Homer Smith is a traveling handyman who stops in a garden to get water for his car. There, he sees several women working on a fence, very clumsily. The women, who speak very little English, present themselves as German nuns. He goes to get water for the car but the mother, the head of the nuns, persuades him to repair the roof. He spends the night, thinking that he will be paid in the morning and that he will leave. Mother Maria is very strict and likes things to be done her way. The nuns have virtually no money and survive by living off the land, vegetables, milk and eggs. Smith agrees to stay another day to help with small jobs, hoping to get paid for his work. Mother Maria noticed how well Smith worked and came to believe that he had been sent by God to build them a chapel (or “shaple” as Mother Maria called it) so that they could celebrate mass. When Sunday comes, Mother Maria informs Smith that he will drive them to mass in his car. Smith was invited to attend the mass, but because he is Baptist. Smith realized he wasn't going to get paid, but had longer to clear...