Reporter: MO ICEM IS
SIX FEET TALL AND WANTS A
SPOTLIGHT ON THE TOP COLLEGE
TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.
HERE IS THE CATCH.
HI, I'M MO ICEM.
Reporter: HOW SHE IS
TURNING HEADS.
17 MONTHS OF TWO A DAYS,
TEARS AND SWEAT AND BLOOD
AND ALL OF THE ABOVE.
Reporter: AND HANGING
WITH THE BOYS ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB."
IF I HAD STOPPED ANY
SOONER, I THINK I WOULD JUST
BE KICKING MYSELF, PUN
PERFECTLY INTENDED.
Pat: WELL, WELCOME TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE ALL OF
YOU WITH US.
A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL IS
WORKING AT A RESTAURANT, AND
SHE MEETS A GUY WHO IS A
COLLEGE STUDENT.
SHE'S IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND
HE'S IN COLLEGE.
AND THIS MAN HAS HER WORKING
IN A STRIP CLUB THE SAME
NIGHT.
THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF A NEW
AD FEATURING THE TERRIBLE
HORRIBLES OF SEX
TRAFFICKING.
Kristi: AND NOW
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO VISIT
TIME SQUARE ARE WATCHING IT,
THANKS TO AN ADVERTISING
AGENCY THAT DONATED THE
COMMERCIAL WHERE EVERYONE
CAN SA SEE IT.
Reporter: SHARED HOPE
INTERNATIONAL IS AN
UP-AND-COMING PLAYER IN THE
INTERNATIONAL FIGHT AGAINST
TRAFFICLY.
THIS SUMMER IT IS GOING
PRIME TIME THANKS TO A
THREE-MONTH 15-SECOND SPOT
IN TIMES SQUARE.
THE AD THOSE THE STORY OF
BRIANNA, A NORMAL HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT, WHO WAS
TARGETED BY TRAFFICKERS
WHILE SHE WORKED IN A
RESTAURANT.
PART OF A PRETTY ORDINARY
FAMILY, WENT TO CHURCH,
HONOR STUDENT, AND THEY KEPT
STOPPING BY THE RESTAURANT.
AND H EVENTUALLY THEY
BROUGHT IN A SEATTLE GUY AND
SAID, GO TO COLLEGE.
HE HAD HER IN A STRIP CLUB
AND EARNING $1,000 THE SAME
NIGHT.
Reporter: SHE NOW HOPES
HER STORY WILL MOTIVATE
FAMILIES AND CHURCHES TO
START TALKING WITH THEIR
CHILDREN ABOUT THE ISSUE.
EXPERTS ESTIMATE THAT
TRAFFICKERS LURE AND EXPLOIT
100,000 AMERICAN CHILDREN
EVERY YEAR, AND SMITH SAYS
MANY INTACT FAMILIES FALSELY
BELIEVE THEIR KIDS ARE
SAFE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE
MESSAGE OUT THAT COMMON MEN
ARE SHOPPING, AND COMMON
GIRLS IN OUR SOCIETY ARE
BEING SOLD IN THE COMMERCIAL
SEX INDUSTRY.
Reporter: AND SHARED
HOPE IS HOPING TO GET ITS
MESSAGE OUT TO TOP POLÍTICOS
THIS YEAR.
IT IS NINE BILLBOARDS LIKE
THIS IN TAMPA, JUST IN TIME
FOR THE G.O.P. CONVENTION.
IT ALSO PLANS TO ADVERTISE
IN CHARLOTTE FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION NEXT
MONTH.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THANKS, HEATHER.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT CBN
IS WORKING IN THIS FIELD TO
HOPE THESE GIRLS.
"OPERATION BLESSING" IS
TAKING IT ON.
IF YOU READ ISAIAH 58, IT IS
ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
YOU DELIVER PEOPLE FROM
BONDAGE.
AS MANY AS A MILLION PEOPLE
ARE TRAFFICKED EACH YEAR.
YOUNG BOYS, YOUNG GIRLS, AND
IT IS INSIDIOUS AND IT IS
VICIOUS.
AND WE ALSO, AT REGENT
UNIVERSITY, HAVE A CENTER
FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE, WHERE
WE'RE TRAINING PEOPLE HOW TO
GO INTO COUNTRIES AND GET
LAWS PASSED TO PROTECT THESE
PEOPLE LEGALLY.
SO THERE IS A LOT GOING ON.
TERRY, WELCOME BACK,
DARLING.
Terry: I WANT TO SAY
"ORPHANS' PROMISE" IS
WORKING WITH REGENT
UNIVERSITY ON THAT BECAUSE
YOUNG KIDS WITHOUT FAMILIES
ARE ALSO VICTIMIZED EASILY
IN THIS PLIGHT.
IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK WITH
YOU.
I MISSED YOU.
Pat: WELL, I MISSED
YOU.
AND YOU'VE BEEN IN --
Terry: MONGOLIA.
"ORPHAN'S PROMISE" HAS THREE
GREAT PROJECTS THERE.
BUT, PAT, IT IS SO
PRISTINELY BEAUTIFUL OUT
THERE IN THE COUNTRY, AND
THE PEOPLE ARE BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL TRIP.
WE'LL BRING YOU SOME GREAT
STORIES.
Pat: YOU'VE GOT
PICTURES?
Terry: GOT PICTURES.
Pat: WELCOME BACK.
Terry: THANK YOU.
Pat: LEE WEBB HAS MORE
OF OUR TOP STORIES.
Lee: PAT, MITT ROMNEY
WANTS THE U.S. TO BE ENERGY
ININDEPENDENT BY THE YEAR
2020.
HIS PROPOSALS ARE AIMED AT
CREATING MORE THAN THREE
MILLION NEW JOBS.
THEY INCLUDE OPENING UP MORE
FEDERAL AREAS FOR DRILLING
ON LAND AND OFFSHORE.
ROMNEY'S PLAN COMES AFTER
THE NON-PARTISAN
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE ISSUED
A NEW WARNING OF A POSSIBLE
RECESSION.
THE C.E.O. SAYS WASHINGTON
HAS TO ACT AGAINST GOING
OVER A SO-CALLED FISCAL
CLIFF.
IF BUSH'S TAX CUT EXPIRED,
TAXES WOULD GO UP.
AND THE BUDGET OFFICE SAYS
THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY HURT
OUR ECONOMY.
Pat: AND THEY'RE SAYING
WE'RE FACING ANOTHER
TRILLION DOLLAR DEBT.
OBAMA CAN POINT WITH PRIDE
AT SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN
ANY OTHER PRESIDENT IN THE
HISTORY OF AMERICA.
AS THESE CONVENTIONS COME
CLOSE, YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF
HOOPLA, BUT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE NOT FOOLS.
AND THEY KNOW THERE IS
SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG
WHEN THERE IS AN 8.3%
UNEMPLOYMENT.
AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE ARE
FORCED TO LIVE ON FOOD
STAMPS.
THE C.E.O. IS SUPPOSED TO BE
NON-PARTISAN.
THEY'RE WARNING IF THE
CONGRESS DOES NOT REENACT
THOSE TAX CUTS, AND THEY PUT
IN DRACONIAN SPENDING
MEASURES, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE
A NICE THING TO DO -- IF
THEY DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO
GO OFF WHAT THEY CALL A
FISCAL CLIFF, AND IT WILL
SEND US INTO A SERIOUS
RECESSION.
OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO LEE.
Lee: PAT, REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
REREIS PREIBUS THEY WILL
NOT APOLOGIZE FOR BEING PRO
LIFE.
THEY TALK ABOUT THE COMMENT
BY TODD AIKINS ABOUT RAPE
AND ABORTION.
THEY SAY THE MEDIA'S ATTEMPT
TO DIVIDE IS EXTREME ON THE
ABORTION ISSUE AND IT'S
NONSENSE.
JUST BECAUSE TODD AIKINS
SAYS SOMETHING BIOLOGICALLY
BIZARRE DOESN'T MEAN THAT
LIFE DOESN'T BEGIN AT
CONCEPTION.
WE'RE A PRO LIFE PARTY, AND
WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PRO
LIFE PARTY.
