Medical missionary work is the pioneer work of the gospel, the door through which the truth for this time is to find entrance to many homes. God's people are to be genuine medical missionaries, for they are to learn to minister to the needs of both soul and body. The purest unselfishness is to be shown by our workers as, with the knowledge and experience gained by practical work, they go out to give treatments to the sick. As they go from house to house they will find access to many hearts. Many will be reached who otherwise never would have heard the gospel message. A demonstration of the principles of health reform will do much toward removing prejudice against our evangelical work. The Great Physician, the originator of medical missionary work, will bless all who thus seek to impart the truth for this time.

1. NEW START TO YOUR OPTIMAL HEALTH
Fungai Murambiwa
HEHP (University of Zimbabwe)
MBA (Pondicherry University)

2. NEW START
N - good balanced Nutrition
E - useful Exercise
W - clean pure fresh Water
S - adequate Sunlight early in the morning and late in
the day
T - Temperance in all things
A - clean fresh Air
R - adequate Rest
T - Trust in God

3. NEW START
• Nutrition
•
Proper nutrition is the foundation of good health and
recovery. Cooking classes, meals, and cookbooks all demonstrate
the variety, appeal, and satisfaction of whole plant food
vegetarian cuisine. In addition nurses, nutritionists explain the
issues that link nutrition with health or diseases.

4. • Exercise
• Action is a law of life. Muscle tone and strength are lost
without exertion, but exercise improves the health of body,
mind, and spirit multiplying vitality and health. Exercise
therapy includes outdoor exercise, treadmill evaluations and
Stretch exercise. The many trails through beautiful
surroundings beckon you to walk, walk, walk, but indoor
exercise equipment is available.

5. • Water
• Because the body is 70% water, keeping well
hydrated and knowing what and when to
drink are essential to health. Hydrotherapy
(water applied externally to the body)
followed by massage enhances the circulation
and immune system in wonderful ways.

6. • Sunlight
• The sun is the established energy source
ordained by God to sustain the cycle of life for
plants and animals. Abundant in Pondicherry,
sunlight is supremely important for the body’s
metabolism and hormonal balance.

7. • Temperance
• Using good things moderately and avoiding the
bad is obviously wise, yet often hard to
practice. Temperance can be neither bought
nor earned, but is rather an important gift of
God, a “fruit of the Spirit” (Galatians 5:22, 23).

8. • Air
• The body’s most essential resource is air. More
important than food or water, proper
breathing and pure air are fundamental to
good health.

9. • Rest
• Restoration requires rest because sleep allows the
body to renew itself. Many types of rest are
important for health, but the sweetest rest follows
labour. “Early to bed and early to rise” is a vital
NEWSTART principle, and a healthy lifestyle makes
this principle easier to maintain.

10. Trust
• Trust In Divine Power Directly linked to
physical health (Proverbs 3:5-6), trust in God is
a gift leading to right choices.

11. IT IS BETTER TO PREVENT DISEASE THAN TO CURE IT.