George: TODAY ON
CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS, POPE
BENEDICT XVI GOES INTO
RETIREMENT.
THOUSANDS GATHERED TO WISH
THIS POPULAR POPE FAREWELL.
SUCH UNKNOWN, UNWANTED AND
UNLOVED, MILLIONS OF
CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS
STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE.
BUT NOW THE CHURCH IN ONE
EUROPEAN NATION IS LEADING
THE EFFORT TO SAVE ORPHANS.
AND THIS INDIAN WOMAN PRAYED
TO THE HINDU GODS HER WHOLE
LIFE, BUT SHI NEVER KNEW
PEACE UNTIL SHE GOT AN
ANSWER SHE DIDN'T EXPECT.
POPE BENEDICT XVI BIDS
FAREWELL TO THE FAITHFUL.
HELLO, EVERYONE, I'M GEORGE
THOMAS.
TENS OF THOUSANDS GATHERED
IN THE PAPEL SQUARE ON THE
EVE OF HIS HISTORIC
RESIGNATION THIS WEEK.
THE 85-YEAR-OLD PONTIFF USED
HIS LAST MESSAGE TO REMIND
CATHOLICS AROUND THE WORLD
TO STAY FAITHFUL TO GOD'S
WORD.
MARK MARTIN HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: HE WAS
SURRENDERED BY TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF THE FAITHFUL.
MANY PRESSING IN TO CATCH A
GLIMPSE OF THEIR SPIRITUAL
LEADER AS HE DROVE BY ON HIS
POPEMOBILE.
IT IS SUCH A MONUMENTAL
TIME.
NO POPE HAS RESIGNED THE WAY
HE HAS DONE, AND IT IS
SOMETHING WE HAVE TO SEE.
Reporter: AND THEN HE
TOOK THE STAGE, SMILING,
TAKING IT ALL IN.
THE CROWDS RESPONDING WITH
LONG-STANDING OVATIONS.
IT WAS, IN MANY WAYS, POPE
BENEDICT XVI'S MOMENT TO
REMINISCE ONE LAST TIME.
Translator: ON APRIL 19,
ALMOST EIGHT YEARS AGO, I
HAD THE CERTAINTY WHICH HAS
ALWAYS STAYED WITH ME, OF
THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
COMING FROM GOD'S WORD.
Reporter: 50,000 PLUS
PEOPLE CAME FROM AROUND THE
WORLD, WAVING FLAGS AND
CARRYING BANNERS SAYING
THANK YOU.
HE RESIGNS AS LEADER OF THE
WORLDS 1.2 BILLION
CATHOLICS.
HE THANKED HIS CARDINALS FOR
THEIR SUPPORT AND FOR
HONORING HIS DECISION TO
BECOME THE FIRST POPE IN 600
YEARS TO RESIGN.
LOVING THE CHURCH MEANS
HAVING THE COURAGE TO MAKE
DIFFICULT CHOICES, HAVING
ALWAYS IN FRONT OF US THE
GOOD OF THE CHURCH AND NOT
OURSELVES.
Reporter: SPECULATION
HAS BEEN RIFE OVER WHAT
PROMPTED THE POPE TO
RESIGN.
I THINK JUST THE KIND OF
WEIGHT OF THE JOB ON SOMEONE
WHO IS RELATIVELY FRAIL AND
VERY OLD, YOU KNOW, JUST
TOOK ITS TOLL AND IT WAS
TIME FOR HIM TO GO.
Reporter: AND YET
BENEDICT SPOKE OF CARRYING A
HEAVY BURDEN DURING HIS
TENURE.
THE WORDS THAT HAVE
RESONATED IN MY HEART HAVE
BEEN, LORD, WHY ARE YOU
ASKING ME?
IT IS A GREAT BURDEN YOU
PLACED ON MY SHOULDERS, BUT
IF YOU ASK, I WILL ACCEPT.
Reporter: PROMISING
NEVER TO ABANDON THE MESSAGE
OF THE CROSS, BENEDICT WILL
BECOME POPE ARMERIDUS, AND
HE WILL MINUS HIS TRADEMARK
RED SHOES.
THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS
WILL MEET THIS MONTH TO
SELECT A NEW POPE.
HE WILL RETURN TO THE
VATICAN TO LIVE IN A
CONVENT.
