Introduction
I Give all glory honor and praises to the living
God, who by His Precious Son sought after me and saved me from my wretchedness
and made me as His Servant and light to the Christ less perishing in this
world. This is not an advertisement but to show you that Jesus is greater than
all the sins of the world put together and He can save any one if only, one
yields to His tender and loving call.
My
father’s parents were temple priests and were active in sorceries and demonic
demonstrations and my mother’s mother was a pagan Orphan. But the pioneer
missionary efforts of Basel Mission brought them to Christ.
Childhood
I was born in 1950 and when I was 1 years old total
paralysis struck me down and the doctors gave up and I was brought to my
mother’s remote village to die and to be buried. My mother being a school
Head-mistress had to walk mils for her job and she battled with the Lord for
life while walking 4 times in-between her school and home. She promised that I
will be dedicated to become a servant of the Lord to proclaim His name free of
cost and to help people who suffer. I slowly recovered and I still remember
going to the local Catholic school; walking like a cripple from another planet
and all the kids making fun.
Our
up Bringing
My
Christian parents were puritans and we 4 kids were brought in very strict
discipline and were taught Christian virtues. As I grew up I was a notorious
boy with all kinds of sins. I stood out in all Church activities yet I was a
hypocrite. In 1963, during a summer camp; for the first time in life I learned
that I have to be born a new to become a sinner. I saw “myself”. I was
wretched! I confessed my sins with cries. It lasted for several hours and
people wondered that some thing went wrong with me. The missionary stories of
Dr.David Livingston, challenged me and I dedicated my life to the Lord.
Running
away from God
As
I grew as an young man, old sins returned and Missions was the last thing I
wanted. I ran away from my home and
joined the Indian Army. While in the Army I lived a Christian life but I was
not happy. Some thing was missing in me. I started seeking the Lord that if he
would take me out from the Army I will never look back.
My
Spiritual Encounters
I
joined Operation Mobilization India. People from all around the world worked in
small teams, in all the states of India. I went with so many
imaginations. We received no salaries. It was faith life all the way. We lived
in trucks, cooked our own food with the money we earned from selling gospel
packets. I was not a use there. I was on board the ship M/V. LOGOS. I sought
the Lord every day in depth and with all my heart. The Lord became mine. I am still continuing in faith life and the
Lord is very faithful.
While in the state of Bihar,
I attended a church. The worship was different from where I belonged. People
sang in the spirit, prayed in the Spirit and testified in the Spirit. This
ended that I obeyed the Lord with my under ground church back home, and were
baptized. We were bundled out for this.
Under the Leadership Of Anderson
Church Of God
This
ex-communication from the mother church saw me home and I had to under take the
Pastoral leadership. I joined the seminary and did my B.Th. I served this
church in the state of Kerala for 6 years and during this period married my
wife Molly on the 19th Feb-1979.
Our Call to Reach the Unreached.
Not
soon after our marriage the Lord said,” go out to the region to the lost and
preach the gospel and this call. I resigned and reached where I am now! It was
all Exactly the experience of Abraham. The vast difference is that he had
cattle, camel, servant and every thing. But Molly and I had nothing. True! Not
a penny. Elathagiri was our Destination 29 years ago.
New Dimensions:
Starvations and lack of every thing killed our first-born
son. All the local Orthodox churches refused a burial ground. I buried our
first born in the present campus. We then had the 3 kids. We had 2 associate
workers. For some years we had nothing to eat. All these adversities drove me
to the presence of the Lord. I locked my doors for 2 weeks and humbled myself
and sought the Lord. I came out as a new person, being filled with the Spirit
of the Lord. Betty our 2nd daughter was close to death and the Lord
rose her from the death. She has completed the B.Th and she is assisting me in
the ministry.
Molly
and I went from one village to another with the help of a bi-cycle, given by
Dr.K.P Yeohannan, the founder of Gospel for Asia.
We worked together in Operation Mobilization. He also supported us for years
with a small monthly support. All the 4 kids were with us during the ministry.
Demons fled. Cancers were healed. People who were in debts were blessed. And
they joined the church.
He is Faithful
On
a Sunday morning My kids came from home and told me that a white man came to
see me! And I was in all surprise. He was working with Siemens Germany. He was
not a Christian. Some one hearing about our work sent him for verification. I
went to Germany
in 1998 Sep. Sister Doris is the person behind our Orphanage. The Lord helped us to educate the kids and
one is a postgraduate, two are Engineers and the one is in the ministry.
Spending And being spent
The filed is very dark. It is very dangerous now to go to
villages now! We have 30 associate churches now. We have 30 people in the
Orphanage. I single handedly run this ministry. I gave my land, buildings and
all I have for the cause of the kingdom. We need more of every thing. Please!
Pray that the Lord would open the right doors of support to Build His kingdom.
Sincerely,
Rev.Dass.T
