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[birds chirping]
[wind whooshing]
[Gospel music] ♪ Faith can move mountains ♪
[car engine roaring] ♪ Faith can move mountains ♪
♪ If you can just go to God in prayer ♪
♪ Are you ready are you ready ♪
♪ When you are outta the way ♪
♪ In the darkest hour when your life is full of sorrow ♪
♪ And you may think there can be no tomorrow ♪
♪ For every problem there's a solution ♪
♪ It might take your soul revolution ♪
♪ To take it to the Lord in prayer ♪
♪ Then you see signs and wonders when you won't believe ♪
♪ All you have to do is ask and you shall receive ♪
♪ You may not always understand ♪
♪ God will take you by the hand ♪
[car engine roaring]
♪ If you take it to the Lord in prayer ♪
[Rock music]
[car door bangs]
- Miss Joy, what brings you out here?
- What?
- I said, what brings you out this way?
[Rock music]
[both laughing]
Well, praise the Lord.
- Hallelujah!
- They must be on a break.
So what does bring you all the way out here?
- I've been so worried about you.
I'm just saying you're no spring chicken any more.
Now, don't get upset Sharon.
You can tell just by looking at her that she's a hand full.
Besides, she'll be 18 soon
and I'm sure that one will fly the coop
as soon as she gets a chance.
- You know, that one does have a name.
- Guys, where's Chloe with the food?
I'm so hungry my ribs are touching my spine.
- I'm seriously considering milking that cow.
I mean, how hard can it be, right?
- Dude, do you even know which end the milk comes out of?
[both laughing]
- Oh, my gosh.
- You know, you should come.
I wish you'd come.
- You know, I've found that those prayer circles
usually end up just being a gossip circle.
[footsteps approaching]
- Sup!
- [Grandma Sharon] Chloe, we speak English in this house.
- How do you do?
- I'm so happy to meet you, Chloe.
I'm so sorry to hear about your parents.
- I just came in to get some food, so...
- [Joy] I baked some muffins.
[soft music]
[footsteps departing]
- [Grandma Sharon] [sighs] Heaven help me.
[footsteps approaching]
- Are you hungry, here, you want this?
[puppy whines]
- [chuckles] Big surprise, Miss Holier than Thou,
is not so hot in the kitchen.
Guess that's not the only thing she's not so good at.
[spits] Ewww!
[Rock music]
[Chloe sighs]
- Hey speak of the devil.
- Yeah, tell me about it!
Who does that woman think she is,
acting all do-gooder with her stupid muffins.
- Wait, did you say muffins?
- Yeah and you know what?
As soon as I walk out the door
she starts dissing me behind my back.
- What, who's dissing you?
- Wait, wait, and more importantly, where are the muffins?
- They're in the trash, okay.
- Are you fighting with your Grandma again?
- [Lucky] Why are the muffins in the trash?
- Just stop, okay?
No, I'm not fighting with my Grandma right now.
I just refuse to eat anything that woman, Miss Joy, makes.
- Yeah, but don't take it out on the muffins!
- Here, I have a solution.
- To be honest, I don't know why the good Lord
has chosen me to be such a big part of Chloe's life,
but as her grandmother I'm going to do my best,
to bring her to the Lord.
At least until He comes back again or He calls me home,
which ever comes first.
She's just my diamond in the rough.
- I think you both would be better off
if somebody else was taking care of her.
- [sighs] Well, Miss Joy,
I surely do appreciate you taking time out
of your busy day for a visit,
but I'm sure you have more important things to do
and people just dying to hear those pearls of wisdom
you so freely share.
- Well, of course...
- Oh, just a moment.
Here, I don't want you to forget your things,
and let's not forget your Bible.
And may I suggest a scripture reading for today?
Matthew Chapter 7.
Oh, and thank you for the muffins.
- Well, you're welcome.
It's was no problem.
Oh, and my basket?
You know I made it myself.
- Well, you are a woman of many talents
so go spread it around, bye!
[car door bangs]
- "Judge not, that ye be not judged.
For with what judgment ye judge,
ye shall be judged."
Aw, well, I have never. [car engine roaring]
[many laughing]
- Anybody ready for something to drink?
- [Chloe] [coughs] Thanks grandma.
- My goodness what is that smell?
[many laughing]
I think I like what you've done with the place.
But, mercy!
Are those my good curtains?
- [Chloe] Yeah, uh grandma,
I promise I'll put them back right when we're done.
- Well, when you here the bell ring it's dinner time.
- [Chloe] Okay, love you Grandma.
- [Wrench] That was a close one.
[many laughing]
[bell rings]
- Oh, Lord, have mercy! [sighs]
[many laughing]
- [Wrench] Sorry about that.
- [Grandma Sharon] [chuckles] Thank you.
- [Chloe] The food looks really great Grandma.
- Oh, well, thank you.
- Okay, let's eat.
- Uh, uh, uh.
[Chloe laughs]
Only a dog eats without saying grace.
Since you're so hungry, you should say it, Lucky.
You should be the most thankful.
- Uh, God is good, God is great,
thank you for the food on my plate, Amen.
[many laughing]
[Chloe claps]
- Amen, that was pretty good Lucky.
[laughs] Well done.
So, how's your music coming along?
- Um, actually, we were just working on a new song
when you came in.
- Mhh!
- You kids have been blessed with many amazing gifts.
You should really use them wisely.
Oh, by the way, Chloe,
Miss Joy would like us to return her basket
at church on Sunday.
- Oh, well, ok, well, you can do it.
I am not going to church.
- "As for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord", Joshua 24:15.
Now as long as you live in this house
you will worship the Lord on Sundays.
Out of gratitude to the Lord
and respect for me.
Besides, it makes me happy,
and I think it will make you happy too.
- Does this face look happy, Grandma?
Come on, it's the last day they're gonna be here.
- Well, that's wonderful, then they can go too.
- [laughs] Ah, you guys get to come.
- Okay. - Come on.
- Well, there's plenty of food, take all you want,
but eat all you take.
- That'll be no problem about that, Mrs. G.
- [Chloe] Mrs. G? [laughs]
- Yeah, Mrs. Grandma.
You never told me what to call her
and just calling her Grandma didn't sound,
you know, like, respectful enough.
- [Chloe] [laughs] Mrs. Grandma.
- I like it.
Mrs. G it is.
[many laughing]
Chloe, could you please clean up after yourselves.
I've got to finish snapping those beans.
- [Lucky] Thank you for dinner.
- [Chloe] Thank you. - [Sticks] Yeah, thank you.
- Thanks, Mrs. G. - Good night!
- [Chloe] Mrs. G, who says that?
- I did. [laughs]
- Hey Chloe, is it weird for you sleeping
in your mom's old room?
- Nope, actually, I wouldn't change it either,
because it reminds me of her.
Just like every day I wear this ring
because it was hers
and it just makes me feel closer to her, I guess.
Do you think when my mom was our age
that we would have gotten along?
That we would have been friends?
I mean, do we look alike?
[both laughing]
- Uh, I mean, I would never say that.
But, uh, I don't know,
it's kind of hard for me to answer that,
since my mom split when I was 2.
Based off of the outfits,
uh, I don't really know if I would really say yes
but, um, it makes me wonder what they did for fun back then?
- Cow tipping, for sure.
- What?
- You've never heard of tipping cows?
- Why would cows need money, that's stupid.
- [Chloe] [laughs] Oh my gosh.
- What?
- Nothing, no that's fine.
- [Sticks] What? [door knocks]
- I'll explain it to you when your older. [laughs]
[door squeaks] - [Chloe] Hello, grandma.
- Hi, I brought you something
that I thought you might like to wear to church tomorrow.
It was your mother's favorite dress when she was your age.
- Oh, wow, grandma.
Oh, you want me to try it on?
You want me, you want me to see what, okay.
- Yeah, go try it on.
- Oh, yeah, you're next.
Grandma are you serious?
I'm gonna look ridiculous in this.
- I'm gonna tell you the same thing I told your mother
when she wanted to wear overalls to church one Sunday.
When you're standing in church
you are standing before the throne of God,
so don't you go disrespecting Him
by wearing the same thing you'd wear out in the barn.
Oh my, you don't know how much you look like your mother,
except for the hair.
But, although, I think she'd like blue hair.
- All right, I'll wear it.
- Now Sticks, there are more dresses in the closet.
- Yeah, Sticks, there are more dresses for you to try on.
- Uhh, you know, as tempting as that sounds,
I think I'm goin to have to pass on that one.
