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From Russia To America (a narrative essay) [8]
There are many changes in our lives, like meeting new people or going to a new school etc., mine was coming to America. I can remember it as if it happened yesterday. I sat at the airport waiting anxiously for the plane to get it. I was setting next to my new adopted parents. So many things were running through my head like "I'll have to learn a new language and learn new accustoms." My heart betted faster and faster like a drum as I thought about going to America and living with a family for the rest of my life. I felt like I was Christopher Columbus about to explore and discover a new world. When I stepped down from the plane in America a weird but exciting feeling overcame it. I was leaving everything I knew, and was going to start a fresh new life. "Vika, are you ready to go home?" Home, where is home? Yes, I knew where home was, it was America in Flagstaff, Arizona with my new parents, 2 sisters, a dog and a cat! When I came to America from Russia I had to learn new things. I felt almost like a baby trying to take it's first steps. I had to learn a new language. Learning a new language is harder than you think it is. My mom home schooled me and I learned slowly each day. I would practice my alphabet my mom saying 'A" as in cat or "B" as in bat and so on. I also had to learn my numbers and math which did not go as well, but learned it at the end. I also had to get accustomed to the food. Although that was not hard for me since I liked food. Each night now family would teach me about Christ and how He died for me. Every night I would pray to God, it goes like this, "Dear God, thank you for this day. Thank you for letting me come to America. Thank you for giving me a family that loves me." There were days when I felt like a boat paddling through a big current, but than somehow the current went away and it got easier. I learned that even when things get tough and you don't know what's going on I need to keep on pressing forward.
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