Author and speaker Willie Jolley shares tips to overcome disappointment and achieve a new life. Plus, an unemployed single mother finds a job with a little help from a friend.
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THE PLACE WHERE DREAMS
COME TRUE.
WE WANTED THE WHOLE WEEK
TO BE WHERE THE ANSWER IS
YES.
MEET A MAN HAS ESCAPED
DEATH AND WANTS TO HELP
OTHERS DO THE SAME.
AND THEN...HER LIFE WAS A
MESS, NO JOB, TONS OF
BILLS.
FOOD WAS SCARCE IN THE
HOUSE.
HOW SHE TURNED HER
SETBACK INTO A COMEBACK.
I WAS SO HAPPY.
*
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
FOLKS, TO THIS EDITION OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
WE'RE GLAD TO WELCOME A DEAR
FRIEND BACK FROM THE SNOWS
OF KILIMANJARO.
SHE SURVIVED.
Wendy: I DID WHAT YOU
TOLD ME TO DO, PAT, I STAY
ALIVE.
Pat: A LOT OF US PRAYED
FOR YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR YOUR
STORY.
WE HAD CAMERAS --
Wendy: IT WAS THE
HARDEST THING I HAD EVER
DONE.
WE HAVE VIDEO.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE IT.
Pat: YOU TALK ABOUT THE
BUCKET LIST.
Wendy: DONE.
Pat: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, I REMEMBER YEARS
AND YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS
STUDYING ENGLISH LITERATURE,
THERE WAS A POEM BY A GUY
NAMED GOLDSMITH ABOUT THE
MAN WHO STOLE THE GOODS OUT
OF THE COMMON, BUT WHO
ARRESTED THE MAN WHO STOLE
THE COMMON OUT OF THE
GOOSE.
WELL, WE HAVE SUCH THIEVES
AT WORK IN OUR SOCIETY
TODAY.
WE'VE GOT AN AM MEG AMAZING
STORY ABOUT IT.
BUT BEFORE I GET INTO THAT
STORY, I JUST WANT TO TELL
YOU THE SCAM ABOUT GLOBAL
WARMING IS EXPENSIVE.
HERE ARE THE FIGURES: FROM
2001 TO 2014, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SPENT $
$131 BILLION TO FIGHT
CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSED BY
HUMANS.
ALONG WITH $176 BILLION IN
TAX BREAKS.
NOW THE EUROPEAN UNION PLANS
TO REDUCE CARBON DIOXIDE
ADMISSIONS, IT WOULD COST
$100 BILLION BY 2020.
ALL IN ALL, DURING THE THIS
CENTURY, WE WILL SPEND
$7 TRILLION ON WHAT LOOKS
LIKE A SCAM.
SOMEBODY IS STEALING THE
COMMON FROM UNDER THE GOOSE,
AND YOU ARE THE GOOSE.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW
THEY'RE TRYING TO COOK YOUR
GOOSE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
BY THE WAY, GET OUT THE LONG
JOHNS AND THE SWEATERS THAT
AUNT MINNIE GAVE YOU FOR SO
MANY BIRTHDAYS, SNOW IN THE
SOUTH, AND WE'RE BEGINNING
CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT NOT
GLOBAL WARMING.
WE'VE GOT GLOBAL COOLING.
WERM
Wendy: THE UNITED
NATIONS WILL MEET ONCE AGAIN
AND TELL US THAT THE EARTH
IS HEATING UP, EVEN THOUGH
THE TEMPERATURES CLEARLY
SHOW IT ISN'T.
DALE HURD HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: IT IS ALREADY
SNOWING, AND ONE OF THE
PREMIER FORECASTERS ARE
WARNING FOR PARTS OF THE
MIDWEST, A BAD WINTER IS ON
THE WAY.
WE THINK IT IS A
FORMIDABLE WINTER, BUT THE
FORM OF THE WORST COLD,
INSTEAD OF BEING IN THE
NORTHERN PLAINS AND MIDWEST,
IT WILL BE FURTHER SOUTH AND
EAST.
Reporter: LAST WINTER
WAS BAD, TOO, HISTORICALLY
BAD.
THE GREAT LAKES WEREN'T
ICE-FREE UNTIL JUNE.
BUT THE U.N. KEEPS WARNING
US IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING
TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING, THE
END IS NEAR.
THE REPORT CONFIRMS THAT
THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN-CAUSED
CLIMATE CHANGE ARE ALREADY
WIDESPREAD AND
CONSEQUENTIAL.
Reporter: THE EARTH
STOPPED WARMING 18 YEARS
AGO, AND THE WEATHER HAS
MADE A MOCKERY OF THE
PREDICTIONS.
SEA LEVELS AREN'T RISING
DANGEROUSLY, AND NOT ONLY IS
ANT TECARCTIC ICE NOT
MELTING, IT THE LARGEST IT
HAS BEEN.
BUT WORLD LEADERS, JUST LIKE
OUR PRESIDENT, BELIEVES
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A
PROBLEM.
President Obama:
CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING
EVERYBODY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, ALTHOUGH IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.
Reporter: THIS IS
CALLED A CLIMATE SCREAM, AND
IT IS SIMILAR TO A PRIME MAR
SCREAM, EXCEPT IT IS DONE BY
RADICAL WORLD LEADERS.
BUT THE REAL DISASTER HAS
BEEN THE INACCURACY OF ALL
OF THE SCARY PREDICTIONS
THAT DIDN'T COME TRUE.
BY LAST COUNT, THERE WERE
42 EXPLANATIONS ABOUT WHY IT
HASN'T BEEN WARMING.
WHEN THERE IS 42
EXPLANATIONS FOR ONE
PHENOMENON, I CAN TELL YOU
WHAT THAT MEANS: SCIENTISTS
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
Reporter: WHY HAS THE
EARTH STOPPED WARMING?
ONE REASON, COOLER
TEMPERATURES IN THE
PACIFIC.
ONE THE MAJOR PACIFIC
TEMPERATURES, THE
TEMPERATURE CYCLE IN THE
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, HAS
GONE INTO A COOL PHASE.
THE SUN HAS MOVED INTO A
COOL PHASE, IN TERMS OF SUN
SPOTS.
Reporter: JOE BISARDI
IS FORECASTING A LONG-TERM
TREND TOWARDS COLDER
TEMPERATURES.
FOR THE NEXT 20 OR 30
YEARS, THE TREND WILL BE
BACK DOWN TO WHERE IT WAS IN
THE 1970s.
Reporter: YET PRESIDENT
OBAMA THINKS THE PROBLEM OF
GLOBAL WARMING IS SO URGENT,
HE HAS REPORTEDLY PLOTTING
TO MAKE A CLIMATE DEAL
WITHOUT APPROVAL BY THE U.S.
