On Salishan Children Come to the Baha'i Holy Day: In a neighborhood like the one in Shiraz
Last night the Birth of the Bab, the Baha'i Holy Day, was celebrated in the Salishan neighborhood of Tacoma. The residents there are perhaps not that much diffrerent than the residents in the nieghborhood in Shiraz where children's classes were offered by a group of mostly Baha'i youth that led to the arrest of 54 youth and the four-year imprisionment of three some years ago. A Persian believer who attended our expansion campaign on the weekend told of the impact that the arrest of these youth had on her. We were all moved by her story. -gw
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I'm sure the exact attendance last night was noted by our Assembly secretary, but I am going to guess more than 40. Of those, only nine were adult Baha'is. The rest were all Salishan children and junior youth who have been participating in Baha'i core activities there, plus one parent who stayed throughout.
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Are the Baha'is having an impact on the neighborhood? Ask the teachers at the elementary school nearby. They have been reported to have noticed profound changes in behavior among these same children.
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