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[APPLAUSE]
Gordon: WELCOME TO THE
SHOW.
WITH OBESITY ON THE RISE IN
THE NATION, AMERICANS FIND
THEMSELVES OBSESSED WITH
THEIR WEIGHT.
FOR THE GIRL YOU'RE ABOUT TO
MEET, BEING SKINNY MEANT
EVERYTHING, NO MATTER THE
COST.
Terry: AND WHILE THE
REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR
SPIRRED ANDREA TO LOSE MORE
WEIGHT, SHE SAW A MESSAGE IN
A CAR WINDOW THAT CHANGED
HER LIFE.
I HAD EXTREMELY LOW
SELF-ESTEEM AND NEVER FELT
GOOD ENOUGH, SMART ENOUGH,
PRETTY ENOUGH.
Reporter: FROM HER
EARLIEST MEMORIES, ANDREA
LOGAN WHITE FELT INVISIBLE.
SHE WAS HUNGRY FOR AFFECTION
AND ATTENTION.
MY FATHER WAS A POLICE
OFFICER.
AND MY MOTHER, YOU KNOW,
STARTED WORKING QUITE OFTEN
AT FULL-TIME JOBS.
WE GREW UP IN A VERY
EMOTIONALLY STERILE
ENVIRONMENT.
SO THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF
AFFECTION OR ATTENTION.
Reporter: WHEN ANDREA
TURNED 13 YEARS OLD, HER
PARENTS DIVORCED AND HER
GRANDPARENTS DIED.
AND I REALLY WAS HOPELESS
AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
DEPRESSION AT 13.
I WAS THREATENING SUICIDE
BECAUSE I WAS SO DESPERATE
TO JUST HAVE SOMEBODY PAY
ATTENTION TO ME AND TO LOVE
ON ME.
Reporter: WHEN ANDREA'S
CRIES FOR HELP WERE IGNORED,
SHE REALIZED THAT BY
CONTROLLING HER EATING
HABITS SHE COULD TAKE CHARGE
OF HER LIFE.
REALLY GOING INTO HIGH
SCHOOL IS WHEN THE EATING
DISORDER STARTED BECAUSE MY
LIFE WAS A MESS.
SO I STARTED TO CONTROL MY
ENVIRONMENT.
IF I CAN JUST DO THIS ONE
THING AND BE STRONG IN THIS
AREA, THEN I'LL BE
DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE ONE
THING THAT MADE ME, ODDLY
ENOUGH, FEEL STRONG.
Reporter: SOON ANOREXIA
CONSUMED ANDREA'S LIFE.
I REMEMBER AT THE WORST
POINT OF THE EATING
DISORDER, I THINK I WAS
EATING 500 CALORIES OR
LESS.
SO I WOULD COUNT EVERY STICK
OF GUM.
AND EVERYTHING I WOULD PUT
IN MY MOUTH, AND EVEN WITH
78 POUNDS, 85 POUNDS,
90 POUNDS, I WOULD SEE A
FAT, UGLY PERSON.
I WAS ALIVE, BUT I WAS SO
DEAD INSIDE AND SO BROKEN,
AND IT WAS JUST ALL
CONSUMING.
THE OBSESSION, THE
COMPULSION.
AND IT JUST TAKES EVERY PART
OF YOUR LIFE AWAY FROM YOU.
Reporter: WHEN SHE WAS
18, ANDREA WENT TO AN
OUTPATIENT FACILITY FOR TWO
WEEKS TO GET HELP WITH THE
ANOREXIA.
BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE
TREATMENT ENDED, ANDREA
MOVED TO LOS ANGELES TO
RESUME HER DREAM OF ACTING.
THE ANOREXIA WANT FAR
BEHIND.
I WAS AROUND SEX AND
DRUGS AND MONEY, AND IT
BECAME NORMAL TO ME.
I WOULD RELAPSE IN AND OUT
OF THE ANOREXIA BECAUSE THAT
WAS, AGAIN, BECAUSE I HAD NO
SUPPORT, AND NO FOUNDATION.
I WAS LOOKING AT PEOPLE WITH
PLASTIC SURGERY AND LOOKING
AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE
PERFECT LIFE AESTHETICALLY.
Reporter: AFTER A
COUPLE OF YEARS IN
HOLLYWOOD, THE COMPETITION
FOR JOBS AND THE FEAR OF
REJECTION BEGAN TO WEAR ON
ANDREA.
THAT'S WHEN SHE STARTED
WORKING A SIDE JOB AS A
PERSONAL TRAINER.
SEVERAL OF HER CLIENTS ARE
CHRISTIANS.
