Pat: SOME MOVIES ARE
LETDOWN, SOME ARE INSPIRING,
AND ONE CALLED "FAITH LIKE
POTATOES," IS A MOVE ABOUT A
SOUTH AFRICAN FARMER NAMED
ANGUS BUCKIN.
AND THE TITLE MEANS THAT
FAITH HAS TO HAVE FLESH.
AND HE HAS BOTH.
JUST WATCH.
Reporter: ANGUS BUCKIN
WAS A SUCCESSFUL FARMER IN
SOUTH AFRICA, BUT HE LIVED
WITH NO PURPOSE IN LIFE.
IN 1979, THE GREATEST DAY
OF MY LIFE, ME, MY WIFE, AND
MY CHILDREN WENT TO A LITTLE
METHODIST CHURCH, AND AT THE
END, I'LL NEVER FORGET IT,
MY CHILDREN WENT TO THE
FRONT.
IT CHANGED MY LIFE.
Reporter: ANGUS BEGAN
TELLING OTHERS ABOUT JESUS,
RIGHT IN HIS OWN BACKYARD.
AND HE WATCHED AS GOD WORKED
MIRACLES.
OVER THE YEARS, THE CROWDS
GREW BIGGER AND BIGGER.
LOOK DOWN, AND RIGHT IN
THE FRONT THERE WAS A MAN
SITTING THERE, AND HE HAD
TWO CRUTCHES.
AND I HEARD GOD SAY GO
BEHIND HIM AND PRAY FOR THAT
MAN.
AND THAT MIRACLE TURNED THE
PEOPLE.
HE WAS RUNNING UP AND DOWN
JUMPING FOR JOY.
Reporter: WHETHER IT IS
PREACHING FOR THOUSANDS AT
HEALING CRUSADES, OR GIVING
A HOME TO ORPHANS, ANGUS HAS
SEEN GOD CHANGE HUNDREDS OF
LIVES.
Pat: PLEASE WELCOME TO
"THE 700 CLUB," AN
EXTRAORDINAIRE MAN, ANGUS
BUCKIN.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
Pat: YOU WERE IN
ZAMBIA, AND THEN YOU WENT
INTO THE ZULOO COUNTRY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I PREACH IN MY SECOND
LANGUAGE.
THE ZOOLOOERS ARE A PROUD
PEOPLE.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE,
PAT.
IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO WORK
WITH THE LAND.
I'M PREACHING AND MY SONS
ARE WORKING THE FARMS.
Pat: WHEN WE THERE IN
ZULOO COUNTRY.
WE DID A PROGRAM THERE.
OKAY.
ONE THING ABOUT THEM,
THEY'RE PASSIONATE PEOPLE.
SO WHEN WE COME THROUGH FOR
CHRIST, THEY'RE PASSIONATE.
Pat: YOU HAVE A NUMBER
OF THE ZULOO WOMEN WORKING
ON YOUR FARM.
AND THEY CAME TO YOU ONE
NIGHT CRYING AND SOBBING.
THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM,
AND THEY WERE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING, AND ALL OF THE
WOMEN WERE KNOCKED TO THE
GROUND AND ONE DIDN'T GET
UP.
I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUE
STORY.
THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE, THEY
WERE CRYING, AND I HAD BEEN
PREACHING THEM ABOUT THE
POWER OF GOD.
I SAID GET AWAY FROM
WITCHCRAFT.
GET TO JESUS.
WHEN I HEARD THIS WOMAN WAS
DOWN, THEY SAID TO ME SHE
WAS DEAD.
SO I WENT UP THERE IN MY
PIC PICKUP, MY TRUCK.
I SAID GO IN AND BRING THE
BODY UP.
AND THEY SAID, YOU KEEP
TELLING US THIS JESUS HAS
HEALING POWER.
YOU BETTER COME IN AND A
PRAY.
I'LL NEVER FORGET IT, I
WALKED IN THERE, AND IT WAS
SMOKY, AND IT IS LIKE ALMOST
SCREAMING.
THIS WOMAN WAS LYING ON THE
ONE SIDE WITH A BLANKET OVER
HER.
I WENT OVER HER AND PRAYED
OVER HER.
I SAID, JESUS, PLEASE, IT IS
YOUR REPUTATION.
