ladies and gentlemen
no one is here on this earth by accident
each person has a gift that this world
is ready to enjoy everyone in Marlo’s
regardless the color of their skin or
the place where they were born you were
the original I am the original as a
matter of fact there is no true finger
prints alike in the world that’s very
amazing this rose I’m holding in my hand
right now symbolizes the beauty each
individual here on earth however today
we see around the world this potential
being destroyed one by one and it is
destroyed by the threats of humanity
those threats of humanity they come in
different forms sometimes they come as
civil war rape race discrimination and
so I’m so on and those people they end
up going into the refugee camp where the
identity and the potential is thrown
away in the garbage when people are in
this place they don’t want to be called
refugees they hate this label because
they want to be called well they were
before they want to be called doctors
businessmen teachers athletes and so and
so on history shows us that in fluid
many influential and inspiring people
were refugees we find those people in
science politics business and so and so
on I am one of those people I was
referred in new USA in 2012
August 29 I will never forget that day
it was a memorable day for me and then I
was paired with another refugee from
Eritrea to be my roommate I was
connected to a volunteer Jason power a
very successful attorney here in Spokane
who became my mentor
and in my running partner when I came
here in the United States I didn’t know
about Walmart or Safeway so I didn’t
know where to go shopping
I received a fulsome card and I used to
go shopping at 7-eleven I was shocked
because at 7/11 they’d all have meat
they don’t have fruits and there was
like people who live in this
neighborhood they don’t admit that but I
didn’t care because I was coming from so
much problems I didn’t care much you
know about those things and one day my
volunteer came to visit me it was one
Sunday and they checked in the fridge I
didn’t have food they asked me you don’t
eat and I said my money is already over
they were shocked and then they wrought
and not and they post that on my fridge
saying never go to 7-eleven again since
then I have never gone to 7-eleven trust
after that I got a job at Walmart
working an overnight shift it was very
hard for my body because back home I
have never worked a night but I worked
so hard to give back to this country
that has given me much I also joined
Genesis church a local church in spoke
and I gave me a sense of community but I
have to confess and tell you that up to
now I struggle with the cultural
difference between this country and
Burundi where I was born in my country
can just show up to your friend’s house
with us scheduling something ahead of
time but here does in you know happen if
you do that you know somebody’s gonna
call 9-1-1 after working at Walmart for
a year I joined what relief an agency
that I helped with my restaurant here in
the West working as a caseworker helping
other refugees were coming to get jobs
here in Spokane it was a blessing to
help those refugees because they worked
so hard
we built their lives here we immigrants
we are very resourceful because we are
always in a survival mode and people do
their best when they are in a survival
mode some refugees they have started
their business in their businesses here
in Spokane the example of this is see
the coffee shop owned by a former
refugee from Ukraine and when he showed
up here in Spokane I was his caseworker
I now speak publicly as a speaker and I
use my story to inspire other people who
are going through tough times
I believe stories can change the world
and I have a vision to have a TV show
where I can provide a platform to other
people to come and share their stories
because even Jesus was preaching using
stories amazing stories of refugees they
inspire and connect humanity for those
who are know me I have a gift of running
fast and when I was in the refugee camp
even if my presence there was void with
purpose I shared the streets and the
trails of Ethiopia with some big names
of electoral Olympians like Kenenisa
Bekele and haya Gabriella she running
became a therapy for me during those
tough times as you all know we have a
big race here in Spokane called brooms
day for me blooms day is akin to the
Olympics because it gathers thousands of
people in our city and at the same time
we have elite runners from Ethiopia and
for there are six years I have run for
blooms days and in 2016
I placed 36 and I run the whole thing
40 minutes four seconds I love the our
sport can be used as a channel of unity
and reconciliation because during blooms
day you see people cheering on everybody
regardless you know their race or their
for the last two years I ran for we were
the University and what I have learned
as an athlete is pace is horrible rhythm
is about finding the routine that
enhances the chance for your success
most of the time we think about our
routines are things that are in our
control like training 60 you know days
in a week
you know for your race or studying for
your exam or getting ready for an event
but I think we need also to think about
our subconscious routines truck is a
place where I’m driven and consumed by a
competitive desire and at the same time
is the place that teaches me to love my
neighbor as myself also truck has taught
me that the most important thing in life
is to make other people great and now my
eligibility for link for college has
come to its end now I’m trying to make
other people be great runners I now
coach cross-country at Northwest
Christian a private school here in
Spokane where I teach French for the
past two years
by the way French is one of my five
languages that I speak
I’m very genius ladies image and the end
gentleman my life has been in this
trashcan for so many years I carried
this label for many years until USA
recycled my life and put all the broken
pieces together and gave me life again I
became a US citizen
it is a blessing to have a country that
I call home right now and all this
happened because of you I now challenge
you to treat everybody who is coming to
seek for asylum in our country USA with
dignity compassion and love
because if someone who is broken and
with hope like I was is helped that
person will become again a teacher a
coach an athlete a speaker like I am
today may God bless you and may God bless america
