My First Month and Nova Jerusalem
After this “grand” entrance at The Children of God, my first month seemed like a dream. We lived in a small apartment with a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen and a bathroom. We were 6 boys and 1 Spanish girl, and I was the oldest one, 24 years old. The boys were from various nationalities being at least one from Angola (apart from me). All the boys slept in the living room and the girl slept in the room. |
| About one year after I joined |
She would wake us up in the morning by playing usually the same tape starting with the typical song “Good morning God’s children, take a look outside, it’s a brand new morning, it’s a new life”. The girl was called Nova Jerusalem1 (There was a custom of choosing new names and that was the name she chose for herself). She was cheerful, had long curly black hair and a happy disposition. After a slight meal we would all leave to the streets of the Porto, two by two, to approach people and hand them the so called MO Letters and ask for a donation. (MO Letter: short publications that the founder of the Children of God, David Berg – also called Moses David – wrote to members and the general public).
