News from Germany by Srinitamba:

We went to the Frankfurt airport in the morning to pick Gurudeva up.
Unfortunately we got stuck in a traffic jam, so we had to call him and tell him
we were late. He was already waiting outside when we came. He was happy and
peaceful as always and said he hadn´t minded waiting, since that had given him
even more time to chant.

When we came home Gurudeva took some rest, did his email etc. Later we went
for a walk. It is quite difficult to keep up with Gurudeva and chant at the same
time. He is walking very fast. We went to a place where there is a nice lake
where we usually go to chant. I wanted to show Gurudeva how our (vegetarian) dog
Nrsimha swims, so I threw in something in the water and Nrsimha immediately
dove in and started swimming. Gurudeva didn´t seem so impressed by Nrsimha´s
swimming as I was, though. As Nrsimha came out of the water, Gurudeva exclaimed:
“Watch out, he´s gonna shake himself”! and so we jumped away to the side not to
get wet. It was really funny.

In the late afternoon, six of our friends from different places came to visit.
They felt as if they already knew Gurudeva since we have been telling them so
much about him. And we have told Gurudeva about them as well, so everyone was
very happy to finally meet each other. I had planned to make pizza, but it was
Ekadashi so it was not possible. Everyone took prasadam together and were
speaking a lot about different things, about ISKCON and Krishna consciousness etc.
It was a very nice atmosphere, like a family. The devotees were very impressed
by Gurudeva and he also liked the devotees that had come very much and said that
they are very special. In the evening we sang bhajans, and it was really nice. We
had only karatals and harmonium, so Bh. Zak went to the kitchen to get a pot
which he used as a drum. As we were singing “Sita Ram, Sita Ram…”, it got sooo
intense at one point, and for a short moment my mind wandered off to our
neighbours, who are unfortunately everything else but favourable to KC. But then
I forgot about them, we were just singing and singing… Jay Sri Ram! Jay Srila
Gurudeva!

The next moring Ravindra Svarupa prabhu and his wife came to visit to have a
meeting about a problematic project we have here. They are very, very nice and
friendly and warm. Gurudeva was also happy to get some time together with
Ravindra Svarupa prabhu, since they very rarely get time to really associate and
speak when they meet. Gurudeva was supposed to take the night train to Denmark
and before he left, Cakravarty prabhu and his wife came by and were also very
happy to meet Gurudeva.

As we were packing to leave for the train station I was feeling very sad that
Gurudeva was leaving. As a comfort he gave me a pair of his socks. I was
wondering if he actually wasn´t going to need these socks on his trip. Gurudeva
answered: “Oh, don´t worry. Everyone always gives me socks!”

We went to the station and before the train left he said “Don´t worry.
Everything will be fine. I am always there with you in spirit”. He left for
Denmark and was then going to Finland to perform a marriage ceremony for two of
his disciples. So, we are now eagerly waiting for him to come back and bless us
with another ecstatic, inspiring visit. Srila Gurudeva ki jay!!!!!

Your servant,
Srinitamba dd

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