George: TODAY ON

CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,

ARRESTED IN LIBYA.

FOUR CHRISTIAN WORKERS ARE

IN CUSTODY FOR PREACHING THE

GOSPEL.

Wendy: PLUS, SYRIAN

REFUGEES TAKE SHELTER IN

JORDAN, AND FIND COMPASSION

FROM A CHRISTIAN MINISTRY.

George: AND IT IS THE

ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME.

THIS WOMAN'S WORLDWIDE WAIT

TO BRING THE GOSPEL TO THE

LAW.

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George: FOUR CHRISTIANS

SIT BEHIND BARS IN THE NORTH

AFRICAN NATION OF LIBYA.

HELLO, EVERYONE, I'M GEORGE

THOMAS.

Wendy: AND I'M WENDY

GRIFFITH.

LIBYAN OFFICIALS SAY THE

FOREIGN MISSIONARIES ARE

ACCUSED OF DISTRIBUTING

CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

AS GARY LANE REPORTS, THAT

IS A CHARGE THAT COULD CARRY

THE DEATH PENALTY.

Reporter:

ON MONDAY WE ARRESTED A

GROUP.

WE FOUND A PRINT SHOP IN THE

AREA IN BENGHAZI CITY.

WE FOUND 45,000 CHRISTIAN

BOOKS.

Reporter: THE

FOREIGNERS WERE REPORTEDLY

PRINTING PAMPHLETS

COMPLAINING CHRISTIANITY.

THE MATERIAL WAS MOSTLY

DIRECTED TOWARDS CHILDREN.

BUT PROSELYTIZING IN LIBYA

IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE,

PUNISHABLE BY DEATH,

ACCORDING TO A LAW CARRIED

OVER FROM MOAMMAR GADHAFI

REIGN.

WE ARE A 100% MUSLIM

COUNTRY.

THIS ISSUE IS NOT

NEGOTIABLE.

Reporter: THE FOUR

MISSIONARIES ARE IN CUSTODY

IN BENGHAZI.

THE GROUP IS MADE UP OF A

SWEDISH AMERICAN, AN

EGYPTIAN, A SOUTH AFRICAN,

AND A SOUTH KOREAN.

LIBYAN OFFICIALS ALLOW

SHARIF TO SPEAK TO THE

MEDIA.

HE SAYS HE WAS BROUGHT HERE

FROM THE MOMENT THEY

ARRESTED HIM.

AND THAT HE HAS BEEN TREATED

RESPECTFULLY AND NOT

ABUSED.

HE WENT ON TO ADMIT THE

GROUP WAS IN LIBYA TO SPREAD

CHRISTIANITY.

AN OFFICIAL PRESENCE SAID

THERE WERE ALSO ESPIONAGE

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM

BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO MEET

WITH ANYTHING ANYONE FROM

HIS EMBASSY.

RAMSEY SAID HE DECLINED

BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WOULD GET

LITTLE HELP FROM EGYPT.

George: GARY JOINS US

NOW.

HE HAS BEEN TO LIBYA SINCE

THE REVOLUTION AND HE IS

BACK FROM OTHER PARTS OF

NORTH AFRICA.

AND JOINING US BY SKYPE IS

TODD NEDDELSON, FROM VOICE

OF THE MARTYRS, HERE TO TALK

ABOUT THE PERSECUTION IN

EAST AFRICA.

GENTLEMEN, WELCOME.

GARY, THIS COUNTRY,

LIBERATED BY NATO, AND NOW

WE HAVE THIS ISSUE OF

PREACHING THE GOSPEL.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

IT IS NOT A DEMOCRACY,

AND THESE LAWS ARE

HOLD-OVERS FROM THE MOAMMAR

GADHAFI PERIOD.

THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED

ANYTHING.

THEY'RE STILL ON THE BOOKS.

