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Japanese exchange student visits family that helped her find faith 

Japanese exchange student visits family that helped her find faith 

Ayumi Yoshikata (bottom) arrived in the Pontiac as an exchange student 25 years ago, and thanks to a twist of fate found a new family in Lucille Beardsley (top) and husband Barry Beardsley (not pictured), and began an unlikely journey in Christianity.
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K.C. Jordan
kc@theequity.ca

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