I THINK WE LIVE IN A PRO
LIFE COUNTRY.
SO I LIKE WHERE WE SIT ON
THIS ISSUE.
Lee: ALSO ON DAVID'S
SHOW THIS WEEK, NEWT
GINGRICH AND CNN'S WOLF
BLITZER.
YOU CAN SEE "THE BRODY FILE"
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
THE ELECTION.
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC COULD
SUPPOSE A THREAT TO THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN FLORIDA.
METEOROLOGISTS SAY THERE IS
A CHANCE IT WILL HIT DURING
THE CONVENTION.
THAT HAS ORGANIZERS AND THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WATCHING CLOSELY.
WE'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE A
LOT THIS MORNING TALKING
WITH FEMA, THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE, AND OUR R.N. C.
PARTNERS.
Reporter: ORGANIZERS
SAY THEY'RE MAKING THE
PREPARATIONS, AND KEEPING
THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO IN
MIND, INCLUDING POSTPONING
THE CONVENTION.
ALL OF THIS HAPPENING AS WE
APPROACH THE 20th
ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE
ANDREW HITTING FLORIDA.
Pat: I WAS THERE IN THE
AFTERMATH OF ANDREW.
YOU NEVER SAW SUCH
DEVASTATION.
THERE WAS A TORNADO IN THE
MIDDLE OF A HURRICANE.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 210 MILES
PER HOUR.
YOU CAN'T CONCEIVE THE
DEVASTATION THAT TOOK PLACE
WITH ANDREW.
I DON'T THINK THIS STORM
POSSESS THAT KIND OF A
THREAT, BUT IT IS TERRIBLE.
WHO IS GOING TO FLORIDA?
IF THEY GET STUCK, THERE IS
MAYBE NO WATER, NO FOOD, NO
MEDICINE.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A FUN
SCENE.
THE MAYOR SAID HE IS
PERFECTLY PREPARED AT THIS
POINT TO ISSUE AN ORDER
CANCELLING THAT CONVENTION.
THEY PROBABLY SHOULD.
NOBODY PAYS ANY ATTENTION TO
CONVENTIONS.
IT USED TO BE CONVENTIONS
WERE VERY EXCITING BECAUSE
YOU NEVER KNEW WHO WAS GOING
TO BE THE NOMINEE.
SO THEY WENT BALLOT AFTER
BALLOT AFTER BALLOT, AND
SOME DARK HORSE EMERGES FROM
THE MIDWEST AND HE BECOMES A
CANDIDATE.
NOW IT IS ALL CUT AND DRY,
AND IT IS A SHOW.
THE NETWORKS SAY WE GET PAID
MORE FOR OUR OWN SHOWS THAN
YOUR SHOWS SO WE'RE NOT
GOING TO DO IT.
SO EVEN ANN ROMNEY IS
GETTING BUMPED IN THIS ONE.
Lee: TROPICAL STORM
ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO REACH
HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE
HITTING HAITI AND THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
OVERNIGHT.
CBN IS MAKING PREPARATIONS.
PRESIDENT BILL HORNE TELLS
US MORE.
THE STAFF HERE IS WORKING
ON THE HURRICANE THAT IS
HEADED THIS WAY.
IT IS HEADED FOR THE U.S.,
WE'RE AFRAID.
HURRICANE ISAAC.
RIGHT NOW IN ITS CURRENT
TRACK, IT IS HEADED RIGHT
SMACK AT HAITI, ABOUT 8:00
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
IF THAT HAPPENS, IT IS GOING
TO BE DEVASTATING TO THAT
COUNTRY.
IF THERE IS TORRENTIAL RAIN,
THE WAY THERE ALWAYS IS WITH
A HURRICANE, THERE IS GOING
TO BE FLOODING AND ALL KINDS
OF WIND DAMAGE.
WE OPERATE A CHILDREN'S HOME
FOR 64 ABANDON CHILDREN WHO
WERE BORN WITH
DISABILITIES.
BUT THAT WHOLE FACILITY IS
SUBJECT TO DAMAGE, TO
FLOODING, AND TO WIND
DAMAGE.
WE'RE PREPARING FOR THAT NOW
BY PUTTING IN EXTRA BOTTLED
WATER.
WE'VE CRANKED UP OUR
CHLORINE GENERATION.
WE'RE GENERATING ENOUGH
CHLORINE IN OUR COMPOUND TO
DISINFECT OVER THREE MILLION
GALLONS A DAY.
THERE WILL BE CHLOR
CHLORERA-INFECTED WATER
EVERYWHERE.
THIS DEVICE THAT I'M
BRINGING WITH ME HERE --
THIS IS A PORTABLE DEVICE.
I'LL BE CARRYING THIS WITH
ME ON THE PLANE.
AND IN ABOUT AN HOUR, I CAN
PRODUCE FIVE GALLONS OF
SOLUTION WITH THIS DEVICE
RIGHT HERE, THAT IS ADEQUATE
TO DISINFECT 1,000 GALLONS
OF WATER.
WE HAVE A BOAT THAT WE USE
DOWN THERE FOR EMERGENCIES
AND R RESCUE.
DAVID DARWIN AND I WILL BE
ON OUR WAY TO JOIN OUR TEAM
ALREADY ON THE GROUND
GETTING READY.
WHAT WE WOULD LOVE IS
EVERYONE WATCHING THIS WOULD
PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
AND PRAY FOR OUR TEAM DOWN
THERE.
WE WOULD SURE APPRECIATE
THAT.
Lee: WE WILL BE DOING
THAT.
THE WILDFIRES OUT WEST ARE
PROVING TO BE EXPENSIVE.
THEY HAVE COVERED MORE THAN
SEVEN MILLION ACRES AND IT
IS BUSTING STATE BUDGETS.
UTAH HAS SPENT $50 MILLION
SO FAR THIS YEAR.
IT'S FIREFIGHTING BUDGET IS
$3 MILLION A YEAR.
WASHINGTON STATE OFFICIALS
EXPECT TO SPEND ABOUT
$20 MILLION, THAT'S WELL
ABOVE THE 11 MILLION IT HAS
SET ASIDE.
MONTANA HAS SPENT ABOUT
$25 MILLION.
IT HAS GONE THROUGH ITS CASH
RESERVES FOR NATURAL
DISASTERS AND WILL HAVE TO
USE SURPLUS MONEY FROM ITS
GENERAL FUND.
IN TODAY'S INCREASINGLY
SECULAR CULTURE, YOU WOULD
THINK A BIBLE QUIZ SHOW
WOULD BE BE A RATINGS
GAMBLE.
BUT G.S.N. DEBUTS ITS BIBLE
QUIZ SHOW.
I SPOKE TO JEFF FOXWORTHY
AND ASKED HIM WHY HE IS
TAKING ON THE CHALLENGE.
WHEN THEY FIRST ASKED ME
ABOUT IT, I HAD TO STEP
BACK.
AND I THOUGHT, IS IT OKAY TO
DO A GAME SHOW ABOUT THE
BIBLE?
HERE IS THE GAME THAT SOLD
ME.
EVERY TEAM THAT PLAYS ON THE
SHOW, NOBODY IS TRYING TO
WINNING IT FOR THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE TAKING THAT MONEY
AND LOVING ON SOMEBODY IN
THEIR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT
IS A FOOD BANK OR KIDS WITH
CANCER.
Lee: I FEEL LIKE THIS
SHOW IS NOT GOING TO BE A
DRY, ACADEMIC AFFAIR LIKE
JEOPARDY.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT
OF FUN.
IF YOU BELIEVE GOD GIVES
US OUR ATTRIBUTES, ONE OF
THOSE IS JOY.
HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS
RELEVANT, BUT STILL BE
RESPECTFUL AND HAVE FUN, BUT
MAKE IT CONTEMPORARY.
WE HAVE GAMES ON THERE LIKE
"C.S.I. HOLY LAND," AND WE
TELL YOU ABOUT A CRIME AND
YOU SAY WHERE THEY DID IT.
THE EFFORT IS TO HAVE FUN
AND TO MAKE IT RELEVANT IN
TODAY'S WORLD.
Lee: IS IT YOUR HOPE TO
BE ABLE TO APPEAL TO
NON-BELIEVERS AS WELL?