I WAS EXHAUSTED
PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND
SPIRITUALLY.
I WAS TIRED OF DOING
EVERYTHING IN MY OWN
STRENGTH.
I WAS AT THAT PLACE WHERE MY
EYES WERE OPEN.
I WAS READY FOR IT.
I STARTED SEEING THE JOY AND
THE PEACE THESE OTHER
CHRISTIANS I WAS WORKING
WITH, AND I COULD SEE THE
DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES.
Reporter: DRIVING HOME
FROM WORK ONE DAY, ANDREA
PRAYED TO GOD WHEN SHE
STOPPED AT A LIGHT.
I GOT TO ROCK BOTTOM, AND
I REMEMBER CRYING OUT TO GOD
AND I WAS SOBBING.
SOMEBODY THAT BEEPED THEIR
HORN, AND SO I HESITATED TO
EVEN LOOK OVER.
AND HE HELD UP A SIGN, AND
HE POINTED TO IT.
BUT IT WAS THE SIGN TO A
RADIO STATION.
I TURNED THE RADIO STATION
ON, AND THERE WAS A PASTOR
REPEATING THE PRAYERS, AND I
CRIED OUT.
AND GOD WAS REPEATING MY
WORDS AND MY CRY-OUT TO GOD
RIGHT BACK TO HIM.
THAT WAS A HUGE SIGN, NOT
ONLY PHYSICALLY, BUT
SYMBOLICLY OF GOOD SAYING,
LISTEN.
YOU'RE HERE FOR A REASON.
I HAVE A PLAN FOR YOU.
I AM HERE AND I AM REAL.
AND, REALLY, THAT'S WHEN MY
LIFE MADE A DRAMATIC CHANGE
AND I ACCEPTED CHRIST AS MY
SAVIOR.
I JUST REMEMBER FEELING THAT
PEACE AND THAT JOY AND
KNOWING THAT IT WAS REAL.
Reporter: IN 2003
ANDREA MARRIED DAVID WHITE,
A MAN WHOM SHE MET AT HER
CHURCH.
BUT ANDREA CONTINUED TO
STRUGGLE WITH EATING
DISORDERS, EVEN AFTER
BECOMING A CHRISTIAN AND
MARRIAGE.
SHORTLY AFTER HER WEDDING,
SHE SLIPPED INTO BULEMIA.
THE ANOREXIA, I THOUGHT
I'M A NEW CREATURE AND I'M
HEALED, BUT THE OTHER PART
KNOWING THAT WE STILL HAVE
THE EMOTIONAL WOUNDS AND THE
SOUL WOUNDS.
I THINK BEING A CHRISTIAN
AND LEARNING YOUR IDENTITY
IS ONGOING.
FOR TWO YEARS STRAIGHT, MY
HUSBAND AND I WERE ON OUR
KNEES AND CRYING OUT TO
GOD.
AND AS A BELIEVER, ASKING
GOD FOR HIS MERCY.
Reporter: THROUGH
CONSISTENT PRAYER AND BIBLE
STUDY, ANDREA BEGAN TO SEE A
BREAKTHROUGH.
GOD IS SO GOOD, WHEN HE
HEALS, HE HEALS YOU AND THEN
SOME.
GOD HEALED ME OF BULEMIA IN
AN INSTANT.
I STOPPED THROWING UP.
IT WAS A MIRACLE.
Reporter: DOCTORS HAD
TOLD HER SHE WOULD NEVER GET
PREGNANT BECAUSE OF THE
RAVAGES OF ANOREXIA.
WHEN SHE BECAME PREGNANT
WITH HER FIRST SON, SHE KNEW
HER HEALING WAS COMPLETE.
NOT ONLY HEALED ME OF
BULEMIA, BUT BLESSED ME WITH
A STRONG, HEALTHY CHILD.
I GOT A DOUBLE HEALING.
Reporter: TODA TODAY
ANDREA HAS TWO HEALTHY
CHILDREN AND HAS BEEN FREE
FOR YEARS.
SHE WORKS ALONGSIDE HER
HUSBAND, A FAITH AND FAMILY
COMPANY.
SINCE I'VE BEEN SAVED,
99% OF MY WORK HAS BEEN IN
THE CHRISTIAN MARKET.
IT IS SUCH A BLESSING TO DO
A STORY, TO A PART IN IT AND
ALSO HAVE REDEMPTION IN IT.
HE IS FAITHFUL EVERY TIME HE
SEES YOU, WHETHER IT IS
ANOREXIA OR BULEMIA OR
DEPRESSION, HE IS RIGHT
THERE TO CRADLE YOU.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, HE WILL
NOT LET YOU DOWN.
