Teaching Campaign 11 – Week 1

Amidst the celebration of Ponggal, about 30 friends from across the cluster joined hands for a truly fun 1st weekend of the teaching campaign at the Desa Mentari receptive population!

Details:

…About 15 homes were visited.

…28 new children signed up for children’s class!

…7 new JY signed up for JYSEP!!

…and 7 friends accepted the Faith!!!

A conversation between a group of JY and a Youth:

JY – Macam mana nak masuk Baha’i? (how do I become a Baha’i?)

Youth – Kalau dalam hati you fikir you adalah Baha’i, so macam itu you Baha’i la… (if you feel in your heart you are Baha’i, then you are Baha’i!)

JY – So kita semua Baha’i la!?! (if that’s the case, then I am a Baha’i!)

Youth – [nods profusely]

The JY were overjoyed to hear the news!!

Some photos from Day #2:

Leela doing a home visit, her recently begun Book 2 participants looking on...

Munusamy off to another home...

Having lunch all together... Exchanging stories...

Looking up at all those floors...

While still in the middle of Book 3, Leyshani has arisen bravely to be a children's class teacher to meet the exploding need!

Children's Class teachers managing attendance records with the new influx of children...

Devaki must either be saying "It was perfect!" or "That's 3 homes with new Baha'is!" or quite possibly "I can't believe this only costs 3 Ringgit!"

Aleysha uses her lunch break to do some additional teaching with a visitor...

Radiating that glow one can only get when teaching...

Also glowing... Jer Han, a Baha'i of only 4 months, is already in the midst of Book 5 and fully part of the teaching campaign!!

Ashwin...or is it Arhwin? Anyway, from the looks of it, it seems 'someone' has been out teaching...

German reinforcements add to our diversity and hence our spiritual attraction...

Tamarai, replenishes her energy after lots of teaching. So many of the teachers were having dry throats... Next time, CGC must sponsor some lozanges! 🙂

More coming up next week…

Our 1st Reflection Meeting – Cycle 11

It began with food at 6pm...

Then Eric Marley and The Darmain Wailers gave us a rendition of Redemption Song...

The crowd came in and planted themselves into their seats...

Prayers were read...

The Writings were chanted...

And our souls were uplifted...

Then more youth took over (from the other youth)...

They "rolled us over the ocean, rolled us over the sea..."

And sang to their hearts content!

Then we shared stories.... "First you 'Hallo, hallo, hallo' and then you don't know how but suddenly Baha'u'llah will make something happen!"

We found out just how receptive our receptive populations are... "After sharing about CC and JY they asked, 'Do you have anything for adults?'!!!"

The joy was infectious... "After the children found out we had to cancel class because of Thaipusam, they immediately asked for a replacement the next day!"

Eyes sparkled...

Hearts were astir...

So we broke into workshops according to receptive population...

And began consulting...

We exchanged numbers with new-found team mates...

Encouraged each other to arise...

And resolved to teach our beloved Cause together!

Intensive Teaching Campaign

14-22 February

4pm on Saturdays, 9.30am on Sundays

Meet at Old Town Center (for teaching in Mentari) and DP Center (for teaching in Pelangi)

Call Vanathi & Gin Li for details

Road Show Concludes!

The Road Show started on a high and ended on a HIGHER!

Through the every corner of Shah Alam, SO MANY of the friends kept pledging with fervent enthusiasm –

I WILL BE THERE!

I WILL SERVE IN PELANGI!

I WILL SERVE IN MENTARI!

Our cluster unites in full force!

Ya’Baha’ul’Abha!

Sashi and Svarisha had to eat last because they were too busy singing and laughing about even after the program ended!

Uncle Mahamuni sharing stories, inviting, inspiring!

Looking into the eyes of a HERO!

The Generals plan

Still waters, but hearts AFIRE!

Aaaarrggghhh!!! Youth inspired by other youth inspired by other adults inspired by other youth inspired by Baha'u'llah!!

...Our cluster...

Pictures from Pelangi

Pelangi Damansara, truly a receptive population.  Sharing and learning fosters the relationship and trust between children, junior youth , teachers and animators who actively participate in the Children Class and Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program.

The joy from learning with each other

For those who take the path of service there only understands one language – LOVE

"Wit is educated insolence"...nuff said

On the Road…

What a ball!!

The CGC and community have been meeting and consulting together. Many of the friends are expressing such a strong desire to serve especially in the receptive areas!

Looks like this teaching campaign is going to be a good one…

Here are some pics from the first half of the CGC road shows.

Friends share the most unexpected things about themselves...

"What's special about aunty Poon?" Everyone is curious about everyone during group introduction.

"Dad, don't you understand what it means?!"

Laughter...the staple of every Baha'i gathering!

Some new things discovered:

SO MANY of the friends in OLD TOWN have birthdays on Holy Days!! Well, above the average Baha’i population for sure…

The DAMANSARA friends love their food – one gentleman is a chef (not professionally) and the other a food lover.

Inversely, the BSD friends consider the rest of PJ cluster as being ‘after-tol’. Surely the majority agrees that they are confused.

SS Central is the storehouse of both resources and yummy food. (and the Damansara friends are there grateful for their proximity)

And more pictures:

Prepping for the sing-a-long

The sing-a-long... Raja looking pensive, the old songs bringing back old memories...

Listening to a believer share experiences during consultation

A young and younger Baha'i reading excerpts from the Messages from the Universal House of Justice (while camera-shy sisters hide from snoopy photographer)

More to come on the road shows…