I saw Jean,[3] I was with him in Bruay for three more days.[4] We enjoyed this time very much. There was so much to think about once again and to reminisce about.[5] I admire enormously the work Jean is doing. There is actually something of a sectarian fanaticism in this northern French Protestantism. It was the first time I have really seen a totally working-class congregation. The surrounding area with war-memorial tourist sites and cemeteries[6] and the terrible poverty of these mining towns make
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