"# I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord #" "# I'm a soldier in the army #" "# I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord #" "# I'm a soldier in the army #" "# I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord #" "# I'm a soldier in the army #" "# I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord #" "# I'm a soldier in the army #" "# I've got my war clothes on in the army of the Lord #" "# I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord #" "# I am a soldier in the army #" "# I am a soldier in the army of the Lord #" "# I'm a soldier in the army #" "# I believe I will die in the army of the Lord #" "# I believe I will die in the army #" "# I believe I will die in the army of the Lord #" "# I believe I will die in the army #" "# I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord #" "# I'm a soldier in the army #" "# I'm a soldier in the army in the army #" "# I'm a soldier in the army ##" "Get in here, man, we're getting our butts kicked." "Come on, Farrell, we're one man short." "I'll do it." "I said, "We're one man short. "" "You're one short man, that's what you are." "Game on." "Awesome!" "Did you guys see that?" "Hey, come on!" "One more game, guys." " Nah." " I've got three weeks left, man." "This could be my last game." "You're already home." "Your body may be here, but your spirit is long gone." "That's the truth." "Yeah, Mangum, you've been home ever since you got here." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Guys, just one more game." "Come on!" "You are not pretty, and I do not like your personality." "He does have a sweet spirit." " You think so?" " I do." "I really do." "You guys are jealous because I'll be home for Christmas." "Whatever." "Farrell!" "A little one on one." "Come on." "A game of horse." "I'll give you an "h" for free." "We're supposed to be at Mrs. Mochado's at two." "P Day isn't over until five." "Today it's over at two." "I didn't make that appointment." "I made that appointment." "You don't make the appointments." "I'm the senior." "I make the appointments." "I came here to teach, not play basketball." "Fine." "Three weeks." "Adios." "I didn't say it was the same exact thing." "Look, I didn't choose you or any of my companions." "All I said is being a missionary prepares you for marriage." "When you get married, you choose who you live with." "You get to choose somebody who's pretty, somebody you like to be with, somebody whose feet don't stink." "It's these shoes." "They don't allow ventilation." "I've got the same shoes." "My feet don't stink." "Your feet don't stink..." "No." "Speaking of women..." "We weren't speaking of women;" "we were speaking of... feet." "Hey." " Hi." " Hey." "Sing a hymn." "No way." "When you have a dirty thought, sing a hymn." "Every time they sing a hymn I have a dirty thought." " You're weird." " It's the truth!" "Yo, man, you better watch where you walking, boy!" "We're sorry." "You think it's funny?" "What you laughing at?" "It was an accident." " Accident?" " Wasn't no accident!" "You don't touch me, apostle boy!" "He wasn't looking." "It was our fault." " Let's just go, man." "What you looking at?" "You ain't talking to me!" "Hey, we're just walking." "We're not looking for nothing." "You better watch where you walking." "Watch who you touching, Jesus freak!" " Who are you calling a freak?" " You!" "He calling you a freak!" "Shut up." "Don't say a word." "John the Baptist white boy!" "Don't say a word!" " What you looking at?" " Nothing." "What you say?" "Huh?" "Move out of the way!" "What you say to me, boy?" "You want some of this?" "Come on, you're not going to pop some preacher." "John the Baptist!" "Come on, man!" "Let's just go." "Get off me!" "Let it go, man!" "What's wrong with you?" "Yeah, you keep walking!" "Get your hands off me!" "They can't do that!" " How many guns are you carrying?" " Not any." "Well, they can do that!" "MANDY, GET DOWN!" "No, I've got her!" "iVamanos!" "Are you all right?" "My eye." "I've got something in my eye!" "Thug love." "Ow!" "It's all right." "I'm gonna die, man." "I'm gonna die." "Aaaaa!" "Press down on this." "I'm gonna die." "Not if you press down on this." "That guy's dead." "I think that guy's dead." "Yeah, he's dead." "Give me your tie!" "Give me your tie!" " Aaaaa!" " Come on!" "You gotta give me the rites." "What?" "You gotta give me the last rites." " No, I don't do that." " You gotta!" "I don't give the last rites." "I'm not Catholic." "You have to live long enough to see your priest." "I ain't Catholic either, man." "So, what do you need a priest for?" "Huh?" "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey." "Wake up!" "Wake up!" "He's losing a lot of blood." "All right." "Hey." "Hey." "Stay with me." "Stay with me." "What's your name?" "What's your name?" " Carl." " Carl?" " My name is Carl." " All right, I'm Elder Lozano." "I done some bad things, man." "I done some really bad things too, in my time." "I done some really, really bad things." "Hey, what are we doing here?" "We gonna argue who's done the worst?" "Huh?" "I gotta confess, man." "Not to me, you don't." "Now shut up, okay?" "People starting to come." "They don't want to know." "I'm gonna die." "Then I'm gonna go to hell." "You may be right." "So just don't die." "You don't die, you don't go to hell." "Sound good to you?" "That sounds good, man." "All right." "Yeah." "I've lived through worse." "You can too, all right?" "Stay with me, all right?" "Just stand back." "Let us work." "No, I'm gonna stay with him." "Here, you." "Keep this guy away from me!" "Let go!" "Get Carson to