- [Man] Nobody tries to think about death
until they're 90 years old.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way for everyone.
("Invincible" by Franklin McKay)
♪ You know you're not alone ♪
♪ I'll be with you ♪
♪ Every day ♪
♪ Let the Father's power guide you ♪
♪ In your faith ♪
♪ Hold your head high ♪
♪ We'll break through ♪
♪ Live to fight another day ♪
- Now this is where we came on our first day, right.
♪ Holdin' on to things tomorrow ♪
♪ You're not afraid to take the long road ♪
♪ 'Cause we will the world that we ♪
- All right, we're here.
Everybody out, we made it.
(gentle music)
- Whoa. - I know, right.
This looks really cool. - What do you guys think?
This is amazing, right?
- This is so cool. - Wow.
- Hey, we'll get this.
Why don't you guys go and play,
and we'll call you when lunch is ready, okay?
- Okay, thank you. - Thank you.
- Chris, don't you guys go too far.
- Thanks, Dad.
- (sighs) I love this place.
- I love you.
- Thanks, I love you, too.
- We made it. - We did.
- Did you come here a lot?
- Every summer.
- Did you guys go camping up here?
- Mm-hmm.
- Does it ever get old? - Never.
- Have you ever seen, like, a bear?
- No, no.
- Have you ever wanted to see a bear?
(gentle music)
- So you guys think we'll be best friends forever?
- Of course we will.
- Forever's a long time.
- We're like a club.
- We need a name, though.
- Yeah, like the Cool Kids Club.
- [All] No!
- No? - That's real bad.
- How about the Bulldogs?
- Ew, no, they slobber too much.
- Hey, how about the Faith Club?
- I like it. - I like it.
- Yeah. - Faith Club.
- [All] The Faith Club.
(whistle shrills)
(upbeat rock music)
- [Player] Give me that ball!
(upbeat rock music)
- Are you kidding me?
(upbeat rock music)
- Hurry up!
(whistle shrills)
(upbeat rock music)
(player grunts) (whistle shrills)
(upbeat rock music)
(whistle shrills)
- Hold on, we can't take these guys.
- They're just too fast.
- Yeah, they pushed me!
- Aw, too bad.
Come on, guys, you can do it.
Let's get with it.
- Oh, Ma's right, we can do this!
Let's do it.
Let's get it right.
We're like the Three Musketeers.
- Come on, there's six of us here.
- Oh we're like the Six Musketeers!
All for one.
- [All] And one for all!
(upbeat rock music)
- Time to take you to school.
(upbeat rock music)
- [Player] Come on!
(upbeat rock music)
(players cheer)
- Good job, boys.
(upbeat rock music)
(phone chimes)
- Yello!
Uh, no, this is Rick.
Chris is in the middle of a game.
(solemn music)
Oh, oh okay.
(whistle shrills)
Okay, guys, hang on, hang on, hang on!
Hey, Chris, Chris.
Do you know a Timothy John, Rocking K Ranch?
There's been an accident.
You might want to go.
- Thanks. - Okay.
- Hey, you take over for me, okay.
You got this. - Here, okay, all right.
(whistle shrills)
All right, guys.
("I'm Gonna Get By" by Todd Thibaud)
♪ These days, I don't expect too much ♪
♪ Yeah, but I'm still hopin' for an honest touch ♪
- Hey, Rev, you need a ride?
- Hey, Eric, what's up, man?
I actually would love a ride.
- Hop on in.
- Perfect.
♪ Well, I've been numb ♪
♪ Take the fog ♪
♪ I'm giving it another try ♪
♪ I'm gonna get by ♪
♪ I'm gonna get by this time ♪
♪ Don't waste your tears on me ♪
♪ I'll be fine ♪
♪ I'm gonna get by ♪
♪ I'm gonna get by this time ♪
♪ Don't waste your tears on me ♪
♪ I'll be fine ♪
♪ Don't waste your tears on me ♪
♪ I'll be fine ♪
(door rattles)
- [Christian] No.
("Amazing Grace")
Yes!
- Welcome to the Book of Life Community Church.
- That was amazing, Grace.
(congregation laughs)
As we think back, let's remember the good times.
Let's remember the good that has been done to others.
Let's remember the happiness that's been brought.
In the miracle of the loaves and fishes, Jesus working
with one small boy of faith took an average meal,
and He fed thousands of people.
And it wasn't about the food.
It was about one young man willing to step up and believe.
Well, in conclusion, let me quote
from the words of the mighty man, Samson,
who in the Book of Judges said, and I quote,
"Who's got their spaghetti dinner tickets?"
(congregation cheers) Let's eat!
- Right through here, thank you.
Thank you for coming.
Thank you.
Right through here.
- Excuse me. - Mm-hmm.
- Could you tell me what happened with the funeral service?
Today, it was supposed to be for Tim John.
- This is a different event.
The funeral was a couple of days ago.
- Thank you.
(somber music)
Rick.
So what exactly did they tell you
when you took that message for me?
- Um,
Timothy John, Tucson,
Rocking K Ranch,
something about a horse
and a funeral.
- Okay, think carefully.
Do you think there's any way possible
they told you two days ago?
- Oh, you know, there was a lot going on
when I took the message.
Hello?
(rock music)
- Rocking K Ranch, Tucson.
(rock music)
- Are you Chris?
We're Donna and Tom Miller.
- Yeah, thank you guys so much for coming.
I had no idea who else to call.
Are you guys friends of Tim's?
- Yes, and Tim also worked on our ranch.
He was a heck of a roper. - Mm-hmm.
- Wait, a roper?
- Yeah, he was quite the cowboy.
- Tim was a cowboy?
- When was the last time you saw your friend, son?
- Oh we were best friends growing up,
just went separate ways after high school.
My co-worker took the phone call about his death,
but unfortunately, there was a mix-up of dates.
I took the first train here out of LA
as soon as I heard.
Probably head back tomorrow, though.
- Where are you staying tonight?
- Haven't really planned.
- Let's head out to the ranch for some dinner,
and we can take you to the cemetery tomorrow.
- Looks like it's been a while
since you've had a home-cooked meal.
- Me? - Yeah (laughs).
(dramatic music)
- [Tom] What do you think so far?
- It's quite a place you have here.
- 5,500 acres.
- It must take a lot of people to keep it up, right?
- Well, we can always use an extra hand
if you want to stick around for a while.