YEAH.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS A
GROUP, AS CHRISTIANS, IF WE
HAVE A FLAW IT'S SOMETIMES
WE DON'T CONVEY THE JOY OF
WHAT WE BELIEVE.
YOU KNOW, AND SO IF YOU CAN
DO THIS IN A WAY -- AND IF
WE WERE ALL OUT THERE LOVING
ON SOMEBODY ELSE, I THINK
PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE WOULD
LOOK AND GO, WELL, I WANT IN
ON THAT.
I WANT TO BE A PART OF
THAT.
Lee: AND IF YOU'D LIKE
TO BE IN ON THAT, WE INVITE
YOU TO JOIN "THE AMERICAN
BIBLE CHALLENGE," AND IT
PREMIERES TONIGHT ON G.S.N.
YOU CAN SEE MY ENTIRE
INTERVIEW WITH JEFF
FOXWORTHY, AND HE TALKS
ABOUT HIS OWN WALK WITH
CHRIST.
HE WAS LIVING IN THE
HOLLYWOOD AREA FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS WITH HIS FAMILY,
AND THOUGHT THEY NEEDED A
MORE NORMAL LIFESTYLE, SO
THEY MOVED BACK TO HIS HOME
TOWN IN ATLANTA.
EVERY WEEK HE GOES TO THE
ATLANTA UNION MISSION AND
CONDUCTS A BIBLE STUDY
THERE.
HE IS THE REAL DEAL.
Pat: HE IS NOT ONLY THE
REAL DEAL, HE IS A VERY
FUNNY GUY.
HE IS IN A TEAM OF COMICS
WHO ARE JUST HILARIOUS.
WHAT A FUN GAME SHOW.
AND BACK FROM OOLAN BACKTAR,
THE HEART OF OUTER MONGOLIA
IS OUR DEAR HOST, TERRY.
Terry: I AM SO GLAD TO
BE BACK.
THE BEST PART OF GOING IS
COMING BACK.
COMING UP, REFUGEES FROM
WAR-TORN COUNTRIES FOUND A
SAFE HAVEN AND SOMETHING
MORE.
AND LATER, THE SOCCER STAR
WHO WANTS TO SHATTER COLLEGE
FOOTBALL'S GLASS CEILING.
Pat: I HAPPENED TO SEE
IN THE NEWS, YOU REMEMBER
"MURPHY BROWN," THE TV SHOW,
MURPHY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
SINGLE WOMAN.
SHE WAS GOING TO GET
ARTIFICIALLY INSEMINATED
BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO HAVE A
BABY.
SO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, DAN QUAYLE,
CAME OUT AND SAID HE THOUGHT
THAT WAS GIVING A BAD
EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG WOMEN.
AND SO IT WAS A BIG
CONTROVERSY.
AND THE MEDIA JUMPED ALL
OVER DAN QUAYLE AND MOCKED
EVERYTHING HE DID, INCLUDING
THE TIME WHEN HE WAS IN AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEY
WERE HAVING A SPELLING
QUIZ.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
Terry: I DO.
Pat: AND ONE OF HIS
AIDES PUT UP THE SPELLING OF
POTATO AND HELD IT UP BEHIND
HIM.
SO THIS GIRL WAS SPELLING
POTATO, AND THE CREW CARD
HAD IT ENDING IN AN "E," AND
THE MEDIA CRUCIFIED HIM.
THIS MAN IS TEACHING SCHOOL
IN ECONOMICS.
HE IS NOT EXACTLY A DUMMY.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES WHO WAS IN A
MEETING, FROM WHAT I WAS
HEARING, WHO MISSPELLED --
GUESS WHAT?
Terry: I CAN'T
IMAGINE.
Pat: OHIO.
Terry: HOW DO YOU
MISSPELL OHIO.
Pat: HE DID IT.
DID YOU READ ABOUT IT?
NO.
BUT YOU HEARD PLENTY ABOUT
DAN QUAYLE AND POTATO.
SO YOU CAN'T SPELL OHIO.
MY WIFE IS FROM OHIO, AND
SHE IS TOTALLY OFFENDED.
DEEPLY OFFENDED.
AND DREW PARK, OUR PRODUCER,
IS FROM OHIO.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT
WHAT IT IS LIKE TO EAT YACK
IN OUTER COLUMBUS.
Terry: I CAN RELATE.
Pat: YOU CAN RELATE.
WISCONSIN.
IMAGINE THIS, PEOPLE FROM 31
DIFFERENT LANGUAGE GROUPS
ALL LIVING IN THE SAME
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND THAT COMPLEX IS LOCATED
RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S.A.
THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES ARE
FLOODING INTO ONE COUNTRY
EVERY YEAR.
AND AS CHARLENE ISRAEL
REPORTS, MANY OF THEM ARE
HEADING TO ONE OF MY
FAVORITE CITIES, WHERE WE
LIVED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
I'VE GOT THREE MADE-IN-TEXAS
GRANDCHILDREN, AND THEY LIVE
IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
Reporter: THIS SCENE OF
U.S. TROOPS TOPPLING IRAQI
DICTATOR SADDAM HUSSEIN MADE
NEWS AROUND THE WORLD.
IT ALSO GAVE ABNER ABRAHAM
THE FEELING OF FREEDOM FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE
U.S. TROOPS, ALL OUR HEROS,
AND SUCH A GREAT JOB.
Reporter: AND AMERICA'S
MILITARY PUT HIM TO WORK AS
A TRANSLATOR FOR U.S. AND
COALITION FORCES.
IT WAS A SAFE HOUSE FOR
SADDAM'S COUSIN IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE U.S. ARMY TOOK OVER THAT
SAFE HOUSE.
THE NEXT DAY I WELCOMED
THEM.
I SAID I LIVE HERE AND KNOW
THE AREA, AND I SPEAK 50%
ENGLISH AND I'M READY TO
HELP YOU GUYS.
THEY SAID, SURE.
Reporter: THAT HELP
ALSO MADE HIM A TARGET OF
THE TALIBAN.
I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT MY
FAMILY AT RISK.
I FELT IT WAS A TIME FOR ME
TO LEAVE COUNTRY.
Reporter: BUT GETTING
OUT WAS NOT EASY.
I GOT BLOWN UP IN 2007.
A ROOF-SIDE BOMB.
THEY TOLD ME YOU CAN'T WALK
ANYMORE.
Reporter: MIRACULOUSLY,
ABNER RECOVERED AND MOVED TO
THE U.S. UNDER A SPECIAL
GOVERNMENT VISA PROGRAM.
HE SETTLED IN DALLAS,
TEXAS.
ABNER JOINED A GROANING
GROWING NUMBER OF REFUGEES
IN THIS AREA, MANY COME FROM
IRAQ, BURMA, AND BITON.
MANY ARE DRAWN HERE BECAUSE
OF FAMILY TIES.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT ASSIGNS
REFUGEES TO PLACES WHERE
THEY HAVE RELATIVES, JOB
OPPORTUNITIES, AND A
COMMUNITY.
MANY OF THE REFUGEES IN THE
DALLAS AREA ARE HOUSED IN
THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX,
WHICH IS MADE UP OF VARIOUS
ETHNIC GROUPS FROM DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES.
REFUGEES FROM MORE THAN 31
LANGUAGE GROUPS LIVE HERE IN
VICTORY MEADOW, JUST EAST OF
INTERSTATE 75.
LEADERS FROM NORTHWEST BIBLE
CHURCH SAW THE MANY NEEDS OF
REFUGEES, FROM LEARNING
ENGLISH TO HOW TO INSTALL A
CHILD'S CAR SEAT.
HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
TO GO GET YOUR SOCIAL
SECURITY AND TRAVEL LICENSE,
GET A CAR AND AN APARTMENT.
Reporter: NORTHWEST
CHURCH HAS ESTABLISHED A
NUMBER OF PROGRAMS WHERE
REFUGEES LEARN MARKETABLE
SKILLS, SUCH AS SEWING.
WOMEN FROM IRAQ, BURMA, AND
ELSEWHERE MEET ONCE A WEEK
TO FILL PURSES THEY CAN SELL
TO MAKE MONEY FOR THEIR
FAMILIES.
