WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:18.000 Ranger Bill, Warrior of the Woodland. 00:18.000 --> 00:21.000 Ranger Bill, Warrior of the Woodland. 00:21.000 --> 00:26.440 Struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, showing rare courage in 00:26.440 --> 00:28.480 the face of disaster. 00:28.480 --> 00:35.880 In the air. 00:35.880 --> 00:42.920 On horseback. 00:42.920 --> 00:54.480 Or in a screaming squad car. 00:54.480 --> 01:04.520 Ranger Bill, his mind alert, a ready smile, unswerving, loyal to his mission. 01:04.520 --> 01:16.960 And all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. 01:16.960 --> 01:24.760 And so we can see from this account that miracles are quite different from the usual idea. 01:24.760 --> 01:32.320 A so-called miracle that does not bring specific glory to God can be questioned as to whether 01:32.320 --> 01:35.800 it's actually a miracle at all. 01:35.800 --> 01:44.840 But most important, I think, is the fact that God has and still does reveal himself to men 01:44.840 --> 01:47.920 by means of miracles. 01:47.920 --> 01:56.160 He shows himself alive, powerful, and concerned. 01:56.160 --> 02:25.400 And let us pray. 02:25.400 --> 02:29.400 Amen. 02:29.400 --> 02:33.400 That would save everybody a lot of worry, especially Stumpy. 02:33.400 --> 02:37.400 No thanks, Bill. I'm expected home today. You don't have to walk with me, Henry. 02:37.400 --> 02:41.400 I was just kidding, Fred. You fellas run along. 02:41.400 --> 02:47.400 If Henry don't show up right away, I'll snitch a bite here and there to keep going until we do eat. 02:47.400 --> 02:54.400 Come on, Fred. If Stumpy snitches a bite here and there, by the time the afternoon gets too old, there won't be any bites left. 02:54.400 --> 02:55.400 Bye now. 02:55.400 --> 02:56.400 See you later. 02:56.400 --> 03:00.400 So long, Chuddy. 03:00.400 --> 03:03.400 Oh, thank you. Nice to see you. 03:03.400 --> 03:07.400 Good morning, Henry. Good morning, Fred. 03:07.400 --> 03:10.400 Good morning, Pastor. That sure was a good message. 03:10.400 --> 03:13.400 I haven't thought much about miracles for a while. 03:13.400 --> 03:17.400 Well, I'm glad you thought about them this morning. 03:17.400 --> 03:21.400 I had to. It was either that or go to sleep. 03:21.400 --> 03:27.400 Well, for some people, I'm afraid staying awake would be a miracle in itself. 03:27.400 --> 03:29.400 We'll see you again, Pastor. 03:29.400 --> 03:33.400 Good. You come again, too, Fred. Glad to see you here. 03:33.400 --> 03:40.400 Sure. 03:40.400 --> 03:41.400 What's the matter, Fred? 03:41.400 --> 03:43.400 Huh? 03:43.400 --> 03:48.400 I said, what's the matter? You haven't said two sentences since the service ended. 03:48.400 --> 03:50.400 I have, so? 03:50.400 --> 03:55.400 Okay, three then. I still say, what's the matter? 03:55.400 --> 03:58.400 You really believe in miracles, don't you, Henry? 03:58.400 --> 04:01.400 Oh, so that's it. 04:01.400 --> 04:04.400 I just... well, I just can't buy it. 04:04.400 --> 04:09.400 You know what we learn in school, Henry. Like in physics class or biology. 04:09.400 --> 04:12.400 We learn about how things take place in nature. 04:12.400 --> 04:16.400 Boy, Fred, it's times like this I wish you were a Christian. 04:16.400 --> 04:18.400 I know you'd see things differently. 04:18.400 --> 04:21.400 I figured you'd say something like that. 04:21.400 --> 04:27.400 But, Henry, I just don't even want to be a Christian if I have to believe a lot of things that just can't happen. 04:27.400 --> 04:30.400 Well, I don't think you can say that miracles can't happen, Fred. 04:30.400 --> 04:33.400 And I don't think you can say that they can. 04:33.400 --> 04:36.400 Well, I think there's one thing you're forgetting. 04:36.400 --> 04:37.400 What's that? 04:37.400 --> 04:43.400 Well, like you said, in class we learn how things take place in nature. 