08 Redemptorists in Thailand: Work in North (English)

Father Harry Thiel's interest in working for the Hmong Hill Tribe people stems from a visit to Laos in 1962 when he first came in contact with them. Appointed pastor of Thabom village in Luey in 1964, he was able to begin visiting the Hmong who lived in Luey province. In 1964 he went to Laos again to study the Hmong language. Back in Thailand he began visiting Hmong villages and eventually set up a center in the village of Khek Noi, in Luey. Communist insurgency made it impossible for Father Harry and his catechumens to remain in Khek Noi in 1968, so they moved to church property in Luey.

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what about going to Afganistan?