Mary Georgi
Age: 37
Region: Southern Sudan
I can’t remember so well when I left home in Gorgrial. I was seven years old. I went
to Khartoum with my Dad to meet my aunt before my village was attacked.
When I traveled to Khartoum, I didn’t see anything. I heard what was happening and
heard about people getting attacked or killed. I felt really bad. People were dying for
nothing. I didn’t know where my family was but other people told me they were fine.
I wanted to see my mom badly.
I lived with my cousin in Khartoum. I couldn’t go to school because I had to baby sit
my aunts little boy. I took an English class later on in Sudan when I was fifteen years
old.
On July 28, 2000, I came to America. I first went to California and then Arizona. I like
a lot of things in the United States. I don’t think there’s anything I don’t like here. I
can have a career and a future. Anything you want, you get. You have to work for it.
Everything is fine in Arizona. People make you feel like you’re at home. People are
giving you hope and telling you are more than welcome. They give you smiles. If you
want to do something do it yourself and for other people. People have to work for
things to make them work.
I wish to see my mom. I pay her. I don’t know how long it will take to see her. That’s
my wish to see her. The last time I talked to her was in 2005. My dad already died
and I don’t want my mom to die without seeing her. I am planning to go back to
Sudan but things are not so easy. It isn’t easy to get ticket money. I have to work to
support my mom, my brother, and myself.
I go to Rio Salado to take classes like English, Reading, Writing, and Spelling. I hope
to test for the GED. I’m working for Black Stone Security now. They are really great
people. I’d like to work in home care or in a nursing home. I like to help people.