THEY'RE STILL GOING BY

THEM.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE SAYING THIS

IS AN ISLAMIC COUNTRY, EVEN

THOUGH WE THOUGHT WHAT WE

WERE DOING, AND THE FRENCH

AS WELL, WAS CREATING A NEW

DEMOCRACY.

NOT SO.

George: AND THEY WERE

SHOWCASING ALL OF THE

PARAPHERNALIA THEY HAD

COVERED, AND EVEN

INTERVIEWED ONE THE EGYPTIAN

CONTACTS?

RAMSEY, AND I MET WITH

HIM A YEAR AND A HALF AGO

WHEN I WAS IN LIBYA, AND HE

IS JUST A CHRISTIAN WHO

WANTS TO SHARE THE GOSPEL.

TRYING TO SHARE JESUS WITH

THE LIBYANS.

MANY ARE VERY RECEPTIVE, BUT

THEY'RE TRYING TO STOP IT.

George: YOU'RE JUST

BACK FROM MALI WHERE THE

GOVERNMENT AND FRENCH FORCES

HAVE BEEN FIGHTING ISLAMISTS

FUNDAMENTALISTS.

DO YOU SEE WHAT IS GOING ON

IN LIBYA AS AN OUTGROWTH,

THAT THIS RADICAL ISLAMIST

SUPPORT IS GROWING IN THIS

PARTICULAR PART OF THE

WORLD?

IN MALI, THE RESISTANCE

MONOOR ANTI-GOVERNMENT

MOVEMENT STARTED WITH THE

GUARDI MOVEMENT.

HE USED THEM TRYING TO FIGHT

AGAINST THE REVOLUTION IN

LIBYA.

AFTER THAT WAS FINISHED,

THEY MOVED INTO THEIR OWN

AREA IN MALI AND TRIED TO

TAKE OVER THE NORTH.

AND CLAIM IT AS AN

INDEPENDENT STATE.

BUT THEN THEY WERE CO-OPTED

BY al-QAEDA, AND ANOTHER

GROUP CALLED ANWA SADIM.

George: AND OBVIOUSLY,

YOU KNOW LIBYA IS AWASH WITH

WEAPONS.

ALL OVER AFRICA.

George: TODD, LET ME

BRING YOU INTO THIS

CONVERSATION.

WE'RE SEEING NOW THE ISLAMIC

FUNDAMENTALISTS, AND THEIR

INFLUENCE IS SPEADING TO

EAST AFRICA, AND NOTABLY

KENYA AND NOW TANZANIA.

TELL US QUICKLY WHAT IS

GOING ON THERE?

WE'LL SEEN OVER THE LAST

TWO WEEKS TWO DIFFERENT

CHRISTIAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN

KILLED IN TANZANIA.

ONE WAS AN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

PASTOR WHO WAS KILLED BY A

MOB IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF

THE COUNTRY.

THE OTHER WAS A CATHOLIC

PRIEST, WHO WAS SHOT OUTSIDE

HIS CHURCH ON THE WAY TO

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES.

THE INTERESTING THING, IN

THE SECOND CASE, THE GROUP

THAT HAS TAKEN

RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING

THE PRIEST, PRAISED THEIR

FIGHTERS, WHICH HAD KILLED

HIM, BUT ALSO MENTIONED THAT

THEY HAD HAD TRAINING IN

SOMALIA.

SO CLEARLY A LINK WITH WHAT

IS GOING ON IN SOMALIA, AND

POTENTIALLY A LINK WITH

al-SHABOB, WITH THESE

ATTACKS IN TANZANIA.

George: THIS IS

TERRIBLE SEEING WHAT IS

GOING ON IN EAST AFRICA.

I WAS BORN IN TANZANIA, VERY

FAMILIAR WITH THIS PART OF

THE CONTINENT.

THESE ARE MAJORITY CHRISTIAN

NATIONS.

HOW IS THE CHURCH RESPONDING

TO THE SITUATION?

AS YOU SAY, THEY ARE A

MAJORITY CHRISTIAN NATIONS.

