A teenager, tired of living by Jim Crow laws in the southern state of Mississippi, seeks to find out God's purpose for his life. The youngest son of sharecroppers, Sherman Byrd watched and waited for a sign. A series of events pointed him in a direction few Negroes had travelled before. Death loomed all around. Determined to walk by faith and not by sight, Byrd's journey unexpectedly led him down a path where he became a pioneer in one of the most dangerous jobs known to mankind. Disarming bombs!