Xavier met Someone who experienced a religious conversion while recovering from a war wound. The person tried to convince Xavier to join him on the same path of devotion. Which he did.
August 15,1534, Xavier pledged to the Jesuits and promised to visit the holy lands.
Xavier worked in a hospital helping those in need waiting to go to the holy lands.
When fighting between Venice and the Ottoman Empire made a trip to the Holy Lands impossible, Xavier went to Rome, where he offered his services to the pope.