04:43.400 --> 04:46.400 But we don't learn why. 04:46.400 --> 04:51.400 We Christians believe everything that happens fits into an overall plan of God. 04:51.400 --> 04:57.400 Well, he could easily make things happen differently than we're used to having them happen, couldn't he? 04:57.400 --> 04:58.400 Well... 04:58.400 --> 05:04.400 You see, Fred, because God made everything the way it is, he has complete control over it. 05:04.400 --> 05:10.400 And if he wants to get something done, he can go about it in almost any way he wants. 05:10.400 --> 05:15.400 It may seem like a miracle to us, but to him it's just another way of doing something. 05:15.400 --> 05:22.400 Maybe. But to believe like that, you have to believe that there really is a God who's alive and doing things. 05:22.400 --> 05:24.400 I think it's harder not to believe in God. 05:24.400 --> 05:26.400 What do you mean? 05:26.400 --> 05:33.400 Well, if you don't believe in him, how do you even explain how normal everyday nature got here in the first place? 05:33.400 --> 05:36.400 What time do you fellas think you'll be back, pal? 05:36.400 --> 05:40.400 Oh, I don't think we'll stay out much more in dusk, Bill. 05:40.400 --> 05:43.400 We're just going to hike and eat lunch and dinner in the woods. 05:43.400 --> 05:46.400 You going out of that, uh, Freddy feller again, Henry? 05:46.400 --> 05:48.400 Yeah, that's right, Stumpy. 05:48.400 --> 05:50.400 How are your talks with him going, pal? 05:50.400 --> 05:53.400 I'm really surprised, Bill. No kidding. 05:53.400 --> 05:56.400 Sometimes I just want to know how he's doing. 05:56.400 --> 05:58.400 Well, I'm sure he's doing fine. 05:58.400 --> 06:05.400 I'm really surprised, Bill. No kidding. Sometimes I just come right out and tell him he's wrong. 06:05.400 --> 06:12.400 Instead of telling me to go jump in the lake, he, well, he comes on hikes and things with me. 06:12.400 --> 06:19.400 I know he's interested in Christianity, but I just haven't been able to find the one thing that'll do the trick. 06:19.400 --> 06:25.400 Well, this might be a good time to remember that it's the job of God's Holy Spirit to bring a man to Christ. 06:25.400 --> 06:28.400 I hope you aren't trying to do his work. 06:28.400 --> 06:31.400 Boy, sometimes it's hard to tell, Bill. 06:31.400 --> 06:38.400 You get so carried away with all the questions you ask that, you know, it's hard to keep turning it over to God. 06:38.400 --> 06:44.400 I know, pal. That's why it's important to go into these conversations depending on God. 06:44.400 --> 06:46.400 Yeah, I can see that. 06:46.400 --> 06:50.400 We aren't trying to win arguments, Henry. We're trying to win souls. 06:50.400 --> 06:53.400 And that's why it's all important to make sure that... 06:53.400 --> 06:55.400 Hi. All set to go? 06:55.400 --> 06:59.400 Well, hi, Fred. Sure. That's my stuff all piled there by the door. 06:59.400 --> 07:01.400 Well, let's get going then. 07:01.400 --> 07:05.400 Right with you. Thanks, Bill. I'll remember what you said. 07:05.400 --> 07:08.400 That's all right, Henry. I'll be praying about it here. 07:08.400 --> 07:10.400 Swell. 07:10.400 --> 07:12.400 I hope you have a compass or something. 07:12.400 --> 07:15.400 You ain't worried about getting lost, are you, Fred? 07:15.400 --> 07:17.400 Well, it could happen. 07:17.400 --> 07:18.400 In them woods? 07:18.400 --> 07:20.400 Haven't you ever been lost in the woods around here, Stumpy? 07:20.400 --> 07:22.400 Never. 07:22.400 --> 07:24.400 Ahem. Ahem. 07:24.400 --> 07:32.400 Well, I admit that I've been confused for a day or two, but never lost. 07:32.400 --> 07:36.400 Come on, Fred. We've got lots of ground to cover. 07:36.400 --> 07:38.400 So long, Bill, Stumpy. 07:38.400 --> 07:39.400 Take it easy, fellas. 07:39.400 --> 07:40.400 Bye. 07:40.400 --> 07:55.400 I'll get it. 07:55.400 --> 07:58.400 Ranger Station, Bill Jefferson speaking. 07:58.400 --> 08:02.400 Well, hello, Pete. I haven't heard from you in a long time. 08:02.400 --> 08:05.400 How are things up there in the central city area? 08:05.400 --> 08:07.400 Uh-huh. 08:07.400 --> 08:11.400 Is that so? Does it look bad? 08:11.400 --> 08:14.400 Oh, well, that's good. 08:14.400 --> 08:16.400 Oh, sure, Pete. Thanks a lot. 08:16.400 --> 08:20.400 There aren't too many hikers or campers out in the woods this time of year, 08:20.400 --> 08:23.400 so it'll be easy to pass on the warning to them. 08:23.400 --> 08:27.400 When do you think you'll have it under control? 