Issue 42 - October 22, 2017

Inspirational Note...

Bring up your children well with Devotion for God. They have been sent as gifts from God. They may have been born through you, but they are not because of you. From all the Lokas, the great seers and sages are descending on earth in a very rapid pace. They are finding their births in the wombs of sacred women, in the holy and devoted families. It is your duty to take care of them and grow them up the way God wants and hand over to God. Everyone else will be forgotten except those who are part of His story because He is never forgotten. Be happy you have earned this merit out of the penance from many births. You must use it well. Whenever God came, there were not too many people around Him to do His work. There were very few. There were always more opposing God than helping. Look at the life of any Avatar. People who were with the Avatar to do the work were few. But those opposing were more. Therefore, it is a typical trait of the Avatar, that He brings few people to work with Him, to help change others. -- The Divine Discourse (October 7, 2017), Dr Jorge Berra & Mrs Rosanna Berra Residence, Escobar, Argentina

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Service Updates

Small Actions, Big Smiles

In September mothers who have given birth recently received nappies and covers for the new-born children, small kids got baby clothes, toys and cleaning supplies and the bigger ones received clothes, books, pencil cases and teddy bears. The youth spend their time with them by reading books, playing with balloons, painting and singing, everything to make the children and their relatives happy. When the relatives see that their kids are smiling, they feel more relaxed and comfortable to overcome the situation.

Edmonton, Alberta Service Expansion

With Bhagawan's grace, food packets were served as usual to needy friends on the streets of downtown Edmonton, Tent City Surrey and Vancouver BC. Expansion was done in gathering the youths of multi-faiths across the Edmonton Alberta area. These youths showed a great deal of enthusiasm and acknowledged Bhagawan’s divine mission.

Northern California Youth

The youth of Northern California meet every Saturday and come together with a feeling of unity and love with only one purpose, that is to serve fellow neighbours of the society that are deprived of the basic needs like shelter and food. The volunteers cook different breakfast items like burritos, hot soup and such, then serve in the streets of San Jose.

The forest fire that started in Santa Rosa in the early hours of Monday, October 9, 2017, left a devastating effect. More than fifty thousand people were evacuated in the first five days. Bhagawan often says that ‘ whatever you think as yours can be taken anytime’ and we, as humans sometimes tend to overlook such divine statements from Bhagawan .

Huntsville, Alabama Seva for Lower-Income Individuals October 5, 2017

Many individuals from marginalised communities, such as those of the LGBTQ and Undocumented Americans, require food assistance just to survive. Bhagawan has taught everyone that any good work is God’s work, and that His devotees can freely partner with individuals from other organisations. Sai youth in Huntsville, Alabama, USA joined a group of young men and women from Circle K International (CKI), a collegiate affiliate of the local Kiwanis Clubs in the Northern part of the United States of Alabama, to serve again at the Manna House.

Southern California Santa Ana Homeless Service

This month the youth of Southern California served approximately one hundred homeless friends with breakfast burritos and water. The summer has been very hot and water is generally never enough.    Each person’s face lit up when they received the breakfast. It brought a feeling of happiness for the volunteers when they saw that they had touched someone’s life. The experience is very uplifting and rewarding.

Houston,Texas Hurricane Harvey Relief Seva

As the city of Houston slowly but steadily recovers from one of the worst natural disasters to hit America, the Houston Sai youth have been actively volunteering to help out their fellow embodiments of love in these desperate times of need. Owing to the persistence of Hurricane Harvey over Houston for over three whole days, the city experienced unprecedented levels of rainfall and flooding causing widespread devastation.

Transformation

Mexico Earthquake Rescue Efforts On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, around midday, an earthquake shook the central region of Mexico.  In many areas of Mexico City, the alarm did not sound, and many people were not able to evacuate. Most of us didn't realise the magnitude of the event until we saw the news. Seeing the photos and videos that night, showing the damage, we felt compassion and sadness.

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