May 28 - June 3

MAY ALL BE KIND TO EACH OTHER

This was something of a family week at Indralaya. Leonie’s brother Peter arrived during last week’s work party and stayed the week with us in the RMC. Our niece Collin arrived to begin a two week fellowship mid-week and Arthur Van Gelder, another of Leonie’s brothers, was co-head cook (with Peter) for the weekend program. There were also several Levey family members here: John & Shelagh, sisters Susan Huotari (all the way from Finland) and Andrie Levey-Bates, as well as Andrie's daughter Kelsey.

Arthur arrives by seaplane to meet his head-cooking responsibilities

Collin whips up a batch of oatmeal cookies in the kitchen

Peter with Nancy Lehwalder

The program leader for the weekend was Nawang Khechog. Nawang was born in Tibet and is a world-renowned musician and former hermit monk who teaches about Awakening Kindness. Nearly forty people were here for the program, which also included a free Saturday night concert for the Orcas Island community.

Nawang Khechog in concert

Sunday was our 17th wedding anniversary. We were married one week before we arrived at Indralaya in 1995 and began what was to have been a one or two year stay at camp as resident managers. If we knew then what we know now ... we wouldn’t change a thing!

wedding party members, 17 years later