Dear Friends, I appreciate your patience as I try to keep up with the wealth of material made available to me from the Des Moines Baha’i Archives. I’ll be working through that for months, I’m sure. Not enough hours in the days and weeks, not enough energy for the opportunities! What I’m not seeing much…
Dear Friends, I just returned from a lovely and historic conference in Kansas City–the first ever gathering of all the Assistants to the Auxiliary Board Members for the Prairie States Region. We were blessed to have Counselor Nwandi Lawson with us, as well as all four Auxiliary Board Members who serve the Prairie States: Leila…
Marie Scheffer, who is working on a comprehensive history of the Faith in Sioux City, asked me to post this question for her: I am looking for the correct last name of the woman who was elected to the Assembly in 1972, when Sioux City first tried to form an Assembly which, for various reasons,…
Hi, Friends! It’s been pretty quiet on the Iowa Baha’i History website for a while. I know there are many out there with great stories, memories, and experiences to share. How did you become a Baha’i? What adventures have you had while travel teaching or serving as a homefront or international pioneer? What favorite Feast…