IF I GO SOMEWHERE IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA, THAT IS
MISSIONS.
BUT WHAT GOD HAS CALLED US
TO DO IS LIVE TRANS
TRANSFORMATIONAL BONDS.
Reporter: WAR FORCED
JALIL TO LEAVE IRAQ IN
1982.
I STARTED WITH NOTHING.
WITH TWO BROTHERS AHEAD OF
ME AND ALSO ALMOST NOTHING.
BUT THE LORD IS GRACIOUS,
AND I LEARNED MORE ENGLISH
AND LEARNED ABOUT LIFE.
Reporter: TODAY HE
PASTORS DALLAS' ONLY ARABIC
BIBLE CHURCH.
THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ABNER
WHO CONVERTED FROM ISLAM TO
CHRISTIANITY.
HE CREDITS JALIL FOR HELPING
HIM GROW IN HIS FAITH.
JALIL WAS ALWAYS THERE TO
ANSWER MY QUESTIONS AND
COUNSEL ME.
Reporter: JALIL POINTS
OUT THAT GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEES ENDS
AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
THAT'S WHY HE STEPS IN AND
TRIES TO HELP THEM FIND
HOMES AND JOBS.
HE ALSO BELIEVES THE CHURCH
CAN DO MORE.
WE NEED TO LOVE THOSE
PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO SERVE THEM, AND
WE NEED TO GET ALL OF THE
CHURCHES INVOLVED IN HAVING
PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE THE
CHURCH ABOUT THE LIVING OF
THESE PEOPLE, THE BACKGROUND
OF THESE PEOPLE, AND HOW TO
REACH THEM FOR CHRIST.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH JESUS
BECAUSE OF THE WAY HOW HE
IS, LOVE, GRACE, FREEDOM,
HAPPINESS, JOY.
EVERYTHING.
I CALL JESUS A PACKAGE, BY
THE WAY.
WHEN YOU OPEN IT, YOU FIND
EVERYTHING IN THAT PACKAGE.
Reporter: CHARLENE
ISRAEL, CBN NEWS, DALLAS,
TEXAS.
Pat: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
THERE ARE SOME NICE PEOPLE
IN DALLAS.
AND THEY'RE WARM AND
WONDERFUL WELCOMING THOSE
PEOPLE.
Terry: IT'S A GREAT
CITY.
Pat: THEY HAVE FABULOUS
RESTAURANTS.
Terry: BIG "D" HAS
FABULOUS EVERYTHING.
Pat: THE BEST FAJITAS.
THEY'VE TORN IT DOWN, BUT,
MAN, THE FAJITAS WERE GOOD.
BETTER THAN YACK MEAT.
Terry: LOTS IS BETTER
THAN YACK MEAT.
THIS WEEK, MO ICEM IS TRYING
TO EARN A SPOT AS A KICKER
ON THE L.S.U. FOOTBALL
TEAM.
BUT NOT LONG AGO, SHE
STRUGGLED TO GET OUT OF HER
CAR ALIVE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I LOST
CONTROL OF MY CAR.
AND I FIND MYSELF UP SIDE
DOWN, HANGING BY MY SEAT
BELT IN A RAVINE AT 1:30 IN
THE MORNING.
I WOKE UP CHOKING ON MY OWN
BLOOD.
I WAS VOMITING BLOOD.
Terry: HEAR WHY SHE
SAYS THAT WAS ONE OF THE
MOST COMFORTING MOMENTS OF
HER LIFE.
THAT'S NEXT.
Terry: AS A SOCCER STAR
WITH A BOOMING LEG, MO ICEM
CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF
"SPORTS ILLUSTRATED." SHE
ONCE NAILED A GOAL FROM
90 YARDS OUT, AND THAT PLAY
MADE IT ON TO ESPN'S
HIGHLIGHT REAL.
HER FULL NAME IS MARY
MORLAND ICEM, WAS MADE
HOMECOMING QUEEN BEFORE
92,000 FANS.
NOW MO DOESN'T JUST WANT TO
BE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD
DURING HALF TIME.
SHE WANTS A STARRING ROLE
DURING THE GAME ITSELF.
Reporter: FOOTBALL, IT
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAN'S
GAME.
AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR
OVER 100 YEARS.
BUT HERE AT LOUISIANA STATE
UNIVERSITY IN BATON ROUCHE,
THERE IS ONE WOMAN WHO HOPES
TO TAKE THE FIELD WITH THE
GUYS.
HI, I'M MO ICEM.
Reporter: MO WANTS TO
BE A PLACE KICKER FOR ONE OF
THE TOP COLLEGE FOOTBALL
PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY.
17 MONTHS OF TWO A DAYS,
TEARS AND SWEAT AND BLOOD
AND ALL OF THE ABOVE.
IF I HAD STOPPED ANY SOONER,
I THINK I WOULD JUST BE
KICKING MYSELF, PUN
PERFECTLY INTENDED.
Reporter: MO SHOWED
ATHLETIC ABILITY AT A YOUNG
AGE.
AT 12, SHE WAS TRAINING WITH
19-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYERS.
AFTER SHE GREW SEVEN INCHES
IN ONE YEAR, HER 6-FOOT
STATURE MADE HER A FORCE TO
CONTEND WITH.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD
THE IMPORTANCE OF HARD
WORK.
YES, THINGS SORT OF FELL
INTO MY LAP, BUT I HAD TO
WORK HARD TO MAINTAIN THEM.
Reporter: BY HIGH
SCHOOL, SHE WAS CONSIDERED
BY THE SOCCER TEAMS, AND SHE
WAS ALSO MODELING.
BUT WITH CLASSMATES, SHE
FELT OUT OF PLACE.
I WAS THE GIANT.
I WAS THE HUGE GIRL.
I HAD TO BEAR THOSE TYPES OF
COMMENTS ON A DAILY BASIS IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
WHERE ALL I WANT IS TO BE
ACCEPTED AND TO FIT, AND I
DEVELOPED AN EATING DISORDER
THAT JUST OVERCAME MAY
LIFE.
Reporter: THE ONLY
THING THAT KEPT MO FROM
STARVING HERSELF WAS HER
PASSION FOR SOCCER.
SHE NEEDED FUEL TO PLAY, SO
DIET PILLS AND SUPPLEMENTS
FILLED IN FOR FOOD.
RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN HOME,
MO FELT GUILT OVER WHAT SHE
HAD BEEN DOING.
BY HER SENIOR YEAR, MO HAD
ENOUGH.
I'M REALLY EMPTY.
SO PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY,
AND SPIRITUALLY, I'M EMPTY.
SCRIPTURE TELLS US, COME TO
ME, ALL WHO ARE WEARY, AND
I'LL GIVE YOU REST.
SO I JUST SORT OF OPENED MY
HEART BACK UP TO THE LORD,
AND WAS IMMEDIATELY FILLED
WITH THIS COURAGE TO COME
CLEAN TO MY MOM, MY DAD, AND
MY FAMILY ABOUT WHAT I HAD
BEEN DOING.
Reporter: MO GOT
COUNSELLING AND REGAINED HER
HEALTH.
WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT L.S.U.
ON A FULL SCHOLARSHIP, SHE
HAD A RECORD-SETTING YEAR.
AT THE END OF THAT
FRESHMAN SEASON, TRULY I
FELT UNTOUCHABLE.
IT WAS LIKE, IF THIS IS WHAT
IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN,
THIS IS GREAT.
BECAUSE IT WAS JUST RAINING
DOWN THE BLESSINGS AND THE
SUCCESSES, AND I AM LIKE
OVERWHELMED.
THIS IS AWESOME, AND IT WAS
SMOOTH SAILING.
BUT, YOU'RE RIGHT, MY LIFE
HAS BEEN THESE HIGHEST OF
HIGHS, AND THE LOWEST OF
LOWS.
THE MOMENT THE THREE POLICE
OFFICERS WALK INTO THE ROOM
MY MOM, MY SISTER AND I WERE
IN, AND TOLD US THEY HAD
FOUND MY DAD'S REMAINS, THE
WORLD FROZE.
