Canadian Shield, OntarioMichael, Us, Canada and More
Michael and his ’94 red engine Chevy Blazer are the driver and carrier for this trip en route to Taber, Alberta. A stop over night in Wawa was a good place to rest after a 12 hour journey from Toronto.
Also on board is my monk assistant, Karuna Sindhu. The three of us are all Canadian boys. Michael even worked at the Hockey Hall of Fame on Front Street in Toronto for some time. He, like myself, trekked the nation, starting from the Beaches area of Toronto. He went eastward to Newfoundland in 2002, and three years later he started at that fairly central point once again, at the Beaches, on a westerly direction to Victoria, BC. On the two trips he backpacked it all the way, living much like an ascetic or a yogi.
As we drove through the planet’s oldest rock formation, The Canadian Shield, he was pointing out to us all the things he had done on the previous walk 9 years before, about whom he met, and then also identifying the very spots where he pitched his tent and what occurred around him. One day he woke up and four inches of snow welcomed him. Another day, a moose happened to offer company outside his wigwam, and like my own experiences, you wake up to the sound of millions of, well, at least it’s my interpretation, Krishna flutes, playing sweetly. Actually, they’re small yellow throated sparrows of the Boreal forest, and they’re supposed to be chanting, “Oh sweet Canada Canada.”
Eventually after today’s more modest mileage, and being interrupted by a bear, a yearling on the road, we arrived at Thunder Bay and the Vedic Cultural Centre to conduct a 9 Devotions Workshop, an exercise in fostering good relations of bhakti. So, while we may have pride in nation, ultimately our connection is to do more with nature and its source.
May that Source be with you!
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It is our great pleasure to report that a group of devotees from Sarajevo distributed prasadam to the flood victims from the municipality of Vogosca, Sarajevo Canton, today. Devotees collected donations amongst ourselves, then purchased the bhoga, cooked, transported and served Kitchri, bread, salad and drinking water to 73 of our fellow citizens, who were located in three collective centers in the municipality of Vogosca. After our mission at motel Beslic, there were media crews from TVSA and BH Radio 1 to which our spokesperson Amala Prema dd gave statements, even live in the radio program. We did not expect any media promotion or worked for it, but it was obvious that Krishna wanted it to promote efforts of his devotees. Read more › 
400 meals was distributed in worst flooded city Obreonovac. Police shifted us over the water to blocked parts of the city. Thank you all for the support and help! 
Learn Anasuya's history in her first video "Just Saved From Slaughter" at: http://youtu.be/Ak5BM5XQUsM
Anasuya was so happy to get out of the barn and onto the pasture. She ran, jumped and kicked her heels in joy. The winter was long and harsh and the warm temperatures and green grass were like heaven. She may be a little hesitant when meeting new people but not very much and charmed some students from Hanover College when they came for a visit to the ISCOWP farm. She also is kind as we learned when we put Gourangi in the Old Cow Shelter that Anasuya and Indraneela were using. Anasuya stuck close as Gourangi passed away. Healthy and pretty (who would have known by the way she looked when she was rescued), Anasusya is living the good life at the ISCOWP farm as a protected cow. 
Vivāha-yajña, the marriage ceremony, is meant to regulate the human mind so that it may become peaceful for spiritual advancement. For most men, this vivāha-yajña should be encouraged even by persons in the renounced order of life. Sannyāsīs should never associate with women, but that does not mean that one who is in the lower stages of life, a young man, should not accept a wife in the marriage ceremony. All prescribed sacrifices are meant for achieving the Supreme Lord. Therefore, in the lower stages, they should not be given up.
Mariachi is a form of folk music from Mexico. 
Many thanks to all who organized and participated in the kirtan! 
Merciful devotees from Iskcon Wellington distribute Srila Prabhupada's books! 
Last 2 weeks we were hitting the road with "Free Spirits" German Harinam Sankirtan Bus Party.