M. T. Joseph - The Hoskote Team

The Hoskote Team

Joseph and Pennamma wished to go for missionary work and their prayers were answered when Mr. A.C. Zachariah returned in 1947 to his home town Kurianoor, near Maramon. Zachariah was praying to God to provide a teammate for the proposed work at Hoskote. God was working, in his own way and time, with M.T. Joseph, Manon House, Maramon preparing him for the work to which he had called him. One day, Zachariah and Joseph met in the Anchal Office in Maramon, not by chance, but by God’s plan. Zachariah told Joseph of his plans for the future and also of the problem he was facing finding a co-worker to go with him to Hoskote. Joseph responded immediately by expressing his desire to join the team without any hesitation and without any bargain with God. Both Joseph and his wife resigned their government jobs. Thus the pioneering team for Hoskote Mission was formed.

The Josephs had a daughter, Molly, aged two. The Zachariah’s eldest daughter, Mary, was in middle school, their second daughter, Mercy (aged nine) was in Standard 5 and their youngest daughter, Sally, was in Standard 2. Thus a team of two families, four adults and four children (all girls) constituted the pioneering evangelistic team that started the Hoskote work.