International Pioneering and Travel Teaching
“They that have forsaken their country for the purpose of teaching Our Cause — these shall the Faithful Spirit strengthen through its power… Such a service is indeed the prince of all goodly deeds, and the ornament of every goodly act.” – Bahá’u’lláh, The Advent of Divine Justice, pp. 67-68
This map of Iowa Bahá’ís’ global outreach shows information collected as of March 26, 2024. The spreadsheet below is from March, 2023, so it doesn’t reflect all flags on the map. The map is easily updated. If you’ve experienced international travel teaching or pioneering after living and serving as a Bahá’í in Iowa, please send us the information and we’ll add it! You’ll find more detail, including additional cities in small countries, in the spreadsheet below.
Jim & Linda Coulter-Jones in Guatemala, by Linda Coulter-Jones
It was 1995. I was sick.
Really sick…
China Segment 1, by Priscilla Hofert
Dr Chu and John
OUR HELPERS
China Segment 2, by Priscilla Hofert
English Corner in springtime
ENGLISH CORNER
China Segment 3, by Priscilla Hofert
OUT AND ABOUT
China Segment 4, by Priscilla Hofert
MR GUAN, MAN OF MANY TALENTS
China Segment 5, by Priscilla Hofert
ZHANG CAI LI AND JUDY
China Segment 6, by Priscilla Hofert
RUHI PARTICIPANTS
China Segment 7, by Priscilla Hofert
DAN & CHARITY’S VISIT
Papua New Guinea Teaching Trip, by Dan Himes
Memories of the Himes’s teaching trip to Papua New Guinea in 1971.
Iowa-Antigua Connections, by Diane Findlay
When the Universal House of Justice issued a call for international pioneers at the beginning of Seven Year Plan…
Antigua Memories, by David Springer
After embracing the Faith I always wanted
to pioneer…
Mark Scheffer in Swaziland
Article from Sioux City Journal, 2003: Faith journey teaches Sioux Cityan plenty about need for global spirituality, morality…
Travel Teaching in Ukraine, by David Springer
I was in the Ukraine May
19th – 28th, 2006…
Ayyám-i-Há in Guatemala, by Linda Coulter-Jones
A couple years ago, for Ayyám-i-Há the pre-youth group from Xela were invited to make cookies…
Terry Ofner in Mexico, by Terry Ofner
I did travel to Mexico in 1973 for a youth conference in Puebla. But then I stayed…
Barbara & Deane Genge in Argentina and Bolivia, by Barbara Whitfield Genge
I found the faith through Candee Pritchard Grant in September 1966, while studying at Parsons College…
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I love looking at the world map, and seeing that so many Iowa Baha’is have spent years in different countries. It is almost as though once you try it, you keep going back for more. I know many people think it is a great sacrifice to leave home and live abroad, and to some extent it is. But to me, it is like sacrificing the money you would spend on a hot dog for the opportunity to live in service. I can’t imagine living anywhere else.