SENATE.
BUT THE PRESIDENT MAY BE
LONELY WHEN HE ATTENDS NEXT
WEEK'S CLIMATE SUMMIT IN NEW
YORK.
A NUMBER OF WORLD LEADERS
AREN'T COMING.
PERHAPS THEY'RE AFRAID OF
LOOKING SILLY.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
Pat: THERE IT IS,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE
ARE THE TRUE FACTS.
THE ANTARCTIC HAS GOT MORE
ICE THAN THEY HAVE EVER HAD
SINCE WE BEGAN TAKING
MEASUREMENTS.
IT ISN'T MELTING.
IT IS GROWING FASTER.
IT WILL BE ONE COLD WINTER.
THERE MAY BE FA FIVE TIMES
AS MUCH SNOW THIS YEAR AS
THERE WAS IN THE PAST.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
HERE IS THE GAME: THESE
SOCIALISTS, OR PROGRESS
PROGRESSIVES, WHATEVER
THEY'RE CALLED, WANT TO TAKE
CONTROL OF THE ECONOMY.
IF THEY CAN SCARE PEOPLE
WITH THIS MON TROS
MONSTROSITY OF CLIMATE
CHANGE, THEY'LL HAVE A
CHANCE TO GET MORE MONEY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT
ARE GOING INTO THIS
NONSENSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN
COLLEGES THAT DON'T GO ALONG
WITH IT, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED
TO TEP.
TEACH.
THEY'RE NOT GIVEN PROMOTIONS
AND TENURE AND SO FORTH.
BUT IT IS ALL A SCAM, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN.
IT IS IN ORDER TO GET CELL
OF THE BASIC INDUSTRIES.
GET CONTROL OF CARBON.
GET CONTROL OF OIL AND GAS,
FOSSEL FUELS, AND ALL OF THE
REST OF IT.
SO THEY CAN DOMINATE ONE
OTHER PART OF THE ECONOMY.
THAT'S THE GAME.
DON'T LET THEM PLAY IT ON
YOU.
I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS PROGRAM, THE WHOLE
SCHEME, SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF THIS CENTURY, $7 TRILLION
IN THIS FAKE SCIENCE.
YOU HEARD IT HERE.
TELL OTHERS.
OKAY, IN OTHER NEWS, ONCE
AGAIN, ISIS IS THREATENING
THE UNITED STATES WITH
TERRORISM IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
AND RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA,
JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY
FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU IN
WASHINGTON.
HERE IS JOHN.
John: PAT, ISIS
TERRORISTS HAVE RELEASED A
NEW VIDEO WARNING THAT ITS
ARMY IN IRAQ WILL STRIKE
BACK AT THE U.S.' TROOPS
THERE.
THE VIDEO CALLED "FLAMES OF
WAR," SHOWS MILITANTS
BLOWING UP TANG TANKS AND
U.S. SOLDIERS.
IT COMES AFTER AMERICA'S TOP
GENERAL SUGGESTED GROUND
TROOPS IN IRAQ.
I'LL RECOMMEND THAT TO
THE PRESIDENT.
John: FOR NOW, HOUSE
LAWMAKERS ARE TRACK TO GIVE
PRESIDENT OBAMA AUTHORITY TO
ORDER U.S. MILITARY TRAINING
AND ARMS FOR REBELS BATTLING
ISIS MILITANTS.
THAT VOTE COULD COME TODAY.
MEANWHILE, THE BRANCHES OF
al-QAEDA IN YEMEN AND NORTH
AFRICA HAVE PUT OUT A JOINT
STATEMENT, URGING JIHADISTS
IN IRAQ AND SYRIA TO UNIT
AGAINST THE U.S. AND
COALITION FORCES.
AND ISIS IS USING SOCIAL
MEDIA TO ENCOURAGE ATTACKS
HERE IN AMERICA, IN PLACE
LIKE NEW YORK'S TIME
SQUARE.
ISIS ARE ALSO IN A
POSITION TO INSPIRE.
THE INCREASING
SOPHISTICATION OF THEIR
MEDIA OUTREACH THROUGH THE
INTERNET, THE WALL OF THE
SOCIAL MEDIA.
John: AND, PAT, THE
ISIS THREAT LIST INCLUDES
OTHER TOURIST LOCATIONS,
LIKE THE LAS VEGAS STRIP.
Pat: I WANT TO TELL
YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARMING
SYRIAN REBELS.
I DON'T THINK AT THIS POINT
WE UNDERSTAND WHO THE GOOD
GUYS ARE AND WHO THE BAD
GUYS ARE.
AND WE'RE LIABLE TO BE
HELPING -- IN THE OLD DAYS,
NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO, THE
ISIS FORCE MAY HAVE BEEN THE
ONES WE HAD BEEN GIVING
MONEY TO, BECAUSE WE
WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ANY
BETTER.
I'M NOT SURE IN SYRIA -- I
DON'T LIKE THE ASSAD REGIME,
BUT HE DID KEEP A LID ON
THING.
NOW IT IS CHAOS ON IN THAT
COUNTRY.
IT IS BEING PARTITIONED, AND
SOMEBODY HAS TO GO IN AND
TAKE CHAI CHARGE OF IT.
I WON'T BE SURPRISED IF THE
ISRAELIS HAD TO GO IN TO
PREVENT THIS FROM GETTING
ANY WORSE.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BEFORE
WE VOTE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS TO SOME SPUTTER
GROUP IN SYRIA AND SAYING
THESE ARE GOING BE THE ONES
WE BACK.
John: DR. KENT BRANTLY,
WHO RECENTLY COVERED FROM
EBOLA, SAYS THE U.S. DIDN'T
ACT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO COMBAT
THE DISEASE.
OTHER EXPERTS SAY IF IT
ISN'T STOPPED NOW, WE COULD
BE FIGHTING IT FOR YEARS.
CAITLIN BURKE HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: IT IS AN
AGGRESSIVE NEW EFFORT TO
COMBAT EBOLA.
President Obama: PEOPLE
ARE LITERALLY DYING IN THE
STREETS.
HERE IS THE HARD TRUTH: IN
WEST AFRICA, EBOLA IS NOW AN
EPIDEMIC, OF THE LIKES WE
HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE.
Reporter: ON MONDAY, AT
THE C.D.C. HEADQUARTERS IN
ATLANTA, PRESIDENT OBAMA
OUTLINED THE STEPS THE U.S.
WILL TAKE IN WEST AFRICA.
THEY INCLUDE A NEW COMMAND
CENTER IN LIBERIA, AN
AMERICAN GENERAL ON THE
GROUND, COORDINATING U.S.