08:27.400 --> 08:33.400 Mm-hmm. Well, I guess it would be all right. 08:33.400 --> 08:38.400 Well, fine, Pete. If there's anything we can do down here, just give us a call. 08:38.400 --> 08:40.400 Okay. 08:40.400 --> 08:43.400 Right. Thanks for calling, Pete. We'll get on it right away. 08:43.400 --> 08:45.400 Goodbye now. 08:45.400 --> 08:48.400 What was that all about? 08:48.400 --> 08:50.400 That was Pete Boris up in Central City. 08:50.400 --> 08:53.400 Well, that much you had all figured out. 08:53.400 --> 08:55.400 Is something wrong up there? 08:55.400 --> 08:59.400 Nothing that'll cause us any worry, Stumpy. 08:59.400 --> 09:05.400 One of the smaller hydroelectric dams is burst and is sending us a little more water than we're used to having. 09:05.400 --> 09:07.400 Down the Shady River? 09:07.400 --> 09:10.400 No, this flood will be coming the back way. 09:10.400 --> 09:14.400 But the way Pete described it, only the lowest of the low areas will be at all affected. 09:14.400 --> 09:18.400 Gullies between here and Central City should catch it all. 09:18.400 --> 09:22.400 Then all we'll have is a few extra lakes for a while, huh? 09:22.400 --> 09:26.400 That's about it, old timer. And small ones at that. 09:26.400 --> 09:30.400 I'll send a general warning to all our men in the towers and in the cars. 09:30.400 --> 09:33.400 I don't think there are any campers in the area to worry about. 09:33.400 --> 09:37.400 Yeah, except for Henry and Fred. 09:37.400 --> 09:40.400 That's right. I'd forgotten about them. 09:40.400 --> 09:43.400 Oh, but they were heading northwest toward the hills. 09:43.400 --> 09:47.400 They should be well out of reach of the floodwaters before they reach this area. 09:47.400 --> 09:51.400 They look all the same. Maybe somebody ought to warn them. 09:51.400 --> 09:53.400 Well, they should pass by Tower Nine. 09:53.400 --> 09:58.400 I'll tell Will to keep his eyes peeled for them and give them a special warning when they come by. 09:58.400 --> 10:03.400 Maybe I'm just getting funny in my old age, Bill, but... 10:03.400 --> 10:08.400 Okay, old timer. If you want to ride out after them and make sure they get the news, go ahead. 10:08.400 --> 10:11.400 I can understand your concern, all right. 10:11.400 --> 10:27.400 It really won't take too long, Bill. I'll be back soon as I can make it. 10:27.400 --> 10:31.400 When you said we wouldn't take the well-marked trails, you weren't just kidding. 10:31.400 --> 10:35.400 Don't tell me this is too rough for you, Fred. 10:35.400 --> 10:38.400 I won't tell you, but I'm starting to think it. 10:38.400 --> 10:41.400 You really want to stop and rest a minute? 10:41.400 --> 10:43.400 That might be a good idea. 10:43.400 --> 10:49.400 Yeah, and now that you mention it, I could use a minute of sitting down myself. 10:49.400 --> 10:52.400 Oh, boy. 10:52.400 --> 10:55.400 You sure seem to know your way around in these woods, Henry. 10:55.400 --> 11:00.400 Oh, it isn't that. I mean, I've never been through here before. 11:00.400 --> 11:04.400 How do you know we aren't lost or confused, like Stumpy said? 11:04.400 --> 11:08.400 Well, because we know what time it is and where the sun is. 11:08.400 --> 11:12.400 As long as we know those two things, we may not know exactly where we are, 11:12.400 --> 11:15.400 but we know which way to go to get somewhere. 11:15.400 --> 11:17.400 I guess that's a little bit comforting. 11:17.400 --> 11:19.400 It's the best I can do. 11:19.400 --> 11:24.400 Hey, what was Bill talking about when I first came to the ranger station to get you? 11:24.400 --> 11:26.400 What do you mean? I don't remember. 11:26.400 --> 11:30.400 Well, he said he'd be praying about something for you. 11:30.400 --> 11:32.400 Oh, yeah. 11:32.400 --> 11:34.400 What good does it do to pray anyhow? 