‘O that I could travel, even though on foot and in the utmost poverty, to these regions, and, raising the call of Ya-Baha'ul-Abha in the cities, villages, mountains, deserts and oceans promote the divine teachings!! This, alas, I cannot do. How intensely I deplore it! Please God, ye may achieve it…..’ Abdu'l-Bahá
These are very familiar words to all of us. Too familiar, perhaps! Since I have been asked by the Council to co-ordinate these actitives I have had the pleasure of arranging 2 trips to the Province by Val McGinley which were very much appreciated by the communities she visited. On both of these occasions she was able to share with the friends, and their friends, many of her personal experiences; a lot of information about the Faith, and enthused some to consider travel teaching themselves. We all know how much we enjoy visits from Bahá'ís outside of our own community. It's a little like a breath of fresh air. Spring is approaching, so why not consider bringing in a few breezes for yourself. No special qualifications are needed, just the wish to achieve what 'Abdu'l-Bahá could not.
At this stage of the Five Year Plan there is no great pressure to achieve the goals of the Plan which include forming Spiritual Assemblies and sending out pioneers, but, equally this is an ongoing goal, and the sooner we get to work on these the more we can achieve without the 'number crunching' that usually accompanies the last few months of any Plan. I have two offers of pioneering on hand at the moment, and two travel teachers arriving in April. The House of Justice also specifically referred to home front pioneering in the Ridvan letter of 2001-SO HOW ABOUT IT, FOLKS! Are we going to leave it to others to achieve our goals, or can we do it ourselves?
Anne Munro, Travel-teaching Co-ordinator.
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