- Yeah, why don't you just sleep over after dinner tonight.
You can stay in Timothy's bunkhouse.
- Yeah, we'll see.
This smells delicious by the way.
- Why, thank you.
- Thanks, babe. - Mm-hmm.
(gentle music)
- So did you ever rodeo?
- I was a calf roper.
- Still rope?
- No, that was a long time ago.
- [Donna] Oh don't let him fool you.
He can still throw a rope with the best of them.
- Chris, before we eat--
- Oh of course, I'd love to say grace.
- Oh but we still--
- Dear Heavenly Father,
please bless this food we have here.
- Hey. (playful music)
- Oh.
(Christian coughs)
Dear Heavenly Father,
please bless this food.
(playful music)
Dear Heavenly Father,
(playful music)
dear Heavenly Father,
please bless this--
(playful music)
- Sorry, no, go on.
- Dear Lord,
please bless this food to the nourishment
of our bodies, amen.
- [All] Amen.
- [Lisa] Amen!
- That's right, Chris.
You haven't met our daughters, have you?
This is May, Lauren, April,
Clair and Lisa.
And this is Chris.
So Chris, you say you're a chaplain.
- Yes, sir, I am,
Rincon Valley Christian College, in California.
- Did you say California?
- How close are you to the beach?
- About an hour.
- I would love to live at the beach.
- Do you know any movie stars?
- Oh like that one guy from that show.
- Oh, I love that guy.
- He's so dreamy.
- He's California dreamy.
- Do you have coyotes in LA?
- Or bobcats?
- Tarantulas?
- Scorpions?
- Rattlesnakes, chuk-chuk-chuk?
- All right, now you're starting to get scary.
- They can get in your boots.
- Well, good think I ain't wearing any.
But California's really not too much different than here,
more cactus here, and it's hotter.
But it's a dry heat, right?
- Oh, oh it's a dry heat.
Tell that to the turkey
when you stick him in the oven, right?
(all laugh)
- Yeah, and there's all the stables here.
We got all this land out here.
So, my boy, should I show you the bunkhouse,
or should I call you a cab?
- (chuckles) Well, as much fun
as this had been, Mr Miller...
(gentle music)
- How was your ride, honey?
- There's a section of fence over on the west side
that needs to be looked at.
- [Tom] Oh, okay.
- I'll get Ray and Zeke on it first thing in the morning.
- All right, well, there's some chili in the bunkhouse,
if you're hungry.
- Nope, I'm good.
I had something already.
- All right, good, good.
Well, Amy, this is Mr Christian Andrews.
Chris, this is my oldest, Amy.
Chris is a friend of Tim's.
- How do you do?
I'll take Jubilee to the stables.
- [Tom] All right.
(Amy clicks) (Jubilee grunts)
(gentle music)
So, Chris, you were saying?
- Well, if it's not putting you out.
(Tom laughs)
- So do you all of your daughters help
with you on the ranch?
- Yeah, they each have
their own responsibilities and duties.
Donna and I have been doing this a lot of years,
and we're just not as spry as we used to be.
Amy Grace, she's our right hand.
(solemn music)
Some of the comforts of home.
I miss that young man.
Just when you think you've got your whole life figured out.
- Nobody's promised tomorrow, are they?
- Well, make yourself at home.
This is, this was Tim's room.
- I appreciate it, thank you.
- We're up at dawn.
(solemn music)
(crickets chirping)
(animal howling) (owl hooting)
(creature rattling)
(ominous music)
- Nuh-uh.
(animal howling) (suspenseful music)
(solemn music)
- All rise.
State of Arizona versus Ray Hawkins
and Zeke Montano is now in session,
Judge Stone presiding.
- Be seated.
And take those cowboy hats off in this courtroom.
I don't care if you're in Arizona.
And you should know better.
You boys have been in my courtroom way too many times
over the last few years.
You're way past the three strikes.
Mr Prosecutor, you want to proceed?
- Your Honor,
Mr Hawkins is charged with disorderly behavior
and public drunkenness and a brawl
that allegedly was instigated by Mr Hawkins
and his accomplice, Zeke Montoyo.
They caused the destruction of a pool cue
and one overhead Coca-Cola lamp.
Now Your Honor,
I am not saying that these are the worst criminals
in the world, but they are repeat offenders
with no regard for society.
I say we should throw the book at them.
(Ray and Zeke whispering)
(gavel bangs)
- Quiet, quiet in my courtroom!
Mr Gray?
- Oh, oh (coughs).
Yes, Your Honor,
(quirky music)
my client, Mr, uh,
(quirky music)
Ray Hawkins, and my other client, Zeke Montano,
have been arrested 22,
22?
Have been arrested 22 times, Your Honor.
So we are requesting leniency.
- I object.
- Wait, wait, wait, it's okay.
You boys have some pretty good friends
over there at the Eight Ball.
They're willing to drop the destruction of property
if you pay $1,200 in restitution.
- My clients agree to full restitution, Your Honor.
- I object.
I don't have that kind of money.
I didn't agree to this.
- They are both gainfully employed,
more than happy to pay restitution, Your Honor.
- (chuckles) That only leaves the charge
of public drunkenness.
Mr Hawkins, I'm gonna order you to do three days
of AA meetings over the next 30 days.
After which time, you will report back to me.
Take advantage of this, or you'll get jail time.
- Three AA meetings?
Judge, I can't do that.
And that's the truth.
- Oh, three days too much?
How about five?
- Judge, you can't do that.
- Oh, I can't?
You wanna go for 10?
Keep it going.
365, I got days, come on.
Didn't think so.
Get 'em out of my courtroom!
- Should've taken the three.
- [Judge] Now!
(gavel bangs)
(solemn music)
(engines rev)
- City slicker.
(Ray spits)
(solemn music)
- Thanks, Tim.
(solemn music)
(horse snorts)
All right.
Hey, ladies.
I thought I'd come by, see if I could help out around here
with some, some ranch things.
(bell rings)
- Well, you're a little late.
It's lunch.
- Oh, okay, guys.
- If you want, you can finish up
with the rest of the stables after we eat.
- Yeah, I can do that.
- Deal.
- Cool.
(horse neighs)
No.
(sighs) Welcome to the ranch, I guess.
(triangle chimes)
(gentle music)
Just right on there.
Thank you.
(Christian sighs)
Nice day. - You too.
