THE MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYER
WHO WAS TOLD HE WAS TOO
SMALL TO PLAY BALL.
I KNEW I NEEDED TO LET
THE TALENTS GOT BLESSED WITH
ME WITH SHOW ON THE FIELD.
Reporter: PLUS, THE ROP
PER WHO FELL OFF HIS HORSE
AND DROPPED DEAD.
WHAT HE SAW.
THERE IS MORE LOVE THAN
YOU CAN IMAGINE.
Reporter: AND WHAT
BROUGHT HIM BACK TO LIFE.
AND THAT'S WHEN GOD SENT
ME BACK.
Reporter: ON TODAY'S
"THE 700 CLUB."
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[APPLAUSE]
Pat: I RIDE A HORSE.
IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE TO DROP
DEAD OFF YOUR HORSE,
WOULDN'T IT?
Kristi: WHAT A KICKER
OF A LINE IN THE MORNING.
Pat: WE'VE GOT A GUY
WHO DROPPED DEAD ON A
HORSE.
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD
FOR YOU, MAKE YOU HEALTHY
AND YOUNG.
Kristi: THAT'S TRUE,
BUT IF YOU'RE DOING
SOMETHING YOU LOVE WHEN YOU
GO ON TO BE WITH THE LORD,
WHAT A WAY TO GO.
Pat: AND HE CAME BACK
AND HE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT
IS LIKE.
FIRST OF ALL, IT IS NOT
HEAVEN.
THE AIR IS FULL OF
MOSQUITOS.
AND THEY COULD BE DEADLY.
THEY'RE BRINGING WHAT IS
CALLED THE WORST OUTBREAK OF
THE WEST NILE VIRUS WE HAVE
EVER SEEN.
Kristi: THE HOT, DRY
WEATHER HAS LED TO THE
PERFECT GROUND FOR
MOSQUITOS.
NOW RAIN HAS SLOWED DOWN THE
FIGHTING THEM WITH
PESTICIDES.
Reporter: MUCH-NEEDED
RAINS IN MANY PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY ARE NOW UNWELCOME.
THE STANDING WATER THEY
LEAVE WILL ONLY LEAD TO MORE
MOSQUITOS, AND MORE CASES OF
THE DEADLY WEST NILE VIRUS.
TEXAS REAR MAINS GROUND
ZERO, ACCOUNTING FOR MORE
THAN HALF OF THE TOTAL
CASES.
ANYWHERE YOU GO, PRETTY
MUCH THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
Reporter: CITY
OFFICIALS THERE ARE USING A
CONTROVERSIAL AERIAL
SPRAYING METHOD TO FIGHT
MOSQUITOS.
BUT AFTER ONLY A FEW ROUNDS,
BAD WEATHER GROUNDED THE
PLANES.
I'M IN A TIGHT WINDOW
BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE
DYING.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A SENSE OF
URGENCY TO GET THIS DONE
NOW.
Reporter: THE CENTERS
FOR DISEASE CONTROL REPORTS
26 DEATHS SO FAR, AND NEARLY
700 CONFIRMED CASES.
THAT'S MORE THAN THREE TIMES
THE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR.
I WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT,
AND THE NEXT MORNING I WOKE
UP AND I WAS BLIND.
Reporter: CARL DALTON
IS FIGHTING TO GET HIS LIFE
BACK TO NORMAL AFTER BEING
DIAGNOSED WITH THE WEST NILE
VIRUS.
HE SAYS IT STARTED OFF
FEELING LYING THE FLU, AND
NOW HE IS BOUND TO A
WHEELCHAIR.
HEALTH OFFICIALS EVERYWHERE
ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO
TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST
MOSQUITOS.
THEY SAY TO WEAR LONG
SLEEVES WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
AND ALWAYS USE MOSQUITO
REPELLENT WHEN GOING
OUTSIDE.
AND BE SURE TO GET RID OF
ANY STANDING WATER AROUND
YOUR HOME.
THOSE INFECTED WITH THE WEST
NILE VIRUS NEVER EVEN KNOW
IT.
ONLY ABOUT 20% SUFFER FROM
SYMPTOMS, WHICH INCLUDE HIGH
FEVER, HEADACHES, JOINT
PAIN, VOMITING AND
DIARRHEA.
IN ABOUT 1% OF CASES, THE
DISEASE ATTACKS THE
PATIENT'S BRAIN AND SPINAL
CORD.
IT USUALLY ONLY AFFECTS THE
ELDERLY AND UNHEALTHY, BUT
THIS YEAR THE HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE SEEING
SOME UNLIKELY PEOPLE.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE
SOME YOUNG PEOPLE GET NEURO
DISEASE AND THAT'S UNUSUAL.
Pat: THERE IS A LADY
CALLED RACHEL CARSON, AND
SHE WROTE A BOOK CALLED "THE
SILENT SPRING."
AND IT TOUCHED MANY HEARTS.
IT WAS ALL SILENT.
WHY?
BECAUSE ALL OF THE BIRDS HAD
BEEN KILLED BY D.T.D.
THAT WAS A LOT OF NONSENSE,
BUT THAT BOOK TOUCHED
PRESIDENT NIXON AND THE
LEADERS OF OUR COUNTRY.
AND SO AMERICA PUT A BAN ON
D.T.D., WHICH KILLS
MOSQUITOS.
AS A RESULT, THERE ARE
INCIDENTS OF NOT JUST WEST
NILE, BUT A TERRIBLE PLAGUE
OF MALARIA HAS SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
500MILLION CASE --
300 MILLION -- IT'S
SHOCKING.
BECAUSE OF MOSQUITOS.
AND BECAUSE OF A BAN ON DDT.
SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MAYBE WHEN WE GET THESE
MOSQUITOS COMING AFTER
AMERICA, MAYBE AMERICA WILL
SAY LET'S STOP IT.
AND LET'S FORGET MS. CARSEN
AND HER SWEET BOOK ABOUT
DEAD BIRDS.
LEE WEBB HAS MORE.
Reporter: A NEW REPORT
REPORTS OF GROWING HOSTILITY
AGAINST RELIGION IN THIS
GROUP.
IT LISTS HUNDREDS OF
EXAMPLES IN RECENT YEARS,
LAWSUITS FILED BY ATHEIST
GROUPS AND ACTIONS BY
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE LIBERTY
INSTITUTE SAYS DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS SHOULD INCLUDE
PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM IN THEIR PLATFORMS
THIS YEAR.
HE ALSO SAYS GROWING
HOSTILITY TOWARDS RELIGIOUS
EXPRESSION CAN LEAD TO
VIOLENCE, LIKE THE SHOOTINGS
AT THE FAMILY RESEARCH
COUNCIL LAST WEEK.
AN ATHEIST GROUP IS
ATTACKING RELIGIOUS FAITH
WITH TWO HUGE BOARDS IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
ONE OF THEM LABELS JESUS A
USELESS SAVIOR.
MANY CHARLOTTE RESIDENTS ARE
ANGRY ABOUT THE BILLBOARDS
AND WANTS THEM REMOVED.
HE SAYS HIS GROUP POSTED THE
BILLBOARDS IN TIME FOR THE
UPCOMING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
WE ARE USING OUR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO RIDICULE
THE SILLINESS OF RELIGION.
THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO
MAKE POLITICS ABOUT POLITICS
AND NOT ABOUT RELIGION.
IT PUTS A BLACK EYE ON
THE SOUTH.
IF IT WAS JUST POLITICS, HE
WOULDN'T PUT THAT UP.
PUT UP SOMETHING ABOUT
HEALTH CARE.
Lee: THE GROUP OF
ATHEISTS PAID $15,000 FOR
THOSE BILLBOARDS.
THEY WILL STAY UP, PAT, FOR
THE NEXT MONTH.
Pat: YOU KNOW,
BILLBOARDS STAY UP FOREVER
UNLESS SOMEBODY COMES AND
BUYS BILLBOARD.
THOSE BILLBOARD COMPANIES
ARE PRIVATE.
