The prisoners worked in the republic's mines and factories. When the gulags were abolished, the people remained in Kazakhstan because they had no homes to return to. Conard plans to help start soup kitchens, sewing cooperatives and catechetical centers, using his pension for his work, adding that he has taken a personal vow of poverty. This practice has allowed him to send gifts to where they are needed. In addition, when he served as a missionary in Haiti and the British West Indies, the diocese gave him no salary, but allowed him to raise money through preaching.
People are very, very good, and they send money.
I have great confidence. I go with just a lot of joy.