On Doing, Living, and Loving the Ruhi Institute Process: Welcome Amanda

"welcome sister, welcome - Ashley just signed her card Saturday. Yayyyy!"
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From Emma of Billy's Box of Magic Tricks this good news. -gw

We are walking
walking as one
stamp upon the ground
O people of Baha
make your mark upon this earth
we are walking
...
Amanda has decided to become a Baha'i.

Emma, "We are dancing." Billy's Box of Magic Tricks

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Emma has been deeply involved in the Ruhi Institute process, as is Amanda now. Here is an excerpt from Emma's reflection on the process in a previous post. -gw

The sequence of institute courses does not stand alone. It is the breath that welcomes hearts into knowing the words of Baha’u’llah, into sharing the words of Baha’u’llah, and having a group of friends to share their experiences with. When I invited my friends to a book one six months ago, I had no idea that by now it would have turned into a teaching team, a junior youth program, devotional gathering, and so much more, with a growing community of interest flourishing from just a few simple practices. It doesn’t matter who has declared, or who hasn’t. They are all so supportive of each other’s teaching experiences and working together to build Baha’u’llah’s world. The longing for service within each of us just comes out like a brilliant star shining from our hearts. And so we do it. We live it. We love it.

Emma, "a talk I gave. fun stuff. I'm in love." Billy's Box of Magic Tricks