THEY'RE OWNED BY PRIVATE
CORPORATIONS.
THEY CAN DENY SOMEBODY THE
RIGHT TO PUT UP AN OFFENSIVE
BILLBOARD.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO -- IF
THEY HAD TWO TEENAGERS
HAVING SEX, THEY WOULDN'T
PUT THAT PICTURE ON BECAUSE
IT WOULD BE REPUGNANT TO THE
PEOPLE.
THEY CAN ALSO TELL THOSE
ATHEISTS TO TAKE A HIKE.
THERE IS NO FIRST AMENDMENT
THAT SAYS THE BILLBOARD
COMPANIES HAVE TO PUT YOUR
ATHEIST MESSAGE UP.
FORGET THIS FIRST AMENDMENT
STUFF.
THE GOVERNMENT IS
DIFFERENT.
BUT THESE ARE NOT GOVERNMENT
ENTITIES.
AND THE BILLBOARD COMPANIES
JUST WANT TO MAKE A BUCK IN
THIS CASE, AND I THINK IT IS
A MISTAKE TO PUT THAT KIND
OF GARBAGE IN PUBLIC VIEW SO
THAT THE DRIVERS LOOK AT IT
ALL DAY LONG.
LEE?
Lee: THE NEW MEXICO
STATE SUPREME COURT WILL
REVIEW THE CASE OF A
CHRISTIAN PHOTOGRAPHER THAT
REFUSED TO TAKE PICTURES OF
A SAME-SEX COMMITTEE
CEREMONY FOR TWO WOMEN FIVE
YEARS AGO.
SHE SAID SHE WOULD NOT DO
THE JOB BECAUSE OF HER HUMAN
RIGHTS.
THE COMMISSION SAID THE
BUSINESS WAS GUILTY OF
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
AN APPEALS COURT UPHELD THAT
FINE.
ATTORNEYS FOR THE GROUP
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
APPEALED THAT RULING.
SUICIDES AMONG ACTIVE
MEMBERS OF THE ARMY NEARLY
DOUBLE FROM JUNE TO JULY.
27 OFFICERS KILLED
THEMSELVES.
EIGHT MARINES, SIX AIR
FORCE, AND FOUR NAVY SERVICE
MEMBERS ALSO TOOK LIAR OWN
LIVES IN JULY.
MILITARY SUICIDES ARE OFTEN
LINKED TO STRESS IN COMBAT,
BUT EXPERTS ALSO POINT TO
MARITAL AND FINANCIAL
PROBLEMS, AND HEALTH ISSUES
AND SOCIAL STIGMA.
I SPOKE TO A SERGEANT ABOUT
THAT.
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO TALK
ABOUT IT.
ESPECIALLY IN THE MILITARY,
IF I TALK ABOUT IT, THAT IS
GOING TO MAKE ME SEEM LIKE
I'M WEAK AND SOMETHING IS
WRONG WITH ME.
THERE IS A STIGMA.
THE MILITARY IS TRYING TO BE
PROACTIVITY WITH THAT, BUT
THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH THEY
CAN DO.
Lee: THE NUMBER OF
SUICIDES THIS YEAR IS HIGHER
THAN ANY YEAR IN THE LAST
DECADE.
WE POINTED OUT THERE WERE 26
ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIERS, BUT
THERE ARE ALSO 12 GUARDSMEN
WHO TOOK THEIR LIVES IN THE
MONTH OF JULY.
Pat: I AM SO IN FAVOR
OF OUR ARMED FORCES, AND I
COULDN'T BELIEVE THE TIME
THAT GEORGE BUSH AND THE
SUCCESSORS HAVE SENT MEN
BACK AND BACK AND BACK FOR
ADDITIONAL TOURS OF DUTY.
ONE TIME IN THAT HELL HOLE
IS ENOUGH.
AND WHAT ABOUT THEIR
FAMILIES AND THE STRESSES?
THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
TO SUPPORT THEIR WIVES AND
CHILDREN'S.
IN THE CASE OF WIVES, WOMEN
WITH LITTLE CHILDREN TO BE
TAKEN OUT AND PUT ON THE
FRONT LINES.
THE WHOLE THING IS
APPALLING.
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO RELIES
REANALYZE WHAT WE'RE DOING
TO OUR SERVICEMEN.
Lee: DEMOCRATS ARE
TALKING PAUL RYAN OVER
PRIVATIZING SOCIAL
SECURITY.
HE PROPOSED A PLAN IN 2010
TO ALLOW YOUNGER WORKERS TO
PLACE MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF
THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY INTO
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS.
IT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED
WORKERS 55 AND OLDER STAY IN
THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
SOME DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING
THAT RYAN IS PUTTING
RETIREMENT SECURITY AT
LIST.
BOTH ROMNEY AND RYAN SUPPORT
GRADUAL REPORTS THAT PROTECT
CURRENT BENEFICIARIES, AND
THAT WILL MAKE SURE THE
PROGRAM DOES NOT GO
BANKRUPT.
MEDICARE SHOULD NOT BE
USED AS A PIGGYBANK FOR
OBAMACARE.
MEDICARE SHOULD BE THE
PROMISE IT MADE TO OUR
CURRENT SENIORS.
END OF STORY.
Lee: THE PRESIDENT SAYS
RYAN'S PLAN WILL COST
SENIORS MORE IN PAYMENTS.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ROSE IN
44 STATES LAST MONTH.
IT IS THE MOST STATES TO
SHOW A MONTHLY INCREASE IN
MORE THAN THREE YEARS.
AND NINE OF THOSE STATES ARE
CONSIDERED SERIOUS
BATTLEGROUNDS IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
NEVADA SAW THE BIGGEST
JUMP.
NATIONWIDE, UNEMPLOYMENT
ROSE TO 8.3% LAST MONTH.
MORE CALIFORNIA CITIES MAY
FACE BANKRUPTCY AND
DEFAULT.
THAT COMES FROM MOODY'S,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE TOP
CREDIT RATING AGENCIES.
MOODY'S SAYS THE FINANCIAL
PROBLEMS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA COULD CAUSE
PROBLEMS FOR INVESTORS WHO
OWN MUNICIPAL BONDS.
THREE CALIFORNIA CITIES
FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY THIS
YEAR, STOCKTON, SAN
BERNARDINO, AND MAMMOTH
LAKES.
SOME CITIES ARE TURNING TO
BANKRUPTCY AS A NEW
FINANCIAL STRATEGY.
THEY SAY IT IS A WAY TO TAKE
ON BUDGET DEFICITS AND A WAY
TO AVOID THEIR OBLIGATION TO
BOND HOLDERS.
BUT THE STATE TREASURER SAYS
NO CITY CAN GO TO BANKRUPTCY
TO AVOID PAYMENT TO BOND
HOLDERS.
Pat: I BELIEVE IF YOU
WERE LISTENING TO THIS
PROGRAM, YOU HEARD SOMEBODY
SAY STAY AWAY FROM MUNICIPAL
BONDS; THEY ARE TOXIC.
BUT YOU SAY, IT IS TAX
EXEMPT.
WELL, TAX EXEMPT INTEREST
DOESN'T MEAN A HILL OF BEANS
IF YOU LOSE THE PRINCIPLE.
THAT'S ALL OVER AMERICA.
IT'S NOT JUST CALIFORNIA.
THESE THINGS ARE DANGEROUS,
AND THEY'VE BEEN PUT OUT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH MONEY
WHO THINK, I'M NOT GOING TO
HAVE TO PAY ANY TAXES
BECAUSE WHAT I'VE GOT IS
TAX-FREE.
THERE ARE VARIOUS MUNIC
MUNICIPALS THAT PROBABLY
GIVE YOU SOME SAFETY, BUT BE
CAREFUL.
KRISTI?
Kristi: COMING UP ON
"THE 700 CLUB," MEET A
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN NAMED
RUPA, AND HEAR HOW SHE WENT
FROM PICKING TRASH TO PROS
SUBSTITUTION, AND THEN HEAR
HER AMAZING TRANSFORMATION.
