HIS LIFE. OR SO HE
THOUGHT...
UNTIL HE STUMBLED UPON
SOMETHING THAT WOULD
CHANGE
EVERYTHING. AS REPORTER
BOYD HUPPERT SHOWS
US... HE FOUND IT IN
THE MIDDLE OF A MINNESOTA
BEAN FIELD.
(--- PKG ---) AT VARIOUS
TIMES IN OUR LIVES ...
(NATS: "THAT'S A GOOD
SURVIVOR) "WHEN I FOUND
OUT I THAT HAD CANCER,
NECK CANCER THREE YEARS
NIGHTMARE YOU CAN'T WAKE
AND HIS THOUGHTS....
OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH WERE
IN 1868 BY CZECH
SETTLERS, THE CHURCH HAD
NOT BEEN HOME TO A
THE PAINT PEELING -- BUT
IT WAS HERE,
GREG THOMAS, CRUMBLING
HIMSELF... CAME TO PRAY.
TILL ONE DAY THE STRANGER
ON THE STEPS.... (NATS:
"DID YOU SAY YOUR PRAYERS
THE NEIGHBOR AND SAID HE
WANTED TO PAINT THE
CHURCH
AND WHO DOES HE TALK TO
SO THE NEIGHBOR SENT HIM
TO TALK TO
ME." AS TREASURER OF THE
STARTED WORK THREE YEARS
BACK, DON HAD FEARED THE
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT."
140 YEARS WORTH OF PAINT
THE CANCER TREATMENTS
SURVIVOR) "I'VE BEEN ON A
FEEDING TUBE NOW FOR
THREE YEARS AND THIS IS
(SOT: GREG THOMAS, CANCER
STILL WORKED..." ONCE
INSIDE... GREG FOUND
INTACT, AN 1860'S
INTERIOR... (SOT: GREG
THOMAS, CANCER SURVIVOR)
"IT WAS OVERWHELMING. WE
DESPERATELY NEED A ROOF."
A DUST COVERED MUSEUM
(SOT: GREG THOMAS, CANCER
SURVIVOR) "AND RIGHT HERE
THE FLOORS WAS ALL
ROTTED OUT."
IN NEED OF HIS CARE.
(SOT: GREG THOMAS, CANCER
SURVIVOR) "IT'S GOING TO
BE BEAUTIFUL." GREG HAS
HAS BEEN A BLESSING...
HEAVEN SENT.
(SOT: BLANCHE ZELLMER,
HAS FAMILY TIES TO
CHURCH) "ONE OF THE BEADS
"YOU CAN'T HELP BUT NOT
REMISSION. (SOT: GREG
WANTS - BUT THERE'S
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
LOT OF TEARS SHED ON
RESTORING THE OLD CHURCH
"AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S
THE HEART OF IT."
BUT FIRST, HERE'S WHAT'S
COMING UP ON TODAY.