Flooding

We are in the midst of our May-June rainy season. The ITCZ has us in its grip. Unfortunately heavy rain has coincided with higher than usual tides and there is wide-spread flooding. 

The water level in our area is not exceptional. It used to reach this level perhaps once a year, ten years ago. However it has reached close to this level may be 5 times so far this year. I would blame this on climate change and sea-level rise.

COVID19 in Guyana - May 2021

Our daily new cases may have leveled off but at a relatively high level (100+). The number in ICU has reached 22. 

Not alot seems to have changed otherwise regarding behaviour. Minibuses are reportedly carrying a nearly full load of passengers again.

The main news is that vaccine role-out has continued with persons 18 years and older being vaccinated (about 245,000 first dose total). 

Some introductory books on the Bahá’í Faith

These books are selected mainly from those which are freely available for downloading. 

(F means free download, E non-free ebook, P printed book.)  

1. Bahá’í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion. William S. Hatcher and J. Douglas Martin. Bahá'í Publishing (US). A through and well-researched introduction. 253 pages. (FP)

2. Bahá’ís, The. Popular magazine-format introduction to the Bahá’í Faith. Available from Bahá'í Publishing (US) here. (FP)

3. Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era. J.E. Esselmont. Bahá'í Publishing Trust (UK). An excellent and readable general introduction. Has been popular for many years. 233 pages. (FP)*

4. God Speaks Again: An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith. Kenneth E. Bowers. Bahá'í Publishing (US). In placing the life of Baha’u’llah at the center of the story, he reveals an authentically inspiring figure and the inseparable connection between a new religion and an extraordinary human being touched by His Creator. 296 pages. (EP)

5. Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith. A good general introduction. 183 pages. Downloadable here. (F)

6. New Garden, The. Hushmand Fathea’zam. Bahá'í Publishing Trust of India. A popular, inexpensive, readable, multi-religion introduction. (P)

7. Prescription for Living. Rúhíyyih Rabbání. Bahá'í Publishing Trust of India. Handling life from a Bahá'í perspective. (FP)

8. Release the Sun. William Sears. Bahá'í Publishing (US). While Christians anticipated the return of Jesus Christ, a wave of expectation swept through Islam that the "Lord of the Age" would soon appear. A very readable account of exciting events. 323 pages. (EP)

9. Station and Claims of Baha'u'llah. Michael Sours. Bahá'í Publishing (US). Explores Baha'u'llah's challenging claims about His Revelation and the day we are living in… in the context of His teachings concerning the oneness of the Founders of the world's great religions. 231 pages. (P)

10. 1844: Convergence in Prophecy for Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Bahá'í Faith. Eileen Maddocks. Introduces the Faith using prophecies from three religions. Available on Amazon.(EP) 

Most of these are available from Bahá'í Ebooks. Some are available at the publishers below:

Bahá'í Literature & Publication Trust (India) - www.bahaipublishingtrust.in

Bahá'í Publishing Trust or Bahá'í Publishing (US) - www.bahaibookstore.com/