30-08-08Michel initiative open the Expo to-day He was re-inforced by QUDDUSTEAM and Saskia from BAHIYYIH TEAM enroll a lovely soul name AMANDA , Michel was prominent in the enrollment of two other souls to-day at the EXPO at 16.23 pm total of 4 new declarant
30-08-08 Spiritual children feast at la tour Koenig a new children class started to-day gladdy announce Chantale with 5 children the number will increased gradually the atmosphere was so spiritual and uplifted the children was so happy and when ask if they love the class they responded with joy YES and Chantale was so impressed, and see her capacity uplifted that she moved to support Dianne in conducting the class. well done
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Individual initiative in St. Croix
Rajess organised a devotional meeting for her nurse friend. Her friend came with her daughter and after prayers and a short sharing on benefits of prayer, we presented the faith directly. Another fireside is fixed with them for next wednesday.
27-08-08 OPENNING OF EXPO -PRAYERS AND TEACHING with the help of EFFENDI AND THOMAS BREAKWELL TEAM ACCOMPANIED BY MICHEL 2 SOULS ENROL UNDER THE BANNER OF BAHA'U'LLAH
-- AND ONE OF THEM A YOUTH WHO IS DOING IS UPPER 6 WILL jOIN THE STUDY CIRCLE SATURDAY CARRIED BY QUDDUS team in the Bahai Centre
25-08-08 support Thomas Breakwell Team in maintening Expo teaching
31-08-08 Teaching and home visits at Les Salines -01-09-08 this morning The friend visited happily announce to the teaching Co-ordinator ABOUT THE BAHAI FAMILYwho visited him yesterday and seem readily to know more about the FAITH
prayers and supports to BADI TEAM CHILDREN CLASS TO START AT TRIOLET Plan /teaching at port Louis les salines 29 august
28-08-08 Expo teaching from 3.00pm to 7.00pm was supported from friends of Port Louis THERE WAS A WONDERFUL SPIRITUAL ATMOSPHERE AND ENTHUSIASM LOVE AND SPIRITUALITY FEELING THE BAHAI CENTRE
2 new souls enrol under the Banner of Baha'u'llah
26-08-08 Our team give support to Effendi team IN EXPO Teaching and was blessed to witness the 2 new souls declared their faith in Baha'u'llah the team will be teaching in their goal area Tranquebar this thursday 28 and will open the Expo , prayers needed and please come and support us
31-08-08 Devotional at Pointe aux Sables with contacts and follow -up will continue
28-08-08 STREET TEACHING IN THE MORNING MEET 3CONTACT HELP IN THE OPENING OF EXPO in the afternoon 27-08-08-- TEACHING -----4 contact at Pointe aux sables and Terre Rouge to follow-up with 2 of them help in opening expo in the afternoon
26-08-08 Two loving souls CLIFFORD and SYLVIO entered under the Banner of Baha'u'llah in our expo this afternoon with the help of QUDDUS TEAM - THOMAS BREAKWELL Team as well as Michel and Shaktivel
--25-08-08 Effendi team will organise this week-end a devotional meeting at Pointe aux Sables following teaching effort there with 4 contact made there is also follow -up with more than 6 seekers in Port louis
THOMAS BREAKWELL Teaching Team 05-09-08 The team after doing tablet of AHMAD in the car and other prayers was surprise to see a man approach and have a chat time the bahai friend using ANNA concept introduce him to the Healing message of Baha'u'llah He accept the message insantly -03-09-08- while a friend was walking with the teaching bag on his back a lady approach him and say that his bag is open and books may fall down he thanks the lady and introduce the faith which she accept instantly then another lady who was waiting for the bus accept to listen to the message and finally sign her declaration card the teacher gave the lady a lift to her home with the promise to gave books and prayers another time .,
30-08-08 While doing a visit to our new found friend Sevin in the Cause of Our Beloved Lord we met a groop of young man at La tour Koenig and one of them enroll under the banner of The Greatest NAME
29-08-08 Heart to heart direct-teaching 2 SOULS ENROLL UNDER THE BANNER OF BAHA'U'LLAH
28-08-08 teaching at Moka while on business and support to QUDDUS TEAM from 3.00 to 7.00pm
27-08-08--- Teaching IN THE MORNING CONNECT A SOUL TO BAHA'U'LLAH Mr YASSIM
AFTERNOON PROGRAM TO MEET Sylvio and Clifford FOR A FOLLOW-UP to support NABIL TEAM openning EXPO