AND INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
EFFORTS, AND THOUSANDS OF
U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN
LIBERIA TO SUPPORT THE
COMMAND CENTER.
DR. KENT BRANTLY, AN
AMERICAN SURVIVOR OF EBOLA,
SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW
CALL TO ACTION IS COMING
DANGEROUSLY DELAYED.
EARLY ON HE AND OTHER HEALTH
OFFICIALS PLEADED FOR MORE
RESOURCE IN THEIR FIGHT
AGAINST THE VIRUS, BUT THEY
WERE IGNORED BY THE U.S.
UNTIL BRANTLY AND OTHER
INFECTED AMERICANS WERE SENT
HOME LAST MONTH FOR
TREATMENT.
ON TUESDAY LAWMAKERS HELD A
HEARING ON EBOLA.
EXPERTS FROM THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND
PREVENTION, WARN THAT IF
EBOLA ISN'T STOPPED NOW, WE
COULD BE DEALING WITH IT FOR
YEARS TO COME.
DR. BRANTLY TOLD SENATORS
THAT THE DEADLY VIRUS COULD
SPREAD LIKE A WILDFIRE.
INDEED, IT IS A FIRE.
IT IS A FIRE STRAIGHT FROM
THE PIT OF HELL.
WE CANNOT FOOL OURSELVES
INTO THINKING THAT THE VAST
MODE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
WILL PROTECT YO US FROM THE
FLAMES OF THIS FIRE.
Reporter: THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS THE
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO END
THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IS
CLOSING.
THEY PREDICT THE NUMBER OF
CASES COULD START DOUBLING
EVERY THREE WEEKS IN WEST
AFRICA, AND COULD COST
NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS TO
CONTAIN.
WE MUST MOVE QUICKLY AND
IMMEDIATELY TO DELIVER THE
PROMISES THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE, AND TO BE OPEN TO
PRACTICAL, INNOVATIVE
INTERVENTIONS.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP
ENTIRE NATIONS FROM BEING
REDUCED TO ASHES.
Reporter: CAITLIN
BURKE, CBN NEWS.
John: QUITE A POWERFUL
ADVOCATE TO FIGHT THE
DISEASE.
PAT?
Pat: RIGHT FROM THE PIT
OF HELL.
ONCE AGAIN WE ARE BEHIND THE
CURVE.
IT WAS ALREADY STARTING TO
SPREAD BEFORE WE DO
ANYTHING.
I CAN'T SEE WHAT 3,000
AMERICAN TROOPS ARE GOING TO
DO.
THEY'RE NOT SKILLED
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS.
WE NEED HAZMAT SUITS FOR
THEM SO THEY CAN DEAL WITH
THIS THING SAFELY.
BUT IT ONLY TAKES ONE LITTLE
DROP OF THIS BLOOD, ONLY ONE
LITTLE DROP OF THIS STUFF,
AND IF IT EVER GETS
AIRBORNE, THE WORLD IS IN
FOR A HELLISH NIGHTMARE.
WE CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH
HOW HORRIBLE IT IS.
THERE IS A BOOK CALLED "THE
HOT ZONE" THAT TALKS ABOUT
IT.
ONCE IT STARTS SPREADING, IT
IS DEADLY.
I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE
CONTAINED ANY LONGER.
LIBERIA IS ONE SMALL
COUNTRY.
YOU'VE GOT SIERRA LEONE,
GUINEA, AND YOU'VE GOT IVORY
COAST AND ALL THE WAY OVER
TO WEST AFRICA.
AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO WITH IT.
THEY DON'T BURY THE PEOPLE
PROPERLY.
AND ANYBODY THAT HAS GOT THE
STUFF, JUST A LITTLE DROP OF
BLOOD, AND YOU CAN GET IT.
SO I BELIEVE WE NEED -- IF
YOU WANT TO SPEND MONEY,
LET'S SPEND MONEY ON
LABORATORY SCIENCE TO SEE IF
WE CAN'T COME UP WITH SOME
ANTIDOTE TO THIS DREADED
DISEASE.
THEY WERE WORKING ON
SOMETHING WITH THOSE PEOPLE
DOWN IN ATLANTA, BUT THEY
RAN OUT OF THIS SPECIAL
TREATMENT THAT THEY HAD FOR
IT.
THE LAB SAID, WE DON'T HAVE
ANYMORE.
THAT'S THE PLACE IF THE
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DO
SOMETHING, RATHER THAN
SENDING TROOPS TO WEST
AFRICA.
LET'S SEND MEDICINE AND
LET'S GET LABS GOING TO COME
UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL
KILL THAT AWFUL VIRUS.
JOHN?
John: PAT, A SPECIAL
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION
INTO THE BENGHAZI ATTACKS
BEGINS WITH A PUBLIC HEARING
TODAY.
THE MOVE BY THE HOUSE SELECT
COMMITTEE COMES TWO YEARS
AFTER THE ATTACK THAT KILLED
FOUR AMERICANS, INCLUDING
AMBASSADOR CHRISTOPHER
STEVENS.
IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE
INVESTIGATION WILL DIG INTO
THE ALLEGATIONS THAT
PROMPTED THE PROBE.
ANTHAT THE AMERICAN FIBERS
OFFICIALS LIED ABOUT WHY THE
ATTACK TACK PLACE.
THE OBAMACARE WEBSITE STILL
HAS FLAWS THAT PUTS PRIVATE
INFORMATION AT RISK.
MORE THAN FIVE MILLION
AMERICANS USE HEALTH
CARE.COM, AND THE SITE
COLLECTS NAMES, BIRTH DATES,
AND SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBERS.
INVESTIGATORS AT THE G.A.O.
UNCOVERED MORE THAN 20
SPECIFIC SECURITY FLAWS, AND
THEY SAY THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION TOOK A MAJOR
RISK BY GOING LIVE WITH THE
SITE LAST FALL WHEN THE
SYSTEM WAS STILL NOT FULLY
TESTED, AND SOME OF THE
TESTING WASN'T FINISHED AS
RECENTLY AS JUNE.
PAT?
Pat: I WAS TALKING TO
SOMEBODY WHO IS
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT
GOES ON IN WASHINGTON, AND
THE REPORT -- I MENTIONED
THE FACT THAT A WELL-KNOWN
LOBBYIST NAMED TOMMY BOGGS
HAD RECENTLY DIED, BUT THE
REPORT THAT CAME TO ME WAS
THAT WASHINGTON LITERALLY IS
IN GRIDLOCK, THAT THE WHOLE
GOVERNMENT HAS SHUT DOWN.
NOBODY IS DOING MUCH OF
ANYTHING.
