Found the Lord as Savior and disowned by people
I was saved in 1955 during my college carrier in the ministry of a great servant of God at Guntur, South India. I was born and brought up in an orthodox Hindu family of northeast of southern India, Andhra Pradesh in 1936. After coming to the Lord at the age of 19 it was unspeakable joy of great experience of salvation. I felt my life was transformed spiritually from dirty to dignity in the life by worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ. When I came back home as a changed man in 1957 from college. I declared my faith in Christ to my family, brothers and sisters. My father died in my childhood. My mother was so beloved to me and five brothers and sisters. After knowing my faith in Jesus Christ they disowned me. As the Lord lead me from Andhra Pradesh to Calcutta, West Bengal, 1000 K.M. far away to North India in search of job, I faced lot of troubles and problems and I was quite at sea. At length, God opened the door to enter into Hindustan Motors as a coolie labour in the factory. After few months the authorities gave me a job in the quality control dept. Lord blessed my service, with in a short time of year I was promoted to the Executive position of Technical supervisor. I married Grace, daughter of a pastor in South Andhra in 1967 January 7th, as it was arranged by the leaders of the church.
Call and Commitment
After all these years from 1955, I have been praying for reaching the unreached people and also asked the Master to send the reapers for the harvest. Non-was found to be in the unreached places of hills and valleys in North east of Andhra Pradesh. I was assured the Lord’s call and resigned my prestigious secular job in 1970. I set out with my wife and two small children, Hepsibah and Sharon Rose. As the Lord lead me to a tribal village, the boarder of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
We stationed in a small thatched roof mud house in a tribal village for my activities in the valleys and hills. These tribal community called Saura, Jathava, Gadhaba other schedule casts are there to reach them it was risk of life and death. Yet, the Lord granted me His grace to labour 11 years to cross over the lofty hills of 3000 to 4000 feet high in valleys and hills to reach the unreached these tribals with the gospel, but no fruit. Inspite of all sick and suffering, and accidents I continued with the Gospel. After 11 years one soul came to the Lord blessed this humble beginning to plant 65 churches and train 195 elders, 55 co-workers. Every Sunday, more than 8000 believers gather together to worship the risen savior in all the hill peak centers. Thus, Lord honoured the humble, obedient, pioneering Gospel work among these Saura and Jathavas tribal communities.