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Our Crossroads is based on a true-life story of a young couple with two small children in 1969 rural Ohio who followed their beliefs and petitioned for guardianship of six recently orphaned siblings, ages four to 18. Their struggle to keep the children together and create a new family in the face of great odds is a testament to selflessness, altruism, and the power of faith.
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00:06I tried asking the doctor for an explanation, but he couldn't give me one.
00:10Eugene, it'll be okay.
00:14The wind is going back, the wind is driving it, he's at the fence.
00:18It's gonna go!
00:20Colbron Oliver!
00:26Bob, Bart, I guess you heard about the accident.
00:30Roland and Yuji are dead.
00:32Are the kids okay?
00:35Larry's gonna be fine.
00:38Alice is in critical condition.
00:41We just don't know if Henry's gonna make it.
00:44Dear Lord, please watch over all the Mitchell children.
00:48Grant us the wisdom and faith to help them.
00:54God spoke to you?
00:57Yes.
00:58And he said we need to take in the six Mitchell children and raise them as our own.
01:03Barb, I have never been so certain of anything in my entire life.
01:11We don't want outsiders taking the kids.
01:14There's not many young couples that would take that on.
01:16What's behind that?
01:17Barb and I just felt like it was something the Lord was calling us to do.
01:20If you'll sacrifice your own flesh and blood for six strangers?
01:25You're not in your right mind, Barbara.
01:27You can create a stable environment for six children, in addition to your own two boys.
01:33Eight children.
01:34We believe that the kids should be kept together.
01:36We think that's what Roland and Yuji would have wanted.
01:41We had no idea what we were getting into.
01:44I call a window!
01:45I call a window!
01:45Ten people in a three-bedroom house with one bathroom?
01:48Can I get in here?
01:49Oh, not a chance.
01:50If that ain't a sacrifice, I don't know what is.
01:53Let's go!
01:53Clear, clear!
01:54What is going on over there?
01:55It sounds like a madhouse.
01:56Mother, I've got it all under control.
01:57Okay?
02:01Barbara, I'm going to call you back.
02:08You know what?
02:09I don't need this.
02:10You don't need this?
02:12Bob and I, we don't need any of this.
02:14But we are here for you and your sisters.
02:20We did the best we could with what we had.
02:24Yeah!
02:24And what we had was each other.
02:29And what we had was each other.
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