26-08-08-- - Street teaching and Expo in the morning till noon EXPO in the afternoon join Effendi and Quddus team
25-08-08---street teaching in the morning made fruitful heart to heart teaching -made contact with 2 souls to follow-up one young girl in Camp de masque Pave one lady in Valetta (follow -up)
Mr Issah Age 83 enrol under the Banner of Baha'u'llah --- Openning of Bahai Centre from 17.00-19.00 pm Afternoon teaching -Expo was accompanied by Nabil team with Michel prayers and teaching in front of the Bahai Centre meet some interesting souls
31-08-08 Team visited the new Bahai Friend AND FOLLOW-UP IS DONE
28/29-08-08 TAHIRIH REPORTING
MORE THAN TWO HOURS OF HOME VISTS AND STREET TEACHING AR ROCHE-BOIS WITH THE AREA LIST NAME on the 29th AUGUST
25-08 08 Teaching and home visit to bahais and non -bahais friends at Roche-Bois meet 3 ladies and will start a ruhi book one end september as when mrs I. veerapen return back from Reunion island
--24-08-08 24TH AUGUST 2 SOULS ENROLL under the banner of THE GREATEST NAME Mrs chantale and sylvia Result of the 2 teams effort TAHIRIH and LUA GETSINGER teams
Martha Roots Teaching team ON THE 28 AUG MARTHA ROOT TEAM HELP THE QUDDUS TEAM IN JOINING THE EXPO AT THE CENTRE WILL OPEN THE EXPO AT CENTRE TODAY 29 AUGUST
ON THE 26TH AUGUST HAD A PRAYER SESSION AT MARIE NOEL'S PLACE ON THE 27 TH AUGUST DID SOME STREET TEACHING AT BAIE DU TOMBEAU
Tres Cher Josian Allah'u'Abha,
C'est vraiment touchant de voir ce blog et surtout les nouvelles. 3 déjà Notre Team ont sorti aujourd'hui a Baie du Tombeau après la rencontre avec les nouveaux baha'is ici on a arrangé un coin de feu demain soir chez la famille Clara.
Bon courage et on va prier pour la réussite de ce cycle
01-09-08 The Bahiyyih Team met this afternoon at the Bahai Centre P.Louis for prayers and Expo. in the sweet company of other Bahai Friends and Josian, the coordinator ATC. The expo was not already set that people entered in to visit..Among vsitors who recived pamplets and invitation for further activities, A couple and his family accepted Baha'u'llah and His teachings.They willingly agree when Barinder invited them to send their child to children's classes and --also for a Junior Y Program for their daughter of 13 yrs old. Reporting by Chantale
expansion and consolidation hand in hand”
31-08-08-- Home visit - The teaching team met a long time bahai friend who are taken with his work the friends was so happy to see and hear this loving dear one saying if he had a choice he will give his life for the Cause the team will follow -up to connect the heart of his wife to The Glory of God B'aha'u'llah, his children will join the children class at La Tour Koenig
as another groop from the teaching team visited the new bahais from P .aux sables and one of the new declared friend ask the teaching team to teach his wife His New found Faith and it was so wonderful when after the team with the Divine assistance connect her radiant pure heart to BAHA'U'LLAH the children of this loving couple will join the children class at La Tour Koening - street teaching was also done... participants __ ABM Sheela Muszynski , Woangy , Joselito , sada daniel. mickael. Munireh, chantale and josian--( , Barinder from the Bahiyyih team with lovena, michel open the EXPO -- DANIEL REPORTING 27-08-08 - The team had four fruitful home visit to Bahai Families as a result the friends visited will send their children to the new children class who will start next saturday , a Devotional will be organised by a family visited
-a long time bahai was so surprise to see Saskia the daughter of S. Valayden in the teaching team for our Dear Somoo was his spiritual father Friday 29 will meet him again to re-new his faith please support us with your prayers report recieved from Saskia
25-08-08 We met at 17:30 hrs. After prayers (including tablet of Ahmad) and consultation we started on our mission.
1st homevisit: Fi Kandasamy, along with her we have arranged for another two home visits on wednesday and one for saturday. She will also facilitate a ruhi bk.2.
2nd homevisit: Juliana and Desire Appasamy, Mr. Appasamy will prepare a topic to present at the next devotional meeting in the region ie 20/09/08.
