25 Years of Witnessing to the Word in Thailand 115 profession, and once again the urge to become a religious arose in my heart constantly, so I decided to choose a week of retreat for myself in order to listen to God’s calling. My adventurous religious journey commenced when I eventually finished working in Vietnam at the end of 2019 and early 2020. My heart was filled with the desire to follow in the missionaries’ footsteps, so I decided to go to Thailand to discover and explore SVD as a “come and see” program. The journey in Thailand was not as easy as I imagined. It was my first time living in a foreign environment. Perhaps, the most difficult problem was the language. Before being accepted by the Australian province as a postulant in Thailand, I still had to work as a normal immigrant, selling fruits at a small market about 3km from the SVD Bangkok community. At that time, I stayed with a Vietnamese brother who was older than me and had many years of experience working in Thailand. He supported me with accommodation and necessary items to cover expenses. On weekends, I visited the Bangkok SVD community about 1km away from my dorm. I went there to help the fathers with house chores and especially to attend Sunday mass with Vietnamese immigrants in the surrounding area. Not long after I started working, the COVID-19 pandemic happened in Thailand. Because of difficult working and travel conditions, I was given favorable conditions by the fathers at the Bangkok SVD community to come to the community to stay. During my time in this community, I helped them with housework such as cooking, gardening, and sweeping the yard. Besides that, Father Anthony Le Duc taught me basic English grammar. The rest of the time, I frequently studied English myself. Moreover, I also met Father John Hung Le, who also lived with me in the community. He is an energetic and enthusiastic person. During the pandemic, he established a Refugee Assistance Association to support the essential needs
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