135 L. Portland (El Salvador, Age 15): English

L. Portland

 Age 15, (El Salvador)

It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon, in my country called El Salvador, I was ready to leave my house, and had everything ready, and had all my stuff in my suitcase list, like my mom was ready because I obviously needed minor then travel with an adult, then that person was my mom, she had traveled from U.S.A. to my country, to bring that had given him great news was that I had and papers to be resident here in USA when she received the news she also saving money and my dad helped her with money flying to El Salvador, then to was how she came to bring me till my country.

Good as I was saying, I was ready, everything was ready and it was time to start grabbing the car to leave and go to the airport, I left I went my mother, my grandmother who is the person whom I love very much, good the truth came out all my family, grabbed the car and went to the airport, I was super-nervous in the car because I did not know it would happen in time to say goodbye and that was my first time traveling by plane, good till we got to the airport, we got off the car and grabbed my suitcase and help my mom with her and went to the place where we had to leave our bags. Well we did all that and went with my mom to where my family, arrived and the place was like very quiet, I imagine the sadness that would feel good and when it arrived, we started to fire and were crying everywhere, cried my two brothers, my grandmother, my mother, my two cousins, my aunt, my uncle and I was super sad moment, I just tell me sad, and good we said goodbye and I said goodbye to my grandmother and then for me it was very sad to say goodbye and good finished and my mom grabbed my hand and said, It's time we go, when I said that I felt super bad and good we went when I was walking I turned and saw my family crying and said, "see you soon" and kept walking

I was with my mom sitting waiting to call passengers for the microphone, then my mom told me, 
"L. Portland, you have to take the pill not to get dizzy," he answered me and said, "if if because it's my first time traveling by plane and do not want to pass anything ", and well I take it and it was almost time, I was sooo quiet, waiting for the moment and my mom said, look if you want to go over there and watch the planes, and I said, "okay," I went and I started see everything and it began to call and went to my mom and told me, "and" as we go and I told him if we're leaving, grabbed our stuff and waited for them to call our seats, and good our number was reached seat, we, we gave our tickets and were told, "Have a good trip," and we said, thank you, when we were in the hall way I told my mom, "Mama I'm nervous," and she told me, do not worry everything will be fine, good arrived asta up the door and walked and good and thank God and got ready,put things in one place and as we left, we left my beautiful country and because we were in the direct air to USA

Finally after 4:00 hoas and 30 minutes, the plane landed at the airport in New York BROOKLYN, wait until the plane is will park for all passengers turned it down to us, well we grabbed our stuff and started walking asia door avion, and at the output I ask my mom, "to where Mom," she answered me and said you follow me, well I followed, walk, maybe for 15 to 10 minutes. till we got where we had to go through to get out, good already in place waited, waited, waited, waited as 2:00 am maybe 30 minutes, my long ached my feet, because all the time I spent standing, and well we finally I touch our turn to pass, when we had a gentleman we asked the papers and we asked for my papers, and good Mr. said, "Okay all okay but first come ", took us to a room and said," Okay, sit down and wait your name", well we sat and waited perhaps as about 20 minutes, I called and said, "Okay, sign here, here and here," well I sign as firm said, "Okay, give me your finger and I gave it, she I grabbed him and I put it as a painting, and then I put it in unn paper and said, "" Okay, you're all there just have to wait about two or a week and I came to Green Car "good we went till where they were all packed up and seek our own, when we find the grabbed, went till the door, and good at last we left, and at the outlet was I waiting for us pope, we hugged and good I wonder how he had Was my trip and told him all well thank God, well we went to the car, we keep our bags and left.

It was my first night rather good I said my first day, because it was already 2:00 am the day Saturday, well I, my mom and dad we had just arrived from the airport, well my dad arrived and went to park the car and said, come right now, well it was and I and my mom got into the department, put the bags in place and settled I wore a short, sweatshirt and was ready to sleep, good but before bed, I like'm a little curious, I began to see the whole department because it was my first time in a new home, well I saw the room, I saw the bathroom, cupboards and all, I was super happy, I was amazed because he had never seen an apartment so because where I lived in El Salvador, bone in my country, the houses were very different, everything was very nice and very different, everything was very nice and very different, well after all that my mom told me, Helmer knock on the door, go to the door, maybe it's your dad, well my dad went and was, he opened the door and said, hey welcome to your new home Helmer, I said thanks pa, well then my mom called us and told us, good eating eshora so here they come, went and when we saw, Uuuuuhhh .... !!! It was a delicious meal, we sat and ate, well finished eating and my mom and said, Okay, we had a tiring journey so here we have to rest, well I went to sleep and so was my first day at my new house

After a while, maybe after 3 or 4 months I either USA, it was summer, and had left school because they were holidays, and had my friends and everything good it was summer, I was happy because no had classes and could sleep more, all you had to go to summer school and I did not want, well it was not that I did not want to go because I know if I was going to help me hiban but what happens is that I could not English, I was afraid to ask me anything and I did not know that I was saying, well the truth I was and how good was that I met a friend that if he knew English, so he helped me, well after all that one day he and I were going walking after leaving school and I talked about that was in a equipment and good to me that I get excited because I love soccer, whenever soccer game I'm happy but good follow, then when I talk about it I asked if I could play with them because I like to play soccer , well he told me, yes, but first I have to ask a friend and then I say, and I said, okay ohhh okay thanks.

Well the he asked his friend and told him that if, well after he told me everything I needed to take to be on the team and to play, well I did so I went and my friend introduced me and friend my friend I wonder what they played, I mean that position he played and I told him, after he told me, okay get ready to go play, well I'm ready and I played in that game almost make a goal, but could not but still impress the friend of my friend and when I finish the game told me, "you play so here you'll be warning when matches are for you to play with us", I was very happy because we had a good team and making it happen all summer and also studying because I had to go to summer school

Well it was my first day in High School, I was super nervous, so nervous the day before I had not slept at all, because I thought that was what would happen if I were to do bulling, if they asked me something and I did not know that answer.

Well weeks ago I thought a lot about how I would do my first day in high school, whenever I thought I wore very, very nervous till I myself was saying, "No, do not want me to study not want to go to High School "good day will come, as I would repeat the previous day had been unable to sleep at all, therefore thinking about that day, good in the morning I woke up and speak to my friend and said, listen to this hour step by you Okay, well enlist me, eat breakfast a little and wait for the time to pass to bring my friend did, made good time and left my home and went walking, go to house of my friend, toqe the door, came out and said, are you ready? and he answered me, yes, let's go already, well we went on the road I was super-nervous while and wanted to talk, well we arrived and almost we spent, but a teacher who spoke Spanish told us where was the entrance, well we went entry and when we went to inside we look we had to go through a machine, well spent and then went looking for a role where we had to go, we went and found, well till that time tod went well, well after we we went to the room and waited to enter, when we all went and I stayed at the door and a person that came to Guatemala and ask me things and replied, well walked in and sat together, after I get a girl in my country and we started talking and everything good and thank God everything went me well and till this day the person I met at the door of the room is returned my best friend.