28/11/2025
๐งก Happy Thanksgiving, District 129 Toastmasters Family! ๐งก
Today, I pause with a heart full of ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ for each one of you across our ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ โ Angola, Eswatini, Mozambique, Mauritius, Madagascar, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Rodrigues.
This year has been a journey of ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, and ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ โ and YOU made it possible.
To every ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ who shows up to learnโฆ
To every ๐๐น๐๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ who keeps the flame burningโฆ
To every ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ who leads with heartโฆ
To my ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐, who works tirelessly behind the scenesโฆ
To my ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, who carry the vision forwardโฆ
Thank you.
Thank you for your ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, your ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, your ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ, and your ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ in what we are building together.
District 129 is not just a District โ it is a ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐.
A family of voices rising.
A family of leaders growing.
A family of dreamers becoming.
As your District Director, I am deeply grateful for your ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐, your ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, and your unwavering ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป to excellence.
May this season remind you that ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ, ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ, and ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต is shaping a better world.
๐งก Happy Thanksgiving, D129.
Together, we rise โ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐, and ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด.
โ Ravin S. Papiah, DTM
District Director, 2025โ2026
