Ernesto Galarza's Mission

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Characters who undertook a mission What takes people to undertake a mission? Three characters in this story did take a mission like Ernesto Galarza. He came from mexico to the united states in lincoln school he was a small kid that left his friends he did not know English until later he started learning little by little. Second, Farah Ahmedi took a mission to cross over the Pakistan border. Third, Monica and her mom have more responsibilities of Marcos.

Ernesto Galarza is a small kid who comes from Mexico His mission was to get an education in the US in Lincoln school Also, when he first got here he did not know how to talk English at all

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