New letter from the Universal House of Justice calls for 41 Regional Baha’i Conferences!

The Universal House of Justice, in a new letter dated 20 October to the Baha’is of the World, has announced plans for 41 regional conferences to occur between November and March. Each of these conferences will be attended by two members of the International Teaching Centre.

This announcement comes 1/2 way through the current 5 Year Plan and will no doubt be a pivotal moment in the development of the Cause of Baha’u'llah! What greater proof of the power of the Baha’i Covenant than this unprecedented series of regional conferences spread all over the globe!

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The conferences will be held in the following places — we’re determining the countries based on the cities mentioned in the letter. So please note that a few may be incorrect….

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Accra, Ghana
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Antafagasta, Chile
Atlanta, United States
Auckland, New Zealand
Baku, Azerbaijan
Banglagore, India
Bangui, Central African Republic
Battambang, Cambodia
Bologna, Itlay
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Cong
Chicago, United States
Dallas, United States
Frankfurt, Germany
Guadalajara, Mexico
Istanbul, Turkey
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kiev, Ukraine
Kolkata, India
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Kunching, Malaysia
Lae, Papua New Guinea
London, England
Los Angeles, United States
Lumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Lusaka, Zambia
Madrid, Spain
Managua, Nicaragua
Manila, Phillipines
Nakuru, Kenya
New Delhi, India
Portand, United States
Quito, Ecuador
Sao Paula, Brazil
Stamford, United States
Sydney, Australia
Toronto, Canada
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Vancouver, Canada
Yaounde, Cameroon

Here is a map courtesy of the Changing Times Blog:

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Conference on the ERADICATION OF POVERTY

A la cité de Lumiere ce samedi 18 Octobre

CHILDREN CLASS AT Baie duTombeau

MARVELOUS CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM

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A beautiful teaching story

a Beautiful teaching story from the Nashville area in the States...

... via a pal'o'mine in Ohio... LOL

enjoy!

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Regional Bahá'í Council of the Southern States
Office of the Secretary
PO Box 5706 ? Cary ? NC ? 27512-5706
919.463.9990 office ? 919.349.7913 cell


'There is nothing sweeter in the world of existence than prayer.' -
'Abdu'l-Baha

October 2, 2008
To the Baha'is in the Southern Region

Dearly loved friends,
We continue to receive uplifting and insightful stories and accounts of the
friends striving to share the Message of Baha'u'llah and learning how to
involve the new believers with increasing efficacy in the core activities.

One cluster in Tennessee recently experienced a breakthrough in
enrollments in its current cycle of growth. The Nashville Area cluster has
focused its collective teaching project in a receptive neighborhood whose
residents include Persian Baha'i refugees, residents from Sudan, Peru,
Kosovo and other nationalities. The cluster is blessed with several Baha'is
who travel to the neighborhood and generously offer their services to the
new believers and seekers.
One friend shared her impression about the neighborhood, 'The spirit has
made such a difference. The Persian Baha'i residents walk around this very
open neighborhood and say prayers and connect with their neighbors.'

About a week ago, a Baha'i teacher was in the neighborhood visiting a
newly enrolled Baha'i from Sudan. They were outside enjoying the pleasant
weather. She was reviewing Anna's presentation when one of the neighborhood
boys, Misha'd, ran up to her, poked her in her side and asked, 'Are you
making everyone a Baha'i?' He is a 9-year-old child from Peru and is best
friends with a neighboring Persian Baha'i boy. The teacher was a little
embarrassed by the question, and responded with care, 'I am sharing the
message of the Baha'i Faith with those who are interested in learning about
this new Divine Message'.

Misha'd then asked, 'What is the Baha'i Faith?' He told the teacher
that he too was interested in the Faith and wanted to know more. But the
teacher was in the middle of Anna's presentation and could not respond to
him at that time.

Later in the week on Saturday the Baha'i teacher and another friend met
the sister of one of the new Baha'is as they were walking in the
neighborhood. They took the opportunity to share Anna's presentation with
her. The seeker recognized Baha'u'llah's Station immediately and felt moved
to declare her Faith. Her four children also were registered -- they had
already been coming to the children's classes.

By now it was getting dark and the Baha'i teachers were walking to their
cars. Misha'd ran up to them, poking the teacher in her side again and
asked, 'What is the Baha'i Faith?' Since it was dark the teacher could not
see who he was and asked 'who are you'? He responded that he was the same
one who asked about the Faith last week.

The Baha'is looked at each other and one whispered to the other 'he is
only 9-years-old and we need to get permission from his parents'. They
asked Misha'd when a good time to talk with his parents is and he said 'how
about now?'

So Misha'd ran ahead towards his home with the Baha'is close behind.
Standing outside were his mother, father, 16-year-old sister and four other
siblings. The teachers shared how much their son wanted to learn about the
Baha'i Faith and so everyone went inside the lighted hallway to hear the
presentation. There seemed to be a heightened sense of spirit in that
hallway as the Message was shared. Misha'd helped by reading the quotes.
After sharing the life and suffering of Baha'u'llah the Baha'i teacher
turned to the father and said 'it appears as though Misha'd is attracted to
this Message'. The father nodded in agreement.

