Trip to Turnabe: September, 17 2003

  A wonderful highlight of our time in Tela, Honduras was going to Turnabe to visit Armando Guzman and his family.  This family is very distinctive and left a deep impact on us. They are in charge of the village phone office, so have an easy means to stay in touch with everyone in the village.  Armando told us that he felt having the phone office in his home was a blessing from Bahá’u’lláh to help him teach the Faith.  During our short afternoon visit with them we learned that the family had been Bahá’ís since the 1980’s.  Armando knew Counsellor Dr. Ahmadiyyeh and named many other early believers who worked in Central America.  Armando has been active in recruiting villagers to attend Ruhi institutes in the nearby Institute facility in El Peru.  He has organized youth and junior youth groups who meet regularly.  Armando, his mother, Norma, his sister, Anna are very proud of the CD that they have produced along with other active Garifuna musicians of the Hidden Words sung with Garifuna melody and translation.  He was kind to share a copy with us.  Armando also expressed much emotion about his experience visiting the World Centre during the dedication of the terraces. We were impressed by their dedication to the Faith and their single-minded focus on the elements of the Five Year Plan.  Theirs seems to be a stronghold for the Faith in that area thanks to their efforts.

          A wonderful highlight of our time in Tela, Honduras was going to Turnabe to visit Armando Guzman and his family.  This family is very distinctive and left a deep impact on us. They are in charge of the village phone office, so have an easy means to stay in touch with everyone in the village.  Armando told us that he felt having the phone office in his home was a blessing from Bahá’u’lláh to help him teach the Faith.  During our short afternoon visit with them we learned that the family had been Bahá’ís since the 1980’s.  Armando knew Counsellor Dr. Ahmadiyyeh and named many other early believers who worked in Central America.  Armando has been active in recruiting villagers to attend Ruhi institutes in the nearby Institute facility in El Peru.  He has organized youth and junior youth groups who meet regularly.  Armando, his mother, Norma, his sister, Anna are very proud of the CD that they have produced along with other active Garifuna musicians of the Hidden Words sung with Garifuna melody and translation.  He was kind to share a copy with us.  Armando also expressed much emotion about his experience visiting the World Centre during the dedication of the terraces. We were impressed by their dedication to the Faith and their single-minded focus on the elements of the Five Year Plan.  Theirs seems to be a stronghold for the Faith in that area thanks to their efforts.