Don't forget what time it is

Dear Friends-

Today I watched a documentary by the television show Frontline on the genocide in Rwanda, that happened ten years ago this year.

And as I watched as Hutu people hunted down Tutsti children, women, and men...

As over 800,000 people were killed in 100 days...

At a speed 5 times that of the Nazis during the Holocaust...

And the United Nations, who had stationed a peacekeeping force in Rwanda...

Who were the first to receive the message of the genocide...

Pulled out after international pressure...

And the disinterest of political leaders in "just an African" country...

I realised how important it is that we stay informed to the needs of the world.

Ethnic tensions exist the world over - it is difficult to find an area on earth that is devoid of them.

We, who know that Unity in Diversity is REAL...

Who know that the execution of a Youth by 750 rifles was not in vain...

That the sufferings of 20,000 people in Iran 150 years ago weren't for naught...

The afflictions heaped upon the Revealer of a New Revelation were for the betterment of the world...

And not for the denegration of humanity to a lower state...

We know that the sacrifices made by the worldwide Baha'i community...

And the Friends in Iran...

That these are for the spiritual upliftment of the world of humanity.

The world has suffered through generations of oppression...

Through genocide...

And war...

Through rape...

And carnage...

Through displacement...

And oppression...

To arrive at this Day...

In this Hour...

And we have the Remedy the world needeth.

We cannot forget our charge.