Our Testimonies
Rev.S.M.Jothi Raj:
Dearly Beloved in the Lord,
Greetings to you in the name of our Lord.
I am very happy to share with you my testimony.
I am an ordained minister from India, working for the Lord in Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh, as an Evangelist/Social Worker/Counselor, under the banner "Serve All In Need Trust-India" (Saint-India). We are working among the poor and very poor villagers in and around Hyderabad, mostly among the non-Christians.
I was born and brought up in a Christian family, in a village in Tamil Nadu, another southern state in India. My father is the second convert in our family and his father, i.e., my grand father was a temple priest who had his own small temple in the village, and my mother was from a Christian family. My father too was an Evangelist who did lot of work in and around our native place.
It is not fair to mention all about my past life as it is not worth. In the year 1974, I came to know the Lord and received Him into my life as Savior and Lord. Within two months, He called me for ministry and in the beginning I was hesitant to accept His call due to the family situation but He made me commit myself later. The same year, I went to a Bible collage for my theological studies and did my studies there. In the year 1978, after my graduation, I came to Hyderabad, as according to His clear guidance and became a pastor in one of the big denominations in South India, i.e., Church of South India which is commonly called CSI.
I worked in the Churches here in Hyderabad for 19 years. Again the Lord gave me clear direction to go to my native place, leaving the Church Work and do social work and village evangelism. I was in charge for a newly started 'home for the aged ladies'. It was at this time I was working in a Bible collage as an honorary teaching staff for two years. I was there in my native for 5 years and then came back to Hyderabad and worked for another newly started organization as its social worker & counselor for 2 years. From January 2004, we are on our own and started this work in the month of June 2004. It is purely faith ministry.
I was married in the year 1980 and my wife Jancy Rani is a head mistress in a high school in one of the villages here in Hyderabad. She is with me in the ministry all through. Now she is more active than me in visiting and meeting ladies in the villages to spend time in Prayer, Bible Study and Counseling. There is good response among the ladies through her ministry.
We have no children, but a girl Reshmi who was my student in the Bible collage I was teaching, was with us for four years and is in the full time ministry. She is married to Mr.T.Stephen who is also in the full time ministry. They live in a nearby place and are blessed with a girl Janoah Reena.
Every day is a miracle being a faith minister. All these years I was a paid worker and we never used to think or worry about our financial needs. This Faith Ministry made us to put our complete trust in the Lord and it is a wonderful experience. He provides and takes care of the work, He has entrusted to us. We have nothing to worry and nothing to boast. He is to be praised.
We need your valuable prayer support for our small work for the Lord.
If you are interested to know more about our very small work for the Lord and the people, please do contact us and we are always available to help you know more. Love to hear from you.
Thanks for visiting our site.
with love and prayers,
s.m.jothi raj
Mrs.N.S.Jancy Rani:
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Warm Christian Greetings to you.
I was born and brought up in a very good Christian family. My Parents were nominal and ritual Christians in the beginning but later they committed their lives to the Lord. My father started a small Ministry Group in the name of "Tuticorin Gospel Service" which is still working for the Lord in the region. They brought us in a good Christian atmosphere and helped us commit our lives to the Lord. What I am to-day is because of my Parents.
I am with my husband all through in helping him in the ministry. But few years back, we organized a Gospel meeting and the 'Tuticorin Gospel Service' team was with us with a great man of God as a preacher. It was during this time I received a call for a specific ministry and I committed my life to the Lord and His work.
I am going to the nearby villages daily, after my school hours, meet the ladies and spend time with them in prayer, Bible study, fellowship, counseling etc. The response among the ladies, both Christians and Non-Christians are very good and several people have come to know the Lord, committed their lives to the Lord and took baptism. Few of them started doing the work for the Lord. Let the Lord's name alone to be praised.
Kindly remember us in your prayers that we may be able to do more for the Lord in the coming days.
Thanks a lot,
Your Sister in His Service,
N.S.Jancy Rani
Mr.A.D.Rabi Selvan:
Praise ye the Lord
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I greet you all in the sweet name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
What shall I render to the Lord for all the benefits He has done for me? I shall take the cup of Salvation and Praise His Holy Name. This is the statement of the Psalmist. This is what I want to do by sharing my testimony with all of you to-day.
I was born to a good Christian parent. My Parents were migrated to Hyderabad and they had a very humble beginning. The Lord blessed them because they were faithful to Him. It was the Lord who gave me a good job in a Local English daily. It was the Lord who gave me a good wife and two good children; a boy and a girl. It was the Lord who gave a good house to live and likewise all the blessings in life.
Later the Lord called me to serve Him in His Vineyard and I started doing His work in the Church and in few Christian Organizations in Hyderabad. The More I worked for the Lord and the more blessings I and my family received from the Lord.
The Lord also gave me a burden to work among the rejected and destitute old people as I have the love for old people. I have also seen lots of aged people are neglected by their own kith and kin. There is no proper care for them or even talk to them. Recently my mother completed her earthly life at the age of 93 years. She was bedridden for long and she was with us till death. I have seen her suffering and I had great time in serving her and help her to the maximum. This burden made me to take VRS from the daily I was working for 31 years and now we are working out a plan for a home for the aged through Saint-India. I am happy that the Lord has given me a chance to work for Him as Honorary Treasure through Saint-India.
I also continue to work for the Lord through the Church and few Christian Organizations, especially Missionary Organizations in honorary capacity.
