National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Canada. The beloved Guardian has been reviewing the progress of the teaching work, particularly in the goal areas during the Ten Year Crusade. Tremendous progress has been achieved. If the few remaining virgin goals of the Ten Year Crusade could be promptly settled, and those which were settled and again became virgin areas, could again be settled, it would be a great victory at this time. The virgin areas coming under the jurisdiction of the Canadian N.S.A. are Anticosti and Marquesas Islands. Likewise he feels it important that Greenland, Newfoundland, Mackenzie and the Yukon be reinforced. It will be appreciated if you will let me know as promptly as possible what can be done to establish the Faith solidly in these areas. Faithfully yours, LEROY IOAS. Letter of June 26, 1956 Haifa, Israel, June 26, 1956. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Canada. Your communications with their enclosures and material sent under separate cover have all been safely received by the beloved Guardian; and he has instructed me to answer you on his behalf... PIONEER REACHES ANTICOSTI The recent news that Anticosti had at last received a pioneer(50) was immensely welcome, and enabled the Guardian to take off his list one of the few remaining virgin territories (aside from those under Soviet domination) on the list of countries to be opened to the Faith under the Ten Year Plan. The remarkable achievements of the friends during the last three years in opening the virgin areas no doubt will be looked back upon by posterity with astonishment and admiration; and the Canadian friends have certainly played an active part in this process and forged ahead in carrying out their own Plan. He is particularly eager that Iceland should have a Bahá’í nucleus formed, a country which has for many years had the blessing of knowing about the Faith(51), but never the blessing of resident local Bahá’ís. It deserves particular attention at this time. The achievement of the friends in the far northern territories is a source of great pride to him; and his warm admiration surrounds the valiant pioneers who, forgetful of self, have arisen to follow ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s expressed wishes. Another achievement during the past year of the Canadian friends has been the publication of literature in Ukrainian and in some of the Indian languages. He feels sure that this will speed up their teaching work immensely amongst both of these minorities; and he hopes that more of the Bahá’ís will make a special effort to get jobs in the reservations or amongst Indian people, so that they can carry to them the Message of Bahá’u’lláh. He was glad to know that a number of Spiritual Assemblies have been incorporated, and hopes that this process will also be accelerated during the coming months, and that all of the Assemblies that seem to have a firm foundation, however small the community may be, will take out their incorporation papers.