On a spring day in 2017, Corporal Vincent Gabriel Lamar, a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, received new marching orders.

He grabbed the keys to a military truck and set out to do what he loved most. Help a community in need.

I love my job. Every time I have a mission, I am proud to be able to accomplish it.

This learning is there. There were some serious innovations in Quebec.

Many people needed help. And students were my passion.

I was in support of relief efforts. Vincent, an experienced military driver who served in Afghanistan, was tasked with transporting materials and soldiers to the area.

I am a 60-meter-old. I am one of the smallest of my units.

But I know very well how to conduct military vehicles, even in difficult conditions.

Since my mission in Afghanistan, I have been very experienced as a chauffeur.

As he settled at the wheel of his truck and prepared to head out, Vincent started feeling nervous.

He knew he was about to meet people from a base where he had worked at the beginning of his career.

And the soldiers from his former base knew him under a different identity as a woman.

I am a child myself. And I am a child. Vincent is my true identity.

I learned to accept and to love as I am. But at that moment, in the truck, I was afraid to be judged.

Bienvenue and welcome to the Dual Lingo French podcast. I'm GoFen, Mbouthouela.

Every episode, we bring you fascinating true stories to help you improve your French listening and gain new perspectives on the world.

The storyteller will be using intermediate French and I'll be chiming in for context in English.

If you miss something, you can always skip back and listen again.

We also offer full transcripts at podcast.dualingo.com.

In this episode, Vincent speaks French with a Canadian accent.

So you may notice that some words ending in certain vowel sounds like the EUX in Nervu have an added R sound at the end, sounding more like this.

I'm nervous.

...