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28 February 1928
Mr. & Mrs. Hyde Dunn.
My Dear Bahá'í friends,
I am instructed by our dear Guardian to thank you for your welcome letter of Jan. 26th.
It has been a source of great pleasure to him to hear from such devoted fellow-workers again and to receive that note of joyful service, of unceasing activity and radiant happiness that all your communications must needs contain. You cannot imagine what a comfort it is to him to be assured of your sustained efforts and pioneer work in that vast continent, especially as you seem to have already planned beyond its limits and turned your gaze to promising fields in the Islands beyond. It seems an unforeseen and divine bestowal that your business affords such a splendid chance to carry the torch constantly into new lands, and our Guardian realises with lively satisfaction that you have made good of every opportunity.
Of course your journeyings through the country and your travels to Norfolk Islands and the South Seas, will not deprive, Shoghi Effendi hopes, the already established Assemblies of your parental care and guidance for they surely still need it. And with new Assemblies forming in the various centres, with an increase of understanding and study of the teachings and mission of the Faith among the individual friends, and with the fruits of sober enthusiasm and mature thought, our Guardian hopes & prays, that you will be strengthened & spared to help establish the greatest Bahá'í National Assembly in the Southern Hemisphere.
With much love from the family to you both & the friends you meet.
Sincerely in His service,
Soheil Afnan.
My very dear and precious co-workers:
Your letters & the joyful news they impart are a source of abiding joy, strength, & consolation to me in my arduous task. I admire the spirit of faith & constancy that animates you in your glorious pioneer work in that far-away land. You will I am sure be abundantly and increasingly blessed by our Beloved. Your names will for ever be remembered with gratitude, admiration & pride. Your achievements the rising Bahá'í generation will extol and magnify. You occupy most certainly an abiding place in the Greatest Holy Leaf's heart and my own, & we shall both continue to supplicate for you & your dear co-workers the Master's imperishable blessings.
Your true brother, Shoghi
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