11:34.400 --> 11:38.400 I mean, I can see at church when the pastor prays 11:38.400 --> 11:41.400 how it gets everybody thinking about holy things, 11:41.400 --> 11:46.400 but what good does it do for Bill to pray back there for something about you? 11:46.400 --> 11:51.400 Well, see, Fred, this is a lot like what we were talking about Sunday. 11:51.400 --> 11:53.400 You mean about miracles? 11:53.400 --> 11:55.400 Yeah, that's right. 11:55.400 --> 12:00.400 I mean, again we come to the idea that God can actually do something today, 12:00.400 --> 12:03.400 and the Bible says that if we ask anything within His will 12:03.400 --> 12:07.400 and if He thinks it's what we need, He'll do it. 12:07.400 --> 12:09.400 That's hard to believe, Henry. 12:09.400 --> 12:12.400 I mean, everything happens as a result of something else, 12:12.400 --> 12:14.400 like we learn at school. 12:14.400 --> 12:17.400 Well, that's true, Fred, but that doesn't leave God out. 12:17.400 --> 12:21.400 I mean, many things happen because of what we call natural causes, 12:21.400 --> 12:25.400 and many things happen because of supernatural causes. 12:25.400 --> 12:31.400 When you come right down to it, even the natural cause came because of supernatural causes. 12:31.400 --> 12:33.400 You always come back to that, don't you? 12:33.400 --> 12:35.400 Not because I try to. 12:35.400 --> 12:39.400 It's just the way things are, Fred. 12:39.400 --> 12:45.400 I think if I could just see one example of what we're talking about, 12:45.400 --> 12:47.400 prayer, miracles, you know. 12:47.400 --> 12:49.400 The Bible is full of examples. 12:49.400 --> 12:51.400 But I didn't see them. 12:51.400 --> 12:55.400 Well, you didn't see even half the stuff we learn about in school either, 12:55.400 --> 12:57.400 but you believe that. 12:57.400 --> 13:00.400 Boy, there's no getting around you, is there, Henry? 13:00.400 --> 13:02.400 I really believe what I'm telling you, Fred, 13:02.400 --> 13:07.400 and I really believe that it's mighty important for a fellow to be a Christian. 13:07.400 --> 13:10.400 If only I could see one thing that God did. 13:10.400 --> 13:12.400 I mean, like a miracle. 13:12.400 --> 13:14.400 Well, I'm not going to push you, Fred. 13:14.400 --> 13:18.400 Like Bill says, all I can do is tell you what I think and believe. 13:18.400 --> 13:20.400 It's up to God to bring you to Himself. 13:20.400 --> 13:23.400 That gives a guy a creepy feeling. 13:23.400 --> 13:26.400 Well, ready to start out again? 13:26.400 --> 13:28.400 We ought to get up into the hills before lunch. 13:28.400 --> 13:33.400 Well, I guess I can get my old bones started in one direction again. 13:33.400 --> 13:35.400 You sound just like Stumpy. 13:35.400 --> 13:39.400 Do I? You young whipper snapper? 13:39.400 --> 13:42.400 Hey, you'll have to do that for him sometime. 13:42.400 --> 13:43.400 Oh, sure. 13:43.400 --> 13:45.400 Come on, let's go. 13:45.400 --> 13:49.400 Well, you have to kind of watch your step through here, Fred. 13:49.400 --> 13:50.400 Why's that? 13:50.400 --> 13:53.400 Well, there's some pretty deep gullies around here. 13:53.400 --> 13:56.400 We clean them out every spring so they don't become fire traps. 13:56.400 --> 14:00.400 And some are deep enough, you have to use ropes to get down and up again. 14:00.400 --> 14:02.400 Wow, how deep are they? 14:02.400 --> 14:07.400 Oh, the deepest isn't more than 20 feet. 14:07.400 --> 14:09.400 It's just that you can't climb out. 14:09.400 --> 14:12.400 The sides are steep and slippery. 14:12.400 --> 14:15.400 I haven't seen anything like that around here. 14:15.400 --> 14:18.400 Well, this time of year they're pretty well overgrown. 14:18.400 --> 14:20.400 They're hard to see. 14:20.400 --> 14:21.400 Well, don't worry. 14:21.400 --> 14:26.400 Old eagle-eyed Fred will lead this troop straight through without a single man lost. 14:26.400 --> 14:28.400 Yeah, well, just the same. 14:28.400 --> 14:29.400 We better take it slow. 14:29.400 --> 14:31.400 I told you, don't worry. 14:31.400 --> 14:33.400 Old eagle-eyed Fred'll... 14:33.400 --> 14:34.400 Hey! 14:34.400 --> 14:37.400 Hey, Fred! 14:37.400 --> 14:39.400 Fred! 14:39.400 --> 14:41.400 Are you okay? 14:41.400 --> 14:42.400 I don't know. 14:42.400 --> 14:44.400 I hurt my leg when I fell. 14:44.400 --> 14:46.400 Can you make it down here, Henry? 14:46.400 --> 14:47.400 I... 14:47.400 --> 14:49.400 Well, I think so. 14:49.400 --> 14:53.400 Looks like it shouldn't be too hard to climb down. 14:53.400 --> 14:55.400 I'll be right with you, Fred. 14:55.400 --> 14:56.400 Don't move. 14:56.400 --> 15:00.400 Boy, you did more than you could ever imagine. 15:00.400 --> 15:03.400 You did more than you could ever imagine. 15:03.400 --> 15:06.400 You did more than you could ever imagine. 15:06.400 --> 15:13.400 Boy, you did more than hurt your leg, Fred. 15:13.400 --> 15:15.400 I think you broke it. 15:15.400 --> 15:17.400 That's what I was afraid of. 15:17.400 --> 15:19.400 What are we gonna do? 15:19.400 --> 15:21.400 I don't know. 15:21.400 --> 15:24.400 I can't climb up out of here carrying you. 15:24.400 --> 15:26.400 But we have to get help. 15:26.400 --> 15:28.400 Me and my fooling around. 15:28.400 --> 15:30.400 I didn't see this gully at all. 15:30.400 --> 15:33.400 We've got to let somebody know where we are. 15:33.400 --> 15:35.400 Hey, that's it. 15:35.400 --> 15:36.400 What? 15:36.400 --> 15:39.400 The only person who's even near enough to get 15:39.400 --> 15:42.400 would be the ranger in the nearest tower out here. 15:42.400 --> 15:43.400 You're gonna leave me here? 15:43.400 --> 15:44.400 I don't have to. 15:44.400 --> 15:46.400 If we start a small fire, 15:46.400 --> 15:49.400 he'll know something's up and come to investigate. 15:49.400 --> 15:52.400 When he gets here, we'll be a couple of baked potatoes. 15:52.400 --> 15:54.400 No, no, not that big a fire. 15:54.400 --> 15:57.400 Just a small one, but as smoky as possible. 15:57.400 --> 16:00.400 Hey, I'll get some damp leaves and stuff together. 16:00.400 --> 16:03.400 Boy, my leg sure hurts. 16:03.400 --> 16:04.400 Don't worry, Fred. 16:04.400 --> 16:07.400 As soon as whoever's in that tower spots the fire, 16:07.400 --> 16:10.400 he'll either be here himself or send someone to investigate. 16:10.400 --> 16:13.400 This is a pretty deep gully, Henry. 16:13.400 --> 16:15.400 How are they going to get me out? 16:15.400 --> 16:17.400 I don't know. 16:17.400 --> 16:20.400 Maybe up away there's a place to climb out more easily. 16:20.400 --> 16:24.400 This gully is one of those that run close to a mile long. 16:24.400 --> 16:27.400 Almost sounds like a river bed, Ray. 16:27.400 --> 16:30.400 Yeah, that's what it is in the spring. 16:30.400 --> 16:31.400 What? 16:31.400 --> 16:32.400 Don't worry now. 16:32.400 --> 16:35.400 That's just in the spring when the snow melts and the hills, 16:35.400 --> 16:37.400 and it rains a lot. 16:37.400 --> 16:39.400 All these gullies along here fill up. 16:39.400 --> 16:43.400 That's why Naughty Pine doesn't get worse than it does by the water. 16:43.400 --> 16:47.400 There isn't any chance of this thing filling up while we're here, then, is there? 16:47.400 --> 16:49.400 Well, not unless we stay till spring. 16:49.400 --> 16:51.400 Stop worrying, Fred. 16:51.400 --> 16:55.400 I'll get this fire started, and we'll be out of here in a minute. 16:55.400 --> 16:57.400 Time for lunch. 16:57.400 --> 16:59.400 TOWER 9 17:09.400 --> 17:11.400 TOWER 9, Johnson speaking. 17:11.400 --> 17:13.400 Will, this is Bill. 17:13.400 --> 17:16.400 I don't know why that always sounds so funny. 17:16.400 --> 17:18.400 What can I do for you? 17:18.400 --> 17:21.400 I'm calling all the towers in the northern and the south. 17:21.400 --> 17:26.400 Seems a small dam has burst up around Central City, sending some water our way. 17:26.400 --> 17:28.400 Oh, that's all? 17:28.400 --> 17:32.400 The way it was described to me, there shouldn't be anything to worry about. 17:32.400 --> 17:36.400 Probably fill in the gullies, but they should be able to handle the extra load. 17:36.400 --> 17:38.400 I'll keep my eyes open, Bill. 17:38.400 --> 17:41.400 As far as I know, there isn't even a stray hunter wandering around down there. 17:41.400 --> 17:43.400 They stay away from those gullies anyway. 17:43.400 --> 17:47.400 You haven't seen Henry and a friend of his out there in the mountains, have you? 17:47.400 --> 17:51.400 I think they were coming out in your area. 17:51.400 --> 17:53.400 No, haven't seen them yet. 17:53.400 --> 17:55.400 They went by, they didn't say hello. 17:55.400 --> 18:00.400 Well, if you do see them, tell them about the coming flood, warn them to stay clear of the gullies. 18:00.400 --> 18:03.400 Will do, Bill. I... Hey, wait a minute. 18:03.400 --> 18:05.400 What's the matter? 18:05.400 --> 18:07.400 I'm not sure, Bill. Looks like smoke. 18:07.400 --> 18:10.400 Just a thin stream of it coming up from over in the valley. 18:10.400 --> 18:12.400 I didn't know anyone was there. 18:12.400 --> 18:14.400 That might be Henry and Fred. 18:14.400 --> 18:17.400 But it's pretty early to stop for lunch. 18:17.400 --> 18:19.400 No, it's more than that, Bill. 18:19.400 --> 18:20.400 What do you mean? 18:20.400 --> 18:24.400 Well, if that is Henry and his friend, they've picked the wrong place to even pause. 18:24.400 --> 18:26.400 What are you trying to say, Will? 18:26.400 --> 18:29.400 That smoke, Bill, is rising up out of Half Mile Gully. 18:29.400 --> 18:32.400 And if that water is headed this way from Central City, 18:32.400 --> 18:45.400 Half Mile Gully is doomed to become Half Mile Lake. 18:45.400 --> 18:56.400 Whoa, there, boy. 18:56.400 --> 18:59.400 Hello, Will. Are you up there? 18:59.400 --> 19:02.400 Hello. Is that you, Stumpy? 19:02.400 --> 19:06.400 Have you seen Henry and another young whippersnapper out this way? 19:06.400 --> 19:09.400 The trail leads right here toward the valley. 19:09.400 --> 19:11.400 I don't know if it's them or not, 19:11.400 --> 19:14.400 but somebody's got a fire going in Half Mile Gully. 19:14.400 --> 19:17.400 In Half Mile? Oh, no. 19:17.400 --> 19:19.400 I'm going to have a look. 19:19.400 --> 19:21.400 I think you'll be too late, Stumpy. 19:21.400 --> 19:23.400 What do you mean? 19:23.400 --> 19:26.400 I can see the water from that busted dam starting to enter the valley. 19:26.400 --> 19:29.400 By the time you could get there, 19:29.400 --> 19:41.400 there won't be any Half Mile Gully to investigate. 19:41.400 --> 19:43.400 Do you think they've seen the fire by now, Henry? 19:43.400 --> 19:47.400 I hope so, Fred. All we can do is wait. 19:47.400 --> 19:49.400 I guess so. 19:49.400 --> 19:51.400 Henry? Huh? 19:51.400 --> 19:55.400 Do you think God did this to me because I won't believe in him? 19:55.400 --> 19:57.400 That's a funny question, Fred. 19:57.400 --> 19:59.400 Why? What do you mean? 19:59.400 --> 20:01.400 Well, it sounds to me like you do believe in him. 20:01.400 --> 20:03.400 At least that he would do this to you. 20:03.400 --> 20:07.400 What do you think? Did he do this to me? 20:07.400 --> 20:10.400 Oh, I can't say. God doesn't usually... 20:10.400 --> 20:15.400 Hey, listen. You hear something? 20:15.400 --> 20:18.400 Is someone coming? No, no. Listen. 20:18.400 --> 20:23.400 It sounds like a kind of roar. Don't you hear it? 20:23.400 --> 20:27.400 Yeah, I hear it. What is it? 20:27.400 --> 20:30.400 I don't know. Sounds pretty big. 20:30.400 --> 20:34.400 Like a landslider or a flood. 20:34.400 --> 20:36.400 What? 20:36.400 --> 20:38.400 I don't know what it is, Fred, 20:38.400 --> 20:41.400 but I sure don't like the sound of it. 20:41.400 --> 20:44.400 It sounds like it's coming from the north end of the valley 20:44.400 --> 20:54.400 and getting closer all the time. 20:54.400 --> 20:55.400 Bill, this is terrible. 20:55.400 --> 20:58.400 Just standing up here watching the whole thing happen. 20:58.400 --> 20:59.400 Unless something happens soon, 20:59.400 --> 21:02.400 every gully in the valley will be full, including Half Mile. 21:02.400 --> 21:06.400 There isn't a thing any of us can do, Will, except pray. 21:06.400 --> 21:14.400 Well, then do pray, Bill. Pray for a miracle. 21:14.400 --> 21:19.400 Father in heaven, we're helpless. We're always helpless. 21:19.400 --> 21:22.400 But it's only at times like this that we realize it. 21:22.400 --> 21:26.400 Oh, God, we would pray for Henry and Fred's lives. 21:26.400 --> 21:30.400 We would ask that they be delivered out of that valley somehow. 21:30.400 --> 21:33.400 Some seemingly impossible way. 21:33.400 --> 21:37.400 And yet we must submit to your willingness. 21:37.400 --> 21:41.400 If you have some greater purpose in their loss, 21:41.400 --> 21:49.400 we ask for understanding and help in accepting it. 21:49.400 --> 21:55.400 Our father, we ask that somehow you will save those fellows down there. 21:55.400 --> 21:58.400 There's nothing we can do. 21:58.400 --> 22:02.400 Please show your strength and bring them out safely. 22:02.400 --> 22:07.400 But whatever happens, help us to know that... 22:07.400 --> 22:10.400 that thy will has been done. 22:10.400 --> 22:14.400 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! 22:15.400 --> 22:17.400 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! 22:17.400 --> 22:19.400 Easy, boy. 22:19.400 --> 22:23.400 You know there's something to be scared of too, don't you? 22:23.400 --> 22:27.400 Well, Lord, I thought I could get over there in time. 22:27.400 --> 22:30.400 That water's running faster than I can. 22:30.400 --> 22:32.400 It's all in your hands now. 22:32.400 --> 22:35.400 I've seen you do some pretty thrilling things in my lifetime. 22:35.400 --> 22:37.400 So I know you can. 22:37.400 --> 22:41.400 We'd all like to see Henry and Fred safe at your will. 22:41.400 --> 22:46.400 If it ain't, Lord, well, help us to swallow real hard 22:46.400 --> 22:49.400 and accept your judgment in this. 22:49.400 --> 23:07.400 In Jesus' name, amen. 23:07.400 --> 23:08.400 Hello. 23:08.400 --> 23:11.400 Hello, Will. Are you still there? 23:11.400 --> 23:14.400 What was that sound? What was that crash I heard? 23:14.400 --> 23:18.400 I can hardly believe it, but I saw it with my own eyes. 23:18.400 --> 23:21.400 Will somebody tell me what's going on out there? 23:21.400 --> 23:25.400 It was God, Bill. As sure as I'm standing here, it was God. 23:25.400 --> 23:27.400 What was God? What happened, Will? 23:27.400 --> 23:30.400 They'll say it was just all the water rushing in that did it. 23:30.400 --> 23:33.400 That's the way they'll explain it away. But it was God. 23:33.400 --> 23:35.400 Will, please! 23:35.400 --> 23:38.400 A landslide, Bill, up at the north end of the valley. 23:38.400 --> 23:41.400 Both sides of the slope just fell together, 23:41.400 --> 23:44.400 making the best natural dam I've ever seen. 23:44.400 --> 23:47.400 The water stopped, Bill. The water stopped! 23:47.400 --> 23:48.400 Praise God. 23:48.400 --> 23:50.400 I never saw anything like it. 23:50.400 --> 23:52.400 At the very minute we were praying. 23:52.400 --> 23:56.400 They'll say all the water rushing in just loosened those slopes. 23:56.400 --> 23:59.400 But I know it was God, Bill. I saw it. 23:59.400 --> 24:02.400 I know. It was the Lord all right, Will. 24:02.400 --> 24:07.400 Bill, I was too carried away to notice this at first, but... 24:07.400 --> 24:08.400 What is it, Will? 24:08.400 --> 24:11.400 Well, that landslide. It stopped the water all right, 24:11.400 --> 24:13.400 but that's not all that it stopped. 24:13.400 --> 24:16.400 Bill, the smoke that was coming up out of Half Mile Gully. 24:16.400 --> 24:17.400 That stopped, too. 24:17.400 --> 24:18.400 The fire is out? 24:18.400 --> 24:20.400 That's the way it looks. 24:20.400 --> 24:23.400 There's only one reason I can think of for that. 24:23.400 --> 24:25.400 I can't make it out from here, 24:25.400 --> 24:30.400 but that flood must have hit Half Mile and anyone who was in that gully. 24:40.400 --> 24:45.400 Lord, I know we're all thanking you for that landslide. 24:45.400 --> 24:48.400 It was about the most amazing thing I've seen. 24:48.400 --> 24:52.400 Now I hope you'll show me where to find them two boys. 24:52.400 --> 24:56.400 Looks like a lot of water poured into Half Mile Gully here. 24:56.400 --> 24:59.400 Maybe they pulled out in time. 24:59.400 --> 25:01.400 What's that down there? 