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♪ Loves the way that Jesus can
♪ He proved His love for me when He died on Calvary ♪
Man: Oh, there's the turkeys.
♪ He gave His life for falling men ♪
Man: Turkeys.
♪ His love...
Man: Turkeys. Gobble, gobble, gobble.
[imitates turkey]
Narrator: In many ways,
they were a typical Old Order Amish family.
♪ His love is an endless love
Narrator: They were maintaining traditions
and a way of life that go back 300 years.
Child: Turkey nice is.
♪ There is none above you
Man: C'mere turkeys.
Narrator: 250,000 Amish
live in the middle of modern America today.
Man: Look at the piggy.
Children: Oink, oink, oink.
[children continue to oink]
Narrator: Just like their forefathers,
they believe in holding onto the old ways
and leading a plain and simple life.
Children: Moo.
Power.
Man: Power?
Man: ♪ There is power
Narrator: But what made this Amish family extraordinary
is the fact they'd agreed to be filmed.
Man: ♪ The land of the lamb And power ♪
They were prepared to go against the strict rules
of their church which forbids photography.
In allowing themselves to be filmed,
they were taking an enormous risk.
All: ♪ There is power, power wonder-working power ♪
♪ In the precious blood of the lamb ♪
[horses hooves clop]
[children chatter]
Narrator: The film was to be about Amish family life
and faith,
and a family had been found to take part.
But by consenting to filming,
they risked excommunication from the Amish church.
For two weeks, they'd been praying,
asking God whether or not they should participate.
Lynn: Good morning. - Good morning.
Lynn: How are we?
I'm good. I'm David Lapp. [Lynn giggles]
Lynn: Say hello to Steve. - Hello, Steve.
Steve: Good morning, David, good morning.
Lynn: It's a lovely day, isn't it?
It is. How are you this morning?
Steve: Very well. It's a beautiful, beautiful morning.
It is, praise the Lord.
This is my youngest son, Benuel.
Lynn: Hello, good morning.
David: Say hi, Ben.
Hi.
Lynn: How are you anyway? - Good.
Lynn: How you feeling about filming?
David: We have peace with it or we wouldn't be doing it.
You know, we really sought direction from God
and if we wouldn't have got...
If we wouldn't feel it would be OK with Him,
we would not be doing it.
Lynn: Shall we go and meet the family?
Yeah, yes, please come in.
Miriam: Cupcake.
We got visitors.
Miriam: OK.
Lynn: Good morning.
Good morning.
Steve: Good morning.
- Cooking. Lynn: How are you?
Fine, how about you?
Lynn: Good, good. It's a lovely day out there, isn't it?
- Yes, it is. Hi, Steve. - Yes.
Steve: Miriam, hi.
This is Katie. This is our oldest daughter.
Miriam: Katie, Lynn. [giggles]
Lynn: Actually it's a little bit dark in here.
Could we possibly pull up a couple of the blinds?
David: This is my son, Daniel.
- How old are you, Daniel? - Six.
David: This is Jacob.
- How old are you, Jacob? - Nine.
David: There you go.
Lynn: Of course you don't have electricity here, do you?
No, we don't.
Lynn: Why...why is that?
Why don't Amish people not have electricity?
Well, it's... it's because of...
the distraction that comes with it.
Like...rather than having television and video games
and all kinds of gadgets that run on electricity,
we believe that... um,
well, that's the reason they don't is because...
it's to keep out the distractions,
you know, so you can focus on principles of life
like family time together, reading the Bible.
Narrator: The Amish speak a German dialect
as their first language.
They came originally from Europe in the early 1700s,
settling first here in Pennsylvania.
Lynn: What do you think people in Britain
will make of you and your lives?
What will they think?
That's a good question. [laughs]
I have no idea.
Will they think it's real?
I don't know, I don't know.
You know, if they look at our lifestyles
without electric, you know,
they'd probably think we're a little...
old-fashioned maybe or just a little too simple,
I don't know. [laughs]
Lynn: What do you know about people in Britain?
Miriam: The only thing I would have heard about Britain
is the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, I believe,
and...you know, about the Queen and the King,
but I'd have no idea how...
how they compare with the United States really.
Lynn: We've got a new Prime Minister now, actually.
- OK. Lynn: Tony Blair's gone.
OK.
Miriam: Yeah, I didn't keep up with the facts.
Narrator: Without radio and television and the internet,
the Amish exist in a world quite separate
but alongside the rest of America.