George: THANKS, MARK.
TURNING TO THE MIDDLE EAST
WHERE ABOUT 100 COPTIC
CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN
DETAINED IN LIBYA.
HERON, ON LINE, REPORTS THAT
THE MEN ARE ACCUSED OF
SPREADING THE GOSPEL.
THE COPTIC REPORT SAYS THEY
ARE EGYPTIANS LIVING IN
LIBYA WHO WERE TAKEN
CAPTIVE.
THE MEN REPORTEDLY HAVE BEEN
TORTURED.
THE COPTIC ARCHBISHOP
RESPONSIBLE FOR LIBYA SAID
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT
SO MANY COPTIC CHRISTIANS
DECIDED TO PROVINCIAL
PROSYLTIZE IN ANOTHER
COUNTRY.
SYRIA'S 2,000-YEAR-OLD
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IS BEING
DEVASTATED BY THE CHRISTIAN
WAR.
THEY INTERVIEWED OVER 100
CHRISTIAN SYRIANS IN
LEBANON.
THEY SAY MALITIA ARE DRIVING
THEM OUT BECAUSE OF THEIR
CHRISTIAN FAITH.
ONE WOMAN SAYS HER SON AND
HUSBAND WERE SHOT IN THE
HEAD JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE
CHRISTIANS.
IT IS THE SECOND LARGEST IN
THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER
EGYPT.
TODAY WHOLE VILLAGES
DISAPPEAR WHEN ISLAMIC
REBELS ARRIVE.
A LEBANESE PATRIARCH SAYS IT
IS, QUOTE,"A GREAT EXITOUS
TAKING PLACE IN SILENCE."
RECENTLY CBN MIDDLE EAST
BUREAU CHIEF CHRIS MITCHELL
SPOKE WITH LILA ABOUT
PERSECUTION ABOUT CHRISTIANS
IN SYRIA AND THE MIDDLE
EAST.
WHAT IS YOUR SITUATION IN
SYRIA RIGHT NOW,
SPECIFICALLY FOR
CHRISTIANS?
IT IS VERY HARD TO TELL
RIGHT NOW.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE
REBELS ARE SAYING THAT THE
ASSAD GOVERNMENT IS KILLING
THE CHRISTIANS, AND VICE
VERSA, AND NOBODY REALLY CAN
TELL.
THEY'RE FLEEING, AND THEY'RE
VERY MUCH CAUGHT IN THE
CROSS-FIRE.
CHURCHES HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED, AND THERE ARE
TERRIBLE REPORTS COMING OUT,
BUT IT IS HARD TO SIFT
THROUGH THEM AT THIS TIME.
SYRIA IS SORT OF THE
LATEST EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE ARAB
SPRING.
WHAT IMPACT HAS THE ARAB
SPRING HAD ON CHRISTIANS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST?
WHAT IT HAS DONE IS IT
HAS OVERTHROWN STRONG MEN,
LIKE MUBARAK, AND SOON
PROBABLY ASSAD, WHO KEPT A
TIGHT REIGN AGAINST ISLAMIST
TERRORISM.
BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS
THAT IN EGYPT, THE ISLAMISTS
ARE NOW IN CHARGE.
THE GOVERNMENT IS
IMPLICITALLY INVOLVED, AND
PERHAPS MORE.
THEIR CHURCHES, YOU SAY,
ARE ATTACKED FOR, I THINK,
SOMETIMES YOUNG CHRISTIAN
WOMEN ARE KIDNAPPED?
YES.
THERE ARE TERRIBLE STUFF
GOING ON WITH CHRISTIAN
WOMEN, RAPE AND KIDNAPPING
AND FORCED MARRIAGES.
THE VILLAGES ARE INVADED AND
BURNED BECAUSE OF RUMOR OF
SOMEONE HAVING AN AFFAIR, A
MUSLIM MAN WITH A CHRISTIAN
WOMAN.
HONOR IS AT STAKE.
THIS JUST HAPPENED A FEW
MONTHS AGO IN EGYPT.
IT IS NOT JUST EGYPT.
IT IS HAPPENING IN NORTH
AFRICA AS WELL, AND AS WE'VE
SEEN, SYRIA IS A MESS.
IRAQ HAS BEEN DEVASTATED BY
THIS.