AND SO I THINK THE CHURCH IS

A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED TO

SEE THESE KINDS OF ATTACKS.

AND THERE IS SOME FEAR

THERE.

THERE IS SOME FEAR OF WHAT

DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR

CHURCHES?

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR

COUNTRY?

ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN

PRAY FOR IS FOR THE

CHRISTIAN RESPONSE.

AND PARTICULARLY UP IN THE

NORTHWEST, THERE IS A LOT OF

ANIMOSITY RELATE NOW BETWEEN

CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS.

WE NEED TO PRAY THAT THE

CHRISTIANS WILL BE ABLE TO

FORGIVE AND RERESPOND

RESPOND WITH LOVE, INSTEAD

OF RESPONDING WITH ACTS OF

VENGEANCE.

George: THAT'S GOOD.

GARY, AFRICA IS THE

EPICENTER OF THE EXPLOSION

OF CHRISTIANITY, NO DOUBT

ABOUT IT.

BUT THERE ARE THESE POCKETS,

LIBYA, TUNSISA -- DO YOU GET

THE SENSE THERE IS A

CONCERTED EFFORT, OR --

THERE IS.

AND DON'T FORGET NIGERIA AS

WELL.

IT IS SPREADING THROUGHOUT

AFRICA.

THE GOAL IS TO ISLAMIZE THE

ENTIRE CONT TE CONTINENT

AND CREATE A CALIFED THERE.

YOU TALK ABOUT NORTH AND

SOUTH NIGERIA, AND THERE IS

A DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS

MAKEUP.

WE HAVE SEEN IT IN SUDAN.

I THINK WE'LL START TO SEE

IT IN SOME OTHER PLACES AS

WELL.

I'M TOLD THERE ARE

SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF

TANZANIA THAT ARE ALMOST

100% MUSLIM.

THOSE AREAS WE'LL PROBABLY

SEE MORE PERSECUTION, BUT I

THINK YOU'LL SEE IT EXPAND

OUT FROM THOSE AREAS INTO

OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

AND OTHER PARTS OF EAST

AFRICA AS WELL.

George: TERRIFIC.

TODD NEDDELTON WITH THE

ALWAY AWESOME GROUP, VOICE

OF THE MARTYRS.

AND GARY, AS ALWAYS, THANK

YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.

Wendy: THE FAMILY OF AN

AMERICAN PASTOR PRISONED IN

IRAN HAS RELEASED A LETTER.

AHE SAYS HE IS FACING

VIOLENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL

WARFARE.

HE SAYS CONDITIONS INSIDE,

EVEN PRISON, ARE TORTUROUS.

WRITING, QUOTE,"THEY ARE

ONLY WAITING FOR ONE THING,

FOR ME TO DENY CHRIST, BUT

THEY WILL NEVER GET THIS FOR

ME."

THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW

AND JUSTICE HAS FILED A

PETITION FOR ABEDINI'S

RELEASE.

George: THEY ARE

CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF

AN AMERICAN PASTOR DETAINED

IN RUSSIA.

THOMAS CANE HAS BEEN HELD IN

TULA, RUSSIA, SINCE

SEPTEMBER.

OFFICIALS INTERROGATED HIM

FOR SEVERAL HOURS ABOUT THE

STATUS OF A FOREIGN WORKER

HELPING TO BUILD HIS HOUSE.

CANE PAID A SMALL FINE AND

PAID A THOUSAND RUBLES TO

HELP THE POLICE IN THEIR

WORK, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY

ARRESTED HIM ON CHARGES OF

ATTEMPTED BRIBERY.

THE TIMING OF THE ARREST IS

SUSPICIOUS BECAUSE PASTOR

CANE INTENDED TO OPEN HIS

HOUSE OF JOY MINISTRY THE

OTHER DAY.

WE ASKED HIS DAUGHTER ABOUT

THE CHARGES.

IT DOESN'T AMOUNT TO

MUCH, LIKE $30 U.S.

