From Radhika (Age 13)

12-27-1999, 10:25 PM

Dear devotees, please accept the most humble obeisances from our family.
All glory to Srila Prabhupada!

Dear devotees, we have a last hope for your mercy. We have a very
difficult situation with my Dad, Michail. He worked as an engineer for 18
years at a factory in supplies dept. He had problems at his work, because he
is a devotee. His Manager asked him to leave the factory or to be in
position of an ordinary worker. We tried to find another work but we failed,
because if he will have another work, he will have a very little salary
(just 10-15 $). And also he will not be able to chant Mahamantra, because
people think that devotees and vegetarians are crazy! And also he can not
eat prasadam there, because now his factory is near from our house. So every
day he has lunch-prasadam at home.

We said to Srila Niranjana Swami about an unbearable conditions of his
work. We pray every day to Lord Krishna to find some work in the USA. In our
country devotees after crisis don`t have any chance to combine devotional
service and work. Even "Food for life" doesn`t work, because of the local
authorities.

Our family are in the ISKCON for 10 years. My name is Radhika and I wrote
this letter to you by myself. I very often write to western devotees: to
Radhanatha das from California.(He publishes magazine "Krishna Kids"); to
Bhaktin Joie Pierce from Cresant City, Ca; to Acarya das from Cottage Grove
OR; to Nila Gopal from East Hartford; to Kirta from Denmark and to other
devotees.

This year I was in America, in North Carolina, Charlott. Our family's
dream is to live and sincerely serve to Krishna in the USA. I would like to
tell you smth. very interesting, that happend before my trip in America. My
devotees friends very often send me pictures of dieties and never write
where are they from. But one day Acharya das send me Deities from North
Carolina. On back he wrote: Radha Golokananda deities, in North Carolina.
Krishna has a very black dark colour and Radharani has very light, like
white colour. They are very nice. And our family,when Acharya das send me
Them I didn't know that I will go to N.C. I took Them with me in N.C., so I
prayed to Them. May be Radha and Krishna will be merciful to my Dad, so
somebody will host him to N.C.

My Dad chant 16-30 rounds of Mahamantra every day. My Mam chant 16-21.
And me just 1 round every day. We make prasadam for Krishna, worship the
Tulasi (we have 12 of Them), we observe all fasts and regulative principles.
Please, please, please help my Dad to have invitation to come to America. I
know that lotus feet of devotees may fulfill all our dreams. My Dad can do
any hard work ( I mean he can do everything).And also to build houses. He is
toll, strong, healthy and hardy. We have a piece of land in a village, and 3
years every summer he worked on the land and build that house. He can grow
fruits and vegetables.

Here is the specialities that my Dad can do (has):
1.He is an engineer of sewage and water purification
2.He used to work as an engineer of marketing and supplies in "Mogilev
metallurgical works".
3.He has a diploma of plamber of 5th category.
4.He can do any indirect labour in construction
* * *
Everyone who would like to write to us, write to:
Yulia (Radhika) Suvorova
Kobrinskaya 33/103
Mogilev,Belarus
212030
Our tel. number is (375-1722) 23-79-76
And here is my e-mail: julia_suvorova (AT) yahoo (DOT) com

We will send you our pictures, drawings, we will also tell you about
devotees in Belarus (where we are living now). We need very much your care,
love, friendship and support. I hope that when I will grow up,my knowledge
of english and russian will help the devotees from CIS and America to become
closer. I would like to make it my service to Krishna. This year already I
used to translate for russian children in their communication with people
from America.

Haribol, You servants
Michail,Larisa and Radhika.