Children's class for the region is starting this saturday at 16:00 hrs. at Chantale's place with Diane as CC teacher.
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24-08-08 Allah u abha, Bahiyyih Teaching Team se reunira demain chez Chantale pour une partie de devotion a 5.30 p.m. ensuite on finalisera le programme et sans tarder le ,TEAM. visitera une famille a Latour Koenig. on est a BLOC dans le IPG 10 eme cyclePRIONS PRIONS PRIONS-
A. Summary of Expansion Phase outcomes and lessons learnt
B. Context and Planning teaching project
C. expo-teaching
D. Other expansion phase activities
E. Consolidation phase experiences
F. Stories
A. Summary of Expansion Phase outcomes and lessons learnt
Some of the memorable features of Cycle 10 Expansion phase include :
There was successful preparation for the main Expansion Phase teaching project : “HOME VISIT”, including ‘training’ orientation and in the subsequent-days of intensive spiritual preparation through prayers . As we adopted the Tablet of Ahmad and all friends recited daily ( some friends are saying prayers all days long for the suceess of the plan
There was a different level of energy and excitement around the cluster, with about 55 Baha’is of all ages (including children), involved in the main teaching project (15 unformal firesides) and a dozen or so more were involved in other special teaching activities H/Visits . Having expo with direct teaching and also street teaching brought much joy and enthusiasm.
Over 10 (‘teaching’) teams along with many individuals were involved in the teaching project and other special teaching activities.
161+ seekers attended the EXPO , and 59 PLUS of them ended up expressing a belief in Baha’u’llah.14of them formally registered as a Baha’i (i.e signed a card).
15 other people also declared during the two week period.
29! new believers so far in Cycle
Key things
-Speaking individually to (Baha’i) families / individuals and inviting them to be involved in TEACHING gave better results than general appeal
-There are receptive people waiting!
During the expo-teaching projectandstreet heart to heart teachingmany souls(more than 100) heard for the first time the name ofBahá’u’llah and 15accept the Faithinstantly
-Baha’i teachers involved in the direct teaching project need to work on their skills & attitudes in asking seekers to acceptthe new Manifestation of God.
Note--
In the future we may need toupgrade our EXPO –TEACHING(USE ANNA
CONCEPTSIN IMAGE ) LSA of PL organising vis QUDDUS TEAM
Planning
The project details OF HOME VISITIN PORT LOUIS WAS DIVIDED BY ZONE were developed on the last ATC meeting with the ABM Mrs SHEELA MUSIZSKYand co-ordinator of the cluster Joselito Pellegrin then followedby a working session between the ABM ,AND CO-ORDINATOR OF CLUSTERwith the teaching project co-o rdinator josian Dholah
The idea of the projects was shared with representatives of LSAs at a regional institutional meeting on the 15TH aug the TEACHING co-ordinatorre-Name the 10 teaching teams given them the names of QUDDUS, Badíetcthe teaching teams received a teaching kit with a note book the team leader of the groopswas lovingly encourage to report to the co—ordinator everyday of the expansion phrase . they were encourage to rely on the force of prayerand to teach everyday intensivelyafter the Institutional meetingthere was an orientation sessionon ANNA TEACHING
In the start of Cycle 10, it became clear that two of the collective projects, the EXPO-TEACHING and STREET TEACHING , was supported and intensive .
The EXPO TEACHING project,
took on greater dimensions than initially anticipated19 Baha’is from the more active teams supporting each other in the opening of the expo everydayand sometime the expo was opened earlier that schedule saturday and sunday open in the morning till late the enthusiasm was so real and excitement and joy during the campaign can be feel by everyone Bahá'í and seekers alike and this has played a role in the enrollment the unity was palpable the feeling was so highand spiritual
What worked well?
1.Having resource people in every team .
2.Teams that had many contacts!
3. support and encouragement spurred people to action (+ reminders about divine assistance!).
4. Working with several teams supportingtheir activity
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5.Be everywhere when needed
6. Teams and Individuals that acted with prayer & trust in God to find and invite the right people
7- Encourage teams to teach in their respective locality if cannot come daily to the AREA HOME VISIT GOAL ( SPECIALLY THE FRIENDS IN TRIOLET P.AUX PIMENTS )
OTHER EXPANSION PHASE ACTVITY
The House of Justice stated at Riván 2007 that “carrying forward the work of expansion
and consolidation hand in hand” is “the key to sustained growth.”
