The Lost Boys and Who Are They?
Lost Boys Article in Wikipedia
Lost Boys Film by Megan Mylan and John Shenk
The Lost Boys are what got me into all this. They are from the ethnic groups in the Southern Sudan and were forced to flee the Second Sudanese Civil War in the 1980's. Hundreds of thousands fled. The lucky ones made it to camps and those include the ones I have met here in Tucson.
I guess they are not lost anymore but found. Their story of survival is amazing. The ones I met are intelligent and grounded.
We Americans complain about many things and take much for granted. When you meet these folks, you realize your problems are rather insignificant. Check out the bibliography and you will understand only too well what they went through. Well let me rephrase that. You will understand, but will not have lived through that.
I went to my TV Toastmasters club tonight. One of the members, Fred Esser gave a speech in which he quoted Nietzche. "What does not kill us makes us stronger." Whew.
Lost Boys Film by Megan Mylan and John Shenk
The Lost Boys are what got me into all this. They are from the ethnic groups in the Southern Sudan and were forced to flee the Second Sudanese Civil War in the 1980's. Hundreds of thousands fled. The lucky ones made it to camps and those include the ones I have met here in Tucson.
I guess they are not lost anymore but found. Their story of survival is amazing. The ones I met are intelligent and grounded.
We Americans complain about many things and take much for granted. When you meet these folks, you realize your problems are rather insignificant. Check out the bibliography and you will understand only too well what they went through. Well let me rephrase that. You will understand, but will not have lived through that.
I went to my TV Toastmasters club tonight. One of the members, Fred Esser gave a speech in which he quoted Nietzche. "What does not kill us makes us stronger." Whew.
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