All Saints Page #5

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Yeah, it's, um, maxed out.

When did that happen?

You got McDonald's in Burma?

(CHUCKLES)

Not in the jungle.

Well, open one up, make a killing.

(LAUGHS)

You think you'll go back?

Mmm, too soon to say.

Good thing you got everybody out safely.

Not everyone. Not my son.

Michael,

how will we water?

Michael.

Well, that's next week's problem.

Let's just get the seeds in the ground.

We need Forrest.

- We're fine.

- I don't think we are fine.

We're fine. And dandy.

Forrest, he come to see me some nights.

We take him in.

He does?

Forrest, he like a refugee. Yes.

He need our help.

We're fine without Forrest.

He's fine without us.

If he's not, he knows where to find us.

Yes, Father.

Big day tomorrow. Planting day.

You smell like a farmhand.

- Some women find that attractive.

- Mmm.

You were right about something.

Yes, I was.

You know what I'm talking about?

Doesn't really matter.

You were right about Ye Win.

He's been a big help, and I was stupid.

He lost a son over there.

That's awful.

You're right. You were stupid.

You said we never agree.

I know you think

I'm not with you, but I am with you.

Oh, come on. I know that.

It's just... If we're going forward,

you can't be so much, you know...

You.

What does that mean?

It means you can't be

a lone gunslinger this time.

When you need help,

and you will, you have to ask for it.

Course I will.

Ask for it, Michael.

Promise me.

Promise me.

(CHUCKLES)

I promise.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Boyd brought it, for free.

A very big field, Michael.

A very small pump.

Yeah, but with the rains in

September, we're gonna be good.

Plus, we got this.

Will this work, padre?

It was my husband's.

- Perfect.

- Here you go, keys.

So, corn here,

tomato here,

squash and sour leaf.

Seed from Burma.

Wow. Good thing you didn't land in Brooklyn.

'Cause, you know, Brooklyn doesn't...

Hey, let's get started.

(SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE)

Come on.

(CAMERA CLICKING)

Whoo!

I'm starting a new memory book. (LAUGHS)

- Hey.

- AIMEE:
Hmm?

Look at this reading for tomorrow's service.

Did you choose this, Michael?

No. It's on the schedule

for every Episcopal church in the world.

"The Kingdom of God is as though a farmer

"has scattered seeds on the ground.

(CHUCKLES)

"The seeds sprout,

but the farmer doesn't know how.

"First the stalk, then the head,

then the grain."

MICHAEL:
Consider the mustard seed,

the smallest of all seeds.

(CAMERA CLICKS)

Yet it grows such big branches

that the birds perch in its shade.

(YE WIN TRANSLATING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

That will be All Saints.

From the tiniest of seeds,

we will grow

and people will come from all around

to enjoy the shade of our branches.

Okay.

I know we've all worked really

hard the last couple weeks.

Maybe it'll rain again soon

and we can have a day off.

Ye Win's posting this week's rotation.

I know you have to get to

the chicken plant by 9:00 a.m.

Let's just do whatever we can. Thank you.

Let's go.

(HORN HONKING)

(HORN HONKING)

Let's go!

AIMEE:
Hey, hon, how's it going?

So much for the rainy season, huh?

Egg salad?

Barely any shell bits.

Thanks. I'll eat after

I check the tomato plants.

Hey, why don't you talk to Ye Win,

maybe beef up the work schedule?

We're just watering right now.

Yeah, I know.

And it's killing you.

Honey, I'm fine.

No, you're not fine, Michael.

Look at your hands.

They're all right.

Michael, please. We had an agreement.

(CHILD CRYING AT A DISTANCE)

(SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE)

Car insurance today.

Yeah?

Um, we got to look at the schedule,

'cause we got to get

more water on the plants.

It's difficult.

Chicken plant, everyone work 12-hour shift.

With this dry spell, we just got to do more.

I will come after dinner.

It's dark after dinner,

and I need groups of people to water.

Perhaps if you went to Forrest,

he might have an idea...

Forrest can't water our fields.

He's an old man.

Yes, Father.

Please don't "Yes, Father" me.

Crops are dying. I'm asking for help.

You are the only one free to work more.

Everyone have family.

So do I!

I haven't seen my kid in...

I don't know how long.

Aimee and I, that's all we do, we work.

- So do you. So does Mya.

- Mya is gone.

What do you mean?

She's gone.

Mya moved away.

- When?

- When I was working, Michael.

You didn't think to come to me?

(SIGHS)

Michael.

Why wouldn't you come to me?

The guy's marriage breaks up,

he doesn't even think to talk to his pastor.

I started out a minister,

and now I'm a field boss.

Michael, you know I'm not big

on signs and wonders,

but I have come to believe that

God led us here,

to this church. And right now,

this is the ministry,

the fields, the choir. This is it.

All of it.

Hey, let's take a day.

Just the family.

We'll let the plants water themselves.

Well, he's not very good at that.

- Not good at all.

- (BOTH CHUCKLE)

You getting the teens into the choir?

Er, not yet.

Sometimes I think they don't have a clue

what I'm saying to them.

I'll find a way. Or I'll send in

the flying monkeys.

We got company.

Be nice, Michael.

I'm always nice.

My wife and I are trying to figure out

where we know you from.

Michael Spurlock,

the new pastor at All Saints.

Right, I've seen you out in your fields.

Yeah, tough work, huh?

- You a farmer?

- No, no. I've got my own company.

But I worked her daddy's fields

in college. Dang near killed me.

Dang near killed Daddy's Lima beans, too.

This dry spell must be tough on you folks.

Well, it is, 'cause we're watering by hand.

By hand? That's crazy.

Hey, did we ever give away that old sprayer

- from your daddy's junk?

- No.

It's still back there with that

old Mustang you're never gonna fix.

It's a boom sprayer.

It'll water your fields if you want it.

Yeah, I want a free boom sprayer.

I didn't catch your name.

Jess Harlowe, Harlowe Fresh.

Hey... Give a call in the morning

and I'll have it hauled over.

Okay, Jess.

- Thank you.

- Sure thing.

Did that just happen?

I take it back.

I'm all about signs and wonders.

(ENGINE REVVING)

Didn't Boyd say you need

a tractor for this thing?

- I can manage.

- If you break the truck,

you'll be back to the hand sprayer.

Michael, good things happen when we let

go a little. Didn't we just learn that?

(ENGINE STOPS)

(CLEARS THROAT)

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

All Saints. Aimee Spurlock speaking.

The Karen boys?

Yes, it's my name on the forms. Why?

WOMAN:
I cannot believe

that you boys did this.

What were you thinking?

You weren't thinking, that's the problem.

What are we gonna do now?

- Mrs. Spurlock?

- Yes.

Hi, I'm the principal.

I spoke to you on the phone.

- Hi.

- If I can get your "X" on this,

- then you can take these guys home.

- Sure.

What happened, exactly?

Well, our linebacker corps

started some trouble,

and then they found out that the

Burmese national sport is kickboxing.

Oh.

Guess my husband needs to go over

- "turn the other cheek" again.

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