(solemn music)
- Round here, we usually do a little work
before we eat.
(solemn music)
Ah, just kidding, too slow.
(solemn music)
- Lauren, you finished with the tack room?
- Two more.
- Good.
Clair and May, you're on dinner detail tonight.
Menu's in the kitchen.
April, Lisa, finish mucking the stables.
- Uh, Mr Andrews said that he'd like
to finish up with the stables.
- Is this true?
- Sure, I got to earn my lunch somehow, right?
I was walking around.
They were working, and--
- Well, Mr Andrews,
I think you should know these two are trying
to pull something over on you.
There are a lot more stables
on the other side of this ranch.
- How many we talkin'?
- About another 30.
- I'm up for that.
- You know, with these two,
they were lookin' at another half day of work.
- I'll honor my commitment.
- Fine.
Ray and Zeke can show you what
to do when you get there.
Clair, please show Mr Andrews where to go
on your way to exercise the horses.
The rest of you get goin'.
You two, you come with me.
Find something else for you to do
for the rest of the afternoon.
- [Clair] So you went to school with Tim?
- [Christian] We were best friends
when we were about your age.
- [Clair] Hard to imagine Tim being my age.
- [Christian] Why is that?
- [Clair] He always seemed so serious about everything.
- Anything else I need to know about Ray and Zeke?
- Do you like to drink a lot?
- No.
- You ever been to jail?
- No.
- You guys won't have much to talk about then.
- Ray gets the brown bottle flu every month or two.
- What is that?
- He has a little too much to drink
and spends the weekend in jail.
Oh, and they know a city slicker when they see one.
(solemn music)
Hey, guys, Mr Chris volunteered to finish up
with the stables, so maybe you could show him what to do.
- Oh, uh, we can point him in the right direction.
(solemn music)
- I'm Christian.
Okay.
- So you were a friend of Tim's?
- I was, yes.
- Hard to believe.
Got a lot more cowboy in him than you.
- He knew how to pull his own weight.
- Guys, I'm just here to help.
- Oh, you want to help?
Hold this.
Now have a PhD in muckology.
Here's the muck.
- Hey, Professor, the muck goes over there.
(solemn music)
(horse neighs)
- You know, you don't have anything to prove.
- Hey.
I'm just getting my second wind.
- You know, I can have Ray and Zeke finish up
with these in the morning.
- No, no, I got this.
(gentle music)
- You're a very interesting man, Mr Andrews,
either crazy determined or just plain crazy.
- You know, I won't use your last name
if you don't use mine.
- Good night, then, Mr, Chris.
(gentle music)
- I'm interesting.
Or I'm crazy.
(gentle music)
(upbeat country music)
(horse neighs)
(Christian coughs)
(horse neighs)
(all laugh)
- All right.
Let's get back to it.
- [Christian] Oh no.
♪ Wake up before the sunrise ♪
♪ Hit the road at the crack of dawn ♪
♪ Lord, my eyes are gettin' real tired ♪
♪ But I know I've got to drive on ♪
♪ Don't know where I'm headed yet ♪
♪ But I sure know where I've been ♪
♪ You know, I work and pray every single day ♪
♪ Hope that Heaven's gonna let me in ♪
♪ 'Cause I know He's got a plan ♪
♪ For every ramblin' man ♪
♪ Yeah, I know God's got a plan for me ♪
♪ But it's hard to see the light ♪
♪ In the darkness of the night ♪
♪ Keep survivin' ♪
♪ There's a lion inside of me ♪
- Oh.
(horse grunts)
Asprin?
Oh, thank you.
(gentle music)
- You may want to take one more.
(horse grunts) (Christian sighs)
- (sighs) I am hurtin' in places--
- [Amy] Me, too.
- Hey, Amy, you got a couple of horses loose
on the north fence.
Can you get 'em for me?
- Yeah, I got it.
- Oh, and take Chris with ya.
- But...
(gentle music)
- [Christian] Here's the horses are,
just around the wire.
All right.
Hey.
How you doin' there?
(gentle music)
(Christian grunts)
- Give me your phone.
- Huh?
Okay.
- Here's my info.
You feeling too sore to work tomorrow, just text me.
- (chuckles) I'll be all right, okay,
in about a week.
- If you find yourself in a hole,
first thing to do is stop digging.
Will Rogers.
- I don't think that was a hole I was digging today.
(Amy chuckles)
- Stop trying to be a ranch hand.
Believe me, you're never gonna be a ranch hand.
Just be Chris Andrews.
I don't need another ranch hand.
Come on.
(gentle music)
- My friend, Tim, I can't believe
how fast our high school years have flown by.
As we embark on this next phase of our lives,
I hope we will continue to remain best friends,
even if we go in separate directions.
As long as we hold Christ in our hearts
and surround ourselves with those who believe,
we'll always be part of the Faith Club.
Your friend, Christian.
(Christian chuckles)
Why did you keep this?
(gentle music)
(people chattering)
- His mighty firmament.
(knocking)
Uh, one second.
Yes.
- Mr Jones, there's about a dozen college students
waiting here to see you.
- Okay, uh, just give me a minute.
- Are you okay?
- [Rick] Oh yeah.
(tense music)
(phone chimes)
- Oh.
Amy?
Amy, Amy.
(groans) Rick.
What's up, Rick?
- Dude, when are you getting back?
- I'm not sure yet, actually.
- Well, I'm, I'm drowning here.
I've got like 20 kids who want me
to give them my advice.
My advice!
- Just listen and let God guide you to the answers.
- Now that easy for you.
I'm not very good at listening.
- Just have faith.
I won't be here much longer.
- What, I got to do another Sunday service?
- You'll do great, okay.
I have faith in you.
Just please don't use the Prius story.
I'll call you as soon as I know something.
- All right, hey,
what's wrong with the Prius story?
Chris, hello?
(Rick sighs)
God, help me through this.
(dramatic music)
- Hey, Chris.
Can you ride?
- Yes, yes, I can.
- So you've ridden before?
- No, no, I haven't.
- Okay, we'll hike.
- Coach wants me to play football this summer,
and I don't want to.
I'm done with that.
I'm a baker,
doughnuts, strudels, pies.
- I'm doing my nails this weekend.
Pink or gold?
- Hey, I have seven brothers.
It's not my fault he can't take a punch.
- Pastor, who do I need to talk to
to get some good doughnuts and coffee
in the faculty room, hmm?
Hmm?
(gentle music)
- I thought you could use a day off.
- Don't think I deserve one.
I think you're just trying to keep me
from wrecking something else.
- My secret's out.
April and Lisa sure knew how to play you.
- You know, I knew I suspected something.
I really just wanted to help,
but I did not expect to wake up in a stable.
- You're such a city slicker.
- So what'd you end up doing with 'em?
- Who?
- Lisa and April.
- I just made sure the alternative was worse.
- (laughs) How bad was it?
- Change and wash all the linens
and clean all the bedrooms and bathrooms.
- That's kind of like what I was doing.
- I hope not.
(gentle music)
- Did you know Tim well?
- No, he kept to himself.
He was a good worker, though.
I think Clair got to know him the best.
She took his death pretty hard.
You may want to talk to her.
- It'd probably be good for both of us.
- I don't think I could do that.
I'm not a very good listener.
- Well, we all got our strengths.
You run a ranch.
That's no easy task.
- I don't run this ranch.
- You could've fooled me.
- I don't work it alone.
I do rather enjoy telling people what to do, though.
- That I've noticed.
(both laugh)
- Let's go this way.
(upbeat music)
- So you know I'm head of the cheerleading team.
Woo-woo!
Any ideas for a new routine?
- So I've been working out.
I adjusted my workout to do a lot of curls.
You think the coach will let me back on the team?
- I think I'm homesick (sobs).
- I was trying to find a great burger near campus.
Any suggestions?
- Now that I can help you with.
Hold all my calls.
I'm goin' to lunch.
(gentle music)
- What is this place?
- All the old ranches have these family cemeteries.
This is the Miller family cemetery.
This one's an old cowboy grave from the 1800s,
oldest one we've got.
Don't even know who he is.
This is the newest one.
- Tim.
- Yeah.
Yeah, we had a service out here a, couple of days ago.
Looks like Ray and Zeke made it out here, too.
- I just got the news late.
(somber music)
(Christian sniffs)
- Tim, my friend, what happened to you?
(somber music)
- I want you to meet my parents.
- Your parents?
I thought the Millers were your--
- They took me in after my parents were killed.
The Miller's are my aunt and uncle.
- What happened?
- It was five years ago.
They were a block down the street
and got hit by a drunk driver.
Dead at the scene.
- What about the other driver?
- Barely a scratch.
- Did he go to prison or--
- Not one day.
Case got thrown out on a technicality.
They lost the blood alcohol test.
I've moved on.
I don't want to know anything about him.
I feel like it gives him power over me, you know.
- Hmm.
To lose your parents, I,
I can't imagine.
(somber music)
(gentle music)
(Christian sighs)
(Christian chuckles)
- Are you serious?
Thanks, Tim.
There you go.
- Thank you. - Yeah.
- [Tom] I'm really glad you're spending some time here.
- Yeah, you know,
I really think it's just what I needed.
- Yeah, sunshine and hard work can really be healing.
- Amen to that.
- Hey, how well did you know Tim?
- What do you want to know?
- I don't know.
It's the way everybody talks about Tim here.
It's just different than the way I knew him, you know.
And no offense, I love this ranch.
But I just can't really see him doing a job like this.
- Well, you know, sometimes people are working at something,
and sometimes they're working on something.
- Was he happy here?
- Was Tim happy?
I like to think he was finding some satisfaction
in what he was doing here.
You know, he'd been through a lot in life
since you and he knew each other.
- I just lost contact with him.
I got busy, too busy.
- Well, you know, we can't do anything
about what's come and gone.
All we can do is learn from our mistakes.
- That's words of wisdom.
- (laughs) I've got over 30 years of mistakes on you.
Hey, by the way, Donna and I are gonna be leaving town
the day after tomorrow.
I was hoping you'd still be here when we get back.
We'll only be gone a couple of days.
- Okay.
- And Amy's gonna be running things,
which she does anyway.
If you could give her a hand
with whatever she needs help with,
I'd appreciate it.
- I don't know how much help I'll be, but, uh, sure.
(gentle music)
- We won't be gone very long, just a few days.
We'll tell you all about it when we get home.
- Can I go?
- No, I'm sorry, sweetie.
- Now we expect all of you
to give Amy the same respect you give us
while we're gone.
- Mm-hmm, and try to make sure that guy doesn't starve
to death while we're gone, okay.
(gentle music)
- Tim spent a lot of time out here the last few months.
- So were you two listening to Johnny Cash?
- Yeah.
- And what's all this?
- I don't know.
- Whoa.
Whoa.
- [Clair] What is it?
- It's, uh, stuff.
A little book over here, too.
Oh my goodness.
Tim and I, back then, we were just on fire for Jesus.
So I went to a Christian college,
became a chaplain there, right.
He only went one semester, dropped out, got a job.
I hadn't talked to him since then.
This looks like an outline to fix this place up.
He never told you anything about this?
- No, they used to talk about
how they had dances out here in the old days.
- He was thinking about doing services here.
- Like a church?
- Hmm?
(dramatic music)
Maybe this is why I'm here,
to finish what Tim started here.
I think I know who could help.
("Best Friends To Stay" by Wally Swiatly)
♪ When I'm with you ♪
♪ You're with me, you see ♪
♪ We're inseparable, no doubt ♪
♪ Like family, our strength carries on ♪
♪ We could fall into outer space ♪
♪ Run off track on a train to another place ♪
♪ Come right back to see each other's face ♪
♪ Smiling that smile to let each know ♪
♪ It's all okay ♪
♪ We are best friends to stay ♪
- I can't believe Tim has been at a ranch
in Tucson all this time.
- Never figured him for a country boy.
- How'd he end up here?
- You guys, I want your help, all right.
I found out Tim had a vision.
He wanted to start some kind of cowboy church here
on this ranch, you know, a place for people
to come who wouldn't feel comfortable
in a traditional church setting.
The thing is, his first service was set for next Sunday.
- This isn't a church.
It's a concrete slab.
- I don't know, you know, a few lights,
chairs facing this way, pulpit here.
- Cowboy cathedral.
- This cowboy wants some air conditioning.
- Come on, guys.
Let's do this for Tim.
- We are the Faith Club, after all.
- That's right.
- I don't know.
- Come on, man, you got to have faith
in God, the Faith Club, faith in Tim.
