Update from Sri Lanka

Today we welcome our long time missionary and friend Ajith Fernando. Ajith is an author, speaker, evangelist & the National Teaching Director for Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka. We’ve supported him for 20 years and are grateful for his faithful ministry. SRI LankA is a pear-shaped island off the southeastern coast of India Population 21.3 million • Independence from the United Kingdom in 1948 became a republic 1972 • Religion Buddhism 70%, Hinduism 15%, Islam 7.5%, Christianity 7.5% Literacy Rate 91% • Language Sinhala, Tamil & English • Sri Lanka used to be known as Ceylon.