What does that statement
suggest in practical terms?
Clearly “hand in hand” implies that both these vital areas of activity
should be addressed from the outset of a teaching project, rather than considering consolidation
only after the expansion phase has been carried out. It means beginning with a plan for a cycle
of activity that takes into account the available human resources and identifies the friends ready
“to carry out the acts of service that would sustain large-scale expansion and consolidation,”
29-08-08 DURING A MEETING WITH THE TEACHING TEAM AROUND A POT LUCK DINNER
THE TEAM LEADER RECEIVED AS A GIFT A NAME OR NAMES OF NEW DECLARED SOULS TO NURTURE
When following up with new believers or seekers after a teaching
project, a warm, personalized approach is often the most effective in guiding these souls on their
newfound spiritual journey and gradually leading them to study circles and other core activities
Story
31-08-08 During a team visit to a new Bahai friend who enroll in the Expo just a few days later for consolidation the friends met him in the street he conducted the team to his wife site of work for the team to teach his wife , the team ask permision to take a women with them and went to meet their brother's wife and gave the bread of life
the new friend names is Clifford he has talk briefly to his wife about His new found faith and had played a cassette to make her wife listen about the prayers in creol and french , the team discoverd a beautiful place near the sea where they soon found a prepare soul she enroll later under the banner of Baha'ullah
it was an unexpected gift to the friends from on high , the couple will send their children to the children class ,( interesting to note the children knew the other bahai children attending the class) and Bahiyyih team will organise a devotional gathering for the family soon.
YA-BAHA'UL-ABHA!!
01-09-08
One friend while installing the expo invite a man who was waiting outside the parking lot , he accepted and while our bahai friend chat with him found that his wife and children is in hospital one of his child is having bad fever, after introducing the Faith to him his wife and 2 children return , the friend invite them to come in the expo and another friend teach the wife it was interesting to note that the couple accepted the Faith instantly each with different teacher in the expo the lady lately told that she was curious allways about the centre while and wanted to know what it is !!--
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one teacher after parking his car in the street say prayers and tablet of AHMAD
just after the prayers he was still in his car a man smile at him he got out of his car quickly and call the man back and after the greetings tell him please give him 5 minutes to give a message the man joyfully accepted and after that declared his faith in Baha'u'llah .
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“Verily Christ said, ‘Come that I may make you fishers of men” and today we say ‘Come, that we
may make you quickeners of the world’ . . . Lo! This is the Day of Grace!Come ye that I may make you kings of the realm of My Kingdom.If ye obey Me you will see that which We have promised you, and I will make you the friends of My Soul in the realm of My Greatness and the Companions of My Beauty in the heaven of My Might for ever.”
(Baha’u’llah, God Passes By, p. x)
"The great thing is to `Live the Life' -- to have our lives so saturated with the Divine teachings and the Bahá'í Spirit that people cannot fail to see a joy, a power, a love, a purity, a radiance, an efficiency in our character and work that will distinguish us from worldly-minded people and make people wonder what is the secret of this new life in us. ... Unless we can show this transformation in our lives, this new power, this mutual love and harmony, then the Bahá'í teachings are but a name to us."
-- Shoghi Effendi, letter on his behalf to an individual believer, Feb. 2, 1925, in Lights of Guidance, Page 111
REFLECTION
This is the key to everything. It is the key to our own development and to the teaching effort. that simple joy, pure and beautiful joy, is what will draw the millions of souls who so need reunion with God and the noble self, to that great ingathering spoken of in One Common Faith and the 2002 letter.
When we are in the state of joy that we should be in, the joy that is merited by the magnitude of the treasure we have found, then our company will be a magnet so powerful that the troops and legions will come flooding in. Comprehension and certitude must come first, but when these foundations are laid joy must follow. Once one sees how beautiful the gift of a fresh Revelation form God is, once one knows with real conviction that all these woes of mankind will indeed be healed, then a joy so grand as to fill us to overflowing with wondrous energy must surly follow.
When people in the world around us see such a pure and unflappable joy in us that nothing phases us or disturbs us or diminishes our faith, then they will tare down the walls to get in. We will be inundated with more new members than we could ever wish for. Joy is the key. Certitude must come first. Then the willingness to act must be well rooted in us and become our natural habit. With these elements in place, joy must overtake us and dissolve all our hesitation and fear. Joy is the key. When we have learned to turn that key, the floodgates will open.