In April of this year Lowell and I (Kathy), and Pastor Britto visited Africa for the very first time! Even though our main focus is still India, God is really laying on my heart a burden for the nations of Kenya and Pakistan. On our trip to Kenya we felt led of God to visit …
Imagine, for just a few minutes, that this is your life… You are a 12-year-old boy living in a poverty-stricken leprosy colony in India. You are homeless because your hut has fallen apart. You feel so sad because everyone around you is suffering, especially your own family. You are weak and starving because each night …
The strong El Nino this year is producing heavy rains in Kenya, which has brought much destruction of houses and crops. The rains are expected to last for months and could cause more damage in Kenya. Pastor Calvince, ICII’s ministry partner in Kenya, has just informed us that two of his missionaries and their families …
Bringing Relief to Leprosy Victims Last fall, extremely heavy downpours in Tamil Nadu, India produced the highest rainfall in a hundred years and some of the worst flooding ever. Many areas of the state’s capital city, Chennai, were underwater for weeks, and large regions of the state were seriously affected. Floods killed hundreds, and …
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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 …
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