Reporter: ON JANUARY 3,
2009, MO'S FATHER COMMITTED
SUICIDE.
HE WAS ONE OF HER BIGGEST
SUPPORTERS.
MO AND HER FAMILY WERE
CRUSHED.
IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY
SENSE, WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND I FELT SO BETRAYED BY
THIS GOD THAT EVERYONE
CONSISTENTLY TELLS ME LOVES
US SO MUCH.
AND NOW SUDDENLY MY HEART
WAS BROKEN.
AND I DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING.
AND SO I TOOK OFF RUNNING.
I WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH
GOD.
Reporter: MO BECAME THE
PARTY GIRL AND PRETENDED
EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
I HAD REALLY JUST COME
TO, LIKE, MY BREAKING
POINT.
IT HAD ALMOST BEEN A YEAR
SINCE THE LOSS OF MY FATHER,
AND I WAS EXHAUSTED.
YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST WORN
OUT.
Reporter: IN NOVEMBER
OF THAT YEAR, MO WAS ON HER
WAY HOME TO GEORGIA FOR
THANKSGIVING.
I WAS SORT OF YELLING AT
GOD.
I WAS JUST MAD.
I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU LOVE ME
THE WAY YOU SAY THAT YOU
LOVE ME.
IF YOU'RE SO REAL, PROVE
IT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I LOST
CONTROL OF MY CAR.
AND I FIND MYSELF UP SIDE
DOWN, HANGING BY MY SEAT
BELT IN A RAVINE AT 1:30 IN
THE MORNING.
I WOKE UP CHOKING ON MY OWN
BLOOD.
UI WAI WAS VOMITING BLOOD.
Reporter: MO HAD A REAL
ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.
AND THAT WAS THE MOMENT.
I HAD NEVER FELT SO WRAPPED
IN THE ARMS OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
I COULD FEEL GOD'S
PRESENCE.
I THINK IT WAS THAT MOMENT
WHERE I ACCEPTED THAT GOD
WAS REAL AND THAT HIS SON
WAS REAL IN MY HEART.
AND I GOT IT BECAUSE IT WAS
A FEELING THAT JUST
OVERWHELMED ME.
Reporter: BUT HER
INJURIES LANDED HER IN THE
HOSPITAL.
I BROKE MY NECK, THE RIBS
DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF MY
BODY, DAMAGED MY LUNGS, MY
LIVER, MY FACE.
AND MOST SEVERELY, I HAD
SOME BRAIN CONTUSIONS.
AND THAT, IRONICALLY ENOUGH,
LEFT ME WITH AN UNBELIEVABLE
STUTTER.
Reporter: SHE RECOVERED
AFTER AN EXTENSIVE
REHABILITATION, AND FINISHED
HER FOUR YEARS ON THE SOCCER
TEAM AS THE MOST DECORATED
PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF
L.S.U.
I LOOK BACK NOW AND THINK
WITHOUT GOD'S HANDS ON THAT
RECOVERY, I WOULD NEVER HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO RETURN IN TIME
FOR SOCCER.
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
Reporter: TODAY MO IS
IN GRADUATE SCHOOL, AND
TRAINS DAILY WITH 99 PREMIER
ATHLETES.
BUT WHY?
IT WAS JANUARY OF 2011,
AND I DON'T TELL TOO MANY
PEOPLE THIS, BUT GOD JUST
CHALLENGED ME TO BUILD MY
PLATFORM FOR HIM.
Reporter: BUT MO WAS
UNSURE OF HOW THE FOOTBALL
TEAM WOULD ACCEPT HER TRYING
OUT.
I STEPPED INTO THE
PROCESS AND WAS GREETED BY
NOTHING BUT OPEN DOORS.
Reporter: AS THE
FOOTBALL SEASON NEARS AND
THE GAMES BEGIN, MO WILL TRY
TO SECURE HER ROLE AS A
PLACE KICKER FOR THE
TIGERS.
BUT WHATEVER THE OUTCOME,
SHE KNOWS THE ONE WHO HAS
THE PlayBook.
*
* SO MANY SONGS ARE SUNG
ABOUT YOU *
* I'M STILL YOURS
* FOREVER
GOD OVERWHELMED MY
HEART.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN
THIS LIFETIME OF UPS AND
DOWNS.
BUT I WOULDN'T CHANGE A DAY
OF IT BECAUSE IT HAS
PROVIDED ME THE OPPORTUNITY
TO NOT ONLY GROW AS A
PERSON, BUT TO SHINE LIGHT
AND JOY AND HOPE TO OTHER
PEOPLE THROUGH MY
EXPERIENCES.
Terry: THE TRUTH IS
LIFE IS FILLED WITH UPS AND
DOWNS.
THAT'S TRUE FOR EVERY ONE OF
US.
THE THING IS, WHERE DO WE
COME OUT AT THE END OF IT?
WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM ALL OF
THAT?
WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR
LIVES?
WHY ARE WE HERE?
IS GOD REAL AND DOES HE
REALLY LOVE YOU THE WAY HE
SAYS HE DOES?
THAT'S WHAT MO IS TRYING TO
SHARE WITH YOU AND WITH ME
IN HER STORY, THAT IT'S
REAL, IT'S TRUE, AND HE
DOES.
IT'S SO EAS EASY TO GET
OVERWHELMED BY THE THINGS WE
CAN TOUCH AROUND US, WHAT WE
CAN FEEL AND SEE RIGHT IN
FRONT OF US.
GOD IS BIGGER THAN ALL OF
THAT.
SO MUCH BIGGER THAN ALL OF
THAT.
HE REALLY DOES KNOW YOU.
HE KNOWS YOUR INNER MOST
THOUGHTS.
HE KNOWS YOUR NEEDS.
AND HE DOES INVITE US, JUST
LIKE MO SAID, TO COME TO HIM
WHEN WE'RE WEARY, WHEN WE'RE
DISAPPOINTED, AND EVEN WHEN
LIFE STRIKES IN A WAY THAT
LEAVES US NOT UNDERSTANDING
AND IN A PLACE OF GREAT
LOSS.
HE IS BIGGER THAN THAT.
HE IS BIGGER THAN THAT.
AND HE HAS GOT SOMETHING
WONDERFUL FOR YOU.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WHEN GOD
SAYS THAT, OR WHEN WE SHARE
THE TRUTH OF HIS WORD WITH
YOU, THAT EVERYTHING IN YOUR
LIFE IS GOING TO BE JUST
SWELL.
THEY'RE YOU'RE NEVER GOING
TO HAVE A PROBLEM, THAT
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE
ANYTHING THAT YOU CARE
ABOUT.
IT MEANS THAT HE IS BIGGER
THAN THAT.
IT MEANS SOMETHING HAPPENS
INSIDE OF YOU AS YOU CONNECT
WITH THE CREATOR OF THE
UNIVERSE THAT LIFTS YOU UP
ABOVE ALL OF THAT.
THAT HEALS YOUR SOUL, THAT
BRINGS WHOLENESS TO YOU.
I AM THE LORD, YOUR HEALER.
THAT'S WHAT GOD SAYS IN THE
WORD.
IT DOESN'T JUST MEAN HEALING
YOUR BODY, AS MO EXPERIENCED
WHEN SHE WENT THROUGH THAT
CAR ACCIDENT.
HE MEANS HEALING THE WHOLE
NINE YARDS.
EVERYTHING, YOU'RE EMOTIONS,
YOUR PSYCHE.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED, HE
IS.
SO WHY DO WE STRUGGLE?
WHY DO WE ARGUE WITH GOD
OVER IT?
WHY DO WE CHALLENGE HIM?
WHY DO WE RUN THE OTHER
WAY?
YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOMETHING
IN US THAT LIKES TO BE IN
CHARGE, THAT LIKES TO
CONTROL.
THE THING ABOUT GOD IS WHEN
WE RECOGNIZE WHO HE IS, AND
WHEN WE SAY YES TO HIM, WHAT
WE'RE SAYING IS IT'S NOT
ABOUT ME, AND I GET THAT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU, GOD.
AND I WANT ALL OF YOU IN ALL
OF ME.
THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW.
NEVER TOO LATE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE
YOU'VE BEEN OR WHAT YOU'VE
DONE.