I WOULD SAY CRY OUT TO HIM
AND BE RELENTLESS.
Terry: I THINK THAT'S
THE MESSAGE THAT YOU SEE IN
HER HEALING AND IN HER BEING
SET FREE, IS SHE CRIED OUT
TO GOD AND SHE WOULD NOT
STOP UNTIL SHE GOT HER
BREAKTHROUGH.
AND THAT'S THE ANSWER FOR
YOU, TOO, AS YOU STRUGGLE
TODAY.
SO MANY TIMES WITH ALLOW
OURSELVES TO BE DEFINED BY
THE WORLD AROUND US.
SOMETIMES BY SELF-LOATHING,
OUR FEELINGS ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, OURSELVES, WHETHER WE
LIKE THE WAY WE LOOK, LIKE
THE WAY WE ARE.
WE ABSORB WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
THINK ABOUT US.
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE
ARE MADE -- MADE IN THE
IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD
HIMSELF.
HE DOESN'T JUST SHARE
HIMSELF WITH US, THAT WE'RE
MADE IN HIS IMAGE AND
LIKENESS.
HE REJOICED IN WHAT HE DID.
HE SAID THIS IS GOOD.
AND HE MADE YOU AND I TO
HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM.
I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TODAY
THAT IF YOU STRUGGLE IN YOUR
OWN HEART AND IN YOUR OWN
MIND WITH WHO YOU ARE AND
WITH YOUR VALUE AS A PERSON,
GO TO THE ONE WHO CREATED
YOU.
GO TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL.
FIGURE OUT WHAT HE HAS TO
SAY, NOT JUST ABOUT YOU AS
HIS CREATION, BUT ABOUT
HIM.
IT REALLY, IN THE END, IS
ALL ABOUT HIM.
UNDERSTANDING WHO WE ARE.
HOW MUCH WE ARE LOVED, HOW
FORGIVEN WE ARE, HOW MUCH WE
ARE LOVED RIGHT WHERE WE ARE
AT, JUST THE WAY WE ARE.
NOT HAVING TO GET CLEANED UP
OR GOOD ENOUGH FOR HAVE OUR
ACT TOGETHER.
HE SAYS, THAT'S MY JOB WHEN
I COME INTO YOUR LIFE.
I'M GOING TO CLEAN ALL OF
THAT UP.
I'M GOING TO REVEAL TO YOU
MORE OF WHO YOU ARE AND HOW
MUCH I LOVE YOU.
CRY OUT TO HIM TODAY, JUST
LIKE ANDREA DID.
THAT'S WHERE IT ALL BEGINS.
JESUS SAID I STAND AT THE
DOOR AND KNOCK.
HE IS STANDING OUTSIDE OF
THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART,
RIGHT NOW, KNOCKING AND
SAYING, I WANT TO COME IN.
I WANT TO BE A PART OF YOUR
LIFE.
I WANT TO KNOW YOU AND I
WANT TO REVEAL MYSELF TO
YOU.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM TODAY,
YOU KNOW YOU CAN KNOW ABOUT
HIM AND NOT KNOW HIM.
YOU CAN HAVE RELIGIOUS
EXPERIENCE.
YOU CAN BE A CHURCH GOER.
I'M ASKING YOU, DO YOU KNOW
HIM?
AND HAVE YOU LET HIM KNOW
YOU, THE INNER MOST PART OF
YOUR BEING, BY SHARING YOUR
HEART AND YOUR FEARS AND
YOUR LONGINGS AND YOUR NEEDS
FROM HIM, AND YOUR
FAILURES -- HOW ABOUT THAT?
LOTS OF TIMES THAT KEEPS YOU
FROM THE INTIMACY WITH GOD.
HE IS STANDING THERE SAYING
I WANT YOU, I LOVE YOU,
YOU'RE VALUABLE TO ME.
LET YOURSELF BE IDENTIFIED
IN HIM.
YOU CAN CRY OUT TO HIM FROM
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.
IT IS A CONVERSATION.
IT'S JESUS, HELP.
I NEED YOU.
SHOW ME WHO I AM.
SHOW ME WHO YOU ARE.
AND SHOW ME HOW TO LET YOU
LOVE ME.
AND RECEIVE HIS FORGIVENESS,
AND FORGIVE YOURSELF.
GOD WANTS TO GIVE YOU A
BRAND NEW BEGINNING AND
REDEFINE WHO YOU ARE IN YOUR
OWN HEART AND MIND.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRAY
WITH SOMEONE ABOUT YOUR
NEED, YOU CAN DO THAT BY
CALLING THAT TOLL-FREE
NUMBER THAT HAS JUST COME UP
ON YOUR SCREEN.
