an inconsistency there. and he said, i m 33 years old. and if that weren t enough, soon, another shock. chris took the pastor to meet the rest of his family, his mother, stepfather, and his twin sister, becky. when i began a dialogue with the family, they used the word she three times. the first two times, i m just listening. but the third time, i said, okay, so you re not a male, you re a female? and then there was a little bit of laughter and confession and said, that was the next thing i needed to tell you. so now the trusting pastor jones knew that chris wasn t who he thought he was at all. birdie jo had done it again. jones said he really had no choice. he had to call the middle school and tell them that they d all been duped. and of course, the school had to inform the authorities. and once again, the law would have to deal with birdie jo.
in birdie jo hoaks, but maybe this time, could it be he ll be right? coming up birdie jo and her sister becky both face felony charges. my concern and the sheriff s concern was, look at all they ve gotten away with. what will birdie jo and becky do next? i thought somebody was playing a joke on me. i walked in my office and i asked the secretary, i said, okay what s going on? the safe is gone. follow the wings.
over the united states and offering to take this child home for christmas and make christmas for him. and what this did was this slammed the door on all that charity and all that kindness. birdie jo spent 30 days in jail in salt lake for forgery and making false statements and then was released to this homeless shelter. she was ordered by the court to complete a life skills course. life skills? birdie jo could write a thesis on the kind you need around here. but as we said, the kind people of galena, kansas, didn t know anything about this when, eight years later, a boy named chris showed up in their church and school, clearly in need of help. galena was about to learn that things and sometimes people aren t always as they appear. would the boy turn out to be a girl? was the lonely kid really all alone? what would become of galena s faith? coming up pastor jones meets birdie jo s extended family.
not impossible for the state to convict the sisters. we had already had a preliminary hearing, where a court had found that there was probable cause to believe they had committed felonies. the court had bound them over and set a jury trial. so when he dismissed it, it bothered us, but we knew it wouldn t be long before they did something again. by then the story of birdie jo and becky had made the national news. could they get away with even more? pastor jim jones remained close to the twins and tried to help them make better choices. the power of god is amazing. but by 2005, galena assembly of god had a new pastor, rich graves. he did his best to make the twins feel welcome. the church really had a heart and continues to have a heart for people that are struggling and suffering. these young ladies needed somebody to care enough about them to try and help them. in spite of their history, the church was determined to try and do that, if they would allow them.
coming up police finally have solid evidence against birdie jo and her sister. will it be enough to keep them behind bars? those first young men. the pioneers. the aviators. building superhighways in an unknown sky. their safety systems built of brain and heart, transforming strange names from tall tales into pictures on postcards home. and the ones who followed them, who skimmed the edge of space, the edge of heaven, the edge of dreams. and we follow them up there to live by an unbreakable promise, stitched into every uniform of every captain