O.R. right now!" "Hey, do you guys have a shirt?" "I need a shirt." "I didn't..." "I never knew you had tattoos." "I'm not exactly proud of them." "Where did you get those scars?" "I don't want to talk about it." "Sure." "Sorry." "It's just" " I thought I knew everything about you." "That's him." "That's our boy." "He's heavily sedated." "You won't be able to speak for a couple ofhours." "How many bullets were in him?" "Two." "One of them just barely missed his heart." "Oh, dear Lord." "Two bullets?" "We're here for you, baby." "Me and Todd are here for you." "Generally I prefer my missionaries not engage in gang warfare." "Yes, sir." "Thank you, sir." "I'm proud ofyou." "You did some good." "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." "The book of Genesis, chapter one, verse one!" "Verse two-I can tell you all about it, brothers and sisters," "I can tell you all about it!" "One Bible, 2 testaments, 58 books, 11 epistles." "And then the glorious book ofRevelations- the glorious book ofRevelationsl" "Will you shut up!" "Just shut up!" "iCállatel Cállate!" "Ain't nobody listeningl I don't see God listening!" "Hey." "Hi." "Late night, huh?" "Oh, yeah." "Thou shalt keep the Sabbath day holy, for it is the day the Lord thy God made the heavens and earth." "And on the seventh day He rested." "He lay Himself down in the heavens and rested His head on a cloud." "Thank you, ma'am." "Thou shalt not commit adultery." "No, sir!" "No matter how good looking that woman is!" "Yes, sir!" "Amen!" "Hallelujah!" "Get up." "Come on." "Get up!" "Fight the devil!" "Morning, evening, and night, you got to fightl" "Hallelujahl Can I get an amen?" "Hallelujah!" "You've got to fight the devil!" "When you're sad, he's happy." "When you're crying, he's laughing." "When you're dying, he's dancing." "You got to fight the devil!" "YOU GOT TO FIGHT THE DEVIL!" "Can I get an amen?" "Can I get an amen?" "Can I get an amen?" "Amen!" "Hallelujah!" " I'll say it." " All right." "Heavenly Father, we are grateful for the rest we had." "We are grateful for our blessings." "Bless us this day with guidance and protection." "Can I get an amen?" "Amenl Hallelujah!" " Hey." " Hi." "What, five minutes?" "Oh, it's like that!" "Five minutes!" "I was by myself..." "Hey, chill out, man, I got my little brother here." "She loves me, ofcourse." "You know what I'm saying?" "Man, you always think girls want you." "Nobody wants your ugly..." "Come on, whatever, man!" "She was feeling me- you know?" "You're killing me." "She didn't give me the number, but you know, she was feeling me." "You know how I get down;" "you know what I'm saying?" "All right, man." "Whatever." "So, I met her in the back." "Looks like he'll be all right." " Yeah." " That's good." "Yeah." " Do we have an appointment?" " Nope." "Great." "Hi, I'm Elder Lozano." "This is Elder Farrell, my companion." "We're missionaries from the Church ofJesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints." "Nope." "We have a Christmas message foryou today about our Savior Jesus Christ." "Do you mind if we come in?" "No, young man." "I don't mind at all!" "I've waited my whole life for you to knock on my door." "Come on in!" "Well, thank you!" "We'll do that." "But how about we fill up your bathtub and we baptize you while we're talking?" "That sounds good." "Let's do it!" "Joseph was reading in the Bible in the book of James- chapter one, verse five." ""If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God," ""that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not," "and it shall be given him. "" "Well, I think the cat's very interested." "I think you're right." "Golden." "That cat is golden!" "And Jesus said, "Many sheep I have which are not of this fold." "Them also must I bring... "" "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "You guys are going to have lots of wives, right?" "We're kind of celibate, actually." "You guys are, like, Mormons, right?" "Yeah." "So you guys can have lots of wives, right?" "No, uh, you're talking about polygamy." "Right." "Polygamy." "Actually, the church put an end to it back in the 1890s." "No way." "In fact, these days if a man tries to marry more than one woman, they excommunicate him from the church." "No way!" "Way!" "Bummer." "Yeah." ""... the son ofDavid, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord, and this shall be a sign unto you... "" "Oh, sorry." "It's all right." "My two brothers were in a gang." "Border town gang- pretty hardcore." "I was kind of in because of my brothers, but not officially, you know?" "So, one day they decided it was time for me to come in, to be initiated." "I had to rob this pharmacy." "My brothers were going to drive, but I had to go in by myself." "And if I got away with it, I could be in the gang." "And if I killed this man, the owner," "I could be in the gang forever." "Para siempre." "That's what they said." "I was going to do it." "I was really going to do it." "So, when we were getting into the car to go to the pharmacy, we get hit by this other gang, and they hit us hard." "They killed my two brothers and this other guy, Beto." "I got hit, and I went down." "I thought I was dead." "I almost didn't make it." "I was in the hospital for almost six weeks." "They put me in this room with this missionary" "Elder Tubbs from Idaho." "He got hit by a car his first week." "Really messed him up." "But he'd lay there, and he'd make me help him memorize scriptures." "Pretty sneaky." "Well, he got out and he baptized about 30 people before he left." "I was the first one." "He was a great missionary." "He really made a