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Monica is downcast
because she has failed on one of her assignments, but Tess tells her
to buck up because the cavalry's on the way. The two angels
watch as Russell Greene and his family pass by in a Suburban truck
towing an Airstream trailer. After being laid off from his
factory job in North Carolina, Russell packed up his wife, two
children and mother to head to her home town, Chicory Creek, Kentucky
where an old friend, Doc Rogers has promised to give Russell a job.
They arrive, however, just in time for the doctor's funeral.
Erasmus Jones, another family friend, allows the Greenes to pull the
trailer in his yard while Russell determines his next move.
Complicating matters further is the fact that his brother, Joe skipped
town, leaving Nathaniel, a nine-year old son, with Erasmus.
Disappointed that the American dream has gone sour for him, Russell
takes his wife, Claire's advice and prays for guidance. Unseen,
Tess and Monica watch and realize that Russell is their man. The
next day, Dinah prompts Erasmus to tell her father about Doc Rogers'
"unfinished business"--the late doctor was visited by two
angels who had come to help him save Chicory Creek. She thinks
that since Russell doesn't have a job, he can travel to New York and
try to persuade a big-city doctor to return to her home town and open
up a clinic. Although he is skeptical, Claire talks her husband
into making the trip, and Erasmus asks him to tell Dr. Rebecca Cousins
that "her Daddy loves her." On the bus, Russell sits
next to Monica, unaware of her true identity. In New York, he
meets Dr. Cousins and chides her for abandoning the community that
scraped together and helped put her through medical school. On
the return trip to Chicory Creek, Russell discovers he has lost his
bus ticket and only has enough money to get to Hensen. Disgusted
with the "United States of Greedy People," Russell meets
Tess, who spearheads a collection from the passengers to get him all
the way back home. Once they get off the bus, she reveals
herself, telling him that God wants his family to discover America and
help others along the way.
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