deedee!" which means sister, sister. you know?ike so excited. >> reporter: and when the three month mission trip was over? >> she hated it! she was like, i don't want to go home. >> reporter: home for amyjane was a universe away from vibrant, teeming india. here it is -- pendleton, safely tucked into a small valley on the vast rolling flanks of eastern oregon. cowboy country. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the pendleton roundup! ♪ >> home to one of the nation's biggest rodeos -- the pendleton roundup, which, each september, celebrates the town's rough and tumble past as a brawling-and-bordello filled cowtown. and then? then good, conservative citizens wave goodbye to departing cowboys and settle into a safe and predictable life and fill the pews every sunday morning without fail. people like bill caldera, who was like family to amyjane and her parents, dave and cathy brandhagen. >> they brought amyjane home when she was just three days old. and we were there when -- when she was brought home. >> reporter: bill knew and adored