Rev.John
Moses Doosi family
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A Brief Biography. John Moses Dussi formerly
known as Appa Rao Dussi was born in abject poverty in
the family of the untouchables in India in the year
1972. His parents were so poor that they could not provide
even for his basic amenities in life. Good food and
clothing were always a scarce. Education and a decent
social life were distant dreams. Starvation, ill-health,
insult and unsheltered he moved from place to place,
person to person and from home to home seeking for normal
living. Being an untouchable he was rejected everywhere,
denied help by everyone. Though poor, his family was
Orthodox in Hindu religion and strongly rooted in the
Hindu beliefs.
As a boy, while seeking admission in Government run
hostel he was denied a seat because he was too young
for the hostel and so they changed his date of birth
to 1970 and put him to Fourth Grade when he was barely
eligible for First Grade. Though this was not correct,
he had no one to support and his parents were scared
of the denial of the admission and the provision for
food, clothing and shelter.
My Personal Testimony...John Moses Dussi
It was at this age that he developed love and compassion
for the poor and needy children who were like him. A
few Indian social reformers and revolutionary leaders
inspired me whom he followed passionately. He began
to write and sing songs that propagated their principles
and the revolution.
During my high school studies, I was given a New Testament
which I read diligently. The life and love of Jesus
attracted me because of His compassionate spirit. His
love for the downtrodden challenged. As I read the Bible
more and more it was evident that Jesus was the greatest
social Reformer and a great revolutionary Person who
loved the people but hated their sin. Soon I began to
hunger more to know about Jesus. I understood that the
reformers that I followed were mere humans. I learnt
that Jesus is indeed God and the Saviour of the human
mankind. Yet, I did not believe Him my as my personal
Saviour.
In
the year 1988 when I was suffering from Typhoid, my
sister took me to the a church. The fever was so severe
everyone thought I would die. But in the church when
a believer prayed applying oil on me, I felt a great
relief and the fever vanished. This was new and amazing
to me. It was then that I realized that how powerful
Jesus was and soon I accepted Him as my Lord and Saviour.
An incident in 1991 moved me radically. Christians
in Chundur a village in Guntur district of my state
were killed, cut into pieces, their body parts put in
gunny bags and were thrown in the river. This hurled
me back into social reformation where I joined the revolution
through writing and singing communist songs. While I
was steadily going on social activities my wife whom
I married in 1999 was concerned about my spiritual status.
She pulled me into regular and fasting prayers. It was
during these days during the early hours of December
30, I heard God 's voice in a vision.The the voice I
heard was 'Follow me I will make you fishers of men.'
The day next I shared this with my wife. After both
of us prayed and sought the Lord, for some more clarity
and direction we made a decision. In February 2000 I
resigned my job and joined the Lord's work full-time.
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