The other night an Indian lady approached the book table with her phone showing an Instagram account of a famous Russian devotee asking if I knew if she was currently in Vrindavana. “Not sure, I don’t know the person.”
She asked if I was from Russia and I said, “No, New Zealand.” She was shocked and said, “No way, I live in Hamilton!’
She explained that her and husband were just visiting family in India , but usually she is working for mercury energy company in Hamilton doing door to door sales. I said we have a nice center there where we have kirtan nights, amazing prasÄdam etc. and maybe when she gets back she can go – it’s called mantra lounge. She again said, “No way! I know that place.” She then explained that when she was working she knocked on a door in Hamilton to try to sell her power company plan and a young girl answered. She wasn’t interested in the power company but the young girl instead gave her a flyer for the mantra lounge and welcomed her to come. She said she was always meaning to go but then left for India. Now we marvelled at how Ká¹á¹£á¹a was reminding her on the other side of the world in Vrndavana…that’s a sign! I showed her a picture of Annabelle and she said it was her who gave her the flyer. I got her contact and she promised she would go there when she got back to NZ! She happily took a copy of Prabhupada’s biography to learn of how he built a house the whole world can live in.
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Your aspiring servant, Saumya-mayī dd