difference." "You've made a difference." "I think I was a better convert than a missionary, you know?" "I was a good story." "Gang kid gets baptized, goes on a mission even." "I just don't think I turned into much of a missionary." " Whoa." "Whoa." " Whoa." "All right." "How many days left, Lozano?" " Seven days." " Seven days!" "Seven days, nine hours, and forty-eight minutes." "Ask him what he's going to do." "What are you gonna do?" "The day after Christmas, I'm going to borrow mother's car." " What kind of car?" " I don't care what kind of car." "Okay." "I'm driving to the desert-." "by myself for two weeks." "All by yourself?" "Just me and the "Dixie Chicks. "" "I'm going to rent 42 movies." "That's three movies a day." "I'm going to stay up every night until 3 in the morning." "That's right." "Then I'm going to find Ann Jensen." "I'm going to kiss her right on the lips 100 times every day for the rest of my life." "Yeah, if she isn't already married." "She better not be married." "Ahhh!" "Boom!" " Let's do it." " Go." "Go." "Hey." "Hey, man, what's up?" "I thought that was you there." "You're looking good." "They say because I'm young, you know, I heal real fast." "Well, you shouldn't be walking around that much." "I can't be in the house, man." "It's driving me crazy." "What's going on?" "I have no idea." "Ijust wanted to say thanks, you know, for everything you did for me that day." "Sure." "Anybody would have done it." "Nah, that ain't true." "My best friend, he just took off" "just left me there to die." "I woke up once in the hospital." "You were there." "You were praying for me." "I didn't say anything." "I laid there and closed my eyes." "I was thinking maybe- maybe the reason that I ain't die is because you was- you was praying for me." "Why is that white boy always following you around?" "Just let me find a pen, and I'll write our number down." "All right, cool." "What's that, yo?" "What?" "The book." "Oh, it's the Book of Mormon." "It's kind of like the Bible." "We try to give them away, but most people don't want them." "It's like the Bible, huh?" "Yeah." "Could I get one?" "Sure." "Yeah, yeah, take this one." "Aw, man, I'm sorry, man." "I can't be laying my hands on all your stuff." "No, no, it's all right." "You sure?" "Yeah, like I said, we're trying to give them out." "Here, let me write my number there." "Looks like Lozano's finally doing some missionary work." "Miracles never cease." "All right." " It's good to see you." " Same here, man." "Take care of yourself." "Oh, I will." "Wow!" "Yeah." " Hey." " What?" "There's somebody over here." "Where?" "Oh man, it's the preacher." "Is he alive?" "Yeah, he's still breathing." "What are we going to do?" "Hey, hey, are you going to be all right?" "Listen, we're going to take you to a shelter, okay?" "I guess he doesn't want to go to a shelter." "Come on, let's go." "He's sick." "We can't leave him." "Should we bring him a blanket or something?" " Just grab him." " What?" "We'll take him upstairs." "You want to take this guy to our apartment?" "Well, it gets cold here, and it's filthy." "Yeah, but he's homeless." "He's used to living out here." "We've got room." "Grab his feet." "I'm not going to grab his feet!" "This is totally illegal!" "This is not illegal." "Well, it's against the rules!" "Blame it on me." "Are they going to send me home?" "We can't just take this guy." "Listen, we can keep the rules and leave him lying here in garbage, or we can break the rules and keep the commandments." "And, I don't know, put him in a real bed." "Take care of him for a couple days." "What would Jesus do, Farrell?" "I don't know." "Jesus would grab his feet!" "Fine." "He's not sleeping in my bed." "Fine." "Come on." "Come on." "All right." "All right." "All right, all right." "I got him." "Come on, help us out here." "There we go." "Hey." "Hi." "...in case he wakes up and needs to drink something." "Elder?" "What?" "What if he, like, wakes up in the middle of the night and-." "I don't know- kills us or something?" "Just don't die with any sins on your head." "Say your prayers." "That's not funny." "You'll be fine." "Go to sleep." "You know, there's a difference between being a good Christian and just being a fool." "It's a fine line sometimes." "Go to sleep." "I'm not going to sleep at all." "This is just- it's just weird." "LDS missionaries, this is Elder Lozano." "Hey!" "No, no, it's all right." "Man, I didn't sleep at all last night." "You didn't, huh?" "Not a bit." "You better get moving;" "we've got an appointment at ten." " No, we don't." " Yeah, we do." "Some guy called at 2:30 and asked if we could teach him." "Right." "I would have told you." "I just didn't want to wake you up." "Look, you can stay here if you want, all right?" "I'm going to teach somebody." "Sssh." "Prayer." "We can't leave him in there." "Why not?" "He might take something." "What is he going to take, a Bible?" "Let him take it." "Let him rob us blind." "What are you doing?" "Hi." "Hi." "Um, I'm Elder Lozano." "We're you're neighbors." "Yeah-yeah, I know." "I'm Holly." "Hi, it's nice to meet you, formally." "Elder Farrell." "Hi." "Listen, there's this guy in our apartment." "You might know him." "He's the guy that preaches outside by the sidewalk." "Oh, yeah." "Well, he's really sick, and I was just wondering if you could check up on him a couple of times if you're going to be around today at all." "Yeah, I'm around." "Um... sure." "Oh, great!" "Well, I really appreciate this." "Here." "Let me give you my key, and we'll check in on you later." "Okay." "All right." "It was nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you." "Bye." "You