 Unable to find support from missionary organizations, she then sought advice from Richard Thomson, a minister in Shoreditch, who told her that she should buy a ticket for a boat going as far as she could get and to pray to know when to get off the boat.At first she wanted to go to Africa, but then she had a dream that impressed upon her the idea of going to Hong Kong.She followed the vicar's advice and went to Hong Kong by boat in 1966.