Hare Krsna Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to you.

           ASA - HPS - agtsp. we home apple blossom feet.

We just had a meeting with our temple president about initiation.  Regarding some instruction you gave me about when it would be, it can be in late August if at Gita Nagari before Radha Damodara, otherwise it can be in September in Denver.  So September may be a good time for your next visit, but I do long to see Radha Damodara again also, so it is up to you where initiation will take place.

         ASA - First we need a letter that he approves of you being a formal Aspirant!

We also discussed when I will become a brahmacari.  It looks like in somewhere around 3 months.  I am thinking about 3 years as brahmacari minimum, and I will try to take life day to day in Krsna's service and try to follow Krsna's plan as best as I know to.  I will try to be very strict and put extra effort into being enthusiastic, confident, and patient as I try to work out my karma and anarthas and serve Krsna so that I might become qualified to have some desire for him and lose my material desire.

                          ASA - Ooooof!   That's a very high set of goals!  Very wonderful!

Bhakta Noah also asked about when you are coming next and a few others.  He gave me a nice small elephant figurine that he said was on your altar.  I have placed it on my altar next to the picture of Radha Damodara and the bell from a cow that lays next to Them at Gita Nagari.  He wanted to ask if you left it there for him because he liked the figurine.

                         asa - Gosh!   We don't remember. We might have. Noah has an ark! Lots of place for animals.

Kartikeya and Nandini's Govinda's restaurant is going well.  Kartikeya wanted to tell you, he did get a contract with the temple set up as was your advice.

                           ASA - Our respects to him and our esteemed mother! Tell them that we are coming soon and expect some exceptional pasta for Lord Nrsmhadeva!! ~[;D)

Hoping to become a good servant,
Bhakta David II

                                      ASA - Thank you for your New Badarika-ashrama news! If you keep sending us news like this for sure we must come soon!!!