THAT'S UP NEXT ON "THE 700
CLUB."
Pat: WELL, MOST OF US
AREN'T THRILLED ABOUT TAKING
OUT THE TRASH.
I HAVE A WIFE WHO'S FATHER
ALWAYS TOOK THE TRASH OUT,
SO SHE ASSUMES THAT MEN HAVE
TO TAKE THE TRASH OUT.
Kristi: GOOD
ASSUMPTION.
I LIKE THAT ASSUMPTION.
Pat: I'M A TRASH GUY.
IT IS SOMETHING ABOUT TAKING
OUT THE TRASH -- I DON'T DO
IT AS OFTEN AS I USED TO.
BUT JUST IMAGINE THAT IS
YOUR LIFE, PICKING THROUGH
MOUNDS OF STINKY, RAW
GARBAGE.
WELL, FOR 10 TO 12 HOURS
EVERY DAY, AND SUCH IS THE
LIFE OF INDIA'S RAG
PICKERS.
AND SADDEST OF ALL ARE THE
CHILDREN.
BUT FOR ONE SUCH CHILD, LIFE
HAS NOW BECOME BEAUTIFUL.
HER NAME IS RUPA, AND GEORGE
THOMAS IS GOING TO BRING US
HER INSPIRING STORY ALL THE
WAY FROM BANGALORE, INDIA.
Reporter: IT'S BEEN
SAID THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PEOPLE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE
KNOWN DEFEAT, KNOWN
SUFFERING, KNOWN STRUGGLE,
AND HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY OUT
OF THE DEPTHS.
RUPA RAJU IS ONE OF THEM.
I HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT
LIFE SINCE MY CHILDHOOD, AND
EXPERIENCED MORE HORRIBLE
THINGS THAN MOST PEOPLE MY
AGE.
Reporter: AT A YOUNG
AGE, RUPA WAS FORCED BY HER
PARENTS TO JOIN THE RANKS OF
INDIA'S SO-CALLED RAG
PICKERS.
THESE ARE MEN, WOMEN, AND
YOUNG CHILDREN WHO RUMMAGE
THROUGH FATALITY GARBAGE
HEAPS IN THE CITY OF INDIA,
LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THAT
CAN BE RECYCLED AND SOLD,
PLASTICS, BOTTLES, METAL
PARTS, ROTTEN, DISCARDED
FOOD.
MY DAY STARTED AT 4:00 OR
5:00 IN THE MORNING AND I
PICKED TRASH FOR 10 TO 12
HOURS.
Reporter: ON A GOOD
DAY, SHE WOULD EARN ABOUT
$2.
AND THAT WAS A GOOD DAY.
HERE ON THE STREETS, WHERE
DOGS WERE HER ONLY COMPANION
AND MILLIONS OF SWIMMERING
MAMAGGOTS, FLIES, RATS, AND
CROWS ARE CONSTANT
DISTRACTION.
SHE WOULD COMPETE WITH OTHER
RARAT PICKERS FOR A FEW
SCRAPS.
WHEN I GOT OLDER, MY
MOTHER TOLD ME I WASN'T
BRINGING IN ENOUGH TRASH, SO
I WAS FORCED TO SLEEP WITH
MEN.
SHE DESCRIBES THE RAGE
SHE FELT TOWARDS HER
PARENTS.
I FELT LIKE RUNNING
AWAY.
I WAS ANGRY.
I WANTED TO KILL THEM.
I WANTED SOMETHING TERRIBLE
TO HAPPEN TO THEM.
Reporter: RUPA IS A
DELUT, OR SO-CALLED
UNTOUCHABLE.
INDIAN SOCIETY LABELS DELUTS
LESS THAN HUMAN.
AND LIKE RUPA, MANY OF THOSE
YOUNG GIRLS END UP AS
PROSTITUTES OR END UP IN
TRAFFICKING.
BUT THAT'S IN THE TRASH.
AND TODAY IS ALL SMILES.
I CANNOT EVEN EXPLAIN TO
YOU WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN MY
LIFE.
Reporter: SHE HAS GOD
AND GINA TO THANK FOR THIS
TRANSFORMATION.
WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
THIS NIGHT BECAUSE WE SEE
OUR WOMEN BEING
EMANCIPATED.
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Reporter: SHE RUNS A
CHRISTIAN MINISTRY THAT
TAKES IN, REHABILITATES, AND
EMPOWERS SCORES OF YOUNG
WOMEN AT RISK.
ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, RUPA
CAME TO THE CENTER LOOKING
FOR HELP.
HERE SHE GOT COUNSELLING,
LEARNED HOW TO SPEAK ANK
SPEAK ENGLISH, AND TOOK
CLASSES, AND EVENTUALLY HAD
HER DIGNITY RESTORED.
AND SHE ALSO MET DOZENS OF
OTHER WOMEN LIKE HERSELF WHO
HAD SIMILAR LIFE
EXPERIENCES.
POOH.
WHAT I LIKE TO
COMMUNICATE TO THEM IS I
WOULD NEVER, EVER GIVE UP ON
ANY OF THOSE WOMEN, NO
MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY
FALL, BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS A
STRUGGLE FOR THEM.
Reporter: IT IS JUST A
HANDFUL OF CHRISTIAN
MINISTRIES OPERATING HERE IN
INDIA, TRYING DESPERATELY TO
RESCUE HUNDREDS OF WOMEN
FROM HUMAN TRAFFICLY AND
SEXUAL BONDAGE.
FOR MANY OF THESE WOMEN,
SUCH MINISTRIES ARE A
LIFELINE TO A BETTER
FUTURE.
RUPA SAYS IT WAS AT THE
CENTER SHE DISCOVERED WITH
GREAT DELIGHT HER WORTH IN
GOD'S EYES.
I COME FROM A HINDU
BACKGROUND.
I KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT
JESUS CHRIST.
WHEN I CAME HERE, I STARTED
READING THE BIBLE, AND I
STARTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
FREEDOM REALLY MEANS AND
WHAT I MEAN TO GOD.
Reporter: IT IS THE
BIBLE'S VIEW OF THEM THAT
BRINGS LASTING
TRANSFORMATION.
THEY CAN'T BELIEVE IT
BECAUSE ALL OF THESE YEARS
THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THEY ARE
LOWER THAN ANIMALS, AND HERE
WE ARE TELLING THEM THEY ARE
CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF
GOD.
AND THAT JUST HITS HIM.
THAT JUST BLOWS THEM AWAY.
Reporter: ON A RECENT
FRIDAY EVENING, RUPA JOINED
105 WOMEN ON STAGE FOR A
GRADUATION CEREMONY
HONOURING THEIR COMPLETION
OF AN 18th MONTH COURSE.
AND SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE
WAS RUPA'S MOTHER AND
FATHER.
THE CENTER HAS DONE A
GREAT JOB.
MY DAUGHTER IS A DIFFERENT
PERSON.
I FEEL BAD FOR THE THINGS
WE DID TO HER.
BUT NOW I WANT HER TO STUDY
WELL AND HAVE A GOOD
FUTURE.
Reporter: AND PERHAPS
IT IS THIS IMAGE OF RUPA
HOLDING HER FATHER'S HAND
THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF ONE
LIFE TRANSFORMED BY THE
POWER OF THE GOSPEL.
SHE TOLD CBN NEWS LATER SHE
HAS FORGIVEN HER PARENTS FOR
FORCING HER INTO
PROSTITUTION.
EVERY NIGHT BEFORE I GO
TO BED, I THANK GOD FOR THE
CENTER.
I THANK GOD FOR RESCUING
FROM MY PAST.
Reporter: THESE DAYS,
SHE WORKS AS A CONFIDENT
SALES ASSISTANT IN A LARGE
DEPARTMENT STORE LOCATED ON
THE MOST FAMOUS STREET IN
THE CITY.
