▁ ▁When ▁the ▁King ▁of ▁Bh ut an , ▁J ig me ▁Dor ji ▁Wang ch uck , ▁learned ▁of ▁Mack ey ' s ▁im min ent ▁exp ulsion ▁from ▁India , ▁he ▁invited ▁Mack ey ▁to ▁become ▁an ▁educ ator ▁in ▁Bh ut an , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁that ▁country ' s ▁on going ▁modern ization ▁efforts . ▁Mack ey ▁accepted ▁the ▁inv itation . ▁As ▁a ▁pre empt ive ▁measure , ▁he ▁had ▁all ▁his ▁teeth ▁removed , ▁because ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁no ▁access ▁to ▁modern ▁dent istry ▁in ▁Bh ut an . ▁ ▁Life ▁in ▁Bh ut an ▁ ▁When ▁Mack ey ▁arrived ▁in ▁Bh ut an ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁the ▁Jes uits ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁religious ▁order ▁allowed ▁in ▁the ▁officially - B ud dh ist ▁nation . ▁During ▁the ▁three ▁dec ades ▁that ▁followed , ▁Mack ey ▁performed ▁no ▁convers ions ▁of ▁Bh ut an ese ▁citizens , ▁as ▁that ▁was ▁forb idden ▁under ▁Bh ut an ese ▁law . ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁school , ▁in ▁T ash ig ang , ▁was ▁based ▁in ▁an ▁abandoned ▁cow sh ed ▁and ▁had ▁ 7 ▁students . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁Mack ey ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁royal ▁Dru k ▁Th uk sey ▁medal ▁for ▁his ▁services ▁to ▁education ▁in ▁Bh ut an . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁he ▁was ▁granted ▁honor ary ▁Bh ut an ese ▁citizens hip , ▁and ▁ ▁in ▁ 1 9 8