[2] Then, on 4 February 1910, a missionary from Wales named Watkin Roberts, armed with a copy of the New Testament, arrived in the area where the tribal group lived.
Through that lone missionary visit, Chawnga, the father of Rochunga Pudaite, was introduced to the teachings of Jesus.
Chawnga believed that his son Rochunga could be God's instrument to bring the Bible to the Hmar tribe in their own language.
To prepare himself for that task, Rochunga studied at St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College in Kolkata and the University of Allahabad.
When the Hmar New Testament was finally printed in 1960 the initial five-thousand copy run sold out within six months.
[13] He and Mawii had three children; she and their family continue Bibles For The World, with their son, John Pudaite, is President of the ministry.