Hare Kṛṣṇa dear Guru Mahārāja,
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet!
This summer by your kṛpā I was allowed by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to visit Vṛndāvana-dhāma with and get associations of dhāmavāsīs and other Vaiṣṇavas, thank you.
I stayed at Kṛṣṇa Balarāma guest house and was able to attend a blissful morning programme starting with Pradhupāda's samādhi ārati / maṅgala-ārati/ tulasī ārati. There I spent a week and had the good fortune of taking darśana and hearing from different saints of Vṛndāvana and Barsana. My 16 years old daughter would all day prefer to sit in the kīrtana at Kṛṣṇa Balarāma Mandir. She also wanted to do kīrtana and was therefore kindly allowed to sing at Śrīla Prabhupāda's samādhi.
We took darśana of seven main temples of Vṛndāvana and more, went to Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmi's samādhi and other places. Also offered my pranam to Shri Lalitā ju at Unchagaon and Śrimatī Rādhārāṇī at Śrījī temple Barsana. At Govardhan after taking darśana of the most important līlā-sthali Rādhā Kuṇḍa and Śyāma Kuṇḍa I went on my first Girirāja parikramā. At the outset of the parikramā whilst offering my praṇāma to you, all of sudden, I felt strongly that I should offer the credit of this parikramā to you as my guru dakṣiṇā. Until now I was not sure of the parikramā but now I started with full determination. By Kṛṣṇa's mercy I was able to complete my first Girirāja parikramā successfully and I offered the credit to you in my heart. Please accept this my dear spiritual father. As you say surrender is not an act but a process, I'm trying my best every day to stay surrendered to you. Though I feel you are constantly keeping an eye on me, guiding me in difficult situations, with me in my heart but I still long to take your darśana, talk to you in person. I don't know whether this will ever be sanctioned by the Lord but I will keep praying.
Just a brief note of my services:
Online Children Gita class - Weekly (children join in from Wales and other places)
Temple Sunday class - As per rota
Guru Pūjā/ Tulasī āratī - As per rota
Talk delivered at school on Hinduism - As and when
Temple Sunday feast cooking - As per rota
Book Marathon - By your mercy I could distribute 2 sets of Bhāgavatam and other books.
I will stop here with the hope to get your vapu association and your sevā sometime soon.
Your unqualified daughter
Antaraṅgā Haripriyā Devī Dāsī