Letter to Sumati Morarji

Prabhupada expressed his optimism about his situation in a letter to Sumati Morarji: 

I was very much encouraged when you wrote to say, “I feel that you should stay there until you fully recover from your illness, and return only after you have completed your mission.”  I think these lines dictated to you are the words of Lord Bala Krishna expressed through your goodness.

You will be pleased to know that I have improved my health back to normal, and my missionary work is nicely progressing.  I hope my project to start a temple of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna will be realized by the grace of the Lord.

Since I came to New York from Butler, Pennsylvania, I have rented the above room at seventy dollars per month, and I am delivering lectures on the Bhagwat-gitaand Sriman-Bhagwatam, accompanied by sankirtana.  And the American ladies and gentlemen come to hear me.  You will be surprised to know that they do not understand the language of sankirtana, yet they hear with attention.  The movement which I have started here is completely new to them, because Americans are generally acquainted with the Indian yoga gymnastics as performed by some Indian yogis here.  They have never heard of the bhakti cult, of the science of Krishna before, and still they are hearing me.  This is a great success for me.