Dear Guru Maharaja,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to your wonderful service to him.

 

I am writing to request your blessings and permission to make a major move for my family and career. Just today I was formally offered the Charles Redd Endowed Chair in Religious Studies at Utah State University. This represents a major step up in my academic service, since very few professors receive endowed chairs during their career. But more importantly, it will provide us an opportunityto move back to Boise. Utah State University is located in Logan, Utah---only four hours' drive from Boise.

 

Our current plan is that Amrita Keli and the children will live in Boise, and I will come back to Boise during the weekends. This will help the children grow up in a Krishna conscious environment and provide service opportunity for Amrita. Presently in Williamsburg, we struggle to maintain our spiritual life, since the devotee community is more than an hour away.

 

We would leave Williamsburg in the middle of May, and my new position would begin in August. We humbly request your permission to make this move.

 

At the same time, all the devotees in Virginia are very much looking forward to your visit during Labor Day weekend---especially Srinivasa and Kameswari Mataji, who are praying to become your disciples. I will also try to visit Richmond for Labor Day weekend this year.

 

I hope your travels in Bengal have been going smoothly. If you meet Prof. Bandyopadhyay, please convey my humble respects and warm greetings to him.

 

your servant,

Radhika Ramana dasa