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 …
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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 …
My name is Vellathai and I was born in a remote village. My life was smooth and happy. I got married at the age of fourteen and with my husband we had four children, one girl, and three boys. Our life was going well at that time but one day I had a pain in …
Since November 8th, two spells of extremely heavy downpours in Tamil Nadu, India have produced the highest rainfall in a hundred years. More rain on the way spells a serious disaster for this region of southeast India. Many leprosy victims are without food because they cannot go out to beg. One of ICII’s pastors has …
Independent Church in India is reaching out to other nations as the Lord is leading. For more than a year, we have been working with a humble man of God in the nation of Kenya named Pastor Calvince who has the same vision as ICII – preaching the Gospel and reaching out to the poor …