A great deal of modern technology is rejected.
They live by a set of rules
designed to retain their identity.
David and Miriam were breaking the rules by being filmed.
Amish church forbids people from posing
or actively giving their consent to photography or filming.
Is lunch ready, Jacob?
[murmur]
Who's going to take a nap after lunch?
- Not me. - Not me.
- Not me. - Me?
Miriam: Not me. Child: Me.
Heavenly Father...
we come before You
in the name of Jesus Christ our King.
We thank You that You have allowed us to stand up today,
for the beautiful day, Father.
Heavenly Father,
I ask that You would bless Jacob and Daniel
and Kate and Benuel James
and my beautiful wife, Miriam.
Father, I ask that You would bless me as well
so I could do Your will.
Heavenly Father, we ask that you would...
in the name of Jesus Christ,
that you would allow the BBC to bring honour
and glory to You, Jesus.
We ask that it would soften somebody's heart
and that the end result would build Your kingdom,
Jesus Christ.
We ask for a blessing and strength
upon the work that people are doing for it, Father,
and we just ask that we could be doing Your will
throughout and all that the honour
and the glory would come to You, Jesus.
Amen.
David: Go Ben.
Time to feed the rooster.
Time to feed the rooster.
- Time to feed...
Let's go now.
David: They act like soldiers because the rooster is...
is not always nice to them.
There's the rooster.
[mimics rooster] [children mimic rooster]
[children mimic rooster]
[children continue to mimic rooster]
[rooster crows]
Were there just five?
Benuel: Seven. - Seven?
Lynn: What is your approach to the number of children you have?
To me, I don't even, I don't have a goal, I don't...
Lynn: Are your children planned?
Uh-uh.
We just, we just rejoice when God gives us another child.
There is no planning on our part.
I'm not even sure what the definition of plan is
but I think I know what you're talking about.
Lynn: Well, contraception. - Yeah.
- Right, controlled, yeah.
No, there is no planning.
Um...
For me, it's...
I think Miriam thinks about children more than I do.
For me, I'm so busy with the ones that He has given us...
when He gives us another one, I'm rejoicing
but I'm not really thinking we should have another one
because how could I be one on one
if we'd have ten instead of five or four?
But God would...
He doesn't make mistakes
so I'm sure there is a way.
Happy is a man that has his quiver full of them.
I think a quiver of arrows is 12 arrows?
Is that... Am I right?
Lynn: I think so, yeah.
And happy is a man that has 12 of them.
[laughs]
Lynn: Is that how many you would like?
Would you like 12 children?
Well, I can't quite see it possible anymore.
I'm 32. [laughs]
And I've had four. Ah, you know,
I need a couple sets of twins maybe to be able to make 12.
[laughs]
But I always thought a family of ten would be ideal.
[country music]
Narrator: The family were happy to be filmed shopping
but it had to be discreet.
Other Amish also shop at the store
and could challenge them at any time.
♪ Thank You, Lord
♪ For Your blessings on me
♪ Thank You, Lord
♪ For giving to me
♪ All of my friends
♪ And family
♪ Thank You, Lord
♪ For Your blessings on me
♪ All of the days
♪ All of the days For the rest of my life ♪
♪ No matter what Life holds for me ♪
♪ I could be on my knees
♪ I could be on my knees Forever, You know ♪
♪ But I never could Thank You enough ♪
[indistinct chatter]
[indistinct chatter]
Everything to Your honour and glory in Jesus' name, amen.
[indistinct chatter]
But at 6:15...
♪ Peace, forever, You know
..some chicken alfredo.
♪ But I never could thank You enough ♪
Lynn: Sabbath today. - Yeah.
- Yeah. - Yeah, what a beautiful day.
Lynn: It is a beautiful day.
You are welcome to come in and worship with us.
We have here.
Narrator: The Amish attend church every other Sunday.
In between, they worship at home.
Of all time.
Thou shalt not kill and whosoever shall kill
shall be in danger of the judgement.
All: ♪ Let it shine, Let it shine ♪
♪ Let it shine, let it shine
♪ Hide it under a bushel, no
♪ I'm gonna let it shine
♪ Hide it under a bushel, no
♪ I'm gonna let it shine
♪ Let it shine Let it shine, let it shine ♪
We don't work Sundays more than necessary.
I might go out to the garden if I need an onion,
you know, that I didn't bring in Saturdays
and I decided I'll make some soup and I need an onion.