THE SAME STREET WHERE SHE
ONCE PICKED TRASH.
HER REAL DESIRE, THOUGH, IS
TO MINISTER TO BROKEN AND
ABUSED WOMEN.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO
TOOK CARE OF ME AND SHOWED
LOVE TO ME.
I WANT TO DO THE SAME FOR
OTHERS.
THAT WILL MAKE ME HAPPY.
Reporter: GEORGE
THOMAS, CBN NEWS, BANGALORE,
INDIA.
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Pat: FOLKS, WHEN YOU
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB," THIS IS
JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
YOU DO.
YOU HELP PEOPLE LIKE RUPA.
THE 58th CHAPTER OF ISAIAH
LAYS OUT THE MANDATE, IF YOU
WILL, THE CONSTITUTION WE
HAVE FOLLOWED FOR "OPERATION
BLESSING."
AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO
DELIVER PEOPLE FROM
BONDAGE.
THE SLAVERY, THE BONDAGE,
THE CHAINS ALL AROUND THE
WORLD.
PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT PLEASE
HELP ME.
GOD HELP ME.
AND DAY AFTER DAY OF
AGONIZING TORMENT, AND THESE
WOMEN THAT ARE FORCED INTO
PROSTITUTION, IT BREAKS YOUR
HEART.
FOLKS, WE CAN DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT.
WHEN YOU JOIN "THE 700
CLUB," IT IS REAL SIMPLE.
$20, WE ALL ADD IT TOGETHER
AND DO SOMETHING.
BUT RUPA IS JUST ONE OF
MILLIONS, AND SHE IS ONE OF
MANY, MANY WE HAVE HELPED
HERE AT CBN.
SO THE NUMBER IS ON YOUR
SCREEN.
YOU CAN CALL IN OR IT'S
cbn.com ON THE INTERNET.
WE CAN DO IT.
Kristi: WE CAN DO IT.
THE KEY IS WE JUST HAVE TO
TAKE THAT STEP TO DO IT.
Pat: WHAT WOULD YOU
THINK IF YOU WERE 15 YEARS
OLD AND YOUR FATHER DECIDED
TO SELL YOU TO SOMEBODY TO
MAKE YOU A PROSTITUTE.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Kristi: I COULDN'T
IMAGINE THAT.
WE SEE THESE STORIES, PAT,
AND THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES,
AND THIS IS ONE, WHERE I
CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE OR EVEN
PUT MYSELF IN THAT
POSITION.
I CAN'T.
I CAN'T.
BECAUSE HERE IS THE DEAL:
THEY'RE NOT WOMEN.
THEY'RE YOUNG GIRLS.
12, 13, 14 -- I WAS PLAYING
BARBIES AT THAT AGE.
I DON'T KNOW.
AS MUCH AS WE DON'T WANT TO
THINK ABOUT IT, IT HAPPENS
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
Pat: WE'RE GOING TO
THINK ABOUT IT AND GET AS
MANY AS WE CAN OUT OF THIS
BONDAGE.
WE MUST DO IT.
Kristi: UP NEXT, A
COWBOY DROPS DEAD IN A
SADDLE.
WHEN I FELL OFF THAT
HORSE, I WAS DEAD BEFORE I
HIT THE GROUND.
I WAS WITH THE LORD.
HE ALLOWED ME TO SEE THE
PRAYERS THAT CAME UP FOR
ME.
THERE WAS, LIKE, HUNDREDS
AND THEN THERE WERE
THOUSANDS OF BOLTS OF
LIGHT.
EACH ONE OF THOSE BOLTS OF
LIFE WAS A PRAYER THAT
SOMEONE HAD SENT UP FOR ME.
Kristi: DON'T MISS HIS
AMAZING EYE WITNESS
ACCOUNT.
A MAN PASSES FROM EARTH TO
HEAVEN AND BACK TO EARTH
WHEN WE RETURN.
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, YOU'RE ABOUT TO
SEE AN ASTOUNDING STORY.
AND TO HEAR AN INCREDIBLE
EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT FROM A
MAN NAMED FREDDIE VEST.
FREDDIE HAD NEVER THOUGHT
MUCH ABOUT HEAVEN UNTIL HE
WENT THERE.
AFTER THAT, IT WAS
CONSTANTLY ON HIS MIND.
FREDDIE REMEMBERS EXACTLY
WHAT HE WAS DOING THE MOMENT
HE LEFT THIS EARTH.
Reporter: CHAMPIONSHIP
ROPER FREDDIE VEST LOVES THE
THRILL OF THE CHASE AND
COMPETING AGAINST HIS FELLOW
COWBOYS.
ON JULY 28, 2008, FREDDIE
WAS HEADED TO A CALF ROPING
IN GRAND, TEXAS.
HIS DAUGHTER, LEAH,
REMEMBERS SEEING HER FATHER
OFF AT THE DOOR.
WE HUGGED FOR A LONG
TIME.
I REMEMBER TURNING BACK TO
TELL HIM I LOVED HIM, AND IT
BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.
Reporter: BUT 1:30 THAT
AFTERNOON, HE MADE THREE
SUCCESSFUL CALF RUNS.
HE WAS WAITING TO MAKE HIS
FOURTH WHEN HE SUDDENLY
DROPPED DEAD IN THE SADDLE.
HIS FRIEND, DENNIS MCKINLEY
REMEMBERS THAT DAY.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I SAW
THIS MOVEMENT OUT OF MY LEFT
EYE, AND ALMOST
SIMULTANEOUSLY, SMACK.
AND I LOOKED, AND HE WAS ON
THE GROUND.
I JUMPED OFF THE FENCE AND I
WAS THE FIRST ONE TO HIM.
I PUT MY HAND UNDER HIS HEAD
AND LIFTED IT UP AND STARTED
PRAYING FOR HIM.
Reporter: VETERAN
FIREFIGHTER EDDIE SMITH WAS
NEXT TO RESPOND.
WHILE EDDIE BEGAN C.P.R.,
DENNIS CALLED ON EVERYONE TO
PRAY.
WHEN I WAS DOING THE
C.P.R., I WAS PRAYING, BUT I
COULD HEAR PEOPLE PRAYING
ALL AROUND ME.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, THERE
WAS A LOT OF MEN AND A LOT
OF WOMEN THAT WERE PRAYING.
Reporter: A FELLOW
FIGHTER DON LAVENDER
CONTINUED DOING C.P.R. ON
FREDDIE FOR 45 MINUTES,
UNTIL THE AMBULANCE
ARRIVED.
THEY GOT HIM ON THE
STRETCHER AND PUT HIM IN THE
AMBULANCE.
AND THEY SHOCKED HIM.
AND EDDIE SAYS, IT DOESN'T
LOOK GOOD.
THEY WERE STRAIGHT LINING
HIM, AND THAT MEANS YOU'RE
DEAD.
WE PUT IT IN GOD'S HEADS.
Reporter: DOCTORS AT
THE HOSPITAL WERE THERE WERE
ABLE TO GET AN IRREGULAR
HEART BEAT, AND HE WAS AR
LIFT -- AIRLIFTED TO ANOTHER
HOSPITAL.
HIS WIFE AND SON WERE IN
ANOTHER CITY WHEN THEY HEARD
THE NEWS.
EDDIE'S WIFE CALLED AND
SAID THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT
DURING THE ROPING AND SHE
DIDN'T KNOW ALL OF THE
DETAILS.
SHE TOLD ME THAT FREDDIE
FELL OFF HIS HORSE AND I
NEEDED TO GET TO THE
HOSPITAL.
I TRIED TO GET THERE AS FAST
AS I COULD.
I FELT LIKE THERE WAS
NOTHING I COULD DO.
IT WAS JUST TAKING FOREVER.
Reporter: FREDDIE'S
LOVED ONES HELD VIGIL AS HE
WAS RUSHED INTO SURGERY.
DOCTORS TOLD THE FAMILY THEY
WERE ABLE TO REPAIR HIS
HEART, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO EXPECT LONG-TERM.
