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He was very glad to learn that you have decided to leave for Honolulu as
he firmly believes that such a visit will give you a chance to rest and
will enable you, on your return to Japan, to better serve the Cause. There
should always be a limit to self-sacrifice.

(signed by H. Rabbani)

(in the Guardian's handwriting)

Dear and valued co-worker:

I immensely appreciate your outstanding services in those far-away
islands, and I will pray that you may be assisted to resume in the not
distant future your manifold and valued activities in the service of our
beloved Faith. Your name will forever remain associated with the rise of
the Faith and its establishment in Japan, and the record of your incessant
and splendid endeavors will shed on its annals a lustre that time can
never dim.

Your true and grateful brother, Shoghi

(June 8, 1933)

[Letter of November 1, 1934]

The gratifying news of your projected trip to Japan has particularly
strengthened (the Guardian's) hopes for the future expansion of your
labours in that country. He trusts that on your return to that land you
will find the friends more eager and ready than ever to carry on the
teaching work which ever since your departure to the States seems to have
been progressing slowly.

The Guardian will fervently pray for the success of your teaching trip,
and he hopes that its results will be such as to encourage you to prolong
your stay in Japan until a strong, active and well-united community of
believers has been duly established. Your patient, sustained and selfless
efforts in this connection, he is convinced, are bound to produce
satisfactory and abiding results.

(signed by H. Rabbani)

(in the Guardian's handwriting)

Dearly beloved co-worker:

I wish to add a few words in person in order to reaffirm my deep sense of
gratitude to you for all that you have achieved and for your determination
to carry on the work that you have so many years so splendidly initiated.
I trust and pray that you may be fully guided and assisted to fulfill your
heart's dearest wish.

Your true brother, Shoghi

(November 1, 1934)

[Letter of April 17, 1935]

Shoghi Effendi also cherishes bright hopes for your future work in Japan,
where, he trusts, you will this time succeed in laying foundations for the
establishment of new centers and groups in a not too distant future. He is
fervently entreating Baha'u'llah to that end, and is confident that
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