- Oh, and Chloe, tomorrow for church
would you PLEASE tone down the makeup,
and, uh, remove the fake tattoo.
- Do you really hate makeup that much grandma?
- Oh Heavens no!
I've just lived long enough that I've learned,
if the barn needs painting, you paint it.
You child just don't need so much paint.
Besides, I love you, no matter what your hair looks like,
or what your makeup looks like.
I'm just saying, we don't need to give the women's
prayer circle anything more to chat about.
- That's true.
- You all have sweet dreams,
and don't forget to say your prayers.
- Night grandma.
- [Sticks] Night.
[Chloe sighs]
Chloe, do you pray?
- [Little Chloe] "Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
if Jesus comes before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take, Amen."
- Chloe, knock, knock.
- [laughs] Sorry, uh, do I pray?
I guess I don't really know what to pray for
because the thing that I want the most is impossible.
- Well, if you were to pray, how do you pray?
Are there like rules?
And like certain ways of doing it?
I don't know, maybe we're doing it wrong.
- Why, what do you pray for?
- Well, when I was a kid, everyone, and I mean everyone,
in my neighborhood was getting new bicycles,
and so um, my birthday was coming up,
and I went to go visit my grandma
and whenever I went to go visit her,
she would always make me go to church with her.
And I distinctly remember one Sunday,
the preacher said, "Ask and it shall be given,"
So right then and there I prayed that if God was real,
I would get a new bicycle for my birthday, preferably red.
- Of course.
- So I thought to myself,
well, you know, if I pray for this
and it comes true, that means that God is real,
and then, on top of it, I'll get a new bicycle.
- So, what did you get?
- [sighs] Drums.
- [laughs] Your stupid.
- What?
- You do realize that God is not Santa Clause, right?
- Well...
- If you got a bike,
you wouldn't be as awesome of a drummer
as you are right now, you know?
I mean, my Grandma always tells me
that God doesn't always give what you want,
but He does give you what you need.
- Oh, well.
[gasps] I just realized something.
I still don't have a bicycle.
- You're so stupid.
[both laughing] - Hey!
- [Chloe] Come on.
All right we should go to bed.
- I'm actually really tired.
- All right.
[upbeat music]
[indistinct chatter]
[car door bangs]
[piano music]
♪ There's a church in the valley by the wildwood ♪
♪ No lovelier spot in the dale, ♪
♪ No place is so dear to my childhood ♪
♪ As the little brown church in the vale ♪
♪ Oh come come come ♪
[piano music]
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
If we have such an all mighty, all powerful,
all-loving God, why must we suffer?
[sighs] Most of us have struggled with the answers
to those questions for generations.
How do we explain to someone who has just lost a loved one,
the reason for that?
How do we make sense out of the pain
and suffering that is inflicted
upon us by other's unintentionally,
or even worse, intentionally?
Or the pain and suffering that we inflict on ourselves
because we find ourselves in a rut
and we can't seem to find our way out.
[Woman snoring]
I don't presume to know God's reasons or thoughts,
but I do know I can depend on His promises of comfort,
of strength, of hope, faith and forgiveness.
- [Many] Amen.
[soft music]
[indistinct chatter]
- [Joy] Chloe, it's so nice to see you in a dress.
- Muffin Lady.
- Yes, did you enjoy the muffins?
- Yes. most definitely the most delicious muffins
Ive had, no doubt.
- Well thank you, thank you.
And Chloe, I'm going to hook you up with my nephew Jamie.
- [Grandma Sharon] Oh, Miss Joy,
I would love for you to meet some friends.
- Lucky, I can't believe you.
- What?
- You know that you don't lie in church.
You realize, you are a sinner in church, sinning.
- What lie?
I didn't lie.
- You just told her that they were the best
muffins you ever had.
We all know Chloe threw them in the trash.
- Ahh, yeah, you see,
you know that Chloe threw them in the trash.
What you don't know is that I saved them
and they were delicious.
[many laughing] [Chloe And Sticks] Ewww!
- That's nasty!
- So speaking of new directions,
what are you gonna do now?
We've never really talked about your parents,
the band, or anything.
- I think right now, I'm just going to lay low.
Like, just for the summer,
because everything that I knew kinda got up rooted.
And honestly, I'm just trying to figure out
who I am and where I'm suppose to be.
- Chloe, I'll tell you exactly who you are.
You're the best friend that I've ever had.
You're a reason we are a band.
I'm gonna miss you so much.
What are you gonna do if we make it into Band Clash?
- [Lucky] Yeah.
- You guys will find somebody else.
You guys are the real talent, I mean, I do nothing.
- No you know that's not true.
And now we have to listen to Lucky sing.
- Yes!
Now, my star qualities will shine.
- Oh, great!
- Guys, it's 4 hours away.
I didn't move to New York or anything like that, okay?
[footsteps approaching]
- You kids are welcome anytime.
Just give me a little heads up,
so I can stock up on supplies.
[many laughing]
Besides, if Chloe decides to go to college,
she'll only be an hour away.
- [Chloe] What?
- [Sticks, Wrench, Lucky] College?
- [Lucky] You're going to college?
- We'll talk about it later.
We really need to skedaddle.
- [Sticks] Bye, grandma.
- [Grandma Sharon] Bye, sweetheart.
[many giggles]
- You know, I like your friends.
- [Chloe] Thanks grandma.
- [Sticks] All right, let's go boys.
- Do I get to drive this time?
- [Wrench] Nope.
[car engine roaring]
[soft music]
- Grandma, what did you mean when you said
that we need to talk about college?
I've never applied anywhere.
- I know you didn't, but I did.
- What?
Where did you apply?
- CCU, the same place your parents went to.
- Grandma, I'm not going there.
I not CCU material.
- You are so CCU material.
You are perfect CCU material.
- Oh my gosh.
What did we just hit?
- Lunch, it was a turkey.
Lunch, I'll go back and get it later.
[car engine roaring]
[car door bangs]
Chloe, you may be mad at me,
but that does not give you the right
to take it out on old Frankie here.
You come back here
and you shut this door properly.
[car door closes]
And I was just kidding about that turkey.
- [sighs] Oh, Lord, when they say the best part
of parenting was being a grandparent.
[door bangs]
I don't think they had this in mind.
Please give me a little more time and patience, Amen.
[soft music]
[birds chirping]
[grandma humming]
There you are.
- [Chloe] Hello.
- I was just fixing to go check up on you.
How are you feeling?
- I'm tired, it's hot.
It makes me sleepy.
- You know, I made some fresh ice tea.
So, if you wanna cool down,
maybe you could go get yourself some.
- [Chloe] I'm gonna go do that.
Do you want any?
- I'm good, I have some water.
But I was wondering,
would you mind reading to me when you get back.
- [Chloe] Reading what?
- My Bible's in there on the counter.
Would you pick it up on your way back?
- [Chloe] Hmm Hmm!
- Thank you darling!
- "James, a bond servant of God
and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
to the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad.
Greetings, consider it pure joy, my brothers,
when you encounter trials of many kinds,
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
And let the endurance have it's perfect result
that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing."
[soft music]
- Chloe, what's the matter?
- He says to count it pure joy when you face trials.
- Yes.
- Is he...
Is he nuts or am I just stupid?
No, just listen grandma, okay?
You say God has a plan for everything, right?
- [Grandma Sharon] Yes.
- Okay, tell me exactly how taking my parents away from me
works out in His great plan.
I have asked myself over and over, why.
- Baby, right now you are just going through
one of those mountains in life.
We all have them.
I faced some of my toughest mountains myself,
when my folks past away,
and when your granddaddy past away.
And your mamma and daddy.
And poor ole Biscuit his been moping around here
ever since Gravy past on.
Mountains are also hard decisions we have to make.
But baby, God can give you the strength to climb
that mountain or you can just let it
stop you in your tracks.
That choice will always be yours.
But I know in my heart you will make the right decision.
[Chloe crying]
It's okay, it's gonna be okay.
You know, how about later today
we go down to your secret garden
and we fix ourselves a picnic.
[soft music] [Biscuit huffing]
These are just for you Biscuit.
- Hey grandma, do you still think about Grandpa?
- Oh goodness, I think about him everyday.
[soft music] [birds chirping]
- But with time, the pain it fades away
but the memories of the things he used to do,
[water splashing]
oh, my goodness, [laughs] those make me smile.
[soft music]
- I don't think I'm ever get to that point.
The memories that I do have.
It's been a long time.
It's kind of stupid, but, well, I still feel broken
- Let me tell you a story [chuckles]
and it's not from the Bible.
