 He works as a Salvation Army missionary in Philadelphia with orphans named Roxanne (Debbie Lytton) and Marcus (Michael Sharrett).One day, during a fight in which people are throwing vegetables at him and the children, Eli receives a telegram informing him about his father's death, a father that he did not know existed.He decides to accept the invitation to come to Bloodshy for his inheritance and take Marcus and Roxanne.