June 14th, 2011 | by Leili | published in community, core activities, pioneer
Recently, my husband and I moved to a remote community in the Northwest Territories in Northern Canada. Our territory is the third biggest province in Canada after Nunavut and Quebec…which is to say that it’s big and covers a vast space. However, as mentioned in one of my previous posts, the NWT only has 3 [...]
May 21st, 2011 | by bahieh | published in pioneer, psychology, reflections, tests
Disclaimer: This post was first published on march 31st. I wrote it a couple of days before flying back to Switzerland after 7 months as a pioneer in the small town of Milagro in Ecuador, Latin America. “At this time and at this period we must avail ourselves of this most great opportunity. We must [...]
February 13th, 2011 | by Leili | published in pioneer
Last weekend was the unit convention for Canada’s Northwest Territories, and it was in Yellowknife, a 13 hour drive from our little town. There are three towns in the NWT that have functioning LSA’s: Ours (Fort Smith), Yellowknife (the capital), and Hay River, which is the closest town to us, only a 3 hour drive [...]
January 11th, 2011 | by Leili | published in pioneer, teaching
My husband and I recently had the opportunity to move to Northern Canada, a remote town in the Northwest Territories. If you want to read some of our experiences in-depth, click here to access our blog. The Baha’is here have been wonderful to us and have helped us tremendously, from making us feel welcome to securing [...]
