Results of Jan 21 Fund Raising
The fund raising event on Jan 21st was a low turn out event mainly due to the very bad weather in the morning with some snow flurry. This kept people tied to the comfort of their home and only 30 people showed up at the door against a planned gathering for 100-150 people.
But, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna has plans for this temple. "This fund raising event was a total success" was the remark from His Holiness Bir Krishna Das Goswami and I was wondering how this was successful with a very low turn out of the people. He explained that ONLY people who were sincere in their devotion to Lord Krishna showed up in spite of the bad weather so we had a very good quality of the people instead of the quantity. Hmmm, I was thinking in my mind that we did not even reach close to our goal of fund-raising. Reading my mind's anxiety, he told me that one special person from this audience pledged donation of the complete marble for the temple which will be worth more than $150,000. This itself is just a huge success for this fund-raising event.
The new Krishna temple will be built and it will be a grandiose temple as per plan so that just by the look of this magnificent temple, people will be attracted towards Krishna. My doubts were dispelled and I told myself not to worry about it. I might foolishly think about my ability to get people to the fund-raising but Krishna will send his most beloved devotees to fulfill the mission of His Holiness Bir Krishna Das Goswami Maharaj.
I could sleep well after that.