Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I haven't written in a long while, Maharaja. Life as a mother of two has been very busy and fulfilling. We are happy. Although I do loose my patience with my oldest. I am definitely trying to be more gentle.

HpS - AGTSP. Enthusiasm is more important than patience. Yes, must have patience, but more important is enthusiams. What is that? How to keep it?  NOI-3 discusses. If you lose your patience enthusiasm, then stop and look: What am I trying to accomplish. More clean around the house?   Is this a good goal?    If it is not, then O.K. give it up. If it is then second, how can I make progress in towards this. If you have these two, then you will be enthusiastic and patience will be natural. A lot more details.  NOI 3 is good discussion.

I have so much to tell you but I will keep it brief. 

My husband and I started up our Bhkati Yoga club at school again and will be having kirtan nights on Fridays. We don't expect many people to come but we know that by persevearance and humility Krishna might bless us. We also ask for your blessings to make this our service while here in Calgary.

HpS - Ha!  Ha!    Shoot for the Rhinocerous!    Expect that many people will come. Sufficient. Maybe show part of the Maha-bharata by Peter Brook. Free popcorn (with a lot of salt) and $1.00 glass for lemonade!

I also ask for your blessings on me being able to teach our children how to speak Spanish. It might be silly to ask this, but for me it's a little difficult to do since my husband doesn't speak it. I realised it can be very beneficial to grow up speaking more than one language. So I will try my best to help my children that way. Of course, giving them Krishna is best!

HpS - What about www.loftylearning.com, you can teach them Sanskrit. You all can learn. If you want to teach them Spanish, you must get a few partners, no? Others with your mad mentality. Calgary, Home Spanish, Ladies Circle. Then there must be online courses you can all do together. Its a nice language.

My husband is almost finished school to be a teacher. Very happy forhim. Audharya and Arindama are both growing and getting along well. My family is very happy to have their grand children around so close. Everyone is happy for now. Our Calgary yatra is not quite the same as when we lived in Toronto but as long as people are worshiping Krishna and love Him we can adjust for the time we are here. 

I am chanting my 16 rounds consecutively now for a few months since the birth of my son. I am back on track with a lot to make up for. I don't know about other mothers, but for me chanting when I have avery young and demanding baby, japa is hard to do every day. I feel reluctant to tell you this but I hae a need for you to accept my inability finish sometimes. 4 regs: check.

HpS - Keep track of how many rounds you own Krsna. I was only chanting like 11-rounds a day for several weeks, maybe 6-8 when the GBC had me as Temple President, Head-Pujari, Rathayatra Organize, Treasurer Director in the Berkeley Temple.

Ooof!  I was exhausted. Could barely walk, but kept track and then at one point told them, just can't do this, and gradualy caught them all up.  I hear that 16-day day is hard with a small kid, but I suspect that it can be done. Kids sleep a lot. Just fit in four here, four there.  Pooop!  16!
If I give my opinion, for a young mother to have babies and chant 16-rounds is about the same as taking Sannyasa in ISKCON.
Rasa-mandali Dasi, Maharaja, Ki Jai!

Please forgive my offences, Maharaja. 

Your aspiring servant,

Rasa-mandali dasi

HpS - ASA -- So, so, nice to hear from you.  Please offer our respects to your family, and if you husband can send a little news about his Sankirtan, that would be nice.  Also, you can see that we are focusing on this Peru symposium, and so maybe you can get some inspiration to help also!  Psychology and the Sacred.

Thank you!

You are on the right path, just go ahead.