[soft music]
Once, there was a water bearer who had two large pots.
Each pot hung on the end of a pole,
which he carried across his neck.
Everyday he would walk from the stream to his house.
Now one pot was perfect,
and the other pot was cracked.
So everyday as he went from the stream to his house,
the cracked pot leaked all the way up there.
Of course the perfect pot was proud of itself
but the poor cracked pot felt ashamed,
miserable, and even angry.
After years of feeling like a bitter failure,
it finally spoke to the water bearer.
"I am cracked and broken.
I'm useless and miserable".
The bearer said to the pot,
"Did you notice the flowers on your side of the path,
but not on the other side?
That's because I have always known about your flaw,
and I planted flower seeds on your side.
So every day as we walk from the stream to the house,
you've watered those flowers.
Now I have beautiful flowers to decorate to grace my house."
We are all cracked,
but God's like the water bearer.
He knows what's going to happen
and He prepares us, if we let Him.
- So what?
Are you a cracked pot, Grandma?
[both laughing]
- Honey, I'm cracked, chipped, broken, repaired
and my paint is peeling,
[Chloe laughs]
but God can still use me.
- So you miss Grandpa,
and I miss my parents
and Biscuit misses Gravy.
I guess we all have cracks, huh.
Where'd you here that story anyways?
- I goobled it.
[Chloe laughs]
I know you want some treats.
[Biscuit squeaks]
[chimes ringing]
Oh, she's here.
Oh my goodness, the present.
I forgot the present.
[footsteps departing]
Oh, Lord, I thought I had more time.
[thunder rumbling]
[piano music]
[Grandma Sharon crying]
Thank you for the time I've had with Chloe.
If I can't finish the race with her,
please send somebody who can.
[floor thumps]
- Grandma, grandma!
Grandma! [screams]
Grandma, grandma, grandma I don't know what to do.
I'm gonna drive you to the hospital, okay?
Can you make it downstairs?
[Chloe crying]
♪ You hold me in your arms ♪
♪ and whisper its okay to cry to cry ♪
[car engine roaring]
[car door bangs]
Help, help, somebody, somebody help.
Please, my grandma. ♪ You wipe away my tears ♪
♪ And tell me it's all right to break down ♪
[crying] Grandma!
♪ You bring in new hope ♪
♪ You're scarce fuel is far inside inside ♪
Dear Heavenly Father, Holy is your Name,
we come to you now, Lord,
asking that you be with Sharon now.
Be with Chloe, bring her comfort and peace.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
♪ You carry me back home ♪
♪ And show me how to fight ♪
- [screams] Why, why, why do you hate me?
Why do you take everything
that I love away from me!
♪ And lift me as I fall ♪
♪ And teach me the way how ♪ [Chloe wailing]
♪ To push on ♪ [motorcycle engine roaring]
- Those of us who knew Sharon Melton
loved her best for her straightforward honesty,
for her quick wit
and for having a heart as big as Texas.
- And her cooking.
- [Many] Amen!
- And her cooking.
With the apostle Paul, she fought the good fight,
she finished the race
and she kept the faith
From the dust we were made
and to the dust we will return.
♪ Restore my heart ♪
♪ You breathe in new hope ♪
♪ You scarce fuel is far inside inside ♪
♪ Revive me with your promise ♪
♪ And check all your signs ♪
♪ You bring me back you bring me back to life ♪
- We'll be back over there if you need us, okay?
- I am so sorry for your loss.
My name is Mr. Gibley,
and I was your grandmothers attorney.
When you have an opportunity, give me a call.
[door knocks]
- Mr. Gibley, uh, hi.
- Hi, hi, Chloe.
- Hi, I brought Pastor Mike, if that's all right.
- Pastor Mike, it's nice to meet you.
- Thank you.
- Have a seat.
So shall we get on with the reading?
- This place really brings back memories.
- Lucky, we were here a few weeks ago.
- I know, I know,
but, I don't really have a lot
of those special family type memories
so I know it's a barn and all,
but it's one of the best vacations I've ever had.
- Well, you know, it's never too late to milk a cow.
- It wouldn't be the same without Grandma here.
You know, telling me how to do it
and what I'm doing wrong.
- There's only one way to get it wrong
and that's to never try.
- Should we?
- Let's do it!
- [Lucky] Okay, guys, how are we gonna do this?
[bull bellowing]
- Just grab it and squeeze.
- Well, you should do it at least do it nicely.
- [Lucky] Okay, what ever, here I go.
- Lucky, what are you doing?
- What happened, did they read the will?
- Yeah, did you hit the jackpot?
- Lucky!
- My grandmother actually left me everything.
- Yeah, baby.
- Lucky!
- Seriously Lucky?
- I'm Sorry, I didn't mean it that way.
- If I go 4 years to CCU, starting this fall.
- CCU?
Is that like a farming program?
[Chloe sighs]
- [Sticks] California Christian University.
- Then what happens if you don't?
- If I don't I will have to wait
until I'm 35 to receive my inheritance.
- [Lucky] 35!
- That's what I said.
- [Wrench] Is the estate worth it?
- Yeah, look at this place.
- [Wrench] Shall you leave the band behind?
[soft music]
- I don't know you guys.
- Okay, then, what are you gonna do?
- I don't really think have much of a choice.
- Yeah!
That means she's staying with us.
- That's not what she means.
- It means that, I have to go to college. [sighs]
- [sighs] Well, that sucks.
I'm gonna go milk me a cow.
- Lucky, you know that's a bull
and not a cow that you can milk, right?
- Ooh!
[bull mooing]
[car engine roaring]
- Chloe, good to see you.
- [Chloe] Hey!
[car door bangs]
- Hey there, Biscuit, how you doing buddy?
- Thank you for taking care of Biscuit while I'm gone.
He's been kind of um depressed since, since Grandma died.
I surely appreciate it.
- It's no problem, he's a good dog.
And besides, my wife would love somebody to dote on
since the kids have all moved out now.
Hey, speaking of my wife,
she makes a mean lemonade, would you like some?
- Yeah.
- Alright.
- So Chloe, how ya doing?
Are you anxious or excited about starting school?
- Um, well, actually, I don't think I'm gonna fit in there.
- God has a special purpose and a plan for you, Chloe.
- What is it?
- That's for you to find out.
[Rock music]
[car door bangs]
- Hey, what's up?
- Hi, may I help you with something?
- Uh, I think her name is, uh, Ms. Bethel.
- It's Mrs. Bethel.
You must be Chloe.
- Uh uh.
- Hi
So, I need to let you know
we have a 10pm curfew on weekdays,
a midnight curfew on Fridays
and 11pm on Saturdays.
- Wait, okay, by curfew, though, you mean, like,
like on the campus by that hour?
- No, I mean you need to be in your room.
And if you're late, that's a demerit.
- How many demerits can I get again?
- 24.
Perhaps you should read your handbook at page 24,
that's the demerit section.
Oh. we also have Chapel Monday through Friday.
- I think I'll pass.
I'll probably be busy studying or something, right?
- It's at 8:00am,
and it's mandatory for all students.
Let's go see the campus.
[soft music]
- Oh, Good Morning, Mrs. Johnson
- Ms. Bethel.
- I'd like you to meet Chloe.
She will be rooming here, room 326.
Chloe, Mrs. Johnson is your dorm mother.
- Nice to meet you Chloe.
Just mind the rules in this book
and you'll be fine.
You know, a lot of kids think they can get away
with stuff with me,
but I was young once too.
- Mommy, is that a zombie?
- Sh sh sh.
- Okay, Chloe, so over here to our left
we have our tennis courts,
and just to the right of that is our chapel.
That's where they have our chapel services
I was talking about earlier.
Hello?
Okay and then just back beyond our chapel
we have our auditorium.
Well, are you excited?
- Yeah, sure.
- Let's go inside and go up to your room.
Welcome to your new home.
After you.
Your on the third floor.
Well, the elevator is broken.
It breaks down a lot.
This building is old.
[playful music] [both panting]
- Just think what great shape you'll be in
by the end of the year.
Here we are, 326.
[door knocks]
Your roommate might already be here.
[door squeaks]
- Hi, Mrs. Bethel, what brings you here?
- Hi, Maddy, I'd like you to meet your new roommate, Chloe.
- Hi.
- I've got your schedule right here.
Don't worry you're in good hands.
I've got to get back to the office.
Chloe, don't hesitate to call me if you need anything.
- Okay, bye.
- [Mrs. Bethel] Bye.
