Gender

Female

Birthday:

March 2

Name / Initiated name

Marina Aderne de Almeida Gomes

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

4

When, where and how did you come into contact with the Hare Krishna Movement?

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1981 when I've met the Hare Krishna devotees.

Name the nearest or most frequently Visited ISKCON temple/ centre and name few of the devotees whom you know.

Iskcon temple at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at Estrada da Barra, 2010 - Barra - Rio de Janeiro. Haridasa Thakura, Paravioma prabhu, mother Raga Bhumi, Madana Gopala, Seva Kunja, Govinda Gopal Dasa, Jitasu prabhu, the whole community, LOL

Please describe yourself so that other like minded devotees can find you.

Because I don't interact with devotees, who I don't know, and I am in a relationship with Haridasa Thakura prabhu, I'm not interested in being contacted or accept as friends at Facebook or other social media for any purpose people I don't know, but I accept that people that I don't know can like my postings on my FB page. Such postings include Srila Prabhupada's videos I create at Vanipedia in a constant basis or other Krishna-Katha related topics.

What are your expectations from this community?

I like it very much, and I'm associating with a devotee at the temple, who inspires me very much in advance in Krishna consciousness, and we attend programs in the temple and outside, such as Harinamas and Nama-Hattas.

Describe any specific service you would love to offer to Lord Krishna & His devotees?

I've been offering lakshmi for years for purchasing butter to the Deities. I live far from the temple and take care of my elderly mother, who has senil dementia, so it's hard for me to be there constanly. I'm also a translator for quite a while for Vanipedia, run by Visnu Murti prabhu, Srila Prabhupada's disciple in Belgium. I've been translating Srila Prabhupada's videos from English to Portuguese (Brazil) every week, and then I post it in social media. So, this is my contribution as Vaniseva to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna.