Believe Me

Man: You see, it's these factors, ladies and gentlemen,

that lead to a widespread shortage

of clean drinking water in the region,

leaving thousands upon thousands

of diseased, dying people.

Your support

may be the last chance we have

of ending this suffering.

We are not gonna miss it.

Not on my watch!

I remember when a dear friend of mine, Sam atwell,

when he first approached me about joining this mission,

and it was his determination

that sparked my passion to make a difference.

His actions have saved lives,

his message...

well, it's brought people all over the world

closer to our lord, our savior.

He is a leader. He is a servant.

He also just happens to be my best friend.

It is now my distinct pleasure

to introduce to you the man behind this mission.

Ladies and gentlemen, my good friend, Mr. Sam atwell!

Man: Beep, beep,

beep, beep,

beep, beep, beep

beep, beep,

beep, beep, beep.

Morning, Baker.

High is 97, and your low is 75.

Sam, buddy, you can't bail on me. I mean it.

Yes, I can. No, you can't, Sam. Uh-uh.

What did she say exactly? Okay, she said,

"Abby and I are going to go to worship service this afternoon."

Don't know why this is funny.

"Bring Sam along, and we'll meet at church."

You know what? You need to take Baker. I'm not taking Baker.

No way. I need somebody who can party, Sam.

Somebody like me,

and you're closest... At church?

Oh, yeah.

Phil, I'm just sensing the gloomy skies over you, man.

Look alive. The floor's lava.

Next time you can do that with a smile.

Tyler, I'm gonna leave in a sec if you want to come with me.

I got to bail, man. Still got to finish these internship apps.

Why are you going so early, anyway?

I got a meeting before class.

Give this to Baker if he gets up, okay?

What time... What time does this class end?

4:30, Pierce.

Which is just crazy

because this church thing's popping off at 6:00 P.M.

All right, what are we even wearing...

hey, all right! That's great! Good!

Okay, listen, if you want to be colorful,

Moses apparently had a whole bunch of colors on his coat,

so I got something made out of fuchsia...

maybe a skinny black tie. Have a bit of edge.

Phil, grab my keys in my bag, please.

I owe you, man. I do. Appreciate that.

As long as everybody's happy. I'll see you guys later.

It is not that bad. It is that bad.

No, it's not. Sam, I haven't slept in three weeks.

Okay, I've got stats homework

growing out of my backseat.

And to top it all off, I've got to go in front of the I.F.C. Tonight

and deny all of the hazing allegations they have on you guys.

I-I-I... I'm not like you all.

I can't just get up in front of people and just lie to their faces.

Okay. Who's your stats Professor again?

You're in Elliot's class, right? Yeah.

And did he start off the year talking about

how even Einstein failed math as a kid?

Yeah. Yeah, pretty amazing story, right?

Only problem is,

that story never happened.

Einstein didn't fail math as a kid.

He mastered differential calculus before he was 15.

Teachers still tell their students that today because it...

It inspires a sense of hope that their students

can overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams.

Sometimes people do want to be lied to.

So you want me to sell out?

No, I want you to buy in.

Look, Phil,

I think you're bad-ass, dude. I really do.

But if you want to join a fraternity, make sure there's one to join.

You're gonna be all right. You know that, don't you?

Morning, gentlemen. Morning, sir.

Grab Phil's stats book along with my bag, please. Yes, sir.

Boys, Phil has fallen deathly ill.

When you get back to the dorms,

see that he goes straight to sleep and isn't disturbed.

Understood? Yes, sir.

I'll leave this on my porch for you when I finish it.

Have a good day, Mr. atwell. Have a good day, Mr. atwell.

What are you doing? I just said that.

Come on!

All righty.

Your transcript

and your application to graduate.

Thank you.

Pretty darn exciting.

You're cool, right?

Yeah, you're cool.

Uh, for my address,

should I put my current address or permanent address?

Here's what's gonna happen. The business office is going to

to whatever you put in the blank under "address." What... sorry.

I'm gonna be switching houses is all,

because I'm going to law school here in the fall.

So I'm wondering if I should... Mm-hmm.

I was supposed to go to law school.

It was the end of my last semester

as a political science major...

I'm a poli sci major. And my therapist

convinced me to take a semester off.

Just thought it might help me find myself.

My therapist and I went to

cabo San Lucas,

and they found her with...

Shut up, shut up,

shut up!

Shut it!

Are you okay?

I'll put my permanent address.

It says here there's

a hold on my application

for $9,211, but my scholarship should cover that.

Hmm?

Would you mind just checking on that?

Check to see if we made a mistake?

Have a real quick look? Now?

Yeah.

You took summer school last year?

Yes. Some of my professors

were saying that it'd be a good way to make time

to prepare for the lsat's, so...

Mm, that makes sense.

Yeah, I know. That's why I shouldn't be penalized.

No, this tuition bill.

It all seems to be adding up correctly.

Your scholarship expired last semester.

I'm gonna pour you a drink.

Uh, hold on. That's not gonna work for me. I can't pay that.

Oh, shoot. I guess that makes you the only student who can't afford college.

Hold on, hold on. I'm not gonna be able to come up

with nine grand in three weeks.

Then take a semester off. I'm not taking a semester off.

Son, stop thinking about your dreams being crushed as a bad thing.

It's fantastic.

This is the first day of the rest of your pathetic life.

Take the advice my father gave me:

Life is difficult.

Jesus.

Amen. You guys can be seated.

We're gonna continue to fan the flames of the spirit,

but first off, we're gonna hear from Macy

about our missions team.

Hi everyone. I want to talk to you this evening

about our annual summer mission trip.

After a lot of prayer and fasting,

our group has felt the lord's calling to go and make disciples

in Hawaii!

Now, reaching the Hawaiians with the gospel of Jesus

will be impossible without the financial support of our church.

I'd love to answer any questions you may have

after the service, and we just really appreciate your support.

Thanks.

We have decided to give tonight's offering

towards our missionaries in their efforts.

As the ushers come forward, all that I ask

is that you give in a way that reflects

the faith

that you claim.

Let's continue to worship together.

Look alive, look alive. Here we go.

Hey, Macy.

Hey! How are you? Good!

Sam atwell. I didn't know you went to this church.

I don't. I came with some friends, so...

Oh. Yeah.

How's it going? How's the fundraising going?

It's going well. It's definitely

a challenge, though, to raise 20,000.

Yeah, geez. That's a lot.

So, uh, how much have you all got left to raise?

Well, let's see...

$4,000 as of Wednesday, which,

you know, we started a week ago, so...

Wait, you've raised 16,000...

you raised $16,000 in... where did you get all that money?

God has been so good to us in our mission.

Hasn't he? My gosh!

Actually, a lot of my friends have had success raising money for mission trips.

My cousin Allison is in ruhongo

for living water, drilling Wells.

There was a flood in Lesotho,

so I'm pretty sure she moved there,