- I can help you decorate your side if you want.
- Uh, no, I'm kind of a minimalist, I'm good.
- Well, I can help you unpack
and then we can go get your books.
- All my stuff is in the truck.
- Okay, well, let's go!
[playful music]
[footsteps approaching]
Oh, Let me see your schedule.
Math, English, Home & Family. [laughs]
Mr. Peters in Home and Family
requires that you memorize 100 Bible verses
and quote them by the end of the semester.
- What!
A hundred verses?
- I know, right?
However, for every date you go on,
with a different person, he waives 10!
So, if you date 10 boys, you don't have to memorize any!
- Do they have to go to this school?
- I don't know, that's a really good question.
Anyways, I wish all my teachers did that.
We could just date all semester
and have no homework!
Oh, look, no, don't look, over there is Josh Miller.
Isn't he adorable!
He would definitely be one of my ten.
Come on.
You know we do have a dress code here.
- Yep, I've been told.
- I'll be happy to give you a wardrobe check.
After we get your books we can unpack your car
and put your stuff away.
Oh dear, we don't have one single class together!
- That's a shame.
[door opens]
- Mrs. Cooper is the best.
And you'll just love her granddaughter, Nechelle.
[footsteps approaching]
Good Morning, Mrs. Cooper.
- Hi.
- I'd like you to meet my new roommate, Chloe.
- Welcome, Chloe.
Why don't you let me take a look at your schedule.
- Ooh, there's Megan and Jennifer.
I'll be right back.
[Chloe sighs]
- If we could harness the energy of that one,
we'd solve the world's energy problem.
- No kidding.
- So some of your books won't be here till tomorrow.
Um, Nechelle, can you help Chloe here with her books?
This is my daughter, Nechelle.
Nechelle, this is Chloe.
- Hi, Chloe, welcome to CCU.
- Thanks.
- So, I see you've met Maddy.
- Yeah, roommate.
- She's very nice. [chuckles]
She talks pretty fast and a lot
but you could do much worse.
[both laughing]
So, where are you from?
- Um, well, if you look on a map where there is,
like, little to no civilization
and I'm smack dab in the middle of that.
- [laughs] I know how you feel.
I'm from a small village in Sierra Leone.
- What?
How did you end up here?
- Short story, my parents died when I was young.
And then when I was six, I was adopted by missionaries,
but they died too.
I've been living with Miss Cooper ever since.
- I'm sorry about that.
- Oh, you don't need to be sorry.
Living with Miss Cooper is a blessing.
She's my rock, actually, she's a lot of kids'.
You could consider her a campus mom.
You know what?
Consider us your family
so if you have any holidays, long weekends, et cetera,
you're spending them with us.
Mom, we're adopting Chloe.
[Chloe laughing]
- Well, the more the merrier.
- Sure is a one stop shop, huh.
- [laughs] Well, since you're family now,
you should come over for dinner,
so we can get to know each other.
- Well, I, uh, I got to unpack,
and, I gotta be back by 10 any ways, so.
- [chuckles] I see you got that demerit thing
in control already.
- Aww!
- Well, dinner's a 7, if you change your mind.
We live right across from the bookstore.
[birds chirping]
- So, uh, where's your car?
- Uh, that truck over there.
- Oh, how uh, retro.
[Chloe sighs]
[upbeat music]
So where's your stuff?
Oh, that's it?
- Yep, I like to travel light.
Got it?
[Rock music]
- Chloe, ripped jeans, really?
[Rock music]
[car engine roaring]
[car door bangs]
- What?
Bag.
- Hi, Chloe, how's it going?
- It's okay.
It could be a lot worse.
I could have to memorize like 200 verses.
That would really suck.
- You know, you should come over
to my house for dinner tonight
and I could help you out.
- Ah, well I have friends coming over for this thing.
I really can't.
- Okay, well, if anything changes, you know where I live.
- Chloe!
I'll text her again.
- Where are you from?
- We are from the band, Eight Feet Under.
- Yeah, because six feet was not enough. [laughs]
- Who are you here to see?
- Oh, Chloe.
- Chloe, yeah.
- [Sticks] Come on guys, I bet you it's this way.
Chloe!
[both laughing]
- I missed you.
- Stop, what are you doing?
- What?
- Come on.
- What did I do?
- Hello again.
- You guys met?
- Yeah, earlier.
- Chloe, you know the rules.
- 3 demerits?
Hey, are you serious?
Come on!
- Hey what's that?
Can I have one too?
- 3 demerits for PDA?
- Yeah, public display of affection, Lucky.
- Hey, what was that for?
- Are you serious!
- What does that mean, public display of affection?
- It means, that if I get one more of these
by the last day of the semester,
then I get booted out of this place.
- Okay, when's the last day?
- Tomorrow.
- Oh, well, no problem,
I just won't touch you until after tomorrow.
- Well you shouldn't anyways.
And I have to be back by 10 PM tonight.
- What, 10?
- Why?
- Tryouts are at 9.
- I know. How is that gonna work?
- I don't know.
- We'll get you back on time.
- Ouch! - Yeah, Bucky.
- I know what to do with this.
Same think I do with my parking tickets.
- Stop!
I need this.
- You going to make it disappear?
- Stop, stupid.
- Come on loosen up.
This place changed you, don't you think?
- Yeah.
- You're so much more tense.
- Come on, go get your stuff.
- Okay.
Wait, you guys can't come.
- Why?
- Where are we supposed to sleep?
- Guys can't come up into the dorms.
I don't know.
Just stay out of trouble, please, okay?
- What are we suppose to do?
- What fun.
- Sleep in the hearse or something, right?
You guys have done it before.
- And what?
How long are you gonna be?
- Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
Chloe, your kidding, right, about no guys in the dorm?
[footsteps departing]
- I still can't believe you can't have guys in your room,
that's ridiculous.
[door bangs]
Chloe, what kind of pink puppy dog, teddy bear,
hell are you living in?
Chloe, we need to get you out of here,
no one should have to live with this.
- Okay, Maddy, she's not, I mean.
When I first saw it I kind wanted to puke a little bit,
but, now, you get used to it.
- Well it's time for little princess to die!
- Sticks, what are you doing?
Come on!
- That's, stop it.
[both laughing]
Stop.
- Chloe, what are you doing?
Chloe, what are you doing?
- Oh my gosh!
- You have changed so much!
- Knock it off, this is my roommate.
I can't do that.
- I can't do this anymore.
- You know the sooner we leave here,
the sooner we can get back.
- Whatever! - It's not helping!
[door bangs]
Good to see you too Sticks, geez!
[Rock music]
- [Chloe and Sticks] So?
- Good news, a friend of mine is scheduling auditions
and is allowing us to go on first,
so we can get you back.
- Really?
- Yeah!
- Yaaaay!
- Hey, no PDA.
[audience applauding]
[Rock music]
- Guys that was so sick!
We still have it! - That was so cool!
- [Sticks] Did you guys see the crowd?
[many laughing]
That was so insane.
- [Chloe] You doing all right?
- [Sticks] Uh huh.
[car engine roaring]
- Oh, pull over.
- What?
- Please, pull over.
Oh geez, I know her, she's like the only person
in the school that will talk to me.
I can't just leave her.
Do you guys know how to change a tire?
- [Wrench] Yeah, but we don't have the time to do it
and get you back on time.
- Lucky?
You don't have to move like you are a race car driver, okay?
[car door bangs]
- How are you doing?
- I'm good.
- How long have you been out here?
- Just an hour.
- An hour?
- Yeah.
- I can't be late again.
I hope it isn't locked.
Damn!
[door knocks]
Oh no!
- What?
- Hi, Mrs. Johnson. [door squeaks]
[indistinct chatter]
[Sticks and Maddy screaming]
- Oh my God. [laughs]
I'm sorry, this is Maddy,
Maddy this is Sticks.
Sticks [laughs] that's Maddy.
[toothbrush buzzing]
- Oouh!
- What?
- Sticks, if you're gonna sleep in my bed,
you need to shave your legs.
[both laughing]
- Sorry.
- That's gross.
- Chloe.
[patting Chloe]
- What?
- I can't sleep.
Who goes to bed this early?
- I do, just count sheep or something.
- Why would I do that?
- Because it's so boring it will put you to sleep.
- Oh, Chloe.
- What?
- Chloe, what are you gonna do if you get kicked out?
- I don't know.
I'll just deal with it if it happens.
- Excuse me, Chloe, I wasn't trying to eavesdrop,
or anything, but why would you get kicked out?