just gave a woman a key to our apartment." "That is definitely against the rules." "Just tell me who we're meeting." "Patience, patience." "I read some of this book that you gave me." "It wasn't that easy to read with all that Thee and Thou stuff." "Yeah." "My grandma, she religious, and so she changed it for me." "She translated it." "Yeah." "It just takes some getting used to, that's all." "Do you have any questions about what you read?" "How did it make you feel?" "My grandma used to read the Bible to me when I was little." "There's a part in there where Jesus say you gotta get baptized so he could take away your sins so you could go to heaven." "I saw that in your Bible too." "I ain't never been baptized before." "I was wondering if you could do that for me." "Sure, yeah, we could do that." "Yeah, I thought you could." "All right." "There's a swimming pool by the auditorium." "I already asked the janitor." "He said we could do it in there." "Right now?" "Yeah, but we got to be done before 2 o'clock 'cuz they got swim team in there." "What's wrong with that?" "Well, generally before we baptize people we give them these lessons." "So they understand the promises they'll be making to God." "So, what's it like?" "Like school?" "No, no, it's like, uh..." "like conversation." "Well, how long it take?" "Well, usually we give a couple of lessons a week." "We're done in a few weeks." "Aw, man!" "That's too long, man!" "But there is no rule that says we can't speed things up." "What day is it, Tuesday?" "Yeah." "All right, we have a baptism on Saturday." "Can you wait that long?" "Can my grandma come?" "Absolutely." "I can wait." "Hello?" "Ow!" "Hello?" "Hi, it's me, Holly." "I live next door." "Ain't nobody here." "I know." "The-um-the Mormons asked me to check on you." "I didn't take nothing." "No, no-I know." "Are you doing okay?" "You've got a..." "here." "Let me just..." "Let me just..." "Can you believe that?" "Three lessons in one day!" " Yeah, don't get too excited." " What are you talking about?" ""Can you baptize me in the pool?"" "I'm calling Franklin and Mangum." "They're going to freak!" "Settle down, you're going to hurt yourself." "Dad is going to love this." "Mom is going to pass out." "I'm telling this story at my homecoming talk." "They're going to eat it up." "Hi." " Hi." " Hi." "Hi." "Hope you don't mind." "I just-I love to cook, but I get tired of cooking for just me." "No, that's great." "I looked but you guys didn't really have anything, so I brought some stuff over, whipped something up, no big deal." "Oh!" "Wait." "There." " Thanks." " Sure." "Okay." "So, what's-what's your name?" "Louis." "Louis, would you mind saying a blessing on our food?" "No, I don't mind at all." "Lord thank you for your goodness and mercy and blessing divine and for this feast that's spread out before us today." "Bless the kind hands that made it." "For this we give Thee the praise, amen." " Amen." " Amen." "Thank you." "Okay." "My daddy was a preacher." "Really?" "My granddaddy was a preacher." "My great-granddaddy was a preacher." "Before that, I don't know, they were probably preachers too." "My father was a missionary." "My dad sells insurance." "I don't know what my father did, but he always had money." " Really?" " Yeah." "Maybe you should ask your mom." "I did." "She didn't know either." "I don't think she wanted to know." "Louis, you're not eating." "I was a preacher too, once." "Had a church and a whole congregation before my daddy died in Russellville, Kentucky." "Really?" "Yes, ma'am." "I had a little brick church- a little red brick church." "But I lost it." "Did it burn down?" "Well, it ain't no secret." "I was weak with the bottle." "But mostly I was weak with the ladies." "I was a shame to my daddy's name." "I said I was sorry." "They took me back." "But I guess I wasn't sorry enough, because I did it again." "Yes sir, I did it again!" "Now, Jesus will forgive you 70 times 7, but them folks in Kentucky, they only forgive you once." "My mama used to say the only thing worse than being without a home is being without a church." "That's what my mama used to say." "I'm going back when I get stronger." "I really miss it." "I really miss those folks." "Especially the ladies." "So, he's looking pretty good, don't you think?" "I mean, what's your professional opinion?" "My professional opinion?" "Yeah." "Um..." "I mean, is he well enough to take care of himself?" " I don't know." " Why not?" "I mean, I know you're not a doctor, but if you had to venture a diagnosis." "Diagnosis?" "Right." "You want a diagnosis?" "Yeah." "From an actress?" "Excuse me?" "I'm an actress." "You..." "Oh!" "You saw me in my wardrobe and you thought I was a nurse?" "You're an actress?" "I'm an actress." "Wow!" "Hey, Lozano." "Check it out!" "We've got a movie star living next door!" "Really?" "I don't work much, but I audition for soap operas, commercials, movies, everything." "Have you been in movies we might have seen?" "No, probably not." "Well, maybe." "I used to see a lot of movies." "I don't think you've seen any of them." "Wow, check it out!" "A movie star!" "They're having a good time." "You thought I was a nurse?" "Nice!" "That's just wonderful." "So, you wanna walk me home?" "Just kidding." "If you guys need haircuts or anything, I can do it." "Well, maybe we'll take you up on that." "We get a lot of haircuts." "I hope you don't mind, he needed some clothes so I just grabbed stuff out of the closet that kind of fit." "That's fine." "Thanks, for everything." "No, it was fun." "We should do it again some time." "Well, actually, we're