I've been missing for a while so I thought I would begin re-posting with a first post about our Abraham (aka, Koor Gai).  This last summer, Abraham (the chess genius from Sudan), became a US citizen.  We're very proud of his accomplishments and his leadership to the rest of the Lost Boys in San Diego. 

Koor had come over for the weekend between college semesters and said he was eligible to become a citizen.  We went online and found the appropriate government agency online.  He already knew much, but the simplicity and completeness of the govt web site (found with an easy query on Google) was surprising.  We covered what steps were needed and reviewed the sample test (which was fun, e.g., what are the colors on the flag, what do the stripes represent, etc.). From that simple conversation, Abraham completed everything on his own - even budgeting the funds  (taken out of his much needed living expenses).  Within a few months Abraham called and said he would be having his citizenship ceremony on the coming weekend.  I was in Santa Clara and missed the event, but Debra and Michael were very proud to be there  - I also had Debra deliver to him a copy of "Democracy in America", by Alexis de TocQueville - an extensive tome but knowing Koor, he'll read it.

 Abraham has also completed Calculus 3, Differential Equations, Java Programming, and a host of other courses and may transfer to Univ of Cal, San Diego, this spring semester.  We (US Citizens) should be proud that we have brought the Lost Boys to the US, provided help so they can attend college (i.e., taught them to fish),  that they desire and that we have made it simple to become a citizen and proud of Koor and the Lost Boys because they do love education, are diligent in their progress, and gracious in their successes.  They are ... model citizens.