Giving our life
After a seminar I gave in Rostov, an elderly Russian lady asked for my blessings that she can continue distributing books.
I said, "I hope you have all success is distributing Srila Prabhupada's books for many years to come. If you don't mind my asking, How old are you?"
She responded, "I'm eighty."
"How long have you been distributing books?
"For twenty years."
"Wow! And how did you become a devotee?" "I was a Christian nun getting ready to be put in a prestigious position of high responsibility, when, by Krsna's mercy, I found a Srimad Bhagavatam and I fell in love with it. I had never heard so much wonderful glorification of God. I wanted to learn more. Then I found out where the temple was and went there. Bhakti Vjnana Goswami was there, and he told me more about Krsna. I was so attracted that I just wanted to be with devotees. I moved into the ashram, and I've been distributing books ever since."
My comment: This shows that we can give our life to distributing books, if we want and our health allows. We have devotees that have been distributing books for over forty years — the "four-decade club." Let's see how many more we can get in this transcendental club.
Your servant,
Vijaya Dasa
