It's a New Year and Things are Stirrin' !

It's half way to Meher Baba's Amartithi and this is my first journal entry of 2009! Miriam and I have both been busy with personal work stuff; she is hoping to get her medical clinic open in the next month and I just got back from the cold, white north of Hartford, CT on a business trip. The Center "complex" (now the two houses) is doing fine, a little heater problem with the Morrison house (upper left) and some plumbing fixes and a new basement door at the B House, right photo.

The OK weather runs, as they say, "hot and cold" and it does it quickly! We had 65 to 70 degrees last weekend and went out on Sunday to put fresh flowers on Baba's site next to the highway. Then the temp dropped so that we had a high of 16 yesterday and we will be seeing 50's and sun for the next week! Baba's flowers take a beating. We went out and found the water in the vase frozen solid and His red roses gallantly standing tall!

We have just heard from the Board that this year's Accident Anniversary Open House is definitely happening so mark your calenders to be in OK the weekend of 23 and 24 May! A special treat should be coming out in a letter from Debbie Nordeen soon.

Please let Miriam and I, the AMBHC Board members and the rest of the Avatar Meher Baba Heartland community hear your comments and ideas here or through the web site email, http://www.ambhc.org/ and ambhc@allegiance.tv.

Happy Meher New Year!

Ron,

Caretaker in Prague

Christmas in Prague

Hello Everyone! Seasons' Greetings from the Heartland Center in Prague!
Lynn Wilhite invited Miriam and I over for Christmas dinner at her house (see her beautiful table with Baba at the head). We all enjoyed the roast chicken and got stuffed! Miriam fell in love with Lynn's new kitten, Cream Puff, and enjoyed playing with her as Lynn and I worked on getting dinner on the table. In another photo, back at the Center in the Library, take a look at the Christmas spread laid out in "Michael's Corner". Our little Rosemary bush Christmas Tree will get planted outside later. Also, we were excited to find that Santa had brought a new ping pong table to the Burleson House basement on Christmas morning! And it fits!

Surprising to us transplants from Oregon, the day-after-Christmas temperature jumped up to 75 degrees and we enjoyed going out in the balmy wind and planting bulbs by the tree between the carport and the garage. We had been having below-freezing days and nights!

We invite you all to excape to Baba's Center in the Heartland this coming year and relax and refresh at His well-spring of Love.

Best Wishes in Meher Baba's Love,

Ron Lansing and Miriam Rose, Caretakers @AMBHC

Happy Birthday to Lynn!

For all of you who know our "Prague Angel", Lynn Wilhite just celebrated her XXth birthday. We had a party with a cherry pie instead of cake, sparkling juice and a big meal. Presents and Presence, aw Baba! Kittys R Us card!

It is getting brown all around this time of year here in Prague, we all went to the Christmas in the Park pageant and took a ride on the draft horse drawn "sleigh". It was a cold, clear night, a good time was had by all.

As everyone has noted below, the newsletter has been a big hit! We did get a couple dozen back for snail mail address probelems and if you didn't get one or know someone who missed out, send us an email with address at the Center, ambhc@allegiance.tv, we will send one out.

Much Joy in Baba!

Ron, AMBHC Caretaker with Miriam in Prague USA

HeartBeat

hi guys, JAI BABA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm just taking the opportunity to look thru and read the fall publication with all the lovely pictures and heartfelt stories. we are all so blessed to have this place established in Baba's heartland for anyone who wants to visit. thanks for your hard work!!!!

i would like to request that photos have captions underneath for those of us who don't recognize or know some of the people shown. as i grow older, my memory bank shrinks and my eyes dim to detail!! so any help is appreciated.

i do hope to return someday to prague and experience His Power and Love and Pain everpresent in the soil and brick and air there. in the meantime, know that your work and dedication is so very appreciated by the larger Baba community :-)

with gratitude and His Love,
vicki alberts in tucson

HeartBeat

Dear Angela,

It was great seeing the Fall 2008 issue of HeartBeat! It brought back Tim's and my wonderful visit to the Heartland Center in May of this year! We practically burst at the seams telling our companions back home about our trip and the power of Meher Baba's presence -- this is a MUST SEE! It was especially sweet joining you and other board members for lunch upon our arrival. Thank you, thank you, thank you and everyone who pours your heart and souls into this precious opportunity to anchor His love on this most sacred site. I've attach a photo I took - and wished I'd take more!

Rose petals at the accident site

Much love in Baba's wide embrace,

Jenny Letzkus

Indian Heritage Festival, Tulsa OK

Michael Ivey volunteered us for a booth at last year's Indian Heritage Festival in Tulsa. There were so many great photos he had taken, but only one of them made the newsletter... Can't help it, we have so much news! So here are some of those shots!

check out the tattoo!

: )

angela

Falling into the OK Fall!

Well we made it back to Prague! Miriam and I took a trip back to the Northwest for a couple of weeks with the family, friends and to celebrate our 22nd anniversary. We had a little fog, a little rain, some sun and gorgeous mountains! Once back in Oklahoma we’ve had to readjust to life in Baba’s Heartland. Though the grass is starting to turn brown and most of the trees are dropping their leaves it is still 75 degrees during the day and we haven’t had a frost yet. The kids are all back in school and high school football (the Prague Red Devils) is all the rage. The town paper has proclaimed that Halloween (evidently not as hallowed as football) will be celebrated on Thursday night before the Devils’ Friday home game.

Devils and cats. The town of Prague seems to be over run with them! Everyone wearing a school’s red (either the high school or the OU Sooners’). And then there are the cats. Unlike the city, there is no Humane Society here in Prague. Cats are feral and plentiful. It seems that three women in the neighborhood (Miriam included) have formed a “catch-neuter and release team”. One woman from the hospital feeds the wild cats out of an old garage next to the hospital, Miriam is working on the catch a cat part and a third woman is financing the vet bills. So far most of the felines are gray and tabby; no black cats for Halloween.

Exciting news last night. One our Board members is coming for a visit next weekend and with her will be one of the few Baba Lovers in OK coming down from the big city of Tulsa. I suppose that just being back from the NW and our long time friends we are a little lonesome for company this week. If you are going to be in the center of the country around Thanksgiving we are inviting folks to stop in for a T day feast featuring Miriam’s now almost-famous pies.

Well happy fall to you all wherever you may be,

Ron Lansing and Miriam Rose, AMBHC Prague Caretakers