1-888-777-1999.
WHEN YOU CALL, SOMEONE IS
GOING TO ANSWER WHO HAS
PRAYED THAT SAME PRAYER
THEMSELVES AND FOUND FREEDOM
AND WHOLENESS AND LIFE.
AND THEY'D LOVE TO SHARE
THAT WITH YOU.
SO CALL NOW.
GORDON?
Gordon: COMING UP, FIND
OUT HOW A GROUP OF ISOLATED
GYPSIES FINALLY FOUND HOPE
AND ACCEPTANCE.
THAT'S NEXT ON "700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE."
Cara: ON A RECENT TRIP
TO UKRAINE, I MET A SINGLE
MOTHER NAMED ANNA.
HER CHILDREN WERE DENIED
HEALTH CARE AND HAD EVEN
BEEN REFUSED EDUCATION, ALL
BECAUSE THEY ARE GIP SEES.
TAKE A LOOK.
I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A
SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO UKRAINE
WHEN I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL
FROM ONE OF OUR "ORPHANS'
PROMISE" PARTNERS NAMED
NANCY.
SHE HAD READ A BLOG ABOUT
OUR MINISTRY TO GYPSY
CHILDREN.
GYPSY SETTLEMENTS I HAD
VISITED DAYS BEFORE.
SHE WROTE, "I'VE JUST BEEN
MOVED TO TEARS AS I READ
YOUR REPORT ABOUT THE
GYPSIES.
TRULY THEY ARE A FORGOTTEN
PEOPLE.
MY HEART IS BROKEN OVER
THEIR PLIGHT."
Terry: AS WE SHARED IN
OUR BLOG, GYPSY PEOPLE ARE
CONSIDERED SOCIAL OUTCASTS.
NO ONE WILL HIRE THEM, AND
MANY ARE ILLITERATE, AND
THEIR CHILDREN ARE NOT
WELCOME IN LOCAL SCHOOLS.
SO POVERTY AND SOCIAL STIGMA
BRING A SENSE OF
HOPELESSNESS.
IN THE PAST YEAR, "ORPHANS'
PROMISE" HAS BEGUN TO REACH
OUT TO THESE PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN, WHO
ARE EAGER TO LEARN.
TEACHERS COME INTO THEIR
COMMUNITIES TWICE A WEEK TO
TEACH RUSSIAN AND BASIC LIFE
SKILLS AND TO SHARE THE
GOSPEL.
KNOWLEDGE AND FAITH IS THE
BEGINNING OF A FUTURE FILLED
WITH POSSIBILITIES.
IN THIS PARTICULAR GYPSY
COMMUNITY, I MET A PRECIOUS
WOMAN NAMED ANNA.
SHE IS A SINGLE MOM WITH
PLENTY OF HER OWN NEEDS, YET
SHE CHOOSES TO REACH OUT TO
THE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND THE
"ORPHANS' PROMISE" CLASSES,
PROVIDING FREE MEALS TWICE A
WEEK.
ALL OF THIS AT HER OWN
EXPENSE.
HER DAUGHTERS ATTEND THE
CLASSES AND ARE EAGERLY
LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE.
BOTH FOUND JESUS THROUGH THE
BIBLE CLASSES HERE.
SHE SHARED WITH ME HER DREAM
TO RAISE LIVESTOCK TO
PREPARE BETTER MEALS FOR THE
CHILDREN.
THIS IS NOT JUST FOR YOUR
CHILDREN, BUT FOR ALL OF THE
CHILDREN HERE?
YES.
Terry: IF ANNA WOULD
DARE TO DREAM MORE, IT WOULD
BE FOR HER GRANDSON'S
HEALTH.
HE IS A BRIGHT, HAPPY LITTLE
BOY, BUT IS ALMOST
COMPLETELY DEAF IN BOTH
EARS.
WITH THE MEMORIES OF MY
VISIT STILL FRESH IN MY
MIND, I AM BLESSED IMMENSELY
BY THE GENEROSITY OF NANCY
AND HER HUSBAND, JOHN.
IF THERE IS A PARTICULAR
NEED WE CAN HELP TO MEET,
PLEASE LET US KNOW AS WE ARE
OPEN TO THE LORD'S
LEADINGS.
Terry: AS I STAND IN
THE AIRPORT AWAITING MY
FLIGHT, I AM STRUCK BY THE
SCRIPTURE FROM ISAIAH:
"BEFORE THEY CALL, I WILL
ANSWER."