THEY DETAINED HEM FOR FIVE

MONTHS FOR SOMETHING THAT

SEEMS VERY PETTY.

HE ALREADY PAID THE FINE.

HE WASN'T REALLY ASKING FOR

ANYTHING ELSE.

AND IT REALLY WAS JUST AN

OFFERING TO THEM.

WAYNE:

George: BEVERLY CANE

SAYS HER FATHER PLANNED TO

OPEN THE HOUSE OF JOY AS A

PLACE OF SPIRITUAL RETREAT.

Wendy: WHAT IS IT LIKE

TO LEAVE HOME, WALK FOR

MILES, AND END UP IN A

FOREIGN LAND.

FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS,

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

SYRIANS HAVE FACED THAT

CHALLENGE.

AS CHRIS MITCHELL HAVE FOUND

OUT, MANY ARE MAKING IT WORK

WITH HELP FROM CHRISTIANS.

OSANA IS ONE OF 600,000

REFUGEES.

THE SITUATION IN SYRIA IS

VERY BAD, VERY DANGEROUS.

PRESIDENT ASSAD DESTROYED

EVERYTHING.

HE DESTROYED HOMES.

I LIVE IN HOPE.

THEY DESTROYED THE CITY, AND

MOST OF THEM HAVE NO WORK,

NO FOOD, NO WATER, NO

ELECTRICITY.

THEY ARE IN A BAD SITUATION

NOW.

Reporter: ACCORDING TO

THE U.N., THESE REFUGEES ARE

SPREAD ACROSS TURKEY,

LEBANON, AND JORDAN.

AND NOW SOME OF THOSE

REFUGEES AND THEIR CHILDREN

ARE FINDING RELIEF.

SOME CHURCHES IN JORDAN ARE

TRYING TO REDEEM THE TRAGEDY

IN SYRIA, AND MANY OF THESE

SYRIAN REFUGEES HERE ARE

EXPERIENCING THE LOVE OF

CHRISTIANS FOR THE VERY

FIRST TIME.

THEY SAID YOU ARE WITH

US.

Reporter: THIS PASTOR

REACHES OUT TO HUNDREDS OF

THESE REFUGEES.

IT IS DANGEROUS WORK, SO WE

HID HIS IDENTITY FOR

SECURITY REASONS.

TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO

SHOW THE LIGHT INSIDE THE

DARKNESS.

THE PEOPLE GO OUTSIDE

SYRIA.

THEY ARE HOPELESS.

AND BEFORE THEY DIDN'T HAVE

A CHANCE TO LISTEN ABOUT THE

GOSPEL, ABOUT JESUS.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A

CHANCE TO SHOW THEM THE LOVE

AND OUR FAITH THROUGH WHAT

WE DO FOR THEM.

Reporter: THEIR HELP

INCLUDES HOT MEALS, CHURCH

SERVICES FOR THE CHILDREN,

AND CLOTHES FOR FAMILIES WHO

OFTEN HAVE NOTHING BUT WHAT

IS ON THEIR BACKS.

SOME OF THESE CHILDREN WENT

FROM CONDITIONS LIKE THIS TO

THIS.

AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES

TO TALK WITH SOMEONE ABOUT

THEIR SITUATION.

MANY OF THESE MUSLIM WOMEN,

SOME NOW WIDOWED, WOULD NOT

HAVE STEPPED INSIDE A CHURCH

IN SYRIA.

THERE WOULDN'T ALLOW

ANYBODY TO TALK WITH THEM

ABOUT JESUS.

BUT HERE WE ARE IN NEED --

AND WE DON'T WANT TO SAY

WE'RE USING THEIR NEEDS, BUT

WHILE WE'RE FEEDING THEM AND

TAKING CARE OF THEM, THERE

IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE

THE LOVE OF GOD, WHICH IS

MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE FOOD

AND THE GLORY.

SO WE'RE CARING ABOUT THEIR

SOULS AS WE CARE ABOUT THEIR

BODIES.

