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The journey begins, a long walk from Adi Wahla to Sudanese
They had to be terrified during their journey, They had to be in total darkness, only being able to hear what lurked and not actually see it. -
A family coming back together
Being able to locate his father and coming back together as a family had to be some relief on their mother. -
Safer but still have dangerous hurdles to cross
Even though they made it to Sudan there was still the danger of the abuse from teachers and fellow students. -
Slingshot
honing their skills with the slingshot and even bringing home dinner that they thought they were going enjoy but that was foiled by a troublesome peer -
Stating their journey to America
They were ready to start the long journey to America, but that was postponed for a year due to the loyalty of leaving no family member behind -
Starting their new life
They finally made it to Chicago, but that was just the beginning and they were learning the overcome new dangers. -
Angels
They were so trusting to take in the homeless and help them to payback for the help they received -
Education
Their parent knew the advantages that their children were being offered and wanted them to get the most of it. -
Bullies
On top of having to adjust to a whole new culture they also had to deal with their peers making fun of them for being different -
Fight to survive
With the constant bulling the boys had no choice but to learn to fight back but in the end their parents did not what to rock the boat for fear of having everything taken away that the boys had to learn to run a way or not fight back -
Keeping their culture alive in a new land
Even though they were in America now they still tried to keep some of their culture from their native land alive like Hoyo Hoyo and adapting to new American ones. -
Halloween
Experiencing Halloween in America and then taking advantage of the on you honor system for candy giving -
Naughty Boys
They have escalated from stealing candy to a whole parking meter. -
Bad Kids with a conscience
They knew they were being bad when the took the parking meter, but they really panicked when the police found them. -
Angels
Continuing to help others even though they didn't have much themselves. Generosity was definitely passed down to the childrem -
Family Heartache
The deep hole left behind of a child taken from you far too soon. -
Doctor in Another Land
There are medical people everywhere and not everyone has the expensive degree behind their training -
Staus
Going from being a top citizen in your country to someone that no one really knew. -
Laws
When he thought he was doing something good and trying to help clean yo the community, but in the end because of his lack of knowledge of the American laws he could have gotten into big trouble -
Parents can be embaressing
I think that all kids think that their parents are embarrassing at times, but when we grow up we start to realize how great they really are. -
The cruel hard truth
In reality beauty and wealth can be what truly matter over your morals and education -
Sticks and Stone
People and their cruel words can hurt much worse than physical pain