Greetings from New Zealand! It is spring here, flowers everywhere, stunning beauty. Our vacation of a lifetime is happening on the South Island, and I recommend it! :) even if you must wake most of your life to get here, like we did.

Meanwhile, here's the latest article from the Baha'i site at BellaOnline.com.

Bahá'í Elections
A brief description of the electoral process utilized within the Bahá'í community whose administration is handled by elected councils on the local, regional and international levels. This is grass roots democracy, worldwide.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art43830.asp

I'm not on the forum quite so much at the moment, as traveling sometimes puts us where there is no internet access. However, I'll be posting some pix there so you can see what is distracting me from BellaOnline, LOL:

http://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=321

Anyone from NZ, or been there before? Do give me some tips to get the most out of this experience. It's has been just amazing so far. I hope to hear from you sometime soon, either in the forum or in response to this email message.


Cheryll Schuette, Baha'i Editor
http://bahai.bellaonline.com

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