not supposed to have women in our actual apartment." "Oh." "Well, that's okay, because I'm not "women. "" "I'm just "woman. "" "It's not because women are, like, unclean or anything?" "No, no." "It's because you're... women," "I mean... are sometimes very attractive." "Okay." "And you're, like, celibate or something." "Right, but just for a couple more years." "All right, you don't have to spell it out for me." "Well, actually you kind of did." "But I got it." "Eventually." "If we ever have to communicate, we can just knock on the walls in Morse code or something." "I think that's allowed." "It was nice getting to know you." "Yeah, you too." "You too." "I think you're the first man that's ever walked me to my door that hasn't tried to get inside." "Well, um-good night, Elder." "Good night, Holly." "I hate to burden you, but I'm asking if I could just stay one more night." "I don't want your bed." "I'll be fine on the floor." "I'm-I'm afraid if I go back out there" "I'll get a drink somewhere." "I just want to rest." "Get stronger." "I hate to ask." "Sure." "I thank you." "Thank you." "Don't be ashamed." "My daddy used to say a man is never taller than when he's on his knees." "Good night." "Father in Heaven, Father we thank Thee for this good day, we thank Thee for bringing Carl and allowing us to share Thy gospel with him." "We ask that Thou wilt continue to watch over him ...and keep him open to Thy truth." "We thank Thee for our new friends... and for the many gifts they've shared with us already..." "We ask that Thou wilt continue to guide us... and bless us." "We ask these things in the name of Jesus Christ..." " amen." " amen." "There you are!" "I was beginning to think you weren't going to make it." "It's all right, I invited 'em." "You boys mind your business." "Come on in." "So, we're reading from the first chapter oflsaiah, where the Lord says, "Though your sins be as scarlet," ""they shall be as white as snow." "Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. "" "Amen." "All right, what this means..." "if we truly repent..." "Todd, turn the TV off and listen to what these men have to say." "Turn the TV off, man!" "Quit touching me!" "I'm sorry." "Aw, man!" "Todd!" "Get back here and sit down!" "Todd!" "I'm sorry, man." "I'm sorry." " Go on." " All right." "What the Lord's trying to tell us is that if we truly repent, He will forgive us." "Now, earlier we were talking about repentance and the steps of repentance." "Would you like to go over those?" "Nah, man, I got it." "All right." "Once we've repented, we can forget about our sins, and the Lord promises that He will remember them no more." "Now let's turn to our scriptures," "Doctrine and Covenants section 58, verse 42." "Will you read this for us, Elder?" "Oh, sure." "D  C 58:42." ""Behold, he who has repented of his sins," ""the same is forgiven, and I remember them no more. "" "# I am a ship out on the ocean #" "# My sail rackin' in the wind #" "# I cast my net into the water#" "# Will the captain bring me in?" "#" "# Well, I am the feet on the mountain #" "# A trail guide called my name #" "# I feel the rush ofhigh adventure #" "# Ripping my way ##" ""But I say unto you, ye will not suffer" ""that the beggar putteth up his petition to you in vain," ""and turn him out to perish." ""Therefore I will stay my hand and not offer unto him my food." ""And I say unto you, O man, whosoever doeth the same has great cause to repent. "" "Do we not all depend upon God?"" "Can I get an amen?" "Can I get an amen?" "Can I get an amen?" "Amen!" "Hallelujah!" "Amen!" " So, that's it?" " That's it." "So, now I graduate?" "Now you graduate." "Do you have any questions?" "Go on, ask him." "Go on." "All right, I like to dance, right?" "Yeah." "So, my cousins said that Mormons ain't allowed to dance, and if I get baptized I can't dance no more." "That's true?" "Whoa, that's a tough one." "I don't know if I can answer that one." "What time is it?" "It's coming up on 6:30." "There's something I want you to see." " Aloha." " Aloha." " Aloha." " Merry Christmas." " Aloha." " Thank you." " Aloha." " Aloha." "Merry Christmas." " Aloha." "Aloha." " Aloha." "Aloha." "Thank you." " These are Mormons?" " Yup, these are Mormons." "Y'all Mormons sure know how to party." "Come on in." "Hey, how you doing?" "Merry Christmas." "Aloha." "Okay, we're camping-." "Grand Canyon." "It starts to rain." "We're eating burgers, and a wild bull walks in front of us." " Wild bull?" " A wild bull, yeah." "It's like we're eating their cousins or something." " How you doing?" " Hey, how's it going, man?" "Going good, man." "All right." " Carl, Elder Banks." " Nice to meet you." " Hey, Elder Myers." " How's it going?" "I want you to meet my Grandma Mae, the prettiest woman in the world." "Elder Banks is going to interview you for your baptism." "All right, cool." "Excuse me, would you like to dance?" "I can wait." "Cool." "So Lozano, what's the countdown?" "Don't even get him started." "I'm trying not to think about it." "I'll talk to the president." "I'm sure he'll let you stay a few months." "Ha, ha." "Very funny." "You all right?" "Yeah, I'm all right-." "just a little out of breath, that's all." "So, how long did you know those guys?" " What guys?" " The other missionaries." "Not too long." "I've known Lozano for a year and a half or so." "Are you all, like, friends?" "Yeah, we're friends." "I ain't never have no Mexican for no friend, no white boy for no friend." "Not no real friend, you know what I'm saying?" "How that work?" "It works out all right." "You don't end up shooting each other or nothing like that?" "Not