Please remember the children, junior youth, youth and adults in Iran in your prayers.

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NEW YORK, 5 April 2007 (BWNS) —

Baha’i students in primary and secondary schools throughout Iran are increasingly being harassed, vilified, and held up to abuse, according to recent reports from inside the country.

During a 30-day period from mid-January to mid-February, some 150 incidents of insults, mistreatment, and even physical violence by school authorities against Baha’i students were reported as occurring in at least 10 Iranian cities.

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Last week we had some very dear friends of ours come as pilgrims to the Holy Land and visited us at home. The Khosraviani family are from Chch, NZ–our community before we came to the Holy Land–and it was just sooooooooooooooo good to see them again and to catch up on the last 3 years together. Miss you guys!

Yes, we had to utilize the 3-sec-shot feature on the cam

On Friday for lunch we ate at Tatami’s for the first time in a long time. Good food, good company.

Tara loved the fishies…

and the chop sticks

The guys had a “business” meeting over the business lunch

while the girls made plans for Ayyam-i-Ha

We went to visit Sieni officemates and while Tara and I sat a Lessan’s desk Amelia dropped by to say hi!

Tara was fasinated by Lessan’s keybord.

I opened a blank notepad document and Tara went to town typing away! See lessan’s post on his blog. Im so happy she got the |337 63n35!!! Now I am so going to get this t-shirt for Tara

Just an inocent little bite

WOW talk about a ZINGER!

(zing·er: a sudden shock, revelation, or turn of events)

Tara enjoyed the fishies and parrot at the home of the Aminpours during a dinner for Vafa

The Laroyas hosted a farewell dinner for Fereshteh and Saeed in their home

We attended the annual Arts and Crafts show held in the International Teaching Centre building

Saba and I also attended Jared and Clorin’s beautiful wedding while Auntie Nasime and Vafa jaan babysat for Tara

Leila and I were the matching bridesmaids

Theresa and Liam got married in Texas–so cute you two! Resa you look STUNNING! We wish we could have been there for your special day. Another orientee hitched! Yaaaay

Zafar and Chelsea in New Orleans–Zafar is half Samoan, and his family are pioneers in Papua New Guinea, our families go way back; Chelsea served here at the World Centre with Saba and I. What a radiant couple.

Roman and Leila got married in Auckland, and we unfortunately could not be in that part of the world to attend it. Roman and his family are dear friends with Saba and I and our families. Don’t they look like something out of a wedding magazine? Beauuuutiful. Also these two were a part of a Lionel Richie music vid (I have famous friends! haha, ok, so it’s only a 1-second shot but still; they’re the second couple in the park, don’t blink).

Leata and Collin tied the knot in Samoa in December ’06 at a gorgeous beach resort, where everyone these days in Samoa are choosing to get married, and where Saba and I spent our honeymoon. Ia ua lava. I love the ofu, pale, and bouquet Leata! Congratulations!

And there’s more to come… Big malo lava to these soon-to-be husbands and wives–Jared and Clorin who will be getting married this weekend in Haifa, Naeem and Maryam in the Czech Republic in March, and Mateen and Monica in Haifa in April. Do we have every month covered? Yup, pretty much! And don’t feel missed out people, check out this funny wedding event. Hilarious. Se Saba, why didn’t we do something like this at our wedding? Se jush keeding; the burnt fire dancer, pe fire works, and Naeem doing his butter knife siva were classic enough

Pressies, pressies, and more pressies…

Cake and ice cream with friends…

You both look stunning!

Here’s a pic of our dear girls at the wedding in Chch who we miss and wuv

… ok something’s gotta be done about the size of these frodos… will fix and update shortly

The guys at our table… Amus Less, Sam, Bobby and daddy Saba

S & S & b

Thumbs up to you Arash and Bahareh! 

Hedi and Yasmine joons lookin beautilicious

Soo cute

…the reception decor team the next day

Superman and … Robin?

Cutting the disguised kosher cake 

Sieni, baby Sabeni, and I cannot express enough our feelings for what our dearest friends surprised and shocked us with yesterday. They created a “Heal Saba’s Digital World Fund”, “for the Relief for Saba’s camera rescue”, “Baby Sabeni’s appearances in this wold fund”, “quirky camera”, “Saba relief fund”, etc., with proceeds going towards…  wait for it… a new camera! HAHAHA    I can’t WAIT!!!!  mmmm Faraz you’re right the Z1000 is looking so good!

Such gems! Such spirited giants! Such a precious gift. We are extremely and completely humbled, thankful and so grateful to have such beautiful, selfless, thoughtful,  and caring friends. Baby Sabeni is so blessed to have such wonderful aunties and uncles, amus and ame joons, I guess you wont know what you are until it’s born. hee hee. So from the bottom of our hearts…

P.S. As you can see Sieni totaly QC’ed this for me.  lol

P.P.S. The person who broke the camera never ended up coming forward, poor them.

 

a navy ship Bauback noticed speeding by

there was a beautiful moon out (i love my camera)