Friends:
From Thailand I arrived this country on August 1, 1988 with a student visa, then since serving as a pastor in the Presbytery of Scioto Valley in Ohio having a green card.
Last year I decided to apply for the citizenship and passed the exam and interview.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 marked the day I took an oath to be a US citizen. I was notified to report promptly at the federal courthouse on Walnut St. in Harrisburg today at 10:30 AM. Altogether there were 37 new US citizens from 20 countries. The ceremony took place about 12 Noon in a federal court room floor 9.
Impressive ceremony was led and welcoming remarks was made by Honorable John E. Jones, III, the United States District Judge.
We said the affirmation of new citizen and pledge of allegiance to the flag. We received the US citizenship certificates, the US Constitution Booklets, and the USA flags.
Attached - Posting with the Judge, he commented that he liked my red, white and blue scarf. I was proudly in my clergy outfit, better yet to be a Presbyterian Minister. Friends and colleagues were there to support me and to witness the ceremony.
Now I can run for any government officer and most of all I CAN VOTE. Sorry to some of you, I am a democrat.
Thanks to God.
Kris
From Thailand I arrived this country on August 1, 1988 with a student visa, then since serving as a pastor in the Presbytery of Scioto Valley in Ohio having a green card.
Last year I decided to apply for the citizenship and passed the exam and interview.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 marked the day I took an oath to be a US citizen. I was notified to report promptly at the federal courthouse on Walnut St. in Harrisburg today at 10:30 AM. Altogether there were 37 new US citizens from 20 countries. The ceremony took place about 12 Noon in a federal court room floor 9.
Impressive ceremony was led and welcoming remarks was made by Honorable John E. Jones, III, the United States District Judge.
We said the affirmation of new citizen and pledge of allegiance to the flag. We received the US citizenship certificates, the US Constitution Booklets, and the USA flags.
Attached - Posting with the Judge, he commented that he liked my red, white and blue scarf. I was proudly in my clergy outfit, better yet to be a Presbyterian Minister. Friends and colleagues were there to support me and to witness the ceremony.
Now I can run for any government officer and most of all I CAN VOTE. Sorry to some of you, I am a democrat.
Thanks to God.
Kris
