Sudanese

Our heater broke and last night I slept with two sweaters on, my scarf and a hat and I still woke up freezing all through the night. Luckily, though, it was a lot warmer today so I could take some of the sudanese kids to the park. One of the little  boys' dad came to the park because he was off work today, and I had an amazing conversation with him and learned A LOT. Apparently last night 200 Sudanese got deported from Israel and sent back to Sudan. They were labeled as "Silem Seekers" which is a legal status lower then refugees because they aren't able to prove that they were directly affected by the war. Silem Seekers have less rights in their countries of refuge. Anyways, so the dad spoke very rough, broken English but I was able to have an awesome conversation with him anyways. A couple of the friends he came to Israel with 9 months ago were deported last night and he was very upset by it. He told me that Israel treats his people so badly and that they come here as friends of the Jews to work and have a good life, and in return they are hated and not given any rights. He said he went to the doctor last month with something serious and the doctor shoved him away and told him to just drink water. He also spoke to me about Sudan in a very positive light and recommended that I go there! I was like "are you serious it's so dangerous and people are getting killed everywhere" and he said "thats not true, that's just what you hear on the news. there is a lot of peace and people are very kind." I asked him why he came to Israel then and he said it was because he was Christian and Israel is a very famous, historical land and wanted to come see it for himself. He said MANY Sudanese are the same way and come here for religious reasons, not for safety reasons. He also made it seam that Israel was more dangerous then Sudan, and that I should go on vacation there... Ha. Wow. I know. As If you guys would ever let me go, Rwanda is even pushing it!