In the Market for a Leper
Han Kham Pau and me in a Kalaymyo market Dear Friends, I had an incredible “God moment” during my visit to Kalaymyo, Myanmar, last […]
Read MoreHan Kham Pau and me in a Kalaymyo market Dear Friends, I had an incredible “God moment” during my visit to Kalaymyo, Myanmar, last […]
Read More"Leprosy." Eternal silence seemed to follow that single, dreaded word as it fell from the doctor's lips. Su Gui Zhong's heart began to race in panic as the diagnosis of an infected patch of skin registered. I'm a leper! Only 24 years old, she knew that her world was about to end. Before that awful moment, Su Gui had every reason to be optimistic about her future. She lived a simple but fulfilling life in rural China, happily married with three precious daughters. She and her husband had recently finished building a new house that had become their little home. Her community was tight-knit and supportive.
Read More"So you think you are so brave to kill Aziz because he has become a Christian? Then kill me, because I say that I am a Christian now, too!" With those words, Mohammad, a Pakistani Muslim, divided the group of young Muslim fanatics. His ploy of making the group wonder if he was a Christian, too, sufficiently confused them to allow time for his friend, "Aziz the Blasphemer," to shift to a safer location, saving his life.
Read MoreDear Friends, Over the weekend I received an urgent request for prayer from Khmu believers facing persecution in the communist nation of Laos. I want […]
Read MoreThe children, all who have parents affected by leprosy, got to attend summer camp as a reward for their hard work at school Dear […]
Read MoreIranian sisters Marzieh and Maryam, two years after their release from Tehran’s Evin Prison Dear Friends, Looking at the radiant smiles of sisters Marzieh […]
Read MoreIt was early Sunday morning, the day after Christmas. Rasool and Maryam Abdolahi and their two children were sleeping peacefully. That all changed, however, in an instant. Without warning, plainclothes policemen broke through the front door of their Tehran apartment and stormed inside. As some of the police rummaged through their personal belongings searching for evidence of their faith, Rasool and Maryam were handcuffed and taken away—as their two children watched in horror.
Read MoreWearing a simple dress and an innocent smile, twelve-year-old Saraswati Etlapuram seems like any other carefree little girl who lives in Hyderabad, India. Below the surface, however, she ponders questions about injustices that she doesn't understand: "Why do people shun me? Why am I not permitted to attend school like other children? Is it true that I will never be married?" Although she is perfectly healthy, Saraswati is treated like a leper—because her parents have leprosy.
Read MoreWould you invite this man to your wedding? Jesus has invited him to His wedding. Dear Friends, Yu Xue Wen contracted leprosy when he was […]
Read MoreDear Friends, We have just received this update from Intercessors Network: Burmese soldiers are systematically using forced labor, torture and rape to persecute majority-Christian residents […]
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