Our Vocation

How did I get my Religious Vocation? Each time, if anyone knew that I would like to be a nun, he or she was always surprised and asked me questions. Some of them asked me whether I had a problem in my family and all I could say that "No, my family is fine and I am happy with my family, but I would like to be a nun--to be a 'Carmelite' and this is what I have wanted to be since I was a little girl."

I knew that there was not so many young people nowadays who would like to be a "religious". Moreover, when I grew up and learnt that none of my Catholic friends had ever had such this kind of thought so I stared thinking, why I was different from the others. Nevertheless, I still wanted to be a nun and I remembered well when I said my prayer one night and simply told God that I might have changed my mind--I did not want to be a nun anymore and planned to do something else.

Then, the following night when I said my prayer again, I was overwhelmed by God's love and would like to thank Him for whatever He had done for me - a call to offer my life as a religious - to serve, to love and to thank Him. By this experience, I kept praying to God for my vocation to be a Carmelite, while many people and my friends wondered why I would like to be a nun .

After my graduation from my school, I was 18 years old, so I asked permission from my parent to enter Carmel. By God's will, I entered to Gelorup Carmel in Australia instead of Sampharn Carmel, Thailand where I had intended to go. In 1996, I came to this Carmel for a try of a Carmelite life about 6 weeks and I entered as a postulant in the following year. Finally, I made my Solemn Profession in 2003. Although, I can say that my dream came true, I am still thanking and praying to God to help me to be a good Carmelite and follow him faithfully all my life.

For these 7 years, living in Religious Life--I have experienced the love of God more and more. However, it does not mean that Religious Life is easy or a path full of rose petals, sometimes you will travel up the hill and walk to the down-hill but you can be sure that God will be with you no matter what will happen. To love and serve God as St. Therese said, "Love repaid by Love, alone." - is what I have found in my life.