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i am a man
just like any other i love my family
my wife is my backbone and my
sister-in-law
is an angel when tragedy strikes any
family
it leaves you with a lot of questions
and very little answers
but what happens when you leave god god
is the center of my life
and my wife has always told me that god
never makes a mistake
so i won't say that he did he just
misjudged me some husbands and brothers
say they would do
anything for their families anything to
save their lives
even risk their own well
i didn't say it i never had to i just
did
ah come on now all right
so uh how's your church man man we're
doing all right
we are doing all right attendance and
membership is on that steady incline
together which is always good so
yeah we can't complain and your wife how
is she
she's holding on she's holding on she's
a fighter
strong woman but a fighter yes you know
that yes she is
have they given you an update well
we got a call from the insurance company
the other day good so they're
going ahead with the procedure thank god
not exactly joe not exactly
i mean they said they're canceling our
coverage
so they've worked with us as long as
they could just like that that's it
and just like that that's it
jt i'm sorry man god
i mean is there anything i can do my
church
anything well i know it sounds kind of
cliche but honestly you guys agreeing
with us praying with us
that's what we really need right now is
something nothing short of a miracle no
doubt no doubt we'll get that done
hey i know we're not a big congregation
but we'll take up donations every sunday
we'll do whatever we can to get this
resolved man i really appreciate that
thank you guys
hey you took care of us and we needed
help right at least we can do
yeah that's true hey uh
how much is the surgery 120 000
at least
yeah yeah but
we're gonna do all we can while we can
right
yeah yeah that's right
i only bring this up because uh well
it's been an issue in the past but right
but god's got this okay
i mean don't uh don't rob peter to pay
paul okay
yeah we're gonna get through this we're
gonna get through it the right way
because god don't make no mistakes
let me get this right so you're saying
if my wife dies of cancer
this is part of god's plan
get real joe then we're not just talking
about somebody random we're talking
about my wife here
my wife it's okay man calm down look
i'm sorry i i wasn't trying to get you
riled up i just
just want to make sure your head's on
straight man that's all
yeah yeah i'm good
i'm good i'm gonna be all right
but i'll tell you what christina's
sister jessica
she's supposed to be coming over to the
house and
we've got some shopping to do christina
made me promise and all this stuff so
i need to get going well that sounds fun
yeah it'll be good for you too to sort
of clear your mind to things
yeah yeah it will are you all right
i'm good i'm good brother i'll see you
you cannot be eating all of this candy
you know i just just let me eat it
what am i supposed to eat when i get out
of here come on
i'm sure they'll give you a list of
things that you can eat besides
i want my sister to be healthy when she
gets out of here
please come on
okay so you know when i get out of here
i'm your big sister right
which means guess what what i'm still
your big sister so share some of the
candy that bread
so how's your education going dr
williams
sorry i'm just ready to be done with all
things education
hold your horses baby girl okay because
graduation
is not far off and you have a lot of
decisions to make
i have time come on
it ain't never too early to start making
decisions
good decisions there are a lot of
successful people out there who are
successful because they started
planning if you don't sound
like mama girl i know that came out way
too easy god rest her soul
i bet she's up in heaven telling all
kinds of stories
about you not you too
jess i'm serious though i know i know
listen i have this under control
okay don't worry about me okay okay
um so what's going on with you and
marcus
we're okay um he actually
is on his way up here we're gonna go run
some errands
errands for what running shoes
okay i'm sorry what do you need running
shoes for
running obviously okay
yeah his major is extra exercise science
so
he agreed to train me oh train you
like touch you oh you know what maybe it
should be a virtual list
let's talk about virtual training you're
crazy
you know what that man needs to get some
training and uh just stop
just stop
so
hey how's my wife going oh she's she's
good how's my husband
uh i'm okay i'm okay i can't complain
jessica how are you
everything's peachy that's good to hear
good to hear you about ready
yeah hello hi looks like you two are
ready to go
yes
don't worry mrs thomas it'll all be
worth it
yeah you're right thank you look at
these two people
my amazing husband and my hard-headed
baby sister
they're here taking care of me it's
beautiful thank you
hey marcus how are you hey jessica
where have you been i'm good thanks for
asking how's your face jessica don't
ignore me where have you been
that's good i'm glad to hear that
they're doing well jessica i haven't
spoke to you in a week where have you
been
you know i was just thinking about your
mom it was something that she was
jessica where have you been
i told you it's none of your business
jessica look i i'm just concerned about
you
i don't like when you go away like this
we'll get used to it
it's gonna be this way for a while
jessica what are you doing
ever since your sister was admitted here
it's like you changed
why don't you just come out and tell me
the truth why
huh so you can judge me so you can tell
me how wrong i
am no so you can show me the way
jessica you know i wouldn't do that
really
because this is starting to sound an
awful lot like the last time
i'll always be here for you baby
whatever you decide
it's fine with me you remember that
jessica please
no just good
you know how i feel about that i don't
i don't because the last time we talked
about that
you stormed out of the house look i'm
sorry
i was young i didn't know what to do
i did what i thought was right but you
said it was okay
i said that to make you happy
it wasn't okay with me you should have
said something
you don't blame me for not speaking up
you you pushed me away
i didn't know what to do you didn't try
it was my son too
i didn't want to walk away
i was worried about our future i didn't
want to throw away our future
well you know what you made a selfish
decision marcus and now it's time for me
to make one
i'm not telling you anything
jessica come back jessica please
is
i can't believe they found another one
you just keep fighting christina
we'll take care of the rest god
will take care of the rest that's right
don't try to play god
do you hear me i know i know we have a
terrible history in this family of
people trying to
be god whenever life gets rough i
remember what your father said to me
right before he died
he said don't worry about me god just
misses me more than y'all ever could
you just take care of my boy and now his
boy is taking care of me
how are we going to pay for this without
the insurance
well the church took up a donation and
they knew we were in a tough spot and
they knew how hard this was and
they said they wanted to help look look
see they sent me down here to put this
towards the surgery
look what they did for us justin that's
so sweet but
i don't i don't know if that's gonna be
enough i
i know well it's gonna happen every
sunday they're gonna take up a donation
and it's
three different churches they asked what
they could do and
i was just honest and and i said this is
hard and we really really
need the money and that's what they did
so god's blessing us baby
justin do you think i'm gonna die
they said it's gotten larger than the
last time they saw it and
i can't have people giving money if i'm
just i'm just going to end up saying
stop that don't even think like that
god's not going to do that he's not
going to take you
away from me you're all i've got
and said he's not going to leave me and
your sister here by herself
besides i can't handle her that's your
job
okay i needed that thank you
me too me too baby well i'm gonna go
lock up the church you get some rest
okay
you nervous yes
but it has to be done god understands
right
he does he does just think about
christina
come on let's pray jesus we just ask
that you're
with us through all of this that you
forgive our sin
and you give us mercy for today in jesus
name
amen
scott it's the pastor
what the pastor he's the thief
come on sir why would you say something
like that i mean he's a pastor
i'm serious jay why
well why not his wife's sick
he doesn't have the money he needs it
so just because a man's wife is sick and
he doesn't have money doesn't mean he's
going to steal it
besides he's a pastor i mean he's not
alone in his circumstances
the wall is full of them take a look
around look
how many bible studies did he have three
months ago please
would you listen to me how many bible
studies did he have three months ago
look
two right two and how many did he have
last month
four and how many what days is he
usually in the office
monday tuesday thursday and friday but
when was he in the office last month
monday and thursday i want to bet that
he
only has bible study twice this month
so you think there's some sort of
pattern to this there has to be
michelle so you wanted to arrest the
pastor right now
off some suspicious hunts that could be
a total joke
well what do we have to lose our jobs i
mean look i'm getting married next month
i can't afford to get fired from this
case i mean
besides lisa's dad it's broke
who's gonna pay for my wedding if i get
fired scott come on we have one shot
yeah one shot at finding a liable
criminal
look we can't play russian roulette with
the pastor
and end up losing i mean look
this is ridiculous michelle hey would
you trust me
i've got a foolproof plan this is gonna
work
hey don't move
give us some cash come on come on come
on come on come on come on come on come
on
come on
is
yeah i still rep them never catch me
switching probably changed
where's the officer i money don't know
what you're talking about well i'm
talking about preaching now where's the
money
i have no idea what you're talking about
we've been watching you for a long time
we know you have it now i'm gonna ask
you one
more time where's the money what are you
doing get out of this church
get out god just please please
come on let's go
we're getting close real close
preacher you're a different type of
criminal
but you're still a criminal we don't
lock you up
a lot of nerve bringing this young lady
into this
you're brave real brave
but you better get out while you still
can
god don't let you get away gonna be
another day scott
hey what was that about what are you
expecting
you expected me to be nice to a criminal
no one is a criminal unless proven
guilty under a court of law
you are being soft and you're being
unreasonable
are you coming or not
hey michelle how are you
not so good ah problem
can uh somebody talk to me please
scott what happened
we were supposed to follow two potential
suspects
scott decided to chase him almost shot
one of them
i wasn't going to shoot her i just
wanted to scare her brother
you you should have never put a gun to
that girl's head that was wrong
i see where this is no okay can someone
please
bring me out of the dark here who did he
point a gun at
pastor thomas's sister-in-law
pastor thomas
chief go get y'all you know she don't
play that right
you seem to be okay with his actions no
no no
i actually wish i could have seen the
look on the pastor's face
he was shaking i bet he was what did you
do
so i walked up right and i pulled my
dress
man oh man tell me don't show me
jeez look i hope the man gets what you
deserve
well we can't say that until we catch
him and and prove him guilty
right scott i'll make sure and do
anything
to see he does listen i'll be there to
catch you
anytime you mess that up again
something or something let it out
i'm thinking i need to be playing on the
inside
that doesn't sound like a good idea
don't you
think the pastor won't recognize as you
that almost shot his sister i didn't
almost
you know what whatever well no matter
what he'll notice you
besides i need you here in this case
yeah but we can't keep working the case
from the outside
i mean we need someone on the inside
where the action is
i need to be inside listen i get your
point that we need someone in the church
why don't we plant someone else you got
someone else in mind oh i have the
perfect person in mind
come on follow me
and to what do i owe this visit hey
chief
how's the family detective michelle i am
not in the move for your exploratory
questions
i have a repeated robbery on my hands
that none of you can seem to get a lead
on
and the two detectives plus one
who had the best opportunity to nab
these crooks
are standing in my face
so what could you two possibly have to
say that i would be willing
to hear nothing ma'am we have an idea
we'd like to present to you more like an
option
so is this gonna be good i i don't think
i love it so what is it
well michelle levi here would like to go
undercover at the church
to uh gain some intel wait what i'll
never
yes yes i do detective levi
if this is your way of getting more days
off it's about to happen
no no no chief i don't want any days off
this was all michelle's idea
really michelle when did you come up
with this idea
for weeks yes
michelle brought this to us weeks ago
weeks
there's just there's a lot of
information that we have that points to
the pastor
detective michelle i don't know what you
have up your sleeve
but i can't run the risk of you any of
you
being found out but i want all the
details of this operation
don't leave any holes detective
no ma'am we won't all right
all right get out of here
oh and michelle
you know the worst part of the night
shift what's that chief
your ideas
now aaron are we going to make budget
with all this expansion that we need
the way we've been growing we know we
need a new nursery we're just at
capacity and we can't hold them anymore
yes giving is up currently we are 85
of our budget pastor i don't know how
you do it but
these people love you probably more so
your wife
i think definitely more so my wife well
let's just keep building on our end for
sure so tiffany give us an update on the
media
well for starters the switchboard is
about to call it quits
it's two cameras not working and that
sound board is archaic
okay well thank you for being so
positive
i'm just being honest just stating the
facts okay
that's true but what are we going to do
about it
well i asked aaron for some funds and
she was saying that it's not in the
budget it's not in the budget
is there any wiggle room in this budget
honestly pastor no
we've used all of our excess on that
nursery project
well maybe we can fund that project with
the excess overflow
for this project i mean but the only
problem with that would be we'll be
waiting
because waiting would mean that we
wouldn't be able to livestream services
for at least
two to three weeks and that's a good
point
so what are we gonna do we're going to
trust god
that he's always provided for me he's
always provided for my wife
and he's always provided for my family
and i know if he's done it for us
he's going to do it for the church too
amen amen amen all right now i want to
introduce you ladies to somebody
mr levi mr levi
is a carpenter by trade and a handyman
of source isn't that right mr levi yes
that's correct
my father owned a carpentry shop and on
the side he taught a lot of
handyman stuff and that's perfect
because we know we need that
around here so feel free spruce up what
you see
any area that you know needs a little
bit of extra love and tender care
please do so whatever is in your
capabilities
honestly and ladies i want to ask you
this whatever he needs
make sure we have his back okay okay oh
pastor by the way a detective scott
stopped by the church the other day he
said he had some information he wanted
me to pass on to the congregation okay
go ahead
well there have been some robberies in
the city and the police department is
working really hard to try to figure
this thing out
detective scott said the last robbery
happened closer to our neighborhood and
he just wanted us to know so that we
wouldn't be here so late
well they haven't robbed any people have
they i thought it was just businesses
well that's true and i mentioned it to
him but detective scott said that in
situations like this
you can never be too careful people get
desperate so we don't know what might
happen
well we'll certainly pass that along to
the church this sunday but i wanted
y'all to meet mr levi so
thank you so much for all you're doing
seriously it means a lot
pastor how's your wife doing did she
ever get the gifts we sent
she got the flowers the balloons and the
candy
for sure so she says thank you so much
and jess too she wants to thank you all
for your generosity it really means the
world well we sure glad we could make
her smile because we pray for every day
yes your wife is a christian woman and
we know she believes in the power of
prayer
yes yes she does she is a strong woman
of faith for sure well pastor are you
sure that she doesn't want any company
i mean i would like to get up there to
see you because i know it gets pretty
lonely up there
yeah well honestly she's not by herself
a lot so half of the day she has tests
and all that kind of stuff and then
when jess gets out of class she goes up
there to be with her and then when i get
off work we kind of switch off so
she's honestly not alone a lot by any
means and
listen she really just doesn't want you
all to see her like this
so as soon as she allows visitors
y'all will be the first to know i
promise okay
okay pastor well let's pray and let me
get you all out of here to your families
lord we thank you so much for all you're
doing in
and through our church we ask that you
forgive our sins
and that you give us new mercies every
day
in jesus name amen amen
ladies have a good night good night
good night pastor hey
i'm sorry oh my goodness uh just one
more thing what's going on man
aaron said uh the guy or the detective's
name was scott right
i think that's right did you hear
something different no no i was just
wondering so that i could remember to
call his name if i
see him here while i'm working oh man
honestly i love that great idea
uh also basser you think they'll catch
him
oh you know before he or she
or whoever it is like hurt someone let's
be prayerful
and hope so you're right
have a good night you too levi
lord if there is any other way
hey doc okay so we received the test
results
and it doesn't look good we found
another brain tumor
another one can we remove it safely
without damaging anything
yes i believe so i believe so the
surgery doesn't have to be done today
but definitely soon as you know your
insurance won't cover another surgery
like this
has the church been able to raise any
more money pastor thomas
some some we we've been able to get some
and
we'll have what we need by the time of
the surgery okay good good good
there's still time it doesn't have to be
done today but
definitely soon good luck
thank you
looks like somebody's had a demotion
from detective
to the help thanks dad good i'm glad
that worked out
come on he'll be back sir right right um
he said he needed to take his wife to
therapy
and then um he was going to take a
donation down to the hospital
bingo no no bingo not yet
innocent until proven well whatever
whatever
what's up i'm starting to think some of
the members of the church are catching
on to a few things
like what well for one how many new
members just jump right in and start
fixing things
these are things that have been wrong
with this church for a while now you
don't think it's
weird that i'm just so willing to help
out secondly
i don't think these people are stupid i
don't know how much longer we can keep
this up
well good the quicker we can get the
information the quicker we can arrest
the truth and put them in jail
right well the last time i was here
pastor and i were the last to leave
now he sat in the same spot where he
always sits only this time
he seemed to be more protective of that
area if he stood up
he stood up right here in front of the
podium and if he moved he moved from
either one side of the other
as if he was trying to protect something
something he may have forgot
to remove when before the people got
here so you think he's hiding here
but it's a bench let's open it
hold on why well because i don't want to
be wrong
what if we open that there's nothing
inside or what if he knows about us and
he's been watching us or
what if he knows about levi and it's a
setup we don't even know what he's doing
with the money
who cares he's the criminal not us wait
wait
what has gotten into you it's like
you've changed dude what
look you're taking this way too personal
what did he do to you huh it's something
you're not telling me you need to stick
to your job
no you got something against this man
don't you stay out of my business
your business this this entire case
is our business we robbed my family
store
what yeah walked right in
and held him up at gunpoint when
last night
you know with all the robberies going on
i typically stop by my brother's stop
help him close it down
last night they told me i had to leave
i told him i'd stay they insisted that i
leave
so i left look scott
you cannot take this personal okay
think what will happen if you take
matters into your own hands
hey listen we have a duty to arrest them
bring them in that's it
we do our jobs and we let god in the
courts do theirs levi you laughed at me
when i told you i pointed a gun at his
sister
please listen to me
you should have thought about that
before you laughed
look you two have got to go he's
probably on his way back for bible study
i ain't going nowhere i'm staying right
here listen to me you're gonna blow this
entire thing
ruin all of our hard work
let the court try him first
think about your family
uh detectives i see you've met her a
crown jewel mr levi yes sir pastor uh we
just met actually
they got here not too long after you
left and they were asking me about the
robberies
oh has there been more yes one earlier
this week even closer to the church
yeah they've been very very close to
home base
it's more like a rookie mistake well mr
levi we'll just be sure to make sure
we lock everything up and secure the
grounds definitely
so uh detectives is there anything else
as a matter of fact
no sir we'll be on our way no rush on
our part
we've got bible studies starting in just
a little bit and y'all are more than
welcome to join us
sorry to disappoint you i've got other
engagements
detective michelle actually i i
am interested what time does it start in
about an hour or so
great i'll see you then
all right one more verse before we get
out of here tonight matthew 6 33 real
quick real quick it's
familiar to all of us but i want to make
it real in our hearts today
the words of jesus he says but seek ye
first
the kingdom of god and his righteousness
and all these things will
be added unto you i love this for a few
different reasons because number one
he says seek ye first the kingdom of god
put your eyes
on him just as he did with peter when
peter steps out of the boat
when peter locks eyes with jesus
everything is okay
and we have to remember that for our
heart as well
and then he says all these things will
be added
un to you all things not a few things
not certain things not not some distant
things
all things amen i want you guys to know
this and put it to practice
that god is able he will provide in
every area
of your life amen all right here we go
before we get out of here before we get
out of here i want to do one quick thing
i want to draw attention to one of our
neighborhood's greatest assets
she's been sworn to protect and serve
and she has certainly done that church
will you just show the love
to detective michelle please
hey actually detective michelle come
here come here come on up here come on
up yeah come on
come on come on come on come on we're
family here come on
uh you have anything you want to say oh
no
uh i'm a person of very very few words
uh i just like to take action and do my
job
so y'all have a good night no no excuse
me
detective um we like to finish each
bible study with a little bit of song
before we go to the house
oh would you like to do the honors no
i don't think your congregation wants to
hear that come on detective come on we
listen to pastor every night
you can't be no worse than him
my goodness uh what should i sing
hey whatever is on your heart
help me lord
i'm here again wondering
are you there they tell
me to trust your word
and that i can't be scared
and lord help me to be faithful
and help me to be sure that
you will be able to get me off this
floor
i know that you've provided
time and time before but my
confidence subsided and i'm calling out
once more
and there is a place
where you can hide
when the world seems to crush you and
there's nothing left inside
and there is a voice calling out
to you saying lay down your burdens
with me you can't lose
and he's offering grace
he's offering grace he's offering
grace
let's pray let's get out of here jesus
thank you so much
that you gave us your promise of grace
that you've given us
your promise that if we seek you you
will supply
all of our needs jesus we ask you
tonight
forgive us of any sins that might be in
our heart that should not be there and
we ask
for new mercies every day in jesus
mighty name everybody said
amen amen and amen hey let's get out of
here
yo have a good night drive safe
drive safe y'all be careful y'all be
careful you always will have a good one
have a good one
so levi what's going on brother
everything okay
i just noticed something wrong with this
bench here oh well
uh by all means let's take a look at it
mr levi can i tell you something
a few things actually sure
go ahead i'm all ears
you know my wife is dying
she had a brain tumor and they really
feel like they were able to take care of
it
but now we just got another report
saying there's another one and they
think this one could be cancerous
yeah you know my wife
and her sister that's all i've got i
literally have no other family
they're all gone then
we keep hearing this from the insurance
company that they've worked with us
as long as they can
and the doctors won't do anything until
we
get either the cash shop or a new
insurance which is impossible
so we sit there in that doctor's office
and as i looked as we're getting the
news and the doctors saying there's
literally nothing they can do they won't
even cover a test
i watched this tears stream down my
wife's face
and i watched him stream down jessica's
face
and i sat there and did the thing that
any
good husband and any good brother would
do
i took things into my own hands
and i started stealing the money
and i've almost got enough to not just
cover the test
but to cover the whole thing well you
know
man jessica she's so hardheaded
sometimes and she
kept asking all these questions about it
what she could do to help and what am i
doing to help and i just couldn't lie to
her
and i told her and then of course
she wanted to help and she would always
say
let me do something to save my sister's
life
but i i just i couldn't i couldn't do
that because listen
i know the danger that i'm putting
myself in
every time i have to do that and i
couldn't even
thank to put her in that situation
she insisted eventually i just
i gave in
we did it we did it together
we'd bring the money here to the church
hide it right here until we could safely
get it back to my house and somehow get
it
into our savings account without causing
all these red flags and alarms we
didn't want to go through national bank
we went through a local bank just trying
to
cover our tracks because it wasn't about
being
doing the crime or being criminals
there's nothing about that it
it's about saving my wife's life
for her saving her sister's life
that's what it all comes down to
you know mr levi i really
hope all of this isn't in vain
we've worked so hard for this
we've just prayed and asked god to show
my wife mercy
and you know for me
i've preached it a lot god always gets
his man
and i'm hoping i don't know i'm just
hoping he'll make some unusual
pardon for me and for once
just once he doesn't
because after all to save life
my wife's life
wow uh i don't know what to say
i'll tell you what say
your secret's safe with me
your secret safe with me
thank you mr levi it sure doesn't mean a
lot
pastor thomas yeah why did you tell me
that
levi
you'd be surprised how much weight
secrets carry
brother i've carried that one for a long
time and it almost
crushed me
let me ask you you have any secrets like
that
well um yeah
yeah i do well let's hear it it can't be
any worse than what i just told you
come on
okay i've never been a handyman
this man you sure fooled me oh i did
hey look that's uh i gotta get out of
here gotta go pick up dinner
the lady's coming over to fix dinner yes
sir hot little date huh
sir look it's been so long i hope i
still know how to be polite
i'm sure you do yeah i'm sure you do
thanks again man
i really appreciate you letting me just
get that off my chest
uh pastor thomas yeah
why did you really tell me that
levi because even if that's true
they wouldn't believe it coming from you
now you're absolutely correct about that
good night man have a good night
hey
you you and justin
you two of the thieves you doing here
he's following me
just why did you tell me why did you
tell me
you couldn't handle it
jessica you can't steal from people and
expect yourself to
to just fix your situation it's wrong oh
that's easy for you to say my sister
she is dying she needs this money
just what i do know is that this is
wrong
how do you think those families gonna
feel when they find out that you've been
stealing from them
jessica how would your sister feel
first of all the people that we steal
money from they have more than enough
they will do fine without a few dollars
here and there
second of all my sister is in the
hospital and she
is dying i think it'll make her happy to
know that we would do anything to save
her life
i'm telling her what the two of you are
doing good
i'm glad you finally want to be a man
i'm glad you finally
want to tell the truth why don't you
start with telling her how you got me
pregnant at a party one night
yeah why don't you tell her that what
you
actually did was rape because i was
drunk
then won't you tell her how you
convinced me to kill her nephew
her only nephew start with that marcus
see we all struggle with something
marcus the question is do you have the
guts to expose it
i don't think you do marcus do you
no you don't so
why don't you just do what you do
tuck your tail and run get out of here
jessica this has to stop before i get
worse
i gotta save my sister markets
i got it i don't have anybody else
if anybody they're all dead it's just me
and my sister marcus
she is all i got i can't i can't be
without her
look jessica i know you don't want to
hear this
but your sister's in god's hands now
so what am i supposed to do am i just
supposed to let
no watch my sister die
am i just supposed to take this money
give it back
i can't do that jessica this has to stop
it's wrong
god you weren't saying that
that's great what is he doing here
jessica what is he doing here
what is he doing here he he followed me
i didn't bring him i promise jessica did
you two
no listen he he didn't mean any harm
he he just she look she's telling the
truth
she didn't tell me anything but i do
know what's going on here
jessica go home go home
it's all right just leave us two here
so what are you gonna do are you here to
turn this in
no sir i was hoping you would do that
yourself
you're hoping i would do that this is
real man
there's not any hidden cameras there's
no surprises
this is a real gun that's real money
and you're messing with the real man
let me ask you some demarcus
you ever lost anybody that you loved
of course i'm not talking
about some distant relative
that you barely knew and saw every once
in a while
i'm talking about somebody you laughed
with somebody you cried with
somebody you spent your life with
have you ever lost a family member like
that
yes and how did that make you feel
i was upset hurt
i didn't know what to do well you know
what pastor
that hurt it was going to bring them
back
see i don't expect you to understand
everything that i'm going through
i'm losing my wife
and that very pain that you're talking
about
i don't want to experience because
marcus there is a fine line
between misery and pain and that
includes their lives
jessica could spend the rest of her life
in prison
do you not care i got a question for you
pastor
when you stand before god and he asked
you
why did you let jessica help you
steal and rob from people
just to save a life what will you say
i'll look back at him in his face
and say lord you'll have to ask her
no christina thomas
you have some company okay sentiment
i don't i don't know them christina
thomas this is detective michelle
and detective levi they have a few
questions that they
want to discuss with you i'll be right
outside thank you
hello christina how are you i'm okay how
are you
i'm fine fine thanks
look christina i'm just gonna get
straight to the point i know your rest
is really important right now but
we know that your husband has been
stealing money and using it to pay for
your surgery coming up
and the easiest way for us to just wait
excuse me now's not the time to play
dumb
we know the entire story we heard an
outright confession from your husband
excuse me no my husband would never do
anything like this
would be doing your family a favor if
you would just tell the truth
we could end this investigation and put
a criminal behind bars
what about the families that he's
robbing to save you
what about the fear that he's putting in
the hearts of innocent people hey
my husband wouldn't do anything like
this okay he's the pastor of our church
he's a dedicated servant to our
community
he holds up countless donations to help
people in need he would never do
anything like this
if he was so dedicated to doing what's
right then why wouldn't he go to the
church to help his family
he did
i was admitted here two years ago
for a brain tumor and
at the time i was working full time and
so was my husband
so we had insurance to cover the surgery
then last year my father died
my husband then took over as lead pastor
of our church
after that i had to go back to the
doctor for headaches
and seizures
we no longer had the insurance okay my
husband was just working at the church
and i got laid off
so the idea came up to get the church to
help its donations
of course i didn't want him to take it
to the church
i was embarrassed i felt responsible
but my husband is a loving and trusting
man
and he insisted that we allow the church
to help us
and after a long conversation i i did i
let him take it to the church
and he said that they were doing
multiple donations
for this to pay for the surgery
so you clearly have the wrong man
my husband would never do anything like
this i don't believe it
his faith is way too strong for that
christina there's something we need to
tell you
the past couple of months detective levi
has been
undercover at your husband's church
disguised as a handyman
while his main focus was to infiltrate
the congregation
and and figure out what the pastor was
up to
we couldn't do anything unless we had
hard evidence
and the other night detective levi and
your husband
they were at the church alone and he
told him everything
i know where the money's being hidden as
well as the motive
christina i know this is a really hard
time for you
but we have to bring your husband and
your sister to justice it's just not
fair for the many people whose lives
have been threatened
what what we need from you is an
affidavit
saying that you were the recipient of
the money
the story that he told as well as the
motive behind his decision
i know this is very hard but we have to
bring this to an
end will you help us in this
get out what
i said get out christina think about
this this isn't right
please just go
you know how difficult it is to break
into this church
who are you and how did you get in here
i walked in the back door
pastor daniels what are you doing here
i'm trying to save you and your
brother-in-law's lives
joe get out of here man before you get
yourself hurt
or killed jt what are you doing
i'm trying to save her life what does it
look like i'm doing and how long do you
think you can keep this up before the
police figured it out
just long enough till we get all the
money that's it
and then we'll be done what do you want
joe i want you to stop
i think you know the answer to that
let's go
just what are you doing
i've already told you so why don't you
say what you're gonna say
so i can get back to jessica because man
we've got work to do
you know what the scripture said come on
man
really you know what go ahead amuse me
with that please
scripture says that when you have a
grievance with your brother you're to go
to him first
so i'm here to see if we can reach some
kind of common ground
do you think that included
or excluded a pastor who's trying to
save
his dying wife jt trust god
trust that he knows what he's doing he's
brought you shut up
okay god understands this
he doesn't want this to happen he wants
us to grow together and have a family
together
you don't understand this man j.t i've
been there
i've seen what love and passion can
drive a person to do listen you don't
know there's pain i've lost my wife
what us
i said i said i've lost my wife
before i moved here a couple years ago
she had cancer doctors gave her about
six months to live i couldn't deal with
that
i knew there had to be some way to make
her live longer
i had the same thoughts you do stealing
doing whatever i can to save her life
but i realized something me rob and
stealing doing whatever
had nothing to do with saving her life
but it had everything to do
with making sure that someone else hurt
as much as i hurt
i covered up that feeling of saving her
life
but i didn't go through with it you know
why
the lord spoke to me clearly and said
everyone will bear their own cross in
their own appointed time
this this is your time don't allow your
testimony to get lost
in your test stay faithful
so i i kept giving i kept smiling
i kept on praying
and she died just like that
she died but jt
god had me
god carried me not because i deserved it
because i had been in pain we all had
pain though
he carried me because i stayed faithful
stay faithful j.t stay
faithful
give me the god
i can't do that
all right leave me no choice
don't call me please i can't let you do
that
i told you all god will provide
so pastor thomas you're under arrest
excuse me
officer there has to be a mistake you
have the wrong man
i'm trying to conduct a meeting here and
obviously you all are in the wrong place
so please get out of this church this is
not right you have no evidence
you can't just take a man in jail
because you think he's done
something i have the warrant and all the
evidence i need right here
she's right we have all the evidence
right here
meet detective levi detective came over
pastor
i told you we were getting close we have
your sister too let's go
what what no no
you have a right to remain silent
anything you say
can be and will be used against you when
i throw the law
you have a right to an attorney you
confuse that right
we can provide one for you
what's my next case your honor
justin thomas case number 11694
thank you state versus justin thomas
case 11694
