This blog will present the latest information on the activities of Ishwar’s dera project in Bruce, Wisconsin. Entries will be written by Paul Bauer, a member of the ISHA Building Committee. We are happy to answer your questions, which can be sent from the form located at the bottom of the page. If you would like to be notified by email when new blogs are posted, please submit the subscription form that is located at the bottom of the page.
Dear Friends, One of the tasks this week at Ishwar’s construction project in Wisconsin was to install four, large, sliding, clerestory windows above the greenhouse on the ISHA Maintenance Shed. These windows will allow light and air into the upper-level Read more
Dear Friends, Following the Bhandara Event, there has been a great burst of seva activity on Ishwar’s Dera construction project in Bruce, Wisconsin! As the 2019 work season opened on the Maintenance Shed & Greenhouse, dozens of volunteers Read more
Dear Friends, The snow has begun to melt at Ishwar’s construction site in Wisconsin. Here are a series of repeat photos of the ISHA Maintenance Shed/Green and garden area. The photos were taken from the same location over the last Read more
Dear Friends, It’s been an unusual winter at Ishwar’s construction project site in Bruce, Wisconsin. Record-breaking high temperatures, then record-breaking winter rains, then some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded, and finally, record-breaking snowfall. November and December were warmer Read more
Dear Friends, As Wisconsin slips into the early winter season, the blog turns to the pictures of local photographer Susanne Schroeder. Susanne has spent many years exploring the countryside in and around Ishwar’s dera site in Bruce, Wisconsin. Enjoy Read more
Dear Friends, Today’s blog features a holiday message from Ishwar: Dear Friends,I send you all my love and Great Master’s Blessings for this holiday season. I am looking forward to 2019 with great anticipation and excitement for it appears Read more
Dear Friends, Nearly 250 of Ishwar’s friends performed volunteer work (seva) at the ISHA construction site in Bruce, Wisconsin in 2018. Some of these sevadars spent weeks — and even months! — on ISHA’s summer projects. There were jobs suitable Read more
Dear Friends, The last construction project of the year on Ishwar’s building site in Wisconsin was to winterize the partially built Maintenance Shed & Greenhouse. This part of Wisconsin is renowned for its winter storms, and it’s not Read more
Dear Friends, As the building season in Wisconsin ended, volunteer workers had one last task to complete on Ishwar’s construction project. Now that the roof was on, the four sides of the Maintenance Shed had to be sealed for the Read more
Dear Friends, After the rain stopped, a handful of volunteers only had a few days to install the metal roof and seal the rest of the building in advance of the Wisconsin winter. The first job was to remove Read more
Dear Friends, Although activity at Ishwar’s construction project in Wisconsin slowed after mitti-seva day, work continued on several other projects — in spite of the relentless rain! The primary project continues to be the ISHA Maintenance Shed, but workers also Read more
Dear Friends, Today’s blog is Part 5 of a 5-part series on the ISHA Mitti Seva event of September 24, 2018. “I am building the ISHA Meeting Hall in Bruce, Wisconsin as a tribute to my own Master, Great Read more
Dear Friends, Today’s blog is Part 4 of a 5-part series on the ISHA Mitti Seva event of September 24, 2018. Dozens of volunteers worked to feed the 325 attendees a menu of salad, rice, Indian dishes, and dessert. Read more
Dear Friends, Today’s blog is Part 3 of a 5-part series on the ISHA Mitti Seva event of September 24, 2018. Ishwar arrives at the Meeting Hall Dome excavation site in the ISHA golf cart! Prior to Read more
Dear Friends, Today’s blog is Part 2 of a 5-part series on the ISHA Mitti Seva event of September 24, 2018. On mitti seva day, enthusiastic sevadars arrived at the ISHA land on a gorgeous Wisconsin morning. Read more
Dear Friends, For many years, Ishwar has hosted an annual “mitti seva” event at the future ISHA Meeting Hall site in Bruce, Wisconsin. Ishwar has modeled mitti seva after Great Master Baba Sawan Singh’s construction work in India, where Read more
Dear Friends, ISHA’s annual Mitti Seva event will be held on Monday, and preparations are well underway at the Meeting Hall Dome site in Bruce, Wisconsin. Last year, the sevadars walked up the Hill to visit the large excavation Read more
Dear Friends, This week, volunteers continue to frame up the Maintenance Shed on Ishwar’s project in Bruce, Wisconsin. Workers were busy installing the heavy beam that spans the building and then fastening in the long, wooden rafters that will Read more
Dear Friends, During the last week, a small team of eager volunteers has been framing up the ISHA Maintenance Building in Bruce, Wisconsin. Today’s blog is a construction diary which illustrates the progress that was made during each work Read more
Dear Friends, As the ISHA Meeting Hall garden reaches late summer maturity, the plants have become a treat to the eye, as well as to the soul and to the palate. Here is an intimate pilgrimage into the natural Read more