WE'VE GOT A PRESIDENT WHO
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE IS
DOING.
THE POLICIES ARE OBVIOUSLY
FLAWED.
INSTEAD OF COMING BACK AND
SAYING, LOOK, WE BLEW ET.
THER IT.
THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF COVERUP GOING ON IN
WASHINGTON, AND THE CONGRESS
IS IN STALEMATE BECAUSE
THERE IS SUCH PARTISANSHIP
THAT NO LONGER DO PEOPLE
WANT TO DO WHAT IS GOOD FOR
AMERICA.
THEY WANT TO DO WHAT IS GOOD
FOR THEIR SPECIFIC BRAND OF
POLITICS.
THEY WANT TO SET UP FOR THE
NEXT ELECTION, WHO WE CAN
BEAT AND WHO WE WERE NOT
BEAT.
HARRY REID HAS SHUT DOWN
CONGRESS.
THE HOUSE IS VOTING ON SOME
STUFF, BUT, NEVERTHELESS, IT
DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE.
SO THIS WHOLE GOVERNMENT,
AND WE'VE GOT THIS HUGE,
MONSTEROUS, EXPENSIVE
GOVERNMENT, AND IT IS JUST
IN A STATE OF GRIDLOCK.
IT IS NOT MOVING.
AND SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE
DONE.
AND THIS PRESIDENT, INSTEAD
OF BEING AMERICA'S UNITER IS
AMERICA'S DIVIDER.
HE STIRS UP ANIMOSITY, STIR
UP RACIAL PROBLEMS, ANYTHING
HE CAN, TO STIR UP THE POT
SO MAYBE HIS PARTY CAN WIN
SOME ELECTORAL VOTES.
HE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
ENGAGED.
SO THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT IS
IN TROUBLE.
THAT'S THE WORD I GOT, AND I
THINK IT IS A TRUE STORY.
THE GOVERNMENT IS JUST NOW
DYSFUNCTIONAL BECAUSE OF
HEAD OF IT IS
DYSFUNCTIONAL.
JOHN?
John: PAT, AMERICA'S
WAIST LINES HAVE BEEN
EXPANDING RAPIDLY OVER THE
LAST DECADE.
ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR
DISEASE CONTROL, 54% OF U.S.
ADULTS HAVE ABDOMINAL
OBESITY.
IN THE STUDY'S 12-YEAR
RANGE, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN
MALE WAISTLINE GREW BY AN
INCH TO 40 INCHES.
THE AVERAGE WAISTLINE FOR
WOMEN GREW TWO INCHES TO
30 INCHES.
PEOPLE'S WHO'S FAT WHO HAS
SETTLED AROUND THEIR
WAISTLINE RUNS A GREATER
RISK OF HEALTH RISK, HEART
ATTACKS AND BE DIABETES.
BELLY FAT IS THE MOST
DANGEROUS PLACE FOR FAT TO
DEVELOP.
Pat: ABSOLUTELY.
I FEEL LIKE PAUL RIVERE, THE
FAT IS COMING.
WE HAVE SOME VIDEO OF YOUR
CLIMB?
Wendy: I HAVE SOME
VIDEO.
I TOOK IT ON MY CELL PHONE.
I'M EXCITED TO SHOW IT TO
YOU.
COMING UP, A PLACE WHERE
KIDS EAT ICE CREAM ALL DAY
AND CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS ONCE
A WEEK.
WE WANT A WHOLE WEEK
WHERE THE ANSWER TO
EVERYTHING IS YES.
Wendy: WE'LL VISIT THE
VILLAGE WHERE DREAMS COME
TRUE FOR VERY SICK CHILDREN,
AFTER THIS.
PLUS, YOU'LL SEE ONE OF MY
DREAMS COME TRUE AT THE TOP
OF MT. KILIMANJARO, RATE
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Pat: WELL, WE'RE ALMOST
TO MT. KILIMANJARO.
BEFORE WE BRING THESE
STUNNING PICTURES OF WENDY
AT THE SUMMIT, IT'S ONE OF
THE MOST PAINFUL EXPERIENCES
ANY FAMILY WILL EVER KNOW,
CARING FOR A CHILD WITH A
TERMINAL DISEASE.
BUT A SPECIAL VACATION SPOT
GIVES SICK CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES A HAVEN OF
HAPPINESS DURING THESE TOUGH
TIMES.
A PLACE WHERE NOBODY EVER
SAYS NO.
IT'S ALWAYS YES.
ANGELA BRINGS US THIS
INSPIRING STORY FROM
CELEBRATION, FLORIDA.
Reporter: A STORYBOOK
RESORT NOT FAR FROM THE
MAGIC KINGDOM IN ORLANDO
HELPS CREATE MAGICAL MOMENTS
IN THOSE IN NEED OF HOPE.
"GIVE KIDS THE WORLD"
VILLAGE WELCOMES FAMILIES
WITH A MEMBER STRUGGLING
WITH A LIFE,
LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS.
IT FEELS LIKE A REAL LIFE
CANDYLAND, COMPLETE WITH A
GINGERBREAD HOUSE LOCATED
RIGHT BEHIND ME.
DESIGNED FROM THE EYES OF A
CHILD, THE VILLAGE MAKES
YOUNG DREAMS COME TRUE.
YOU CAN JUST SEE THEY'RE
SO TIRED OF THE BATTLE AND
GETTING POKED AND PRODDED.
WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A WHOLE
WEEK WHERE THE ANSWER TO
EVERYTHING IS YES.
Reporter: IMAGINE ICE
CREAM SERVED FROM MORNING
TONIGHT, AND CHRISTMAS EACH
WEEK, COMPLETE WITH SNOW AND
PRESENTS. THE VIBRANT
COLOURS AND SOUNDS CREATE
HAPPINESS AND INSPIRE HOPE.
WE WORK WITH 250
WISH-GRANTING ORGANIZATIONS
AROUND THE WORLD.
IF A CHILD WANTS TO COME TO
ORLANDO AND THEIR WISH IS
GRANTED, 50% OF THE KIDS
WANT TO COME TO ORLANDO AND
THEY CALL US AND COME HERE
FOR A VACATION.
Reporter: THE VILLAGE
WAS FOUNDED BY HENRI
LANDWIRTH.
AS A BOY, HE SPENT FIVE
YEARS IN NAZI CONCENTRATION
CAMPS, WHERE HIS PARENTS
WERE KILLED.
ALTHOUGH HE ESCAPED, HIS
CHILDHOOD HAD VANISHED.
NOW 87 YEARS OLD, HE HAS
DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO
RESTORING STOLEN CHILD
HOODS.
IN MANY CASES I SEE
MYSELF IN THESE CHILDREN'S
FACES.
