The Saratov Approach Page #2

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The voice said,

"Brother Tuttle, this is Elder Tingey

calling from Salt Lake."

Then it hit me.

They were gonna tell me

that he'd been..

He'd been killed.

I don't want that call.

Nobody is going to help us.

We have to do something ourselves.

And we'll be okay.

Do you hear me?

We're gonna be okay.

How do you know that?

Most people believe

in a supreme being.

Even though they may call Him

by different names...

we know that God lives.

We are all children

of our Father in Heaven.

We are created in His image.

Because he is the Father of all people,

we are brothers and sisters.

And he provided a way for us

to overcome...

sin and death...

so that we can return to His presence.

He prepared a plan

that will bring us joy...

and the central figure

in that plan is Jesus Christ.

You plan on teaching someone today?

I plan on teaching someone every day.

I hate to break it to you,

but our teaching days are over.

God speaks to His children

by way of prophets and apostles.

They write His words down

in sacred books like the Bible

called scriptures.

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What do you want?

Whatever you want, we'll get you --

money, enough food, passports --

anything.

Just...Just tell us.

$3,000.

Are you serious?

Hey, hey, w-we can get you that.

If you let us go,

you take us back to the apartment,

we could get you that today.

$300,000.

We don't have that at the apartment.

Sergei says your church has money.

They're not gonna pay the ransom.

- Why?

- It doesn't work like that.

If they don't pay,

Sergei says the Mormons

will be exterminated.

Mormons exterminated?

Yes.

- How long do we have?

- What do you mean?

How long will Sergei wait

until we get his money?

Propst!

I don't know,

but Sergei is not a patient man.

It is probably not the best idea

to antagonize the guys with the guns.

- I think he's our way out of here.

- No!

No, our way out of here is doing

exactly what they ask us to do,

not smarting off to him.

I was just talking to him.

Okay?

I'm trying to soften him up.

Propst, does he look

like he's gonna soften up?

He's got a gun!

He's not gonna soften up!

I don't know

if you remember last night

when they bashed our heads in!

You're exactly right.

We're probably both

gonna die right here

and get buried in the snow.

I'm not trying to fool you or anybody.

We have about

a one in a million chance

of surviving here.

And if this is my last day to be alive,

I'm gonna be myself.

Let's try to cooperate with them,

because if you're right, if...

if we've only got a small chance,

I want to be alive to take that chance,

even if it is one in a million.

Nobody's gonna pay for us.

That's not how this works.

We're alone,

and nobody knows where we are.

I don't know what I'm doing here.

The only thing I know

is to go by my instincts.

Our mission is over.

It ended the second

we knocked on their door.

Now it's about survival.

And you've got to trust me

that I'm doing my best

so that we can survive.

Just don't do anything stupid, okay?

Nikolai.

What are you doing?!

Nikolai.

Look...

I need to go to the bathroom,

like bad.

Nikolai, please.

There's a bathroom

right in there, isn't there?

Please let me go.

I tell you how this works.

I unlock you.

You go to bathroom.

Anything happens,

I shoot your friend.

He talks to me or you,

I shoot you, then him.

Propst...

Shh!

Are you scared?

You are scared.

Want a beer?

I do.

I really do.

You too?

No.

- What did I miss?

- Nothing.

Nikolai just said he wants a drink.

Me too. Can...Can we have some?

Can we have some?

You want a beer?

You don't know much about us,

do you?

What do you want -- coffee, tea?

Oh, boy.

Uh...do you have juice or water?

- No water.

- No?

- We have juice.

- Juice.

Please.

Juice would be amazing.

Okay

What?

Don't look at me like that.

You want a thank you?

Yeah.

He pointed his gun right at me.

I'm telling you,

he's our way out of here.

Lee Propst.

Mr. Propst, this is Senator Gordon

Smith calling from Washington, D.C.

Senator Smith?

Listen, I've been briefed

on your son's situation.

Although I have no more information,

I want you to know

as your senator

and as your brother in Christ,

we are doing all that we can

to ensure a proper return.

So, are you working with the FBI?

No, not yet.

Are you working with

the State Department or the embassy?

Well, we -- we plan to,

uh, but we haven't yet.

Then what are you doing, Senator?

Um...we -- We're gonna do --

We're gonna do all that we can.

I'm...I'm sorry. Uh...

We're just very frustrated here.

We feel pretty helpless.

I can't imagine what you

must be going through right now...

but I believe that the rest of us,

we should do all that we can

to lift each other's burdens.

I know that doesn't sound

like a lot right now,

but I hope you can feel our support.

Well, I appreciate your call, Senator.

Your...Your faith means a lot to me.

You and your family will be

in my thoughts and prayers.

Thank you.

I wonder what it will be like

to tell our families about all this.

I wonder if they'll even believe us.

You think they know already?

I hope not.

My mom would be a hysterical wreck,

my dad wouldn't be able to sleep,

and my sisters -- forget about it.

They'd be the ones

who went straight to the media.

My sister's going to prom this week.

I think you're right.

What do you mean?

Nobody's gonna pay for us.

That makes sense.

If the church paid for one hostage...

paid a ransom to any one group,

then everybody in the church --

missionaries and members --

they'd...

they'd all be targets. So...

So they can't pay a ransom.

Otherwise, all the crazies in the world

would be lining up for a fast payday.

- This is my fault.

- No.

- Don't say that.

- No, it is.

- No.

- If I had listened to you...

...we would never have gone

to Nikolai's apartment.

We wouldn't be here.

We wouldn't have been kidnapped.

We wouldn't be sitting down here

in this disgusting apartment

on this freezing floor,

just waiting to...

-...waiting to die.

- That's not true.

If it wouldn't have been that day,

it would have been another day.

They had it all set up --

the dummy apartment, everything.

If it wasn't us, it would have been

two other missionaries.

No, that's not true.

I...l felt it.

I felt it. It was small, it was quiet,

but it was there.

It was a little voice saying,

"Don't go into that apartment."

But I didn't listen.

I never...

I never listen.

I did exactly what I wanted to do.

I got it in my head that we were gonna

teach one more lesson.

- One more lesson.

- Tuttle, it's not your fault...

...and this is not over yet.

We are still alive,

and we can get through this.

- We've seen their faces.

- Okay.

We've been gone for two days.

Pretty soon,

the press is gonna break the story.

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