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Hope for Every Hurt, Even Through Disease, Leprosy and Rejection

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June 17, 1919
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Prina was a living a nightmare... After contracting the disease of leprosy, her husband was murdered in a land dispute, leaving Prina a quarantined widow...
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Prina was a living a double-portion of a nightmare… After contracting leprosy, her husband was murdered in a land dispute, leaving Prina a quarantined widow. As the physical symptoms of Prina’s leprosy spread, so did the news of her disease among her relatives and other villagers. People, including her family, kept their distance and stopped interacting with her out of fear of contracting the disease. Although leprosy is one of the least infectious diseases, the lack of education about it in communities like Prina’s leads to fear and shunning—adding emotional distress to those already suffering.

Prina was banished to one room of her son’s house, where no one dared to enter. The only interaction she had with her family was when someone came to her door to deliver her daily meal.

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One day, while Prina lay outside, she met Soma, the wife of a local GFA-supported pastor who had a church in the village.

When Soma and some women from the local Women’s Fellowship saw Prina, they stopped to offer prayer and comfort. Soma’s heart went out to this mother who had been abandoned to the shame of leprosy. Soma tried to talk to Prina, but fear and disgust mingled in Prina’s eyes, and she refused to engage with Soma and the other ladies…

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Learn more about the GFA-supported leprosy ministry, or the Reaching Friends Ministry, helping remind people affected by leprosy that they have dignity and are valued by God.

Read more in Gospel for Asia’s Special Report:Leprosy—Misunderstandings and Stigma Keep it Alive – Although It’s a Curable Worldwide Problem.

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