THE DOCTOR SPOKE WITH THEM
ABOUT FREDDIE'S CHANCE OF
SURVIVAL.
OF ALL OF THE CARDIAC
ARRESTS, ONLY ABOUT 9% WILL
SURVIVE.
EVERY MINUTE THAT PASSES
WITHOUT THE RESTORATION OF
BLOOD FLOW, YOUR MORTALITY
GOES UP 10%.
THE BRAIN, YOU'VE GOT MAYBE
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN -- IF
YOU'RE LUCKY, 10 MINUTES TO
GET THINGS GOING.
I ACTUALLY WAS CONCERNED HE
WAS GOING TO HAVE BRAIN
DAMAGE.
Reporter: ALL THEY
COULD DO WAS WAIT.
I WOULD GO WHEREVER I
COULD TO GET ALONE, AND
THAT'S WHERE I WOULD PRAY.
Reporter: WHILE HIS
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WERE
PRAYING AT THE HOSPITAL,
FREDDIE SAYS HE WAS
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THERE IS A BIBLE VERSE
SAYS "ABSENT FROM THE BODY
IS PRESENT WITH THE LORD."
AND WHEN I FELL OFF THAT
HORSE, I WAS DEAD BEFORE I
HIT THE GROUND.
I WAS WITH THE LORD.
AND HE DIDN'T ALLOW ME TO
SEE WHAT HEAVEN WAS LIKE,
BUT HE LET ME EXPERIENCE
WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BE IN
HEAVEN.
HE SHOWED ME THE LOVE THAT'S
THERE.
AND THERE IS MORE LOVE THAN
YOU CAN IMAGINE.
THE FEELING OF HOW MUCH LOVE
IT IS IS INCREDIBLE.
AND THE PEACE THAT YOU
HAVE -- IT'S A PERFECT
PEACE.
THE ONLY THING I CAN RELATE
IT TO IS WHERE I WAS YOUNG,
I WOULD CRAWL UP IN MY
MOTHER'S LAP, AND SHE WOULD
CRADLE ME AND HOLD ME AND
ROCK ME.
AND THAT WAS THE MOST
PEACEFUL, SAFE, LOVING
PLACE.
AND THAT FEELING -- YOU
COULD MULTIPLY IT BY A
THOUSAND, AND YOU WOULDN'T
BE CLOSE TO WHAT IT REALLY
FEELS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE THERE
WITH THE LORD.
I TELL SOME OF MY BUDDIES,
THERE IS NO "I'VE GOT TO DO"
IN HEAVEN.
THERE WAS NOT A FEELING OF
TIME.
THERE WAS NO TIME TO WORRY
ABOUT, LIKE I NEED TO GO DO
THIS.
I SHOULD BE DOING THIS.
THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE
THAT.
Reporter: FREDDIE ALSO
REMEMBERS HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD.
WHEN I WAS THERE, THERE
WAS COMMUNICATION, BUT IT
WASN'T COMMUNICATION LIKE
WORDS.
THE COMMUNECATION WAS INSIDE
OF ME.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
VERBALLY, OR THAT YOU WOULD
HAVE EARS TO HEAR OR A MOUTH
TO SPEAK IT.
IT WAS WHEN GOD TELLS YOU
SOMETHING, YOU CAN -- YOU
KNOW IT'S HIM.
HE ALLOWED ME TO SEE THE
PRAYERS THAT CAME UP FOR
ME.
AND IT STARTED WITH ONE BOLT
OF LIGHT, AND THEN THERE WAS
TWO BOLTS OF LIGHT, AND
THREE AND THEN THERE WAS 10
AND, LIKE, HUNDREDS OF BOLTS
OF LIGHT.
EACH ONE OF THOSE BOLTS OF
LIGHT WAS A PRAYER THAT
SOMEONE THAT SENT UP FOR
ME.
WHEN THERE GOT TO BE SO MANY
BOLTS OF LIGHT, IT EXPLODED
INTO THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
EXPLAIN IT.
IT WAS JUST A VERY, VERY
BRIGHT LIGHT.
THAT'S WHEN GOD SENT ME
BACK.
AND WHEN I CAME BACK FROM
THAT, I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL
BED, AND THEY HAD MY ARMS
TIED DOWN.
I WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT.
THEY HAD A TUBE DOWN MY
THROAT.
THEY HAD AN I.V. IN MY HAND,
AND ONE IN MY NECK.
AND WHEN I CAME TO, I TRIED
TO STRUGGLE AND GET UP.
THE NURSE THERE SAID,
MR. BEST, YOU'RE OKAY.
AND I JUST LOOKED AT HER AND
I SAID OKAY?
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE I'VE
BEEN.
THIS DOESN'T COMPARE TO
OKAY.
Reporter: FREDDIE MADE
A FULL RECOVERY, BUT HE
STILL QUESTIONED WHAT HE'D
EXPERIENCED.
FOR A WHILE, I THOUGHT,
WELL, I'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING AND MAKE SOMETHING
HAPPEN FOR THE LORD.
HE SENT ME BACK FOR A
PURPOSE.
I NEED TO GO BACK SOMETHING
HAPPEN.
THAT WASN'T IT.
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS I PRAYED
EVERY MORNING WHY.
AND SO HE TOOK ME TO
JEREMIAH AND SHOWED ME A
VERSE THERE.
AND THE VERSE SIMPLY SAYS
"YOU WILL GO TO WHOM I SENT
YOU TO, AND YOU WILL SAY
WHAT I HAVE YOU TO SAY."
AND I'M A SIMPLE PERSON, BUT
I UNDERSTOOD THAT.
AND THAT'S MY PURPOSE.
I DON'T TRY TO MAKE THINGS
HAPPEN NOW.
I WAIT FOR THE DAY.
AND WHEN HE TAKES ME TO
SOMEONE, I SAY WHAT HE HAS
ME TO SAY.
Reporter: TODAY FREDDIE
AND HIS FAMILY SAVOR THEIR
TIME TOGETHER.
ALTHOUGH FREDDIE SAYS HE
STILL ANTICIPATES RETURNING
TO THE PLACE HE CALLS HOME.
HEAVEN IS REAL.
HE IS A REAL PERSON.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY I
WILL GET TO BE THERE.
BUT I'M NOT PUSHING IT.
AT FIRST, WHEN I CAME BACK,
I WAS READY TO GO THE NEXT
DAY.
BUT I LOVE MY FAMILY.
I LOVE MY KIDS.
I LOVE MY WIFE.
I'LL STAY AS LONG AS HE
ALLOWS ME TO STAY.
BUT WHEN I DO GO, THEY DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME.
DYING IS EASY; LIVING IS
HARD.
THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE
THAT NEEDS TO KNOW THAT
HEAVEN IS A REAL PLACE.
GOD IS A REAL PERSON.
AND WHEN YOU TAKE THAT LAST
BREATH, IF YOU'RE A
CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE GOING TO
MEET HIM.
Pat: WHAT A MESSAGE.
WHAT A MESSAGE.
HEAVEN IS A REAL PLACE.
GOD IS A REAL PERSON.
YES, HE IS.
THE BIBLE SAYS "EYE HASN'T
SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER
HAS IT ENTERED INTO THE
HEART OF MAN THE THINGS GOD
HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO
LOVE HIM."
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
THERE IS NO SCHEDULES, NO
SUFFERING, NO TEARS, NO
SORROW.
NO MORE SICKNESS, NO MORE
DEATH.
"BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS
NEW."
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID I'LL
DO ANYTHING IF I CAN JUST
ATTAIN THE RESURRECTION OF
THE DEAD.
I WANT TO BE AT THE
RESURRECTION.
WE HAVE THESE OLD BODIES.
THESE BODIES OF OURS WEAR
OUT.
SOME OF US GO A LITTLE
LONGER THAN PEOPLE EXPECT,
BUT, NEVERTHELESS, THEY WEAR
OUT.
THEY GET OLD, AND THEN THEY
DIE.
