{"id":4343,"date":"2019-10-14T15:20:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T20:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2019-10-16T01:16:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T06:16:59","slug":"110-october-15-2019-mitti-seva-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/2019\/10\/14\/110-october-15-2019-mitti-seva-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"#110 &ndash; October 15, 2019 &ndash; Mitti Seva 2019!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span class=\"\" style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Dear Friends,<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">For many years, Ishwar has hosted an annual \u201cmitti seva\u201d event at the future ISHA dera site in Wisconsin. Ishwar has modeled this&nbsp;mitti<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">seva after&nbsp;Great Master Baba Sawan Singh\u2019s construction work in India, where everyone was offered the opportunity to serve by working at menial tasks, such as digging dirt&nbsp;or carrying bricks. Ishwar has said that during such volunteer work, all of the workers become equal, and all levels of service are highly valued seva.<\/span><br class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This year, the event was held on a beautiful, warm day in September. The tents were set up near the new Maintenance Shed\/Garage\/Greenhouse facility.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Today\u2019s blog features some of Ishwar\u2019s activities during the mitti seva event. The next two blogs will highlight some of the volunteer work performed during the day.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ishwar arrives in the ISHA Club Car.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"51627908-C9D2-4B75-BEA9-EE39D18DDEA6\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1-Dera-2019-Susanne-\u2013-Version-2-2.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">240 of Ishwar\u2019s friends gather together for the group photo.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"A60E8690-B90F-402F-B519-A80EBCD41C53\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2-Dera-2019-Mitti-Seva-group-photo-medium-2.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ishwar next made a tour through the nearly completed dera Maintenance Shed, Garage, and Greenhouse.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"62814927-ED53-496B-BF7D-194B38A98461\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Dera-2019-Mitti-Seva-Ishwar-in-shed-\u2013-Version-2-2.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ishwar then toured the kitchen tent, where he greeted all of the many food-service sevadars.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"4C4FAD8C-6522-4491-9E10-68D1E94DCF1A\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3-Dera-2019-Susanne-\u2013-Version-2-1-2.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A delicious Indian vegetarian lunch was served by volunteers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"F4ADD629-88A8-40FD-8FF7-6CDF796B77E6\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-Dera-2019-Susanne-3-2.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ishwar provided Great Master\u2019s blessings!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"6A1ED0A2-91CE-45A2-89A9-AF7D5B8B1DBB\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-Dera-2019-Susanne-1-2.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"B91391CF-F513-40E2-A156-DC6B051D788F\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6-Dera-2019-Susanne-1-2.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\">\n<div class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">With warmest regards,<\/span><br class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Paul Bauer<\/span><br class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chair of ISHA Building &amp; Fund-Raising Committee<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends, For many years, Ishwar has hosted an annual \u201cmitti seva\u201d event at the future ISHA dera site in Wisconsin. Ishwar has modeled this&nbsp;mitti seva after&nbsp;Great Master Baba Sawan Singh\u2019s construction work in India, where everyone was offered the opportunity to serve by working at menial tasks, such as digging dirt&nbsp;or carrying bricks. Ishwar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-construction-chronicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4353,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343\/revisions\/4353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}