A Mission With a Vision

For every mission work there is a great vision behind. The man behind the great vision is Evgt. Dr. T.S. Koshy, saved and baptized in 1969 while working in a secular field. In the same year the Lord called him for full time service. Then to prepare himself joined a seminary at Chennai, South India in 1971. One evening in 1972, he was out in the street, distributing gospel portions and tracts his eyes fell upon the wayside garbage where street boys were sharing the crumbs thrown out from a marriage feast along with stray dogs and cattle. This pathetic sight moved his heart to do something for such children. Standing there by closing his eyes and prayed, took a decision before the Lord to take care of the orphans, the waifs and the unwanted in the society.

Being born in a good Christian family, God allowed him to pass through hard experiences in life such as poverty, hardships and even starvation, to prepare him for a great ministry ahead. He had to pray 14 long years to reveal the plan of God in opening up an orphanage. In 1986 by sheltering a street boy along with his own children the work is started. After few weeks’ three orphans from a family joined. Then he had to find out another house to shelter them. But there was no support or funds from any source to hire a house. By trusting Lords faithfulness a house was hired by paying (Rs.400/- $8) out of the little (Rs.900/- $20) he had for his family needs. With prayer he placed the little amount before the Lord, asking to bless it as He did with five bread and two fishes. So Daya Vihar Orphanage, the faith work, took shape and was inaugurated in 1986 October 1 3 for the glory of God without seeing support of any kind. There was no money to pay the preceding months rent. It is his policy not to ask money to anybody and believed that God is able to provide everything in time as promised in Phili-4/19. At this time a brother who heard about this faith ministry of Daya Vihar Orphanage, offered to pay the rent as long as the work runs in a rented building.

After three years the house owner informed to vacate the house as he is in need of it and a date was given. But we had neither a place to go nor any money to buy a house as our own. By trusting in the Lords promise in Joshua-1/3 he claimed a nearby land, by going there every night, which was put for sale. The Lord honored his faith by giving the entire land (over an acre) and at the given date the boys were shifted to our own place.

Today Daya Vihar is a fast growing institution with 33 boys at Thiruvalla. Several boys who have completed studies at Daya Vihar are settled in different places. Now two branches are started in the nearby state, Tamil Nadu.. There is a custom of brutally killing the newborn female children at birth in several communities.
So 1999, a girl’s orphanage is started in one of this remote village and now housed 52 girls. A free tailoring institute is also running for the unemployed and illiterate village ladies. In 2002 October, another orphanage is started in a town called Andipatty, Tamil Nadu. Infanticide and child labor is still going on there. They sell children, boys and girls, to other states as slaves. Now we are sheltering four children.

As we get funds in we are planning to pick up street boys and provide them food shelter and train them some technical trade. Daya Vihar is a faith ministry and we have no regular income or support from any source. Our major supporters are our friends and well-wishers. Daya Vihar is a Regd. Charitable Trust and each gift we receive is honored with proper receipt and annual audit report also is published every year.

Friends, it is my great desire to bring life and hope to this unwanted children and help them to have a bright future. So let us work together to achieve this great goal. Your financial assistance is very important to save the life of this lovelichildren, for a better tomorrow. Please pray for us.

Yours in the service of the lost

Dr. T.S. Koshy (Director)