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Easing a political refugee’s hard road
Student Opportunity Scholarship provides resilient Rwandan American a chance to explore her vocation
by Toni Montgomery
Josiane Micomyiza. Photo by Armelle Dushime.
Abilene, Texas – Sometimes where God leads us is a very long way from where we started, and often when that is the case, we need a little help along the way. Josiane Micomyiza is now a freshman at Abilene Christian University, but she came to the United States when she was twelve, along with her parents and four siblings, as a political refugee from Rwanda.
Josie and her family do not like to talk much about their lives in Africa.
“I asked Joseph [Josie’s father] about it once, and all he said was, ‘Hotel Rwanda,’” says Cliff Stewart, senior pastor at First Central Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas, where Josie’s family settled after coming to America.
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