Greetings, we have been in Japan until today so pardon this tardy notice of our May Bahá'í fireside meeting. We have the pleasure to host Mr. Roman Orona as a presenter. He will speak about of “What it means to be Human. As many of us consider ourselves human, we may all have some opinions to share. Those who are unsure may ask questions.
Mr. Orona, who is a writer, musician, performer, and many other things, has a project called “I am Human” which offers the world a web site. You may wish to look at https://www.iamhumanmedia.com/ to see his efforts.
Roman will make a brief presentation, which should be highly interesting, and then we can all ask questions and discuss the concepts. This is an audience-participation type event. He has threatened to make this a multi-media presentation, but we will have to see. (We have been away for a long time and right now cannot really remember much from before our journey.)
The dinner is served at 6:00 PM, and the talk will follow at about 7:30. (That gives us time to clear the table.) At around 8:30 or so we break for refreshments and continued conversation.We may also continue desserts. We believe in desserts.
If you have dietary issues please let us know in your RSVP. We do ask for a positive response so we may be sure of having sufficient food. Food is a very important part of dinner.
As for Peggy and David, they visited many cities in Japan, and braved their Cherry Blossom Festivities. The Japanese are unfailingly polite, and we had a wonderful time. Although the new money, strange signs, different types of manners (Courtesy is the “prince of virtues”), and many rules regarding footwear and slippers, kept us quite busy.
For example, it is discourteous to hand money to a merchant when paying for anything- you must place it in the tray. You must then receive the receipt with both hands. While not difficult at all, there were many types of manners to learn. We believe we avoided any international incidents.We did not place our chopsticks upright in a bowl of rice, which we heard is grounds for deportation.
Hope you can attend our May 4th Fireside Dinner at 6:00 PM. Please text Peggy at 602-697-1099 if you plan to attend.
We look forward to seeing your smiling faces for dinner at 6:00 PM, and you will, no doubt, have a wonderful time meeting Roman.
With best wishes,
Peggy & David