Beautiful feet! Victoria & Albert
Summer Missionary Programme( SMP) held in Karnataka which deepened my missionary commitment. In1998, I resigned my job and went as a missionary to Karnataka.
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married to Victoria on June 2. She had also committed her life as a missionary in Aroma( The girls ' camp organized by BYM) and had served as a missionary with GEMS( Gospel Echoing Missionary Society) in Bihar. After marriage we shifted to Karnataka to minister.
I belong to Trichy in Tamil Nadu. I was born and brought up in a Roman Catholic background. I lost my father when I was very young. Because of that, our family was pushed to the edge of poverty. My mother, elder brother and sister tried very hard to make both the ends meet. With much difficulty I could complete my studies and finally finish my ITI. I used to work in the nights and go to school in the mornings.
We had ministered as a family in Yellapur, Bijapur and Ramdurg mission fields. God blessed our labours among the Siddhi and Banjara people-groups. For the past three years, we are coordinating the ministry in Karnataka. God has been faithful to us all these years. Though there were many struggles and sufferings, His Grace was sufficient for us. He has never let us down.
We are blessed with two girl children Benita th th
( 11 Standard) and Jenita( 9 Standard). Both of them are studying in SanthoshaVidhyalaya, Dohnavur. Pray for their future and spiritual life.
I also did my apprentice in BHEL Company in Trichy. It was during that time, I got into various bad habits because of my friends. Then I started to think about my future career and decided to study catering while I was still working in a star hotel. I was planning to go abroad. But, owing to one of my friends ' pressure, I applied for a Central Government job at Neyveli. The post was for a care taker. Though there were many talented people than me( there were around 40 who had come for the interview), by God ' s Grace I was selected. This was a strategic move that God in His Sovereign grace had planned in my life.
At Neyveli, my neighbour was a SFJ( Students For Jesus) volunteer. They used to pray regularly every week. They took me to Halo ' 96( The boys ' camp conducted by Blessing Youth Mission) which was held in Sitteri hills. In that camp I gave my life to God. Not only was I saved, I took baptism, was filled with the Holy Spirit and committed myself to the Lord for missionary work. Later in 1997, I participated in the
Presently, we are stationed at Ramdurg Mission Station( The history of this Mission Station is given in page number 13). Continue to pray for us so that we might fulfil God ' s will and purposes in our lives.
“ He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot loose.”
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