Our dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda,
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace. All glories to Your spiri-
tual sons and family.
On every trip to Mozambique, we count our blessings and are grateful to Your Divine Grace.
Traveling the long distance gives us the opportunity to reflect on our fortunes as bhaktas. How
fortunate are we! Although, we did not meet Your Divine Grace, due to your deep ocean of
compassion for all the Jagāis and Mādhāis of this material word, we are given the opportunity to
travel with Your Divine Grace.
The potency of your glance is revealed at every step in our travels. On our first trip to Mozam-
bique, the security officials at the border wanted your passport and visa. On the second visit and
on our visits thereafter, we were granted entry without constraints. The security officials’ comments
were: “Por favor, deixe-os passar. Eles estão com Deus e seu professor.” (“Please let them pass. They are
with God and their teacher.”) This can only be made possible by the mercy of Your Divine Grace.
This removal of impediments is only made possible due to the potency of Your Divine Grace.
On another occasion, we planned to do a harināma through the streets of Maputo with Your
Divine Grace and Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gaurasundara. Due to some political bureaucracy, we were not
allowed to take our vehicles on the procession. We decided to leave Your Divine Grace with
Their Lordships in a sheltered area in front of the venue, which was our starting and endpoint.
Some devotees remained in attendance to take care of you and the Lords. Before proceeding
on harināma, we performed ārati accompanied by an ecstatic kīrtana, showered flowers on Your
Divine Grace and the Deities, then proceeded on our harināma. In that area, hundreds of the local
Mozambiqueans witnessed the offering. When we got back, we noticed that Your Divine Grace
and the Lords had been inundated with flowers.
It was the first time the public had come into contact with Śrī Śrī Nitāi-Gaurasundara. Just
a glimpse of you had softened their hearts. We were told that when our kīrtana party left, the
locals had inquired about the offering ceremony. They were mesmerized and wanted to also offer
flowers. Luckily, we had flowers in abundance. How fortunate all those souls were! They had the
opportunity to do some devotional service, by the mercy of Your Divine Grace. That is why Your
Divine Grace is the jagad-guru of this world.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, this material world is full of obstacles and suffering at every step. We are
confident that by taking shelter of the lotus feet of Your Divine Grace we will be successful in
bringing more fallen souls to take shelter of the mahā-mantra.
We humbly pray that Your Divine Grace please be merciful upon us, fallen souls that we are,
so that we can represent Your Divine Grace and continue to assist Your Divine Grace in whatever
minute way possible to fulfill the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Thank you, dearest Śrīla Prabhupāda, for your blessings.
Your servants,
The ISKCON Mozambique team