AND NOTHING HAPPENED, PAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I FELT THE HOLY SPIRIT
SAYING TAKE HER BY THE WRIST
AND PICK HER UP.
AND SO I PICKED HER UP.
AND THEN I FELT THE LORD SAY
TO ME, LET HER GO.
AND SHE STOOD WITH HER HANDS
RAISED UP, AND THE PLACE
WENT BALLISTIC.
FOR WEEKS LATER, THEY WERE
WORKING THE FIELDS AND
SINGING HYMNS.
Pat: BUT SHE WAS
STONE-COLD DEAD.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE
TRUTH.
THEY HAD A BLANKET OVER THE
BODY.
THEY TOLD ME SHE WAS DEAD.
I LAID MY HANDS ON HER AND I
PRAYED FOR HER.
AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
SAID TAKE A HOLD OF HER AND
STAND HER UP.
THE STORY, FAITH LIKE
POTATOES.
REMEMBER THE SCOTTISH
PREACHER WHO SAID YOU HAVE
TO HAVE FAITH THAT IS
POSITIVE.
ONE GENUINE MIRACLE EQUALS A
THOUSAND SERMONS.
AND THAT WAS IT.
Pat: AND YOU'VE GONE
PREACHING ALL OVER AFRICA.
THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS
THAT HAVE COME TO THE LORD.
THE BIGGEST THING IS THE
MEN.
THIS IS MY FIRST VISIT TO
THE U.S.
I'VE GOT A HEART FOR YOU
GUYS.
LOOK AT THOSE MEN.
Pat: HOW MANY
PEOPLE --
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
Pat: HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS.
THAT'S A FARM THERE.
JUST -- PAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I
FEEL ABOUT -- LOOK AT THAT.
Pat: I SEE THEM.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
IT IS GREAT.
AND, PAT, THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, YOUR PEOPLE -- IF
THERE IS ANY PROBLEM IN THE
WORLD, AND IF ANYTHING GOES
WRONG, YOU GET THE BLAME FOR
IT.
I'M GOING TO NASHVILLE
TOMORROW -- TODAY, AND I'M
PREACHING TO 3,000 MEN ON
FRIDAY NIGHT.
MY FIRST ONE.
I'M TELLING YOU, I CAN'T
WAIT TO GET THERE.
I CAN SEE YOUR A MAN'S MAN.
YOU RIDE HORSES, AND I RIDE
HORSES --
Pat: I'VE WORKED ON A
FARM.
I'VE DONE ALL OF THE THINGS
YOU'VE DONE.
AND LOVE YOUR WIVES.
LOVE YOUR WIFE; DISCIPLINE
YOUR CHILDREN.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE PREACHING,
AND IT'S WORKING.
Pat: YOU BUILT A HOUSE
AND CAME DOWN INTO THAT
AREA -- YOU HAD NOTHING.
HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU DO
IT?
YOU WORKED 18 HOURS A DAY
EVERY DAY --
ALL OF THE CREDIT TO MY
WIFE, MY BEST FRIEND.
SHE WAS SIX MONTHS
PREGNANT.
WE HAD NO CELL PHONES, NO
WATER, NO COMMUNICATION.
WE BUILT IT IN THREE WEEKS.
THE ZULOO PEOPLE SAID THESE
GUYS WILL BE GONE IN SIX
MONTHS.
THEY'RE LIVING WORSE THAN
US.
35 YEARS HAVE GONE BY, AND
WE'RE STILL THERE.
Pat: YOU'RE WIFE IS SO
LOVING, BUT SHE IS SO
SLIGHT, AND SHE ENDURED --
SHE IS AN AMAZING WOMAN.
I SPOKE TO HER EARLY THIS
MORNING.
I TELL THE CROWD, SOMETIMES
I HAVE TO SELL AN OX WHEN I
GET HOME, A COW, TO PAY FOR
THE PHONE CALLS.
I SAID I'VE GOT NO MORE COWS
LEFT, BUT I'VE STILL GOT MY
WIFE.
Pat: YOU BUILT -- IT
WAS JUST MUD, AND THE ZULOO
WOMEN HELPED YOU MAKE THE
MUD BRICKS.
AND WE PLASTERED WITH
CEMENT.
I'M STILL IN THE SAME
HOUSE.
WHY DO I NEED TO BUY ANOTHER
HOUSE?
MY FATHER IS BUILDING A
MANSION FOR ME IN HEAVEN.
