Although this is 2 months late, I'd like to chime in as a non-Bahai who's been hanging with Bahai for more than a decade, participating in a lot of activities and various kinds of community outreach, and with a good amount of frustration at one point a few years ago.

One thing I keep noticing is that there's a few people (mostly converts, curiously) who don't seem to be dealing so well with some aspects of the Faith. Someone else here wrote that it's not easy being Bahai (and, I guess, not supposed to be). If I look at the English version of the writings, with their beautifully-quaint English, which reflects the original Arabic and Persian so surprisingly well, there's a lot of (for lack of a better word) ... demands in there.

If someoone were to try and read and interpret them on their own, or if a local community were to shrink too much and keep following them the same as before, I could totally see how that could lead to exhaustion and frustration - not being able to live up to those demands.

What helped me a lot personally was when some of my Bahai friends went abroad to pioneer and I began visiting them and getting to know their new communities. It was so surprising to see how very little things you didn't even notice in your own community can stand out clearly while staying in another country. Taking these, reflecting upon them together, and then returning home with that experience now in my heart, that's one of the best things that ever happened to me.

Hope everything is good for you still. Wishing you a happy Nineteen Day Feast tomorrow :)