BECAUSE WHEN I WAS 13, I WAS
TAKEN TO AUSCHWITZ, WHICH
WAS ONE OF THE WORST CAMPS
YOU COULD POSSIBLY BE IN.
I HAD NO IDEA HOW I WOULD BE
LIVING.
I FELT THAT I NEEDED TO DO
SOMETHING.
Reporter: THE VILLAGE
HAS HELD MORE THAN 172,000
FAMILIES FROM 72 DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES.
VOLUNTEERS WORK YEAR-ROUND.
THEY COME FROM CHURCHES,
CORPORATIONS, AND SPECIAL
EVENTS, LIKE "HEARTS OF
REALITY".
I WAS HERE FOR A DAY.
IT HAS BEEN GREAT.
YOU SEE THOSE LITTLE KIDS
SMILE, AND BEING A PIRATE
FOR THEM HAS BEEN VERY FUN.
I'VE HAD OVARIAN CANCER
TWICE, BUT THINKING ABOUT
HAVING A DISEASE OR AN
ILLNESS THAT IS SO
RESTRICTING AND YOU'RE A
KID, AND YOU'RE SEEING YOUR
CHILD GO THROUGH IT, IT IS
SO DIFFERENT.
THIS ALLOWS THE KIDS NOT TO
THINK OF THEIR ILLNESS FOR A
SECOND, AND THEY GET TO
THINK OF BEING A KID, AND
BEING A MOTHER AND BEING A
FATHER AND A BROTHER IN A
FAMILY.
Reporter: MANY FAMILIES
RETURN TO SPREAD THE SAME
HOPE AND LOVE THAT CHANGED
THEIR LIVES.
THE LOMAN FAMILY VISITED IN
2009 WITH THEIR 3-YEAR-OLD
SON, NOAH.
NOAH WAS DIAGNOSED BEFORE
HE WAS BORN WITH A GENETIC
DISORDER.
AND WE WERE GIVEN THE OPTION
TO TERMINATE AT THAT POINT,
WHICH WE DIDN'T, AND DIDN'T
FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING,
THANK GOODNESS.
Reporter: AFTER NOAH
PASSED AWAY, THEY MOVED FROM
THEIR HOME IN CANADA TO WORK
AT THE VILLAGE.
FROM HAVING NOAH AND JUST
BEING BLESSED BY HIM AND THE
JOY HE BROUGHT TO OUR
LIVES -- ALTHOUGH WE MISHIM
MISS HIM DEARLY, THE JOY OF
HAVING HIM, AND THE JOY OF
ENCOURAGING OTHER FAMILIES
GOING THROUGH THOSE TOUGH
TIMES IS SOMETHING WE WANTED
TO SHARE.
WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO COME
TO A PLACE WHERE WE FELT
THAT FROM OTHER VOLUNTEERS
AND OTHER FAMILIES.
Reporter: "GIVE THE
KIDS THE WORLD" VILLAGE IS
STILL SPAN EXPANDING,
FULFILLING ITS MISSION TO
BRING LOVE, LAUGHTER, AND
HEALING TO CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Reporter: ANGELA
ZADAPEC, CBN NEWS,
CELEBRATION, FLORIDA.
Pat: THAT WOULDN'T WARM
YOUR HEART, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT WOULD.
IT'S TREMENDOUS.
Wendy: SO SWEET.
Pat: NOW, LET'S TAKE A
LOOK.
ARE YOU GOING TO THE
SUMMIT?
Wendy: THE HIKING AT
ELEVATION IS THE HARDEST
THING I HAD EVER DONE.
WE STARTED IN THE RAINFOREST
AT 6,000 FEET, AND WENT UP
EVERY DAY FOR SEVERAL DAYS,
AN ELEVATION.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
OUR JOURNEY AT KILIMANJARO
BEGINS HERE, AT THE
OXYGEN-RICH RAINFOREST.
LUSH GREEN.
WE'RE ON DAY TWO OF OUR HIKE
ON KILIMANJARO, AND WE'RE IN
THE MIDDLE OF A PRETTY STEEP
CLIMB.
OUR REPORTERS ARE WITH ME,
AND THEY'RE HELPING TO CARRY
OUR STUFF, AND CONS
CONSTANTLY REMINDING US TO
GO SLOWLY.
AND THEY SAY THAT IN
SWAHILI.
IT IS DAY THREE OF OUR
JOURNEY AT MT. KILIMANJARO,
YOU CAN SEE THE PEAK OF
KILIMANJARO, 19,000 FEET.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET UP
THERE.
IT REMINDS ME OF PSALM 121:
"I WILL LIFT MY EYES UP TO
THE HILLS, FROM WHERE COMES
MY HELP.
MY HELP COMES FROM GOD, THE
MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH."
ONWARD WE GO.
WE'RE NOW ON DAY FIVE IN
OUR HIKE ON MT. KILL
MT. KILIMANJARO, AND IT IS A
SUNNY DAY, AND WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE LUNCH, HAVE A NICE
REST, AND THEN AT MIDNIGHT,
WE'RE TAKING OFF TO THE
ULTIMATE EVENT, THE PEAK OF
KILIMANJARO.
Wendy: PAT, I COULDN'T
FILM THE NIGHT WE WERE
HIKING ON THE SUMMIT, THAT
WAS ALL NIGHT IN THE DARK.
I GOT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
17,000 AND 18,000 FEET, AND
I STARTED SEEING PEOPLE
COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN,
YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH OXYGEN
MASKS.
I GOT A LITTLE FREAKED OUT
AND NERVOUSP NERVOUS AND I
HAD TO STOP AND PRAY.
AT THAT ELEVATION, IT WAS
TURTLE PACE.
I PRAYED AND SAID, LORD,
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
AND GOD SAID, DO NOT FEAR,
FINISH.
AND MY TANZANIAN GUIDE, I
HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU.
I DID NOT TAKE THE ELEVATION
MEDICINE.
WE DECIDED NOT TO TAKE IT.
Pat: IT GETS YOU
DISORIENTED.
YOU GET HEADACHES.
DID YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE
THINGS?
Wendy: ON THE THIRD
DAY, THE DAY THAT WAS REALLY
WINDY, I HAD A THROW-UP
MIGRAINE.
I WAS THROWING UP AND HIKING
ALL DAY.
THE NEXT DAY I WAS BETTER.
AND EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM
HAD A BAD DAY.
THAT'S PART OF IT.
YOU'RE HIKING FOR SO MANY
DAYS.
BUT MY TANZANIAN GUIDE,
MOODY, HE LOOKED AT ME WHEN
I GOT SCARED ON THE
MOUNTAIN, HE SAID, WENDY,
THIS IS THE POINT WHERE MOST
PEOPLE TURN AROUND.
