One man, his life and vision : Part I

Born and raised in a middle class Roman Catholic family in South India, Viju Jeremiah Traven was the only child born to his parents Varghese and Gracy.His father was a broken businessman, who got healed miraculously from cancer in 1978. After that his father Varghese Kattapuram (Kattachayan) became a very committed Christian, he attended a traditional Pentecostal Church in Cochin. From the childhood, Viju used to paint and was very musically inclined and he used to listen to various forms of music seriously.Viju was never interested in seeking the face of God and refused to worship God along with his dad. But one Saturday night during the early college days, Viju heard God asking him " Where are you going away from me? "Next day morning what Viju told surprised his dad,"I am coming withyou now for Sunday worship".Viju accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and soon got baptized in water and was filled with the Holy Spirit. He became passionate about learning the word of God and was powerfully anointed with the Spirit of vision and prophecy. He studied under Pr.P.K.Chacko, who wrote the first Malayalam Bible dictionary and spend a lot of time in prayer with Variyapuram Yohannachayan, one of the greatest prophets ever lived in Kerala. He learned many deep spiritual truths from these great men of God and later he gave his life for ministry as they laid hands and separated him for the call of God in his life.