p g vargis’ family disinherited them for their faith and for their decision to become missionaries. Several friends considered it madness. But, they had made a choice to follow His call, and now there was no turning back.

In 1972, p g vargis resigned his secure job as a junior commissioned officer in the Indian Army. Lilly renounced her career as a trained teacher. They set out as missionaries to Katra, a popular Hindu pilgrimage center in the lower Himalayan mountains. Katra had no Christians. There had never been a church in that town or in the vicinity.

p g and Lilly Vargis persevered through ridicule, persecution, and even death threats. With no church or agency to financially sponsor them, they faced constant poverty and hardships. Lilly recalls, “I saw my child become unconscious three times from hunger. p g remembers, “I have seen my wife walk about in torn clothes. We have been chased and pushed out by people for being a missionary. We persisted because God had called us and we had made a promise.”

God began to create breakthrough in this hardened land. Soon, 100 people accepted Christ in few months, a miracle. Within three years that number had grown to 300, and daughter churches began to spring up in surrounding mountains. A movement began to flow out of the first church in Katra. Soon, the movement spread like wildfire throughout Northern India. This was the start of Indian Evangelical Team.