Summary of Greatness

When my mom, dad and Parisa came in December, we stayed at Afshan and Jalil´s house which they hadn´t moved into yet, so it was completely empty but beautiful. We visited members of the Bahai community in San Jose, attended devocional gatherings, were invited to dinners, wento to downtown San Jose, and attended a memorial of a dearly devoted Bahai pioneer names Jere McKinney who passed a way in early December. One day my parents, Parisa and I were going to go out and visit but it started raining and decided to stay in. We put down a matress and sleeping bag and the four of us started praying and singing from 11am until like 5pm. We were composing songs, jamming, singing, and being uplifted. Later on we painted. This empty house provided much room for relationship building, conversation, entertainment, creativity, the arts, and joy. We would eat a lot of bread, cheese, tea, and coffee as meals and snacks.
Then the 25-28 of December, we attended the San Jose Bahai Summer school which we helped out in the children´s and pre-youth programs and activities. We enjoyed ourselves.
The 29th, the four of us traveled to David, Panama to visit a Bahai pioneer family that my parents used to teach the Bahai Faith with in Colombia back in the 70s.
The 31st we traveled to Progreso to be up in time for a new years celebration dinner that a Ngabe(Guaymi) family had invited us to.
While my parents and Parisa were up in the mountain with me, we visited people, they visited us, we ate very well, we roasted and made fresh cacao drink straight from the cacao in the mountain, and then the last day we invited everybody to a gathering of prayer, song, talks, socilizing, coffee and joy. I had given my mom a typical Ngabe dress as a gift to wear and it fit her perfectly. She wore it and came out to greet people saying ``good evening`` in Ngabere. My parents fit in and connected very well with the people.
I´m so thankful they came because I had to chance to serve with my own parents in a very different way then any other time in my life. We were able to do everything in a prayerful, service-oriented, and consultative mode, whether it was big or small.

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When I dropped off my parents and Parisa at the airport in San Jose, I headed back to the south to Pavones beach to be with a Bahai couple for a few days and help them out in some study they had to finish up, their children, and the lady´s work since she is really sick and is working until 11pm in multiple jobs to be able to pay for the doctor. They live right by the beach so I had very special meditative moments in the strong surfing current at sunset, opening coconuts, fishing with the kids, and helping out the family in any way I could.
Then I met with Besigo and Walked up a few hours up another mountain to an area called Rio Claro (Clear River) to do an intensive Ruhi book study of 4 days. We all had an incredible time and there were 10 people that declared themselves as Bahais!!!
We received so many blessings and confirmation. People are more dedicated now. They want to get up and serve this Cause for humanity!!!
Thank You so much!!!


-always with love

Short one

Can life be more amazing?!!......yes it can..actually

My parents and Parisa visited me and it was very much needed.
My parents brought a camcorder and recorder a few clips if anybody is interested in watching them just contact my parents at my house number.
Sorry that this was a short one but I have to catch the bus that is waiting for me right now. I´m always running around. But don´t worry I´ll be back with more good news.
much much love!!!