In Their Shoes

Rufus Kamalakar is part of a ministry in India serving women who are slaves and prostitutes in temples in India. Society gives women of the lowest caste very few options in their lives and they are exploited for labor and sex work. The ministry with the temple prostitutes in Andhra Pradesh, India, received funding from American Baptist Women's Ministries "Break the Chains" national mission focus to provide education, marketable skill training, and microloans to help women employ themselves and provide for their families in life-affirming ways.

Rufus Kamalakar of Andhra Pradesh, India

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(Be sure to listen to episode 001--Interview with Kihomi Ngwemi--first!) This supplemental episode includes portions of the interview with Kihomi in which she describes growing up in DR Congo, how she and her husband came to Christ, and their call to ministry.

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Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast series, "In Their Shoes: Women Walking with Women WorldWide"! We're honored to launch with such a fantastic conversation as I had with Kihomi Ngwemi, missionary to Haiti. Kihomi and her husband Nzunga have served as missionaries in Haiti for many years. In this episode, I interview Kihomi just prior to her return to Haiti after having been gone for a year; she would be returning to a very different Haiti than she had left. Kihomi describes her ministry prior to the earthquake and begins to envision the ways in which it may change. I also include a short update from Kihomi sent to me a few weeks after her return.

For more information about Kihomi and Nzunga's ministry in Haiti, click here.

Kihomi, far left

 Kihomi teaching

 Praying together

If you'd like to hear about Kihomi and Nzunga's childhood in DR Congo, their journey to Christ, and their call to ministry, check out the supplement to episode 1, "Kihomi and Nzunga's Story."

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