GOD LOVES YOU.
SO TODAY, RIGHT NOW, THIS
MOMENT, SAY YES.
BRING YOUR BURDENS, BRING
THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU
FEEL HEAVY LADEN, AND PRAY
RIGHT NOW.
AND ASK HIM TO BE REAL IN
YOUR LIFE.
LET'S PRAY.
JESUS, I WANT TO KNOW YOU.
I WANT TO KNOW YOU THE WAY
MO ICEM KNOWS YOU.
I WANT YOU TO BE REAL IN MY
LIFE, THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN
REAL IN HER LIFE.
I'M COMING TO YOU BECAUSE
I'M SPENT, GOD.
I'M JUST BURNED OUT.
I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS.
I'M WEARY.
I'M JUST TIRED OF THE WHOLE
THING.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT
IT ALL INTO FOCUS.
WHAT I KNOW IS I'M NOT
ENOUGH FOR MYSELF.
I DON'T WANT TO BE ENOUGH.
IN FACT, I'M NOT JUST NOT
ENOUGH, GOD, I FALL SHORT OF
THE MARK.
I AM SO AWARE OF MY
SHORTCOMINGS.
MY SINS, THE THINGS I'VE
DONE THAT HAVE BEEN WRONG,
AND I CONFESS THAT TO YOU
TODAY.
JESUS, PLEASE FORGIVE MY
SINS.
BE THE SAVIOR OF MY LIFE, MY
SOUL.
I'M GIVING YOU ALL THAT I'VE
GOT THAT'S LEFT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT
FOR MY LIFE OR WHAT YOU WANT
TO DO IN ME OR THROUGH ME,
BUT I'M YOURS.
TODAY I'M SAYING I BELONG TO
YOU, AND I THANK YOU FOR
WAITING FOR ME, FOR LOVING
ME, FOR FORGIVING ME, FOR
OFFERING ME A BRAND NEW
START.
FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY
SPIRIT TODAY.
TEACH ME YOUR WAYS, GOD.
I'M OPEN TO ALL YOU WANT TO
SHOW ME.
USE MY LIFE FOR SOMETHING
THAT MATTERS.
AND LOVE ME, GOD.
LOVE ME AND TEACH ME HOW TO
LOVE YOU WELL.
IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY.
AMEN.
LISTEN, IF YOU'VE PRAYED
THAT PRAYER, YOU'VE ENTERED
THE JOURNEY WITH THE GOD WHO
CREATED YOU, WHO LOVES YOU
SO MUCH.
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
WELL, WE PUT A PACKET
TOGETHER FOR YOU -- PAT
HAS -- AND IT IS FILLED WITH
INFORMATION.
MO TALKED ABOUT THE BIBLE,
THE CHURCH, GOD.
AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT.
IT IS 1-800-759-0700.
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
CALL AND SAY, I PRAYED THAT
PRAYER ON TV TODAY, AND I'D
LIKE THE "NEW DAY" PACKET,
AND WE'LL GET THIS OUT TO
YOU RIGHT AWAY.
PAT?
Pat: THANKS, TERRY.
NAVY SEALS, THEY ARE TOUGH,
THEY ARE MEAN, AND THEY'RE
TRAINED TO A FINE POINT TO
BE INSERTED BEHIND ENEMY
LINES, TO DO DAMAGE SECRETLY
AND TO WITHDRAW.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO
TOOK OUT OSAMA BIN LADEN.
YOU'RE GOING TO MEET A MAN
WHO WAS ALWAYS A QUITTER
UNTIL HE TRAINED TO BE A
NAVY SEAL.
HIS STORY IS CALLED "THE
SEAL OF GOD."
Reporter: WELCOME BACK
TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN
NEWSBREAK.
PASTOR RICK WARREN IS
CANCELLING HIS PRESIDENTIAL
FORUM AT SADDLEBACK CHURCH.
HE SAID THE PURPOSE IS FOR
CIVILITY AND RESPECT, BUT
SAYS THE CURRENT CLIMATE OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
DOESN'T REFLECT THOSE VALUES
AND HE DOESN'T EXPECT IT TO
CHANGE.
BOTH PRESIDENTIAL COMPAIGNS
SAY THEIR CANDIDATES HAD NO
COMMITTED TO ATTEND THE
EVENT.
THE FORUM FEATURED BARACK
OBAMA AND JOHN McCAIN IN
2008.
CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLLEN WILL
GIVE THE BENEDICTION AT THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION THE NIGHT MITT
ROMNEY ACCEPTS THE
NOMINATION.
ROMNEY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT
ON E.M.T. CATHOLIC NETWORK.
DOLLEN IS PRESIDENT OF THE
U.S. CATHOLIC BISHOPS.
THE CARDINAL'S OFFICE SAYS
HIS APPEARANCE WILL NOT BE
AN ENDORSEMENT FOR ROMNEY.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE
LATEST FROM CBN NEWS BY
GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PAT AND TERRY WILL BE BACK
WITH MORE OF "THE 700 CLUB"
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Pat: WELCOME BACK.
AS WE CONTINUE THIS EDITION
OF "THE 700 CLUB."
NAVY SEALS, THEY'RE THE
ELITE OF THE ELITE.
ONLY THE BEST MAKE IT
THROUGH TRAINING.
CHAD WILLIAMS WANTED TO BE A
SEAL HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
UNTIL HE ACTUALLY BECAME
ONE.
Reporter: WHEN CHAD
WILLIAMS DECIDED TO BECOME A
NAVY SEAL, HIS PARENTS TRIED
TO DISCOURAGE HIM.
THEY EVEN HIRED FORMER SEAL
SCOTT HELVISTON TO RUN HIM
THROUGH GRUELING ENDURANCE
TESTS TO CHANGE HIS MIND.
> INSTEAD, IT FUELED HIS
DESIRE TO IN LIST.
BUT TWO YEARS AFTER BECOMING
A NAVY SEAL --
I REALIZED IT HASN'T
DELIVERED FOR ME WHAT I
THOUGHT IT WOULD.
Reporter: IN HIS BOOK,
"SEAL OF GOD," CHAD SHARES
LESSONS HE LEARNED IN ONE OF
THE MILITARY'S MOST ELITE
FIGHTING FORCES AND WHAT
RADICALLY CHANGED HIS LIFE.
Pat: MAN, WHAT A BOOK,
?IEMPLET TH, "THE SEAL OF
GOD."
CHAD WILLIAMS IS HERE WITH
US.
AND HE LOOKS TOUGH AND
STRONG.
GOD BLESS YOU.
HEY, LISTEN, IT SOUNDED LIKE
YOU WERE DRUNK DURING MOST
OF THE TIME YOU WERE IN SEAL
TEAM TRAINING.
DID I GET THE WRONG
IMPRESSION IN YOUR BOOK?
I WAS DOING A LOT OF
DRINKING BEFORE I BECAME A
CHRISTIAN.
Pat: HOW DID YOU STAND
IT?
IT IS EXHAUSTING ENERGY, AND
YOU'RE BOOZING IT UP?
IT IS A BIZARRE THING
BECAUSE WHEN I WAS 19, 20
YEARS OLD, IT WAS ALMOST
LIKE THERE WAS NO
CONSEQUENCES FOR THE
DRINKING.
I WASN'T WAKING UP WITH
HANGOVERS.
I WAS ACTUALLY WAKING UP
LIKE, LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
Pat: YOU'VE BEEN
DRINKING ALL NIGHT, AND YOU
GET TO BED AT 5:00, 6:00 IN
THE MORNING, AND YOU GET UP
AN HOUR LATER, AND YOU'RE
OUT HITTING THE LOG ROLLING
OR WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING,
AND YOU WERE WINNING THE
COMPETITIONS.
ONE OF THE FASTEST RUNS I
HAD NEVER DONE, I WAS
THROWING UP ON THE STARTING
LINE AFTER A LONG NIGHT OF
TOO MANY SAKI BOMBS.
Pat: HOW DID YOU DO
IT?
BEING A YOUNG GUY AND I
WAS REALLY DRIVEN.
I WANTED TO DO IT ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE OF WHO SCOTT
HALVISTON WAS.
