I Love My Country

For Brian's FA100 class we went to see the movie Arab Promises. It's a documentary that follows a few Israeli and Palestinian children and their views on life. It was really interesting and sad to see their views towards each other. They each had lost family members who were killed by the other side. Some of the children were very hateful towards the other side and talked about how when they see someone of the other religion they want to throw rocks at them and kill them. By the end of the show, the guy that was talking to them asked if they wanted to meet each other. They had two of the Jewish boys brought over to meet the group of Arab children. It was really neat to see that they got along and became friends. At the end of the movie they showed clips of them years later when they were eighteen and nineteen. The Jewish boys were in the army because it is compulsory that they join for at least three years. Some of the Arab children were sad to hear that. They were saying that this is just how life is and they can't change it. One of the Arab girl's brother was in an Israeli prison, and she was so sad that it could have been the Jewish boy that put him there, and that because of the way of life they can't be friends. One of the Arab boys had immigrated to America and he is saving money for college. The other ones that were still there were saying how there future is limited because of who they are and where they live. They don't have the opportunities that they would like.

I'm just so grateful that I was born an American! We don't have to deal with life or death everyday and we are free to believe what we want. It made me very grateful for this country and my family and my childhood. I was able to be a kid and not have to worry about buses being blown up or my family members being in prison. We are very blessed to have the gospel and live in a free country.