Things like that are... except that we try to...
use the day totally for...
spiritually renewing
and just to spend time with our children.
Like Sunday, 'fore noons,
the children don't play outdoors.
And in the afternoon, it's a time of us to play games with them.
[laughter]
Narrator: Miriam and David have been married
for nearly 11 years.
Lynn: How did you get together then?
David: Why, you know, in the traditional way, you just...
you just, ah...
monster up enough of boldness and courage
to ask a girl if you can court her.
So that's what I did at the age of 18.
- So we had a year and a half of courtship,
then we were married.
And that was a blessed year and a half.
I did not doubt that relationship.
I clearly thought it was God leading us together.
Miriam had a conviction for a hands-off courtship,
so we had a hands-off courtship.
Lynn: I mean, no touching at all or what's the line?
- Hands-off, I'm not sure if that was...
- We didn't embrace each other.
We didn't hug each other, we didn't kiss each other,
but we would sit together.
We sat beside each other and enjoyed each other's warmth.
A squeeze of a hand sometimes.
This is my wedding dress...
that I had with a white,
we wear white cape aprons.
I feel it's very important to make the dress
in such a way that it adorns our inner spirit
and not bring out our...
our bodily figure.
It should be men are attracted to the heart,
not to the figure.
As a woman, we can do a lot to not bring a man to lust.
I feel us women don't quite realise men's battle with...
it's just God made them with that nature.
They have this lust for nature.
The natural instinct is there but if we encourage it,
it might make them stumble.
I never knew the battle before my husband told me.
You know, the battle that...
he had with women that had a lot of leg exposed
or even lower necklines and, um...
I had no idea that he had that battle.
Steve: Good morning. Lynn: Morning.
Lynn: Good morning.
- Come on in.
Narrator: It's 4:30 in the morning.
Every day Miriam gets up to cook breakfast
for Dave before he goes to work at five.
David: Good morning.
Lynn: Good morning.
Steve: Good morning. - Good morning, Steve.
Two eggs and a cornmeal mush.
It's my favourite.
Heavenly Father, I ask for a blessing upon the hands
that prepared this food.
I ask for a hedge of protection around my family today
as I go to work, as Jacob and Daniel go to school,
as Miriam and Benuel and Kate are at home.
Father, I ask for a hedge of protection
around them all and that you will keep them safe.
And if it be Your will that we could be together tonight
at our supper table.
In Jesus' holy name we pray, amen.
Narrator: Dave usually gets a lift to work
from one of his staff who isn't Amish.
The rules forbid car ownership,
but there's nothing to stop people from accepting a lift
or using a taxi.
[engine gently revs]
Hey, good morning, Benuel.
[child whines]
Come.
[kitchen clatter]
Miriam: Danny, Jacob, let's eat.
Jacob, do the blessing for us. OK.
- Amen. - [clears throat]
Child: Aishley is here.
Hey, you have a good day.
[chuckles] God bless you.
Jacob: OK, I'll see you.
Miriam: See you, Jacob.
[chatter]
Lynn: You get up for Dave. - Yes. Mm-hm.
Lynn: Every morning?
Miriam: Yes, unless I'm not feeling well.
He'll get his own breakfast and lunch.
Lynn: But he could get his breakfast himself, couldn't he?
Miriam: Yes, he could, oh yeah, he's very...
He's quite able.
Lynn: So how comes he doesn't then?
That's my job.
[laughs]
He has other things...
that are more important and are...
I'm the... [dishes clatter in sink]
I'm the queen of this house so I need to see...
that everybody is well fed and...
Lynn: What does the Bible say about your role then?
He calls us to be keepers at home...
submissive to our husbands,
and look well to the ways of our household.
Lynn: And how do you feel about that?
I feel it's perfect, it's the perfect, it's a perfect...order.
Narrator: 50 years ago,
the majority of Amish were farmers.
But in Pennsylvania
high land prices mean most now work
in Amish-owned small businesses.
Dave has his own concrete construction firm
employing Amish and non-Amish staff.
He makes a decent living but is trying to get back
to the traditional model of Amish life.
He wants to buy his own farm.
David: Good morning.
Lynn: This is a bit different
from being at home with the children.
- It is, it's a lot different, something I'd always enjoyed.
But as my children get older,
my heart's not as much here anymore.
I think about my children waiting
until I come home evenings.
Ah, eight years ago, I could've, you know,
worked from five in the morning 'til six at night not a problem.
