A few Chinese men started attending Mass every Sunday. They also volunteered to do some chores for the church on their free days or at night. One of the activities of the parish was to send clothes to the families of the Chinese and the Filipinas in their home countries, and to Estrela de Manha, a home run by our confrere Victor Margot in Brazil. A Buddhist priest-friend was also collecting clothing for people in India and Sri Lanka. As he had received more than he could afford, due to shipping costs being quite expensive, he gave us a whole carload of clothes.
Parishioners help pack the welcoming boxes with clothing for the needy in Brazil.
With the help of the local Rotary Club and some other friends we were able to send about 100 boxes of clothes. Some other packages went to a Japanese sister of this town who was now working as a missionary in an old folks home in Brazil. The two Chinese men, Wu and Hou became more and more interested in our faith on account of all this charity. I gave them some Catholic literature from Taiwan so that they could learn about our faith. One day they told me that they wanted to become Catholics.