The semester is over tomorrow, what happened?
- Yeah, well, her stupid friend
gave her a stupid hug and almost kiss
and she got three stupid demerits from the stupid police.
- You got a PDA?
[door opens]
- Chloe Holmes, September 12th, late for Chapel.
Chloe Holmes, October 25th, late for curfew.
Chloe Holmes, October 5th, wearing a belly shirt.
Chloe Holmes, October 30th, PDA.
Can you explain that, please?
- Okay, the PDA wasn't like PDA, PDA.
It was a friend I hadn't seen in a really long time.
It was weird, but, it was innocent, I promise.
- I believe you.
The problem that we have, Chloe,
is that you have 24 demerits.
Demerit after demerit,
and none of those, with the exception of the PDA,
have good excuses for them.
- Okay, I know, I'm just trying to fit in here, right.
- I know, I know you are
and I just found out that last night
you had a tough choice to make, didn't you?
- I don't understand.
- Well, last night, you stopped to help Nechelle.
You saw her stranded on the side of the road.
You were on your way back to school.
I understand that you could have driven past her
and got back here in time,
and avoided yet another demerit
but you chose to risk getting another demerit to stop
and help somebody in need.
- I didn't think it was really safe
if she was out there all alone like that, I don't know.
- What you displayed last night was more important
than anything you could learn
in Math or English class, Chloe.
You showed what love like Jesus spoke of when he said,
"To love your neighbor as yourself".
I think your grandmother would have been very proud of you.
- Yeah, I don't think she'd be so proud
that I was getting booted out in the first semester.
- Chloe, no bodies going to boot you out.
Based on the circumstances,
we are waving all disciplinary action against you.
- Really?
- Really.
- Oh, thank you.
- Today is the start of winter break.
When you come back for the next semester,
you are gonna have a clean slate.
- Okay, thank you!
[door squeaks]
Hey, Nechelle,
- Hey!
- Thank you so much for talking to the Dean
and keeping me from getting kicked out.
I really appreciate it.
- Honestly, I owe you thanks for saving me
from trying to figure out how to change a flat.
I think we could call it even.
- Okay, I guess.
- So what are your plans for the holidays?
- Um, I don't know.
[both laughing]
- No pressure and if you decide you wanna go home,
or you wanna go back to your dorm room,
you can always leave.
- My dorm room, oh my gosh. [laughs]
I can't think of anything more depressing
than to spend the holidays in my dorm room.
- Well, great!
I'll help you get your stuff
and you can help us pick out a Christmas tree tomorrow.
- Okay.
[Christmas music]
♪ Is it time when you see it everywhere ♪
♪ Christmas lights, glowing light ♪
♪ Anticipation and you feel it in the air ♪
♪ It's almost Christmas day ♪
♪ Santas reindeer's come once a year ♪
♪ A magical display it's almost Christmas day ♪
[child laughing]
[child yawns]
Cheers.
[mugs clanking]
[footsteps approaching]
[bell rings]
- They're late.
- Who?
- Come on, I have some friends I want you to meet.
- Ohh.
[footsteps departing]
- We pray all things in you son's Holy name, Amen.
- [Many] Amen.
- So, Chloe, what kind of classes are you taking?
- Um, pretty much just general courses.
- What's the matter?
Don't you know what you wanna be when you grow up?
- I don't really want to grow up, I guess.
Um, no, but I did just finish a very weird class.
It was about dating, according to my roommate.
- [Joshua And Caleb] Home and Family!
[many laughing]
- I had to memorize 80 verses.
- So you did go on a couple of dates.
- Um, I cheated a little bit,
with some friends of mine.
It wasn't really a date.
- With who?
We promise, we will never tell. [laughs]
- I would have willingly sacrificed myself as well,
for the common good, of course.
- Well, here's to Chloe,
welcome to the Island of Misfit Toys.
[Nechelle giggles]
- It's kind of a inside joke.
Last year we were watching a film
about where the broken toys go. [chuckles]
Actually, we'll watch it during winter break,
its better than trying to explain it.
- Sounds like a good movie, my kind of island.
- Well, then, here's to the Misfits.
[glasses clanking]
- Hey, thanks for dinner momma Coop.
It was delicious as usual.
Is there dessert by chance?
- I baked two pies.
One for you and one for everyone else.
[door knocks]
[footsteps approaching]
- Guess what?
- You'll never guess, okay, so give up?
CCU is hosting this year's Songfest Fellowship Competition!
- And, as you know, they are having open auditions,
anyone can enter.
- So, I entered us.
- Who?
- Wait, Who?
- Us, the Misfits.
- I thought that was a joke!
- When is the competition?
- It's near the end of the school year.
- Come on, it will be fun.
We will kick their butts!
- Just what everyone in a Christian Singing Competition
aspires to do.
- Okay, we'll cal citrate their gluteus maximuses.
- Yeah!
What he said.
- Come on, it will keep me out of trouble, mostly, maybe.
We can practice on the weekends.
- Don't look at me, I'm not doing it if she's not doing it.
- Okay, I'm in.
- [Joshua And Caleb] Yes!
[Caleb and Joshua humming]
- Okay, if I were you guys I would keep
that swinging action to a minimum.
I'm pretty sure they give out demerits
for that kind of thing.
- We need something that no one has ever done before.
- Something different.
- [chuckles] That's what I just said.
- Something simple, yet powerful.
- Okay, well, whenever I'm trying write a song
I usually just write down everything that I'm trying to say,
and all the words that pop into my head.
- You write songs?
- I've written a few.
I wrote most of the songs for my band.
- You have a band? [chuckles]
- Yeah. [giggles]
- I vote that Chloe write the song, all in favor?
- No. [giggles]
[sighs] Okay, well, um, what are we gonna write about?
- Oh, I know, Jesus.
- Okay, what about Him?
I need some input.
[phone rings]
Hang on guys, I've got to take this.
I'll be right back.
[footsteps departing]
- So, what about Jesus?
- I love Him. [laughs]
- Hello, Sticks, hey. [giggles]
Yeah, what, what? [giggles]
No way!
Oh, my gosh, yes, yes, yes, yes, I will be there.
Don't worry, I my fingers limber, I remember everything.
Okay, oh my gosh, I'm so excited. [giggles]
Alright, well, give Wrench a hug
and Lucky a smack on the head for me, would you?
Thank you.
All right, thanks for calling.
I'll see ya, [giggles] bye!
[laughs] Oh, that's good!
Um, that was Sticks.
She's the drummer in the band.
- The Band?
- Yeah, the band.
Um, they just made finals in a band competition
with a song that I wrote.
- [Caleb] Nice. - Wow, congrats girl!
- I'm pretty pumped about it.
Um, I promised them though,
that if they had a gig anywhere near here
that I would play with them
and the finals are being held here.
- Sweet!
- I'm super excited.
[giggles] Okay, um, well, where were we, sorry?
- Jesus!
- Okay, what are we going to write about him?
- Awesome.
- Blessed.
- Compassionate.
- [Joshua] Deliverer.
- [chuckles] Awesome, blessed, compassionate,
it's like the ABC's of God guys. [laughs]
But, I don't know.
I just remember something my grandma always told me.
That you can't label God.
You can't put God in a box.
That God is not this,
and God is not that
but that He is so much bigger than any label
that you can put on Him.
But, I don't know, I mean that's just what my grandma said.
Whatever, it's stupid.
- Actually Chloe, that's brilliant.
[guitar music]
- Ugh, why am I having such a hard time with this song?
I've never had such a mental block before.
I mean, usually the words just come out
so easily, you know, ahhh.
- Well, maybe it's because you're not really invested in it.
- What? [laughs]
What's that suppose to mean?
I really wanna do this.
- I didn't mean to imply that you didn't,
but when you write your songs, are you inspired?
Where does it come from?
- I usually just think about
whatever it is that I'm struggling with
or feel drawn to,
and what it is I'm trying to say about it, I guess.
- I think you need some good old fashioned input.
[both laughing]
- Input, come on. [giggles]
You guys have given me so much input.
- I'm maxed out on input right now, Okay?
- But, do you feel it, understand it, believe it?
- Well, what do you suggest?
- Reading. [chuckles]
- What?
- The B I B L E.
[both laughing]
- What?
- No, really, it's what gets me through.
The Bible, I stand alone on the Bible.
- [sighs] All right, I've read the Bible,
plenty of times [giggling].
My grandma she used to pretend that she couldn't see
well enough to read anymore
and would make me sit for hours
and try to just read it to her.
She was so sneaky.
