The water and power supplies worked, buses and trams ran, streets were clean, shops and schools were open, and people had returned from China, which had gone back to civil war. Chung King 21 vi 1946 Dear Tom, Just a brief note to let you know that all is well here. It has not been the easiest time in China as I am sure you know but the work of our mission has been prospering despite that. People are more receptive to the Church’s message when times are hard. Perhaps I have made that observation to you before. I am glad that your work at the Empire Hotel is going well. I look forward to visiting you there when my order allows me to come to Hong Kong, though I do not at this moment know when that will be. Sister Benedicta passed through last month on her way north and asked me to send you her regards. Yours, Sister Maria Those were the busiest years of my life.
