Friend and fellow storyteller Katie Rowland shares that it's like to live in a leper colony with some photos of a visit she and her ministry team paid to a slum in India. According to Katie, the leper colonies are populated by "Untouchables" and outcasts who are filled with despair and fear. At the same time, she attests to how beautiful India is.
 
Interestingly, leprosy is a disease that can be treated, but many radical Hindus refuse treatment due to a strong belief of karma. The people they encounter are afraid of being reincarnated at a lower social status. Right now, she's on the phone with me and my marketing team, sharing a story about a woman named Leshmi with stage three cancer whom they helped move to hospital to receive treatment.
 
Here are some pictures:
 
julia and me with our english-speaking friend David George and his kind wife
 
eric & David George
 
praying for Leshmi
 
jenny and a little girl from the slums next to the leper colony
 
 
laura is a missionary living in our community. this is taken walking down the alley of houses that is the leper colony.
 
jenny, sarah and kathryn praying during slum ministry
 
 
we can't take cameras outside in the slums for safety reasons, so i shot this looking out the open door of the house where some Christians live who let us do kids programs in the slums
 
julia and rebecca praying over kids in the slums after leading a little program teaching Bible verses and stories and singing songs
 
michael leads a final prayer while the others lay hands on the children 


eric prays for a little girl 
 
and after ministry, the girls rearrange the furniture to watch a movie in the house

Please pray for Katie and her ministry team.