“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 older I could no longer work so I went to a government hospital to stay there. For ten years I lived at the government hospital [leprosy department]. The food they gave me at the hospital was very old and smelled very bad. Even when I ate the food it tasted terrible and many times I would have to vomit it. But now they have torn down the leprosy building, so I have been homeless for the past year, and I have had to go begging around the bus stops.
I don’t have anyone to take care of me now, and my daughter is also in a terrible situation as well. I have no one in my life that I can turn to. Then I learned about IndependentChurch in India’s Promised Land Leprosy Home and they invited me to come and live here. This home has good food and is such a nice place to stay. I want to stay at the Promised Land leprosy Community and live here for the rest of my life. “
Sponsor A Victim of Leprosy
100% of your monthly gift will go to sponsor a victim of leprosy:
Independent Church in India wants to invite you to sponsor a victim of leprosy. Your sponsorship of only $360 a year or $30 per month (partial sponsorship) or $720 a year or $60 per month (full sponsorship) will help to provide for one leprosy friend’s food we cannot grow on the land.
It will also provide medicine, clothes, personal needs, and will help to keep the Promised Land leprosy community running smoothly.
Here at their new home your leprosy friend will also learn more about Jesus through Bible studies and attending services. You will receive a photo and a testimony card of the leprosy friend that you decide to sponsor. Also each year you will receive a letter from your leprosy friend.