Jesus Saves

MORAKETIYA, Sri Lanka, Jan. 19 -A dozen Americans walked into a relief
camp here, showering bereft parents and traumatized children with gifts,
attention and affection. They also quietly offered camp residents something
else: Jesus.

The Americans, who all come from one church in Texas, have staged plays detailing
the life of Jesus and had children draw pictures of him, camp residents said.
They have told parents who lost children that they should still believe in God,
and held group prayers where they tried to heal a partly paralyzed man and a
deaf 12year-old girl.

The attempts at proselytizing are angering local Christian leaders, who worry
that they could provoke a violent backlash against Christians in Sri Lanka, a
predominantly Buddhist country that is already a religious tinderbox.

from the New York Times