Machine Gun Preacher Page #5

Let's play baseball.

All right, Matak.

Nice and easy.

Give me a pitch.

What are you doing?

Don't kick the ball.

What are you doing?

- (CHILDREN CLAMOURING)

- It's supposed to be baseball.

(HORN HONKING)

What happened?

There was an attack

outside Adjumani.

(GIRL WEEPING)

(SPEAKING LOCAL LANGUAGE)

What's she saying?

She's asking what she did wrong.

You didn't do nothing wrong.

(SPEAKING LOCAL LANGUAGE)

She wants to know if

you are the preacher.

I'm the preacher.

You tell her she's

going to be okay.

(SPEAKING LOCAL LANGUAGE)

(SAM SIGHS)

- Where you going?

- Adjumani.

Sam. Sam, please wait.

No, I ain't waiting around

no more for this to happen.

See what waiting gets you?

Sh*t.

(GROANS)

(SHOUTING)

(SHOUTING IN ARABIC)

Marco, no! Marco!

Don't fire that thing!

There's kids behind the truck!

(SHOUTING IN ARABIC)

(SHOUTING IN ARABIC)

RPG!

You okay?

(SOLDIER SHOUTING

IN LOCAL LANGUAGE)

(BOTH SPEAKING ARABIC)

It's okay.

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

(STRIKES MATCH)

(CHILD SINGING IN THE

DISTANCE IN LOCAL LANGUAGE)

(CHILDREN JOIN IN)

(ALL CHILDREN SINGING)

Hey, buddy.

Ain't you gonna say nothing?

I'll see you later.

I see you have a bodyguard.

Guess I do.

Take care of things

while I'm gone, okay?

- [DENG]:
I will, Preacher.

- All right.

You can't come with me, buddy.

Come on.

(SPEAKS ARABIC)

In your actions, you give

service to the Lord.

He's not interested

in your good intentions.

Your good thoughts.

No, He wants your backs.

Your hands. Your sweat.

Your blood to pour into the foundation

that will build up His kingdom!

- Amen!

- [ALL]:
Amen!

- What do you think?

- I think it's great.

Started day care last month.

Monday through Friday

from 8:
00 to 2:00.

Sundays after first worship for a

few hours if anybody needs it.

I'm thinking maybe we could

set up a playground...

some swings, some things

that kids can climb on.

No, we can't build any more.

Not for a while.

You said Sundays has been full.

Yeah, it's been full, but that doesn't

mean people are giving money like today.

You know, economy's slow, construction

business is slow. Times is tight.

- Be good for them kids, Lynn.

- Yeah, well, they got the playground

over at Cairnbrook,

and they can play at the school

on the weekends if they want.

No, no.

No, I'm talking about Africa.

[BILL]:
I heard you built yourself one hell

of a church over there in Central City.

[SAM]:
Yeah, we set it up pretty good,

but we still got a ways to go.

Anyways, Bill.

The reason I called you...

the reason I'm here is because

I wanted to talk to you...

a little bit more about our

Outreach Programme.

You know, the thing we're

doing over there in Africa.

Of course, I know about what

you're doing over there.

I mean, hell of a thing, Sam, helping

out those kids. God bless you.

Thank you, Bill.

I appreciate that. I do.

But I gotta be straight with you.

We are hurting for money.

Now if we had the support of

good people like yourselves,

sure would help things go a

lot smoother over there.

Sam, everybody around here

is feeling the pinch.

I hear that, Bill. I do.

But if you once could just see

what it is we're doing down there.

I mean, it's about more than the money.

And I ain't asking for a lot.

- How much you looking for?

- $5,000 or something.

Jesus Christ, Sam. $5,000?

Come on, Bill. That ain't

hardly gonna put you out there

- on the street now, is it?

- Well, that's not the point.

And that's gonna keep them doors

open for another six months.

Look around here.

People are losing their

jobs left and right.

It's tough to go asking

for $5,000 for a bunch

of African children

halfway around the world.

Bill, I understand that -

we got problems right here,

- but this is a different kind of problem.

- Different, how?

That orphanage is the

last hope these kids got.

Now with that kind of money, we can

feed them kids, house them kids.

Buy me a new generator

which is sorely needed.

I gotta tell you, Bill, you would

be saving a hell of a lot of lives.

(BILL SIGHS)

All right. Here's what I'll do.

I'll see what I can come up with.

- Okay.

- All right.

- Okay, Bill.

- Okay.

Hey, why don't you bring the

family over next Sunday.

We're having a little

bit of a barbeque.

Well, come on in.

You all must be the Childers, welcome.

I am Shannon, Bill's

ball and chain.

- I'm Lynn. This here is Paige.

- Good to meet you.

(BILL LAUGHS)

There he is.

Hey, Sam, glad you all could make it.

- Oh, who's this lovely young lady?

- [LYNN]:
Paige.

I'll tell you what. You come on in here

and you meet some people.

This is the gentleman I

was telling you about.

(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING)

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

(SHRIEKS)

Sam. There you are.

A little something for the kids out there.

What we were talking about earlier.

- Thank you.

- Yeah, don't mention it.

- Why are we leaving so soon?

- Get in the car.

- Is everything all right?

- Thank you.

What is wrong?

Son of a b*tch is crying

poor-mouth to me,

and he's living in

a damn Taj Mahal.

I asked him for $5,000 to feed

a bunch of motherless babies.

And you know what he gave me?

150 bucks.

He spent more than that

on salsa for his party.

We are locked in a

fight with the devil.

Now I can't do this on my own.

I can't take the pressure

and the pain and the loneliness.

I need each one of

you to back me up.

And I need you all to bring your game.

And the Lord will raise you up!

- Hallelujah!

- [ALL]:
Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

If we have to cut back,

then the devil has won.

And we don'!

Want the devil to win, do we?

[ALL]:
No!

I'm sorry, but 2,500 is the

best I can do for those guns.

Tell you what.

Throw in the car for five.

Almost there.

(BETTY SPEAKING IN

LOCAL LANGUAGE)

Hands over eyes.

Micrah, no cheating. No cheating.

Just a little bit more.

Okay, stop.

Open your eyes.

- (CHILDREN CHEERING)

- [SAM]:
Yeah!

Come on.

[BOY]:
Thank you.

[SAM]:
It's all right.

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

It's good to see the kids laugh.

Amen to that.

Listen, I would like to add a few

more guards to you during the day.

Why?

Because Kony's offering

money for your head.

- Offering money for my head?

- Yes.

(CHUCKLES)

I must be doing something right.

Don't worry about it.

I can take care of myself.

He said anything yet?

All we know is that him and his

brother were taken by the rebels.

- [SAM]:
Where's his brother?

- We don't know.

You don't want to go play

with the other kids?

You know, sometimes it

helps to tell somebody

what you got locked up inside.

(SAM CHUCKLES)

(SAM SIGHS)

I've done a lot of things

that I ain't proud of.

Hurt a lot of people.

Truth is, helping you kids...

is about the only good thing

I've ever done in this life.

But I'm scared that...

one day I'll...

close my eyes to all this and

make it somebody else's problem.

You got no idea what

I'm saying, do you?

Who's that?

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

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