Thursday Fellowship – Dr Ruth Butlin
We welcomed back Dr Ruth Butlin who gave us an update on the work of The Leprosy Mission. Ruth has just returned from a trip to India to attend the Mission’s 150th Anniversary.
The link below gives a very interesting account of Ruth’s journey with the Mission:
Many communities in the Odisha State region of India are in desperate need. People with leprosy have been abandoned. They endure terrible living conditions – unsafe housing, lack of sanitation and unclean water where disease is rife. Bodies are frail and malnourished. Many are outcasts left heart-broken, robbed of all dignity, hope and despised by the outside world.
This is where The Leprosy Mission steps in with an aim to stop the spread of leprosy, now and for future generations. They passionately believe that God has called them for “such a time as this”, a time to revive health, revive futures and revive hope.
Ruth told us about the appeal to revive this very poor region of India and we were all given a leaflet with details of how we could support this work if so desired.
Ruth’s heart is really with the Anandaban Hospital, having worked there, (See Ruth’s story above), especially after the devastating earthquake in 2015. The rebuilding work was due to be completed this year but there is a little way to go, so the meeting agreed to channel our love offering of £160 to this project via Ruth.
We look forward to hearing further news of the work in the email updates Ruth sends out from time to time. Watch this space!