By God’s grace, our Diocese was able to send 4 members of our Youth Fellowship and 1 chaplain to visit India in May of 2010 during the Mar Thoma Centenary Students’ Conference. Following the conference, the visit continued in to various mission fields entrusted to the care of the Mar Thoma Church. It was a fruitful experience and we hope the following will provide readers with a good outline of the trip’s highlights.

Abrahamappa and Saramma were the first believers of the Hoskote Mar Thoma Mission Field. They both were from Gonakanahally village,10km away from Hoskote Town. The Hoskote Mar Thoma Mission field was established in June 1947 near Bangalore City in Karnataka. This couple were the first who willingly came forward and accepted Christ. They took up the names Abraham and Sarah (earlier known as Narashimaham appa and Pilla amma). They were baptized on 9th December, 1956.

The mission draws our attention to a culture which was assaulted, unfairly treated and crushed by those invaders who were open heartily welcomed by the native people of this land .They called them ‘Indians’, and uprooted  them  from their lands.

The 2009 India Mission Trip conducted as per the decision of the Diocesan Council of North America and Europe, was a great blessing and wonderful experience for the participants involved. The Tour commenced on Oct 5th 2009 and was completed by Oct 18th 2009. There were a total of 6 participants (2 youths and 4 adults), .Throughout the tour, we strongly experienced God’s providence and grace.