William Carey is called as the father and forerunner of the Missionary Movement. He was born in England, cobbler by trade, a devout Christian and a gifted linguist. He had a strong conviction to take the gospel to the heathen. In the year 1793, William Carey with his family and friend John Thomas arrived in Kolkata, India. His ministerial journey was a grim experience as he faced unemployment, lost his three year old child, his wife Dorothy lost her sanity and above all East India Company announced missionary work as illegal. So he moved to Serampore a place near Kolkata, under the protection of the Danish settlement. And there he joined William Ward (a printer) and two teachers, Joshua and Hanna Marshman to form a wonderful missionary team. They started a printing press, and were involved in translation of the Bible in Bengali, Oriya, Marathi, Hindi, Assamese, Sanskrit and parts of it into other dialects and languages also. In the year 1812, a fire broke out in his printing press, which destroyed many irreplaceable manuscripts, including much of Carey’s translation of Sanskrit literature. All the years of toil went down to ashes. Undeterred, Carey started the work all over again on the very next day. During that turbulent time, he shared his heart to his dear friend Andrew in a letter saying, “This land has to be ploughed again, so God is keeping us safe that we don’t lose heart. I am comforting myself because God is doing everything according to His wisdom, and as Psalm 46 says, “Cease striving and know that I am God”. Carey’s single-minded perseverance and passion for God was the key to his great accomplishment. He translated the whole Bible into 6 different languages and parts of the bible in 29 other languages. Confidently, we can say that he lived up to his credo, “Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God!”