that had been political prisoners in Cuba, he and his family moved to the U.S.

Because of Lázaro’s committment to God, and many others like him that were imprisoned, the Cuban government became flexible in permitting the freedom to worship God. Churches in Cuba have been growing because of men like him that were willing to die standing steadfast in their faith in Jesus Christ in the early 1960’s. Lázaro and his family have been very active members of the Hialeah, Florida Spanish Church of Christ. He works as a machinist in Hialeah and serves the congregation as a deacon and also in teaching and preaching. Periodically, he teaches courses in the Atlantic International Bible Institute. Lázaro’s God given talents and knowledge is in teaching and preaching God’s Word. The Atlantic International Bible Institute and the Hialeah church agree with him that he needs to devote his time and effort full time to the ministry of proclaiming the Word of God. We hope and pray that this petition before God is promptly and timely answered by your prayers and with your financial support.

SADULE, Práxides Lázaro - Biography
	Lázaro was a Baptist preacher in Cuba when the government went communist. Six times he was incarcerated for passing out Bible literature that invited people to attend church on Sundays. These detainments lasted anywhere from two weeks to three months. On his seventh apprehension for talking about Jesus in the park he was imprisoned for over a year in 1962. Immediately after he was arrested in 1962 he and others were thrown into a make shift jail made from a refrigerated storage room with a temperature of near zero degrees. For one year he and other Christians were humiliated in different manners. They were fed food that was rotten; soup with bugs; bread that had worms; mixed food with a scorpion; and many times some prisoners were severely beaten.
In one occasion he was lined up for execution with several others and forced to sing a national anthem that said, "all honor and glory does not belong to Caesar, the bourgeois or God." In fear of being killed for disobedience he cried profusely, yet did not sing the national hymn. Miraculously, he was spare and thrown back into his jail cell. Many times he witnessed men being shot outside on the "Wall of Death", and prayed to God that if it was his will that he not be the next in line. In 1964 he was commanded to use his engineering mechanic’s knowledge to make bombs to supply the communist front in Central America. When he refused to obey a Sergeant pulled out his pistol and put it to his head and was about to shoot if he refused again. At that moment he remembered his wife and children knowing he would not see them again. Again, because of Divine grace, a prison official persuaded the Sergeant that he be released because of his religious conscience. After that, authorities scolded him saying that he was going to be sentenced to about 30 year in prison. But by the grace of God he was released from prison in 1964 before he was sentenced. Lázaro and his family suffered much persecution from authorities and other people. He was refused work everywhere he went and he and his family for many years suffered hunger and pain. Yet his faith in God did not waiver. He remembers several times traveling in Havana seeing a sign that said "La Iglesia de Cristo" (The Church of Christ), and would remark to his wife Julia, "That small temple has a Biblical name, Church of Christ." However, in 1984 things began to change. When Venezuela offered to give political asylum to people that had been imprisoned by the Cuban government he and his family were one of several that were selected by lottery. That year they were exiled to Caracas, Venezuela. That year while visiting a doctor of the Church of Christ in Caracas, he was handed a book called the New Testament Church by Armando Alaniz. Soon after the read the book and taught more truths, Lazaro was baptized into the body of Christ - the Church of Christ. Then in 1990, under a U.S. program, "Plan Exodus" for individuals that had been political prisoners in Cuba, he and his family moved to the U.S. Because of Lázaro’s committment to God, and many others like him that were imprisoned, the Cuban government became flexible in permitting the freedom to worship God. Churches in Cuba have been growing because of men like him that were willing to die standing steadfast in their faith in Jesus Christ in the early 1960’s. Lázaro and his family have been very active members of the Hialeah, Florida Spanish Church of Christ. He works as a machinist in Hialeah and serves the congregation as a deacon and also in teaching and preaching. Periodically, he teaches courses in the Atlantic International Bible Institute. Lázaro’s God given talents and knowledge is in teaching and preaching God’s Word. The Atlantic International Bible Institute and the Hialeah church agree with him that he needs to devote his time and effort full time to the ministry of proclaiming the Word of God. We hope and pray that this petition before God is promptly and timely answered by your prayers and with your financial support.