I am a new devotee (I’ve been going to the temple in Miami for 2 years) I sometimes observe how the initiated devotees stay away and ignore new people and only because of the mercy of Krishna we, the new devotees that don’t know how to do things right keep tagging along, Krishna keeps working from the inside and little by little some true advanced devotees have mercy on us and start taking us in and giving us things to do for the Lord! that is the most encouraging thing that can happen to a new devotee.

Certainly, anyone with a true desire to please Krishna and practice Bhakti yoga continues to go to the temple and classes even when nobody is paying any attention or even when there are critisism. For example the only one time that I was addressed by a lady devotee after I was going to the temple for about 1 year was to tell me that I should be wearing a sari…I was not ready but in my own good time I bought some saris and started wearing them some time later.

Now I’m asked by some advanced devotees to talk to people that come in new and explain some things to them!! I am so contented doing that and anything else they ask me to do that I have in a very short time given up everything that I thought was dear to me and I’m ready to give up much more!! All I want since I read the Bhagavad Gita as it is and started practicing Bhakti yoga is to please the Lord at every moment of my life.

I hope to visit New Vrindavan very soon!! Keep up the good work we all need it very much!! Hare Bol!!!