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As a young boy growing up in San
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years later there was even more upheaval when Joel's grandfather died and his grandmother went to live in a retirement home. At the age of 14, Joel was placed in the
Baptist Children's Home in Moore, Oklahoma. Engle was adopted by Dale and Nadine Engle of Garber, Oklahoma, at age 16.
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334:"Engle Transformed on Bison Hill"
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