GEBIRAH's Women's Health Workshop in Thai Nguyen We just returned from our mission to Thai Nguyen , and as I read Pope Leo XIV’s recent address to the Neocatechumenal Way, it felt almost as if he were describing what we had just lived. The Holy Father reminds us that authentic evangelisation is never separated from the Church, never detached from love, and never imposed. It is lived quietly, patiently, and faithfully—through charity, communion, and presence. That truth came

Sacks of rice for about 1,000 people in ethnic minority village in Thai Nguyen. Last evening, the message finally came in: “ The rice has arrived in Thai Nguyen.”   To my own surprise, I felt something I hadn’t experienced in a long time —a sudden rush of excitement and relief—almost a childlike joy.   The kind I used to feel when my favourite toy arrived as a kid. The kind that makes your heart leap.  I found myself smiling. Deeply, quietly happy.  Because this joy wasn’t ab