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Adventure Friendship

My name is Nancy; I want to tell you guys about my beautiful experience here in Canada ,we came to Canada after the twins tower happen in USA . That fact bring us here ; my husband Gustavito and my two children Laura and Theo . we came to a little town in Ontario Called Welland and there our adventures begin. the first thing to do was learn English; because we came from Colombia and our first language was Spanish .We came here by the first days of December and by the end of the same months we need stay in a provisional shelter . After that we need begin to study English , for my two children is really a easy task but not for me . When i came Canadá I was almost 40 year and after that I have a memory problem for this reason today a day a said thanks God for your blessings , because after years of study today i can speak English very good . I go by my self to the Doctor office and do shopping drive and do a normal life. After many year and many things happen in our life today we are a really proud Canadian citizen . I want to tell you guys thinks to happen to us during this year . I remembered when I take the bus to go to take my English class , I am a really talking person and every morning I say hi to the driver and ask him or her how is their day who are their children , how the life was . And maybe for this reason when I was a little late they wait for me . But laura my daughter one day she sow by the window me doing that and in the afternoon when i got home she was really disappointed because she said to me ; the Canadian people don’t do that , I begin to laughing and answer to her don’t worry laura everything is ok Iwant to be a good Canadian but I don’t want to loose my Colombia behaviour because I am really proud too to be a Colombian woman .The time really fly there and we got our residence status and we move to Calgary searching for better job and more opportunities . I flow first to Calgary to search for a home . And after a months I come back to Welland to bring all my family . A that time we have a van and a little BMW we take al our things and rented a U-haul and begin our adventure to came in Alberta . The first day I was whit Laura in my BMW and Gustavo was with Theo in the van . is a really good trip because is our first long trip since we came in Canada. the first day we need to stop to rest . we rented a hotel in Regina and we enjoy the night talking about our experience the first day . We took a shower and we go outside to take dinner is really a wonderful trip Because we sow the things we never imagine like the bridge for the animals , in our country they don‘t have that . And after we enjoy the beautiful land scape is really wonderful because was in the beginning of spring and we sow the amazing change in the color of the trees and the beautiful blowing of the flowers. The time go really fast and after a week we went to Calgary our final

destination . We got the home I was rented in my first trip to calgary and Laura and Theo are really excited about our new life there . The first thing is find a school for both of them. a that time Laura was in high school already and Theo go to elementary school we choose for him a school with Spanish and English because we don‘t want he loose his Spanish.My husband begin to work like a driver and I begin to work in shipping and receiving area at Hemisphere this place produced  antennas communication . our first Christmas coming and Laura and Theo write their letter for Santa . I can never gorget this year because the 24 of December Gustavo and me we was doing the last mi ute shopping for our home , suddenly Gustavo received a call fromTheo and him was really excited because he said Santa was in our  home and him delivered many gifts for all of us included the little hamster we had a that time . And theo begin to said to her sister I said to you Laura Santa is real and you don’t believe but I know is real ;after finish the shopping we got home and is very really good surprise for us too because we don’t know who sent the present . Today’s a day we know is a organization in all Canada who do that for people in need. But for us specially for Theo our son is the best Christmas ever we have . Was gifts gor every body beautiful dresses for laura and Theo included shoes and things for the kitchen and after that a beautiful house for our hamste.Still today I Ask my self who are the really kind person who send that yo us ? And everday I pray and said thanks God for let us stay in a beautiful country like Canada with the most friendly and kindness in the world. i have a lot of histories like that to tell you guys because everyday here in Canada is reslly and adventure. After two year in Calgary when we hot our citizens ship we decided to move in a little city called Red Deer this is a city between Edmonton and Calgary.I was really happy in calgary but we mivw to Red Deer because my husband finded Job here like a supervisorin a cleaning company;but everything not is pink color and 3 year a go i was in a gym doing rejuvenation and by mistake the front desk gir; her sended me in a tanning machime instead to a rejuvenating nachine and after 20 minites there ; when I was ourside I burned my self really badly. I sue the gym but after 3 years I don’t have any result, but i hope everything is coming to be ok because the pain in all my body and the suffering in this 3 years . I think no body deserve to suffer for the mistakes to another person  . I hope My lawyer at the end get the money I deserve . This is more or less my history here in Canada the best country in the world and I said that because I travel a lot when I was young . I know most of countries of Europe like Italy, France, Spain, Greece, England and Thailand too and logically south America becauaeI coming from there 
January 11, 2021 23:05

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