Visualize A School? Part One

Tashi, grew up in the remote Upper Mustang region of Nepal, an area that shares a border with Tibet. He is a school teacher. He understands the importance of getting an education, of being literate and having knowledge of the world beyond your mountain range. Now in his 60's, with a small shop in Pokhara of Tibet-Buddhist items, he is passionate about helping to educate a group of  some 40 Mustang children who come down from the mountains each year to continue their education during the harsh  Mustang winters.
A brief history of Mustang. This is a region of northern Nepal, deep in the Annapurna Himalayas and sharing a border with Tibet. It has had its own King and Queen in the past, and shares the same Tibetan brand of Buddhism as Tibet. His Holiness the 4th Dalai Lama is every bit as important to them as to their neighbors to the north. And they share with Tibetans life in an extreme environment-Upper Mustang is impassable half of the year, and roads are more like foot paths traveresd by porters and hardy mountain ponies to bring in supplies.
Normally, school simply ends during the long snowy winters in Mustang. It is too cold to go out, and children must wait for spring thaw. But, says Tashi, they often "forget" what they have learned when school sessions are so short. Traveling down the mountain each winter, they board at a rented building outide Pokhara, a lakeside town with much more mild climate. Here, they sleep on the floor, and hold school outside. Teachers accompany the children during their winter hiatus at their outdoor school. Their dream is to someday have a building they call their own, for school and sleeping.
We walked the land today, land that the adults of these children banned together to buy. That was 4 and a half years ago, when they pooled their resources to acquire a loan to buy the land that would someday hold the school they seek. Birds chirped wildly from the jungle backdrop, and there were occassional monkey whoops. We were far from any man-made noise. Wildflowers topped with white butterflies were everywhere. Tashi tied pages of newspaper to the tops of bushes at the four corners of the land so we could see the boundaries. I had brought my friend Patty, who had just finished a trek in the Annapurnas to celebrate her 69th birthday, and my Tibetan side-kick Kelsang Lodue with me to survey the land. We all felt a sense of peace and didn't want to leave.
Sun warmed our shoulders, we felt dozey in the morning heat, the sounds of wildlife and beauty of the area made it seem like an ideal place for children to learn. What a wonderful respite from freezing Mustang winters! I could visualize the school building designed to fit this plot of land, making maximum use of the space. We chatted about the dimensions of the school, and how we could decorate the outer walls with murals of the natural beauty that surrounded us. Now we were had the dream! These people with so little materially could somehow purchase this land and keep their vision clear. Standing on the land, it became more clear to me how this was so.
For now, I am asking you to try to visulaize this school as well-while I try to post the photos I took today. Maybe there's something to this visualization!