Reporter: IT IS A

MINISTRY OSAMA APPRECIATES.

WE NEED IT.

IT IS GOOD FOR US RIGHT NOW

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY

WORK.

WE NEED ALL OF THE HELP WE

CAN GET.

IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR US

RIGHT NOW.

Reporter: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, JORDAN.

George: UP NEXT, SHE

HAS TAKEN ON 11 COUNTRIES IN

11 MONTHS IN A RACE TO

PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS

CHRIST.

George: SO IMAGINE

QUITTING YOUR NINE TO FIVE

JOB, YOU LEAVE EVERYTHING

YOU OWN BEHIND, AND YOU

EMBARK ON A NEARLY YEAR-LONG

MISSION TRIP.

11 COUNTRIES IN 11 MONTHS.

Wendy: WOW, SOUNDS

NEAT.

IT IS KNOWN AS THE WORLD

RACE.

AND I RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH

ONE YOUNG WOMAN WHO DECIDED

TO EMBARK ON THIS ADVENTURE

OF A LIFETIME.

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AND THESE CULTURES THAT

WE'RE GOING TO, PEOPLE DON'T

CARE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE OR

WHAT YOU SMELL LIKE.

THEY CARE ABOUT THE MESSAGE

THAT YOU HAVE.

Reporter: 28-YEAR-OLD

EMILY WRIGHT OF VIRGINIA

BEACH LEFT HER JOB, HER

APARTMENT, AND HER FAMILY TO

TAKE THE WORLD RACE

CHALLENGE.

THAT MEANS OVER THE NEXT 11

MONTHS, EMILY WILL VISIT 11

COUNTRIES FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS

EACH.

YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED

JUST TO BE A PART OF

SOMETHING BIGGER THAN

MYSELF.

Reporter: HER ADVENTURE

BEGAN HELPING ORPHANS IN

MOZAMBIQUE.

AND FROM THERE SHE GOES TO

SOUTH AFRICA, INDIA, NEPAL,

THAILAND, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM,

MALAYSIA, MAL DOVA, AND WILL

END HER RACE IN NIGERIA.

EMILY AND HER TEAM WILL WORK

WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND

MINISTRIES IN THE REGION.

THE MINISTRIES COULD

RANGE FROM VACATION BIBLE

SCHOOL TO WORKING IN

ORPHANAGES, TO MINISTERING

TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO

HAVE BEEN IN HUMAN

TRAFFICKING, ESPECIALLY IN

SOUTH EAST ASIA.

Reporter: EMILY'S GROUP

IS PART OF A LARGER TEAM OF

ABOUT 50 RACERS, WHO HAVE

BEEN ASKED TO TRAVEL LIGHT.

I WILL HAVE ONE BACKPACK

FOR THE ENTIRE 11 MONTHS.

I'LL BE TAKING A TENT, SO

TIMES WE'LL HAVE

ACCOMODATIONS, AND SOMETIMES

WE WON'T.

Reporter: HOW DO YOU

FEEL ABOUT GOING A WEEK

WITHOUT A SHOWER?

I'M THE TYPE OF GIRL WHO

CAN HANDLE THAT.

IN TRAINING, WE HAD

PRACTICED.

WE WERE LIVING IN THE WOODS

FOR ABOUT A WEEK, A GROUP OF

50 PEOPLE.

Reporter: WORLD RACE

FOUNDER SETH BARNES CAME UP

WITH THE IDEA SEVERAL YEARS

AGO, TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE AN

ALTERNATIVE TO THE NINE TO

FIVE ROUTINE.

WE PUSH PEOPLE TO DO WHAT

WE CALL A LOOP 10 KIND OF

JOURNEY.

WHERE THEY GO OUT AND TAKE

VIRTUALLY NOTHING, AND THEY

KNOW THEY'VE GOT ALL

SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY, AND WE

ASKED THEM TO PRAY FOR ALL

LOCAL NEEDS AND SEE WHAT GOD

DOES WHEN HE HOSE UP.

