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<p>Brent Reuer stands with students from the Minerva Cooperative School in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, during his trip to deliver school supplies to schoolchildren in February. Reuer was kidnapped as an infant during the Guatemalan Civil War, spent much of his childhood in an orphanage and was adopted by a couple in Sandpoint. This was his first time returning to his native country since his adoption. </p>

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Removing his thorn
April 5, 2015 9 p.m.

Removing his thorn

Coeur d'Alene man delivers hope and finds healing in Guatemala

Before he became an American, Brent Reuer lived the hard life.


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