God's Country Page #6

He'd prefer for Meghan

to call in.

She's working on some

really big deal for the firm.

I don't know much about it though,

other than it's worth a lot of money.

Forget Whitaker and how much

money this deal is worth.

What if she's in trouble?

What if she needs our help?

Anything could have

happened to her.

You get on that phone

and call the state police

and place a Missing Persons Report.

Don't just sit around

and do nothing.

You hear me?

Okay, well, look,

Mr. Whitaker says if she doesn't

call in the next couple of days,

he'll go down there himself.

All right?

I gotta go, though.

Okay, bye.

You can't keep putting this off.

What are you going to do?

I don't know.

We've tried her cell many times.

There's no answer.

Adam, our friend is missing.

If you're not going

to call 911, I will.

Well, you decide.

If I call 911 and she's okay,

I risk blowing her deal

and my job.

How's your back?

My back's doing good.

Hey, Meghan, I could

use your help on this pull.

No!

Come on!

You can do it.

Meghan!

Meghan! Meghan!

Oh, wait a second.

Let me put my hair up.

Bring it on, blondie!

You're goin' down!

You're goin' down.

You got nothing.

Grab your ropes, everybody!

On your marks,

Set!

Come on, Meg!

Pull!

Bring it on!

Okay, come on, come on!

One, two three! Pull!

Come on, guys!

One, two three! Pull!

Pull harder!

- One, two, three...

- Come on guys!

Pull!

One, two three! Pull!

Great job!

Meghan, he has never lost!

That is amazing!

Victory, baby!

Victory!

Great job.

So this is it.

This is what it's all about.

Wow!

This is your reward

for winning at tug-of-war.

You didn't let me win, did you?

Trust me when I tell you this,

I love to win too much

to allow you to win.

Oh, I...

I have to go.

Stay on task...

Wait.

...It's not personal.

It's business.

Did I do something wrong?

Can you take me back to camp?

Meghan,

so, I spoke to a guy

out at God's Country,

and he said that a Meghan

Doubtfire with a Ferrari

has been out there

for the past five days.

So what's goin' on?

What have they done to you?

Look, you know, I don't care

about the Yakamoto deal.

but if I don't hear from you

by the end of the auction,

I'm calling the police.

So what do you do for a living?

I'm in real estate.

Oh, real estate.

That sounds interesting.

I wanna major in civil law.

My father's a lawyer, so I get to see

how he helps people out of tight spots.

I can never see you as a

person who'd major in law.

Why, 'cause I'm not

all glamorous like you?

I always wanted to fit in

with the girls, you know.

It's just,

I have four brothers.

It's just easier to play rough, you know?

I have an idea.

Listen, why don't you come to

Los Angeles for a weekend with me?

Really?

Yeah, we can...

we can go shopping, and...

Well, we could find

you a new hair style.

How does that sound?

We could have some girl time?

You know, just do

a bunch of girl things.

I would like that.

Yeah?

Sounds like something my mother

and I would have done together.

Oh, where's your mother?

She died last year.

I'm sorry.

My father died when

I was about your age.

I did everything with him,

and then...

When he died I just lost

interest in everything.

Hey, you know what?

You seem too nice to be a lawyer.

All the lawyers I know

are just ruthless.

There's good and bad in

everything and everyone.

I wanna be a lawyer

so I can...

So I can fight for the people that

can't afford to fight for themselves.

You know, for example,

say there's this big bank that locks an

elderly couple into a bad mortgage,

and then tries to evict them from their home for the money 'cause they're greedy.

That's when I would swoop in,

Superlawyer Extraordinaire,

coming in, saving the day,

saving the elderly couple,

punishes the bank,

does the right thing.

I don't know, I think

it'd be great.

I know this verse on greed.

Isaiah 56:
11.

"Yeah, they are greedy dogs

who can never have enough."

"They are shepherds

that can not understand."

Where are you, Meghan?

This is what I was talking about, Jake.

Luke 10:
23.

"blessed are the eyes

that see what you see."

How are you doing this morning?

Great. Good to see you.

Hey, Jake.

Yeah.

The truck. Where is it?

Uh, right in front of the office.

- Keys inside?

- yup.

Thanks, man.

Come in, Meghan.

Eden?

Hi, Meghan.

Have a seat.

I have a confession to make.

Mr. Whitaker didn't send me

down here just to make an offer.

There's a pair of businessmen,

the Yakamoto brothers,

and they're here to develop the land.

They want to turn it

into a casino and resort.

It's a $100 million deal

and I don't see any way

that you could stop it from happening,

especially since tomorrow is the auction.

Thanks for

the information, Meghan.

There's nothing left

for me to do but pray.

Will you stop it?

Right now is the decision!

Mr. Whitaker is gonna come

down the road any second now

and just shut down

the entire operation,

including me.

I get it.

I understand.

There is something really

special about this land.

But you have to be proactive.

Jake shared with me the entire vision that

you have to be able to build a Christian college.

You gotta find someone to invest in it,

to pay up the debt, to buy this land so

you can put this camp back in operation.

I've tried everything.

I've called everyone

I know with money

that could maybe bail me out,

but so far, no one.

All I have left is my faith in God.

Don't you understand?

That's all I have left.

But what about Jake

and everyone else?

Jake trusts you.

He trusts that you and him are

going to complete this vision.

You're right. You're right.

You're right about the whole situation.

Just...

Yeah.

You know what? I'm gonna

tell my family tonight.

It's not fair to hide things

from the ones you love.

It's just not fair.

They have the right to know.

You're right.

Okay.

No. I want you

to come with me.

Can I have your attention, everyone?

In John chapter 8,

the passage states,

"Then you will know the truth,

and the truth will set you free."

Well, I have a confession to

make about God's Country.

We're in foreclosure.

And as of Saturday

we will be no more.

The land will got to auction

to the highest bidder.

But the good news is,

they made us an offer,

and with the money,

we'll be able to

start over in a new city.

Sure we can start over

in a different city, but...

I love this land.

Wait.

Why can't just call the bank and ask

'em to work something out with us?

Because I am the bank.

And...

my boss won't bail you out of debt.

There are some businessmen and they have made a very large offer for the land. Jake!

You lied to me.

I didn't lie to you.

I just didn't know how to tell you.

Lying and not telling are

the same thing to me.

Jake.

Wait!

It's not her fault.

Yeah? Then whose fault is it?

You hid this from me!

What about the college?

What about the vision

that we had?

Son, I know...

Know what?

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