IT INEVITABLY CHANGES THEM.

AS THEY DEPEND ON GOD WITH

TOTAL DEPENDENCY.

Reporter: HE SAYS

THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE

APPLY EACH YEAR BECAUSE

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE.

BY LEAVING ALL OF THE

STUFF THAT HAS DEFINED US,

AND ALLOWING GOD TO OPEN UP

HIS POSSIBILITIES IN ALL

DIFFERENT CULTURES, THEY

FIND THERE IS MORE TO LIFE.

THAT THIS YEARNIN YEARNING

THAT THEY'VE HAD INSIDE HAS

AN ANSWER.

Reporter: ONE THING

EMILY AND HER TEAM ARE

DISCOVERING IS THAT

MISSIONARY WORK CAN BE

TOUGH, AND SPIRITUAL WARFARE

IS REAL.

EMILY SHARED THIS BLOG FROM

MOZAMBIQUE.

"THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE

DARKNESS, AND THE DARKNESS

HAS NOT OVERCOME IT.

IN MINISTRY, I SEE CHILDREN

DYING IN THE HOSPITAL WHO

HAVE NOTHING, NO BEDSHEETS,

NO FOOD, NO DOCTORS, NO

PAPER TOWELS TO WIPE UP

THEIR MESS.

IT IS SO EASY TO SEE THE

HOPELESSNESS IN THE

DARKNESS.

BUT THE TRUTH IS GOD HAS

AUTHORITY OVER EVERY

SEEMINGLY HOPELESS

SITUATION.

HE IS TRUSTWORTHY, HE IS

GOOD, AND HE IS OUR HEALER,

AND ULTIMATELY, HE HAS

ALREADY DEFEATED SICKNESS

AND DEATH."

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE

THE WORLD RACE CHALLENGE,

YOU NEED TO BE THE AGES OF

21 AND 35, AND HAVE A HEART

FOR MISSIONS AND ADVENTURE.

IT WILL COST YOU ABOUT

$15,000 FOR THE ENTIRE

JOURNEY.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE

IT ALL BEFORE YOU GO.

EMILY SAYS ALTHOUGH THE

JOURNEY IS NOT ALWAYS EASY,

HER MISSION REMAINS THE

SAME: GOD'S LOVE.

WHATEVER FORM THAT TAKES,

GIVING THEM SHOES OR EVEN

TAKING THEM OUT FOR AN

EVENING.

JESUS SAID TO HEAL THE SICK,

CAST OUT DEMONS AND RAISE

THE DEAD.

SO THEY REALLY ASK YOU TO

HAVE THAT KIND OF FAITH.

Wendy: ISN'T THAT

COOL?

YOU CAN FOLLOW EMILY'S

ADVENTURE ONLINE, AND SEE

WHAT COUNTRY SHE IS IN, AND

HELP HER CAUSE BY GOING TO

HER BLOG PAGE.

YOU CAN FIND A LINK ON OUR

WEBSITE, CBNNEWS.COM.

THE WORLD RACE LAUNCHES

THREE TIMES A YEAR.

SO THERE IS STILL TIME TO

GET ON BOARD FOR 2013.

IF YOU'RE BETWEEN THE AGES

OF 21 AND 35, WHICH I THINK

WE MIGHT BE OVER THAT.

George: MAYBE WE GET

SPECIAL DISPENSATION.

Wendy: BUT THEY HAVE

THINGS FOR OLDER PEOPLE,

TOO.

George: I WOULD DO IT.

Wendy: EMILY IS

CURRENTLY IN SWAZILAND.

WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU.

George: FOLKS, COMING

UP, THE BABY DROP.

ONE KOREAN MINISTER IS

GIVING UNWANTED CHILDREN A

SHOT AT LIFE.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A SOUTH

KOREAN PASTOR WHO RESCUES

DISABLED BABIES HAS WON THE

TOP PRIZE AT A CHRISTIAN

FILM FESTIVAL.