very often." "That's all right, man." "Yeah, that's all right." "It's taking a while, huh?" "Yup." "You like that name tag?" "Do you want to be a missionary someday?" "No?" "A long time ago there was a missionary by the name ofAmmon." "He started teaching these people," "and eventually they wanted to be baptized." "But they'd done some bad things, just about the worst thing a human being could do." "They were guilty of murder." "You see, before Ammon came to them they didn't have the Gospel." "They didn't know." "I mean, I'm sure they felt like it was wrong, but they didn't know." "When they got it, when they finally got the law, then they knew how wrong their lives had been," "and they wanted to repent." "And to show how serious they were, they took their weapons and they buried them deep in the earth." "And they made a vow that they would never, never under any circumstance" "take another human life." "And then they joined the people of God." "So what happened to them?" "Somewhere out there, deep in the earth," "those weapons are still buried." "They all kept their promise." "Every single one, even though it cost some their lives." "But their children, the children grew up strong and happy and good." "I got a little brother, man." "I don't want him to grow up like me." "You be a new man." "In a few years, he won't remember the old one." "Well?" "Well..." "There's going to be a baptism tomorrow!" "Yeah!" "Congratulations." "The roof?" "Hey there." "We were starting to think you weren't going to show." "This smells great." "Louis already said grace, so you guys dig in." "Wow, I could get used to this." "I'm already used to it." "Thank you, sir." "Did you always want to be an actress?" "We're all called actors now- even the women." "Oh, sorry." "It's all right." "I was in all the school plays." "Everybody said I was going to be a star." "My family, everybody." "Everybody pitched in and bought me a plane ticket out here..." "first class." "I came out here in style, none of this Greyhound bus business." "I called my mom and dad every week for the first couple of years." "They'd always ask how things are going." "I'd always lie and say I was close, really close." "But all I was really doing was working at this lame hotel in the lounge." "I could barely afford my part of the rent." "All my clothes were getting old, and-and I got fired." "You got fired?" "There was this manager." "He was always putting his hands all over me." "And, finally, he touched me where he shouldn't." "And I pushed him." "Hard." "And he fell down." "And he got up all mad, and he fired me." "What a jerk." "Yeah." "Then I was depressed because I didn't even have that job." "I didn't have any money." "I didn't even have enough money to get home." "And, um-one of my roommates, did these movies sometimes." "Sex movies." "Porn movies." "And she seemed fine with it." "I mean, she always had money." "She was always wearing the most expensive clothes, had a new car," "ate at all the restaurants, you know?" "I don't know why I'm telling you all this." "I guess it's because you're like a minister or something." "I only did it a couple of times." "I just..." "I really needed the money, you know?" "I mean, who was going to find out?" "Pretty dumb, huh?" "I won't let my boss put his hands all over me, and then I go out and do a porn movie." "It just doesn't make any sense." "Then one day I called home and nobody answered, which was weird, because I always called at the same time and they were always there." "Always." "And I called and called and nobody was ever there." "And then finally one day I called and my dad answered." "And when I said, "Hi,"" "he hung up the phone... just hung it up." "And I called back and my mom answered." "She said that she'd seen one of my movies, my big starring role." "It had gotten on the Internet." "And there was this guy at my dad's work who was telling everybody all about it, showing everybody." "And, um... it's a pretty small town." "She asked me if I was proud of myself." "And I said, no, I wasn't." "And she told me not to call anymore." "My own mother." "My own mother." "But I still do every Sunday." "I call when I know they're at church and leave them messages." "I tell them I'm all right" "and that I love them." "I've told them I'm sorry about a million times," "but they never call back." "They haven't called back for about two years." "It's hardest around the holidays because I should be going home, you know?" "But I can't." "Everybody in town, they just... they all think I'm a big whore." "It doesn't matter what people think." "Oh, yeah?" "I mean, in the end, it only really matters what God thinks." "God probably thinks I'm a big whore too." "No, He doesn't." "No, Holly, He loves you." "Just as much as He did when you were a baby." "You can never do anything..." "not anything... that would make Him stop loving you." "You think so?" "I know so." "What is wrong with you?" "They killed Abe, and all you want to do is sit around and read the Bible." "You want to know what it says about revenge?" "Man, I don't care what the Bible says." "What I want is for you to be a man!" " What you say?" " You heard me." "Man, if your dad was here, he'd be ashamed of you." "Yo, man, get over here, man." "My dad never even got to be a man, you understand?" "I don't even remembe- him at all!" "Maybe what you think it is to be a man, maybe you wrong." "You ever think about that?" "Let go of me!" "If you'd been the one killed, Abe would be doing something!" "Carl?" "You coming in?" "I'll be right in, Grandma." "Carl Monroe Griffin, having been commissioned of Jesus