In 2015 HOMM started a church ministry in Gujarat, a northern state of India with a local pastor and his family.  They were informed of a leprosy colony near the city. Individuals affected by leprosy are generally abandoned and prevented from accessing community resources such as food, water, education, employment and transportation. Their only way of getting provision is by begging on the streets. Our pastor and several church members visited the leprosy colony of 28 families and saw a great need. Nearly all of the individuals interviewed in the colony shared that there was not enough food to eat.