George: A VERY MOVING

STORY.

IT TELLS THE STORY OF PASTOR

LEE ROCK, WHO DISCOVERED

THAT HUNDREDS OF THESE

BABIES ARE ABANDONED EVERY

YEAR.

SO HE BUILT A DROP BOX IN

THE WALL OF HIS HOME SO

THEIR PARENTS WOULD LEAVE

THEM WITH HIM.

HERE IS CHARLENE ISRAEL.

Reporter: ON THIS

NORMAL RESIDENTIAL STREET IN

SEOUL, KOREA, A SIGN SAYS

"PLACE TO LEAVE BABIES."

THIS IS A BABY BOX.

A THICK TOWEL COVERS THE

BOTTOM, AND LIGHTS AND

HEATING KEEP A BABY

COMFORTABLE.

A BELL RINGS WHEN SOMEONE

PUTS A BABY IN THE BOX.

AND A HELPER COMES TO

IMMEDIATELY MOVE THE BABY

INSIDE.

THIS PAST YEAR SIX INFANTS,

OR SMALL CHILDREN, WERE

RESCUED HERE.

THEY ARE PHYSICALLY OR

MENTALLY HANDICAPPED OR

BABIES FROM UNMARRIED

MOTHERS WHO CAN'T CARE FOR

THEIR CHILDREN.

HIS SKULL IS NOT SHAPED

RIGHT.

HIS NOTE SAYS, HE HAS THIS

HANDICAP.

I AM SO SORRY, BUT I AM NOT

ABLE TO RAISE THIS BABY.

SO I PUT HIM SAFELY IN THE

BABY BOX OF JESUS' LOVING

UNION CHURCH.

Reporter: OFFICIAL

REPORTS SAY ABOUT 600

INFANTS ARE ABANDONED IN THE

STREETS EVERY YEAR, BUT THE

NUMBER IS PROBABLY HIGHER.

ONLY ABOUT 20% OF ABANDONED

INFANTS OR CHILDREN ARE

RESCUED AND PLACED

TEMPORARILY IN JUVENILE

PROTECTION CENTERS.

HUNDREDS ARE SENT TO DIE ON

THE STREETS.

THE NUMBERS OF INFANT DEATHS

AND ABANDONED CHILDREN ARE

BOUND TO GET WORSE AS THE

RATE OF CHILDREN BORN TO

SINGLE MOTHERS INCREASES.

GOVERNMENT EFFORTS HAVE NOT

KEPT UP WITH THE NEED, WHICH

IS WHY CHRISTIAN

PROFESSIONALS DEVELOPED THE

BABY BOX.

IT IS BEST FOR THE

PARENTS THEMSELVES TO RAISE

THEIR CHILDREN.

BUT WHEN THE COUNTRY DOES

NOT PERFORM ITS FUNCTION IN

THIS SITUATION, IT'S

IMPORTANT TO SAVE THE LIVES

OF BABIES FIRST.

Reporter: REVEREND LEE

FIRST INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF

THE BABY BOX IN KOREA AS A

TEMPORARY SOLUTION, TO KEEP

ABANDONED BABIES ALIVE.

THERE IS NO REASON FOR

THE BABY BOX TO EXIST IF THE

GOVERNMENT TAKES CARE OF THE

CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND MAKING

THEM HAPPY.

THE BABY BOX SHOULD GO.

BUT RIGHT NOW THERE IS ONLY

INACTION AND LACK OF

CONCERN.

Reporter: BUT REVEREND

LEE HOPES THAT BETTER SOCIAL

SERVICES FOR PARENTS AND

THEIR SPECIAL-NEEDS BABIES

WILL SOME DAY MAKE THE BABY

BOX UNNECESSARY.

CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.

