https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0 Made with good vibes en-us 2018-02-19 18:59:38 UTC 2018-02-25 06:57:20 UTC hello@padlet.com mpotts8 https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235053626 Rico tells Victor he's crossing to US because he has the $ to. Victor is scared for him and has to tell his parents. ]]> 2018-02-25 06:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235053626 mpotts8 https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235053905 Rico calls Victor a turtle because he is always very cautious. Victor is the opposite of this. ]]> 2018-02-25 06:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235053905 mpotts8 https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235053955 Makes Victor uneasy because rang while his father was being buried.
Rings the morning Rico boards the bus to cross over.]]> 2018-02-25 06:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235053955 mpotts8 https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054004 With the death of his father, Victor has to take care of his family so when the crops were no longer selling he risks his own life and comfort and crosses over to send his family money so they can eat. ]]> 2018-02-25 06:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054004 mpotts8 https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054096 Suffers from extreme discomfort and hunger on train rides over because packed little food. Julio provides him food and water. ]]> 2018-02-25 06:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054096 mpotts8 https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054192 Victor and Rico decide to cross over to the US to send money to their families.
His father died crossing the boarder so Victor has always been uneasy about the idea of crossing over. Victor's family is extremely poor.  He takes food from his own plate to give to his younger siblings because he believes they need it more than he does. ]]> 2018-02-25 06:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054192 mpotts8 https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054553 Rico tells Victor about his plan to cross over and Victor feels nervous for him. Victor, however, ends up crossing over as well to help his struggling family. 
While on bus over, police stop the bus to check everyone's identification, which Victor does not have. He is forced to get off the bus but runs away from police and boards a train. ]]> 2018-02-25 06:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054553 mpotts8 https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054723 He meets a boy named Julio on the bus and they decide to travel together. They attempt to find jobs unsuccessfully. They are given money at a soup kitchen and Victor uses this money to take a bus where he meets another kid named Miguel. They made it to the mountains however border patrol began chasing them and Miguel gets caught while Victor is able to escape by hoping in back of a fishermen's truck. ]]> 2018-02-25 06:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054723 mpotts8 https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054910 The fisherman calls border control who then takes Victor across the border but sets him free. Once Victor is in Arizona, he goes to the soup kitchen to meet up with Rico who tells him his story. They meet someone who says they will take them to Rico's brothers house in his van. They got to his brother's house only to find out he did not live there anymore. ]]> 2018-02-25 06:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235054910 mpotts8 https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235055112 Finally, they go to Washington state to become farmers but after a while Rico goes home but Victor stays to provide for his family. ]]> 2018-02-25 06:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mpotts8/dsls1spz3ai0/wish/235055112