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Chapter 1
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So we went to the Philippines

Chapter 2
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I got numbers for the recruitment offices

Chapter 3
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and went with a group of men.

Chapter 4
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We had the name of a Palestinian there,
his uncle here gave us his contact.

Chapter 5
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We checked into the hotel
and began calling the list of numbers

Chapter 6
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to meet the recruiters.

Chapter 7
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By this point I had a little English,

Chapter 8
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Though if someone hears me now they will laugh.
The way a Sri Lankan speaks Arabic,

Chapter 9
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my English is even worse.

Chapter 10
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So I would call the recruiters to meet,

Chapter 11
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they would tell us costs and wages.

Chapter 12
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Then this woman shows up,

Chapter 13
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a lady, very well put together.

Chapter 14
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Joyful, talkative.

Chapter 15
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She invited me to her office the next day.

Chapter 16
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It was huge.

Chapter 17
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She had two whole buildings.

Chapter 18
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One was a training center.

Chapter 19
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She brought girls from the islands,

Chapter 20
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had them sleep there,

Chapter 21
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poor girls, like chickens in cages,

Chapter 22
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hundreds of them.

Chapter 23
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When I visited they would all stand up,

Chapter 24
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Yelling out, “good morning sir!”

Chapter 25
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A hundred voices shouting.

Chapter 26
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And you’d feel embarrassed…

Chapter 27
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She’d also train them there, teach them what to do. 

Chapter 28
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Before they traveled --

Chapter 29
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she had a very strong personality --

Chapter 30
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they’d pass by her office on the way to the airport,

Chapter 31
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and she’d give them a righteous lecture:

Chapter 32
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“You need to make the Philippines proud,

Chapter 33
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You need to be on your best behavior.”

Chapter 34
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Etcetera.

Chapter 35
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So we began working with this woman.

Chapter 36
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Her name was Mary Mi.

Chapter 37
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She sent us requests by the hundreds.