AMERICAN
AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR... YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE INCREDIBLE
ATHLETES RACING
THROUGH CHALLENGING
OBSTACLE COURSES.
TWO OF THE PEOPLE
DOING THAT TONIGHT
RIGHT HERE ON KTVB...
ARE IDAHO ATHLETES
LANCE PEKUS AND LUKE
MICKELSON.
AND THE TWO OF THEM
HAVE SOME UNUSUAL
NICKNAMES.
YOU MAY KNOW LANCE
AS "THE COWBOY NINJA"...
AND LUKE AS "THE BUNK
BED NINJA."
I RECENTLY TALKED TO
LUKE ABOUT HOW HE GOT
HIS NICKNAME.
IT'S SO GOOD TO
CONNECT
CONNECT WITH YOU AND TALK I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHY
YOU ARE AGAIN, THE
BUNK BED NINJA, WHY IS
THAT
WELL YEARS AGO,
I DISCOVERED A NEED IN
MY COMMUNITY. THAT
WAS THE CHILDREN THAT
DIDN'T HAVE BEDS. SO,
BACK THEN, AS A SERVICE
PROJECT CRITICAL SERVICE
PROJECT, ME AND MY
FAMILY BUILT A BED FOR
SOME KIDS AND AND
REALIZED IT WAS SUCH A
FUN EVENT AND ALSO
REALIZED A LOT OF
PEOPLE WANT TO BE
INVOLVED WITH THAT.
AND SO WE CREATED A
NONPROFIT CALLED SLEEP
IN HEAVENLY PEACE,
NO WAIT WAIT YOU
STARTED THIS IN YOUR
GARAGE AND YOU SAID
NOW THERE'S BEEN OVER
60,000 BUNK BEDS, BUILT.
YEAH 60,000 WE HAVE, I
MEAN WE HAVE AMAZING
PEOPLE 240 PLUS
CHAPTER PRISONS THAT
HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND
THEY'RE DOING TO BUILD
BEDS FOR PEOPLE ALL
ACROSS THE GLOBE.
OKAY SO DEDICATED TO
THAT AND IN THE
MEANTIME WHILE YOU'RE
BUILDING BEDS, YOU'RE
ALSO TRAINING FOR
AMERICAN NINJA
WARRIOR, IT'S JUST A
GREAT
OPPORTUNITY. I'M
HONORED TO BE ABLE TO
BE ON THE PROGRAM, I
KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S A
LOT OF PEOPLE'S DREAMS.
ABSOLUTELY FOR YEARS
TO BE ABOUT PEOPLE'S
DREAMS AS A PROGRAM
AND I KNOW BECAUSE
THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE'S
DREAMS
FOR YEARS TO BE ON THAT
YOU KNOW I'M ON THERE
JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW
I WANTED AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE
THE MISSION OF STUPID
EVERY PIECE OF WHAT WE
DO. BUT ALSO, YOU
KNOW, DO MY BEST TO
TRY TO SHOW SHOW THE
WORLD WHAT I COULD
DO AS A NINJA BUT
PROUD RIGHT, EXACTLY.
YEAH, LANCE BE THE
GAMBLING ENGINE THE
STARTED HE IS, IT WAS, IT
WAS JUST SUCH A GOOD
FIT HIM AND I GOT ALONG
SO GREAT. I LEARNED SO
MUCH FROM HIM AND IT
WAS IT WAS A GREAT.
THAT'S EXCELLENT. SO
YOU HAVE A VERY
SEASONED MENTOR AND
LEAD SPEAKERS, WHICH IS
PRETTY PHENOMENAL
AND I KNOW THIS YEAR'S
DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE OF
THE WHOLE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND COVID
YOU GUYS ARE WORKING
IN TEAMS. ALSO YOUR
AUDIENCES VIA ZOOM SO
I CAN IMAGINE IT'S
PROBABLY UNIQUE
EXPERIENCE, BUT THE
BEAUTY IS THOUGH YOU
HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE THOSE
CONNECTIONS HAVE
MADE THESE PEOPLE, SO
MUCH THAT THEY WERE
ACTUALLY HERE RECENTLY
A PART OF YOUR
NONPROFIT TELL
US ABOUT THAT WE WERE
DOING A LOT OF OUR
STUFF THROUGH ZOOM
AND WHATNOT. IT JUST
CAME OUT THAT I, YOU
KNOW, THIS WAS GOING
TO AIR SOMETIME LATE
SEPTEMBER AND I SAID,
DID YOU KNOW I'M
DOING BOOKS ACROSS
AMERICA WHICH IS OUR
CHARITIES NATIONAL
EVENT. ALL OUR
CHAPTERS BUILD BEDS ON
THE SAME DAY WE BUILD
THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF BEDS, ON
ONE SINGLE DAY AND I
SAID TO YOU I LOVE TO
HAVE YOU COME OUT. IT
WOULD BE AWESOME TO
HAVE THE NICHES HERE
BUILDING THAT THE
COMMUNITY WOULD
LOVE IT. AND SO WE DID.
WE BROUGHT CAT AND
LANCE DROVE DOWN
WITH HIS FAMILY, AND WE
BUILT 100 AND IT WAS 100
AND ALMOST 160 BEDS.
WOW. OKAY,
THAT'S FANTASTIC LUKE
OKAY SO SO YOUR
AMERICAN ENGINE WORK
CONNECTIONS HAS
ALLOWED YOU TO EAT IT
UP BROADEN YOUR
HORIZONS EVEN MORE
WITH YOUR NONPROFIT
WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY
BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE
THINGS SO MUCH TO
GAIN THE ATTENTION OF
LAY'S POTATO CHIPS.
YEAH.
GUY LOCAL GUY WAS TO
BE ON THE FACE OF LATE.
PERFECTLY THAT YOU,
THAT IS YOUR MUG.
SO, I'M ON. I'M ON
CHEDDAR AND SOUR
CREAM. I'M ON THE BONE.
YES, BACK AND THEN THE
SEA SALT AND PEPPER BAG
WHICH I HAVEN'T SEEN,
BUT I'M STARTING TO GET
PICTURES FROM, I MEAN
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,
WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE
SHARING THEIR SLIDE
WITH ME I APPRECIATE IT.
I LOVE IT, YOU'RE A BUSY
MAN, AND YOU'VE
ALREADY BEEN I'VE BEEN
FRIENDS WITH YOUR
NONPROFIT NOW THAT
LAYS, AND THEN NOW ON
AMERICAN NINJA
WARRIOR, YOU KNOW IT'S
IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO
HAVE SUCH MOTIVATED
INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOU IN
OUR GREAT STATE. SO
THANK YOU FOR
FRIENDS
FRIENDS WITH YOUR NONPROFIT NOW THAT LAYS, AND THEN NOW ON
AMERICAN NINJA
WARRIOR, YOU KNOW IT'S
IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO
HAVE SUCH MOTIVATED
INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOU IN
OUR GREAT STATE. SO
THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE
DOING. MY
PLEASURE. THANK YOU
AND, AND WE HOPE TO
SEE YOU KNOW YOUR
LISTENERS AND AUDIENCE,
COME OUT TO BUILD AND,
AND WELL FIRST OF ALL
WATCH
WATCH AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR WATCH MY TEAMMATES. WATCH
LANCE, THEY'RE JUST
AWESOME. IT'S A FUN
PROGRAM HONORED TO
BE A PART OF IT. BUT ALSO,
YOU KNOW, DO YOURSELF
A FAVOR COME OUT TO A
BILL. IF IT'S NATIONWIDE
OR YOU'RE JUST LOCAL
HERE WE'VE GOT THREE
CHAPTERS HERE IN IDAHO
BOISE, WELL ACTUALLY
FOUR TAKE THEM BACK
BOISE REXBURG
POCATELLO AND TWIN
FALLS, COME TO A BILL
AND COME BUILD BEDS
FOR KIDS. WE NEED IN MY
COMMUNITY, THAT WAS
CHILDREN DIDN'T HAVE
BEDS. SO, BACK THEN, AS
A SERVICE PROJECT
CHRISTMAS SERVED SOME
KIDS
KIDS AND
KIDS AND REALIZE IT WAS SUCH A FUN EVENT AND ALSO REALIZED A LOT OF
PEOPLE WANT TO BE
INVOLVED WITH THAT.
YOU CAN WATCH
AMERICAN NINJA
AMERICAN NINJA