AND HE SAID, DON'T.
IT WILL GET EASIER.
IT IS FLAT UP ON THE TOP.
IT IS 19,000 FEET, BUT YOU
CAN BREATHE JUST FINE.
IT IS THE STEEP INCLINE --
Pat: WHAT MAKES YOU
BREEN BREATHE AT 19,000
FEAT JUST FINE?
Wendy: I DON'T KNOW.
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT EXERTING
YOURSELF.
YOU'RE LITERALLY UP ON TOP
OF THE WORLD.
IT IS THE HIGHEST
FREE-STANDING MOUNTAIN IN
THE WORLD.
IT WAS A THRILL.
GETTING TO THE TOP WAS
ANTICLIMATIC BECAUSE IT WAS
ALL ABOUT THE JOURNEY.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A HELLO
TO ALL OF MY TEAM MEMBERS
AND MY GUIDE.
Pat: WOULD YOU DO IT
AGAIN?
Wendy: I WOULDN'T DO ET
RIGHT NOW.
DO IT RIGHT NOW.
I NEED A BREAK.
I WANT TO SHOW THE
SCRIPTURE, ISAIAH 40: 9, AND
THIS KEPT GOING OVER AND
OVER IN MY MIND.
"GET UP INTO THE HIGH
MOUNTAIN, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE
WITH STRENGTH.
BE NOT AFRAID."
THIS IS WHAT WAS GOING
THROUGH MY MIND THE ENTIRE
HIKE UP THE MOUNTAIN.
IT WAS THE WORD OF GOD, AND
KNOWING YOU WERE PRAYING --
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.
Pat: WE WERE PRAYING.
Wendy: I CAPITOL HAVE
COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT
WITHOUT PRAYER.
Pat: I HAVE TO SAY, WE
WANTED TO DO THIS AND HAVE A
BIG DEAL OF IT.
AND I THINK ANN CURRIE --
THEY HAD EMERGENCY TO TAKE
THEM OFF THE MOUNTAIN.
AND HE WAS AFRAID THAT WOULD
HAPPEN TO YOU.
Wendy: GORDON, THANK
YOU.
Pat: AND NOW THAT
YOU'RE BACK, WE CAN SAY IT
WITH CONDENSE.
CHECK IT OFF THE BUCKET
LIST.
DON'T DO IT AGAIN.
AND DON'T TRY TO CLIMB K-2
OR ANY OF THAT STUFF.
Wendy: NOR EVERES NO
EVEREST IN THE FUTURE.
Pat: IT WAS A GREAT
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
THAT WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT.
Wendy: THERE WAS A
72-YEAR-OLD MAN ON OUR
TEAM.
YOU COULD HAVE DONE IT.
Pat: I'M 84.
AT 72 I COULD HAVE DONE IT.
NOW IT'S TOO LATE.
Wendy: COMING UP, SHE
WAS DIVORCED AND STRUGGLING
AS A SINGLE MOM UNTIL SHE
GOT A PHONE CALL.
PEEKS I
I PUT THE PHONE ON MUTE
AND I BEGAN TO SHOUT,
HALLELUJAH.
I HAD TO PULL THE CAR OVER.
I WAS SO HAPPY.
Wendy: FIND OUT W WHAT
MADE HER SO HAPPY WHEN WE
COME BACK.
Pat: WELL, WELCOME,
FOLKS, YOU'RE WATCHING "THE
700 CLUB."
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.
NOT LONG AGO, LA LATICIA
THOMAS WAS LIVING ON
UNEMPLOYMENT, AND SHE WAS
BURIED BY BILLS.
THEN SHE MADE A DECISION,
AND SUDDENLY HER PHONE WAS
RINGING WITH JOB OFFERS.
Reporter: LATICIA
THOMAS LOVES HER JOB SERVING
AS A MANAGER FOR A HEALTH
CARE COMPANY.
WHAT SHE LOVES EVEN MORE IS
RAISING HER 5-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER.
A FEW YEARS AGO IT WAS A
DIFFERENT PICTURE.
LATICIA WAS RECENTLY
DIVORCED, HAD LOST HER JOB,
AND WAS CARING FOR HER
BABY.
I WAS NOT VERY HAPPY WITH
MYSELF AT THAT TIME.
AND VERY UNSUREMENT BUT IN
THE BACK OF MY MIND, ANY
JUST KNEW THAT GOD WOULD
PROVIDE.
I JUST DEPUT DIDN'T KNOW
HOW.
I WAS LOOKING AT MY ME MESS
AND SAID, GOD, HOW CAN YOU
BLESS OUR SITUATION?
HOW CAN YOU HELP US HERE AND
NOW?
THIS IS TOO MUCH.
Reporter: AS LATICIA
SCRAPED BY ON HER SAVINGS
AND UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS, THE
BILLS BECAME UNBEARABLE.
FOOD WAS SCARE IN THE
HOUSE SOMETIMES.
WE BECAME BEST FRIENDS WITH
THE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY
SANDWICH.
Reporter: BUT EVEN IN
HER TIME OF NEED, LATICIA
TITHED FAITHFULLY TO HER
CHURCH.
I SEEN GOD WORK BEFORE,
AND WHY WOULD I STOP NOW?
WHETHER I'M GOING TO TITHE
FROM MY WAGES OR MY
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, I'M
GOING TO GIVE GOD WHAT I
SAID I WOULD GIVE HIM.
Reporter: IT CAME FROM
SOMETHING SHE LEARNED IN
CHURCH.
THEY TAUGHT A BASIC
BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE ABOUT
SOWING, AND THAT GOD IS
LOOKING FOR YOUR OBEDIENCE.
Reporter: NOT ONLY
THAT, LATICIA DECIDED TO
TRUST GOD AND GIVE MORE.
SHORTLY AFTER, HER PHONE
WOULD RING.
EVERY TIME MY PHONE WOULD
RING, IT WAS A DIFFERENT
JOB, A DIFFERENT EMPLOYER,
SAYING, ARE YOU AVAILABLE
FOR AN INTERVIEW?
Reporter: LATICIA WAS
OFFERED A JOB.
SOON SHE WAS READY FOR THE
NEXT STEP, SO SHE INCREASED
HER GIVING AGAIN.
ONE DAY HER SUPERVISOR
APPROACHED HER.
SHE HANDED ME A FOLDED UP
PIECE OF PAPER WITH A JOB
POSITION, AND I APPLIED FOR
IT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD THAT MY
CURRENT SUPERVISOR WAS
SHOWING ME A DIFFERENT JOB.
