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Atta lllah1. Br. Musa Sharif Asaad. Sardar Bashir Ahmad , M. Idris Munir, Sister Nuzhat Haneef, Mrs. Maria M. Parvez, Aysha z. Parvez and Hasan Parvez). When Hazur came to know about the details he was very pleased and advised us to carry on the good work. It was in this con- nection that he conveyed his greetings to the two pioneer mujahedeen particularly By the time we went for our fourth trip on May 29. 1988, our mailbox was full of letters from people of different walks oflife. This time I delivered a lecture on " My Faith" to 22 intellectuals at Grand Plaza Centre This was trans - lated simultaneously by a Mexican friend of mine This lecture was arranged in a hall of a bookstore where we started selling our literature in the same tour. By this time we had begun addressing small gatherings at the homes ofsotne friends from Argentina, Lebanon and Mexico. we made many Mexican friends who could talk in English Our preaching became a continuous process through advertisements and articles published in the newspapers. When we received letters by mail we would send our literature by mail, in Spanish. while silting in Houston. Mrs. Parvez would translate the letters from Spanish to English and when I wrote a reply she would translate that A section of the audience of the seminar given by Dr. Mansoor Ata l/ah1 at the univ of Nucvo Leon in Mexic o. 50 - Centenary souvenir • into Spanish for onward transmission A humanitarian trip was undertaken on the occasion of Hurricane Gilbert on October 21. 1988 This was initiated by Syed Sajid Ahmad. National Qaa1d at that time. we helped a school and several affected families with used articles and food items. we also published a detailed article m a leading newspaper about the advent of the Promised Messiah Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad with his picture in the center. Starting from May 4, 1988. aner reading a book "Dis- tinctive Features of Jslam ,H a Mexican brother Mr Sergio Ramirez Fuentes entered into regular correspondence with me and continues to receive replies along with literature. It may be heartening to note that Br. MuzafTar and I had taken the courage to pledge before Hazur that by the end of the Jubilee year, by the grace of God, we shall be able to sow the seeds of Ahmad1yyat in the soil of Mexico. This has by the grace of God come true in as much as only one week before the end of Jubilee year. We received two bai'ats-one from Mr Sergio Ramerez Fuentes and another from Mr Jose de Jesus Ramirez. Is it not a wonder ofGod? Falhamdolillah.