Women of Valor: The Ragpicker's Wife
by Marilynn Chadwick
Men, women, and children of all ages squeezed into the patchwork tent that was both home and church for Pastor Raju and his family. David and I were traveling through this remote slum village in India to see the work of church planters like Raju.
Raju was a ragpicker by trade. Daily, he sifted through the nearby garbage dump to find rags, plastic, bits of this-and-that to sell. It looked as if Raju had used some of "this-and-that" to construct his tent which, though humble, was very clean and well organized inside.
Raju was also a Dalit, a member of the "untouchable"…
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