BEFORE I COULD EVEN ASK, GOD
HAD PROVIDED A WAY.
I WISH I COULD BE THERE TO
SEE ANNA'S FACE WHEN SHE IS
TOLD HER DREAMS WILL COME
TRUE, NOT JUST FOR THE
LIVESTOCK AND BARN, BUT ALSO
FOR HER GRANDSON'S HEARING.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING
OF OUR WORK HERE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A
BATH HOUSE BECAUSE THERE IS
NO RUNNING WATER, NO PROPER
BATHROOMS FOR 5,000 PEOPLE.
THE CHILDREN BATHE ONLY IN
THE SUMMERTIME, AT A RIVER
MORE THAN A MILE AWAY.
NOT ONLY WILL A BATH
FACILITY HELP WITH THE
LAYERS OF DIRT ON THESE
SMILING FACES, IT WILL HELP
SOLIDIFY OUR COMMITMENT TO
THIS COMMUNITY.
WE WANT THE PEOPLE TO KNOW
WE ARE HERE FOR THE LONG
RUN.
DURING OUR SHORT VISIT, WE
MET SEVERAL CHILDREN WITH
MEDICAL NEEDS, INCLUDING A
YOUNG GIRL WITH CROSSED
EYES.
A GIRL WITH A CLEFT LIP AND
PALLET, AND A BOY WITH A
CLUB FOOT.
THESE CHILDREN WILL NEVER
HAVE A CHANCE FOR ANY TYPE
OF MEDICAL CARE UNLESS WE
HELP THEM.
I'M EXCITED THAT "ORPHANS'
PROMISE" CAN BE A PART OF
THE WORK GOD IS DOING HERE,
LITTLE BY LITTLE, SHOWING
THESE GYPSY PEOPLE THEY ARE
NOT ONCAST OUTCASTS IN HIS
EYES.
IN TIME, THE CRIPPLING
LABELS WILL BEGIN TO MELT
AWAY, AND DREAMS WILL BEGIN
TO RISE.
SO MUCH PROMISE IN THE
CHILDREN OF THOSE GYPSY
CAMPS.
WE'RE WORKING IN FIVE GYPSY
CAMPS IN THAT PART OF
UKRAINE.
IN THAT CAMP ALONE, THERE
ARE BATH HOUSES BEING
BUILT.
THE ONLY RUNNING WATER THEY
HAVE -- IT'S NOT RUNNING,
BUT IT IS A STREAM AND A
RIVER ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY
FROM THAT CAMP.
SO THE CHILDREN ONLY GO TO
THAT RIVER TO BATHE EN THE
SUMMERTIME.
ALL OF THAT IS CHANGING FOR
THESE PEOPLE.
THEY ARE LEARNING TO PLANT
THEIR OWN CROPS.
ANNA IS GETTING A BARN AND A
COW SO THERE WILL BE FRESH
MILK FOR THE KIDS.
YOU ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
IN THAT CULTURE, I WOULD SAY
YOU COULD CLEARLY SAY THESE
PEOPLE ARE THE LEAST OF
THESE.
AND JESUS IS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE THROUGH PEOPLE
LIKE YOU AND ME.
SO HELP "ORPHANS' PROMISE"
REACH OUT TO CHILDREN WHO
ARE VULNERABLE, TO FAMILIES
WHO ARE SOMETIMES HAVING LET
THEIR CHILDREN GO SIMPLY
BECAUSE OF POVERTY.
YOU AND I REALLY CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
COME ALONGSIDE OF US IN WHAT
WE'RE DOING.
IT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE GOD
MOVE IN THE LIVES OF THESE
PEOPLE.
TO SEE THEM COMING ALIVE AS
THEY LEARN HOW MUCH GOD
LOVES THEM, AND THAT HAPPENS
THROUGH YOU AND THROUGH ME.
GIVE A GIFT TO "ORPHANS'
PROMISE," 1-888-777-1999.
OR YOU CAN GIVE BY LOGGING
ON TO CBN.COM.
WHEN WE COME BACK, A WOMAN
KIDNAPPED, ABUSED, AND FULL
OF ANGER.
FIND OUT HOW SHE TURNS THAT
HATE INTO LOVE AFTER THIS.
Gordon: GROWING UP,
DANELL WILLIAMS COULD NEVER
TRUST MEN.
SHE HAD GOOD REASON.
FROM A YOUNG AGE, SHE WAS
ABUSED BY EVERY ONE OF THEM
SHE KNEW.
