Pastor Sanhitha asked God for a livelihood when COVID-19 put the church in dire financial straits

Sanhitha can now generate her own income with chickens

Sanhitha Narrator: For the past 15 years, I have been serving God. My wife has studied at Bible school and stand with me in ministry. I have two sons aged 9 and 7. BeforeIt home and the church located on the same plot of land. We are facingtoo many challenges in servicen, and we har also Witnessed persecution.

In our assembly there are 60 members. Because of the covid-19 the pandemic we are facingfor huge Financial difficulties. In fact, we receive less than 15.000 SR per month(less than 500 DKK per month from the church, ed.). With this Amount we shall pay consumption, transportation– and family expenses. Vi kto therefore don't put money aside so that ours Children once kto Read more.

Despite this, we do not complain to God.We know that we will be rewarded for going through hard times for his sake.

We had a serious Financial problem during the lockdown. We therefore started asking for, that we could start our own business and thought about raising goats. This prompted We for.

Evangelical Alliance in Sri Lanka (Danish European Mission's partner i Sri Lanka, ed.) came at this time and gave us help to help ourselves. It is now three months since we started this initiative, and we make a reasonable profit from it.We are truly grateful for theno help, concludes Sanhjtha.

Thank you to everyone who stands with poor church planters in Sri Lanka at a time like this and ensures that they can become self-sufficient.

Facts and figures: Self-help for persecuted Christians in Sri Lanka

Danish Mission to Europeivere has since 2012 Providing self-help to poor Christians i Sri Lanka.The help could be a cow whose milk they can sell, chickens whose eggs can be sold, goats that can be bred and whose milk can be sold, chickens whose eggs can be sold or help to open a small shop.
Mange poor Christians familiar i Sri Lanka needs help for self-help, especially pastoral families who have planted churches in villages, where there are no Christians. Their passion for sharing the gospel in the villages i Sri Lankadespite persecution, is exemplary.