Dear 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 at your lotus feet. We pay obeisances before you. All glories
to you! All glories to you! All glories to you!
At ISKCON Red Deer, we would like to make a humble attempt to share with you our updates
in terms of propagating Kṛṣṇa consciousness in our city. We are actively doing Sunday Love Feast
programs at a community hall setting and are actively getting sponsorships for these programs.
Under the heartfelt guidance of your beloved disciple Bhaktimārga Swami, we are trying our best
to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness in Red Deer. We are hoping that more and more people come and
join our Sunday Love Feast programs and develop love for Kṛṣṇa. We also actively took part in
the Live to Give Gītā campaign and were able to get 297 Bhagavad-gītās sponsored to give out in
the community. We distributed books to the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Central
Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter, and to outreach centers and other agencies. Without your
books we wouldn’t have known that the true essence of human life is to engage in service to
Kṛṣṇa.
Also, this year we are working toward building a bigger chariot for our Third Annual Ratha-
yātrā. Last year we had success in our Second Annual Ratha-yātrā. We held our parade at a park.
Our Ratha-yātrā included free food distribution, cultural performances, book distribution, gift
shops, hand painting, a bouncy castle, and Deity darshan. Even though we are a very small group
trying to organize Ratha-yātrā in Red Deer every year, we do get a great amount of help from the
humble devotees at ISKCON Calgary and ISKCON Edmonton.
With this Vyāsa-pūjā offering, we, the devotees of ISKCON Red Deer, beg at your lotus feet to
please continue to shower your mercy on us so that we may continue to remain inspired serving
your ISKCON movement. Your mercy will help us progress on our spiritual journey of chanting
the holy name, being active at our local center, singing in kīrtanas, and reading and distributing
your books. Please guide us not to be complacent in our understanding of how to expand our
movement here for the benefit of the whole society. Kindly help us in our attempt to continue
following you by adhering to your clear directives and faithfully serving your mission.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, may we become your insignificant instruments in bringing thousands to
Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We beg you to please let us be engaged in your service and the service
of your devotees. Here at ISKCON Red Deer, we are begging you to please forgive us for any
offenses we have made. Please allow us to serve you eternally. We aspire to serve and assist in your
service to Lord Kṛṣṇa to the best of our abilities, for our own purification and ultimately for the
glorification of Kṛṣṇa.
Your aspiring servants,
ISKCON Red Deer

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