I'VE GOT 27 ADOPTED
CHILDREN.
I'VE GOT 154 SPIRITUAL SONS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I'M IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS,
LIKE YOU, SIR.
Pat: YOU CALL IT
SHALOM?
SHALOM IS THE NAME OF THE
FARM.
AND WE CALL IT SHALOM
MINISTE MINISTRIES.
THEY SAID THEY NEED A NAME,
AND MY WIFE SAID SHALOM,
PEACE.
I'M GOING TO ISRAEL IN NINE
DAYS' TIME AND I'M SPEAKING
AT THE TA TABERNACLE.
Pat: THAT'S A GREAT
PLACE.
WHAT IS GOD TELLING YOU
ABOUT THIS TIME WE LIVE IN,
AND WHAT'S COMING.
WHAT GOD'S TELLING ME --
THAT'S WHY I'M IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
GOD IS TELLING ME,
GENTLEMEN, IT IS TIME TO PUT
YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACK OF
MY BIBLE, RIGHT AT THE
BACK.
I HAVE WRITTEN A THING IN
THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
"KEEP SHORT OF COUNTS WITH
MAN AND SHORT OF COUNTS WITH
GOD."
JESUS IS NOT COMING SOON,
PAT.
I'M TELL YOU, HE IS ON HIS
WAY.
HE WILL COME LIKE?
I'M BLOWN AWAY BY THE
HOSPITALITY AND THE LOVE OF
YOUR PEOPLE.
IT'S SO GENEROUS.
Pat: YOU'RE A GREAT
MAN.
YOU'RE CHILDREN, DID THEY
GROW UP LOVING THE LORD?
YES.
ALL FIVE OF THEM LOVE
JESUS.
MY OLDEST BOY ORGANIZED
THOSE EVENTS YOU JUST SAW ON
THE TELEVISION.
IT IS HUGE.
WE HAD TO PUT AN EIGHT-
EIGHT-INCH PIPE TO GET
SHOWERS FOR THE MAN.
THIS WASN'T A ONE-DAY
EVENT.
THE TOILETS, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE SHOWERS -- I MEAN, THE
FOOD.
IT WAS AWESOME.
Pat: YOU DID ALL OF
THAT?
THEY DID IT ALL OVER.
I JUST CAME FROM YORKSHIRE,
ENGLAND, 3,000 PEOPLE.
I'M GOING TO NASHVILLE
TODAY, 3,000 MEN ON FRIDAY
NIGHT.
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, THIS BOOK IS
CALLED "FAITH LIKE
POTATOES."
READ -- I MEAN, IF ANY OF
YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN
FARMING, THIS GUY, IT'S
TOUGH WHAT HE DID.
MAN, I WORKED LIKE CRAZY
WHEN I WAS A KID.
I GOT PAID $15 A MONTH.
YOU'D GET UP AT 5:30, 6:00
IN THE MORNING, WHATEVER,
SLOP THE HOGS, CHOP THE
WOOD, DO ALL OF THIS STUFF,
GO OUT IN THE FIELD --
YOU'VE DONE THAT.
PAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
HOPING TO DO NOW?
THIS IS MY DESIRE --
Pat: WHAT'S THAT.
ON TUESDAY, MAYBE YOU CAN
PRAY FOR ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A
GOOD OPPORTUNITY THAT I'M
GOING TO MEET ONE OF YOUR
DEAR FRIENDS, DR. BILLY
GRAHAM.
IT WILL BE ONE OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LIFE.
TO ME, HE IS NUMBER ONE.
THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE I CAN
MEET THE GENTLEMAN.
Pat: HE CAN'T HEAR.
BUT HE IS ONE OF MY HEROS
AND ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS.
LET'S PRAY FOR HIM AND YOU.
THANK YOU, ANGUS, FOR THE
LOVE YOU HAVE, AND THE LOVE
FOR HIM.
WE PRAY HE MIGHT SEE -- PUT
HIM IN FRONT OF THOSE WHO
WILL BE BLESSED BY HIS
PRESENCE.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
AMEN.
THANK YOU.
Pat: GOD BLESS YOU.
FANTASTIC WHAT GOD HAS DONE
WITH A SIMPLE FARMER WHO IS
PREACHING FAITH LIKE
POTATOES.
YOU CAN GET THIS BOOK WHERE
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
