#26 – July 20, 2017 – The Excavator!

Dear Friends,   This gorgeous 50,000-pound CAT 323F L hydraulic excavator is an amazing and versatile machine. We are very fortunate to have sevadars who are expert at operating this machine. The excavator will be essential for digging out the basement Read more

#25 – July 19, 2017 – The Food Crew!

Dear Friends, Sevadars are sustained by love and devotion, but they also need to eat! The construction workers in Bruce are truly blessed to be supported by an amazing and dedicated team of skilled chefs, who prepare simple vegetarian meals Read more

#24 – July 16, 2017 – Work Begins!

Dear Friends,   Work has begun on Ishwar Ji’s tribute to Great Master in Bruce, Wisconsin!  As the project proceeds, I’ll be blogging much more often … perhaps as much as several times per week.   This weekend, sevadars from as Read more

#23 – July 9, 2017 – Construction Update!

Dear Friends,   ISHA’s team of volunteer construction planners has postponed the start of work until mid July, due to a delay in being able to move the heavy equipment onto the site in Wisconsin. If all goes well, excavation Read more

#21 – May 24, 2017 – The Dome Design!

Dear Friends, Great news!  ISHA’s architects have delivered the nearly final design drawings for the ISHA Meeting Hall dome!   During the last year, the design has undergone some major modifications. The biggest of which is the addition of a Read more

#20 – March 7, 2017 – Building Activities for 2017!

Dear Friends,   As Wisconsin emerges from an unseasonably mild winter, ISHA’s volunteer builders have begun to plan a schedule for Ishwar’s construction project in Bruce for the upcoming year. Because the winter was so mild, we expect that conditions Read more

#18 – January 2, 2017 – Winter in Bruce!

Dear Friends, It’s wintertime in Wisconsin, which means no outdoor work can be done on Ishwar’s Meeting Hall project. As I write this blog, the temperature in Bruce is a balmy +30 degrees F (-1 C), but the average January Read more

#16 — October 3, 2016 — Mitti Seva!

Dear Friends, After the ISHA-sponsored Meditation Workshop in Menomonie, Wisconsin in September, a group of about 100 volunteers gathered in Bruce, Wisconsin to perform “Mitti Seva” for Ishwar’s building project. The group divided into several teams to work on a Read more

#15 — August 8, 2016 — Bruce, Wisconsin!

Dear Friends, Are you curious about the location of Ishwar Ji’s construction project in Wisconsin? Today’s blog contains some fascinating facts on the area. The ISHA Meeting Hall is being built in Murry Township, located in a remote area of Read more

#14 — August 3, 2016 — Pipes!

Dear Friends, The lower construction site, which is the location of the parking lot and kitchen/dining hall, recently had some large pipes installed by a contractor. The pipes will solve a drainage problem by channeling stormwater runoff under the driveway Read more

#13 — July 29, 2016 — Ponds!

Dear Friends, As part of our stormwater permit with the State of Wisconsin, we need to be able to contain all of the rain and snowmelt that fall on our buildings, roads, and parking lots. The ground surface at both Read more

#10 — July 20, 2016 — Sevadars On Site!

This is the fourth, and final, installment of part of a long letter to Ishwar Puri from the General Superintendent of the ISHA Meeting Hall construction project, Gilbert Garrett. The letter was written after completing a two-week campaign of earthwork Read more