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Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand
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Pages 30-32
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(22) December 17th, 1931
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Dear Bahá'í Sister:
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Shoghi Effendi wishes me to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter dated Dec. 2nd 1931. He is very sorry that you
cannot on your way to New Zealand, break your journey and
come over for a short visit to Haifa. But these are such
difficult days that we should not be astonished and discouraged
if our plans fail. He hopes however that on your way you
will meet the friends, especially those in Port Said, for we
have no centers in Haifa and Colombo.
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He was also very sorry to hear that Bertram has to give
up his studies and return home. Shoghi Effendi hopes that
this period he spent in America would be itself an education
that would help him in his work in serving the Cause. His activities
with the young people there should have made him
very experienced and have deepened his understanding of the
Faith.
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I believe Mrs Dunn is planning to come this spring for a
visit to Haifa. Perhaps you will meet her before she starts,
Shoghi Effendi is eagerly waiting to see this noble soul who
introduced the Cause into Australia and has been so self-sacrificing
in her services.
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Shoghi Effendi hopes that on returning home you will
start again to serve the Cause and attract new souls. The
world is in great distress and its only salvation is in the spirit
and teachings of the Blessed Beauty. Let us not, we who are
the trustees of that divine message, fail in accomplishing our
task and fulfilling our purpose.
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Assuring you of Shoghi Effendi's best wishes I remain
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Yours ever sincerely,
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Ruhi Afnan
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[From the Guardian:]
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Dear and valued co-worker:
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I am wiring the friends in Port-Said to meet you on your
arrival and I very much regret your inability to come to Haifa
and visit the holy shrines. I will continue to pray for you, for
your son-in-law and for your dear and promising son for
whose future work in the Cause I cherish the brightest hopes.
I will also remember in my prayers the friends in far-away
Australia and New Zealand and will supplicate for them all
the Master's richest blessings and unfailing guidance.
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Shoghi
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