The Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. The stories for the 2011 Mission Yearbook were collected around General Assembly Mission theme “Grow Christ’s Church Deep and Wide” based on Matthew 28:18-20 and Mark 9:35. Each yearbook page bears witness to the abundant possibilities of the church because of the leadership of Christ.
Today in the Mission Yearbook: May 7, 2011
OLDER ADULT WEEK: INDIA - The wedding of Mary Elizabeth and Yesudoss ("servant of Jesus'') shows how connections in Christ bring together people rejected by the world. One Sunday morning in Yesudoss’s village, guests arrived from Mary’s village south of Chennai. Rural weddings in India often join villages, but these two are special. The Catholic Church built Yesudoss’s village, where houses bear such brass plates as “with gratitude to Desmond, Dublin, Ireland.” Similarly, the houses in Mary’s village were built by the Church of South India in continuation of the leprosy mission of the Church of Scotland. Mary and Yesudoss were among the children unaffected by this disease—and its stigma. She grew up to earn a degree in clinical nutrition at CSI Ewart Women’s Christian College and work for the Red Cross.
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