Christ," "I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen." "Thanks." "My, my." "Can I help you?" "excuse me, ma'am, I... " "Are you a preacher?" "Yes ma'am, I am." "You interested in buying this place?" "My husband, Ray, he passed away 10 months ago." "It was his church." "Thank you, ma'am." "I just can't keep up with it." "To tell you the truth, he never had much of a congregation." "He just kept it open 24 hours a day just in case somebody wanted to come in and pray." "I've come in a time or two myself, ma'am." "Your husband, he was a good man." "He was a good Baptist." "I had an offer on it." "A good one too." "They wanted to turn it into a McDonald's." "Can you believe that?" "A McDonald's!" "No, ma'am." "Ray, he wanted it to stay a church." "Ma'am, I won't lie to you." "I don't have any money..." "not a dime to my name." "But then again, neither did Jesus." "I guess you could look at it like that." "I reckon you could." "Ma'am, I could get this church up and running." "I could." "I'd fix it up and fill it with people, and I'd preach the word like there was no tomorrow." "You could go on living here." "I could fix a bed in the back and I'd make sure all those bills got paid and I'd even beg in the street if I had to." "I would." "I've got a question for you, preacher." "Yes, ma'am." "What religion are you, anyway?" "I'm Pentecostal." "You don't handle snakes, do you?" "Because I can't abide snakes." "No, I never had the urge to pick up no snake." "Well, at least you're a Christian." "Yes, ma'am." "I'd like to propose a toast." "Hear, hear" "Today was a good day for all of us." "But this one's for Louis." "He left without a dime in his pocket and came back with a church." "A whole church!" "So, let's raise our glasses and drink." "To Louis." " To Louis." " To Louis." "I didn't do nothing today." "I just walked into a church house." "I can't be taking no credit for it." "It was a gift..." "a gift from Jesus." "Well then, to Jesus." " To Jesus." " To Jesus." "To Jesus." "I got bubbles up my nose." "Come on." "All right, all right- Coming, Grandma" "Grandma, where Todd at?" "He knows where it is." "He can come if he wants to." "Come on" "All right, I'm coming." "We'd like to welcome a new member into our ward," "Brother Carl Griffin, who was baptized yesterday." "Carl, if you'll come up, we'll confirm you a member of the church." "Carl Monroe Griffin, in the name of Jesus Christ and by the authority of the Holy Melchizedek priesthood we hold, we place our hands upon your head and we confirm you a membe- of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." "And we say to you, receive the Holy Ghost." "Hold on." "That's him." "I know it." "At this time we bless you that as you listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost that you will be guided and protected." "You have chosen to ente- the waters of baptism." "There you took upon yoursel1 the name of Jesus Christ and made a covenant with Him to keep all of His commandments." "Remember this covenant you have made with Him." "Help me!" "Help!" "Somebody, help!" "You have received the gift of the Holy Spirit, which will help you in selecting right from wrong..." "Lost, little brother?" "...and knowing truth from error." "Get back!" "iVen aqui!" "You will be guided in all the major decisions of your life." "You will be a blessing to your family." "YOu SHOT MY BROTHER!" "I think your gun jammed, homeboy." "If you're going to come into my barrio, you better bring more than just one gun." "LET ME GO!" "These blessing we seal upon you..." "We don't like guns around here." "Guns disturb the peace." "along with all other blessings our Father in Heaven desires for you to have." "This, little brother, is a peaceful neighborhood." "Aaaaa!" "We do it in the name of our Lord and Savior" "Jesus Christ..." "Aaaaa!" "amen." " Amen." " Amen." "What's going on?" "I don't know." "Are you Mae O'Neal?" "Yes, I am." "What's going on?" "Do you have a son named Todd Griffin?" "He's my grandson." "His momma's gone." "Did he do something wrong?" "Where he at, man?" "Where he at?" "CARL!" "CARL!" "WHERE ARE you GOING?" "CARL!" "Carl!" "Hi, Mom." "It's me." "I was making some cookies and I thought about you the other day, so I just wanted to call and say hi." "I sent you and Dad stuff." "I hope it gets there before Christmas." "I wasn't sure what sizes, so I just kind of guessed." "I'm going to make a sandwich, you want something?" "Sure." "Just... whatever." "I miss you." "Hey man, it's late." "Just keep driving." "They're probably all hiding in Mexico or something." "We not stopping until we find them, you got it?" "I know, I was just saying." "I was just saying." "You think he's with her?" "I don't know." "You calling the boss?" "He's a good kid." "Have faith in him." " Hey." " Hey." "Good morning, Elder." "Morning." "Stupid, stupid kid." "Hey, Elder." "Hi." "Is Scott here?" "He can't see you." "Oh." "Okay." "I'm sorry." "I'm next door." "Have him yell when he can talk." "He can't talk." "He's going home." "Is he in trouble?" "I brought him something." "I can give it to him if you want." "I did this, didn't I?" "Tell him I want to see him." "Tell him I'm sorry." "She got me a cross." "My dad, just before I got on the plane, he-he hugged me." "I can't remember him ever hugging me before." "And he said to me," ""I would rather you come home in a casket than have you come back dishonored. "" "That's what he said." "Then your dad's a jerk." "No, he's a good man." "My dad's a good man." "The van's here." "Pardon me, Reverend." "It's all right, ma'am." "I'm just praying for a friend." "I thought I'd