IN THE CASE OF FREDDIE, HE
WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS
PROWESS, BUT HIS HEART GAVE
OUT AND HE DROPPED DEAD.
BUT GOD WILL GIVE YOU A
SPIRITUAL BODY.
HE IS GOING TO RESURRECT US
TO A NEW BODY, AND WE WILL
LIVE FOREVER WITH HIM IN
GLORY.
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THE FIRST
MAN, ADAM, WAS A LIVING
SOUL.
THE LAST MAN, JESUS, WAS A
LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT.
WE BECOME SPIRITUAL BEINGS.
WE HAVE SPIRITUAL BODIES,
AND WE WILL LIVE FOREVER IN
PEACE AND JOY AND
HAPPINESS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, DO YOU
WANT THAT?
YOU'D BE A FOOL TO SAY NO.
DO YOU WANT IT?
JESUS SAID, "COME ON TO ME
AND I'LL GIVE YOU REST."
COME ON TO ME.
HE REACHES OUT AND CALLS
YOU.
AND HE SAYS, IF YOU'LL TRUST
ME, HEAVEN CAN BE YOURS.
IT STARTS NOW, BUT YOU'LL
ENTER INTO IT AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME.
HEAVEN CAN BE YOURS.
WOULD YOU LIKE THAT?
IF YOU WOULD, I JUST WANT
YOU TO SAY A PRAYER, AND I
WANT YOU TO MEAN IT IN YOUR
HEART.
I WANT YOU TO MEAN IT IN
YOUR HEART THAT GOD IS GOING
TO GIVE YOU HEAVEN.
BOW YOUR HEAD, WHEREVER YOU
ARE.
PRAY THESE WORDS.
LORD GOD, I WANT TO GO TO
HEAVEN.
I WANT TO BE WITH THE
ANGELS.
I WANT TO BE IN A PLACE OF
PEACE AND JOY.
I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER WITH
YOU.
AND, LORD, I KNOW THAT YOU
SAID YOU DIED, LORD JESUS,
THAT MY SINS WOULD BE
FORGIVEN.
THAT YOU WOULD LET ME COME
INTO HEAVEN WITH YOU.
SO, LORD, I CONFESS AT THIS
MOMENT THAT I BELIEVE THAT
YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD.
I BELIEVE YOU DIED FOR MY
SINS.
AND I BELIEVE YOU ROSE FROM
THE DEAD.
AND I TRUST YOU NOW, LORD,
AND I SAY, COME INTO MY
HEART.
TAKE OVER MY LIFE.
AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON, I
AM YOURS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE HEARD
MY PRAYER.
THANK YOU.
FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED
JUST THEN, MAY THE ANOINTING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT COME UPON
THEM, AND FILL THEM FROM
THIS MOMENT ON.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
WHEW!
FOR THOSE WHO PRAYED WITH
ME, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
SOMETHING.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I WENT
INTO OUR AUDIO ROOM AND I
MADE A 73-MINUTE COMPACT
DISC.
IT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU'VE
JUST DONE.
IT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE
EXCHANGED LIFE.
IT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE LIFE
AFTER DEATH.
IT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE
SECOND COMING OF JESUS.
IT TELLS YOU ABOUT BEING
BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
IT IS ALL HERE.
IT IS CALLED "A NEW DAY."
I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU FREE.
I WANT YOU TO CALL AND SAY I
PRAYED WITH PAT, I GAVE MY
HEART TO THE LORD, AND
PLEASE SEND ME THIS NEW
DAY.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE US
YOUR NAME, THAT'S FINE.
CALL ANYHOW.
W.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO
CONTINUE ON WITH THE LORD.
NO OBLIGATION.
1-800-759-0700.
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE
YOU.
1-800-759-0700.
OPERATORS ARE ON THE PHONE.
IF IT IS BUSY, CALL BACK
BECAUSE THEY'LL BE HERE ALL
DAY LONG WAITING FOR YOUR
CALL.
KRISTI?
Kristi: STILL AHEAD, A
NEWLY DIVORCED WOMAN FACES
HER WORST FEARS.
HOW AM I GOING TO BE A
SINGLE MOM AND RAISE TWO
BOYS AND DO IT ALL.
I WORRIED, I DON'T HAVE A 9
TO 5 STEADY JOB, AND WHAT IF
THERE AREN'T ALWAYS STEADY
CLIENTS AND HOW DO YOU WORK
THAT OUT?
Kristi: AND YOU'LL SEE
HOW SHE WORKED IT OUT AND
GAVE HER FAMILY A GREAT
LIFE.
AND THEN THE ATLANTA BRAVES'
TIM HUDSON IS COMING UP
LATER.
Reporter: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."
AUTHOR DAVID BARTON IS
NEGOTIATING WITH GLEN BECK'S
PUBLISHING COMPANY, MERCURY
INC. TO BRING HIS NEW BOOK
OUT TO THE MARKET.
THEY RECENTLY DROPPED
BARTON'S BOOK "THE JEFFERSON
LIES."
BARTON SAYS THE NEW EDITION
WILL NOT HAVE ANY
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES.
THE CBN PROGRAM "HAPPY
WORLD," IS THE NUMBER ONE
CHILDREN'S PROGRAM IN
NEPAL.
IT REACHES UP TO A MILLION
CHILDREN EACH WEEK.
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN WRITE
LETTERS TO THE PRODUCERS
EVERY WEEK.
EVEN AN AMERICAN SENT IN A
LETTER, THE FIRST ONE FROM
THE U.S.
SHE IS ABLE TO WATCH IT IN A
NEPAL SATELLITE STATION THAT
REACHES THE U.S., AS WELL AS
ASIA.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
WHAT CBN IS DOING AROUND THE
WORLD BY LOGGING ON TO
CBN.COM/INTERNATIONAL.
PAT AND KRISTI WILL BE BACK
AFTER THIS.
Reporter: TUESDAY, THE
GOVERNMENT STORMED HER HOME
AND KILLED HER FAMILY.
WHERE I WAS, WHERE SHE
WAS, WHERE DAD WAS -- I
SHOULD BE DEAD.
Reporter: AND THAT'S
WHEN HER BATTLE BEGAN.
WOULD YOU TRADE YOUR MOM
AND YOUR BROTHER FOR THAT?
Reporter: THE MASSACRE
AT RUBY RIDGE, 20 YEARS
LATER.
PLUS, HOW THIS BUSINESSMAN
WENT FROM HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DEBT
TO BECOME A SECRET
MILLIONAIRE ON "THE 700
CLUB."
Kristi: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
WHEN NINA OWENS BECAME A
SINGLE MOTHER, SHE WORRIED
ABOUT HOW TO SUPPORT HER TWO
CHILDREN ALONE.
UNTIL SHE FOUND WAY TO TURN
HER SMALL BUSINESS INTO A
BIG SUCCESS.
NINA OWENS LOVED BEING HER
OWN BOSS.
SHE RUNS AN INTERIOR DESIGN
BUSINESS IN KINGWOOD,
TEXAS.
I'VE ALREADY LOVED THE
CREATIVE PROCESS.
I HAVE THE MOST AMAZING
CLIENTS, THAT HAVE BECOME
TRUE FRIENDS IN THE
PROCESS.
Reporter: BACK IN 2001,
NINA WASN'T SURE THE
BUSINESS COULD SUPPORT HER
FAMILY.
THAT WAS THE YEAR SHE WENT
THROUGH A DIVORCE AND BECAME
A SINGLE MOTHER.
THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR.
YOU ARE AFRAID THAT -- HOW
AM I GOING TO DO THIS?
HOW AM I GOING TO BE A
SINGLE MOM AND RAISE TWO
BOYS AND DO IT ALL?
I WORRIED THAT I DON'T HAVE
A 9 TO 5 STEADY JOB.
WHAT IF THERE AREN'T ALWAYS
CLIENTS?
HOW DO YOU WORK THAT OUT?
