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In 1928, the American Baptist Home Mission Societies and the Los Angeles City Mission Society sponsored Masahiko Wada to come from Japan to minister to farm workers in Garden Grove and Pomona, California. He and his daughter, Mutsu, were joined by the rest of the family in 1931. His wife, Kuni, taught at several Japanese language schools in the Los Angeles area. Rev. Wada and his wife were both arrested after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was sent to Tuna Canyon before being transferred several times and ending up at Crystal City, Texas. Mrs. Wada was sent to the women’s detention facility in Seagoville, Texas. Though initially slated for repatriation in a prisoner exchange, the ABHMS intervened to allow them to stay in the United States. They were reunited with the rest of the family at Grenada Relocation Center where Rev. Wada served as a pastor with Federated Christian Church. In 1945, they relocated to Seattle where he pastored Japanese Baptist Church.
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In 1928, the American Baptist Home Mission Societies and the Los Angeles City Mission Society sponsored Masahiko Wada to come from Japan to minister to farm workers in Garden Grove and Pomona, California. He and his daughter, Mutsu, were joined by the rest of the family in 1931. His wife, Kuni, taught at several Japanese language schools in the Los Angeles area. Rev. Wada and his wife were both arrested after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was sent to Tuna Canyon before being transferred several times and ending up at Crystal City, Texas. Mrs. Wada was sent to the women’s detention facility in Seagoville, Texas. Though initially slated for repatriation in a prisoner exchange, the ABHMS intervened to allow them to stay in the United States. They were reunited with the rest of the family at Grenada Relocation Center where Rev. Wada served as a pastor with Federated Christian Church. In 1945, they relocated to Seattle where he pastored Japanese Baptist Church.