Nhia Thong 'Charles' Lor

That's very difficult for me when I first came to America. I came to Denver at December. There was snow - very, very heavy. They buy a coat for each one. Say, 'Put your coat on or you be cold.' I don't speak any English, only sign by hand, when I first came to Denver. It's very cold. We had no car and, you know, we go shopping. We walked to grocery store, and after we buy food we carry each bag. It's very cold and sometimes you sit down by the heat and you think about your country and your homeland. And you homesick, you know.

And you think, I think how can I live like this for my life in this country. No car. No job. And no English. And it is difficult. And we cry a lot.