t of
that promising country.

Shoghi

(December 30, 1927)

[Letter of March 13, 1928]

My dear and precious co-worker:

I rejoice to learn of the resumption of your most valuable and pioneer
work in Japan, and I wish to assure you again and in person of my
continued and fervent prayers at the Holy Shrines for your success in
spreading and consolidating the Cause in that land. I urge you to make a
special effort to organize the believers there into a local Baha'i
Spiritual Assembly as a nucleus round which will gather and flourish the
future Baha'i community in Japan. I trust that the Beloved may guide your
steps and bless your efforts in this connection. Awaiting eagerly your
good news.

Your true brother, Shoghi

(March 13, 1928)

[Letter of March 29, 1928]

My dear Baha'i sister,

Our Guardian has received with extreme pleasure your letter of February
nineteenth from Tokyo.

He is so glad to know that you are finally there and actively busy in a
work to which he pays the greatest importance. Being pioneer work it is
bound to be slow, but he hopes that it will soon pass beyond the pioneer
stage and that Baha'i Assemblies and groups composed of full fledged and
confirmed Baha'is will replace your isolated individuals with whom you now
communicate.

(signed by Soheil Afnan)

(in the Guardian's handwriting)

My dear co-worker:

Please assure the dear friends in Tokyo of my brotherly affection, and
sincere and continued prayers for the success of their efforts in the
service of our beloved Cause. May the Beloved aid you to assist them and
guide them in their task, and strengthen you in your efforts to
consolidate the work that has been started in that land.

Your well-wisher, Shoghi

(March 29, 1928)

[Letter of May 20, 1928]

He (the Guardian) was very pleased to receive the encouraging news that
(your letter) contained and to learn that an article had already appeared
on the subject of the Cause in the press. Perhaps you will make an effort
that similar articles may appear in other papers so as to attract the
attention of the reading and thinking public. Of course your ultimate
goal, Shoghi Effendi is sure, is nothing less than the establishment of a
capable, devoted and progressive Baha'i center there.

(signed by Soheil Afnan)

(in the Guardian's handwriting)

My dear and valued Baha'i sister:

I wish to assure you in person of my eagerness to hear from you regularly,