{"id":6039,"date":"2026-08-20T20:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/?p=6039"},"modified":"2026-08-20T20:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:32:51","slug":"167-august-21-2026-the-summer-of-seva-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/2026\/08\/20\/167-august-21-2026-the-summer-of-seva-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#167 – August 21, 2026 — The Summer of Seva!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Friends,<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\nIt\u2019s been an amazing summer of seva at Ishwar\u2019s dera in Bruce, Wisconsin.<\/b>\u00a0Dozens of volunteers have participated in a grand diversity of projects, each of which advances Ishwar\u2019s dream of creating a spiritual community in tribute to Ishwar\u2019s beloved, Great Master Sawan Singh. However, there is always more seva than sevadars, so all seekers are invited to come to the dera and grab some of the abundance! Feel free to visit the dera any time between now and November 1, 2026. Please let us know when you will be visiting by emailing ISHA President Bill Grout at\u00a0bill.grout@ishanews.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nIshwar\u2019s mitti seva 2026 at the dera is September 18 to 21.<\/b>\u00a0On Saturday, September 19, we will be taking a tour of Ishwar\u2019s newly painted Meeting Hall building with the full group of sevadars! We hope you can join in the fun! For more information, or to register for the event, please click here\u00a0https:\/\/ishanews.org\/sep-2026-mitti-seva-registration\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nGreat news!<\/b> Both of ISHA\u2019s live Dera Cameras are back online! To view activity in Ishwar\u2019s Prashad Garden, click here\u00a0https:\/\/garden.ishanews.org\/ishwars-prashad-garden-camera\/<\/a>. To view Ishwar\u2019s Meeting Hall worksite, click here https:\/\/garden.ishanews.org\/live-hill-camera-1\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nHere are a few photos of the many projects undertaken by Ishwar\u2019s friends during the last few months.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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A group of happy friends who attended the May\/June Mitti Seva event.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The group enjoyed a tour of the Meeting Hall on the hill.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And, they enjoyed the food that was prepared with such love and devotion!<\/span><\/p>\n

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During an evening campfire, one of Ishwar\u2019s visionary friends pioneered the art of roasting eight s\u2019mores marshmallows without burning any.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A large, highly visible, new sign was installed by the highway entrance to the dera.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As always, with an abundance of love and devotion from the local sevadars, Ishwar\u2019s prashad garden thrived, producing an abundance of fresh organic vegetables, herbs, and flowers for all.<\/span><\/p>\n

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New walking trails were built through the picturesque and peaceful northern woods on the dera property.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Even Ishwar\u2019s youngest friends yearned for seva!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Volunteers also installed a quiet patio outside the greenhouse, overlooking the prashad garden. \u00a0It was immediately named The Greenhouse Cafe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A huge bale of local hay, which is used as garden mulch, was brought in on the Dera Dump Truck.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the most exciting projects is the start of a large patio located between Ishwar\u2019s House and the Dining Hall. These happy workers are installing a rain garden along the Dining Hall wall.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Visitors are treated to a perfect rainbow bridging Ishwar’s prashad garden.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To learn more about Ishwar\u2019s Meeting Hall, check out the Dera website at\u00a0https:\/\/dera.ishanews.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

If you would like to offer seva to Ishwar Ji, please visit\u00a0https:\/\/ishanews.org\/voluntary-contribution\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Any questions related to Ishwar\u2019s dera can be directed to ISHA chairman Jagannath Kerai\u2019s email at\u00a0chairman@ishanews.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nWith warmest regards,<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Bauer<\/span><\/p>\n

ISHA Dera Building Committee<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Dera<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Friends, It\u2019s been an amazing summer of seva at Ishwar\u2019s dera in Bruce, Wisconsin.\u00a0Dozens of volunteers have participated in a grand diversity of projects, each of which advances Ishwar\u2019s dream of creating a spiritual community in tribute to Ishwar\u2019s beloved, Great Master Sawan Singh. However, there is always more seva than sevadars, so all […]<\/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-6039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-construction-chronicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039","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=6039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6054,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039\/revisions\/6054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}