pray myself." "Do you mind?" "No, ma'am." "Your friend, is he sick?" "No ma'am, but he's hurting real bad." "I'll say a prayer for him." "What's his name?" "Elder Farrell, ma'am." "Elder Farrell." "Hey, Lozano." "How are you?" "This is Collins." "He's going to be your companion." " Hi." " Hey." "Is that it?" "No, I've got one more." "Is that her?" "Yeah." "Wow!" "I don't know whethe- to feel sorry for him or admire him." "That's not funny." "It wasn't a joke." "Yo, that's him." "That's him!" "That's him." "That's him!" "Where?" "Don't stop, man!" "Keep going!" "Go around the corner!" "That's him, man." "That's him." "Farrell?" "Farrell, come on." "Mangum's here." "Amazing, huh?" "It's beautiful." "Farrell, you ready?" "Farrell?" "Farrell, come on." "We've got to go, buddy." "Lozano, what's sister's name who owns this place?" "Farrell, come on." "Open the door." "Farrell, open the door!" "FARRELL!" "No!" "Come on, talk to me!" "Mangum!" "Get an ambulance!" "Get an ambulance!" "Get him in the van." "Talk to me!" "Open your eyes!" "Don't do this, please!" "Come on!" "Scott!" "Let's go!" "What's his name?" "Scott Farrell." " What's his middle name?" " I don't know." "Come on" " Come on." "Elder Scott Farrell, by the authority of the... holy Melchizedek priesthood which I hold," "I anoint you with this consecrated oil..." "Where is he?" "I don't know." "He was right here." "Where did he go?" "We lost him." "He saw us!" "Right there!" "There!" "All right." "Turn around." "All right." "Let's get him." "Let's go." "Go, go, go, go!" "What's that fool doing all by his self?" "Looking to get a bullet in his head." "All right." "Speed up." "Run him over!" "Run him over!" "Go!" "Get him!" "I got him, I got him." "I'm gonna get him!" "Got him!" "Got him!" "Help me!" "Somebody help me!" "I'll help you." "I'll help you." "I'll put you out of your misery, how about that?" "Don't kill me, dawg, please!" "You killed my little brother, homey." "His name was Todd." "He was 13 years old, my man." "You killed him with a knife!" "Don't kill me, dawg." "You killed my brother, you killed my best friend, and then you shot me!" "You shot me!" "My name is Manuel." "Shut up!" "Kill him!" "My name is Manuel Rodriguez Cienfuegos..." "Shut up!" "I have a sister." "She's eight years old." "Didn't I?" "Aaaaa!" "Do it!" "Just kill him!" "Do it!" "Do it!" "He's praying." "Pull the trigger, man!" "just do it, Carl!" "pull the trigger, boy." "just do it!" "I don't want to die." "I don't want to die." "Carl!" "Just do it!" "Carl, pull the trigger!" "Forget him." "What?" "He ain't even worth it." "Let's go." "What?" "Thank you." "Give me it." "I'll kill him!" "Let's go!" "You better not walk away from this." "Give me the gun!" "Carl!" "He didn't let Todd go." "He didn't let Abe go." "Hey, you better not walk away from this." "Help me." "Please." "What?" "I need an ambulance." "Please." "At least you broke his leg" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Help me!" "I got your help." "Let's go." "Let's go!" "Hey, come on, Carl." "Let's go, man." "Carl, let's go!" "Hey, get in the car!" "Hey, just go." "Come on." "Don't get up." "I'm sorry." "I should have been watching him." "It's not your fault." "I've called his parents." "They're getting on a Plane." "She's been with him ever since he woke up." "Should?" "I could ask her to leave." "What's she like?" "She's a good person." "It's going to be okay." "It is." "You don't understand what I've done." "you don't Understand." "It's been a long time since I've been inside a church." "I guess I don't know very much." "Not as much as you" "But I do know one thing." "Jesus..." "He forgives." "There's nothing so terrible that he won't forgive you" "He loves you just as much as He did when you were a baby." "He just wants you back" "So, I don't know much." "But I know that's true." "you left this" "Scott, you don't have to die for your sins." "I think somebody already did that." "NO!" "NO!" "Look at that smile" "That was a happy day" "Oh!" "Oh, dear God!" "Carl!" "Oh, Carl!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Ssh." "Ssh." "Grandma" "It's okay." "Ssh." "Oh, baby." "Oh-oh, you're freezing, baby." "Come on." "Come on." "Come sit down." "I'll get your blanket, okay?" "We were worried about you." "Are you okay?" "Carl?" "Hey, what happened?" "Everything..." "is so messed up, man." "It's all right." "You hear me?" "Listen to me." "Everything's going to be all right, okay?" "Don't go, man." "Hey, it's all right." "I'm not going anywhere." "I don't want you to go home." "I'm not going anywhere, I promise." "I am home." "Could I call you?" "I'd like that." "Every Sunday." "I'll just go wait outside." "Thank you." "It's good to see you." "It's been a long time." "Where's Dad?" "Well, he wanted to come." "It's just..." "I'm so sorry." "It's going to be okay." "It's going to be all right." "How?" "Honey, I'll get this." "I've got it." "Thanks for taking me in." "I'll never forget that." "Let us hear from you." "I will." "Who would've thought I'm going home and you're staying here?" "Take care of him." "I will." "He's a good man" "I know that." "Could I just..." "Brothers and sisters, the devil is not your friend." "The devil does not want you to smile." "The devil does not want you to laugh." "The devil does not want you to dance." "Yes sir, can I get an amen now?" " Can I get an amen?" " Amen!" "Amen!" "Hallelujah!" "Brothers and sisters, the devil is not your friend." "When you're crying, he's laughing." "When you're dying, he's dancing." "You've got to fight the devil." "YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT!"