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Painful Times
The deep pain of letting go of a place with memories and a stable security. Letting go was like pulling out part of my mother's heart as she looked back at our house in Adi Wahla Ethiopia. -
Survival and agony
The wilderness takes its toll as we enter a more barren and deadly internal wilderness as we cross the Sudanese border and arriv at a cigty called Award. -
Preparing for America
Mawi's parents becoming tired of war at home, war in Sudan, when they just wanted peace. They prepared to head to America and the elders gave them advice about the their destined journey. -
First few weeks in America
When they arrived in Chicago they stayed in a 2 room, 2 bed motel. Knowing the vastness of the big city, we rarley left our motel room, unless accompanied by World Relief. -
Our First Days in America
Mawi remembers out of nowhere, two angels come to his door. Habesha women came and his mother burst into tears. They had with them gifts of, injera bread and sebhi stew. They help Mawi's mother learn to cook using American utensils and gave them enough food for days. -
Depth of Homesickness
World Relief came almost daily and took us around showing us life in America, but even with their constant support we still felt the deepest homesickness. People who spoke their language and for their own food, for their people.