SOMETIMES IT IS
STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM,
BUT IT IS ALSO MOBS AND
VIGILANTES THAT ARE NOT
SUPPRESSED BY GOVERNMENTS IN
OTHER PLACES.
YOU SAY IN YOUR BOOK THIS
HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, IT IS A
PHENOMENON, AND IT IS HIS
HISTORICAL AND IT HAS
HAPPENED SEVERAL DECADES
AGO.
THE SLOGAN, FIRST THE
SATURDAY PEOPLE AND THEN THE
SUNDAY PEOPLE HAS TO DO WITH
THE JEWS AND THE
CHRISTIANS.
THE SAYING MEANS THEY WILL
REMOVE THE JEWS FROM THEIR
COUNTRIES AND THEN THEY WILL
REMOVE THE CHRISTIANS.
THE JEWS ARE GONE.
ESSENTIALLY 850,000 JEWS
WERE KICKED OUT OF ARAB
LANDS, MUSLIM LANDS, BETWEEN
1948 AND 1970.
AND I THINK THERE ARE LESS
8,000 NOW.
AND ALL OF THEM PUT
TOGETHER, EXCEPT FOR IRAN.
BUT NOW WE HAVE THE SAME
PHENOMENON.
WE DO HAVE A VOICE WE CAN
USE LEGISLATIVELY.
WE CAN GO TO OUR CONGRESSMEN
AND SAY, LOOK, SOMEBODY IS
ON DEATH ROW IN IRAN AND WE
NEED TO INTERVENE, AND
SOMETIMES IT WORKS.
LILA, THANKS FOR JOINING
US.
George: YOU CAN MORE OF
CHRIS' INTERVIEW WITH LILA
ON HIS JERUSALEM DATELINE
PROGRAM.
FIND THE LINK AT OUR
CBNNEWS.COM.
COMING UP, SEEKING SOLUTIONS
TO UKRAINE'S ORPHAN EP
DISK.
EPIDEMIC.
HOW CHRISTIANS ARE TAKING
ACTION TO SEE EVERY ORPHAN
IN THE COUNTRY ADOPTED BY A
FAMILY.
THAT STORY WHEN WE COME
BACK.
George: THEY ARE
UNKNOWN, UNWANTED, AND
UNLOVED.
MILLIONS OF ORPHANED
CHILDREN WORLDWIDE LIVING
WITHOUT PARENTAL CARE.
NOW CHURCHES, CHRISTIAN
ORGANIZATIONS, AND HUNDREDS
OF FAMILIES IN THE EASTERN
EUROPEAN NATION OF UKRAINE
WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
THE LIVES OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE.
TO THE HUMAN MIND, IT SEEMS
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT SPEND TIME WITH THE ASAI
FAMILY AND THEY'LL SOON
CONVINCE YOU WITH GOD ALL
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
THE MOMENT YOU SEE AN
ORPHAN'S EYES, I PROMISE IT
WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
George: 10 YEARS AGO,
SHE LEFT WITH A DARK PAST.
UGENI WAS A DRUG ADDICT AND
H.I.V. POSITIVE.
BOTH HAD A RADICAL ENCOUNTER
WITH JESUS CHRIST THAT
CHANGED THEIR LIVES
FOREVER.
I BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR
GOD.
I COULD SEE THE PATH THAT I
NEEDED TO GO ON.
George: THE COUPLE'S
DREAM?
TO SEE THEIR NATION OF
UKRAINE WITHOUT ORPHANS.
IF SOMEONE TOLD ME YEARS
AGO I WOULD HAVE THESE MANY
CHILDREN AND TO BE MARRIED
IN AN H.I.V. POSITIVE MAN, I
WOULD SAY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT GOD BURST IN US
SOMETHING SPECIAL.
George: THEY BECAME THE
FIRST FAMILY IN UKRAINE TO
ADOPT A CHILD WITH H.I.V.
NOT JUST ONE, BUT SEVEN
H.I.V. POSITIVE CHILDREN.
IF WE WANT TO SEE A
UKRAINE WITHOUT ORPHANS,
CHRISTIANS HAVE TO BE A PART
OF THE SOLUTION.
George: AND CHRISTIANS
ARE ANSWERING THE CALL.
