I\u2019m in O\u2019Hare airport on my way to a RefugePoint fundraiser in San Francisco tonight. And I\u2019m about to see Ajak, a Sudanese refugee whom whom we\u2019ve been taking care of in Nairobi for three years. This is just too coincidental!<\/p>\n
Ajak story is among the more compelling and horrible, but her refugee life is about to end happily. She was captured by the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army in Sudan and held in captivity for many years before escaping. Her brother Daniel arrived in the US a long time ago, became a citizen and is now a US Army Officer. We\u2019ve been working with him to reunite all his family members. His mom is now here, in North Dakota, and all his brothers (he lost four brothers in Sudan\u2019s conflict), and his sister Ajak\u2019s first born son. They all thought Ajak was dead. She managed to survive and we\u2019ve been caring for her in Nairobi. And finally she\u2019s going to be reunited with her family, with RefugePoint\u2019s help. She\u2019s in transit now, and arriving at this airport in twenty minutes, in transit to Fargo.<\/p>\n
Her whole family is waiting in North Dakota. I spoke with them last night. They are beside themselves with excitement.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m off now to her gate so I can meet her. But a last thought\u2026 Every time a refugee arrives in the US, it\u2019s cause for celebration. In Lexington, Kentucky a few months ago we reunited a Congolese mother with her husband and three children. That family is still celebrating. Ajak\u2019s arrival today brings our number to close to 10,000 refugees that we\u2019ve helped into the resettlement processes and out of danger. That\u2019s ten thousand celebrations. I\u2019m going to tell the crowd in San Francisco tonight and and we\u2019ll toast Ajak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m in O\u2019Hare airport on my way to a RefugePoint fundraiser in San Francisco tonight. And I\u2019m about to see Ajak, a Sudanese refugee whom whom we\u2019ve been taking care of in Nairobi for three years. This is just too coincidental! Ajak story is among the more compelling and horrible, but her refugee life is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":{"article_style":"default"},"yoast_head":"\n