At his funeral, it was hundreds of the lepers whom Staines had personally cared for who led the memorial procession. And in a land where religious hostilities often lead to violence, it was at the funeral that Staine's grieving widow stunned many members of the Indian community by her immediate willingness to forgive. My prayer and desire is these people who took my husband's life will be touched by that same love so that they will never do this to any other person. Today, Gladys Staines, who before the killings called her primary duties that of wife and mother, has returned to Orissa to continue her husband's work. The home for lepers in the village of Baripada, India, that Gladys now oversees, serves around sixty-five patients.
Patients get their wounds treated and bandaged and learn such skills as basket weaving.
In this way, lepers are able to remain productive, which is very important in Indian society. Those who can't work in the fields, they can sit and do something. Gladys Staines says her husband often told how Jesus healed the lepers when He was on earth. Today, it's the kind determination of his widow to carry on that many supporters in India say dramatically demonstrates Christ's teachings. And that is a demonstration of Biblical prophecy in our world today, exercised by Gladys Staines, her husband, and her children.