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oren You're in a dark corner at the rear a church sanctuary. Huge laminated wood beams curve upwards to a point at the top of the room. You place the architectural style to the late 1950s to early 60s. The tall, narrow windows reveal that it's nighttime. The only light is coming from the choir loft area, where there are about twenty people holding music folders.

A man with a bald spot is directing the singers, but, of_course, you cannot hear anything yet.

You notice something moving across the floor to your left so you slowly bend down into a crouch to get a better look. Your moving turns the sound on, as usual, and suddenly there are echoing voices of laughter filling the vaulted room.

You get down on your hands and knees to look under the pews and see a small boy crawling on his stomach toward the front of the sanctuary. He's going slowly to keep from getting caught.

The singers begin singing the old hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy."

Just then a shaft of light shoots down the middle aisle from the back of the church and a teenage girl steps into the room whispering, "Jonny!" She looks around for him, then tiptoes toward the front, looking between the pews as she goes.

You peek over the back pew and see her stop at the front. She darts between two pews, but doesn't catch the boy in time.

You look underneath again and see him crawling back quickly.

The young girl gives up and comes back with a big grin on her face. She waits for the boy, then grabs him around the waist and hauls him back through a double door, trying to shush him while he giggles.

You follow them into an entrance hallway where the they disappear into a nursery room.

Across the hallway an orange burst of light tells you it's time to move on.

You take a quick peek into the nursery and see the boy wriggling out of the girl's arms so he can get back to the toys. He's headed for a stack of over-sized, red cardboard building blocks.

You let the door gently close, turn around and step through the portal.
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oren Portal destination: or_0003 (Johnsontown Road area, South Jefferson County, Ky. 1966) 060507
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