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The Baha’i Academy (where I have been for the past two months)
I have always been fascinated by how Baha’i and Baha’i-inspired organizations tend to evolve so drastically to meet changing conditions and build on experience. The Baha’i Academy is a perfect example. It began in 1982 to provide an academic home for some of the many Baha’i scholars who were forced to flee Iran during the Islamic…
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Saskamatoonamawan
Did you ever think that you were the type of person who wouldn’t ever make conversation by talking about the weather? The weather always happens and it usually the same thing that happened last year at around this time, right? Well, coming back to Ottawa from the a frozen city in the middle of Canada…
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Working at the prayer factory
I have finally posted to flickr my set of photos from my month serving at the Baha’i House of Worship in New Delhi, India. Along with some unusual photos of the Lotus Temple there are are pictures of two sun-burnt Quebecers, cockroaches and trash cans at the zoo. Click onwards.
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Return to Yasothon
All of my 2003-2004 Baha’i youth year of service was to be in Macau, China but visa problems eventually led the government of that city to kick me out. While on exile in mainland China I made arrangements to continue volunteering with the Thai Baha’i community. I was sent to a small town in the…
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Songkran video + Bangkok photos posted
Posted in this new set of photos are photos from Bangkok are images of Bangkok, some of its contents and several from this year’s Songkran festival. Songkran takes place over about four days every April to celebrate Thai new year, and is the most awesome holiday in the world. Below is a short video I…
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Belguam Photos Posted
Back in September when I learned that I was going to go to some place in India called Dharwad, it was rare to find anyone who had heard of the place, much have been there. Finally, at my last nineteen day feast in Ottawa a friend’s parents not only knew the place but had visited…
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Learned things
The following is a list of some of the many things have I learned, most of them the hard way, during my journey to India and in my first week of living here. It is provided here, in order, for your education and amusement. The list is accompanied by some images of different signs and…
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Krishi Mela 2007
Special regard must be paid to agriculture. -Baha’u’llah, Tablets 90 When I arrived to the campus of the University of Agricultural Sciences on the 30th, my new home for the next 6 months, I wasn’t able to get an accurate impression of the campus because it happened to be the site of a public municipal…
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The Journey: A Photographic Journey in Photos
I arrived safely and provided on my flickr site is photographic proof in case you don’t believe me. Unfortunatly the images are all out of order – but I know you’ll forgive me UPDATE: Now in order in this set. Some upcoming posts will explore: What exactly it is that I am doing here The…
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