Once Orphaned, Now Married Serving

the Lord in Unreached Places with Her

Missionary Husband Once an orphan, Usha was blessed by the Lord in marrying missionary

Marak. Usha, a fragile girl was born on May 16, 1994 to a couple who

suffered from leprosy and who lived in a leprosy settlement in the outskirts

New Delhi. Usha became an orphan at a young age when her parents

passed away from the horrible disease and after that her life became

extremely sad. She had no relatives. She had nobody who would take

care of her. Over time without proper medical care, she developed

breathing problems and her lungs became very weak.

With the Lord’s blessing, Harvest Mission to the Unreached started an

orphanage to bring God’s love to these type of children. HMU missionary

Shaji routinely visits the leprosy settlement to preach the Gospel. Through

his visits, he came to

know Usha and he had

compassion on her. In

1999, he had her admitted to the HMU orphanage.

Usha has since received a good education and all of her needs

have continually been met as she grew up from a unhealthy child

to a young vibrant adult. She never felt alone or unique in the

orphanage because she knew there were others like her and her

siblings that were going through the same thing. She felt the love

of the care takers everyday while at the orphanage. The local

church also extended a warm fellowship to the children as well.

Because of the love and spiritual nurturing at the Harvest Mission

Orphanage, Usha excelled in Sunday school and received Jesus

as her personal Saviour. In the year 2011, she witnessed the

Lord in water baptism. Once she became 18 years old, she was

put into a rehabilitation center per the government rule because

the orphanage didn’t have a facility to keep older children. Usha

learned cooking and stitching arts in school, but she had a great

desire to go for Bible training. Thus, she was admitted to a Bible

college close to the eastern border of India, where she completed

and graduated from a three year Bible course.

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Her life continued to be blessed when, on

August 23, 2016, God joined her in marriage

with Jullibirth Marak. Her husband is a

dedicated young missionary from Meghalaya

who is also a bible school graduate. They

are now in the process of moving to a

mission field to serve the Lord as a family.

The place they will be living at is prone to

earthquakes. There humble home will be

made of wood and tin sheets. That’s not

sufficient enough to resist the severe winter

weather in that hilly region. They will need

continued prayers as well as financial

support to survive there and to prosper in

the ministry.

Needs & Prayer Requests

Full time staff for our office in Delhi. New place for our office in Dehi.

(We are facing many problems in the current place especially from non Christians)

Upcoming Pastors conference in Delhi and Nepal

Team travelling from the USA and Canada to attend this conference

New Bible school in Nepal. Safety of our missionaries in North India. Blind school for children in Solapur where we

had the opportunity to minister. Pastor Henry seeking the Lord's guidance to

start a new work in Delhi area Monthly support of $35 for new Nepal

missionaries Faithful workers to go to the mission field. National leaders and regional leaders of India

and Nepal

Urgent Need

Motor Bike for Nepal: Cost $1500

Church Building in

Jharkhand: Cost $2500

Currently, HMU is running an Orphanage in Orissa with 12 children. Also Harvest Kids Program

is reaching over 700 children in 15 different areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat states.

Childhood photo of Usha (Blue dress) along wth Saji Mathew and other orphan children. Usha is standing in the back in a blue dress.

children from the slums where Usha grew up

Storey of Sam Jebaraj

A Hindu ‘Naga

Baba” (Naked

Hindu Holy Man)

Turned to Pastor Jebaraj was born in 1948 in Tamil Nadu which is a

southern Indian state which had just won it’s freedom

from British rule during that time period. However,

Jebaraj was born into a Hindu family which was not free

from the clutches of sin. From an early age, he began

his quest of discovering the truth of life and salvation

(moksha). He worshipped all the known false Hindu

gods and goddesses. He performed all sorts of satanic

rituals to appease these demonic entities. He went from temple to temple and shrine to shrine. He wandered all

over the country barefooted in his lost religious pursuit for peace and contentment. Over time, he became a Naga

Baba which is a naked holy man with a higher passionate level for seeking god. He grew a long scraggly beard.

He lost his drive to take care of himself like eating and drinking. Peace was never found nor did he ever met a

woman he could love and marry.

One day while he was sitting on a street a young girl came up to him and handed him a Gospel track of Mathew

11:28. The seed of the Gospel quickly took root opening his eyes to the truth he never could find in his false

religion. The Lord then led him to a Christian brother who in turn invested much time and effort in teaching him the

bible. Jebaraj accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his saviour and he was baptized by water.

The Lord stirred a strong passion in him to win the souls of men for his King. He served the Lord faithfully for 10

years in the state of Bihar. The Lord then had him move to Uttar Pradesh where he joined our team at Harvest

Mission to the Unreached. He began is HMU ministry by starting a Sunday worship service at a school which

ironically was managed by Hindus in the Khoda Colony in the Ghaziabad district. As his success grew, he was

forced to leave this location by the management because they were annoyed and upset with seeing other Hindus

attending the worship service.

Recently, he performed a water baptism ceremony for eleven people. Eight of these were from the high Hindu

Brahmin community. God has given him the gift of healing. Many people are coming to his church for prayer and

healing. Even though his Hindi language is not perfect, God uses him mightily for His purpose. Jebaraj has

reached the age of 70 now and his only concern is for the limited time left to serve God. His church congregation

ranges from 60-70 believers all of whom are from the Hindu back ground. There is still great opposition in the area

where this church is located to the teaching of the Gospel. Praise God for the life of Pastor Sam Jebaraj and his

steadfastness.

NEW FREE TAILORING CLASSES NOW BEING

OFFERED IN THE KHODA COLONY Missionary Jebaraj has increased his outreach to the community by now offering tailoring classes. Many of the

people in this area live in “match box” type houses. The cosmopolitan city of New Delhi is not very far from here.

There are increasing job opportunities for unskilled laborers in the smaller communities that surround this city.

HMU conducted a survey and found out that most of the married women in the area do not work and sole support

for the families is through their husbands. It was an answer to our prayers that one of the members in Pastor

Jebaraj’s church wanted to start a tailoring ministry. She also had come to know the Lord when she was being

taught by another Christian based tailoring ministry in another city. Her name is Hema Latha and she is an

experienced tailoring instructor.

The official launch of the new tailoring ministry was on September 13. Cherian Oommen, the coordinator of

Harvest Mission in India and Nepal, along with Pastors Henry Sebastian and A.K. Wilson went to Pastor Jebaraj’s

church to assist in the initial launch of this wonderful new ministry. Sister Hema Latha is looking forward to seeing

where the Lord takes her and this ministry in service to Him. We truly believe the Gospel is going to reach so

many new homes that would have otherwise might not have ever been reached.

Our Address: Harvest Mission

Post Box 16656, Sugar Land, Texas 77496-6656 Tel: 281 499 7086

Email: harvestmission@yahoo.com Website: www.harvestmission.org

Address in Canada:

97 Dowswell Drive Toronto, ON M1B 1H5

Canada Telephone:

416 821 9537

HMU Director Cherian Oommen

& Pastor Henry along with Pastor

Jebaraj and team

Win: Field Reports of HMU Publisher: Buck Epps Chief Editor: Dr. Saji Mathew

Editor: Anthony LaCount Associate Editor: MaryKay

Circulation Manager:

Kim Constantine