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A Junior Youth Class was successfully held at Stutong Baru last Sunday. Our first encounter with the junior youth at Stutong was memorable as it was our very first experience conducting a junior youth class in Bahasa Melayu. Despite the scorching hot afternoon, 7 participants had gathered for the class at one of the participants’ humble home. They were all excited and were full of spirit when we arrived there.

We left Kota Kinabalu for Labuan at 8 in the morning. Everyone was excited and full of spirit to teach. Some were revising their flipchart. We were greeted by Mr. Goh Kok Kyiu in Labuan ferry terminal and was treated lunch too. Thanks to Mr. Goh for being so hospitable. Also thanks to Mr. Naysan Lee for assisting in printing of the Iban flipcharts. Upon arrival to Limbang by ferry, we were greeted by Mr. Kong Siew Moi, Dr. Johun Teh, Mrs. Jubang and a few youth. They brought us straight to Mendamit Bahá’í Centre which is 45 minutes from Limbang Town using two cars and a school bus. There at Mendamit Bahá’í Centre, we met Mr. Sumbang and Mdm. Rata, Mr. Changgau and Mdm. Sema, Mr. Suili and his brothers – Richie and Junaidi, and other youth.

Jesion Meding of Kampung Selampit graduated with distinction from University of Medan, Indonesia

He wrote: “Yesterday was my graduation day. It was a historical moment in my life and a gift from the Blessed Beauty. I was awarded “Best Student of the Year”. After the ceremony, I was interviewed by a news reporter… and I told him the source of my motivation is the Word of God and Bahá’í principles like truthfulness is the foundation of all virtues, peace and sincerity and the meaning of true education. It was a special time for me…as I was able to share some of the teachings with the reporter.

A youth camp which presented talks on ‘Challenges faced by youths of today’ and ‘How to build self-esteem’ attracted 26 Baha’i members from the various places in Miri and Niah yesterday. It was held at the Petronas Games Village here.

Themed ‘Youths and Spiritual Knowledge’, the event was organized by the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Miri, specially for youths aged between 13 and 16.

“This group gathering was organized to increase awareness among youths on the importance of morality in accordance with the Baha’i principle, and in line with the government’s concern for youth provlems,” said a task force committee member and Baha’i member, SR Ramsey.

National Children and Junior Youth Education Coordinator Miss Geriti Katik our
resource person Mr Lee Yih Ven will be visiting advance clusters May-July to
train our newly appointed Children’s Class and Junior Youth Cluster
Coordinators; organize Children’s Class teachers gathering, get the statistic,
access SBI programs for Junior Youths animator and Children’s Class teachers and
train animators for Junior Youth Empowerment Programs. Their tentative visiting
schedule is below. We hope individuals, institutions and communities will give
them and your cluster coordinators