Please pray for me and my family to serve the Lord with truthful heart and bring honor and glory for His Name.
Thanking you.
In His Service,
A.David Rabi Selvan.
Mr.T.Stephen:
Dear Friends in the Lord,
I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
My name is Stephen I am 25 years old. We are four members in my family, and I am the second one. Ours was a very poor Christian family. Though I was born in a Christian family I didn’t know God personally. I was very far away from God and lived a worldly life. My parents are a very good believers they want me to be a good child of God but without their knowing I was living a sinful life.
After I finished my schooling, my parents wanted me to go for doing the Lord’s work, but I was not of the mind. I was interested in music and electrical work and even started doing that. One of the main reasons to go for work was to support my parents as we were very poor and I wanted to help and support them. But it was the Lord who completely changed my life and also promised to provide for the family.
I went to a theological college and did my three years studies there. After that I came back home and one day I fell down from the top of a big tree. There were not even bruises and I was all right. I realized that it was the Lord who saved me. This incident strengthened my faith in the Lord. Later I attended a prayer meeting and the Lord spoke to me from, Matthew. 16:26 (For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?). On that day, I rededicated my life to the Lord and His work and went to Munar which is a tea plantation hill in Kerala State.
For two years, I and my friend did a good work for the Lord. We could start several Bible Clubs, Sunday schools, and a worship group for 50 new converts. At this time my elder brother met with an accident and died in my native place. I had to come back and be with my parents as they were very much disturbed. Here I started working for the Lord in about 30 to 40 Kilo Meter radius. It was difficult for me to go round all the villages by local buses and therefore I sent a mail to Uncle Jothi Raj who was my lecturer in the Bible Collage and who was working for the Lord in Hyderabad. It was purely a prayer request to him.
He told me that there was someone who wanted to donate his bike for a full time worker and asked me to go and take that. The Lord provided me a bike and not only that but also a good ministry in Hyderabad through a Christian Organization and also a good wife who is also in the full time ministry through another Christian Organization. The Lord used Uncle Jothi Raj and Aunty Jancy Rani in helping me and settling my life. It was a real miracle and nothing else.
Please continue to pray for me, my wife Reshmi and our daughter Janoah Reena that we will continue to serve the Lord sincerely and faithfully.
Thanking you.
Your brother in the Lord,
T.Stephen
Mrs.Reshmi Stephen:
Respected Brothers, Sisters, Uncles, Aunts and Friends,
Loving Greetings to you all. I like to say few words about how the Lord changed me and made me His.
I was born and brought up in a Catholic family and my parents were very staunch in Catholic faith and beliefs. When I was 11 year old, my parents came to know the Lord and His Salvation and became true followers of the Lord. But I was not. I used to go to church and Sunday school very regularly with my parents and sister but was not a true Christian. My parents, sister and others in the church tried but I was not listening to any of them.
After five years I met with an accident and later a poisonous snake bit me. I thought that I will not survive but the Lord saved me. It was only later I realized that it was the Lord who saved me. During this time, my parents, sister, family and church members fasted and prayed for me, for my life and salvation. Through their prayers, the Lord spoke to me and I received the Lord into my life as my personal Savior. Later within a very short time again the Lord spoke to me and called me for ministry. I committed my life to Him and for His ministry.
I went to Emmanuel Bible Institute in the year 1999 and completed G.Th. degree in the year 2002.
After my studies I went for ministry to Udaipur which is in the state of Rajastan but could not survive there due to the climate and other problems. My daddy (Rev.S.M.Jothi Raj) brought me to Hyderabad and here I did my computer studies and LCV training. I did work in few places for learning and experience. Now I am working for a Christian Organization as full time worker for the Lord. Need your valuable prayers for my ministry and future.
I am married to Mr.T.Stephen in January 2007 and we are blessed with Janoah Reena, a girl baby. My husband is also working in another Christian Organization as a full time worker for the Lord.
I am sure that with the help, guidance and power of our Lord, we will continue to do our best for the Lord and for the people and bring Honor & Glory to the name of the Lord.
Take care and bye.
J.R.Reshmi
Our Lord Honored our Little Faith:
Dear Friends,
Greetings to you in the name of our Lord.
We just thought that we can share our testimony with you. We are sure that it will help you in your spiritual walk with the Lord and bring blessing in your life.
We got married in 1999 and blessed with a baby boy in 2000. But after few days of birth we lost him. We felt that we lost the world. We went through much mental agony and even family problems due to this.
It was at this time, we sought continues prayer support from Saint-India, Uncle Jothi Raj and Aunty Jancy Rani. What a Miracle it was?
The Lord enabled me to conceive again and I gave birth to a beautiful girl baby on 01/05/2001. We Praise our Lord for this miracle. We also thank and praise Him for showering His Blessings in all spheres of our lives and on our family.
We also thank Uncle Jothi Raj and Aunty Jancy Rani for their continued prayer support for our family that brought miracles in our lives.
We have also started a small prayer group in our area Mettuguda with their support which has helped many families to come closer to the Lord. We meet at least twice in a month and almost all our family members, ie, my brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles, aunties etc. attend this regularly. It is only for prayers and learning the Word of the Lord.
We give the Lord all the Glory, Honor and Praise.
Mrs.Hema Chelladurai
Mr.Emmauel Chelladurai
Baby Sherlyn Grace