Souvenir on 50th Jalsa Salana USA — Page 68
~1Q. F-E- NAU (NE\V DEDI(, \TI ) SC,111 1F I l SA Al the beginning of the second centur} of Ahmadi}}al, Hadhrat Kh alifatul Ma-. ih JV (ABA) launched a new -. chemc called Waqf-e-Nau (Nev. Dcd1cation). under divine guid- ance and in-. pirallon, in his Friday Sermon of 3 April. 1987. He a-. k. ed Ahmadi couple-. to dedicate their }Cl unborn children in the \\U} or Allah to. . . enc hlam during the. . . econd centuf} or Ahmad1nat. \\hich i-. destined to usher major victories. Thousand. , of Ahmadi families all over the world have dedicated their children under this noble scheme. In the United Stales, there are 197 children under the scheme, distributed by region. , as follow. ,: Region Boy-. Girlc. , Total Northeast 34 22 56 Southeast 47 29 76 Midwe. ,t 21 9 30 West Coast 24 11 35 Total 126 11 197 A comprehensive program of moral and. ,pi ritual training has been prepared for these chil- dren under Hff:. oor'. \ direction and is being implemented. Parent. , of W(/{ife- Nau children have been exhorted to bring about a pure change in their lives and to raise these children in a manner that they become models of righteousness and sincerity. Hll':. oor said: "Your hearts should be full of lo\e for Allah and His Prophet Muhammad (SA). Unles. , this love is running through your vein-. as the energ; of your livcc. ,, you cannot pasc. , it on to the next generation of these devotee-. . " Detailed instructionc. , on the training and moral development of tl1e. ,e children arc provided in Ha:oor \ Friday Sermons of l 0 February 1989, 17 February 1989. 8 September 1989. and I December 1989. Waqf-c-Nau Children with Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV (ABA) during the 1997 Jalsa Salana USA