"God Grew Tired of Us" 2

Today we watched more of "God Grew Tired of Us" in class. In the movie, the UN learns about a large group of boys who are running away from Sudan to avoid religious persecution. The UN decides to set up a refugee camp in Ethiopia, where the boys can live in peace. The refugees predict that they only will be there for a few weeks, maybe a month, before things get better and they can go back to Sudan. However, the civil war in Sudan rages on for another 10 years, and is still going on today. For 10 years, the boys had no choice but to stay in Ethiopia, for if they set foot in Sudan they would be killed. Later, the United States agreed that they would take a handful of the refugees and allow them to live in America. The documented 3 boys are among the few hundred who are selected to live in America. As they are travelling to America, the boys are amazed at the technology that they encounter along the way. They have never seen electricity before, and have never eaten food like Americans do. It was a bit funny when they were served a meal with and butter on the side, and they started to eat the stick of butter alone. It was a very interesting to see how they reacted to their new life, and I am very excited to see what they will encounter next!