TWO ROADS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS

                                                        ACT 1

Newlyweds John and Kim Castle receive the 1957 Chevy that belonged to John’s grandfather, AJ, while visiting his grandmother, MG, in Louisville, Kentucky. They are faced with a dilemma about how to get back to their home in San Diego—play it safe and fly or take an adventure by driving the twenty-six-year-old car. John wants to drive, but Kim thinks it would be foolish. John ultimately persuades Kim to make the cross-country road trip. MG also asks John to deliver AJ’s Bible to the church he founded near their home and challenges him to read his grandfather’s book of devotions with Kim during the drive. Before they leave, MG tells Kim about her own cross-country drive with AJ shortly after they were married in 1923. They received a 1917 Model T from AJ’s father as a wedding gift, and while they had planned to travel by train, they also decided to drive across the country in their new car, trusting God to guide their journey.

                                                        ACT 2

This and the final act explore the journeys of both couples in tandem. The challenges and adventures begin almost immediately, as both experience car troubles and bad weather but rely on each other and help from those they encounter to overcome obstacles. Every day, John and Kim receive an offer to buy their Chevy, but John turns down each one. John reads one of AJ’s devotions daily, each of which foreshadows the day’s events. Both couples adopt stray pets along the way, and both AJ and John have an encounter with a mysterious tow truck driver named Raphael, who warns them of an approaching dust storm and advises them not to travel that day. John and Kim’s car is stolen by two brothers at a gas station, and they learn that John’s grandmother has passed away. AJ and MG are harassed by two truckers, and their faith is shaken when they discover the church building in San Diego has burned down.

                                                         ACT 3

John and Kim recover their car thanks to John’s quick thinking and the help of a local deputy. AJ and MG continue their journey to San Diego, trusting God’s plan for the church. AJ must eventually confront the truckers to protect MG, who realizes she underestimated the threat they posed. John realizes Kim is his treasure and sells the Chevy upon their arrival in San Diego. Kim appreciates John’s love and commitment and embraces her role as his partner. Hand in hand, they walk into the church John’s grandfather started sixty years earlier and deliver his Bible.