SHE JOINED HUNDREDS OF
PASTORS AND CHRISTIAN
LEADERS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE GLOBE IN KEY, FOR A
SUMMIT ON ORPHAN CARE.
SHE LEADS A GRASSROOTS
MOVEMENT TO CARE FOR
UKRAINE'S ORPHANS.
GOD SAID HE IS THE FATHER
OF THE FATHERS.
WHICH MEANS HE WANTS EVERY
ORPHAN TO BE IN A FAMILY.
HOW IS GOD GOING TO DO IT?
IT IS THROUGH THE CHURCH.
ADOPTION AND PROVIDING A
HOME FOR AN ORPHAN IS AN
INTERGAL PART OF THE
GOSPEL.
George: IN THIS IS A
CROWD THAT IS VERY SERIOUS
ABOUT SEEING A UKRAINE
WITHOUT ORPHANS.
SITTING IN THE CROWD, THERE
ARE ABOUT 160 FAMILIES THAT
HAVE EITHER ADOPTED A
UKRAINE CHILD ARE OR TODAY
FOSTER PARENTS.
HE IS ONE OF THEM.
HE IS A PASTOR, AND ALONG
WITH HIS WIFE, THEY HAVE 31
FOSTER CHILDREN.
CAN ALL FAMILIES TAKE 31
CHILDREN IN LIKE WE DID?
NO.
BUT IF THIS MOVEMENT IS TO
HAVE A LASTING IMPACT,
CHRISTIAN LEADERS MUST SET
AN EXAMPLE, AND THEY ARE.
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, GOD
HAS BEEN MOVING PASTORS TO
TAKE CHARGE.
THE POTENTIAL HERE IS
HUGE BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS
ENGAGED ACROSS
DENOMINATIONAL LINES, TO BE
A MODEL TO COUNTRIES AROUND
THE WORLD HOW THE CHURCH CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO
CHILDREN.
PENNINGTON IS FOR HOPE
FOR ORPHANS, WITH
BIBLE-BASED ORPHAN
MINISTRIES.
HE HAS SIX CHILDREN.
FIVE OF WHOM ARE ADOPTED.
THE ONLY WAY TO REACH
140 MILLION ORPHANS AROUND
THE WORLD IS THROUGH THE
CHURCH.
BECAUSE ONLY THE CHURCH IS
BIG ENOUGH.
ONLY THE CHURCH HAS THE
POWER AND THE MANDATE TO
REACH THAT MANY CHILDREN IN
A SUSTAINED WAY.
George: PASTORS IN
RUSSIA, BEL BELLEROS AND
OTHERS HAVE STARTED
MOVEMENTS.
THE PRESIDENT OF COMPASSION
INTERNATIONAL SAYS HE IS
MOVED BY THE PASTOR'S
DEDICATION TO THE VISION.
THEY DO IT WITH AN
UNDERSTAND THAT GOD COMMITS
TO BLESS ORPHANS, AND THOSE
WHO DO BLESS ORPHANS.
TO SEE AN AUDACIOUS VISION
THAT THESE GUYS ACTUALLY ARE
QUAL TBIEQUALIFIED TO TALK
ABOUT BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING
IT.
George: STEVE WEBBER
CALLS THE MOVEMENT A
MIRACLE.
WEBBER LEADS CBN'S UKRAINE
OFFICE WHICH HAS AN ACTIVE
"ORPHANS' PROMISE" OUT
REACH.
20 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS
SUCH A STIGMA AGAINST THE
ORPHAN THAT CHRISTIANS WOULD
FAKE PREGNANCY BY CARRYING A
PILLOW BEFORE THEY WOULD
TAKE AN ORPHAN.
TODAY WE'RE PREACHING TAKE
THE ORPHANS HOME IN OUR
CHURCHES.
George: AND THE PUBLIC
IS TAKING NOTE.
AT A NATIONALLY TELEVISED
EVENT THAT DREW UKRAINE'S
RICH AND FAMOUS, THEY
RECEIVED A PRIDE OF THE
NATION AWARD FOR THEIR HEART
FOR ORPHANS.
THERE WAS HARDLY A DRY EYE
IN THE CROWD AS PEOPLE STOOD
AND APPLAUDED.
WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT ANY
AWARDS.