25:01.400 --> 25:03.400 Oh, boy! 25:05.400 --> 25:08.400 Yeah, looks like it is. 25:08.400 --> 25:12.400 That's Henry's backpack lying down there half under the water. 25:12.400 --> 25:15.400 I don't see no signs of him or Fred. 25:15.400 --> 25:18.400 Best is to mount and have a look around. 25:22.400 --> 25:24.400 He'll be there with an earshot. 25:24.400 --> 25:26.400 Hey, Henry! 25:26.400 --> 25:29.400 Fred! Where are you? 25:31.400 --> 25:33.400 No answer. 25:33.400 --> 25:35.400 I suppose they... 25:35.400 --> 25:40.400 Well, I ain't even going to think about that until everything else is settled. 25:40.400 --> 25:42.400 Henry! 25:42.400 --> 25:44.400 Fred! 25:44.400 --> 25:47.400 Come on out! The danger's passed! 25:51.400 --> 25:53.400 What was that? 25:53.400 --> 25:56.400 Did I just imagine it or was that a call? 25:58.400 --> 26:00.400 It was a call! 26:00.400 --> 26:02.400 Aunt Henry's voice! 26:02.400 --> 26:04.400 It came from up ahead. 26:04.400 --> 26:10.400 Honey, I'm coming! I'm on the way! 26:16.400 --> 26:19.400 Then when we heard that roar, we didn't know what to think. 26:19.400 --> 26:24.400 I thought we should get out of that gully, but with Fred's leg broken, we couldn't climb. 26:24.400 --> 26:26.400 Then we saw that water coming. 26:26.400 --> 26:31.400 What a sight! Rushing at us, coming down the gully like a... like I don't know what. 26:31.400 --> 26:34.400 It must have been some moment for you fellers. 26:34.400 --> 26:37.400 I'll say. I sure have to admire Henry's fast thinking. 26:37.400 --> 26:42.400 He grabbed me like you do when you're swimming with a guy, and then just waited for the water to hit us. 26:42.400 --> 26:45.400 When it did, we were swept up. 26:45.400 --> 26:49.400 Didn't seem any time at all until we were on top and Henry was swimming with me. 26:49.400 --> 26:51.400 That was a brave move, pal. 26:51.400 --> 26:56.400 Sure was. I didn't know if it'd work, but there wasn't anything else to do. 26:56.400 --> 26:59.400 Might not have worked if there had been any more water than there was. 26:59.400 --> 27:02.400 We can all be thankful for that dam that God built. 27:02.400 --> 27:04.400 Yeah, sure, that's true. 27:04.400 --> 27:09.400 Uh, I guess it's up to me to say something. 27:09.400 --> 27:10.400 Is it, Fred? 27:10.400 --> 27:12.400 I guess so. 27:12.400 --> 27:16.400 Just before all this happened, well, all week as a matter of fact, 27:16.400 --> 27:22.400 I've been telling Henry that I didn't believe in miracles or God answering prayers or anything like that. 27:22.400 --> 27:24.400 And now? 27:24.400 --> 27:28.400 Well, now it looks like I might have been wrong about all of it. 27:28.400 --> 27:34.400 I mean, well, right at the time you were all praying, God saved Henry and me. 27:34.400 --> 27:41.400 And the way it all happened looks to me like somebody did it, and that somebody must be God. 27:41.400 --> 27:44.400 That's what it looks like to me too, Fred. 27:44.400 --> 27:47.400 Hey, I was just thinking. 27:47.400 --> 27:51.400 Remember what the pastor said last week about what miracles do? 27:51.400 --> 27:55.400 He said they glorify God by showing His control over His creation. 27:55.400 --> 28:01.400 That's right, and he said that they always make people believe in Him, and lots of times in Jesus as Savior. 28:01.400 --> 28:08.400 And then he said that they help you to know that God is always right here, present with us all the time. 28:08.400 --> 28:14.400 What happened out there in the woods today, and what's happening inside me right now? 28:14.400 --> 28:17.400 It really is. It is a miracle. 28:17.400 --> 28:27.400 We hope you have experienced this same miracle, boys and girls. 28:27.400 --> 28:31.400 It happens every time a person opens up his heart to Jesus. 28:31.400 --> 28:39.400 He comes in and changes you, makes you God's child, and He lives with you for the rest of your life and forever. 28:39.400 --> 28:47.400 Well, see you next week for more Adventure with Ranger Bill. 28:47.400 --> 29:01.400 Ranger Bill was produced in the radio studios of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. 29:17.400 --> 29:19.400 Thank you for watching.