Dear Friends,
Many of Ishwar’s friends were blessed with the opportunity to perform seva at Dera Baba Sawan Singh in 2024. The most popular event was “Mitti Seva” when 85 sevadars gathered for a long weekend in September. There was an abundance of work to keep volunteers busy, and plenty of time to talk with old and new friends.
Below are some fun photos from Mitti Seva 2024.
Fresh prashad vegetables were harvested in advance of the arrival of the chefs and the cooks.
The new Pole Barn was transformed into a busy kitchen by the many food-service volunteers.
Ishwar’s skilled chefs used gallons of garden veggies each day for making delicious prashad pakoras!
Volunteers cleaned and prepared great amounts of potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, kale, squash, cabbage, onions, and other veggies for the lunch and dinner menus.
Ishwar’s friends came from across North America, including quite a few Canadians. The prize for greatest distance traveled was to a sevadar from Europe!
Visitors enjoyed socializing and renewing old acquaintances.
Once again, Ishwar’s Prashad Garden was a center of attention for volunteers young and old.
One group of volunteers built three new raised garden beds which will be filled with vegetables next summer.
The new Pole Barn also served as the cafeteria.
There are always things to painting at the dera.
The storage container that is being transformed into a sevadar bunkhouse was carefully cleaned of rust in preparation for painting. Here’s the “before” view.
And here’s the “after” view.
A character who identifies as “Ishwar’s Bo Bo” happily at work in the workshop.
On satsang day, the Pole Barn became the lecture hall.
A full rainbow graced the prashad garden!
The evening campfires are always popular venues … especially if a certain Bo Bo is toasting vegan marshmallows!
Two major dera events are planned for 2025:
May 23 – 26, 2025 (Memorial Day weekend)
September 19 – 22, 2025 (Mitti Seva)
See the ISHA Events page at https://ishanews.org/events/ for more info.
Volunteers are also invited to visit the dera any time between May 1 and November 1.
Volunteers are responsible for their own lodging and transportation. For a list of local hotels, motels, and campgrounds CLICK HERE.
To learn more about the Meeting Hall, check out the dera website at https://dera.ishanews.org
If you would like to offer seva to Ishwar Ji, please visit https://ishanews.org/voluntary-contribution/
Any questions related to Ishwar’s dera can be directed to Jagannath Kerai’s email at chairman@ishanews.org
With warmest regards,
Paul Bauer
ISHA Dera Building Committee
