Pastor Britto and missionary Lowell Smith were deeply impressed by the time they spent with a man named Abraham who lives at the colony. The day we visited him at New Life Colony, he was singing: ‘I will see my Redeemer one day, he will wipe away all of my tears. All of my sorrows …
Palaniyammal has had leprosy for 15 long years. She has two sons; her husband is dead. But her sons chased her out of their house because she contracted leprosy. Now she lives alone in a tiny hut in another village where low-caste people live. Only once a day she will normally have a meal – …
I am from a non-Christian family. I had 4 brothers and 3 sisters. I got married at age 17. After I got leprosy I had no kids, so my husband married my younger sister. She has one daughter. My husband never took care of me. We were eating old and sour rationed rice as our …
My name is Pappathi, I was born in a very remote village. We had four children in our family, 2 brothers and 2 sisters. I am the youngest in the family. We are Dalits in the village, we work for the village because we are untouchable. We go to the village, clean the streets and …
Dear Friends, How can we express our thanks to you? We don’t have enough time to count all the things that you are doing for us. Whenever we see the ICII team we see Jesus, and feel that it is Jesus who is visiting us and we feel so much joy and happiness. When we …
A Letter From the Women at the New Life Leprosy Colony Read More »
Dear Sponsors Because of you we are not lacking; thank you so much for providing our needs. Whenever the ICII team brings us good food, fruits, and vegetables we see that it is all being done in Jesus’ Name. The team never comes empty-handed to us, they always are providing for us and thinking about …
A Letter From the Men at the New Life Leprosy Colony Read More »
My name is Rathnam. I lived in a remote village. When I was 10 years old I lost my father. In my family, we had six members. When I was 21 years old I got leprosy. My older brother and younger sister all got affected with leprosy and also my mother. One night in the …
“My name is Chinnathai. I am 70 years old. After I had my first child, I got leprosy. Then when I was 30 years old my husband divorced me and threw my daughter and me out of the house. After that, I had to work as a slave just to get food. As I got …
I am from a non-Christian family. I never had a chance to get married because of my leprosy. My parents died a long time ago and I have 2 younger brothers and 2 younger sisters. I am eating ration rice. Because of my leprosy disease, I cannot work and provide for myself. My one sister …
Kosangi grew up in a non-Christian family of nine. Most of his family has died. When Kosangi was 15 years old he contracted leprosy. As Kosangi got older he had to tend a small herd of goats each day from dawn to dusk in a coconut grove near his home in the cowshed compound where …