But now when school is out, I'm like, "You know what?
"My children are at home.
"I need to go home to my children."
Lynn: So does being submissive work then?
I mean, can that work for a woman?
Miriam: Yes, yes.
I do feel we need to share our views.
We just can't, we can't just quietly submit
and not share how we feel about some things.
He still can offend me, which I want to overcome that.
I feel so privileged
that he does mention my weaknesses and...
I don't want to be offended,
I just want to be thankful that he points those out.
Obedient...
I believe.
I believe it's important
that we're obedient to God's word so that...
our family can function
in the way He designed families to be.
Narrator: Two months later,
the risk of the family being challenged
by the Amish church hadn't gone away.
Hey, welcome, Steve and Lynn.
Come on in.
Good morning. Steve: Morning.
Lynn: Good morning, Daniel.
Lynn: Are you awake?
We're just about ready to go out and set the benches.
- Good morning.
Steve: Good morning, Miriam. - Come on in.
Lynn: So what's happening this weekend?
Oh, we're getting ready for church.
Church services are going to be at our house.
Everybody takes turns.
Every two weeks, somebody opens their house up or their home.
Lynn: And it's your turn this week?
Yeah, so we're preparing seating and food for...
I don't know, 100 people.
20 families...
David: Say 150 people.
..an average of five children per family.
Danny, Danny.
These are the benches for the church
that the people can sit on.
You just sit.
It's a little bit over three hours mostly
and like to 8:00 'til 11:30 or something.
Lynn: What's your favourite bit of the church service?
Ah...
the last song then you know the church is about out.
We as Old Order Amish, we don't have a church house,
so every able member that has a room on their property
takes a turn to provide space and food for service.
We need to make sure that we have place
to tie up all the horses and feed them.
We need to make sure we have enough of lunch for everyone,
which is a cold lunch,
the traditional snitz pie.
The word 'church' in the Bible,
in Greek, it means assembly.
So our forefathers assembled in their homes 400 years ago
and that's where the practice started.
[children singing]
Narrator: An Amish church service
is led by a number of elders, a bishop, and ministers.
They sing from a songbook containing hymns
written by their forefathers.
The ministers will read from the Scriptures
and the congregation says silent prayers.
David: The church people are very dear.
They are close friends.
You get together every other week.
If there's a need, if you have a hospital bill
and you have a need for finances,
the church people are there to help you.
So it's really a close-knit community.
David: That is very interesting.
That's the Jonah story.
Lynn: There's no way we could film tomorrow?
You could attend but you couldn't film.
Yeah, there's no way you could film.
The church would stop if you'd film.
There would be... I have no idea what would happen
but it would not continue.
But you could attend.
You are invited to sit right here in our midst.
It doesn't happen a lot
because people don't understand German
and they don't like to sit for three hours on hard benches.
[cello plays]
Narrator: For David and Miriam, it was a balancing act.
They wanted outsiders to understand Amish life
but also to respect the private traditions
of the Old Order church service.
It was decided to film, but from a distance.
['Salve Regina' by All Angels plays]
['Salve Regina' by All Angels plays]
['Salve Regina' by All Angels continues]
['Salve Regina' by All Angels plays]
['Salve Regina' by All Angels continues]
['Salve Regina' by All Angels plays]
[boy calls]
['Salve Regina' by All Angels continues]
[music stops]
Miriam: Good morning. - Good morning.
Narrator: Until now,
Dave and Miriam were the only Old Order Amish
who'd consented to filming.
But today, Miriam's holding a tea party
for some women friends.
For the first time, there were other Amish
who were prepared to take a risk and be filmed.
There appeared to be two different groups of women -
some were Old Order Amish,
others were clearly not.
Miriam: We've gathered for about three years.
I joined about three years and, ah,
then we were all members of the Old Order Amish.
But as time went on,
a few of them, um, were excommunicated
on spiritual beliefs
and so now we are still continuing
and we've been friends for so long
and it just seems we need each other so much.
[laughs] - Come on up.
Narrator: As members of the Old Order Amish Church,
Miriam and Dave are obliged to shun anyone
who is excommunicated.
It means they shouldn't eat together or gather together.
[indistinct chatter]
Woman: It has been too long.
It's about half and half, about half
have gone through the fire...
of being excommunicated but...
they really hold onto the values and still want to be a light
to their own people.
Miriam: They see a lot of righteousness in our culture
and want to keep our values
and there's many things we hold dear
and don't want to lose.
