THOUGH THE PRINCIPAL WORK OF THE SISTERS WAS AMONG THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY AND THEREFORE BASED IN SYDNEY'S WEST THEY ALSO FELT THE NEED FOR SOME REST FROM THEIR LABOURS AS OTHER RELIGIOUS HAVE SINCE THEY FIRST CAME TO AUSTRALIA IN THE 19th CENTURY. ACCORDINGLY THE SISTERS PURCHASED A HOUSE IN OCEAN STREET NARRABEEN WHICH THEY THEN NAMED BETANIE HOUSE AND WHICH PROVIDES A RESTFUL HOLIDAY HOME TO GIVE THE SISTERS AN OCCASIONAL SEASIDE BREAK FROM THE HEAT OF WESTERN SYDNEY.