Okay, Okay. Okay. Yeah. Use your car. At that time I get my car and it
was four crown victoria. Yeah. I was excited to hear with my uh my friends
and my cousins, they live in Sioux Falls South Dakota, you know? And I
live in the small town of Washington Minnesota as close to it's like an
hour and 15 minutes hour and 50 minutes, something like that. Then I don't
know from there. It was the first time in november when there's no camp,
that was just know at that time and the first time you had a drive in the
first time I had to drive on the freeway, you know? So when I, when I was
on the road, I had a cousin of mine, he's driving his own car, he was in
front of me. So he knew what you've been there for like a year or
something. He came in 1994. So he had a car. He grew up in this. No, he
knew exactly what he was doing. So I didn't know. So from the, from the
town of Washington, there were news now at that time it was raining and
then when we get to myself, time now the rain start getting into snow area
, you know, that was a truck, you know, like a moment truck, we're taking
this No away from the road, you know, um my, my cousin, you know, yes,
pattern that, that, that's what already happened. And then I was trying to
pass the truck the same way with the speech. Yeah, but that was speeding
up and then now I lost control. Mhm. So I spin around and then I came to
sign, you know by the side of the road I had to sign with my with my car.
You were okay? I was okay then my car now was total. You know, I just
heard it. I bought it like two days ago
and then now I start getting a problem, you know? So this is when when I
first drove and this is when I first get into trouble. And then uh I went
because I was working with the meat factory in uh in Washington, right? It
was they call their man for at that time three, but they send it to be a
sweeping company. Okay? Like the L. B. P. Yeah, so I went to I went there
, I went I went to super bowls because my cousin turned around and came
and he took me with him. You know because my car was too, you know. So the
funny thing was while I worked in Washington Minister. I didn't know when
you when you miss what? You had a car call in sick calling to let the
people know that you're not going to show up for the work. Okay,
sit down. Things are getting complicated. It was really complicated. So
whatever it was, I'm staying super focused, you know for the weekend and
then monday nobody took me back to work. Then I didn't call, no call, no
show and the Tuesday nobody, nobody took me there. No call, no show. And
then Wednesday nobody. And then thursday I get somebody, then somebody
took me on thursday and then friday morning I went to work, I didn't
affect him. You know that I did not call for three or four days and I was
expecting to still having my job. So what I did was I went in there and I
went to the locker area so I send myself I put my gear trying to get in
there and when I get to the line, you know the supervisor called me and
say with you, come here say okay, I want you to know office say okay, I
didn't even know anything. So he took me to the office. You know, he had
me a check. That was my last year. You say you were fired? Why? What did I
do say? Uhh You did not call for three or 4 days. And the rule is if you
didn't call no call, no show. So you voluntarily quit your job. So you
don't have to be here. So now you can go back to the locker room and turn
yourself to your regular clothes and go home. This is your last year. Say
man, look I just came back just came from africa, you know I didn't even
know about anything. This is my front job. I didn't know that I had a call.
So how can I call? You know what number do I have to call? I don't even
know the number of human this number. He said okay when you were hired you
have all the paperwork. Do you have it? I say yeah I have it in the house.
Do you look at it? There's a number there to call. You know if you miss
you with your you call and say okay this is all I can tell you. This is my
first job. I don't even know it. I don't know anything about calling the
job or doing anything. Did he give you a chance? So either not give me a
chance to give you a chance. You never gave me a chance. Then I left. I
took my last year and then I went back home and I thought about what to do.
And then I went back I find somebody to tell me back to some parts of the
code. And then I went and stay in the support of the quota for like uh two
months, no job to three months, no job because trying to find a job trying
to find a job. So I tried to go to another meat factory that I are in a
lot of social media people. So they didn't want me because of my last job.
The way I left my last job they now keeping me like oh we will call you
back. So another lady who worked with her every day camp from Salt Lake
City. She went there. Uh huh. Her name is john park. She worked with the
refugee. He said now you cannot find it then I can take you to school. We
need to go to school. Yeah, I need to go to school. But and I don't want
to go to school right now because I need to support my family. You know
the county's you keep telling me, you know, I can give you a ticket so I
will take you to school. So let's see and then you can go and get your
high school diploma.
Uh huh. Think for yourself. Okay. And then it seemed like a good idea. But
I was thinking another way like if I go to school now who's going to take
care of my family? I'm like okay. I would I would think about it. So I
didn't take that chance. So what I did was I looked for a job I worked
with with the milk, milk, milk milk company land only
landing legs. So I worked for them. A temporary agency will be there. So I
worked with them for like 3, 5 months. And then later I get another time
get alone by what was your second car. Okay,
now I move from Super bowl to haul monographs. Omaha Nebraska. Okay. And
then I was the first person who comes to meet at get there call it. It's a
sweep and company. I think it's a mhm I think they have a name now, you
know at that time they have a different name. Okay. You know in the meat
factory, it's set in the concept of love. I o okay. But it's close to uh
close to uh or monographs. Why did you, how did you know to move to Omaha
? Did you have people you knew there? There was a guy there that came from
Ethiopia to Omaha Nebraska. He was the only guy that lived in Nebraska. He
came he drove from Omaha Nebraska, Sioux falls South Dakota. And then now
you want me to help him drive them back home then I drove him home there
and he advised me if you come here you can work at the meat factory right
here. So the meat factory at that time were the only factory that you can
work and make good money you know, compared to the all the jobs that you
do. You know? Because uh The minimum pay at that time was like $7.06
Mm You know by the media hurricane start you at eight at 8 25 08 25 was
really good money at that time. You know. So he let me move to his house.
