Make Up

Some fun stuff at work these days. I got a couple new clients. One is from Belarus. He's a young guy who wants to be a welder, and he's learning English fast. I met with a woman today from Ethiopia. She was a TV reporter there! So she's pretty much famous in Ethiopia and now I get to be her job counselor! She's adorable. She's a year older then me. I asked her a lot of questions about the life over there because her English is excellent and she can communicate the situation better. She's been separated from her husband, and they'd only just recently been married. She said over and over, "the life of a refugee is very hard."
It's so hard to imagine the lives they've lived, and now they are in mine.
I'm so happy I got another job placement. This one for Marina! The Russian girl my age. I had called all the tailor/alteration/sewing shops in Minneapolis and one lady was excited to work with her. Marina has a degree in sewing from Russia. So I'm so stoked about that.
Even though things are going well, I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with my case load, getting new clients every day. And getting discouraged with the ones I've been working with for months who haven't been able to land a job. I sense their frustration every time we meet. Especially for Hussein, he's such a trooper, and has had so many interviews... he just isn't getting hired. There are so few in this city who are sympathetic towards new Americans. I vow that if ever I become a business owner that I will create jobs for people such as these, even if temporary. They have it hard enough.
I'm looking foward to turkey day. I missed the holidays last year as I was in China, so now's the time to make up that family time.