Sunday at Mungeli

Huberto with the pastor of the Mungeli Church

Special music by the nurses and principle of the school





The Pastor of the Mungeli Church







Huberto giving the Blessing at Mungeli

This is Huberto, the chaplain for our India pilgrimage group on Sunday at Mungeli. It's been almost a week that we have been in India to see the work of Global Ministries partners in churches, hospitals, schools, nursing schools and other institutions of the Church of North India. (Today we leave from the North to head to the South where we will visit the Church of South India.) The richness of India is her people, especially in the village where the poorest people live and struggle to survive in their country. God lead me to John 5:1-14 to share with the community gathered at the Mungeli church this morning. It's the story of the healing at the Bethesda pool. The Bethseda pool is a place where crippled people gathered to wait for the movement of the water by an angel. The first one to touch the water was healed. For me Bethesda is any place where poor people, people in need of healing and care, gather. Jesus shows up at Bethesda and asks one man an important question: Will you be made whole? The man was so depressed the he starts telling Jesus the he has no one to take him to the pool. Jesus told him with authority: Rise up, take up your mat and walk! The man was healing immediately. I told the church at Mungeli that the mission of God is not confined within the walls of the building but in the places of pain, rejection, desperation and sickness. The people in need are confined to the new pools of Bethesda waiting fro someone to show up to give a helping hand, to reach out in care and healing. The church is called to do the mission of God in such places with much prayer and dedication. Here in Mungeli the Church of North India in partnership with Global Ministries missionaries is doing a great work at one of these pools of Bethesda here in India. The ministry of the hospital is touching many lives with minimal resources but with great impact in the lives of the poor who need medical attention desperately. The poor are receiving that care regardless of their ability to pay. The people are waiting for the movement of the water and by God's Spirit Global Ministries in partnership with the Church of North India is providing that movement of critical presence through healthcare and education... healing the body, soul and spirti. Thanks be to God!