In , Huldah and her late husband, Rev. Dr. Mark Buntain, agreed to travel to India and serve in Calcutta for one year. That year turned into a lifetime of service to the people of Calcutta and its surrounding communities.
Together, they established a holistic inner-city outreach consisting of more than schools, over churches, a daily feeding program for 25,, and a full general hospital that has treated million people and provided free care to ,
After her husband passed on in , the Calcutta mission appointed her Chairman and Senior Pastor of the church. Since then, she has continued to faithfully serve the people of India as she travels around the world raising funds.
In , Huldah founded Calcutta Mercy Ministries to support the comprehensive ministry her and her husband built over the past 53 years.
The Fascinating History of Missionaries in India
There is much fascinating history behind missionaries in India including Mother Teresa, Huldah and Mark Buntain, Sadhu Sungar Singh, and the father of modern missions, William Carey. These missionaries have faced much opposition but have remained faithful servants of the work that the Lord had called them to. Here is the fascinating history behind each of them.
Mother Teresa
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, most commonly known as Mother Teresa, felt the call to missions when she was 12 years old. At the age of 18, she left her home in Skopje and joined an Irish community of nuns called the Sisters of Loreto in India. After training in Dublin for a few months, she was sent to India in May of She taught at St. Mary&#;s High School in Calcutta, but she shortly became burdened for the slums of Calcutta and left her position as a teacher to work among the poorest of the poor.
In , she felt the call to begin an organization called &#;The Missionaries of Charity&#; in response to Christ&#;s command to make Him known to the poorest of the poor. The organization began with one other person in March of , and grew to 12 members which allowed it
Huldah Buntain Obituary
Rev. Dr. Huldah Isobel Buntain
November 21, - July 2,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Courage and tenacity were the hallmarks of Huldah Isobel Buntain, who committed her long and fruitful life to the service of others and to the people of India whom she dearly loved.
Dr. Buntain was born in Tokyo, Japan to missionary parents and grew to adulthood in Vancouver, Canada where she closely witnessed compassion for the poor at her family's downtown church and shelter. Through her parents' ministry, she would meet and marry Mark Buntain, a young charismatic evangelist. The couple spent their first nine years of marriage as traveling evangelists throughout much of America and Canada.
In , Drs. Huldah and Mark Buntain traveled to Kolkata, India with their infant daughter, Bonnie, to serve as missionaries for one year. The dire humanitarian needs that they found upon arrival compelled them to action and they would both spend the rest of their lives living in India working tirelessly for those in need. Their second daughter, Maureen, joined their family in from Indian heritage.
Dr. Buntain's humanitarian and spiritual impact cannot be easily over
“We need to do this,” Mark told her.
“We have a newborn baby,” Huldah replied.
“Who else will go?” Mark asked.
Huldah was reluctant. As a young girl, she had spent five years in Japan where her parents were missionaries. When the family returned to their home to Canada, Huldah decided she preferred life in the West. Laying in bed one night as a teenager, she vowed to never return to a life overseas.
Life has a way of throwing curveballs. Huldah met and fell in love with Mark Buntain, a Christian evangelist who happened to be head-over-heels crazy in love with helping anyone, anywhere, in need.
Huldah knew a trump card when she saw one. She was little surprised then when Mark jumped at a one-year opportunity to lead church services in Calcutta, India. They sold their car, packed their clothes, swaddled their newborn daughter, and boarded a ship bound for Calcutta. The year was
Three months at sea landed them in a city unlike any they had seen. Tens of thousands of people crowded the sidewalks, alleyways, and even the speedways, bound for untold destinations, yet with limited space to get there. Business men in freshly pressed suits climbed aboard ricksha
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