After the entire presentation was given, the family recognized
Baha'u'llah's Station and embraced the Faith.

The Baha'is explained further about their duty to educate the children.
They shared, 'that's why we come here - not to educate just our children but
all the children and we need a lot of help to do this.' When finishing the
registration cards for her children, the mother went through them all,
one-by-one, to make sure each child was registered.

The Baha'i teachers went back within 48 hours to confirm their Faith.
The family has received three visits within one week of their declarations.

In this same neighborhood, another new believer, who is Hispanic, has
five daughters who were registered as well. The Baha'is began consolidation
immediately. They started a children's class right outside their door so
the parents could see their children were in the class.

We feel very blessed to learn from the friends who are consecrating
their efforts in sharing the Message of Baha'u'llah, and, who are striving
to create a community of devotion and service in these receptive
neighborhoods.

We send you our deepest love and prayers.

Prepared on behalf of the Regional Baha'i Council of the Southern States


Regional Bahá'í Council of the Southern States
Office of the Secretary
PO Box 5706 ? Cary ? NC ? 27512-5706
919.463.9990 office ? 919.349.7913 cell

my new found brother Laval

Report from THOMAS BREAKWELL Team

EXPO AND HOME-VISIT

The team open EXPO yesterday and enroll 2 new members...
the Team also visit Sylvio at Grande Riviere and give the healing message to his wife Mireille
We are planning to start a study circle in Notre Dame next week
- we continued our opening of expo and hearts to heart teaching and consolidate the new members
prayers needed.
Rest assured that we remember each one of you in our communion with the LORD OF THIS AGE that the fire of love and unity continued to give light to our Cluster . lets us pray for each other that we may sustain our humble effort in the consolidation phase.
let us remember the words of the Beloved House of Justice thats we never let a day pass without giving the remedy to the dying souls everywhere.
jo and syl

ALL NEWS

-TIT BITS --ALL AROUND THE CLUSTER

2 NEW MEMBERS ENROLL TO-DAY = 35 TOTAL
2 NEW STUDY CIRCLES STARTED ONE AT RICHELIEU ONE AT POINTE AUX SABLES
2 NEW STUDY CIRCLE UNDER WAY ONE AT ROCHE BOIS AND ONE AT NOTRE-DAMES
unity feast 26 october
2 CHILDREN CLASS AT LATOUR KOENING 2 DYNAMICS TEACHER

one pre-youth class under way at Tombeau bay

HOME VISIT /FIRESIDE /EXPO/ ON- GOING

KEEP -UP CLUSTER ONE

BOOK YOUR DATE
FAMILY SUMMER SCHOOL
FOR CLUSTER ONE AND SIX
THEME FAMILY LIFE
VENUE TROU AUX BICHES
FROM 25 TO 27 DECEMBER
BE PREPARE

ATC MEETING 14TH OCTOBER AT 7.30 AT TOMBEAU BAY
SUGGESTION WELCOME

All news REPORTER

CHILDREN CLASS AT LA TOUR KOENING

Bahayyih Team reporting

Home Visits arean effective way of consolidating new believers.

Our team, accompanied by Sunil visited Rouma of Pailles and gifted her a prayer book. Though she and her husband (both new believers) are hesitant to come to the Bahai Centre at Port-Louis, they have agreed that we visit them again at their residence.

Thereafter, we visited Sunil's Family. We were very happy to meet the members of his joint family and they all welcomed us warmly. We left a prayer book for them and took the oppurtunity to invite his wife and nephew to the Sunday devotionals.

BAHIYYIH TEAM REPORTIN

BAHIYYIH TEAM REPORTING

Mardi 23 sep.Visite a M. Beetul,Bahai de longue date de la communaute de Curepipe,habitant P.aux Sables maintenant. Il fut encourage a assister aux reunions de prieres les dimanches au centre.Il a volontairement demande a organiser une reunion devotionelle chez lui et il invitera la famille de sa fille.Il a aussi demande des livres bahais.Le Team lui a offert un livre de prieres. A SUIVRE...................

Dim. 28 sep.Fire-side chez M. Joy Soobrayen.

La petite famille reunie, on presenta la cause de Baha u allah a son epouse.C'etait un moment tres agreable

Les deux filles ont deja commence a suivre la classe des enfants a La Tour Koenig.A SUIVRE ....................

Lun. 29 sep.Bahiyyih Team s'est reunie a L.T.Koenig pour une reunion de prieres et ensuite preparer son programme.Sherina Veerasamy,une toute jeune etait presente.

Etant donne que tous les participants ne pouvaient etre presents ce jour la.Le Ruhi 1 se tiendra lundi prochain.

Le Team ( DANIEL,BARENDER,SASKIA et CHANTALE ) vous demande de prier pour la realisation de son projet.

MERCI. ALLAH U ABHA.

Soumis par Chantale