and now do you feel welcome? do you feel the community is happier here? gertrude: wonderful. constant: the first challenge was the language. gertrude: it wasn t easy. even now, it s not easy. anthony: but you already speak how many languages? gertrude: in congo, principal, we have three languages. anthony: of course. gertrude: we have french, lingala, and munukutuba. anthony: so don t feel too bad. most americans struggle with one. it s okay. i m a refugee from drc. anthony: what did you do in kinshasa? i did electrician and construction too. anthony: and here? i was machine operator. after that, i decide to be farmer. it was my dream that god help me to be farmer here. my dream was to get my own garden.
malabar spinach over fufu. then texas beef brochettes marinated in chilies and cilantro and maggi bouillon with a ratatouille made from produce grown right here. what did you all think when, when you heard that you were going to be resettled in texas? constant: in, in in my country when people are talking about texas, they know that is where many farmer is. anthony: really? and now do you feel welcome? do you feel the community is happier here? gertrude: wonderful. constant: the first challenge was, eh, the language. gertrude: it wasn t easy. even now, it s not easy. anthony: but you already speak how many languages? gertrude: in congo, principal, we have three languages. anthony: of course. gertrude: we have french, lingala, and munukutuba. anthony: so don t feel too bad. most americans struggle with one. it s okay.
anthony: but you already speak how many languages? gertrude: in congo, principal, we have three languages. anthony: of course. gertrude: we have french, lingala, and munukutuba. anthony: so don t feel too bad. most americans struggle with one. it s okay. i m a refugee from drc. anthony: what did you do in kinshasa? i did electrician and construction too. anthony: and here? i was machine operator. after that, i decide to be farmer. it was my dream. my dream it was to get my own garden, and what i harvest, i need to cook. anthony: where are you cooking now? i work at the four seasons hotel. anthony: oh that s not a bad gig. yeah, yeah. anthony: how african will houston be in twenty years? a lot, right? gertrude: i want, all my
marinated in chilies and cilantro and maggi bouillon with a ratatouille made from produce grown right here. what did you all think when, when you heard that you were going to be resettled in texas? constant: in, in in my country when people are talking about texas, they know that is where many farmer is. anthony: really? and now do you feel welcome? do you feel the community is happier here? gertrude: wonderful. constant: the first challenge was, eh, the language. gertrude: it wasn t easy. even now, it s not easy. anthony: but you already speak how many languages? gertrude: in congo, principal, we have three languages. anthony: of course. gertrude: we have french, lingala, and munukutuba. anthony: so don t feel too bad. most americans struggle with
congolese, but with a definite cajun touch. or is it the other way around? a slow cooked stew of sausage, shrimp, dried mackerel, and malabar spinach over fufu. then texas beef brochettes marinated in chilies and cilantro and maggi bouillon with a ratatouille made from produce grown right here. what did you all think when, when you heard that you were going to be resettled in texas? constant: in, in in my country when people are talking about texas, they know that is where many farmer is. anthony: really? and now do you feel welcome? do you feel the community is happier here? gertrude: wonderful. constant: the first challenge was, eh, the language. gertrude: it wasn t easy. even now, it s not easy. anthony: but you already speak how many languages? gertrude: in congo, principal, we have three languages. anthony: of course. gertrude: we have french, lingala, and munukutuba. anthony: so don t feel too bad. most americans struggle with one. it s okay.