Above:The Baha'i House of Worship of Asia. Below:Life and times of your fellow World Citizen, Kolya

This weekend I'll be going to a big Baha'i conference in Portland, Oregon (as will almost every Baha'i in this area and many from all over the North Western States).  One of 41 such conferences occurring globally, at the request of the Baha'i Faith's international, quint-annually elected governing body, The Universal House of Justice, all between the Gregorian months of November '08 and February '09.  This weekend, simultaneously occurring conferences will also take place in Chicago, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia, and Almaty, Kazakhstan.  There's probably going to be between one and two thousand attendees at each of these conference.  The one on the grounds of the Baha'i House of Worship for Asia in New Delhi, India (pictured at the top of my blog) was the largest one so far with just under 3000 Baha'is in attendance.
Needless to say, i'm very excited about this conference and very much looking forward to meeting many old friends from Colorado, Washington and Oregon as well as making lots of new friends.  I'll be in the Portland area from Friday evening until Sunday afternoon.
At the conference we'll be examining our global and regional efforts at holding the global core activities of the Baha'i faith: Devotional meetings, study circles, children's classes, junior youth groups and direct teaching activities.
It's going to be GREAT!  You can read and see video footage from the other conferences around the world here:
http://news.bahai.org/community-news/regional-conferences/