In 1970 Sears attended a statewide conference in February in Bradenton , Florida , and another tape of a talk of his was sent to a youth conference in Indiana and a summer school in Seattle in June , however Sears was actually out of the country . In May he attended the French national convention and in August an ( Indian ) oceanic conference in Mauritius on the way to a task assigned by the Universal House of Justice . It had requested that Sears tour Iran with Marguerite , and their travels were aided by the Iranian National Spiritual Assembly , several of whom were to disappear in a few years . They were able to visit many sites important in the History of the Bahá ' í Faith &mdash; the homes of the Báb and Bahá ' u ' lláh , the site of the Conference of Badasht , the Siyah-Chal , the fortress of Maku , the site of the Battle of Fort Tabarsi , and the place of the Báb 's execution &mdash; all despite various levels of harassment . Sears published '' The Prisoner and the Kings '' following this trip . His next Bahá ' í event was the Naw-Ruz opening of the Bahá ' í new year celebration in a number of events in Los Angeles in March , despite the troubles of the February 1971 San Fernando earthquake , drawing participants from New Mexico , Nevada and Arizona . The talks and slides of the event were recorded . While he was away in Iran a taped message was presented at the US national convention , a general discussion tape on spiritual assemblies as an institution of the religion was released , again Sears ' '' God Loves Laughter '' was donated to a library and a tape of a talk of his was used in a public meeting in Indiana
1971 San Fernando earthquake
1971 San Fernando earthquake
William Sears (Bahá'í)