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Stricken with a deadly disease that literally rots away the flesh. A Biblical disease most have thought has been long extinct. In India, there are hundreds of thousands of people that have the dreaded disease of leprosy. Help us help those in desperate need today and change a life before it is too late.
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NEWSLETTER May/June 2004 - VOLUME SIX
INDEPENDENT CHURCH IN INDIA PO BOX 238 FREDERICKSBURG, PA 17026
website: www.indchurch.org email:info@indchurch.org

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Touching The Untouchable... (cont)

Pastor Britto and Kathy walked to another part of this same village, and children beganfollowing them. They shared the Gospel through visuals to the children. After hearing the Gospel, many children accepted the Lord and it began raining during this time.

A youth girl named Rega invited the Gospel team into her house and she began asking them lots of questions about the Lord. She had also heard the Gospel when the team had shared it to the children, and she had made a commitment to the Lord. She shared with amazement and joy; "I am so excited that I have this much love in my heart for Jesus!" Rega told them that this is the first time that she had ever heard the name of Jesus because no one had ever come to her village before to share about Jesus.

Many children in the village of
Peryapalla-paddilreceived the Lord
with joy on the first visit.

The next day Pastor Britto went to search for some doctors for Udaiyamal the woman with leprosy. About four different doctors did not want to be bothered. They told him that they did not want to be bothered with her because she is called an "untouchable" person due to the Hindu caste system. Pastor Britto told the fifth doctor that Jesus loves this woman with leprosy and he also does and just wants to help her. The doctor told Pastor Britto that he never seen anyone in this world before that has this kind of compassion on someone else. He even said he was a doctor that should be doing things to help these types of people. So he told Pastor Britto to come back another day with her.

Two days later Pastor Britto picked up Udaiyamal at her village and took her to the doctor. The doctor would not even touch her because he called her an "untouchable" due to his Hindu belief. But instead, he gave some medicine and advised Pastor Britto what to do to help her to be more comfortable.
Pastor Britto giving Udaiyamal
rice and vetagables.

The next day, Pastor Britto and Kathy went to Udaiyamal's village to take her some food, put on medicine, and wrap up her feet. As they began wrapping up her feet, Udaiyamal began crying and told them "no one had ever done this for me before, even the doctors would not touch me, but here you are helping me."

A large crowd began to gather around her small tent wondering why they were there helping this woman. Kathy shares: "We told Udaiyamal that Jesus loves her and that we wanted to show her His love. We told her that she was very special to God. In India, these people are considered low caste or untouchable, so no one has ever told them they are special or that they are loved. This was the first time she had ever heard about this type of love. Then we asked her if she would like to hear more about Jesus and she eagerly said "yes"!

Pastor Britto and Kathy putting medicine
on an open wound on Udaiyamal's hand on
a later visit.
Udaiyamal asks Jesus into her heart after hearing the Gospel and after experiencing His love towards her.
"The people outside heard us sharing this and invited us to come outside so they could also hear more about Jesus. Some of them were the same people who had heard the Gospel the first time, but did not respond. This time many accepted the Lord, including Udaiyamal".
"This was the first time Udaiyamal had ever heard about this type of love".