God's Country Page #3

Mr. Graham,

this is Meghan Doherty.

I'm with Whitaker & Associates.

My assistant called yesterday.

- Hello, Mr. Graham?

- Ma'am. Ma'am.

What?

If you wanna talk to Mr. Graham,

you have to push

that button right there.

Where's his office?

Where is his office?

Incompetent people.

Ooh, that's a nice ride!

Hoo!

One fancy automobile!

Mr. Graham.

- No, give me a hug.

- What?

Here we go.

Ms. Doherty?

Doherty. Meghan Doherty.

Good to meet you.

This is pastor Tinsley.

How do you do?

Pastor Tinsley, what do you think?

Breathtaking.

Pastor Tinsley's church is gonna be

our guest all this week at camp.

Mr. Graham, is there someplace

we can speak in private?

Well, sure.

Right this way.

Have a seat.

I need to get right to the point.

As you know, we're the lender

in second position on your property.

Mr. Whitaker sent me down here to

discuss your property in its current state.

You're in foreclosure, set to

go to auction this Saturday.

Since we don't wanna risk anyone

else attempting to buy your property,

I'm here to make you an offer

and close on this deal today.

Hmm. It's funny.

I spoke to one of you

people the other day.

Now Whitaker's sending somebody

down here to patronize me?

Mr. Graham, I am not patronizing you.

I'm here to make you

a serious cash offer,

an offer that I know is more than fair.

Look,

you're behind in monthly payments,

behind on your taxes.

We're just trynna help.

All you have to do...

is sign the power of ownership over to us

and we can handle the rest.

Ms. Doherty,

I may be a little late

paying this mortgage,

but...

I serve an on-time God,

and he will deliver us from this

financial hold your bank has on us.

Mr. Graham...

Do you know anything about this place?

Or are you just down

here to earn a commission?

I'm here to do you a favor.

Follow me.

(I'd) like to take you on

a little tour of the camp.

A tour is not going to change

the position you're in.

Come on. What do you have to lose?

Hmmm.

I'm second-generation

land owner of Graham Holdings.

My dad was a minister.

I use this land to give back to God

for me rebelling against his

righteous ways when I was a kid.

Look at it.

I love this land.

There's no place like it.

Our ministry's taken a big hit,

just as I'm sure residential has.

Churches can't tithe the way they used to

or pay extras for the kids,

(and) that trickles down

to people like us.

Meghan you can tell Whitaker

I have to decline his offer.

Listen, the deal is the deal.

You can pray to your God

any time, day or night,

but it's not gonna stop the fact that

out bank is gonna take this property.

Take me back to my car.

Meghan,

I'll tell you what.

I'd be willing to put my faith

that God will come through

(that) this will all be water under the bridge.

If you just...

stay here for six days.

see what it is we do here.

watch God's blessings unfold.

and then if by some chance you don't

see why this land is so important,

I'll sign your deal before

the land goes to auction

so you can get your

big commission check.

Listen,

take the check,

gather your Christian folk,

and go build a church in a new location,

near a city where people actually live.

Ms. Doherty,

I know that as long as I don't put

my signature on that document,

I have a fighting chance to

keep what's rightfully mine.

No,

it's not over till God says it's over.

and God hasn't told me anything.

So,

why would me staying here for six days

make any difference in whether

or not you sign this deal?

You'll be able to see what we do here

with your own eyes.

Maybe then you'll understand why

I'm willing to put my faith in God

and fight to keep this place

open to help people in need.

To you, this is just another business deal.

This is my whole life.

If it's more money you want,

let me call Mr. Whitaker.

Let's up the offer.

You have my offer.

Six days and I'll sign.

That's my promise

to you and to God.

One condition:

the deal remains between you and me.

You can't tell anybody else.

I don't want people around

here to judge or treat you

any differently than

the rest of the guests. Ok?

All right.

Deal.

Okay.

I just need to make a few calls.

Meghan.

You scared the living

daylights out of me.

Sorry.

Uh, we have a camp meeting

in five minutes.

About this deal,

I need to go and make a call to my office.

I need to go home and

get some extra clothing,

because the only clothing

I have is what I'm wearing.

Now, do you have a phone

in your office I can use?

Five minutes.

And you can leave all your stuff in the car.

No one's gonna mess with it.

Five minutes.

Hasn't anyone ever told them

that staring isn't polite?

Meghan,

listen, why don't you join

my church's ocngregation?

You can be our special guest.

Maybe you could teach my kids a little something

about whatever it is that you do. They...

They love your car.

Sure. Whatever you say.

Awesome. Thank you.

Well, I guess somebody didn't get the

camp memo about appropriate attire.

I'm Jacob.

Everyone around here calls me Jake.

Well, Jacob, you can keep your

smart comments to yourself.

Ok, I just saw you walk

in here with my father,

and I can tell by the

way that you're dressed

that you're obviously not one

of the church group leaders.

So,

why are you here?

I'm here for the same

reason as everyone else.

Enlightenment.

Now I don't know who you are,

but...

I'm sorry, did you just say

that was your father?

Yeah. I run this place

with my parents.

I'm the head counselor here.

Sorry. Meghan Doherty.

Hello, everyone.

Welcome to God's Country.

I want you to shake away all the

worries of your day-to-day rat race

and peer pressure,

and especially video games,

social networking, and...

texting.

You're here to relax,

make friends,

and most of all, discover that real

inner love of self and God's spirit.

Before we begin, I want you to turn

to the person to your right and left,

and give them a big, welcoming hug.

Oh!

Hey.

Okay.

Oh, my...

Meghan,

I'd like to introduce my better half over here

for almost 25 years now, Caroline.

She's sort of the mother hen,

caretaker of the camp.

So if you get sick, bitten,

or just plain homesick, she's...

- Bitten?

- Honey, stop it.

He's just pulling your leg.

If it was the summer time, yes.

But in the cooler months

we don't have that problem.

Good to know.

Oh, hey, Meghan,

this is Geri.

She's one of the counselors

here. You guys should...

Hi!

Are you a model?

You're so pretty.

I know your feet must be

killing you in those high heels.

Uh, Geri, go fetch Meghan

a pair of your boots.

Oh, no.

They'll probably be a little too big,

But they'll give your feet

a much needed rest.

Just show me to my room,

so I can get on my laptop

and make a few calls,

and I'll be awesome.

Meghan, you're kinda missing the point

of what we do here in God's Country.

And that is?

Off the grid.

Here you go.

Anyway, welcome aboard.

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