George: FINALLY THIS

WEEK, IT HAS BEEN TWO MONTHS

SINCE SUPER HURRICANE BOPHA

RAVAGED THE SOUTHERN

PHILIPPINES, KILLING MORE

THAN 1,000 PEOPLE, AND

LEAVING MORE THAN A MILLION

HOMELESS.

Wendy: CBN DISASTER

RELIEF TEAMS ARE STILL ON

THE GROUND SERVING THE

VICTIMS.

Reporter: MOST OF THE

TYPHOON'S VICTIMS ARE STILL

MISPLACED AND THEY'RE

STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM

THE MASSIVE DESTRUCTION IT

HAS COST.

AND THE CONTINUOUS RAINS

BRING MORE FLASHFLOODS AND

DEVASTATION.

SO NOW THE PEOPLE ARE

GETTING DESPERATE, AFTER

LIVING FOR MONTHS IN

MAKESHIFT TENTS AND

EVACUATION CENTERS.

THAT'S WHY THE CBN DISASTER

RELIEF TEAMj (Pj NOT LEFT

THEM.

GROUND, FINDING WAYS TO

ALLEVIATE THEIR HARDSHIP.

THE VILLAGE CHIEF WAS

EMOTIONAL AS HE THANKED CBN

FOR COMING TO THEIR REMOTE

VILLAGE TO GIVE MEDICAL CARE

AND FIX THEIR WATER PIPES.

YOU ARE THE FIRST

ORGANIZATION TO EVER HOLD A

MEDICAL MISSION HERE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

YOU HAVE MADE ALL OF THE

PEOPLE HERE VERY HAPPY.

Reporter: CBN ALSO

HELPED VICTIMS GET BACK TO

WORK AFTER THE STORM WASHED

AWAY THEIR MEANS OF MAKING A

LIVING.

THE STORM DESTROYED

EVERYTHING WE HAD, OUR

HOUSE, OUR FISHING BOTTLE.

THAT WAS MY ONLY SOURCE OF

INCOME.

WE HAVE TO BEG FOR FOOD

FROM OUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE

WE HAVE NO MONEY TO BUY

FOOD.

I TOLD MY HUSBAND, GOD IS

OUR ONLY HOPE.

LET'S PRAY TO HIM AND ASK

FOR HELP.

Reporter: WHEN CBN GAVE

THEM A NEW FISHING BOAT, IT

NOT ONLY HELPED THEM BEGIN

REBUILDING THEIR LIVES, IT

ALSO STRENGTHENED THEIR

FAITH.

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR

ANSWER ARE OUR PRAYERS.

YOU PROVIDE ALL OUR NEEDS.

THANK YOU, CBN, BECAUSE YOU

ARE GOD'S ANSWERS TO OUR

PRAYERS.

Reporter: CBN HAS ALSO

PROVIDED MATERIALS FOR

REBUILDING SCHOOLS AND LAMPS

TO BRING LIGHT TO AREAS

WHERE ELECTRICITY IS

EXPECTED TO BE CUT OFF FOR

MONTHS TO COME.

MEANWHILE CBN'S CHURCH

PARTNERS ARE GIVING TRAUMA

COUNSELLING TO SURVIVORS.

EVEN THOUGH CONDITIONS MAY

ONE DAY BE BACK TO NORMAL IN

THIS TOWN, ITS PEOPLE WILL

NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.

THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF CBN,

THEY HAVE A HOPE OF MOVING

FORWARD IN LIFE AND FAITH.

LUCILLE TALUSIN, CBN NEWS,

PHILIPPINES.

George: IT IS JUST A

TRAVESTY.

THESE GUYS GET HIT ALL OF

THE TIME.

Wendy: ALL OF THE

TIME.

THEY LIVE IN PARADISE, AND

APPARENTLY THIS IS THE PRICE

THEY HAVE TO PAY.

OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO

OUT TO ALL OF OUR PHILIPPINE

BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

GOD BLESS YOU.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US THIS WEEK.

George: UNTIL NEXT

WEEK, GOOD-BYE AND...

Wendy: GOD BLESS YOU.