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We are so thankful for your support as Prayer Partners. But we know you might not have had your say yet. There are lots of stories waiting to be told and for you to pray over. So, we are keeping this poll open and have expanded the options. Your input will make a big difference in the issues to come. Leprosy Mission Australia remains committed to its goal of seeing leprosy defeated and lives transformed. Your compassionate support moves us closer to that goal. We want to continue to encourage and inspire you. So please help us by choosing the types of stories you want to read more about.
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It’s hard to see hope when we are in the middle of suffering. In fact, it’s almost impossible. Pain and suffering shrink our world to what is most immediate – survival. Paul wrote to the Roman church, knowing from experience that suffering leaves a mark. The best mark it leaves is being able to persist, to take one more step, one more breath. In time, this develops maturity and wisdom. Suffering still hurts, but now we know we have the resources to survive. Only then can we recognise hope and a sense of assurance about the future.
Bibek, from Nepal, felt hopeless when doctors diagnosed him with leprosy at just 15. Upset and tearful he recalls that, "although my family was supportive, my friends and community left me alone and did not want to associate with me. I felt like I wanted to be alone and didn’t want to live because of the stigma I knew surrounding leprosy.”