BY THE TIME SHE BECAME A
TEENAGER, DANIELLE DEVISED A
PLAN TO HURT THEM BACK.
I STARTED TO HATE MEN AT
THIS TIME BECAUSE EVERY TIME
I WAS HURT IT CAME FROM A
MAN.
Reporter: DANIELLE
WILLIAMS BELIEVED SHE HAD
GOOD REASON TO HATE MEN.
IT BEGAN WITH A DAIRY
DAYCARE PROVIDER'S SON
STARTED MOLESTING YOU.
HE WOULD INSTILL THAT
FEAR.
IF YOU TELL, THIS IS WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
I WAS LIKE, MAYBE IF I TELL,
MAYBE I WOULD GET IN
TROUBLE.
SO I DIDN'T SAY THING.
Reporter: SHE LIVED
WITH HER FATHER AFTER HER
PARENTS' DIVORCE, AND SHE
WATCHED HIM BEAT EVERY
GIRLFRIEND HE HAD.
HE EVENTUALLY ADDED DANIELLE
TO THAT LIST.
HE PICKED ME UP BY MY
THROAT.
HE BEAT ME SO MUCH THAT I
PASSED OUT.
Reporter: DANIELLE'S
FATHER WENT TO JAIL FOR
CHILD ABUSE, AND SHE WENT TO
LIVE WITH HER MOTHER IN
LOS ANGELES.
THERE A MAN IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BEGAN TO INVITE
YOUNG DANIELLE OVER TO HER
HOUSE.
SHE LOVED THE ATTENTION FROM
HIM UNTIL HE RAPED HER.
I KNEW THAT I HATED MEN
EVEN MORE.
NOW I'M 12 YEARS OLD, I HAD
ALREADY BEEN MOLESTED WHEN I
WAS EIGHT, AND MY DAD TRIED
TO KILL ME WHEN I WAS 10,
AND THIS MAN I TRUSTED RAPED
ME.
I HATED MEN.
Reporter: YEARS LATER,
DANIELLE'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS
MEN SAUF FEND.
WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER, SHE
FELL IN LOVE FOR THE FIRST
TIME AND THOUGHT HE WAS IN
LOVE, TOO.
THIS OLDER MAN IS TELLING
ME EVERYTHING I WANTED TO
HEAR AND MORE.
I JUST WANTED TO BE HIS.
Reporter: AFTER THE
FIRST TIME SHE SLEPT WITH
HIM, THE MAN TOLD HER HE WAS
A PIMP AND WANTED HER TO BE
HIS PROSTITUTE.
DANIELLE WAS DEVASTATED AND
REFUSED.
THEN SHE DISCOVERED SHE WAS
PREGNANT WITH HIS CHILD.
EVERY TIME I GET WITH A
GUY, SOMETHING BAD IS
HAPPENING.
I'M DONE.
THEN THEY TELL ME I'M
PREGNANT.
I'M 13, AND I'M IN EIGHTH
GRADE.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH A
BABY?
AND THE BABY'S FATHER IS A
27-YEAR-OLD PIMP.
Reporter: DANIELLE
DELIVERED PREMATURELY AND
THE BABY DIED WITHIN HOURS.
IT WAS OVER AS FAR AS ME
CARING ABOUT LIFE, ME CARING
ABOUT MARITIME, ME CARING
ABOUT MEN -- OH, MEN WAS OUT
OF THE QUESTION.
I WAS DONE.
I HATED -- OH, MY RAGE.
IT WAS A RAGE THAT I HAD FOR
MEN.
THE SIGHT OF MEN MADE ME
SICK.
Reporter: A FRIEND
CONVINCED HER SHE COULD
MANIPULATE AND CONTROL MEN
BY STRIPPING.
SHE STARTED DANCING IN
NIGHTCLUBS, AND PROSTITUTION
QUICKLY FOLLOWED.
SHE PUSHED AWAY ANY THOUGHT
THAT WHAT SHE WAS DOING WAS
WRONG.
EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD BEEN
RAISED IN A CHURCH, SHE HAD
NO MORAL CONVICTIONS.
I DIDN'T CARE.
I KNEW WHO GOD WAS.
I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING WAS
WRONG, BUT I DIDN'T CARE.
I HATED MEN, AND I THOUGHT
THIS WAS A WAY TO REPAY
THEM.
THAT'S HOW I LOOKED AT IT.
I'M GETTING THEM BACK FOR
THEM HURTING ME.
I FELT LIKE I HAD THE UPPER
HAND.
BEFORE YOU GUYS HAD THE
UPPER HAND AND YOU WERE
HURTING ME.