WE SIMPLY WERE DOING WHAT
WAS ON OUR HEARTS TO DO.
WE HAVE ONLY GOD TO
THANK.
HE SHOWS US HOW TO LOVE THE
UNLOVABLE.
WITHOUT HIM, WE HAVE NO
LIFE.
WITHOUT HIM, MY CHILDREN
HAVE NO HOPE.
WITHOUT HIM, THE ORPHANS OF
UKRAINE HAVE NO HOPE.
George: GEORGE THOMAS,
CBN NEWS, KEY, UKRAINE.
UP NEXT, A DEVOUT HINDU
SEEKS ANSWERS TO LIFE AND
JOY, AND FINDS HER ANSWER IN
A VERY UNEXPECTED PLACE.
George: THE WOMAN IN
OUR NEXT STORY GREW UP IN
INDIA, THOUGH REJECTED BY
HER FATHER, SHE WORKED HARD
TO GET AN EDUCATION AND
BECOME A SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL
WORKER.
WHEN SHE HAD PROBLEMS OR
NEEDS, SHE SOUGHT HELP FROM
THE GODS OF HER HINDU
RELIGION.
UNTIL ONE DAY HE HEARD A NEW
VOICE TELLING HER TO GO TO
CHURCH.
WHEN I WAS BORN, THE
ASTROLOGER TOLD MY FATHER IT
IS NOT WORTH RAISING ME AS
HIS DAUGHTER.
HE SAID IT IS BETTER IF YOU
END HER LIFE NOW AS A BABY.
IT KIND OF POISONED HIS MIND
AND THOUGHTS TOWARDS ME.
Reporter: RADA WAS
RAISED IN A DEVOUT HINDU
FAMILY IN INDIA.
SHE HAD A STRAINED
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER
FATHER, ONE THAT WORSENED
OVER TIME.
EVERY BUSINESS FAILURE HE
ENDURED OR FINANCIAL LOSS,
HE BLAMED IT ON ME.
HE BECAME AN ALCOHOLIC.
AND HE ABUSED US PHYSICALLY
AND VERBALLY.
Reporter: SHE SOUGHT
COMFORT AND ACCEPTANCE IN
HER FAMILY'S FAITH.
EVERY TIME I WENT TO
HINDU TEMPLES AND WORSHIPPED
GOD, BUT WHEN I CAME OUT OF
THE TEMPLES, THERE WAS
ALWAYS A VOID.
AND THAT VOID WAS SO
STRONG.
HOPELESSNESS WAS ALWAYS
THERE.
Reporter: RADA TURNED
TO EDUCATION IN HER SEARCH
FOR PURPOSE.
SHE EXCELLED IN HER
STUDIES.
I DID MY MASTERS IN
MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC
WORK.
AFTER I COMPLETED THAT, I
WAS GIVEN A JOB TO WORK AS A
COUNSELLOR IN A CANCER
HOSPITAL.
Reporter: SHE PROVIDED
CARE AND COMFORT FOR MANY OF
THE PATIENTS.
HOWEVER, THIS ONLY DEEPENED
THE EMPTINESS SHE FELT IN
HER OWN LIFE.
PEOPLE WERE SUFFERING,
YOU KNOW, YOUNG AND OLD.
SOME OF THEM HAD ASKED ME,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEIR
SOUL ONCE THEY DIED?
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS.
I FELT REALLY DESPERATE.
SO I KIND OF FILLED MY VOID
WITH MORE EDUCATION.
Reporter: RADA RECEIVED
A SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY IN
AMERICA, BUT LIFE HERE
SEEMED HARDER THAN EVER.
THE CULTURE SHOCK WAS SO
GREAT.
I MISSED HOME, MY FAMILY.
I COULDN'T CONCENTRATE MUCH,
AND MY GRADES STARTED GOING
DOWN.
Reporter: SHE WAS ON
THE VIRGE OF LOSING HER
SCHOLARSHIP, BUT SHE HAD A
GREATER PROBLEM.
I HAD ONLY $36 IN MY
ACCOUNT, AND MY SOCIAL
SECURITY CARD WAS STAMPED
NOT AUTHORIZED FOR WORK.
Reporter: IT WAS
IMPOSSIBLE FOR RADA TO PAY
FOR HER OWN EDUCATION, AND
SHE WAS UNABLE TO AFFORD A
PLANE TICKET BACK TO INDIA.