SHE CAME TO ME AND SAID, I
BELIEVE IN YOU.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN
ABUNDANT POTENTIAL TO DO
MUCH MORE THAN YOU'RE DOING
HERE.
LOOK AT THIS POSITION AND
APPLY.
Reporter: LATICIA
APPLIED FOR THE JOB, AND
THREE WEEKS LATER --
I WAS DRIVING TO MY
DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL WHEN I
RECEIVED A PHONE CALL.
AND IT IS THE H.R. DIRECTOR
FROM THE DREAM JOB.
SHE SAID, I DON'T WANT TO
TAKE UP MUCH MORE OF YOUR
TIME, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW IF YOU COULD START THIS
POSITION IN TWO WEEKS.
I HAD TO PULL OVER.
HE'S LIKE, LATICIA, ARE YOU
THERE?
AND I SAID, CAN YOU GIVE ME
A MINUTE, PLEASE.
I BEGAN SHOUTING,
HALLELUJAH.
I HAD TO PULL THE CAR OVER,
I WAS SO HAPPY.
Reporter: WITH HER NEW
JOB, HER SALARY HAD
DOUBLED.
TODAY SHE CONTINUES TO GIVE
MORE AND CREDITS IT ALL TO
GOD'S FAITHFULNESS.
I HAD TO USE GOD AS MY
SOURCE.
"GIVGIVE AND IT SHALL BE
GIVEN UNTO YOU, PRESSED
DOWN, RUNNING TOGETHER.
FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE
YOU MEET WITH ALL, IT SHALL
BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU."
I'M SITTING HERE SAYING, GOD
HAS JUST BEEN SO FAITHFUL.
I COULD HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE
ELSE.
IT COULD HAVE GONE ANOTHER
WAY.
IT REALLY COULD HAVE.
BUT GOD HAS JUST BEEN SO
FAITHFUL.
Pat: GOD IS FAITHFUL,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WE SAY IT AND SAY IT AND SAY
IT OVER AGAIN.
JESUS CHRIST GAVE US THE
PRINCIPLE IN LUKE 6, WHERE
HE SAID, "GIVEN AND IT WILL
BE GIVEN UNTO YOU.
GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN,
SHAKEN TOGETHER, RUNNING
OVER."
"GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN,
SUNSHINE TOGETHER, RUNNING
OVER, WILL BE HEAPED INTO
YOUR BOSOM, FOR WITH THE
SAME MEASURE THAT YOU USE,
IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO
YOU."
GOD IS FAITHFUL, HE WILL NOT
LET YOU OUTGIVE HIM.
THAT'S THE PRIN PRIN
PRINCIPLE OF RECIPROCITY.
IT IS IN THE BIBLE, THE
PROMISE OF GOD GIVEN TO US
BY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
HIMSELF.
THIS IS A SPECIAL WEEK.
WE WANT TO ASK YOU TO
CONSIDER HELPING US HELP
OTHERS.
CBN IS REACHING OUT INTO THE
FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH,
FEADING THE POOR, HAVING
HOSPITAL MISSIONS, BRINGING
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO THE
LORD.
PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS OF
JESUS ON EVERY CONTINENT.
AND YOU CAN DO THAT BY JUST
SAYING, OKAY, AND PICKING UP
THE PHONE AND SAYING, OKAY,
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME AND
JOINING.
IT'S JUST 65 CENTS A DAY.
SOME OF YOU SAY, I CAN
DOUBLE IT, AND I'LL DO "700
CLUB" GOLD, OR I WANT TO DO
THE 5,000 OR WHATEVER.
IT IS ALL THERE FOR YOU.
NOW IS THE CHANCE TO DO
SOMETHING.
FOR THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE,
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU OUR GIFT
CALLED "LIVING UNDER GOD'S
BLESSING."
IT IS A TEAM EFFORT FROM ME,
ON ONE HAND, AND GORDON ON
THE OTHER.
AND WE'LL SEND THIS UP TO
YOU AS A PARTNER.
PLEASE CALL.
IT'S 1-800-759-0700.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE
SOMETHING GREAT HAPPEN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A
TREMENDOUS YEAR, WENDY.
Wendy: IT SURE IS.
WHEN YOU BECOME A CBN
PARTNER, YOU ARE HELPING
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
PEOPLE LIKE THE MEN, WOMEN,
AND CHILDREN WHO ARE
CURRENTLY SUFFERING IN IRAQ,
UNDER ISIS' REIGN OF
TERROR.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: AS ISIS
TERRORISM CONTINUES IN IRAQ,
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
REFUGEES HAVE ALREADY FLED
THEIR HOME TOWNS AND CITIES,
WITH MORE RUNNING FROM THE
THREAT OF ATTACKS EVERY
DAY.
IT WAS AROUND NOONTIME
WHEN MORTERS STARTED FALLING
ALL AROUND US.
WE WERE AFRAID, SO WE PRAYED
AND THEN WE LEFT.
Reporter: SHAVO IS A
RECENT CHRISTIAN CONVERT, SO
WE'RE PROTECTING HIS
IDENTITY.
HE SPENT EIGHT DAYS TRAPPED
ON SINJAR MOUNTAIN.
HE WITNESSED HUNDREDS BEING
TAKEN AWAY, WIVES AND
DAUGHTERS, TO BE SOLD AS SEX
SLAVES.
THEY WILL KILL US.
Reporter: ALL OF THESE
IRAQIS, AND THOUSANDS LIKE
THEM, FOUND REFUGE IN
MAKESHIFT CAMPS, SCHOOLS,
AND ABANDONED OFFICE
BUILDINGS.
WITH SCORCHING TEMPERATURES,
MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, HARD
FLOORS TO SLEEP ON, HUNGRY
BABIES AND DIRTY WATER, THE
LIVING CONDITIONS ARE
BRUTAL.
SO CBN DISASTER RELIEF
PARTNERED WITH IRAQI
CHRISTIANS AND ORGANIZATIONS
TO HELP.
"OPERATION BLESSING'S" BRIAN
SCOTT WAS ON THE GROUND
ASSESSING THE REFUGEES'
NEEDS.
KNOWING THAT MANY YAZIDIS
DIED ON MT. SINJAR, WE HAVE
TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO
BRING WATER TANKS TO THE
PEOPLE SO THEY WOULD HAVE
WATER ON A DAILY BASIS, IN
ORDER TO DRINK AND SURVIVE.
Reporter: TO COMBAT A
POTENTIAL STOMACH VIRUS
OUTBREAK, WE PROVIDED A
FILTER.
CBN PROVIDED MATTRESSES,
PILLOWS, BLANKETS, MILK
POWDER, AND A REFRIGERATOR
AND FREEZER.