Reporter: STILL, NINA
WAS DETERMINED TO TRUST GOD
AND TITHE ON EVERYTHING SHE
EARNED.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME
I HEARD ABOUT THAT, TITHING,
WHERE THE LORD SAID, GO
AHEAD AND TRY ME AND SEE IF
I DON'T POUR YOU OUT A
BLESSING THAT IS BEYOND WHAT
YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE.
I JUST TRUSTED THE LORD.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST
GOING TO STEP OUT IN FAITH.
I KNOW YOU'VE GIVEN ME
GIFTS, AND I KNOW PEOPLE
LIKE WHAT I DO, AND YOU WILL
JUST BRING JOBS TO THE
TABLE.
AND I NEVER HAD TO WORRY
ABOUT IT.
JOBS JUST KEPT COMING IN,
AND MORE THAN I COULD EVEN
HANDLE.
Reporter: NINA'S
INTERIOR DESIGN BUSINESS
FLURR FLOURISHED, AND IT
ENABLED HER TO GIVE HER
CHILDREN EVERYTHING THEY
NEEDED.
I WAS ABLE TO GIVE THEM A
GREAT LIFE, AND I BOUGHT A
BEAUTIFUL HOME FOR US, AND
WE STILL HAD MONEY TO TAKE
THEM ON TRIPS AND DO FUN
THINGS.
I KNEW WHERE MY BLESSING WAS
COMING FROM.
Reporter: IN 2007, NINA
MARRIED SCOTT OWEN, AND
TODAY THEY'RE MEMBERS OF
CBN'S MEMBERS CIRCLE.
I THOUGHT THIS IS
SOMETHING I HAVE TO BE PART
OF.
WATCH "THE 700 CLUB."
WATCH WHAT THEY DO.
YOU CAN SEE THE BENEFITS OF
YOUR CONTRIBUTION IN ACTION
ON A DAILY BASIS, EVERY TIME
THERE IS A SHOW.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN LED TO
INCREASE OUR GIVING AND TO
GIVE EVEN MORE.
YOUR BLESSINGS COME FROM
THAT AND THERE IS PURE JOY,
PURE JOY TO BE ABLE TO DO
SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE
AND HELP.
Kristi: WHAT A GREAT
STORY.
AS A SINGLE MOM, I'LL TELL
YOU WHAT, THAT SINGLE WALK
IS NO JOKE.
WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY THIS
BILL, UNCLOG THE TOILET, AND
TAKE CARE OF THIS CHILD.
YOU THINK SOMETIMES, HOW DO
I MAKE ENDS MEET?
BUT GOD IS A FAITHFUL GOD.
THERE IS SOMETHING GOD WITH
HOLDS FROM YOU, WHETHER IT
IS THE STRENGTH TO
ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU NEED TO
DO OR JUST THE FINANCES TO
BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE
NEEDS.
THAT'S WHAT SHE DID, SHE
OBEYED THE LORD.
SHE SAID, GOD, IF THIS IS
WHAT YOU TOLD ME TO DO, TO
TITHE, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU
TOLD ME TO DO, GIVE, THAT'S
WHAT SHE DID.
AND GOD HONORED HER.
GOD WANTS TO DO THE SAME
THINGS FOR YOU, NO MATTER
WHAT YOUR SITUATION IS.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT
OPPORTUNITY BY BECOMING A
"THE 700 CLUB" MEMBER.
FOR 65 CENTS A DAY, JUST $20
A MONTH, NOT ONLY WILL YOU
HONOR GOD, BUT YOU WILL
BLESS SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD.
IF YOU WATCHED THE TOP OF
THIS SHOW, DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS A
PROSTITUTE IN INDIA, YOU
HELPED HER.
JUST CALL 1-800-759-0700.
IT IS 65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A
MONTH.
AND WHEN YOU DO, WE WANT TO
BLESS YOU WITH THIS.
IT IS CALLED "THE THREE
BLESSINGS" PAT PUT THIS
PHENOMENAL TEACHING SERIES
TOGETHER OF THE THREE
PRAYERS HE HAS PRAYED
THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS AND HOW
GOD HAS HONORED THOSE
PRAYERS.
I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU
WHAT THE THREE BLESSINGS
ARE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO PICK UP THE PHONE
AND BECOME A "700 CLUB"
PARTNER.
1-800-759-0700.
UP NEXT, ATLANTIC BRAVES'
PITCHER TIM HUDSON TALKS
ABOUT WHAT IS LIKE LIVE HIS
DREAMS.
I WAS A HUGE FAN OF
TIPPER JONES AND JOHN
SMULTZ.
IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
GETTING HERE AND PUTTING
THIS UNIFORM ON AND COME IN
AND SEE ALL OF THE FANS.
Kristi: AND HE REVEALS
WHAT IS EVEN BETTER THAN
BASEBALL WHEN WE COME BACK.
Pat: WELCOME BACK.
KRISTI, DO YOU KNOW WHAT A
NO-HITTERS?
IT'S WHEN A PITCHER PLAYS A
PERFECT GAME AND NOBODY GETS
A HIT.
Kristi: THAT'S A
NO-HITTER.
Pat: THERE HAVE ONLY BE
A FEW SCORE OR SO IN THE
HISTORY OF BASEBALL.
AS A LITTLE BABY -- THEY
SHOWED HIM ON TELEVISION
LAST NIGHT.
THE KID IS ABOUT A YEAR
OLD.
HIS DADDY IS TAKING HIM TO
THE BALL CLUB.
HE HAS SEEN TWO NO-HITTERS,
THIS LITTLE BABY.
Kristi: HOW CUTE.
HOW CUTE.
Pat: A CUTE LITTLE
FELLOW.
HE IS GOING TO BE A
CELEBRITY.
OKAY, THE ATLANTA BRAVES
AREN'T COUNTING ON
NO-HITTERS, BUT THEY'RE
CURRENTLY SECOND IN THE
NATIONALE LEAGUE EAST, AND
LEADING THE RACE FOR THE
WILDCARD THANKS TO ONE OF
THE FINEST STARTING
ROTATIONS IN THE LEAGUE.
ACE TIM HUDSON IS EARNING
THOSE WINS.
AND AS HE TOLD TOM BROWN,
PLAYING FOR ATLANTA IS HIS
CHILDHOOD DREAMS COME TRUE.
Reporter: TIM HUDSON IS
AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME.
THE 12-YEAR VET HAS BEEN
TURNED HEADS SINCE HE
DEBUTED WITH THE OAKLAND A'S
IN 1999.
HE CREDITS ALL OF HIS
SUCCESS TO HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS CHRIST.
I FELT THE LORD AT A
YOUNG AGE.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT THAT SEED WAS PLANTED
WHEN I WAS A KID.
Reporter: TIM HAS BEEN
PLAYING BASEBALL FOR AS LONG
AS HE CAN REMEMBER.
AFTER A STELLER HIGH SCHOOL
CAREER, HE WAS TOLD TOO
SMALL TO PITCH IN COLLEGE,
LET ALONE IN THE BIG
LEAGUES.
I ALWAYS KNEW I WAS A
SMALL GUY, BUT I ALWAYS KNEW
I WAS ONE OF THE BETTER GUYS
ON THE FIELD, REGARDLESS OF
MY SIZE.
IT WASN'T THAT I WAS COCKY.
I JUST KNEW I WOULD LET THE
TALENTS THAT GOD BLESSED ME
WITH ON THE FIELD.
Reporter: HE HELPED
LEAD HIS TEAM TO A DIVISION
TWO CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT LED FOR AUBURN UNIVERSITY
TO RECRUIT HIM.
I LET MY TALENTS AND THE
ABILITY THAT GOD BLESSED ME
WITH TO TAKE OVER AND JUST
PLAY AND HAVE FUN.
THE ONE THING MY DAD ALWAYS
TOLD ME, JUST GO OUT THERE
AND HAVE FUN.
PLAY HARD AND GIVE IT ALL
YOU'VE GOT, AND GOOD THINGS
WILL HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S WHAT I DID.
