Now 63, Deoram Timram was one of the pioneers who gave up the comfort of his home in the mid-1970s to create and nurture a new village that would support the Hauraruni International Missionary Training Centre at Hauraruni, found about a mile and a half off the Linden/Soesdyke Highway.
“In the beginning, I under-bushed, fell trees, raked up after burning, surveyed lands, cut roads, constructed buildings, repaired and maintained vehicles, burst fire wood, cut grass for cows, laid out water lines and electric lines to service homes, repaired and maintained water pump and generators, drove tractors, pulled and sawed logs, converted logs to lumber to help build the village,” Timram said.
In a recent interview at his home in the 460-acre Hauraruni community, Timram who was born at Number 60 Village, Corentyne, said he believed in the vision of Phillip Mohabir, the founder of the Hauraruni Full Gospel Cooperative Society Limited, to give members of the Full Gospel Church lands on which they could make their homes while supporting their pastoral missions.
