Leah MacDonaldinDisposition 2014–15Death in the VillageThis week has been very sad for our village as an elder has died. A man I always knew as Crazy Uncle was found dead by some local…Mar 24, 2015Mar 24, 2015
Leah MacDonaldinDisposition 2014–15Losar preparations and celebrationsI have recently returned from my pilgrimage and I feel refreshed and ready for the new year. Although I did not find the mystical place I…Feb 22, 2015Feb 22, 2015
Leah MacDonaldinDisposition 2014–15Pilgrimage PreparationsThe group of travellers who went to the cave last year found many important texts. As I was working on building the new library for the…Jan 27, 2015Jan 27, 2015
Leah MacDonaldinDisposition 2014–15Printing Press CompletionDuring the last two weeks we have been planning and building the printing press for the Nun’s library which was recently destroyed. The…Nov 23, 2014Nov 23, 2014
Leah MacDonaldinDisposition 2014–15Building the Printing PressThis week has been very busy in our village. We are building a medicine factory and rebuilding the nun’s library, which was destroyed a…Nov 10, 2014Nov 10, 2014
Leah MacDonaldinDisposition 2014–15Building a Medicine FactoryThe Lama arrived and everything went well! All of the villagers have received merit from his visit and from donating our skills and…Oct 29, 2014Oct 29, 2014
Leah MacDonaldinDisposition 2014–15Lama is coming!While writing this week I realized that I have forgotten to tell you my name. My name is Nele, which means hawk. A number of weeks before I…Oct 22, 2014Oct 22, 2014
Leah MacDonaldinDisposition 2014–15Visiting LamaThere has been a lot of talk around the village of a lama coming to stay at our monastery; he is currently in the village across the river…Oct 16, 2014Oct 16, 2014
Leah MacDonaldinDisposition 2014–15Hailstorm RebuildingThe hailstorm did come and it caused a lot of damage in our village. Houses were damaged and knocked down and many crops were lost. The…Oct 6, 2014Oct 6, 2014
Leah MacDonaldinDisposition 2014–15Impending HailstormI am a 30-year-old woman with a husband and four children. My husband was severely injured while climbing a nearby mountain in the…Sep 28, 2014Sep 28, 2014