HE WAS LIKE A SECOND FATHER
TO ME AND A MENTOR, AND HE
WAS A U.S. NAVY SEAL.
HE WAS A HUGE MOTIVATOR FOR
ME IN MY LIFE.
Pat: HOW DID YOU GET
THROUGH -- THEY'VE GOT THAT
HELL WEEK, AND YOU'RE OUT
THERE SWIMMING IN FREEZING
COLD WATER, AND YOU'VE GOT
TO STAY OUT THERE FOR, WHAT,
A COUPLE OF DAYS?
HOW DO YOU DO IT?
THEY CALL IT HELL WEEK.
IT IS FIVE AND A HALF DAYS
LONG.
AND YOU GET FOUR HOURS OF
SLEEP.
THAT'S NOT FOUR HOURS OF
SLEEP A NIGHT.
THAT'S A GRAND TOTAL OF FOUR
HOURS OF SLEEP FOR THE FIVE
AND A HALF DAYS.
YOU'RE IN THE FREEZING COLD
WATER.
I REMEMBER I STARTED IN A
CLASS OF 173 GUYS, AND THE
INSTRUCTORS GOT US ALL
TOGETHER AND TOLD US ALL,
GENTLEMEN, LOOK LEFT AND
RIGHT, AND TAKE MENTAL
PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE
BESIDE YOU.
CHANCES ARE IF YOU MAKE IT
THROUGH SEAL TRAINING, THAT
MEANS THE PEOPLE YOU LOOKED
AT HAVEN'T.
OUT OF THE 173 GUYS, ONLY 13
OF THAT ORIGINAL CLASS
NUMBER MADE IT THROUGH TO
GRADUATION.
Pat: YOU'VE GOT TO DO
THE UNDERWATER STUFF AND
DEMOLITION AND WEAPONS
TRAINING.
WE HAD SOME SEALS WORKING
WITH US, AND I WENT OUT TO
THE PISTOL RANGE WITH ONE OF
THEM.
AND HE PUMPED THE MAGAZINE
WITH A LITTLE GLOCK -- HE
WASN'T OFF A
QUARTER-OF-AN-INCH.
I SAID WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
AND HE SAYS, YOU SHOOT A
THOUSAND ROUNDS A DAY.
YOU GET TO THE POINT
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
DOING.
IT JUST WORKS OUT.
Pat: ARE YOU SCARED?
WHAT MISSION DID YOU GO ON
WITH THE SEALS THAT STANDS
OUT?
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
SKETCHY SITUATIONS I WAS IN
WAS OVER IN IRAQ ON THE LAST
OPERATION THAT MY PARTICULAR
SEAL PLATOON WAS INVOLVED
WITH.
I CAN'T GET TOO DETAILED.
WE KNEW IT WAS OUR LAST
OPERATION.
AND WE KNEW WE WERE GOING
AFTER A GUY MAKING THESE
I.E.D.s AND SUICIDE VESTS,
BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE
GOING TO BE AMBUSHED THAT
NIGHT.
WE ENDED UP BEING ABLE TO
TURN THE GUN FIGHT AROUND.
THANKFULLY.
MEN THAT DIED THAT NIGHT,
NOBODY ON OUR TEAM -- THE
WORST THAT HAPPENED IS ONE
OF THE GUYS THAT WAS WITH US
GOT SHOT IN THE BUTT, AND
THEY WAS LAUGHING ABOUT IT
LATER.
Pat: THAT'S A BIG
HOOT.
[LAUGHTER]
Pat: AND THE REST OF
YOU GOT OUT?
YES.
YEAH.
SO WE GOT BACK ALIVE.
I ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT WHEN
PEOPLE SAY THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SERVICE, BUT AS A
SERVICEMAN, ONE OF THE
THINGS I THINK OF IS WHAT
ABOUT THE GUYS WHO HAVE PAID
THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR THE
SAKE OF FREEDOM.
THEY HAVE LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE THANKING
ME.
I THINK OF THOSE GUYS THAT
HAVE KISSED THEIR WIVES AND
BABIES FOR THE LAST TIME,
AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW
IT.
AND THEY GO OVERSEAS, AND
YOU HEAR THAT SAYING,
"FREEDOM ISN'T FREE."
MEN PAID FOR IT WITH THEIR
LIFE'S BLOOD.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
STORIES I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT
TO KIND OF BRING THAT
PICTURE OUT OF WHAT TOOK
PLACE AT THE CROSS OF JESUS
CHRIST TO BRING A STRONG AND
PROPER PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT
HAPPENED.
I THINK WE CAN KIND OF BE
FAR REMOVED FROM IT
SOMETIMES.
IT HAPPENED 2,000 YEARS
AGO.
BUT WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO
SOLDIERS THAT DIE FOR
FREEDOM
OVERSEAS TODAY.
Pat: YOU KNOW, I WAS IN
THE MARINES.
I WAS WITH THE COMBAT
DIVISION, BUT I WASN'T DOING
ANYTHING LIKE THE SEALS ARE
DOING.
YOU GO INTO TAKE A GUY BIN
LADEN, AND YOU'VE GOT TO
PARACHUTE IN THE DEAD OF
NIGHT INTO AN ENEMY
COMPOUND.
I MEAN, DO YOU GUYS GET
SCARED, OR ARE YOU SO
WELL-TRAINED IS THAT YOU
DON'T THINK OF IT.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I
THINK WE'RE SO WELL-TRAINED
THAT YOU DON'T GET SCARED.
WE GO THROUGH SO MANY
SIMULATION GUN FIGHTS AND
ATTACKS THAT WHEN IT FINALLY
DOES HAPPEN -- I REMEMBER
THINKING TO MYSELF, HEY,
REMEMBER, THESE BULLETS ARE
FOR REAL THIS TIME.
I HAD TO REMIND MYSELF.
Pat: BUT YOU FOUND THE
LORD.
WHEN WAS IT?
IT WAS MARCH 14, 2007.
I FOUND THE LORD.
I GOT A GOOD PICTURE OF WHAT
TOOK PLACE AT THE CROSS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN NAVY SEALS
OUT THERE, ONE LIKE MIKE
MONSOR, WHEN HE WAS OVER IN
IRAQ, HE WAS UP ON TOP OF
THE ROOF, AND THE HAND
GRENADE WAS THROWN ON THE
ROOF AND HITS HIM IN THE
CHEST.
HE HAD AN EXIT JUST A STEP
AWAY.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER GUYS ON
THE ROOF THAT DIDN'T STAND A
CHANCE OF MAKING IT PAST
THAT EXIT AND PAST THE
GRENADE.
SO MIKE, IN AN ULTIMATE
SELFLESS ACT, HE JUMPED ON
THE HAND GRENADE AND
ABSORBED THE SHOCK OF THAT
GREN MADE, AND HE DIED.
BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DIED,
THE OTHER GUYS ON THE ROOF
LIVED.
THAT IS A PICTURE OF WHAT
JESUS CHRIST HAS DONE.
JUST AS MIKE TOOK THE BLAST
OF THAT GRENADE ON HIMSELF
SO OTHERS COULD LIVE, JESUS
CHRIST TOOK THE BLAST AND
THE ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES OF
OUR SIN SO WE COULD PASS BY
THE GRENADE, AS IT WOULD,
AND LIVE WITH HIM IN
ETERNITY.
Pat: THEY USED TO GIVE
A MEDAL OF HONOR --
MIKE MONSOR GOT THE MEDAL
OF HONOR.
HE IS WITH THE LORD NOW.
Pat: HE IS WITH THE
LORD.
YES, SIR.
Pat: WHAT HAPPENED TO
YOU.
YOU WERE DRINKING LIKE
CRAZY.
IF YOUR BOOK IS TRUE, YOU
WERE THE ULTIMATE PARTY
BOY.
HOW DID YOU COME TO THE
LORD.
ROMANS 116 -- A PASTOR
WAS PREACHING THE GOSPEL,
AND SUDDENLY MY EYES AND
EARS WERE OPEN.
I UNDERSTOOD AND I REALIZED
I NEEDED TO RADICALLY
REPENT, AND DISOBSTRUCT WITH
MY SIN, AND PUT MY FAITH AND
TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M
EXCITED FOR IS I GET TO WORK
FOR THIS PASTOR.
