HOW THE POWER OF GOD... IN A LITTLE OLD LADY... ACQUIRED AN ENTRY VISA... FOR BAPAK... FOR SOUTH AFRICA... WHEN THE SUBUD COMMITTEE'S REPEATED EFFORTS... HAD FAILED...! Continued ... Monday 1/17/11...

When we finally managed to get our Beloved BAPAK... to come for a visit to South Africa... it was through a Miracle of Divine Intervention...!  


After the SUBUD Committee had failed... after months and months... of trying to get BAPAK an Entry Visa... ALMIGHTY GOD Decided... To Use One Of His Devoted Daughters... To Make It Come About...!

One morning... bright and early... this little old lady... sat bolt upright in her bed... nodded her head vigorously... firmly pronounced the word...: 


"Yes...!"


And then she promptly got up... got washed and dressed... put on her favorite hat... the one with the purple rose on it... left a note on her pillow... for her sleeping husband... saying...:  


"Going on a Holy Mission for GOD to Pretoria...!"...


and resolutely left her house...

And when she got to Pretoria... having had to take a long... long train ride... for she lived in the middle of the Transvaal... with the POWER OF GOD... inside her... she easily commandeered a taxi... the cowed driver of which... at her Imperious Command... in short shrift... deposited her in front of the imposing Union Buildings... the seat of the South African government...

Not in the least bit fazed... by the austerity of the large... circular... slate grey stone buildings... in front of her... ignoring the vast... beautiful gardens... with their profusion of colorful blooms... surrounding her... she marched straight up the wide steps of the balustrade... and entered the huge... forbidding portals... of the central main building...


Then she purposefully headed towards the destination... that GOD Was Directing Her To...  


And when she was curtly... and dismissively asked... by an overbearing Dutch South African uniformed official... speaking to her in Afrikaans... what she was doing there... and whether she had lost her way... pointing that the gardens were that way... obviously thinking to himself... that the little old lady... could easily be intimidated... to his astonishment... she seemed to undergo an amazing Transformation...!  


Growing Taller And Taller... Until She Seemed To Be Towering Above Him... With The POWER OF GOD... Blazing Forth From Her Being... speaking in the most cultured English... she demanded to see the Minister of Foreign Affairs... himself... and immediately...!

At her Regal... Righteous Bearing... the poor official... totally overcome and flustered... stammered and stuttered...: 


"Y-yes madam... r-right away!"  


And instead of phoning the Minister first... to announce the little old lady... and to ascertain... whether he would see her... he shot straight to his feet... 


Bowing obsequiously... he quickly ushered her into the important South African government official's office... with barely a knock on his door...!

And when the Minister... half rose to his feet... startled by the sudden... unannounced intrusion... and saw nothing but a harmless diminutive elderly female... standing in front of his large... ornate desk... he thought he had the situation well under hand...  


However... when he... in turn... bowing politely... asked whether he could be of assistance to her... expecting a timid... frail answer... he had the wind... taken out of his sails... when she... Rising To Her Full Height... looked him straight in the eye... and with the POWER OF GOD... Still Blazing Forth From Her Being... proceeded to give him a verbal... scathing tongue-lashing...!


Railing at him... she scolded him and his department... for their delaying tactics... their bureaucratic red tape... in taking such a long... long time... to grant a most urgently needed Entry Visa... for one Indonesian gentleman... named Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo...

The upshot of their momentous encounter was that... when the Minister politely asked... when she wanted the Entry Visa for her... ahem..."Oriental friend"... she nearly blasted him out of his chair... by Imperiously Pronouncing...:


"Immediately...!" 


adding that the "Oriental friend"... he was referring to... was none other than the founder of the Spiritual Movement... SUBUD... of which the Minister... himself... was... no doubt... very well aware of... since he was the very one... who had ordered the Secret Police... to investigate it so thoroughly...!  


And the poor man... totally overwhelmed... and overcome... by the Divine Force... Brightly Radiating from her... found himself deferentially acceding to her Majestic Command... bending over backwards... to please her... 


And he promptly saw to it... that an Entry Visa for Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo... was issued... then and there...!

Needless to say... when Mrs. Henrietta Ellison... the little old lady in question... presented the precious Entry Visa... for BAPAK... in person... to the SUBUD Committee... they were red with embarrassment...  


Yours truly... as Grazia... was also extremely embarrassed... for she... newly divorced from French/Dutch hotelier... Rene Heere... actually lived in Pretoria... at the time... and not only in Pretoria... the capital of South Africa... but working... and living... at The Ambassador... a prestigious hotel...  just ten minutes away... from the Union Buildings...!  


Furthermore... since the hotel... was a favorite of the government officials... to come to for their lunch... and as the hotel's Assistant Manager-come-Public Relations Officer... because of her many languages... she had even met the Minister of Foreign Affairs... himself...!  


So why did it NEVER EVER occur to her... to speak to him about the elusive Entry Visa... for BAPAK... which she knew all about... whenever she rubbed shoulders with him... exchanging inconsequential pleasantries...???!!!  


Truly only ALMIGHTY GOD... in His infinite Wisdom... Knows Why Not...


(To be Continued with... THE WONDERFUL VISIT OF BELOVED BAPAK... TO SOUTH AFRICA... AFTER SIX LONG YEARS... OF WAITING FOR HIM... Insha Allah... God Willing... Thursday 1/20/11...)