- But did you read it to understand it?
Or did you just read it to please her?
No one can give you faith.
It's not something you just feel, like most people think.
You can only gain it by hearing the Word of God.
- Yeah, I guess I'll try it, again.
Where do I start?
- You start with Jesus' life.
Read the book of Matthew
and then read the book of Acts,
the first couple of chapters.
- Okay, I guess I'll start tonight.
- Great! [chuckles]
- I do have one problem though.
- What?
- I don't have a Bible. [laughs]
- Uh, that's not a problem.
Did I mention my mom runs a bookstore?
[both laughing]
- Okay, anyways, let's just try this again.
♪ You gave me your love, my life and my soul ♪
♪ I gave you my heart, my mind and control ♪
- Chloe, you've been reading for weeks.
What's going on?
- I don't know.
I mean, at first, I thought it was pretty boring
and dry, and, I don't know, now I just...
- Now you have questions?
- Why do we have so many different churches, and one Bible?
And why is it that we have so many different religions
but just one book?
Isn't it straightforward, or what?
- Well, it's kind of like what my Dad
always used to tell me.
People don't argue over what the Bible actually says,
they argue over what they think it says. [chuckles]
Most people don't read the Bible for themselves,
most just go to church
and wait for their Pastor to tell them what the Bible says.
You know what, read 2 Timothy 2:15, while your at it.
♪ Let me be a stone passed a ripple ♪
- "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God
or approved who does not need to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth."
- And that is exactly what you are doing,
reading to study it for yourself.
♪ All eternity ♪
- Yeah, but, how do you know that you're saved?
- Read Mark chapter 16,
these are some of the last words
Christ said to his apostles.
He had just been crucified and resurrected.
He was about to ascend into Heaven.
Read verses 15 and 16.
- "And He said to them, 'go into all the world
and preach the gospel to every creature.
He who believes and is baptized will be saved,
and he who does not believe will be condemned."
- Do you need me translate or explain anything to you?
- No, it's pretty simple.
- Never take someone else's word for what the Bible says,
read it for yourself.
I like to think of the Word of God like an orange.
You have to peel off the rind to get to the fruit [chuckles]
and that is exactly what you are doing
when you're reading the Word of God.
You're peeling off the rind.
♪ Wherever I am thrown ♪
- But what about the people in other religions
and people all over the world who don't understand?
What's gonna happen to them?
- I can't speak for everybody else
but, I do believe that God will do what is just and right.
My purpose here on earth is to be saved, go to heaven
and to take as many people with me as I can. [chuckles]
- I guess now I'm part of that plan.
- Of course you are!
[laughs] What kind of friend would I be if you weren't?
And I believe that when the time is right,
you'll make the right decision.
♪ Lead the way and I will follow ♪
- My grandma told me the same thing once. [laughs]
That was before she died.
- Well, she sounds like a very smart woman.
- [sighs] She was.
Hey, what are you writing?
- This is my Prayer Journal.
On this side I write all the prayers
and requests that I have for God,
and on this side, I write the date He answered them.
- Am I in it?
- Yes, as a matter of fact, I have an extra one right here.
You'd be surprised at how God answers your prayers.
Sometimes, it is not always what you want
or what you expect,
but it is always what you need.
- Thank you.
- Are you going to bed now?
- No, I think I'm going to stay up
and write in this a little bit.
Hey, wait, can we, can we pray?
- Sure, what do you wanna pray for?
[soft music]
- I wanna be saved.
- Let's hold hands.
Repeat after me.
Dear God,
- Dear God,
- I know I'm a sinner,
- And I'm in need of a Savior,
- And I'm in need of a Savior.
- But, I ask you to come into my heart.
- And make me new.
- And I believe,
- I believe,
- That you sent your son,
- To die for my sins,
- And I believe,
- I believe,
- That He rose on the third day.
- And by faith,
- I am saved.
- In Jesus name.
- Amen.
- Amen, thank you.
[soft music]
[lamp switch clicks]
[piano music]
He who believes and is baptized will be saved.
Nechelle, Nechelle, are you awake?
- [Nechelle] Yes.
- I wanna get baptized.
- What!
At 12am you wanna get baptized?
I don't know, I was just thinking about
what we were talking about tonight
and I just, I kind of want to proclaim it now.
- [Nechelle] Okay, let me make a phone call.
- Do you believe there is a God
and that He loves you so much,
that He gave His Son for you.
So that He could be an atonement for your sins,
and forgive you and give you His free gift of eternal life?
- Yes.
- [Pastor Lloyd] Yes, good
- Whoa, take that. [giggles]
- I baptize you in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
[many applauding]
- Hey, hey, what do you say, soul Sister?
- Hey guys.
- Do you feel any different?
- [Chloe] Yeah, tired.
- Well, [yawns] getting us all up at midnight
can lead to insomnia.
- I'm sorry, but, I do feel at peace, so...
- Salvation has that effect on some people.
- All right, well, what do you say we...
Uh, what was it?
- Cal citrate their gluteus maximuses.
[many laughing]
- There it is, yeah, let's do that.
[phone rings]
- Hang on, don't tell me, Sticks,
she calls every time we're in here.
- 2 seconds, I promise.
- Hello, hey Sticks, oh, you do.
Okay, great, yeah, um, Josh, can I borrow your paper?
Thank you.
Alright, go ahead.
Friday, 18th, what time?
8:00 o'clock alright, yeah, no, I know where.
What time do you want me there for set up though?
Okay, well, I can't wait to see you guys.
[giggles] Alright, I'll talk to you soon.
- Please tell me that's Friday the 18th, next month.
- No, this month, why?
Can someone say something?
- Friday, the 18th this month is the Singing competition.
- No, no it's not, it's the 19th.
I put it in my calendar.
Yeah, it's the 19th.
- Actually, Chloe, the competition is two days.
We are performing on Friday.
Their handing out awards on the 19th.
- What am I gonna do?
- That's easy.
You just call Sticks right back, tell her you can't do it.
You haven't even played with them in over a year
and we've been practicing this for months.
- I can't just ditch them.
They don't even have a replacement.
- Ah hah, neither do we.
- You know what, Chloe's right,
she made a commitment to them months ago.
Chloe, it'll be okay.
- Either way, I'm gonna let somebody down.
I can't practice right now,
I've got to think about this first.
- Well, all those months of practicing for nothing.
- Caleb, you can be a real weenie sometimes.
- What did I do?
- [Nechelle] Caleb, Chloe didn't double book
herself on purpose.
- Yeah but it doesn't change the end results.
We are short one much needed alto.
- Let me make a call.
- Come on, Nechelle, do your thing, talk to her.
- I'll talk to her. [footsteps departing]
- Hey, Shelly give me a call back when you get this.
All right, bye.
Well, I left a voice mail.
- Hmm, well, I guess we're not singing,
wanna get something to eat?
- Hey.
- Hi.
- [sighs] So, I've been sitting here thinking about you
and the Misfits and that you guys will be fine without me.
[giggles] Okay. it might be like you know,
I'm disappointing you or whatever,
but you guys will be fine.
You guys will be okay.
I can't say the same for Sticks though.
You know I can't keep her hanging like this, you know.
It doesn't seem right to me, I don't know.
- I agree.
- You do?
- I mean, we know you didn't plan this,
sometimes things just happen.
Well, I'm not sure all of you feel the same way.
[both giggling].
- Aw, don't worry about Caleb.
He gets crabby sometimes.
[Chloe laughs]
One large pepperoni pizza
and he will be good to go.
- But, why is it that no matter what choice I make,
it just still feels wrong?
[birds chirping]
[door knocks]
Wow look at you!
- My thoughts exactly.
[both laughing]
- You look beautiful.
- Thank you, and you look, ready to rock.
- My heart is not in this you know.
- I know.
- Well, have fun and tell the guys to Cal citrate
their gluteus maximus!
[Nechelle giggles]
- I know you're gonna rock the house.
- Listen, I know it didn't work out
for this year's competition,
but there's next year.
- Okay.
[footsteps departing]
♪ I feel good and I hope you feel the same way ♪
♪ I woke up, thanked God ♪
♪ And declared this a great day ♪
♪ And if your day aint been good ♪
♪ It's about to change now ♪
♪ We about to lift the Father up ♪
♪ And keep the devil... ♪
[indistinct music]
- I think Shelly should be here any minute now.
[footsteps approaching]
- Yeah, I'm here!
Hey guys.
- Oh, hey, Shelly.
We're so glad you came to fill in for Chloe.
Otherwise we might have had to quit.
