Hare Krsna Gurudeva
Please accept my obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.
This time I want to take of something that we talked about in my last letter.
This is what we talked about:
“One last thing to tell, important, a friend who is living in the Zurich temple introduced me to Philip, he also lives there. This friend said that we could get along and created a WhatsApp chat to introduce each other. Philip and me are making plans so that we can spend our lives together serving Krsna ... even though he and me are on different continents.
HpS - Do what you must do!!!
Romeo and Juliet???
He is a serious and responsible devotee, I think he will take good care of me and the family that we want to have.
Was Kunti happy?
Gandhari, Radha, Darupadi, Juliet, Josephine? ? ? ?😎
Are you going to be happy??
Were they SUCCESSFUL?? Are you going to be SUCCESSFUL?”
Philip proposed to me, I said yes.
Part of our plan is to get married and live in Switzerland. He returned to his village, started working and is looking for a house for us. In addition, we began the long and difficult process to obtain my visa, we did all the corresponding procedures, now we are waiting for the migration response.
On the other hand, his questions made me think a lot. I can´t assure you that I will be happy because this world is not made for that, but I am sure that I have chosen a great partner to share my process in Krishna consciousness, I believe that our spiritual life can be successful.
HpS - If the attitude is that we are both in jail, insane asylum, and marriage means making a laboratory where we can learn how to become cured, then it is fine. It will be very satisfying.
I know that this new stage is going to be full of changes, that I will have to learn many things. There is something that particularly worries me as we decide that one day we will have children. I am concerned about not knowing how to raise a child, I am more concerned about not knowing how to raise a child in Krsna consciousness. They say that women have a motherly instinct, I hope this awakens when i need it.
Another thing that worries me is the language, in the village of my future husband they speak German. Philip says that most of the people speak English and that I won't have a problem communicating with them. I also started a German course, pronunciation is difficult for me and I don't like how it sounds.
I choose to see all this as a great adventure with Krsna in my heart accompanying me at every step. (Krsna, adventure partner)
I´m going to live in the Zurich temple until we get married, it would be about 2 months, I want to continue my service as a pujari in the temple for those two months and also after going to live with my husband. I would like to do it once a week since the temple isn´t near the village where we are going to live. We will live in Wängi, Philip grew up there, his family and friends are there too.
I´m thinking about how to continue my preaching in a country where I don´t know the language, perhaps prasadam distribution can be a good option while i´m learning the language. I think I could start a preaching program just like the one I did before the quarantine, maybe a Bhakti Vrksa, maybe a weekly online reading with the devotees in the congregation. The possibilities are limitless.
I hope I can go on with the morning program when I no longer live in the temple.
There will be a 7 hour time difference with FMP on gotomeeting, so I will have to do it without my dear Anjana Suta Academy devotees.
Gurudeva, even though we are far away, I feel close to you, and I thank you for the enormous effort you make to teach and give us your association every day. Thanks for the slides and tweets. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
One of my deepest wishes right now is that your instructions become my life.
Your aspirant servant
Panda Bear 🐼
HpS - AGTSP! Paoho. We had to scan the last part of the letter because there is a Polar Bear trying to set fire to the tree in front of the house, but your plan seems basically sane. NOW.... 4-principles and 16-rounds under the authority of Srila Prabhupada! Do it or not do it, but make it the goal, then Mother Yasoda will give you all the help you need.