no one is here on this earth by accident
each person has a gift that this world
is ready to enjoy everyone in Marlo’s
regardless the color of their skin or
the place where they were born you were
the original I am the original as a
matter of fact there is no true finger
prints alike in the world that’s very
amazing this rose I’m holding in my hand
right now symbolizes the beauty each
individual here on earth however today
we see around the world this potential
being destroyed one by one and it is
destroyed by the threats of humanity
those threats of humanity they come in
different forms sometimes they come as
civil war rape race discrimination and
so I’m so on and those people they end
up going into the refugee camp where the
identity and the potential is thrown
away in the garbage when people are in
this place they don’t want to be called
refugees they hate this label because
they want to be called well they were
before they want to be called doctors
businessmen teachers athletes and so and
so on history shows us that in fluid
many influential and inspiring people
were refugees we find those people in
science politics business and so and so
on I am one of those people I was
referred in new USA in 2012
August 29 I will never forget that day
it was a memorable day for me and then I
was paired with another refugee from
Eritrea to be my roommate I was
connected to a volunteer Jason power a
very successful attorney here in Spokane
who became my mentor
and in my running partner when I came
here in the United States I didn’t know
about Walmart or Safeway so I didn’t
know where to go shopping
I received a fulsome card and I used to
go shopping at 7-eleven I was shocked
because at 7/11 they’d all have meat
they don’t have fruits and there was
like people who live in this
neighborhood they don’t admit that but I
didn’t care because I was coming from so
much problems I didn’t care much you
know about those things and one day my
volunteer came to visit me it was one
Sunday and they checked in the fridge I
didn’t have food they asked me you don’t
eat and I said my money is already over
they were shocked and then they wrought
and not and they post that on my fridge
saying never go to 7-eleven again since
then I have never gone to 7-eleven trust
after that I got a job at Walmart
working an overnight shift it was very
hard for my body because back home I
have never worked a night but I worked
so hard to give back to this country
that has given me much I also joined
Genesis church a local church in spoke
and I gave me a sense of community but I
have to confess and tell you that up to
now I struggle with the cultural
difference between this country and
Burundi where I was born in my country
can just show up to your friend’s house
with us scheduling something ahead of
time but here does in you know happen if
you do that you know somebody’s gonna
call 9-1-1 after working at Walmart for
a year I joined what relief an agency
that I helped with my restaurant here in
the West working as a caseworker helping
other refugees were coming to get jobs
here in Spokane it was a blessing to
help those refugees because they worked
so hard
we built their lives here we immigrants
we are very resourceful because we are
always in a survival mode and people do
their best when they are in a survival
mode some refugees they have started
their business in their businesses here
in Spokane the example of this is see
the coffee shop owned by a former
refugee from Ukraine and when he showed
up here in Spokane I was his caseworker
I now speak publicly as a speaker and I
use my story to inspire other people who
are going through tough times
I believe stories can change the world
and I have a vision to have a TV show
where I can provide a platform to other
people to come and share their stories
because even Jesus was preaching using
stories amazing stories of refugees they
inspire and connect humanity for those
who are know me I have a gift of running
fast and when I was in the refugee camp
even if my presence there was void with
purpose I shared the streets and the
trails of Ethiopia with some big names
of electoral Olympians like Kenenisa
Bekele and haya Gabriella she running
became a therapy for me during those
tough times as you all know we have a
big race here in Spokane called brooms
day for me blooms day is akin to the
Olympics because it gathers thousands of
people in our city and at the same time
we have elite runners from Ethiopia and
for there are six years I have run for
blooms days and in 2016
I placed 36 and I run the whole thing
40 minutes four seconds I love the our
sport can be used as a channel of unity
and reconciliation because during blooms
day you see people cheering on everybody
regardless you know their race or their
for the last two years I ran for we were
the University and what I have learned
as an athlete is pace is horrible rhythm
is about finding the routine that
enhances the chance for your success
most of the time we think about our
routines are things that are in our
control like training 60 you know days
in a week
you know for your race or studying for
your exam or getting ready for an event
but I think we need also to think about
our subconscious routines truck is a
place where I’m driven and consumed by a
competitive desire and at the same time
is the place that teaches me to love my
neighbor as myself also truck has taught
me that the most important thing in life
is to make other people great and now my
eligibility for link for college has
come to its end now I’m trying to make
other people be great runners I now
coach cross-country at Northwest
Christian a private school here in
Spokane where I teach French for the
past two years
by the way French is one of my five
languages that I speak
I’m very genius ladies image and the end
gentleman my life has been in this
trashcan for so many years I carried
this label for many years until USA
recycled my life and put all the broken
pieces together and gave me life again I
became a US citizen
it is a blessing to have a country that
I call home right now and all this
happened because of you I now challenge
you to treat everybody who is coming to
seek for asylum in our country USA with
dignity compassion and love
because if someone who is broken and
with hope like I was is helped that
person will become again a teacher a
coach an athlete a speaker like I am
today may God bless you and may God bless america
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