Last month, Sarnelli House had the privilege of hosting Msgr. Daniel Tumiel, the Apostolic Nuncio's Secretary in Bangkok. Msgr. Daniel was accompanied by Bishop Joseph Luechai from Udon Thani. It was the Monsignor's first visit to Sarnelli House and he was very taken by the children, in particular then babies and toddlers at the House of Hope nursery, giving each of them a special blessing. They seemed to be quite taken by him as well as they were on their very best behaviour. Indeed, so well did they behave, Fr. Mike asked if he could come to work here!
It isn't all that common for important guests like the Monsignor come to visit us in faraway Nong Khai but Msgr. Daniel vowed to return, as he was very impressed by the work being done by Fr. Mike and his staff at Sarnelli House.