A lot of people are wondering what in the world we are doing in Boston. Well, Jake is doing his research for his senior thesis. He has decided to study the Brazilian immigrant population in Boston and how churches here help them become established. We chose Boston because my grandparents house was sitting empty waiting for us and we chose the Brazilian population because Jake is fluent in Portuguese. We were lucky that there is a HUGE Brazilian population in Boston! Jake is working with the Celebration Church, a Brazilian Baptist church here. 
They are really nice - when I went they even offered a translation ear pierce! They are afraid that Jake is going to try to convert their members, but we have done our best to convince them that we are only here with academic purposes in mind. So far the pastor has been really willing to help Jake and we are very grateful. We will be out here until the end of August and then Jake will write his senior thesis during Fall Semester. So now you know!
They are really nice - when I went they even offered a translation ear pierce! They are afraid that Jake is going to try to convert their members, but we have done our best to convince them that we are only here with academic purposes in mind. So far the pastor has been really willing to help Jake and we are very grateful. We will be out here until the end of August and then Jake will write his senior thesis during Fall Semester. So now you know!
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Mari, you are so close to us! We share a temple.
Kelly Riedel
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