Car Trouble?

After a hearty breakfast and a champion pool game between Ali and I, we had planned to leave Scottsdale in the afternoon and make it on time to Tucson by 4pm. On our way we stopped at a gas station to fill up Nicholas' car.

As we pulled into the gas station we realized the car was overheating. Ali and Nicholas took a look at the car after the hood was opened and had cooled off. There was no anti freeze. Well, they got the anti freeze. Another realization, the car was leaking. More problems than we anticipated, so we needed a mechanic.

We got to a shop and the mechanic was ready to fix the problem, and he needed a lot of Benjamin's.Talk about major credit card swiping. We had no choice, so we stayed there for close to an hour to get the problem taken care of.

Fixed and off we went, a quick stop at Chandler mall for lunch on the go. From then on it was a smooth drive to Tucson.

Arrived just in time for the evening performance at the Baha'i Center. The friends welcomed us with so much love. It was a nice program, we sang for about 20 people. It was such a spiritual atmosphere. Some people were dancing in the back to our songs, others had the pose of meditation throughout the performance.

So touching was: There was this young guy about 11 years old, who welcomed us, and when we got into the building he brought us cool water refreshed with lime, then he came back and offered us lemonade, midway to our performance, he brought us more cool refreshing water.

A lady came up to us and said,
"I woke up this morning,I wanted to do something prayerful and meditate, but during the day I didn't get to it, and now you guys are here. Your music uplifts. I am so Thankful for your presence and music."

From the Baha'i Center we left for Navid and Chandra's-- our hosts who treated us to fine Indian dishes, in addition to bread, Persian tea and sweet cookies. They were such gracious hosts. We had a great time laughing to our humorous discussion on various topics.

Group photo Tucson Baha'i Center