Ruth* works on an Indian Ocean Island seeking to share the gospel with people who have never had it explained to them. In her culture’s context, being an unmarried woman past your twenties is deemed very shameful. One of Ruth’s colleagues actually wept when learning that Ruth is single. Give thanks that Ruth is content in her singleness and that this has enabled her to explain her spiritual relationship with Jesus, made possible through Christ’s death and resurrection. Pray that Ruth will continue to treasure her Lord in times of loneliness or perceived shame in her community and that the joy of a relationship with Jesus will be attractive to her friends. 

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