- Sure, at least we can depend upon some people.
- We talked about this.
Chloe did what she did for a reason, come on.
- It's okay, I love to sing
and this is a great song.
I'm just happy to be a part of it.
- Hey, Nechelle.
- Hey.
- Are you guys ready to break a leg?
- Yeah, let's kick some gluteus maximus!
[many laughing]
[Rock music]
- Hi, you're here.
I'm so excited!
I can't believe this is happening.
- I know.
- The guys are out back.
They're gonna be so psyched to see you.
And I'm glad that school hasn't ruined your sense of style.
- What ever, come on!
- [Sticks] [laughs] Let's go.
[footsteps departing]
Hey guys!
- [Lucky] Hey, I can't believe my eyes,
look who showed up, little Miss University herself.
- What ever!
- [Lucky] Come to hang out with the peasants?
- Lucky, you haven't changed a bit, not even your clothes!
- I have to wear my lucky shirt!
- Have you washed that since the last time I saw you?
- [Sticks and Wrench] No!
- [Sticks] Spray it with something.
- So big shot, how's the big city?
- I can't complain.
It's been fun, I guess.
- Did any of your friends come tonight?
- Yeah.
- [Chloe] Uh, no, uh, they had to do something
at the university.
- Well, did you see the crowd ?
- There are so many people in this place.
Oh my gosh!
- Well, if you guys wanna go warm up then?
- Yeah, let's go warm up.
Follow me.
- [Chloe] Let's go.
♪ So I so I could feel your love ♪
♪ Words cannot describe ♪
[Rock music]
Wait, isn't our gear up on stage?
- Chloe, not that kind of warm up.
- Are you really scared that your dorm mother
is gonna get mad at you?
- Knock it off! [Sticks laughs]
- Come on Chloe, it's not a big deal.
- Come on Chloe, relax.
- leave her alone guys.
She's not comfortable.
- She's comfortable, aren't you?
Light me.
[lighter clicks]
- Gimme that.
- There's our girl.
[Sticks laughing]
[Rock music]
[phone rings]
- Hello, Chloe, hello.
Hello, Josh?
I need your help, yeah, okay, okay.
[door opens] [Chloe laughs]
[indistinct chatter]
- [Nechelle] Stay right here.
- [Chloe] Yes, ma'am.
- [Nechelle] That'll be lucky.
Josh, go get the bed.
- [shrugs] Whoa.
Oh gosh.
- [Nechelle] Put her in the bed.
- [Chloe] Guys, what are you doing?
Whoa, why's Josh here?
- There you go.
Thanks, Josh.
Let's keep this between ourselves, okay.
- [Chloe] I need some sleep.
- Dear Lord, I thank you for my dear sister Chloe.
I ask that you just guide her and protect her, Lord.
I thank you, Lord, for saving her.
Lord, I thank you for our friendship, God.
And I ask that you just show her the way, Lord.
Allow me to plant the seeds, Lord Jesus,
for as long as I can.
But I give her up to you Lord Father,
in Jesus name, Amen.
[soft music]
it's time to get up Chlo, Chlo.
The best cure for a hangover, I hear,
is to get up really early
and walk it off.
- Why is the window open?
- [Nechelle] Because you needed some fresh air.
[blinds opening]
Rise and shine.
- Oh geez, uurrgh.
- [Nechelle] No rest for the wicked.
- What happened?
- What happened was that you pocket dialed me at 2 am.
Singing, rather loudly and slightly off key,
might I add, something about Jose.
- Geez, how did I get here?
- Well, I knew you were at the club
and you weren't in any shape to drive, so I called Josh.
- Josh knows?
- Would you have rather I had called Caleb?
- No, no, no Josh is fine.
- So we went to the club
and brought you here.
- You must really hate me right now.
- Getting wasted?
You could say I hate it.
You, I love.
- Oh, gosh, I do not feel so good.
- Well, you've got two minutes to get dressed
and then I'm sending mom in.
- What, wait, does she know?
- More than you know
but not about last night.
At least, I don't think she does.
- Okay, I'll be right down.
- There's way too many stairs in this place. [giggles]
Oh men, my head still really hurts from last night.
You know, speaking about last night,
thank you for covering for me.
- I wasn't covering for you, I was protecting you.
Big difference.
To say I was covering for you
it'd mean I was hiding something for you
and I don't wanna do that.
You know sometimes when someone first becomes a Christian,
they meet their greatest challenges.
My dad used to call them their mountains.
- Yeah, my grandma used to say the same thing.
- Well, sometimes you pass those challenges
and sometimes you fail.
If you pass, it makes you stronger.
If you fail, just ask God for forgiveness and move on.
And stay away from those things
that cause you to mess up.
You know what I mean?
- Yeah, but, I really messed up last night.
Like really, I mean I went there with the best intentions,
I, you know, I just hadn't seen them in a long time.
I felt that I owed it to them, you know.
How, what do I do about my old friends?
I'm not ready to just never see them again.
We've been through so much together.
They are my family.
- Well, you don't have to stop seeing them.
You just need to plan ahead.
What can you do differently,
if you find yourself in a situation like that again?
- Take you with me next time.
[both laughing]
- You can't depend on anyone, but God.
Next time, pray before you go
and be prepared with an answer
just in case you find yourself in a situation
that could change your life forever.
You know, if the school would found out about it this,
you probably would have been expelled.
- Oh, man, I never really thought about that.
I am so sorry.
- I'm not the one you need to apologize to.
- Who do I need to apologize to now?
- [giggles] God.
- Yeah.
- Well, let's go.
- Where are we going?
- Another lap.
[Chloe laughs]
- [Nechelle] Let's go.
Wait, you're serious, uurrgg my gosh.
- So, how did the competition go?
- We were practically the best group there.
- Practically?
- Well we would have been the best
if someone hadn't ditched us for their old friends.
I won't mention any names though.
- Only your graciousness outshines your subtleness, Caleb.
- Listen guys, I know it feels like I ditched you
for my old friends,
but that's not what happened.
I'm sorry I did though,
and I'll make it up to you guys next time.
- We know, because we made it into the finals!
- [Many] What?
- Wait, how do you know?
- I thought they weren't posting the results until 10:00?
- Well, I swung by the office to drop off some paperwork
and I heard the Dean on the phone.
- This calls for a celebration!
[many laughing]
- Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
- What?
- Caleb, [giggles] it surprises me
you make the grades you do.
- I was just thinking a little pie to celebrate
this great occasion would be appropriate.
Although, chicken sounds pretty good too!
- Can I talk to you guys in the other room for a minute.
[Chloe sighs]
I don't think I should be in this competition with you guys.
- Why not?
- Why?
- I don't think I deserve it, especially after last night.
- Listen Chloe, you did what you did for the right reasons.
You may have not made the best decisions
while you were there,
but I understand why you went.
- Joshua is right, you can't let the decisions
of your past allow you to not make
good decisions in your future.
We want you and we need you so you're coming with us.
- [laughs]I'm so lucky to have friends like you guys.
- Hey, what about me?
[many laughing]
- I wrote this song for all of you guys.
[guitar music]
♪ You, you can't help yourself ♪
♪ Giving your intuition ♪
♪ Couldn't stop you if I tried ♪
♪ It's not who you are ♪
♪ Yet you hold me up when I'm blue ♪
♪ You showed me Christ now I'm made new ♪
♪ You are family ♪
♪ Yeah you hold me up when I'm blue ♪
♪ You showed me Christ now I'm made new ♪
♪ You are my family ♪
♪ That God gave to me ♪
[both laughing]
[guitar music]
♪ Need your constant love when I am at my weakest ♪
♪ In love you tell me the truth ♪
♪ Even when it's had to hear it ♪
♪ Yet you hold me up when I'm blue ♪
♪ You showed me Christ now I'm made new ♪
♪ You are my family ♪
♪ Yet you hold me up when I'm blue ♪
♪ You showed me Christ now I'm made new ♪
- Why don't you girls go on.
I know you have a lot to do
before the final competition this weekend.
- Yeah, I still got to pack.
- Well I can help when I get back.
I'm so excited, we are gonna have the best time. [giggles]
Well, mom, I have to go run this across
to the finance office, do you need anything else?
- No, sweetheart, go ahead.
I'm almost done here.
There's not much to do.
♪ Yet you hold me up when I'm blue ♪
♪ You showed me Christ now I'm made new ♪
- She is so excited about this weekend.
She's probably gonna be up all night
talking to me about it.
- Don't you let her.
You both need your rest.
- I know.
