Mar 12, 2026 | Loving the Leper
Sommama was just 16 years old when she was diagnosed with leprosy. But her family chose to hide her instead of treating her disease and caring for her. This rejection hurt Sommama deeply. As her deformities became apparent, her family could not bring themselves to...
Feb 24, 2026 | Loving the Leper
Compassion in Asia’s Leprosy Colonies It all begins with white spots on your skin. Surely it can’t be leprosy. In a matter of weeks, you go from a normal, happy life to being one of the most despised, rejected people on earth—a leper. Your landlord evicts you, your...
Oct 21, 2025 | Loving the Leper
What goes through your mind when you think of leprosy? Deformed feet and fingers? A dreaded disease? Or maybe you think of Jesus compassionately telling a leper, “Be thou clean.” Today in South Asia lepers still exist and are outcasts of society just as they were in...
Jan 14, 2025 | Loving the Leper
In Bible times, lepers were considered outcasts and untouchables, forced to live outside towns and cities. When a leper approached Jesus, begging for healing, Jesus broke an unthinkable barrier by touching his diseased skin and saying, “Be cleansed” (Mark 1:40-42). In...
Oct 2, 2024 | Loving the Leper
Outcasts of society, lepers in South Asia face discrimination from their friends and even their families. As the dreaded disease slowly spreads in their body, many become helpless and crippled. These rejected people eagerly reach for love and acceptance when someone...
