Ram Awadallah has walked these streets with his daughter, Donya, many times. They're Jehovah's Witnesses and they approach homes to give humanity a warning.
Every Sunday morning the Awadallahs spend two hours at Kingdom Hall, their place of worship.
But this is not a mass so much as it is a study session. Each week a different passage from the Bible is chosen and studied.
The lives of Jehovah's Witnesses revolve around these pages of divine wisdom... interpreted almost word for word.
Witnesses don't celebrate Christmas, Easter or birthdays because they're not specified in the Bible.
There are lessons though that govern everything from homes to homosexuality. And for 17-year-old Donya, living out those lessons can be fraught.
"The bible teaches that we should love and that's what we do, we love everyone," says Donya. "We have respect for every kind of person."
The greatest lessons come in the form of biblical prophecies and there's one in particular that stands out. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that since 1914 humanity has lived in what's known as The Last Days...the final chapter before the end of the world as we know it.
"That's where the evil doers will be put away with, just once and for all and the good people will survive and that's when they will inherit the Earth and restore it back to paradise," says Donya. "That's why we go out door to door to tell people of this."
"That's why we go out to save people."
"Our purpose is to really show people what is ahead, to warn them and to show them that they can avoid badness if they come to know more about God."
Reaching out to people is the duty of a Witness - but not everyone is receptive.
"The thought is there sometimes that we're going uninvited to peoples' doors and invading them so to speak but... we just love people in general, so we're going to go to every single door to talk to them about God," says Mr Awadallah.
Donya has learnt to deal with doors being slammed in her face. She and her 14-year-old sister have been preaching since they were children. And - for the faithful - it's mandatory.
"I don't feel I'm brainwashed at all," says Donya. "I've studied the bible for myself. I haven't just listened to other people telling me how I should live."
"We go out in the sunshine, we make fun out of it, pick flowers along the way and we talk. It's not like we're robots."
When she finishes Year 12 Donya will become a 'regular pioneer' and spend 70 hours a month preaching...not about suffering, but salvation.
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