- Do you have faith or not?
- Yeah, faith this is gonna take more effort
than we mentioned over the phone.
- Amy, I want you to meet my friends,
Maria, Donovan, Justin.
Guys, this is Amy.
- Hey, well, Maria, we have a room
at the house you can stay in.
- Okay.
- Okay if the guys bunk with you, Chris?
- Yeah, unless you guys want to sleep in the stables.
I just cleaned those up the other day.
- Well, meet us up at the house
once you're settled in, okay.
Come on.
(gentle music)
- Amy.
- It's not like that.
- Oh it's like that.
(gentle music)
- These are just a few stables over here.
There's about 40 more stables on the other side over there.
- Dang.
That's a lot of horses.
- A whole lot of horse--
- Oh, you're tellin' me.
I spent a whole week shoveling out stables one afternoon.
(solemn music)
- (laughs) Hey, Ray, looks like you roped a hefer.
- Yeah, it looks like we got a few more hands
to help clean out the stall.
- Yeah, we were just talking about that, actually.
These are my buddies, Justin and Donovan.
- Come on, Zeke.
(engines rev)
- Those guys are jerks.
Who do they think they are?
- I want to ride an ATV.
- Ah, they're just ranch hands.
They like to give me a hard time.
They ride up.
They mock me.
And then they ride out.
- (laughs) God molding your character.
- [Maria] This is perfect.
- Much better than the bunkhouse.
(Maria laughs)
So you knew Timothy, too?
- Yeah, Tim and Chris were best friends back in high school.
- They seem so different.
Timothy was so quiet.
I never got to know him well
in the three years he was here.
I've already gotten to know Chris better
in just the few days he's been here.
- Tim inspired us all.
He was always up, never afraid to step out on faith.
You know, like they say you got to get out of the boat
before you can walk on water (chuckles).
(gentle music)
You like Chris?
- Yeah, he's great.
We're just friends.
I don't know.
- Chris is a great guy.
- I just haven't been interested in anyone in a long time.
Well, the horses are happy to see me.
(Maria laughs)
Let's get you settled.
- Hanging out, just like high school.
- I know, man.
I'm glad you guys are here.
- Glad to be here, man.
So what's up with Amy?
You ask her out yet?
- I'm, I'm just getting to know her.
- Carpe diem, my friend.
- Well, we did go on a nice hike the other day.
- [Justin] Oh yeah?
- To a cemetery.
- Ouch. - Now that's a cheap date.
(gentle music)
(crickets chirping)
- [Amy] What a beautiful night.
- All this fresh air, we don't have that in LA.
I don't think I've seen so many stars before.
I gotta say,
I think the ranch life is starting to grow on me.
- Your friends are nice.
You guys are hilarious together.
- Yeah, Tim should be here, though.
- From the way you guys talk about him,
he seems like completely different guy.
- Yeah, honestly, all this makes me miss him that much more.
I can't help but feel like I let him down, you know.
I should've tried harder to stay in contact with him.
Yeah, I do wish, though,
God would let me see him just one last time.
- You'll see him one day, right?
- Hmm.
You a believer, Amy?
- My mom and dad were Christians, so yeah.
I was saved when I was twelve.
My aunt and uncle, they're good people, so.
- Sunday Christians?
- Sunday morning Christians.
Me, too.
- Yeah, well, God knows what's in your heart.
- It can be a scary thought sometimes.
(both laugh)
- You want to go to dinner, Amy.
- I'm not really hungry.
- Not tonight.
- Like on a date?
Okay, Chris.
- It looks like the stage area goes over here,
and the pulpit goes there.
And all of the chairs go right back here.
- We could string lights all over.
That would be pretty.
- That sounds great.
- Okay, okay, let's get back to the important question here.
Where are you taking Amy for your date?
- What, you asked her out on a date?
- It's just dinner tomorrow night.
- And she said yes?
- Does that surprise you?
- I think she's been on one date since I've been here.
And it did not go well.
- What happened?
- First dates can be tricky.
- Clair, what happened?
- Well, I'm just the little sister,
so what do I know?
- Clair knows all.
She's clairvoyant.
- Two words, endless buffet.
- Ooh, first date red flag.
The guy was a cheapskate.
- Yeah, even I know a first date buffet is a real bad idea,
unless I'm real hungry.
(all chuckle)
- So what would Amy like?
- Something romantic.
- Something with candles.
- Something Italian.
- Something new to wear.
(solemn music)
(upbeat music)
- We need to get you un-cowboyed.
- Yeah, that ranch hand look may work around the ranch,
but you need to look like a lady if you're going on a date.
- Thanks.
- Do you remember that last date?
- That had nothing to do with what I was wearing.
- Yeah, buffet boy didn't deserve you.
- Chris is definitely no buffet boy.
- Exactly.
- So we're gonna need a fancy dress.
(Amy groans)
- [May] And to do something with your hair.
- What's wrong with my hair?
- Just leave all day open.
("Ends With Me And You" by Darlington Drive)
♪ Guess you don't see ♪
♪ The flash in my eyes ♪
♪ Like fireworks and waterfalls ♪
♪ Do you realize ♪
♪ Can't know if you don't try ♪
♪ I sound crazy but I believe, baby ♪
♪ The circle will go around and around ♪
♪ And end with me and you ♪
♪ It's just three words away ♪
♪ Can't find the strength of will to say ♪
♪ I want you to want me ♪
♪ Hey, I hope and pray it works out that way ♪
♪ Guess you don't read minds ♪
♪ I'm thinkin' loud as I can ♪
♪ Oh my, what's that you're comin' my way ♪
♪ I can barely stand ♪
♪ It might sound crazy but I believe, baby ♪
♪ The circle will go around and around ♪
♪ And end with me and you ♪
♪ The circle will go around and around ♪
♪ Till you see what you have found ♪
♪ The circle will go on and on ♪
♪ Till you see I've been here all along ♪
(foot tapping)
- A man should feel extra special when his date is late.
That means she's taking extra time to look good for you,
Teen Girl Magazine, September issue.
- I hope you're taking her somewhere nice.
- Not a buffet, right?
- I'm not taking her to a buffet.
- When was the last time you had a date?
- I probably shouldn't tell you this,
but the reason our sister doesn't go on a lot
of dates is because she's been waiting for the right person.
- Well, I've been waiting, too.