WE HAVE A BIG EVENT COMING
UP AUGUST 25th, AND ITS
CALLED HARVEST AMERICA.
THERE ARE OVER 1800 CHURCHES
THAT ARE INVOLVED.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A
LIVE FEED OUT TO THESE
SATELLITE CHURCHES, AND HE
IS GOING TO BE SHARING THE
GOSPEL TO ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA.
IT IS ONE DAY, ONE CHURCH.
ONE MESSAGE.
FOLKS CAN GO TO
harvestAmerica.com AND
THERE IS OVER 1800 CHURCHES
INVOLVED.
Pat: THIS IS
INCREDIBLE.
YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL
OF US.
THE BOOK IS CALLED "THE SEAL
OF GOD."
IS IT SOLD ANYWHERE?
ANY MAJOR BOOKSTORE.
Pat: "THE SEAL OF
GOD."
IT IS AN EXCITING STORY
ABOUT HOW THESE GREAT
WARRIORS ARE TRAINED AND HOW
ONE OF THEM FOUND THE
ULTIMATE WARRIOR.
CHAD, THANK YOU, MY
BROTHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME ON.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
Pat: TERRY?
Terry: WELL, COMING UP,
A WORKOHOLIC WHO FOUND A WAY
TO CUT BACK HIS HOURS AND
EARN MORE MONEY.
GET HIS SECRET.
THAT'S NEXT.
Pat: HEY, IT'S A GREAT
DAY.
IT'S THURSDAY.
Terry: ALL DAY.
Pat: AND TERRY IS BACK
FROM OOLAND, BACKTAR, THE
HEART OF OUTER MONGOLIA.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
Terry: THANK YOU.
IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK.
Pat: MIKE DIESON LIVED
TO WORK.
HE SPENT MORE TIME AT THE
OFFICE THAN HE DID AT HOME.
AND HIS JOB WAS SLOWLY
KILLING HIM.
Reporter: MIKE WORKED
90 TO 100 HOURS EACH WEEK AS
AN MANAGER FOR AN AUTO PARTS
COMPANY.
I WORKED ALL OF THOSE
HOURS, IN ESSENCE, ALMOST
LIKE A SLAVE.
YOU START COMPUTING WHAT
YOU'RE MAKING PER HOUR, AND
IT WAS NEXT TO NOTHING.
I'D GET AS MANY AS THREE TO
500 E-MAILS A DAY.
YOU FEEL LIKE A SINKING
SHIP.
YOU CAN'T EVER REALLY CATCH
UP.
Reporter: MIKE KNEW
STRESS AND THE LONG HOURS
WERE TAKING THEIR TOLL ON
HIS HEALTH AND HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE,
BECKY.
GOING TO THE MOVIES OR
DATE NIGHTS WERE PRETTY WELL
NON-EXISTENT FOR THE MOST
PART.
IT WAS WORK, WORK, WORK.
Reporter: MIKE DECIDED
TO QUIT IS JOB AND FIND A
NEW ONE.
HE TOOK ONE WITH LESS
STRESS, BUT LESS MONEY.
WE WERE WATCHING "THE 700
CLUB," AND WE WERE LIVING
PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, AND WE
CALLED IN TO MAKE THAT $20
PLEDGE AND COMMITMENT.
Reporter: THAT SAME
YEAR, GOD TOLD THEM TO BUY
INTO A FITNESS CENTER
FRANCHISE.
WE SOUGHT GOD AND DID
SOME FASTING AND SEEK WHAT
GOD WANTED US TO DO.
WE FELT THIS WAS THE THING
FOR US.
Reporter: THE BUSINESS
TOOK OFF AND EXCEEDED ALL
EXPECTATIONS IN ITS FIRST
SIX MONTHS.
ARE WE BLESSED?
WE ARE.
BUT WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY
BELIEVE AND KNOW IT IS ABOUT
POURING THE BLESSINGS
THROUGH US TO OTHER PEOPLE
AND OTHER MINISTRIES, LIKE
CBN NEWS' "THE 700 CLUB."
Reporter: AND TODAY
THEY OWN TWO FRANCHISES ARE
CONSIDERING A THIRD.
WHEN WE STARTED TITHING
TO CBN, THAT ATMOSPHERE
CHANGE IN OUR LIVES.
AND TO SEE WHERE WE WERE AND
WHERE WE ARE NOW, ONLY GOD
COULD DO THAT.
I'VE NOT WORKED IN THE
CORPORATE WORLD -- I HAVEN'T
WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE NOW
FOR OVER TWO YEARS.
IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE
WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
GOD WAS TEACHING US
SOMETHING.
WE STEPPED INTO THAT LAW OF
RECIPROCITY, AND I THINK I
WAS TEACHING -- AGAIN, IT
GOES BACK TO THE TRUST
LEVEL, AND THAT HE IS A
TRUSTWORTHY GOD.
HE IS TRUSTWORTHY.
Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS WHY
WILL YOU LABOR FOR NOTHING
IN ANXIOUS TOIL.
YOU KNOW, HE WILL LOOK AFTER
HIS BELOVED.
AND IF YOU DO WHAT HE WANTS
YOU TO DO, YOU CAN REST.
THERE IS NO REASON TO KILL
YOURSELF.
ALL OF THIS BUSINESS ABOUT
ANSWERING THESE STUPID
E-MAILS THAT HAVE NO CONTENT
WHATSOEVER.
AND EVERYBODY IS ON THESE
MACHINES JAMMING AWAY.
WHO NEEDS ALL OF THAT?
TRUST THE LORD AND DO WHAT
HE SAYS.
AND THEY BEGAN TO GIVE, AND
THEY BROUGHT THE POWER OF
GOD INTO WORK.
WE HAVE SOMETHING -- TERRY
IS HERE WITH SOMETHING.
Terry: WE'VE GOT SOME
OF THOSE E-MAILS.
Pat: OH, GOOD.
Terry: THIS IS BRITTANY
WHO SAYS, "I HAVE BEEN
SAVED, AND I LOVE THE LORD,
BUT I CHEATED ON MY
BOYFRIEND WHILE WE WERE
DATING.
HE DID THE SAME TO ME.
NOW WE'RE HAPPILY MARRIED
AND FAITHFUL TO ONE
ANOTHER.
MY QUESTION IS, WHY DO I
STILL FEEL GUILTY AND WHY DO
I FEEL LIKE GOD DOESN'T LOVE
ME?"
Pat: GOD LOVES YOU.
YOU HAD SEX.
YOU COMMITTED FORNICATION.
YOU CHEATED ON YOUR
BOYFRIEND -- YOU WEREN'T
MARRIED.
SO THIS IS NOT ADULTERY.
YOU HAD AN ACT OF SEX.
WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF
SINGLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEX.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THE BIBLE
CONDONES, BUT, ALL OF A
SUDDEN, THEY DO IT.
AND GOD FORGIVES.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT DAVID DID.
I MEAN NOT ONLY DID HE GET
BATH SIBA PREGNANT, HE HAD
HER HUSBAND KILLED.
AND HE COMES BEFORE THE LORD
AND SAYS TAKE NOT YOUR HOLY
SPIRIT FROM ME, CLEANSE ME.
GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU.
YOU NEED TO COME TO HIM AND
ACCEPT HIS FORGIVENESS AND
REALIZE YOU'RE HUMAN.
WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS, AND GOD
KNOWS WE'RE MADE OUT OF THE
DUST OF THE EARTH, AND HE
FORGIVES.
Terry: AND IF HE
FORGIVES US, WHO ARE WE NOT
TO FORGIVE OURS.
Pat: OF COURSE FORGIVE
YOURSELF.
TOMORROW, SEE HOW A MAN
SURVIVES WITH A CRACK IN HIS
SKULL THE SIZE OF A
SOFTBALL.
AND TODAY WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE WORDS OF JESUS: "IF
YOU HAVE FAITH AS A MUSTARD
SEED, NOTHING WILL BE
IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU."
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE'VE
GOT.
FOR ALL OF US, THIS IS PAT
ROBERTSON.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.
