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Take comfort in the name for Jesus - ‘Immanuel’, God with us.
By Steven Meredith, The Leprosy Mission Australia Board Chair
Thank you for the opportunity to share with you. Your compassionate support for people affected by leprosy continues to inspire me.
It has been a difficult and challenging time for many with the impacts of the glob...
Welcome to the TLMA family, Andrew!
We are pleased to welcome Andrew Newmarch as your new International Programs Manager at The Leprosy Mission Australia.
Andrew comes to us from a long career in international development.
And we asked him to share a little about himself with you…
“I am married to Ruth, the Associa...
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“You are invited to join us!”
By Sheldon Rankin, CEO
In the same way the Macedonian Church desired to partner with the brothers and sisters in the Jerusalem Church “they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people” (2 Cor 8:4), so many of you share with us in ser...
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Praise to The Author and Giver of Life, Transforming Lives Affected by Leprosy
I first saw the work of the Leprosy Mission during a ‘Trek for Treatment’ in Nepal in 2008. The grandeur of the Himalayas and the lovely Nepali people contrasted with the ravages of the complications of Leprosy.
I was appalled at the social exclusion, greater poverty, blindness a...
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A year at The Leprosy Mission Australia
I remember watching Samana’s story play across the big screens in my church and being moved. Not just at the sheer tragedy of her mother’s death because of a curable disease. But also at the hope in Samana and her family’s perseverance in the face of Samana herself developing lep...
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God works in India through supporters of faith like you... and Maria and Joe Bast!
“If Jesus was here today, He would say to a person with leprosy, ‘I’m always there for you, and don’t be afraid because there is hope and there is a future.’”
– Maria Bast, Leprosy Mission supporter
Maria and Joe Bast are dedicated supporters of The Leprosy Mission… just like...
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