you understand that under state statute
812.014
you have been charged with grand theft
and the second degree yes your honor
you also understand that this is a
second degree felony that could cost
up to 15 years in prison and a fine of
up to ten thousand dollars
yes your honor you also understand that
you had a right to a trial by jury
and upon receipt of this letter you
waived that right
therefore moving this case to a bench
trial hearing in which i will be asking
questions
reviewing evidence and giving the
ultimate decision for this case
yes your honor also the detectives who
had been
granted a search warrant are here and
will provide testimony
and evidence that is crucial to this
case
they are accompanied by a lawyer that
was appointed by the state furthermore
the request to represent yourself in
this case has been granted
with all these things being understood
are you prepared to move forward in this
case
yes your honor in the case of justin
thomas versus state
how do you plead not guilty
counselor you may present your evidence
your honor in my hand i hold the medical
bills for him as christina thomas from
three years ago
when doctors found a brain tumor and due
to the coverage of the family's health
insurance
the surgery took place and the tumor was
removed
and in this hand i hold current health
care records stating that due to the
inability of the family
to keep up with their current health
care payments second tumor that was
found was unable to be removed
your honor this is an affidavit from the
saint vincent's accounting department
stating that large sums of payments and
cash
were received by the hospital from the
hand
of mr thomas over the past few weeks in
order to pay for the needed surgery
lastly
here's a recording of mr thomas
openly confessing his wrongdoing
he lied to me i was just trying to save
my wife's life
don't you understand that i was just
trying to save
her life her family can't live without
you her my brother for life because of
you we had to sell the family business
that my grandfather started
you can't take from one to give to
another we're in this room no matter how
you try to dress it up and make a new
name
it's still wrong you may not have been
hurt anybody but you
did you did pastor
ordering the court order
counselor do you have a closing argument
yes your honor i do but before i do let
me first say that the only reason i am
reading this
is at the request of the what does that
senate mean
hello if you are reading this letter
then the case is already underway
let me first begin by saying i love my
husband and my sister
i always have and i always will i'm
writing this letter because i was
approached by the detectives
present and asked to submit an affidavit
concerning the receipt of large sums of
money
for my surgery for my husband and my
sister
justin thomas and jessica williams
and i was under the impression that it
was donations from the church that he
had collected
while under this assumption i freely
accepted the money and asked my husband
to thank the church every time he came
with another donation
i know that my family was wrong but they
were trying to save a life
my life haven't we all done things to
save one that caused the pain of another
even if it was telling a small lie it
still hurt somebody
but just like this case that doesn't
make it right to my husband i know that
you love me
and you know that i love you i know that
you were doing this to save me and by
god i hope it works
i know that you are going to be put away
for a long time and i pray that god will
allow me to see you one more time before
i have to say goodbye
to my sister jessica i knew you wanted
to see your big sister happy
and after you have served your sentence
i pray that god will allow me to see
your smile one more time
i love you both thank you for your
efforts
now everything is as it should have been
from the beginning in god's hands
keep praying for me as i will you i love
you both
goodbye mr thomas
is there anything you would like to say
no i hereby sentence you to three years
in prison
you will be eligible for parole after
one year of good conduct
i apologize for interrupting who are you
i'm christina thomas's doctor
i have a piece of information from mr
thomas i'm so sorry mr thomas
no mrs thomas passed away a few moments
ago
i'm so very sorry
ma'am i regret to inform you that
your sister has passed away
no tell me is that true no please no
god no among other things
god is a god of order and justice
we can't go through life trying to save
the ones we love by hurting people we
don't know
god always has a way of getting his man
or woman
one thing that i learned is that we have
to be willing to submit our lives to his
will
regardless of the outcome we would
prefer
always remember that we have to be
willing to trust god no matter what
we think we have to know that what he
deems as being the best outcome
is the right outcome i had to learn that
although my wife was important to me
everybody is important to somebody
even as christians we have to suffer the
consequences of
our actions our punishment from god is
always far worse than anything man can
decide
we can't let revenge take over our minds
always remember that when you go to take
from someone else because of what was
taken from you
you only take yourself away from those
who love you
i hope that my testimony has touched you
in some way
take care of yourselves and
i feel like a mannequin when i'm
battling demons hounding like savages
i'm low low below the averages i'm
supposed to be a catalyst for change
rearranging things but all this pain got
my weapon
aimed at my own brain
this word
she might get curved all that commitment
for the bird