The hosts of the Supreme Concourse will surely aid you and assist you in your endeavor to spread the Faith which the world needs so vitally today.ĭo not feel disheartened if you meet at first with trials and obstacles in His Path.
He would specially request you to prolong your stay in Japan as the soil is exceedingly fertile and the workers are so few in number. He wishes you to write to him frequently of the progress of your activities and of those whom you will interest in the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh. He cherishes great hopes for your future contributions to the progress of the Cause in that far away and promising country. He is delighted to hear of your intended visit to Japan where he hopes and prays you will receive your full share of confirmations from the Abhá Kingdom. Our dear Guardian has instructed me to acknowledge the receipt of your welcomed letter dated June 3, 1927. On August 22, 1927, another beautiful letter came from the beloved Guardian:
This is the symbol of our welcome to you! Come to Japan!" On his return to Japan, he wrote me, "As our steamer nears Yokohama, Fuji San is in sight. Shiroshi Nasu of the Tokyo Imperial University, who first heard of the Cause from Roy Wilhelm, in West Englewood, New Jersey, was a delegate to the Conference, and I showed him the letter I had received from Shoghi Effendi. Liu of Canton, was a Bahá'í (See Star of the West Vol. In the meantime the Institute of Pacific Relations held their second Conference in Honolulu in the summer of 1927, and I was able to contact, not only Japanese delegates to the Conference, but a Korean young woman, and also a Chinese woman delegate whose brother, Mr. May the Beloved remove every obstacle from your path and enable you to resume your active work in that land. I feel that your destiny lies in that far-off and promising country where your noble and pioneer services future generations will befittingly glorify and thankfully remember. My dear co-worker: I long to hear of your determination to return to Japan and pick up the thread of your unsparing efforts and activities for the promotion of the Cause of God. In the Guardian's writing were the words:
The letter was dated Haifa, April 2, 1927. It came most unexpectedly in powerful dynamic words. There on May sixth, came the first intimation from the beloved Guardian that he wished me to go again to Japan. In the fall of 1926, I went to California, remaining there for six months, I returned to Honolulu on March 20, 1927. There I was free to teach His Cause and often entertained friends whom I wished to attract to the Faith. In the spring of 1925, through Divine guidance, a little home in Manoa Valley in Honolulu came into my possession.
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