Life at the monastery

Here's what we do at the monastery:

arise at dawn and do morning prayers while the sun rises
cook and eat breakfast
do laundry, work in the garden, or other physical labor
cook and eat lunch
rest, read, study, write
do afternoon worship
more resting or reading, etc. or housework and bathing
cook and eat dinner
read, write, study, chat
do evening worship
go to bed

So far I have learned to sort, wash, and grind corn; start a fire for the stove, bake a wacky cake in the oven; turn on the kerosene lamp; cut down trees; chop ocote for the fire; and ring the bell for worship. I was already familiar with sorting beans and hand-washing clothes from my previous experience.

There is no electricity, and the stars are simply amazing at night! If only we knew our constellations better...