Henna

Henna is a temporary artwork drawn on the skin. It is very popular among ladies in South Asia, the Middle East and some parts of Africa. It is made from henna leaves ground into a fine powder which is added to lemon juice or strong tea to make a paste. The paste is then placed into henna cones and then piped onto the skin. After it dries, the paste is wiped off and the design remains on the skin for a week or more.

Believers in these areas are using this art form to share the Good News to these ladies. Whether they are in a home or restaurant, a story from the Bible is told and discussed and then a henna design is used to reinforce the story. 


Each week some of the ladies here are sharing with us how to do this art form. I discovered something unexpected the very first night that I took the girls over to the home where this was going on. While I expected that we would learn a new, cool way for sharing God's word with others, I did not expect for my Lilly to learn the meaning to a story that she hadn't heard very many times. Just another example of how God's word never returns void!


Here she is telling the story of the women with the bleeding disorder...

Here we are at the second week of Henna "class".

Here is the finished design.

This is what it looks like once the paste comes off.