- Patience is a virtue.
(gentle music)
- Don't hurt my sister.
- Thank you for waiting.
- Thank you for being worth waiting for.
("What A Wonderful World" by Marty Medriano)
♪ Hmm-mm ♪
♪ I've been wondering lately what it would be like ♪
♪ If you were next to me ♪
♪ What a wonderful world it would be ♪
♪ To have you next to me ♪
♪ Face to face to recognize you as my friend ♪
♪ To know what makes you smile and laugh ♪
♪ When I'm talking to you ♪
♪ What a wonderful world it would be ♪
♪ To have you next to me ♪
- I've been really blessed.
I'm really just right where I want to be.
- I envy you.
Since my parents died,
I don't really know what I'm supposed to do.
I guess working at the ranch has really saved me.
This sounds wrong,
but I feel guilty for my parents death.
I keep thinking maybe if I've done something differently,
if I'd gotten better grades,
if I prayed more, something,
maybe they'd still be here.
- They're gone because of somebody else's bad mistake.
It's not your fault.
It will never be your fault.
Take time, but you just really have
to convince yourself that whenever you feel guilty.
- Well, sometimes I'm not my favorite person (laughs).
- Like Jesus said,
love God and love others as you love yourself.
It's important to love yourself.
You know, God loves us.
So we’re lovable.
- You make it sound so easy.
- Sometimes love is easy.
(phone chimes)
(chuckles) What is it?
- (sighs) We should probably get back, now.
- [All] Lauren, get out!
- I need to wash my hair! - Hurry up!
(sisters chattering)
- How long has she been in there?
- Hurry up!
- Okay, girls, girls, girls.
Come on, what's going on?
- [April] Lauren's in there, and she won't come out.
- (sighs) Lauren, come out here this minute.
- No. - Young lady.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, shh, shh, shh.
Hey, just give me one minute, okay.
One minute, trust me, this is what I do.
- Okay, go on. - All right, cool.
All right, come on.
Lauren, it's Christian, just me.
- [Lauren] Leave me alone.
- Please.
Come on, I really need your help with something.
- [Lauren] What?
- It's about my date with Amy.
And you know her better than I do.
I could really use your help.
Can I come in?
- Okay.
I wasn't trying for red.
- All right, well, lucky for you,
this is not the first case
of unwanted red hair I've ever had.
I'd say about three hair emergencies a semester.
All right, but I know just what to do.
(playful music)
- [Lauren] I hope you're right.
- [Christian] Well, we'll know in about five minutes.
- I'm going to bed.
- Is everything okay?
- Yes.
- Well, good night, then.
Did you do something to your hair?
Not gonna tell me, huh?
- Ministerial counseling confidentiality.
It's getting late, though.
I should go.
(gentle music)
- You've managed to do something no one's done
in a long time.
- What's that?
- Surprise me.
Thank you.
- Have we waited long enough yet?
- You wish.
(gentle music) (crickets chirping)
(phone clicking)
- Had a really good time, smiley face.
(phone beeps)
(phone clicking)
(phone beeps)
"Me too.
"Thank you for treating me like a lady.
"It was nice to be a girl for a night."
Hope I get to see her again, smiley face.
Thank you for sharing that part of yourself with me.
Good night.
(phone beeps)
(dramatic music)
(gentle music)
(dramatic music)
Amy, what do you want?
- Us to ride together on horseback.
- Amy, what do you want, really?
- I want my parents back.
- All right.
You see, I can't give you that.
Ever since we met, you have this, this wall,
and I can't fix it.
- What's going on?
Did something happen?
Did-- - I just think I'm starting
to realize that maybe God doesn't want me here.
- Chris, I've never seen you like this.
- Do you think you could ever forgive the man
who killed your parents?
- No, of course not!
Who could?
- And I don't think I can, either, okay,
because he's the one who gave you this wall.
And I know we have this connection, but--
- I don't see what this has to do with us.
- Amy, Tim killed your parents.
Tim, my friend Tim, is the drunk driver
who crashed that car.
- What?
- I spoke to his parents.
They told me about the crash.
They told me about the couple he killed.
- Tim?
He took them away.
He was here that whole time?
- I spoke to your uncle.
Tim told him everything.
He said he was here to be a guardian angel.
He tried to make amends.
- My uncle knew?
And he let that man...
When you showed up,
I thought it was God bringing something good
from something bad.
That's what they say, right?
God can take a bad situation and make it good.
I thought all this was to bring us together.
And your friend,
your friend...
He didn't just bring you here.
He brought me here to kill me, too.
- Amy!
Amy!
♪ Lay your worries down ♪
♪ Just surrender here and now ♪
♪ All the doubt that's afoot ♪
♪ It won't do any good ♪
♪ So just lay your worries down ♪
♪ Put your strength in faith and love ♪
♪ Faith in love ♪
♪ Echo peace and you'll calm the rough ♪
♪ You'll calm the rough ♪
♪ And the flower will grow ♪
♪ Everybody will know ♪
♪ Put your strength in faith and love ♪
♪ You gotta fly just a little bit farther ♪
♪ You're meant for something more ♪
♪ Something more ♪
♪ You gotta fly just a little bit farther ♪
♪ Can't live until you soar ♪
♪ Till you soar ♪
♪ Fly just a little bit farther ♪
- Amy!
Amy!
Amy, stop, stop.
- Why are you here?
It can't be because of me.
And I thought you weren't interested in being a cowboy.
- I'm not.
- Maybe Ray was right.
- What, so only cowboy's count?
- That's not my point.
- What is your point?
- Why are you in front of me?
- Listen, I just couldn't leave
with the way things are between us right now.
I just wanted to talk.
- Talk all you want, just not to me.
- I'm gonna do this service, Amy, okay?
And it's not gonna be a celebration.
It's not gonna be an honorary for Tim, okay.
It's gonna be a warning,
about trusting people too much, okay.
Then, I'm gone.
- Then Ray was right about that building.
By next week, that church'll just be another mess
for me and the girls to clean up.
Just go back to playing at college.
The people there can come and go in your life,
and you don't even have to ask.
You said God doesn't want you here,
neither do I.