- Really Chloe, please make sure she gets rest
this weekend, sometimes she just doesn't know
why she has limits.
- [laughs] I don't think she knows
like the meaning of that word.
- Chloe, I need to tell you something about Nechelle.
[car tires screeching] [car thuds]
Chloe, call 911.
- Hello.
[siren wailing]
[car door bangs]
[Chloe crying]
- Nechelle was really sick for a long time.
The doctors only gave her six months, five years ago.
But, Nechelle and God, they had another plan.
I remember Nechelle would pray
that before she left this earth,
that she could teach someone,
that she could bring someone to Christ.
You, Chloe are the answer to her prayer.
She prayed for you for five years before you two even met.
Can you see, from her perspective, how this is a joy?
[Chloe crying]
- From dust we where made
and to dust we will return.
That's really what happens in the simplest of terms,
but it doesn't tell the whole story.
What happens to our spirit?
What happens next?
What happens to that internal part of who we are?
Nechelle, I tell you what, believed with her whole heart,
that it's not the end,
but rather, it's a new beginning.
- Nechelle was the sister I never had.
She was so full of life and joy.
And she had a way of spreading that joy to everyone she met.
Even Old man Crabs would smile when she walked by.
[many laughing]
She was a light that could not be hidden.
- She made you feel as though everything
was gonna be alright.
They say faith can move mountains,
I saw faith in Nechelle like those written in the Bible.
She judged no one.
But, what most of you don't know is,
I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for Nechelle.
She saved me from myself.
- Um, I brought some papers
just so I wouldn't totally loose my train of thought.
Um [clears throat],
when Momma Cooper first asked me to speak,
Um, I was speechless, and upset, and confused.
And then I thought about what Nechelle would have said,
would have wanted me to do.
And so, I prayed and "gave it to God" like she always said.
Um, [sighs] I know that she wouldn't want us to be sad,
but be thankful for the time that we had together.
And that these tears would not be tears of sadness,
but of joy for knowing each other.
Um [clears throat] anyways this is a song
that I wanted to share with you guys.
Um, I think that Nechelle would have wanted you to hear.
[piano music]
♪ Why do we have to suffer ♪
♪ I never understood ♪
♪ It doesn't seem to matter ♪
♪ If you're innocent and good ♪
♪ My life has been oh so sweet ♪
♪ But sometimes full of pain ♪
[car engine roaring]
♪ Though my journey's ending ♪
♪ Another one begins ♪
[car door bangs]
♪ I rise up above the pain ♪
♪ I rise to never be the same ♪
♪ Can't you hear the Angels calling ♪
♪ Calling out my name ♪
♪ Don't cry for me I am free ♪
♪ Now I want to thank you ♪
♪ I was lifted by your love ♪
♪ And now my faith will guide me ♪
♪ To my home up above ♪
♪ I rise I rise above the pain ♪
♪ I'll rise to never be the same ♪
♪ Can't you hear the Angels calling ♪
♪ They're calling out my name ♪
♪ Don't cry for me I am free ♪
- [Grandma Sharon] Matthew 17:20, "He replied,
"Because you have so little faith.
I tell you the truth.
If you have faith as small as a mustard seed,
you say to this mountain. 'Move from here to there'
and it will move.
Nothing will be impossible for you".
- [sobs] I love you too grandma.
Thank you.
[car engine roaring]
[door knocks]
[Biscuit barks] - [Pastor Mike]} Hello, Chloe.
I was wondering when you'd stop by.
Come on in. - Hello, Biscuit.
Thank you again for letting him stay here.
- Oh my goodness it's no problem at all, he's a good dog.
Are you gonna be taking him home?
- Um, actually I kinda wanted to talk to you about that.
I'm not sure.
I'm hoping, if it's okay with you guys
to leave him here again.
Um, I don't want to uproot him again when I go back.
- So that means that you are planning on staying in school.
- [chuckles] Yeah, I think, I can kinda see
why my grandma wanted me to go.
- Oh, Chloe, I'm so glad that everything
has worked out for you.
I've been praying for you.
- Thank you, I can really use it, especially right now.
- Did something happen?
- Well, I met somebody, she was my best friend,
and just amazing.
Nechelle, was killed in an accident recently.
- Oh!
- For some reason, I just kinda feel
that everything is gonna be okay, you know?
- Well, I think you have found what you've been looking for.
- Not exactly, I'm still looking for my purpose
in life or whatever.
- Seek and you shall find.
I'm not worried, I know you'll find it.
- Sticks, thank you so much for coming to help.
I'm so happy that your here.
It makes everything better.
- Yeah, I knew you guys needed the help.
But, anyways, my parents want me to check out the campus,
because they might have told me
that they would pay my tuition if I went here.
- What!
- Yeah, don't get too excited.
- Wait, hold on, you wanna go here?
You might come here? [laughs]
- There's a chance, but I didn't say yes.
- Come on!
Do you know how much fun that would be?
- We'll see, we'll see.
I don't know yet, no promises.
[books thud]
- I'm gonna go help him.
We're not done.
- I'm not going anywhere.
- [Chloe] Don't, don't leave.
- Okay.
- You okay?
Here let me help you.
[books thud]
[Chloe laughs]
What's your name?
- [laughs] Edward.
- Edward, it's nice to meet you.
Let's go check these out.
Momma Cooper, this is Edward, Edward this is momma Coop.
- Welcome to CCU, Edward.
- Aw, thanks.
- So five history books and three math, right?
- [Edward] Yeah.
- Your really smart, huh?
- A little.
- Okay, Edward, your total is $276.42
- Wow, okay, put $100 on this card, put $75 on this one,
- Okay.
- Put $50 on this card
and the rest on this one.
[many laughing]
- They are just jealous about your hair.
Don't worry about it.
[both laughing]
- Let me put these in a bag for you.
- So where are you staying?
- Um, Bidwell Hall.
- Okay, I'm gonna help you carry your books,
if you don't mind.
- Thanks.
- Here you go Edward.
Thank you and welcome.
Oh, oh, oh, you'll need these.
- Can I help you guys with something?
Are you shopping or are you going?
- Don't worry.
I think these boys can take the books by themselves.
In fact, it may even take them two trips.
- By the way, this, girls water bottle.
- Step on up.
Don't forget the water bottle.
- Hey, wait, okay, you're going to CCU now, right?
- Yeah, I received a full scholarship.
- Are you serious?
Wait, how old are you?
- I'm almost 16, I really wanted to go
to like an engineering school or something,
but my parents forced me to go here.
- It's not that bad.
I had to come here because it was my grandma's dying wish,
literally, her dying wish for me to come to this school.
- Her dying wish?
- Yep, but you know what?
My Grandma knew best,
and your parents probably do too.
- I've never really fit in,
because I've always been younger than everyone else.
So I guess, it doesn't really matter where I go.
- Well, I know how you feel.
I mean, I never really fit in when I first got here either.
And I mean, not, about the being young part, or anything,
but, now, I know this is right where God wanted me to be.
- You seem to know a lot about geeks.
- [laughs] No, I just know another cracked pot
when I see one.
- Cracked pot?
- Uh, huh, have you ever heard that story?
- No.
- Oh, one time there was this water bearer
and he had these two pots...
♪ You gave me your love, my life and my soul ♪
♪ I gave you my heart, my mind and control ♪
♪ Wherever I am thrown ♪
♪ You help me be a stone ♪
♪ That cast a ripple ♪
♪ Upon the waters ♪
♪ And let your love flow threw me ♪
♪ For all eternity ♪
♪ Let me be an instrument for good good good ♪
♪ Wherever I may land ♪
♪ Help me make a stand ♪
♪ Like a mighty tree ♪
♪ Beside the waters ♪
♪ And let your love flow through me ♪
♪ For all the world to see ♪
♪ Let me be an instrument for good good good ♪
♪ Wherever I may land ♪
♪ Help me make a stand ♪
♪ Wherever I am thrown ♪
♪ Help me be a stone that cast a ripple ♪
♪ Upon the water ♪
♪ Yeah you lead the way ♪
♪ And I will follow ♪
[piano music]
♪ The mountains in my life ♪
♪ Seem impossible to climb ♪
♪ And I am so empty ♪
♪ I wanna hate, scream or die ♪
♪ My life was in ashes ♪
♪ I was down so deep ♪
♪ When my Lord appeared and asked me ♪
♪ How great is your need ♪
♪ My faith may be small ♪
♪ But now I believe I can move mountains ♪
♪ I can move mountains ♪
♪ With a mustard seed ♪