BE A STAR
Born to Rise
Be A Star Contest and the winner was
selected for this month cover.
seems like a lifetime ago. Three years ago I boarded the plane and
experienced one of the most amazing transitions of my life: I came to
America and took my place as the oldest boy in my family who had
adopted me. To say that it was the beginning of something incredibly
exciting and scary is actually quite an understatement. My life has
old hard.
became orphans due
prayed for a family to
“pick me”. Year after
to think that God had
forgotten this pitiful
The cover of this special magazine was
created by Henok who said this “when
upon returning to
the orphanage from
he feels when he is painting the beauty
the news. “You have
a family!” It was
as if my ears had
longed so long to hear those words that I didn’t believe they could
be true. A year later my younger brother and I gleefully boarded
awe he feels when is playing soccer or
watching an amazing and talented player.
immigration and I became a U.S. citizen. I was 11 years old.
feeling of joy and I am reminded of the
and there are still people without a place to live or enough food to
eat. I now know that there are certain components of human suffering
cannot deny the gratitude I feel when I realize how many amazing
opportunities I have had in just 3 years. I have the blessing of
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