#137 – April 12, 2022 — Summer Dera Seva!

Dear Friends,   As you may know, construction work will begin soon on Ishwar’s Meeting Hall at the dera in Bruce, Wisconsin.  For this “Phase 1” of the project, most of the work will be done by professionals because of Read more

#133 – September 7, 2021 — Dera Vegetables for All!

Dear Friends,   As the gardening season winds down at Ishwar’s dera garden in Bruce, Wisconsin, volunteers are busily harvesting, storing, and eating the delicious bounty of organic prashad. By any standards, the 2021 garden was miraculously productive. Here are Read more

#131 – July 20, 2021 — A Magical Garden!

Dear Friends, It’s truly magical!   Ishwar’s prashad garden at the ISHA dera in Wisconsin is thriving beyond all expectations. In eight short weeks, the garden has grown from nothing to a dazzling outburst of delectable vegetables. Here’s the garden Read more

#130 – June 30, 2021 — The ISHA Meeting Hall!

Dear Friends,   As you may know, before Ishwar left his physical body, he established a new ISHA Dera Building Committee, which he authorized to have complete responsibility for building Dera Baba Sawan Singh on the ISHA lands in Bruce, Read more

#129 – June 11, 2021 — Growing Seva!

Dear Friends,   Ishwar’s garden of prashad is planted!  During the long Memorial Day weekend, a devoted team of vegetable-loving volunteers gathered at the dera site in Wisconsin to plant the nearly 10,000 square foot garden.  Last fall, large plastic Read more

#128 – June 1, 2021 — Seeds of Change!

Dear Friends,   As the ground thawed at the ISHA dera in northern Wisconsin, sevadars were busily planning Ishwar’s 2021 prashad garden.   This year, 72 vegetable varieties, 9 flower varieties, and 9 different herbs were carefully selected for suitability Read more

#127 – April 10, 2021 — Who Wants Dera Seva?

Dear Friends,   ISHA is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2021 summer volunteer (seva) opportunities at Ishwar Ji’s dera project in Bruce, Wisconsin.   “I want every satsangi, even the poorest of the poor, to be given the Read more

#125 – November 29, 2020 – Corn & Tomatoes Prashad!

Dear Friends, The volunteer gardeners at the ISHA dera site in Wisconsin cultivated three varieties of corn and eight varieties of tomatoes.  All of which were grown without chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides.   Sweet Corn varieties: Bodacious; Montauk; Temptress Tomato Read more

#124 – November 25, 2020 – Veggie prashad!

Dear Friends,   The 2020 ISHA garden was such a great success that the kitchen sevadars were able to serve fresh vegetables to volunteers for lunch nearly every day.   When Ishwar Ji visited the dera site — where he Read more

#123 – November 17, 2020 – Salad Seva!

Dear Friends,   In any garden, some of the earliest veggies to ripen are the salad greens. The ISHA garden in Wisconsin was no exception, and starting in early June, the volunteers enjoyed a cascade of fresh, organic salad featuring Read more

#122 – November 8, 2020 – Seeds and Seedlings!

Dear Friends,   Ishwar’s 2020 dera garden was a grand (and delicious) success!   Here’s a lofty view of the garden in July, with all of the vegetables flourishing. But the local horticultural volunteers put in a lot of work Read more

#119 – July 21, 2020 – Seva During a Pandemic!

Dear Friends,   ISHA is happy to announce that the Construction Chronicles Blog has safely emerged from lockdown, and will now begin to catch you up on our 2020 activities at Ishwar’s dera project in Bruce, Wisconsin.   For the Read more