In 1954 Kinmen was an impoverished land, a small island lacking resources. "At that time life was extremely difficult; I myself planted some pommes de terre (yams)," he explains, "and now Kinmen is like one big garden."
民國四十三年的金門，是個土地貧瘠、資源缺乏的小海島，「那時生活很艱苦，我還自己種地瓜」，羅神父說，而現在的金門像座大花園。