NOW THE ROLES HAVE SWITCHED,
AND THAT'S HOW I LOOKED AT
IT.
Reporter: ONE DAY
DANIELLE WAS INVITED ON TO
THE SET OF A PORN FILM IN
HOLLYWOOD.
AND I SAW THE CHECK THAT
WAS WRITTEN OUT TO ONE OF
THE GIRLS THERE.
AND I SAID, THAT'S WHAT YOU
GOT FOR DOING THAT?
WHERE DO I SIGN UP.
BECAUSE I WAS MAKING A LOT
OF MONEY AS A DANCER AND AS
AN ESCORT ALREADY, BUT WITH
THE PORN, I LOOKED AT IT
THAT THAT WOULD BE AN EVEN
BETTER WAY FOR ME TO MAKE
EVEN MORE MONEY.
AND I SAID, OKAY, LET'S GO
TOR IT.
AFTER SO LONG IT BECAME
NORMAL.
IT BECAME COOL THAT I WAS A
PORN STAR.
Reporter: DANIELLE
CONTINUED AS A CALL GIRL AS
WELL.
AND ONE NIGHT SHE ACCEPTED A
CLIENT WHO TURNED OUT TO BE
A PSYCHOPATH WHO WANTED TO
KILL HER.
OPEN THE DOOR!
AND FOR THREE WEEKS THAT
MAN CAME IN THERE AND HE
RAPED ME AND HE BEAT ME AND
HE TOLD ME OVER AND OVER
AGAIN I'M GOING TO KILL
YOU.
YOU'RE NOT LEAVING HERE.
AND I BELIEVED IT.
I KNEW THAT I WAS SUPPOSED
TO DIE.
AND EVERY DAY I GOT WEAKER
AND WEAKER AND WEAKER, TO
THE POINT WHERE I JUST GAVE
UP.
I COLLAPSED TO THE FLOOR.
AND I WEPT AND I WEPT AND I
WEPT.
BUT I LAID THERE AND I CRIED
SO MUCH THAT I COULDN'T
SPEAK.
AND I GOT MY WORDS TOGETHER,
AND I SAID, LORD, IF YOU GET
ME OUT OF THIS, I'LL CHANGE
MY LIFE FOR YOU.
DON'T LET ME DIE LIKE THIS.
NOT LIKE THIS.
19 YEARS OLD.
HE HAD TO GET ME TO THAT
POINT TO SHOW ME THAT I'M
GOD.
I'M STILL GOD.
IT'S ME AND YOU.
AND AT THAT VERY MOMENT I
GOT MY SALVATION.
Reporter: DANIELLE
PRAYED TO ACCEPT JESUS
CHRIST.
A FEW DAYS LATER, A MAN
OVERHEARD HER CRYING AND
HELPED HER ESCAPE.
SHE IMMEDIATELY SEVERED HER
RELATIONSHIPS WITH ANYONE IN
THE SEX INDUSTRY AND STARTED
GOING TO CHURCH.
SURROUNDED BY NEW FRIENDS,
DANIELLE'S LIFE BEGAN TO
CHANGE.
I WAS STARTING TO FALL IN
LOVE WITH CHRIST.
THE MORE I DID THAT, THE
MORE HE STARTED TO PURGE ME
AND DELIVER ME.
THE MORE I REACHED OUT TO
HIM, THE MORE HE WORKED IN
ME.
EVERYTHING I DIDN'T HAVE,
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MY
MOTHER, THE RELATIONSHIP
WITH MY FATHER, THE HURT
FROM MEN, HE FILLED EVERY
VOID.
Reporter: DANIELLE IS
NOW IN MINISTRY FULL-TIME
SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS
CHRIST.
THERE IS NO SIN TOO BIG
OR TOO BAD FOR CHRIST.
WHEN EVERYONE ELSE LEAVES
YOU, HE'LL NEVER FORSAKE
YOU.
I'M A LIVING WITNESS, A
WALKING EXAMPLE OF WHAT
CHRIST CAN DO FOR SOMEBODY'S
LIFE.
Gordon: LISTEN TO HER,
WHAT SHE IS SAYING, THERE IS
NO SIN TOO BIG FOR CHRIST.
THE AMAZING THING IS JESUS
CAME, AND HE DIDN'T SET
HIMSELF APART AS SOME KIND
OF RIGHTEOUS HOLY MAN THAT
COULDN'T BE APPROACHED.
WHAT DID HE DO?
WELL, HE WENT TO SINNERS,
AND HE WOULD HAVE DINNER
WITH THEM.
