More with the Reynolds North Dakota

1968 ND YATES RIDVAN LSA.tif

      The first Fort Yates LSA was formed during November 1964, one year after our arrival. At that time there was a special dispensation that LSA’s could be formed anytime during the year. Two of our members, Emma & Sam Fly were deaf mutes and consultation had to be with sign language. This photo was four years after our arrival. Audrie repeatedly drove to all of the 7 districts on Standing Rock Reservation as well as into Montana, Canada and Minnesota visiting many Reservations and creating bonds of love with countless people. One trip she and Johnathan drove the entire western seaboard visiting Reservations.

Audrie met Carol Carpenter, a Tejas Tribe member who told her about the missionaries that came to her. She told them that her father had taught her that, according to Tribal Teachings, there had to be TWO Messengers, not one.

Living in the same rooming house as Carol was a Bahá’í woman who said, ‘But, my dear, there are two, The Báb and Bahá’u’lláh. Carol declared very shortly after receiving that wonderful news.

1969 Land's End Margaret Mrs. Rogers Audrie Johnathan.tif

      Land’s End is the southernmost tip of England and is a tourist attraction. The sign is made so that the name of just about any spot on earth and the miles from Land’s End can be posted. So, here we are all posing for this expression of international brotherhood.

Margaret Lord, Audrie’s mother, Audrie and Johnathan. Somehow, having the sign there made Standing Rock seem closer.

1971 ND Proclamation Audrie & Marian Kadrie.tif

      Such love between Marion Kadrie of Fargo and Audrie! Marion has always been very helppful in many situations. For instance, when we visited Standing Rock in September 2009, Marion invited us to go to Fargo, spend the two days with her in her home and then drove us to Standing Rock for a Unit Convention. It had been 40 years since our last time there. All the friends were so gracious and kind and made us feel that we had come home.

1971 ND Proclamation Dan Defender, Feredun Jalili, Audrie, Puva Murday.tif

      A wonderful get together! Dan Defender stands out as one of the most courteous people we have ever known. He was very humble, quiet, and serene in his attitude toward life. John Halsey was a man who never put himself first and had a quiet humor for all occasions. They served the cause with great devotion and steadfastness. We were privileged to serve on the LSA with them. Here is Audrie with her usual wide smile, radiating friendship. The other 2 men came into our lives very briefly.

1971 ND Proclamation Olly Pretends Eagle, Audrie, Marion Kadrie, Sam Fly .tif

      Ollie Pretends Eagle, a quiet lady who had a ready smile, wife of Bernard Pretends Eagle, Audrie with her smile, Marion Kadrie who is shorter than Audrie and a kind servant to the Faith and deaf-mute Sam Fly who with his also deaf mute wife served on the Fort Yates LSA.

1975 ND Delores Taken Alive and child

      Precious souls in Little Eagle. Audrie & Delores communicated on the heart level. When we left Standing Rock for the New Mexico we stopped to visit Delores and her husband Walter. Later when we arrived in New Mexico they wrote that when we drove off, they followed us in their car, stopped on a hill and watched our car lights disappear in the distance and cried.