SUPPORTING WHAT'S WORTH SUPPORTING

Thursday, June 11th, 2026

Moundsville, West Virginia

This is my third visit to the dham (sacred place) at New Vrindavan within two months. It is God's calling, I suppose. The first time I came as a support to leaders of Zone 2, the U.S. northeast. The second, just last month, I was invited as a major backer to the efforts of Krishna House as what we call Bhakti Academy in Canada. This time around I'm here in the Appalachians for the Youth Bus Tour.

I was delighted to meet young folks, age 18 to 25, from the U.S., Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and India. You can call it a nice cross section of men and women, all who have come for an experience of a lifetime.

The conductors of the program, now celebrated 30 years of offering support to Krishna's youth, are an empowered couple, Manorama and Jay Radhe. He is from Germany originally and she is American. The young folks who have come to participate are from varying backgrounds.

One of the agenda items for this amazing travel program is drama, and one of the main reasons for my coming. Again, we are bringing to the stage the play "Big Fish, Little Fish," which is a piece that has evolved over the years. As I have heard from the grapevine, a godsister, Maha Maya, this production has been around since the Old Travelling Road Show some 55 years ago. Last week our troupe from Canada displayed this beautiful story in Halifax. Today I begin with a new crew.

Before departing for New Jersey, I gave second initiation for two devotees of the New Vrindavan rural community. Sarana from Nepal and Satva Guna from Trinidad stepped up to the fire havan and by the grace of our guru, Prabhupada, received their blessings and another form of support.

MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU

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