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SoCal to So Cold: Pastor Takes a Leap of Faith - From California to Iowa
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If you would have told Chris Kretzu a year ago that he would be living in Iowa, he would have laughed. Hard.

The sun-soaked Californian had never been to the Midwest. His wife, Es, was born and raised in SoCal. Close to friends and family, the newlyweds were happy on the West Coast. But after two and a half years as a college and worship pastor at a church in Corona, Chris felt God was pulling...
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