THE FEAR OF BEING HOMELESS
TOOK OVER.
I WAS REALLY AFRAID OF
THE FUTURE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN TO ME IN THIS FOREIGN
LAND.
IT WAS A MAJOR CRISES IN MY
LIFE.
Reporter: RADA SOUGHT
HELP FROM THE ONLY HELP SHE
KNEW.
I CRIED OUT TO ALL OF THE
HINDU GODS AND GOD
GODDESIS.
I HEARD, THESE ARE MAN-MADE
IMAGES.
I'M A HOLY GOD.
GO TO CHURCH AND YOU WILL
FIND ME.
I SAID NO WAY.
I REJECTED THAT.
BUT IN MY DESPERATION, WHEN
THE THOUGHT WAS SO STRONG I
NEEDED AN ANSWER.
Reporter: A FELLOW
STUDENT INVITED HER TO
CHURCH.
I SAT IN THE LAST SEAT,
AND I STARTED LISTENING TO
THEM WORSHIPPING.
THERE WAS SUCH JOY IN MY
HEART I COULDN'T EXPLAIN
IT.
THERE WAS PEACE IN MY
HEART.
THE PASTOR SAID THAT GOD
WANTS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH ME.
AS A FATHER/DAUGHTER
RELATIONSHIP.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS REPENT
FOR MY SINS, INVITE JESUS AS
MY LORD AND SAVIOR.
I AM A PRIDE-FILLED PERSON.
I SAID THERE IS NO WAY I'M A
SINNER.
I'M A GOOD PERSON.
I'M A SOCIAL WORKER.
I HELPED HUNDREDS OF PENAL
PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.
Reporter: SHE REFUSED
THE PASTOR'S INVITATION.
OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, SHE
WRESTLED WITH THESE
THOUGHTS.
BUT ONE NIGHT SHE HAD A
VISION.
WHEN I LAID DYN AN DOWN
AND TRIED TO SLEEP, IT WAS
LIKE A MOVIE, ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT WERE NOT RIGHT
IN THE EYES OF GOD.
WHEN I SAW THAT, AND IF
THESE ARE WRONG AND SINFUL
IN THE EYES OF GOD, I SHOULD
ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
SO I GOT ON MY KNEES AT MY
BED.
I SAID, GOD, I ASK FOR YOUR
FORGIVENESS.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT
JESUS, BUT I INVITE HIM AS
MY ONLY LORD AND SAVIOR.
Reporter: THE EMPTINESS
AND LONELINESS STARTED TO
DISAPPEAR.
NOW I HAVE THIS GOD, A
PERSONAL GOD, THAT WILL WALK
WITH ME, THAT WILL CARRY ME
THROUGH, THAT WILL GUIDE ME
AND COUNSEL ME AND MINISTER
TO ME.
SO THE FEAR WAS TAKEN AWAY
FROM ME.
FROM THEN ONWARDS, MIRACLE
AFTER MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE
HAPPENED IN MY LIFE.
Reporter: SHE RECEIVED
A SCHOLARSHIP TO ANOTHER
UNIVERSITY, WHICH EXTENDED
HER VISA.
SHE ALSO MOVED INTO A
CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S HOME WHERE
SHE WAS MENTORED INTO A
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
RADA IS MARRIED NOW WITH A
FAMILY OF HER OWN.
SHE HAS FULL ASSURANCE SHE
FOUND THE TRUE GOD SHE WAS
LOOKING FOR.
JESUS GAVE ME THE SENSE
OF SECURITY AND PEACE AND
JOY AND HOPE.
WHEN YOU REALLY EMBRACE
GOD'S LOVE, THEN THERE IS NO
FEAR AND THERE IS NO
LONELINESS.
NO MORE LONELINESS.
AND HE BLESSES YOU.
George: WHEREVER YOU
ARE IN THE WORLD TODAY,
MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING THIS
STORY, AND THERE ARE MANY
STORIES LIKE RADA'S, YOU CAN
FIND THE LINK TO THEM OUGHT
OUR WEBSITE, CBN
CBNNEWS.COM.