♪ I may never fly o'er the enemy ♪
♪ But I'm in the Lord's army
♪ Yes, sir
♪ I'm in the Lord's army
♪ Yes, sir
♪ I'm in the Lord's army
We're in a time and a generation where, um...
I feel the spirit is moving.
I think there's people rising...
who've studied the Bible and see the need...
for us to, um,
just breakdown some lies that I believed
or that our people believe.
♪ I may never march in the infantry ♪
♪ Ride in the calvary
♪ Shoot the artillery
♪ I may never...
Narrator: Miriam was revealing
that she and Dave are part of a movement
within the Amish community
which is more open and evangelical in its approach,
and whose mission is to spread the word of God.
♪ Yes, sir
♪ I'm in the Lord's army
Miriam: Yes, sir.
I think the rules can be over-emphasised
and we look to that as, you know, a way of...
ah, salvation.
It can make it confusing.
Narrator: Miriam was picking her words carefully
because she didn't want to offend
her Old Order family and friends.
It was clear they no longer believed
that keeping to every church rule was the route
to heaven, although they still valued the Amish
lifestyle and traditions.
They explained they'd been rebaptised
at night in their garden a year ago.
They felt their original baptism as young adults was not valid.
This rebaptism was a whole new affirmation
of their belief in God.
- It was right about this time in the evening
and right in there, it's about three feet deep,
two and a half, three feet deep.
So we all came down here
and someone held the lamp like this.
About 50 people standing around here
and four couples had desire to be baptised
in the name of Jesus Christ.
And that's what we did.
A year ago on this day.
Two people went out in the water to help you.
So you went in the water, knelt down,
and then you lean back 'til you were completely submerged
in water and then you come forth
and you're, you're bright
- and you rise up in Christ, yeah. - As Christ.
And you go the house and grab a towel real quick.
- If our people would find it out...
we couldn't be Amish 'cause there's people being -
there have been people excommunicated
because of rebaptism.
So that was, that was very hard for me to just...
put me in that situation where I'm rebaptised
and where I know our leaders wouldn't approve.
Lynn: But they will learn about it now.
Um, you mean, now that, well...
I guess, you know, if you put that on the film.
[laughs]
So, um...
we have, we have, um...
told my parents
and, ah, I felt, I felt their blessing, especially Mom's.
There has been much conflict about practices on
how to baptise or rebaptism within our church.
It always brings strife and conflict...
and it's because of the spiritual war.
Lynn: How do you think people will feel...
if it's known from the film that you've been rebaptised?
Well, it's the truth and God can always use the truth.
He can always make good of it.
Ah, it...
If I, if I just dwell on people finding it out,
I'm fearful.
Lynn: You could still be excommunicated
for being rebaptised?
Oh yeah. I have no idea what
our people would really do in our church.
Lynn: Or for taking part in this film?
Yes, yes.
Narrator: Less than a week later, another group
of people gathered at Miriam and Dave's house,
this time to worship together.
Again, many of them were excommunicated
and some of them were driving cars.
Dave: You're allowed to get together
and talk with excommunicated people
but you're not allowed to eat with them and ride with them.
So there's some risk, yeah.
Lynn: Some people come here in secret.
The Amish church doesn't know.
Hmm, yeah.
You know.
Getting together with a big group regularly
that's excommunicated, they would start to wonder,
you know, why are we getting together? You know.
Because, you know, why don't you get together
with people that are still Amish?
Why do you hang out with the excommunicated?
Yeah, that makes them uncomfortable,
that makes the leaders and the elders uncomfortable.
[people chattering]
If we're ready, let's all stand up and pray.
Heavenly Father, we come before you
in the name of Jesus Christ because Jesus said
He is the Way, He is the Life,
He's the only way to You, Father, so we come in His name.
We ask you that You would be with us.
We thank You for the food that we ate.
We thank You for the building that You have provided.
We praise You, we praise You, we glorify Your holy name,
in Jesus' name we pray, Father.
Amen. Men chorus: Amen.
[people singing]
[people singing]
Lynn: If you were excommunicated...
what would you lose?
I mean, would you be shunned by your family and your friends?
Some, I'm sure.
I assume some family would not, but others would.
Lynn: They would shun you?
Yeah, yeah.
Lynn: What would they do exactly?
Well, they, they wouldn't come anymore,
they wouldn't invite us...to gatherings or...
ah...
they might, ah, avoid us, you know, if they do see us.