So I moved to his house and then you know he took me to the meat factory.
Uh never asked a deep uh then I worked there for yeah for a third time and
then I moved back to super. So they could uh john morrow and company with
a huge meat factor, you know. So I went back there and then they hire me
now. Okay, now I have the experience from Nebraska. So they hired me that
I worked there and then uh It was until 1999. So in 1999 and now I got
while I worked with the meat factory when I started going to college. Okay.
Yeah, so I started going to college there at Kelly in Community College
because I do not have my high school diploma with me. Um What I did was I
took the test, I took the test and I get a buddhist called and then now
they rolled into the regular classes. So I started taking regular glasses.
Well that's great. There was in 1999. So it was 2000 and 2001. I engaged
one of my my wife now she's my wife now. So I engaged her back home. Oh
back home, back home in Africa and then in 2001 she came okay, so when you
left, you had her there. Yeah, she was actually a sister or my best friend
, best friend that went a long way with me with all the things that got
the taxi and took her. Yes, her sister. Yeah, that is his sister because
we're not blood related, you know we are closely related friend. So after
I came here ah I thought about having a family now it's starting town and
then we'll talk about it and then you know I told him because he's a
wounded person that I tell my secret. I
like your sister. Yeah so she's like my sister you know I don't look at
her like she's gonna be my wife or something. But when we talk you know we
come to convince ourselves that you know look we are we are best friends.
And if you marry you marry one of our sister you don't look at her sister.
She's actually your sister. But you're not blood related. So you can you
can legally marriage you know. So I thought about it then you know I
decided to America you know I engage her and then she came and when she
came to came to Dallas uh Mhm. Dollars taxes. And then you were you were
and I went in super close. So her brother was in san Diego California.
Okay so the brother went now to get to get together a sister. Huh? And
then and then to California. Okay so 2001. I moved from so far to san
Diego to meet her to join with her. And then now our celebration was made
in july in june 2001.
Yeah so now we were joined together and then we become husband and wife.
Okay and then we've been married 16 years. Yeah he looks too young. Too
young.
How many Children we have for our Children? We have our older one is 1414
and eight year old. And then I have five years old boy And then I have
four and four years old girl. Okay. three girls. One boy. Okay. So do they
ever tell you I don't want to go to school And do you have to remind them
I had to remind them to school and I remind them about my story you know
so let me finish a little bit so that uh in 2001 when I moved to uh
san Diego California. So I didn't go to school and to 2003. Okay 2003
because I was settling you know I was just recently married so I wanted to
settle my home and You know I worked I worked really I work full time and
I work really long hours sometimes I work 16 hours yes for making sure you
know I have enough for it for the family For my new watch. Yeah. And then
in 2003 I started going to community college again. So I presume it. So I
went back to community college 2005 I grew up here with us and she did
That's winter in statistics in a criminal justice justice. Yes and then in
2006 I roll again National University in San Diego And then I graduated in
2008. Wonderful. Where the vegetable degree in criminal justice too and
then I do it again there. So 2010 I had my five months degree in a in a
criminal justice university of phoenix. I'm wonderful, wonderful. And then
uhh In 2010 I got a job you know I got a job offer with the state of
Arizona you know the child protective services express of us. So I moved
from san Diego with my family here with my my two Children at that time
and then my two youngest Children with my wife we move over here and we
settled down and out again is on and then I worked with Cps cps. Yes so I
started working with CBS and In in a February Development 10. Wonderful. I
worked there with CPS until 2015. Yes. Uh so now I have two more Children
that I have. Yes. Yeah and where do you work now? So now I work with that
in therapy. I am says you're working Wonderful what a rewarding. So you've
been helping people since. Yeah. So not only not only that the degree that
I got in 2000 and 15 I roll again with
with the law school. So I went back for a second master's
degree. Get a lot of, I went to Loyola university in Chicago. Uh I was
enrolled there and I get a second master degree in jurisprudence. So now I
have to muscle disease. Wonderful. Wonderful. Yeah. Uh What a story. Huh.
Did you ever think that would happen? You know sometimes when I look back
to my story you know I knew this is a great chance and a great life
because I wasn't affecting to be to come that far. We're educational you
know. Um Too hard to master degree. It's not that easy You know with
somebody that started a. b. c. d. when when he's only 15 you know. Yeah.
Compared to the Children that that is time the education and their younger
is and then now they don't want to go to school and don't want to hunt to
be that they preserved her you know I think this is a great chance and I'm
really afraid to myself and my family to my father, he's really proud of
me all the time. Still there, it's still too old. But now he knew that you
know my coming here with not with not just a miracle to him you know it
was it was something really really good and he gave his cows to education.
That's right. So I just would feel his dream because he gave me the cow.
Two cows That itself for me for my education. Yes. Have you gone back to
Africa? I went back in 2005. Uh huh. And how was that? I didn't make it to
the village? I was trying to make it really hard to go back to a cover but
it was too hard. But at that time there was no air strip to go to go to my
village because I went at the christmas time during all the DC.