Esteemed Guru Maharaja: Sincere, humble dandavats and pranams. All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga! All Glories to Sri Krsna-Balarama! Sorry! It's been too long since I've communicated by blog.
1. Several families have relocated away from our yatra. Very short-handed. But, still endeavoring to produce nice Sri Janmastami program at the same community hall we rented for this purpose last year at which we had 400 attending! Not anticipating as many this year due to Janmastami being on a Wed instead of a Sat. Still, we can only desire properly; rest is up to The Lord!
2. Dave Prabhu was tasked to build an altar for above event. He has been engrossed in this service for about two months. It is finished now and a very precisely built, lovely altar it is. There will be 4 sets of deities. Our Radha-Gopinath and Lord Jagannath and Their Lordships, Chaitanya Dasi's Radha-Govinda and Scruthi's and Gunarnava's Gaura Nitai. Will send you a photo after Janmastami.
3. Home programs to celebrate Krsna-Balaram Appearance and Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja at Govinda Priya's and Shankaranand's.
4. Haven't heard from Grass Valley contingency. Am going to call today or tomorrow to see if they will be able to attend Janmastami.
5. We are going to San Diego County (Romana) this week to visit those 2 grand children before they return to school. Will be back in time for Janmastami.
6. I have been practically bedridden for about 2 months; weak, dizzy, unfocused, severe muscle spasms, short of breath, etc. Discovered I am low on iron. Cannot take supplements. Must go in to infusion center for 8-hour iron infusion once a month. Hopefully no more frequently. Am slowly coming back to life. Discovered iron insufficiency is common in vegetarian diet, even an iron-rich one such as i have been on for years. Body has difficult time storing iron from veggie sources and over time, my bone-marrow storage became depleted. i would not have imagined that low iron could cause such infirmity. Now I know and am recommending all vegetarians take good quality iron supplement on a on-going basis.
HpS - Iron Woman!!
7. Received your letter to Dave and me. Very nice Spanish language bookmarks. Thank you! Especially like the layout and amount of good, solid information contained in the Simposio Internacional fold-up piece, complete with photos/bios of guest speakers, schedule, sponsors. Whomever designed this did an excellent service to Guru and Gauranga!!!
8. Lastly, I will be very honored to take a look at Bhaktri Sastra Guide to see if i am qualified to clean it up with a little redesigning. What is your schedule? may I do it over a little time? This is my schedule: Having bladder surgery August 19th. Recoup time 20 days during some of which i believe I will be well enough to work on such a project. Sept. 12th heading to Ramona Ca to care for 47 year old daughter, Terra, who is having a "sinus lift." She will need care at home for a week or more. I can take my laptop with me and should have time to work on it while there. Then back to regular life here in Auburn. In your letter, you mentioned texting/calling. Those are important elements so the secy can ask questions of The Boss's reps, Monkey and Piggy, as questions arise, otherwise there is unnecessary stress.
9. Wow! Meeting with esteemed guru Maharaja in June 2017 in Seattle! What a transcental adventure for Dave and me! It's in the future, but right now sounds sublime if health is strong.
You are ever in my prayers!
Your Useless Servant,
Kalindi Devi Dasi
HpS - ASA --- Sounds like you are in the final stages of Boarding for the Vaikuntha airplane. Are you chanting transcendentally??? Thank you for the news. Yes, sometimes more people come to the Temple, somtimes less. Never can predict, but seems Krsna is quit conscious of who he is sending!!!
Hope we get fotos of Altar and Festival.
Ready to leave this body?? It has done a lot of good.