♪ Shelter, you know I'm shelter ♪
♪ So why do you turn from here ♪
♪ Have you passed by all the answers ♪
♪ Are you torn by what seems too near ♪
♪ I was always the rest you sought ♪
♪ You lose your struggle in my touch ♪
♪ I was always the breath you caught ♪
♪ If you need shelter, come to me ♪
♪ Shelter, you know I'm shelter ♪
♪ Just place your faith in me ♪
♪ When you lay down your illusions ♪
♪ You'll find the strength you need ♪
♪ I will always be the rest you sought ♪
♪ You lose your struggle in my touch ♪
♪ I will always be the breath you caught ♪
♪ If you need shelter, come to me ♪
♪ Mm-hmm ♪
♪ If you need shelter ♪
♪ Come to me ♪
- So have you texted her yet, man?
- She doesn't text me back.
- You know, you're not supposed to text a girl
after three times, if she doesn't text you back, right?
- How many times did you text her, anyway?
- More than three.
(Justin scoffs)
- Hey, hey!
What are you doing here?
You don't belong here, man.
Why don't you go up to the house,
help one of the other girls with their hair?
I don't know what you did to Amy last night,
but that cold, bossy, little--
- Don't you dare talk about her like that!
- Oh yeah, what are you gonna do about it?
- You don't have a clue what she's going through.
- Oh yeah, well--
- As if some old drunk knows anything about being there
for someone who needs him, right.
- Oh man, it's on! - Ray, Ray, Ray!
(Ray grunts)
Ray, Ray, come on, man.
Remember what the judge said.
One more fight, you'll go to jail.
(solemn music)
- [Donovan] You okay, man?
- Yeah.
- What's up?
- Yeah, I just wanted to talk to everybody,
well, not talk, but apologize.
I'm afraid I just brought you all out here
for something that's just not gonna happen.
- What are you talking about, man?
We can get this done.
- No.
I found out some stuff about Tim.
I don't even know
if doing this service is gonna do any good.
I just, uh (sniffs), I don't know.
I'm beat down.
- Are you talking about Tim's crash?
- The drunk driver accident?
- He told you guys?
He trusted all of you guys, and not me?
- It wasn't about trust.
It was about shame.
He was ashamed of what he had done.
- He knew he'd let you down.
He couldn't face it.
So he turned his back on you.
- It's a lot more than that.
All right, you don't know, okay,
to have a dead friend just pull the rug right out
from under you like that.
- When you get hurt like that,
it just shows how much you care.
- Come on, remember what we always used to say?
Where there's faith, there's Faith Club.
- I'm afraid I just don't have much to say these days.
I think this is the end of the Faith Club.
- Amy, you wanted to see me?
- Yeah, May was out on the ATV
and got it stuck in that south wash.
Can you and Zeke go pick it up before it gets dark?
- No, I can't do it today.
It sounds like a two-man job,
and Zeke's in town picking up some gear.
(Amy sighs)
- I'll get my gloves.
I'll go with you.
- I'll go.
- Sounds like a two-man job.
- Thanks, Chris.
Ray?
- All right, he can carry the toolbox.
(solemn music)
(Christian grunting)
Hand me a screwdriver.
Phillips.
- Ray,
I really should apologize to you for what I said.
- Nothing you said needs any apologizing for.
You probably should be thanking Zeke.
He's the one who stopped me from knocking your block off.
I'm probably going to jail anyways.
- Jail, why is that?
- None of your business.
- Well, maybe it's something I can help you with.
- Stop!
Stop trying to preacher me.
I kinda busted up a place a few weeks ago.
I get out of control when I drink.
- A lot of people do.
- Judge ordered me to go to a few AA meetings.
- And if you don't, you go to jail.
- Most likely.
- So you're saying you'd rather go to jail
than go to a few AA meetings?
- It's 10.
- Well?
- Jail doesn't scare me like those AA meetings do.
I don't really like talking in front of people.
- You?
Well, tell you what, when's your next one?
- Tomorrow.
- I'll go with you.
- Why would you do that?
- Friends support friends.
- Oh, we're friends now, huh?
Zeke shoulda let me knock your block off.
(solemn music)
- Mom, Dad, I found the man who killed you
and who took you away from me.
I didn't want to see him as someone real.
I didn't want to know anything about him.
I thought that'd keep the hate away,
but it just buried it deeper inside.
I've been working beside him for three years.
He was a good man.
But how could I forgive him for something like that?
And the bad keeps spreading.
I can't stand to look at his friend,
because they're connected.
And Tim's not there, so I can't...
How could Uncle like to me like that?
How could he let that man near me?
- Amy.
(Christian coughs)
I walked up here for Tim.
I just had to forgive him
for hurting somebody that I really care about.
(gentle music)
And well, forgiveness is an act of faith, isn't it?
Faith is about love.
They're just connected.
Jesus loves us,
has faith in us.
So he forgave us for all our shortcomings.
As hard as that may be,
it's up to you, it's up to us,
to accept that forgiveness.
That faith, that love, that forgiveness,
it sets you free, Amy.
It'll set us free.
You want me to leave?
- No, I think I want you to stay.
("Amazed By You" by Emily Jaye)
♪ Hold on, breathe slow ♪
♪ Time will wait ♪
♪ Your heart knows this so much more than fate ♪
♪ And I'm where I want to stay ♪
♪ As the world just fades away ♪
♪ Oh I'm amazed by you ♪
♪ All of the things you do ♪
♪ Tell me you feel it, too ♪
♪ 'Cause I just can't believe this is true ♪
♪ I'm amazed by you ♪
(gentle music)
- Hello, everybody.
My name is Christian, and I want to introduce
to you a, uh, friend of mine.
- Hello, my name is Ray.
- [All] Hello, Ray.
(gentle music)
- [Donna] Hey, girls, we're home.
- You know what, can you guys help your mom with the bags?
- Come on, girls, I've got gifts for you all.
(Tom sighs)
- Everything go okay?
- Yup, we got everything taken care of.
You know, your aunt and I aren't gettin' any younger,
and we'd like to pull back some from the ranch.
- I can take more of the responsibilities myself.
- No, we already made our decision,
and the papers have been signed.
- You sold the ranch?
- Not exactly.
We're givin' it to you.
You know, you're so much a part of this place
that it's more yours than ours now.
- I don't know what to say.
- It's not gonna happen tomorrow.
We've still got a lot of work to do.
But for now, why don't you go talk with your sisters.
I'm sure they've found out by now.
(Tom laughs)
(Christian laughs)
- Wow, how long have you been planning this?
