At this time, Sister Ursula also fulfilled a long-held dream of creating a large organic vegetable garden. Sister Fernande Pelletier suggested she get help from a young man named Alhassan, an orphan who had been on his own since the age of 13, supporting himself by vegetable farming and duck rearing.

Sister Ursula says that her time spent with Alhassan "helped me to understand how very necessary it is for young people to have an adult around who has time and takes an interest in them. I would say, just being there and being interested has a tremendous transforming power. In a time of economic hardship, when more families disintegrate, this form of healing presence becomes more and more important."

Desiring to be in mission with young people, Sister Ursula moved to Sunyani, Ghana, to work at the Don Bosco Boys Home in 2003. The boys at the home range in age from 13 to 20. She runs a small clinic for them; gives workshops on communication skills; and manages one of their income-generating projects, the sheep and goats.