WE'LL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
NEARLY 200,000 PEOPLE.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
SUFFERING, THE CHRISTIAN
RELIEF AGENCY, SAMARITAN'S
PURSE IS GIVING PEOPLE
DESPERATE FOOD AND WATER.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED MORE THAN
1.2 MILLION LITRES OF WATER,
AND HAS HANDED OUT MORE THAN
17 METRIC TONS OF FOOD, AND
IT HAS HELPED TO PREVENT
DEADLY DISEASES, BUILDING
LATINES AND SHELTERS.
FINALLY TODAY, THE AFRICAN
NATION OF MALI, THE FIGHT
AGAINST ISLAMIC MILITANTS IS
WINDING DOWN, BUT "OPERATION
BLESSING" CONTINUES TO FEED
THOSE COUT U CAUGHT UP IN
THE CONFLICT.
GARY LANE HAS MORE.
Reporter: CBN NEWS
JOINED THE CITY IN JAMACO.
MOST LED THE TAKE OVER OF
THE NORTHERN CITY OF GOU.
THEY STILL DEPEND ON THE
GENEROSITY OF OTHERS TO HELP
FEED THEIR CHILDREN.
SHE WAS PREGNANT WHEN HER
FAMILY MADE THE 600-MILE
JOURNEY FROM GOU TO
TOMACCO.
HER BABY WAS BORN WITH A
HERNIAL PROBLEM.
"OPERATION BLESSING" ASKED
THIS DOCTOR TO EXAMINE
LITTLE ABDU.
HE SAYS THE FIRST SURGERY
WASN'T DONE WELL.
THIS BABY HAS AN INFECTION
AND HIS INTESTINE CAN COME
OUT AGAIN.
HIS MOM IS NOW AWAITING
RESULTS FROM AN ULTRASOUND
TEST, PAID FOR BY "OPERATION
BLESSING."
HE MAY NEED ANOTHER
SURGERY.
SHE TOLD US, I AM GRATEFUL
TO GOD AND YOU FOR THE HIGH
QUALITY OF BEANS AND RICE
YOU HAVE PROVIDED, AND ALSO
FOR YOUR CONCERN FOR MY
BABY.
NOT ONLY ARE REFUGEES AND
VICTIMS OF THE WAR BEING FED
AND CARED FOR, BUT CBN IS
DOING WHAT IT CAN TO HELP
CHANGE THE LIVES OF YOUNG
WOMEN.
19-YEAR-OLD PATAMA WILL SOON
GRADUATE FROM THE SEWING
SCHOOL.
SHE ATTENDS CLASSES HERE
BECAUSE SHE WANTS A BETTER
FUTURE.
SHE HOPES TO START HER OWN
SEWING SHOP, AND SHE WANTS
TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS.
CBN HELPED THIS PASTOR BEGIN
THE SEWING SCHOOL IN 2004.
14 YOUNG WOMEN STARTED
CLASSES BACK THEN, TODAY
MORE THAN 120 STUDENTS ARE
ENROLLED HERE.
THEY ATTEND CLASSES FOR
THREE YEARS.
SHE SAYS WITHOUT JOB SKILLS,
MANY OF THESE YOUNG WOMEN
WOULD TURN TO PROSTITUTION
TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.
DIVORCED WOMEN ALSO RECEIVE
TRAINING HERE.
WHEN A WOMAN IS DIVORCED,
WITH THREE AMERICAN STOCK
THREE, FOUR, FIVE CHILDREN,
AND SHE CAN'T EARN HER OWN
WAY, THAT IS MISERY.
Reporter: TORY ALSO
READS BIBLE VERSES TO THE
WOMEN AND TEACHES THEM ABOUT
CHRISTIANITY.
WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME WHO
HAVE BECOME CHRISTIANS, AND
THEY FOLLOW THE LORD.
THEY WANT TO GO TO CHURCH.
Reporter: SO IN A TIME
OF WAR, CBN IS HELPING
MALIANS MEET THEIR IMMEDIATE
NEEDS, AND RECEIVE JOB
TRAINING FOR THE LONG-TERM,
AND SPIRITUAL TRUTH.
George: I HOPE YOU'VE
ENJOYED OUR SHOW THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
FROM ALL OF US HERE AT
CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS AND
BACK IN THE CONTROL ROOM,
HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
GOOD-BYE AND GOD BLESS YOU.