HE WOULD LET THEM BE AROUND,
HE WOULD LET LEPERS COME AND
TOUCH HIM.
HE WOULD LET THE OUTKAST
OUTCAST RIGHT NEAR.
HE LET THE WOMAN OF BETHANY
COME AND CRY AT HIS FEET AND
ANOINT HIM.
THE PHARISEES WERE SAYING,
HE CAN'T BE THE MESSIAH.
IF HE KNEW WHAT MAN OR WOMAN
THAT WAS, HE WOULD NEVER LET
THEM TOUCH HIM.
BUT THAT'S NOT JESUS.
HE LET'S YOU TOUCH HIM.
HE COMES TO WHERE YOU ARE,
TO WHERE YOU LIVE.
HE SAID TO THE KID UP IN A
TREE, TODAY I'M GOING TO
HAVE DINNER WITH YOU.
I'M COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'VE
DONE.
I DON'T CARE THAT YOU WERE A
TAX COLLECTOR AND THAT YOU
CHEATED PEOPLE AND TOOK MORE
THAN WAS DUE.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
I CARE ABOUT YOU.
THAT'S WHY ONE OF HIS TITLES
IS HE'S A FRIEND OF
SINNERS.
AND HOW ISAIAH PROPHESIED
THAT HE WOULD BE NUMBERED,
HE WOULD BE COUNTED, WITH
THE TRANSGRESSORS.
AND THE PHARISEES, THEY
SPOKE EVIL OF HIM, BUT NO
EVIL COULD TOUCH HIM.
BECAUSE WHEN JESUS IS
AROUND, HE CHANGES IT.
HE CHANGES THE ATMOSPHERE.
HE CHANGES THE SPIRIT.
HE CHANGES THE HEART.
HE CHANGES THE
CIRCUMSTANCE.
HE CHANGES IT ALL.
BECAUSE HE IS ALL POWER.
NOW, WHAT MANNER OF LOVE IS
THIS THAT WHILE WE WERE YET
SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR
US.
NOT ONLY DID HE DIE FOR US,
HE COMES TO LIVE WITH US,
AND HE EVER PRAYS FOR US.
HE GIVES INTERCESSION FOR
THE TRANSGRESSORS.
THAT'S WHAT IS ISAIAH
SAID.
AND THAT'S YOU.
RIGHT NOW IMAGINE, JESUS IS
PRAYING FOR YOU.
AND HE IS ASKING, FATHER,
THIS ONE, I WANT THIS ONE.
I WANT THEM TO BE WITH US.
FOR ALL ETERNITY.
AND HE IS SAYING, I'M
STANDING AT THE DOOR OF
THEIR HEART.
I'M STANDING.
I'M NOT SITTING.
I'M STANDING AND I'M
KNOCKING.
AND IF ANYONE HEAR MY VOICE
AND OPEN THE DOOR, I'LL COME
IN.
AND THAT'S WHAT DANIELLE
DID.
AND SHE IS IN THE BIGGEST
DISPAIR OF HER LIFE.
WHAT A TRAGIC LIFE.
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF
THAT, SHE CRIES OUT, JESUS,
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, IF
YOU'RE REAL, IF YOU'RE
THERE, CAN YOU COME IN AND
CAN YOU CHANGE MY LIFE?
AND THAT'S THE PRAYER THAT
WORKS.
IT'S THE PRAYER THAT IS WITH
ALL OF YOUR HEART, FOR YOUR
SEEKING HIM WITH ALL OF YOUR
HEART, AND YOU'RE SAYING I
NEED YOU NOW.
NOT MY WAY ANYMORE, BUT LET
IT BE YOUR WAY IN MY LIFE.
SO, JESUS, IF YOU'RE REAL,
SHOW UP.
COME IN.
CHANGE ME.
AND IF YOU PRAY IT WITH ALL
OF YOUR HEART, HE'LL
ANSWER.
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, WE'RE
HERE FOR YOU.
IT'S AN HONOR TO PRAY WITH
YOU.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO JUDGE
YOU.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO CONDEMN
YOU.
WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU THAT
GOD LOVES YOU AND HE HAS A
WONDERFUL PLAN FOR YOUR
LIFE.
AND IT JUST TAKES CRYING OUT
TO HIM AND ASKING HIM TO
DISCOVER THAT PLAN.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOMEONE
TO PRAY WITH, JUST CALL US.
1-888-777-1999.
THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE
WORDS FROM JAMES: "IT IS
GOOD WHEN YOU TRULY OBEY OUR
LORD'S ROYAL COMMAND FOUND
IN THE SCRIPTURES, LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF."
GOD BLESS YOU.