- I probably knew from the first year she was here.
You know, Chris, when we talked the other night,
I didn't tell you that I'm the one
that found Tim that day.
I saw his horse from my truck.
And by the time I got there, I could see he was breathing,
but the way he was laying there,
I knew I couldn't move him.
And then he said something that really blew my mind.
He said, "This is the day that the Lord has made.
"I will rejoice and be glad in it."
Then he said, "This is the day that we're all waiting for.
"I'm gonna see Jesus today."
(Tom coughs)
So I sat there for about 10 minutes
with him, smiling, and me crying.
And then he passed.
- Wow.
I really appreciate you sharing that with me.
- It's been a long day for me.
(solemn music)
- [Christian] Hey, what is this?
- Oh (chuckles), that's Tim's bike.
- Tim had a motorcycle?
I had a dirt bike when I was a kid.
He would never get on the thing.
It was the only thing he was ever afraid of.
♪ You saw the pain that lies beneath my skin ♪
♪ Things that no one else could see ♪
♪ Plans that went astray and took me far from you ♪
♪ Your ways are not my ways ♪
♪ I give it all to you because ♪
♪ You know me and all I'll ever be ♪
♪ Yeah, you know the hurt ♪
♪ That brought me to my knees ♪
♪ And I could walk in joy ♪
♪ Forgetting what's behind because of you ♪
- This is, uh, the service for Tim John?
- Yes, I was a friend of his.
My name's Christian Andrews.
- He was one of us.
He laid his colors down,
was tryin' to get his act together,
being a obedient to God.
So you need help getting this place into shape?
- Well, not unless you know where to get 100 chairs.
- How about sittin' on bales of hay?
- We got a whole barn full of that.
- Let's go, guys, let's move some straw!
♪ You know me and all I'll ever be ♪
♪ Yeah, you know the hurt that brought me to my knees ♪
♪ And I can walk in joy ♪
♪ Forgetting what's behind because of you ♪
♪ Because of you ♪
♪ Because of you, because of you ♪
- "And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant
"with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus.
"This is a faithful saying
"and worthy of all acceptance,
"that Christ Jesus came into the world
"to save sinners of whom I am chief."
That's from the first chapter,
14th and 15th verse of First Timothy.
The Books of Timothy in the Bible are
about building Christ's church here on Earth,
building it on truth, truth of God,
the truth of the good news, the truth of love.
And to get to that truth, we've got to have faith.
It's only done through faith.
This Timothy here is one for the ages, for everybody.
I was blessed enough in my life
to know my own Timothy, my best friend since childhood.
Because of him, the place we're in here tonight,
he's the reason for that.
He first had a vision to see this
but then also the faith to work towards it as well.
And his faith influenced our faith
to keep working on it until here we are tonight,
all of us here together.
And even then, Tim knew that church didn't have
to be some white clapboard building
with a tall steeple or even a cathedral,
made of stone, awe-inspiring in its grandeur, no.
He knew that church is us.
It's us here with our changed hearts,
our saved souls, whether you're in a cold jail cell
or you're here, free,
wall-less, in the very masterpiece that is God's creation.
No, church is here, in us.
The Timothy I know just passed recently.
And his grave, just up there in those hills,
but I still see him here,
in each and every face that I look into.
His faith in God kept him going
through a lot of terrible, terrible times.
That's what faith and love do.
They keep us going.
And his days, in this old world at least, are over,
no more roaming on the range, just cowboy talk,
in case you didn't know that.
I didn't know that.
But he's home.
He's home, and while he's there,
we're all here still on our own trail.
Let's hold on to that faith, that faith that keeps us.
My friend Tim,
I'll really miss you.
And I'll see you again.
(solemn music)
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ You are the reason ♪
♪ My heart beats like it does ♪
♪ You are the air I breathe ♪
♪ The sun shining above ♪
♪ You are the dream I've had ♪
♪ A million times or more ♪
♪ Yeah, you show me time and again ♪
♪ What I'm livin' for ♪
♪ Hold me, just hold me ♪
♪ Don't ever let me go ♪
♪ You are the miracle, body and soul ♪
♪ Tell me, just tell me you'll always be here ♪
♪ To let me whisper I love you forever, my dear ♪
♪ Forever, my dear ♪
♪ Forever, my dear. ♪
- I’ve been doing some thinking.
There's just a moment you have
that you realize that everything is comming,
always to be, just so clearly connected.
And I've had that moment.
It was right here,
when I first met you.
It's the moment I stopped being me,
and we became us.
You're all I think about, Amy,
first thing I think of, in the morning,
the last thing I think about at night, and in between,
you've become my best friend, my inspiration.
And I can't imagine my life without you.
I'm the man for you, Amy.
You're the one worth waiting for.
Frankly, I'm tired of waiting.
Amy,
will you marry me?
- Yes, yes, I will.
♪ Hold me, just hold me ♪
♪ Don't ever let me go ♪
♪ You are the miracle, body and soul ♪
♪ Tell me, just tell me you'll always be here ♪
♪ To let me whisper I love you forever, my dear ♪
("Amazed By You" by Emily Jaye)
♪ Hold on, breathe slow ♪
♪ Time will wait ♪
♪ Your heart knows this so much more than fate ♪
♪ And I'm where I want to stay ♪
♪ As the world just fades away ♪
♪ Oh, I'm amazed by you ♪
♪ All of the things you do ♪
♪ Tell me you feel it, too ♪
♪ 'Cause I just can't believe this is true ♪
♪ I'm amazed by you ♪
♪ This is more than just a feeling ♪
♪ Like love's mystery revealing ♪
♪ As the world just fades away ♪
♪ I can't find the words to say ♪
♪ How I'm amazed by you ♪
♪ All of the things you do ♪
♪ Tell me you feel it, too ♪
♪ 'Cause I just can't believe this is true ♪
♪ I'm amazed by you ♪
♪ Make me believe the magic in my dreams ♪
♪ And everything I was looking to find ♪
♪ Somehow it all found me ♪
♪ Oh I'm amazed by you ♪
♪ All of the things you do ♪
♪ Tell me you feel it, too ♪
♪ 'Cause I just can't believe ♪
♪ Oh I'm amazed by you ♪
♪ All of the things you do ♪
♪ Tell me you feel it, too ♪
♪ 'Cause I just can't believe this is true ♪
♪ I'm amazed by you ♪