160 His Mission, Our Mission an attack on one rainy afternoon while he was working. He went to a nearby clinic where he received an injection, but then went into shock. He was transferred to a larger hospital, but due to heavy Bangkok traffic, by the time he arrived at the hospital, he had already gone into a coma. The medical expenses were very high, so we had to ask Father Anthony for help. At that time, he was still serving in Udon Thani province in Northeast Thailand, but he was very caring, running about and contacting people to help us bring our brother home. My wife’s brother passed away in Vietnam 7 months later. From then on, our family became fa-miliar with him, and he later intro-duced us to other priests in the Soci-ety of the Divine Word. We got to know them more and more. Then, as time passed, we felt that the SVDs considered our family as part of their own. Our family is very grateful to Father Anthony and the other priests in the Society for their support for us. As I began to receive encouragement from the SVD fathers, in early 2012, I officially began to collaborate with the SVDs to serve Vietnamese migrants in Thailand. Presently, I serve as the head of the lay pastoral council for the Pastoral Committee on Vietnamese Migrants in Thailand, working closely with
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