the life of an outcast

"...these deformed hands receiving some money tell a story from a present chapter in this leper's life, which could be entitled "Outcast" The first chapters are known only by the leper and God. We can only guess what his life was once like.

Was he a child when the patches first appear on his skin?

Perhaps his parens were wealthy or poor. Was he an illiterate poor farmer or was he a schoolteacher, a doctor, or a merchant?

It wouldn't have mattered. He would've been forced to leave his village and his family...leaving his wife and children."

Lifesong-India has the privilege and opportunity to love him, help meet some of his basic needs today...

~ Bob Stoll (started orphan care work 30 years ago in India)