Immigration day was a day when we ‘interviewed’ first generation immigrants in groups and they told us about what it was like for them to immigrate to the U.S. It was really cool to hear the stories that they had to tell, they were the best. One of the people we talked to was Dr. Kim he was from North Korea and he is now a missionary he has gone to over 12 countries. He was is South Korea (I don’t remember where it was but I think it was South Korea) and took a cab to the port but the driver was cheating him and took the looooong way and when he was there the driver said it was a hundred dollars so it was a lot of money then and Dr Kim took the driver outside and said, “I know martial arts do you want to die here or lower the price?” so the driver lowered the price 🙂
this was important to me because we get to talk to people that immigrated and hear their stories and what they had to say it was truly amazing and I loved it very much and it was the best experience that I had in a while and was just amazing. It was also important because I got to get information about what it was like to immigrate and be on the mayflower and to ‘escape’ North Korea and to live like a missionary it was really truly a wonderful experience.
This changed my perspective on the world and how others have to live and we just get off easier than others and how that in North Korea the people are pretty much brainwashed and they think that the ‘outside world’ is bad for over 40 yrs (I think.) It also changed my perspective that people have to give up a few things if they are going to immigrate like leave some family behind or their house and all their stuff except what you can fit in a wood box it just makes me feel bad for them.
