The Albuquerque Baha'i community has just started its sixth expansion phase. Last cycle we welcomed over 50 new souls into the community, an occurrence I was not able to participate in due to a crazy work schedule. I have been itching to get out into the teaching field again, and today was a wonderful day.
I have been thinking a lot lately on the unlimited potential of this day. Sometimes it is hard to realize the transformation of the world when you are in the thick of it. It is easy to get complacent and forget that our lives our fleeting while the opportunities are so great. What we are doing as Baha'is, this process of expansion and consolidation, is more than just teaching the Faith, it is showing people a way through all of the false dichotomies, all the cruel and banal constructs we have nested in. Most of all, by teaching and engaging in the lives of others, we are realizing for ourselves the Word of God; we are finding ourselves as we find others.
Over the course of this cycle I hope to keep a running log of my experiences and reflections from the field. So many emotions pass through, and I want to remember them
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