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Mother Mitravinda critically ill
By Yamuna devi dasi
Dear devotees,
Mitravinda dd (Maria Zaldivar), a beloved pillar of the
Alachua community, is
currently in the ICU of Shands Hospital at the
University of Florida in Gainesville.
Our community was shocked and deeply saddened when she
was recently diagnosed with
stage IV stomach cancer, which had already metastasized
significantly. Her doctors
have told her that chemotherapy is no longer an option
at this point. While so many
of us were just beginning to digest this news and the
prognosis that Mother
Mitravinda may have only four to six months more to
live, she faced another
predicament: an emergency surgery to remove blockages in
her upper and lower
intestines. About a week ago she had experienced
excruciating abdominal pain and
Mother Akuti spent the night with her. After a long day
in the emergency room the
next day she was admitted. She made it through the
surgery, but now has an infection
to deal with. Mind you, this surgery was not meant to
prolong her life or treat the
cancer, but only to solve the abdominal pains and allow
her to eat again.
Mitravinda has served as a pujari at New Ramanreti since
the late 80s. For all these
years she has dressed the Deities gorgeously and would
daily bring Srila Prabhupada
a garland of fresh flowers from her garden. Her loving,
jovial demeanor brightened
so many lives every day. She had been through a rough
time in the past couple of
years, after her husband left her, yet still kept her
spirits up despite these
personal problems. She has been sincerely serving her
spiritual master, Srila
Prabhupada, since the day she got initiated.
Mitravinda is in need of the most valuable gift; that of
the vaishnava’s prayers
for her spiritual wellbeing. Her children, Samba,
Raghunath, and Nandini, are in
need of more than just your prayers, though. They are in
dire need of financial
assistance. Each of them has a family with young
children to raise and support. If
you have been blessed with good financial means in this
lifetime, we beg you to
kindly donate towards Mitravinda’s medical emergency.
Her sons are so devastated
that they are barely able to work right now. Her
daughter lives with her husband and
two children in Australia and desperately wants to come
see her mother before
Krishna calls her home, but needs help with these
expenses as well.
Checks can be made out to “Zaldivar” and mailed to:
C/O Bosworth
PO Box 771
Alachua, FL 32616
For additional information, please contact:
Adi Gopi Priya dd: +1 (386) 462-9960
Mulaka dd: +1 (352) 256-1956 or
mulakadd@yahoo.com
Visnupriya dd:
108kanua@bellsouth.net
Thank you so very much for your generosity and service
to this exceptional and
faithful daughter of Srila Prabhupada.
Your servants,
Varnadi das
Yamuna dd
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24, 2008 I pray to
Sri Sri Radha Gopinath, Sri Nitai Gaurchandra & Srila
Praphupada
to shower Their causeless mercy on their beloved devotee. I
also pray the
Lord to give her strength to tolerate all sufferings & may
she be able to
remember the Lord at the final moment.
Avnish
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March
21, 2008
Dear Mother
Mitravinda,
It so inspiring to know and understand dedicated lives of
devotees like
yourself who have given so much and sacrificed so much for
Srila
Prabhupada and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's divine movement.
We know and are assured that the Supreme lord Sri Sri Radha
Gopintha would definitely cast Their sweet smile over you
and give the comfort of Their cool moon-like lotus feet.
I humbly request, My Dear Lord, that if it is Your supreme
will to please please, protect her children and family in
this most difficult time.
Dear Samba, Raghunatha and Nandini Prabhus,
I would humbly like to assure you that you have a larger
family of brothers and
sisters and with every step of your difficulty there are
devotees praying
for your protection. Please keep faith and always be assured
that the
Supreme Lord will definitely take care of you.
Your servant,
Sacitanuja Das
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February 29, 2008
Dear Lord Krsna,
Kindly keep watch over
Your dear devotee and servant, Mother Mitravinda. Please
keep her forever at Your lotus feet where she will always be
safe and out of pain and
troubles. Give strength to her family at this time of
sorrow.
Your humble servant,
Rajani
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania (U.S.)
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February 19, 2008
O
Merciful Lord Gaura Hari !
We humbly beg at Your divine lotus feet to please shower
Your merciful
glance on Your dedicated servant, Mother Mitravrinda, who is
going through a
very rough period of suffering and pain due to her life
threatening
illness. Please Lord, ease her pain and allow this wonderful
child of
Yours to remember Your beautiful form and sweet pastimes in
all
circumstances. We beg You to give her children and family
comfort and
strength to face these stressful circumstances. May Your
Holy Name bring
all solace to their disturbed minds.
Mother Mitravrinda, you are in my prayers. Your spiritual
father, Srila
Prabhupada, will personally guide and take care of you in
your eternal
journey to Krishna's abode, of this there is no doubt. All
Glories to your
exemplary services !
Your servant,
Sriji dasi
New
Talavan, Mississippi (U.S.)
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February 16, 2008
Dear Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundara,
Please shower Your divine mercy on mother Mitravinda, who
has been serving
Your mission in Alachua for so many years. She has dedicated
herself to
the selfless service dressing Radha and Krishna and raising
a family in
Krishna consciousness for many years. Now she is in a
difficult
situation, and we are praying to You to please guide and
protect her, so
she can always remember her beloved Lord Krishna. I also
pray for her
family members and children, to find the strength to go
through this
difficult time.
Kalindi d.d.
Houston, Texas (U.S.)
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February 14, 2008
My
dear Krsna and Balarama,
I am begging at Your lotus
feet to kindly ease the pain of Your dear and
sincere servant, Mitravinda dasi, and to forever keep her at
Your lotus
feet so she remains in Your divine devotional service for
all time. Please
give her strength to endure this time of illness and please
give courage
to her children who are watching their loving mother go
through such a
difficult trial. Please, my dear Lordships, keep all of them
close to You
forever through Your endless mercy.
Your humble servant,
Sangita devi dasi
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (U.S.)
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February 14, 2008
Dear Mitravinda Prabhu,
My prayers are with you and your family at this time. I am
sure that your
selfless service to Their Lordships that Krsna and Radharani
must be very
pleased with you and They will certainly watch over you and
take you back
to Godhead when They feel it is the proper time.
I pray that your children and grandchildren take shelter at
the lotus feet
of Their Lordships at this difficult time and they gain
strength and
realizations through Krsna's mercy.
Your humble servant,
Madana-sundari devi dasi
Honolulu, Hawaii, (U.S.)
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February 14, 2008
My dear Srila Prabhupada,
Please take care of this
devotee and may you be by her side giving her strength
and courage to face what she is going through. All Glories
to her service to Sri Krsna and Srila Prabhupada. May
the devotees be by her side eternally.
By Lilavilasini dd
Terne, Italy
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