“When I got hurt playing soccer yesterday, I didn’t worry because I knew that if I needed to I could go to the doctor without having to bribe the police. I wanted people in Portland to know how bad the police are in Kenya. And I wanted them to know that the police here are helping the people. …” Thus reads one of more than a dozen coming-to-America stories in the “Story House” project on exhibit at the Lewiston Public Library through October. Fifteen Portland-area students originally from Somalia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Sudan worked with professional writers to preserve in text their tales of struggle and hope of getting to the United States, and the challenges they faced upon their arrival. The teens then collaborated with Maine College of Art students to design and build sculptural “story houses” for their personal stories. Viewing the exhibit, from left, are Bengi Saban, Kiim Elmoge and Rahima Deqow.