In 1964 the Parambil family attends the massive Maramon Convention. Backstage, Reverend Rory McGillicutty, a last-minute replacement for Billy Graham, worries about translation and seeks passion; Uplift Master, buoyed by a fortifying nip, vows to match his fervor. On the crowded bus, Lenin briefly joins them, revealing bruises from a principled act, foreshadowing the day’s theme of faith-in-action.

Onstage, McGillicutty opens with a joke that falls flat, and Uplift Master salvages it with rapport and wit. When the reverend begins a raw confession—naming himself a sinner and adulterer—Uplift Master refuses to echo the incriminating first person, pivoting instead to local need: the lack of a first-class hospital in Kerala, invoking Vellore as a model.

McGillicutty pulls a deaf-mute boy from the children’s section; as the preacher urges the crowd to call on Jesus, the boy suddenly shouts “Yesu! Yesu! Yesu!” The miracle electrifies the assembly. Uplift Master harnesses the moment, urging the children to lead a call-and-response that spreads to women, men, clergy, and beyond the tent, breaking Maramon’s usual restraint.

Pressing the point of Judgment and service, Uplift Master vividly warns against hoarding and turns the fervor toward action: fund a hospital worthy of God. He publicly donates cash; ushers fan out with baskets. The healed boy’s parents pour in their gold, and Big Ammachi steps forward alone to give her earrings and chain, soon joined by Mariamma and Anna Chedethi.

The gesture sparks a flood of gifts as attendees strip off jewelry and fill baskets. By chapter’s end, the convention’s spiritual ecstasy has coalesced into a concrete mandate: build a world-class hospital in Kerala, born from a translated sermon, a public miracle, and Big Ammachi’s leadership.