Joe Millionaire Gains Wealth in Iraq
This is written by a devotee in Iraq August 24, 2004 – The star of the popular reality T.V. show, 'Joe Millionaire', paid a visit to Camp Anaconda today, accompanied by the Miller Lite Girls, as part of a month-long "morale boosting" tour of Iraq. Call me crazy, but I just wasn't impressed when he walked in with his "I don't have to shave 'cause I'm rich and famous" look, and a "I...
BBT Library Party in India
Dear Vijaya Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I am following the inspiring texts on your Book Distribution Conference and find them helpful. Thank you. Now we have started the BBT Library Party again, this time by mail, since traveling in India is difficult. By Prabhupada's mercy, many libraries, schools, colleges, professors, and people who just happen to read the mailout letter are...
Ecstacy in Africa – by Madhu Mangal Prabhu
Today was a particularly slow day, for starters, the sun was blazing hot (Kampala is right on the equator), for about an hour or so I had only distributed about three of Srila Prabhupada's books. I went into one small shop selling sports goods and introduced myself to a young Indian man, the owner of the shop. I asked him if he was from Kampala, no he was originally from Punjab in India. I noticed on his wrist he had a silver...
Helsinki Saturday report
Please accept our humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada, all glories to Sri-Sankirtan yajna. On Saturdays the Helsinki City Center is pretty crowded, at least for European standards. People from the countryside, and numerous tourists are shopping and wandering around the city. After a simply wonderfull Srimad Bhagavatam lecture, and morning prasadam a number of sankirtan devotees drove to the Helsinki City Center. Because...
The Mercy of Lord Gauranga just in time
by Radharani Devi Dasi This incident happened some years ago: I was distributing in Nevada USA. We stopped at a gas station to get some gas and water. When I got out of the van I saw one man that looked like he would be receptive to the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So I approached him and explained the book to him, sure enough he was interested, gave a donation and took a book. Then I went into the store, while I was in the store...