Reporter: TIM HAD AN
EXCEPTIONAL CAREER AT
AUBURN.
AND HE WAS SELECTED BY
OAKLAND DURING THE 1997 N.L.
B. DRAFT.
IN SIX SEASONS, HE BECAME A
TWO-TIME ALL STAR.
AND AFTER THE 2004 SEASON,
HE WAS TRADED TO HIS
CHILDHOOD TEAM, THE ATLANTA
BRAVES.
THEY GAVE ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN THE
BIG LEAGUES.
FOR THAT, I THANK THEM.
IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR
ME.
BUT ALSO, ON THE FLIP SIDE
OF THAT, I GOT A CHANCE TO
GET TRADED TO A TEAM I GREW
UPROOTING FOR.
I WAS A HUGE FAN OF TIPPER
JONES AND JOHN SCHMULTZ.
I GREW UP WATCHING THOSE
GUYS.
I WONDERED EARLY ON IN MY
CAREER IF I WOULD HAVE A
CHANCE TO PLAY FOR THE
ATLANTA BRAVES.
AND GOD ANSWERED MY
PRAYERS.
IT WAS REALLY EXCITING, TO
GET HERE AND PUT THE UNIFORM
ON AND COME INTO TURNER
FIELD AND SEE ALL OF THE
FANS.
AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND
FAMILY FROM BACK HOME TO
DRIVE AN HOUR AND A HALF TO
COME HERE AND WATCH ME
PLAY.
IT IS SOMETHING VERY
SPECIAL.
Reporter: TIM IS IN HIS
EIGHTH SEASON WITH THE
BRAVES.
AND HE SAYS ALTHOUGH THE
GOAL OF THE TEAM IS TO WIN A
CHAMPIONSHIP, HIS PERSONAL
GOAL IS TO GLO GLORIFY GOD
BY BEING AN EXAMPLE FOR
OTHERS.
ANYBODY WHO PLAYS AT A
PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, THERE IS
A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN
A CONSTANT FOR ME IS MY WALK
WITH JESUS CHRIST.
I'M NOT WHERE I WANT TO BE,
BY ANY MEANS.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS.
BUT JUST BEING AN EXAMPLE
FOR OTHER PLAYERS.
MY TEAMMATES.
MY FRIENDS FROM HOME.
I THINK IT IS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS WHERE YOU NEED TO BE
A BEACON OF LIGHT AND JUST
SHINE ON PEOPLE.
Pat: PRAISE THE LORD, A
BEACON OF LIGHT TO SHINE ON
PEOPLE.
I WAS INVOLVED WITH TED
TURNER IN THE EARLY, EARLY
DAYS.
WE WERE ON THE AIR IN
CHARLOTTE AT THIS STATION,
WE RESCUED THAT FROM NEAR
BANKRUPTCY.
ANYWAY, THE ATLANTA BRAVES
WERE ON THE MARKET, AND HE
BOUGHT THEM FOR
$11 MILLION.
Kristi: POCKET CHANGE.
Pat: AND NOW IT IS
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS AND
THEY'RE GOING FOR THE
PENNANT.
SO MUCH FOR BASEBALL.
Kristi: THAT WAS A GOOD
STORY.
YOU READY FOR E-MAIL, PAT.
Pat: I'LL LET YOU
KNOW.
Kristi: THE FIRST ONE
IS FROM HELEN.
SHE SAYS "A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE INVESTING IN DENAR.
IS THIS A GOOD INVESTMENT
FOR MY MONEY?
I HEARD IT MAY BE A SCAM.
I WANT TO HEAR YOUR OPINION
CONCERNING THE IRAQI DENAR?"
Pat: I THINK IT IS A
LOT OF HUEY.
I'VE BEEN HEARING THIS FOR
YEARS, AND I THINK IT IS
NONSENSE.
I MEAN, IRAQ -- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE CURRENCY IS, BUT I
HAVEN'T EVEN CHECKED THE
MARKET TO SEE WHAT DENARS
ARE TRADING FOR.
BUT I DON'T THINK RIGHT NOW
IT IS A GOOD INVESTMENT.
I DO THINK IT IS A SCAM.
Kristi: PROBABLY.
Pat: IT GOES ALL AROUND
IN E-MAILS.
AND THE SWEET PEOPLE WHO DO
THAT E-MAIL STUFF.
ARE YOU INTO E-MAILS?
MY WIFE HAS ALL THOSE
E-MAILS.
I DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER, SO
THEY CAN'T GET ME, THANK
GOODNESS.
Kristi: BARBARA WRITES,
"WE HAVE AN OLD BIBLE THAT
IS TORN, WITH THE BINDING
FALLING APART.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO
RESPECTFULLY RETIRE IT.
IT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT TO
THROW IT IN THE TRASH.
AND WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT
BURNING IT, BUT WHAT IS THE
RESPECTFUL WAY TO DISPOSE OF
AN OLD BIBLE?"
Pat: WHY DON'T YOU TAKE
THEM TO A BOOK BINDERY AND
KEEP IT.
I DON'T THINK THE LORD WOULD
MIND IF YOU SET IT ON FIRE
AND BURNED IT UP.
I WOULD RECOMMEND GET IT
BOUND UP.
IT MAY COST YOU $50, $60 --
Kristi: YOU TAKE A
BIBLE, AND PUT IT IN SOME
OBSCURE PLACE OF THE HOUSE,
AND IF YOU DO MOVE, SOMEONE
ELSE FINDS IT.
Pat: THAT WAS THE
PREMISE OF "SUPERBOOK."
THESE PEOPLE WERE UP IN THE
ATTIC, AND THEY CAME ACROSS
THIS BOOK AND THEY OPENED IT
UP.
MAYBE YOU'LL GET ADVENTURES
OF IT.
Kristi: HE ASKS, "PAT,
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO FLY A
PLANE?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT PILOT
LOOK?"
PAT ROBERTSON, DO YOU KNOW
HOW TO FLY A PLANE.
Pat: I HAVE A PILOT'S
LICENSE FOR A SINGLE PLANE.
Kristi: YOU'VE GOT THAT
LOOK.
Pat: THAT LOOK IS
FRIGHT.
YOU CANNOT BELIEVE THE TIME
I LANDED THE PLANE IN A
LITTLE, TINY STRIP, AND IN
FRONT OF ME WAS AN OUTDOOR
THEATER.
I REVVED THAT SUCKER UP AND
I JUST MISSED THAT SCREEN BY
A COUPLE OF INCHES.
I'VE GOT STORIES -- IT IS A
MIRACLE I DIDN'T KILL
MYSELF.
I HAVE THAT LOOK -- IT IS
PURE FRIGHT.
Kristi: YOU CAN ADD
THAT TO YOUR RES ME OF --
RES M RESUME OF THE MANY
THINGS YOU DO.
Kristi: "IT IS WRITTEN
IN THE BIBLE, WHATEVER YOU
BIND ON EARTH WILL BE BIND
IN HEAVEN.
IF WE BIND A DEMON, AND WE
COMMAND IT TO COME OUT, WILL
IT COME OUT?
MY QUESTION IS, IF WE
COMMAND IT TO COME OUT, WILL
IT GO INTO ANOTHER PERSON?"
Pat: I THINK YOU
MISINTERPRETED THAT.
YOU BIND A COMMANDMENT, LIKE
YOU SHALL OBEY THE LORD'S
HOLY DAY.
AND THAT BECOMES A
COMMANDMENT ON EARTH.
IT CAN BE RADIFIED IN
HEAVEN.
YOU CAN BIND DEMONS, BUT IT
COMES FROM A DIFFERENT PART
OF THE BIBLE.
TOMORROW, THE SECURITY
MILLIONAIRE REVEALS THE
MIRACLE THAT SAVED HIS
LIFE.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM JOHN -- I'M OUT
OF TIME.
ALL RIGHT.
Kristi: IT IS ALL
GOOD.
READ YOUR BIBLE.
