Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga.

For the pleasure of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Krishna, Sri Sri Jagannatha Baladeva & Subadra Devi and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Srila Prabhupada and Vaisnavas, we are pleased to report ISKCON Malaysia's Book Distribution scores for 2009 beginning January 1 to December 31.

Total of 30,898 Books were distributed for the year 2009 relating to 19570.1 Book Points.

The 1st table is sorted to show Temples according to the most number of BOOKS distributed.


Total Number of Books Distributed for the Year January 1 to December 31, 2009

1st Position is SJM Kuala Lumpur for distributing 7971 Books.

2nd Position is TSKP National for distributing 6417 Books.

3rd Position is BCC, S.Jaya, Penang for distributing 5043 Books

The 2nd table is sorted to show Temples according to the most number of Book Points calculated from the respective Book Totals. 

Total Number of Books Points for the Year January 1 to December 31, 2009

1st Position is SJM Kuala Lumpur with 6948.1 Book Points.

2nd Position is TSKP National with 4690.1 Book Points.

3rd Position is BCC, S.Jaya, Penang with 1555.9 Book Points.

And a Nectar story from Prabhupada marathon 2009

Below is the most special exchange from the Prabhupada Marathon 2009.

Melissa: As a teenager I experimented with a book that a friend had, though
when I was reading it I didn’t understand what was being said.  There was a
chant in the book and I can remember practicing this chant, and having an
experience that I was floating as I was lying on my bed.  I guess the interest
waned, I don’t know, but today here I am chanting again and this time my heart
is not seeking, it has found!  My first chant with my japa mala was with my
dear friend and teacher and sister, Gaura-Arati.  We had meet through her
service distributing Krishna books to passers by.  It is strange because I was
on my way to work and I saw her, and the book she had in her hand, it was so
pretty and loving and as soon as my eyes saw it I wanted it.  The pretty blue
cover beckoned me but she was with some one talking.  I waited a few moments
but conscious of time I looked to see if there were any more Hare Krishna’s,
there I saw Madhu puri she was approaching people in a car and I sensed they
were not too receptive and I was correct, so I grabbed her attention before I
would lose the opportunity for the pretty book that was captivating my heart.
Books now gathered, my excitement grew. I received more than the blue book,
they showed me the SB 1.1, BHagavad Gita, Your Ever Well Wisher & Perfect
Escape. I got them all.

Fortunately the next day I got to see Gaura again and she showed me the Srimad
Bhagavatam set...

Oh how my heart leapt, and I wanted them straight away, but I gulped when I
realized the cost of them.  Even with a payment option I was unable to get them
in that moment.  But I resolved in my heart I soon would have those books...

This is an email which Melissa sent to the GY email that she found on our
website:

Hello!
 I am Melissa and I have just meet 3 of your lovely sisters here in Gisborne!
I currently am devouring the books I have received and I am drawn more and more
to Krishna and the path He has for me, I sometimes wonder at how all has
unfolded if I am the one who is drawn or if it is He drawing close to me and
becoming a real presence in my life.  After my 1st time chanting (all by myself
with out Gaura) I was sitting still at the end of the chant and my mind had
little ideas dropped into it one was to keep my connection to the family at
Gaura yoga and to contribute what I can in donation.  I do not have much to
share but I am very much compelled with in my heart to so I would like to
establish an automatic payment with you which I think is the easiest form of
payment, it would be weekly donation of a small amount. Would $5 or $10 be
fitting?
 
Thank you for your time
I shall look forward to hearing from you.
 Much love
Melissa
 
Back to snippets from our email correspondence:
I finished the book Perfect Escape and was blessed with so many insights.  I
need to have 4 sets of eyes because I want to read, Bhagavad-Gita and Srimad
Bhagavatam at once!  I still have no desire for cigarettes or even a glass of
wine!  Which both were an 'end of the day' habit for me.  I miss not one of
them, and also we have had a very traditional 3 vege and meat diet and I can
not bear the thought if it, even now thinking of all the flesh I have cooked,
it makes me feel quite hollow.

After leaving Gisborne and seeing Melissa’s desire to contribute laxmi to GY, I
emailed her suggesting she use the laxmi to put towards a Srimad Bhagavatam
set. Part of her reply:

"I would love the full set of Srimad Bhagavatam,  at this current time I am not
able to get the money for it, however I am aiming for this to be a possibility
for the new year. So do not go out of your way in travels to bring me the
books, but we will stay in touch and I am going to get them, there was a reason
why you had them on the street that day! I am nourished with what I am reading
and I am just as blessed with the drops of the water for now as I soon will be
blessed with the whole well!  I promise you and myself I will get the whole
set!"