During the “boiling point” with the COVID-19 pandemic, it was quiet everywhere. Transportation was reduced and many visits and charity trips were canceled. There were very few visitors at the institutions for the lepers, disabled, orphanages, etc. Everyone was concerned with the spread of COVID-19.
Van-Mon, a leprosy village in Thai Binh City where many charity groups often visited, is very quiet now. Most of the patients are elderly people who are susceptible to infection. They feel lonely and afraid because of a lack of visitors and the threat of dangerous infection.
Sympathetic to the loneliness and anxiety of the elders, the young Sisters of Mary Queen of Bui Chu made a trip to bring gifts to them. Each person received one breakfast meal for one week which included Nuti soybean milk and Cato biscuits. The elders were so happy when the Sisters visited. They truly were “comforted in spirit and body” by the care of the Sisters.