Lynn: They would be required to do that by the church?
By some people.
Lynn: But that would represent a huge loss
for you, would it, wouldn't it?
A huge loss?
It might seem so but...
ah, Jesus calls us to rejoice...
if we're put out because of His name, for His cause.
I know it would be hard because it would be
the reality of rejection...
and I know that's hurtful.
Lynn: These are people you love. - Yes.
[inhales]
[country music]
♪ I know this life is precious
♪ The next breath you take could be your last one ♪
♪ Another day is coming another sunrise ♪
♪ Another day, God holds every moment of it ♪
♪ This life we have
♪ This gift of a Maker
♪ This sacred freedom here in our land ♪
♪ This divine hour I recognise
♪ Need to hold on tight to these precious lives ♪
Narrator: Five months later and the family were moving house.
Dave had managed to buy a farm,
75 acres, a mile away from their old house.
♪ Below me at God's creation
♪ And I'm overwhelmed with all the beauty in it ♪
♪ You're still my eyes and I realise ♪
♪ This life we have
♪ This gift of a Maker
♪ This sacred freedom here in our land ♪
[David singing]
♪ As I walk the night away
Can you get one last hill here? [clicks tongue]
Hey, come on.
♪ Amen, oh
♪ A, amen
♪ Amen
♪ Amen, amen
♪ With the horns now
♪ Amen
♪ With the rhythm now Amen ♪
♪ Amen
♪ Amen
♪ Amen, amen
David: I think God has a special place for farmers...
♪ Amen
..and it's on my heart to earn a living by working the land.
There's something special about putting seeds
in the ground and watch it grow.
♪ Amen
♪ This little light of mine
♪ I'm gonna let it shine
David: Hey! Hey!
♪ This little light of mine
♪ I'm gonna let it shine
Narrator: The family will have less income
from farming than when Dave worked in construction.
David: Hey! Miriam: Hey!
David: How was your morning? Miriam: Good.
David: Benuel James!
Being together and having each other's hearts
is more important than finances.
Love requires time...
so if you want your child
to feel your love, you will need to spend time with them.
So by working together...
I expect to be able to connect with them...
because once I'm an old man,
80 years old, I usually ask Katy my daughter
if she's gonna be my nurse when I'm 80 years old.
You know, I am fully persuaded
if I have time to meet her needs now,
she'll have time to meet my needs.
Man: Hello. David: Hello, Kevin.
This is David Lapp.
I'm looking for a brown Swiss cow.
We want to get a cow 'cause we wanna make our
own yoghurt, butter, cheese, all the fresh milk to drink.
This is the phone shannie.
The traditional Amish in Lancaster County
don't have phones in their houses, so they'll have a phone
in a shannie outside.
Lynn: That's quite a long way away from the house.
David: Yeah.
Lynn: Are you going to leave it here?
David: We'll probably get it closer to the house, yeah.
It's just a way of the elders' decision
to try to keep life more simple.
Personally I see it as a, as a waste of time.
[choir singing]
[laughs]
[choir singing]
[choir singing]
Narrator: The idea had been to make a film
about Amish family life and faith.
David and Miriam embraced the risks of taking part
because of their beliefs.
The threat of being forced out
of the Amish church has not gone away.
The family see themselves as Amish Christians.
They have put their new beliefs before the Amish rules.
David: There is no way of life that will bring peace
and joy to a person's heart.
Some people think that if they would only
live a unique lifestyle like the Amish
that would help them to be happy.
Some people think if they would have a bigger house
they would be happy, but my message is all
those things are good but if that's
what your happiness is based on, it's not going to last.
If you accept Jesus, that will be the true happiness.
The reason we took part in the film is because
one of the last commandments that Jesus gave
to His disciples before He left was go ye
and tell the world, go ye to the uttermost parts
of the world, teaching and preaching
and baptising in the name of Jesus.
There might be consequences but we pray that...
we asked Jesus that we would not offend people.
God bless you, keep you, in Jesus' name.
Miriam: God bless you. Goodbye.
['I'll Be Going to Heaven Sometime' by Flatt & Scruggs]
♪ Are you going to be a saint on that shore ♪
♪ Or a sinner left far behind
♪ Don't you think of your soul and want to be saved ♪
♪ Don't you want to go to heaven sometime ♪
♪ Sometime, sometime
♪ I'll be going to heaven sometime ♪
♪ God is leading the way and I can't go astray ♪
♪ I'll be going to heaven sometime. ♪
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