LAGOS, Nigeria — Outside Zion Osandu Ndukwe’s one-room apartment, a naked toddler ran up and down a filthy hallway lit by a single candle. The power in the overcrowded slum was off yet again. The stench of urine from the communal bathroom overpowered the fragrance of spices in the bubbling soup a neighbor was stirring.
Mormonism spreading around the world
Friday, November 30, 2007 | 1:20 p.m. CST;
updated 6:10 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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