THIS DIABETIC MAN WAS
RELIEVED BECAUSE HE HAD NO
REFRIGERATION FOR HIS
INSULIN, AND FEARED HE WOULD
HAVE A HEART ATTACK AND
DIE.
I WANT TO TELL THE
AMERICANS THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
Reporter: CBN HAS GIVEN
FOOD, CLOTHES, AND MEDICAL
AID TO COUNTLESS REFUGEES,
BUT THOUSANDS STILL WAIT IN
NEED.
SOME SAY THEY'RE READY TO
GIVE UP.
THEY'RE CRYING OUT TO
SUPPORT THEM.
THIS DOESN'T END HERE.
THE LORD LOVES YOU.
Reporter: THAT'S THE
MESSAGE WE WERE ABLE TO
SHARE WITH OVER 100 REFUGEE
CHILDREN, WHEN WE SHOWED
THEM "SUPERBOOK" IN THEIR
OWN LANGUAGE.
IT TOLD THEM TO TRUST GOD.
THIS IS SO NICE.
Reporter: THE IRAQI
REFUGEES' PHYSICAL AND
SPIRITUAL NEEDS ARE GREAT.
SHAVO SAYS HE WAS ATTRACTED
TO JESUS BECAUSE OF THE
KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY OF
CHRISTIANS, AND ASK THAT
AMERICAN CHRISTIANS CONTINUE
TO HELP HIS PEOPLE.
WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE
OUR CHILDREN AND OUR WOMEN
THERE.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE YAZIDI
PEOPLE SO THEY CAN COME TO
CHRIST, JUST LIKE ME.
Wendy: WHEN YOU JOIN
"THE 700 CLUB," WE LIKE TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN BY
PLEDGE EXPRESS.
THIS WAY YOUR BANK DOES ALL
OF THE WORK, NO CHECKS, NO
STAMPS, NO HASSLE.
AND DURING THE MONTH OF
SEPTEMBER, IF YOU BECOME A
PLEDGE EXPRESS MEMBER, WE'VE
GOT A SPECIAL GIFT FOR YOU.
IT IS A BRAND NEW C.D. FROM
PAT CALLED "PSALMS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT."
IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN
LISTEN TO THROUGHOUT THE
DAY.
IT WILL GIVE YOU PEACE, JOY,
COMFORT AND STRENGTH.
THE WORD OF GOD IS SO
POWERFUL.
BEST OF ALL, IT IS FREE.
SO IF YOU SIGN UP FOR PLEDGE
EXPRESS, WE'RE GOING TO BE
SENDING YOU "PSALMS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT," AND YOU'RE
GOING TO LOVE IT.
PAT?
Pat: GREAT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOD IS
GOOD AND IT IS A PRIVILEGE
AND THRILL TO BE ABLE TO
HELP PEOPLE.
TO HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO HELP
PEOPLE.
AND WHEN ALL OF US GET
TOGETHER, WE CAN SEE
MIRACLES HAPPEN.
IT IS SO SIMPLE.
YOU KNOW, IN TODAY'S WORLD
THINGS ARE SO EXPENSIVE.
A BOTTLE OF SODA POP USED TO
BE A NICKEL.
THEN IT WAS A DIME, THEN IT
WAS 25 CENTS, AND THEN 50
CENTS AND THEN 75, AND NOW
IN SOME VENDING MACHINES IT
IS $1.50.
AND A CUP OF COFFEE -- A CUP
OF JOE USED TO BE A NICKEL,
AND NOW IT IS $5 AT A
STARBUCKS.
IT IS CRAZY.
WHAT PEOPLE SPEND ON THEIR
OWN COMFORT.
WELL, IT JUST TAKES 65 CENTS
A DAY AND YOU CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
THAT'S WHY WE WANT YOU TO
JOIN "THE 700 CLUB."
WHY DON'T YOU CALL RIGHT
NOW?
1-800-759-0700.
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO MEET A
MAN WHO WAS ONCE REPLACED BY
A KARAOKE MACHINE.
WILLIE JOLLY TELLS HOW A
SETBACK IS A SETUP FOR A
COMEBACK.
THAT'S A NICE INTRODUCTION.
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
WENDY IS GOING TO TALK TO
HIM.
WELCOME BACK TO
WASHINGTON FOR THIS CBN NEWS
BREAK.
THE SATANIC TEMPLE IS
PLANNING TO HAND OUT
ACTIVITY BOOKS TO SCHOOLS IN
ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
THE SCHOOL IS DISTRIBUTING
THE MATERIAL, ALLOWING A
CHRISTIAN GROUP TO LEAVE
BIBLES.
THEY SAY THE WHOLE POINT IS
TO COUNTER BIBLICAL
INDOCTRINATION.
THE SATANIC GROUP PLANS TO
PUBLISH MATERIAL FOR HIGH
SCHOOL KIDS AS WELL.
EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS ARE
CALLING ON POLICE IN
SOUTHERN EGYPT TO FIND A
KIDNAPPED HOUSEWIFE.
HUNDREDS DEMONSTRATED
OUTSIDE A POLICE STATION ON
WEDNESDAY, DEMANDING THEY
TAKE ACTION TO LOCATE A
37-YEAR-OLD HOUSEWIFE WHO
DISAPPEARED TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE POLICE ARRESTED SOME 33
CHRISTIANS AFTER MOLOTOV
COCKTAILS REPORTEDLY WERE
THROWN AT A POLICE STATION.
THE COPTIC CHRISTIANS HAVE
COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NUMBER
OF KIDNAPPINGS OF CHRISTIAN
WOMEN BY MUSLIM MEN.
CBN NEWS HAS REPORTED ON
THIS DISTURBING TREND AND
PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN
EGYPT.
YOU CAN FIND THOSE STORIES
BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
PATP WENDPAT AND WENDY WILL
BE BACK WITH MORE OF "THE
700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Wendy: WELCOME BACK.
WILLIE JOLLY WAS A JAZZ
SINGER WHO'S HOT NIGHTCLUB
ACT PLAYED TO SOLDOUT
CROWDS.
HE WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT
HE WAS BEING REPLACED BY A
KARAOKE MACHINE.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: WE ALL HAVE
SETBACKS, EVEN PEOPLE KNOWN
FOR THEIR GREAT
ACHIEVEMENTS.
TOTHOMAS EDISON, DR. SEUSS,
DISNEY, ALL EXPERIENCED
FAILURE BEFORE THEIR
SUCCESS.
IN HIS BOOK, "A SETBACK IS A
SETUP FOR A COMEBACK,"
DR. JOLLY SHOWS YOU HOW TO
ACHIEVE SUCCESS BY EMBRACING
YOUR SETBACKS.
Wendy: PLEASE WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB," WILLIE
JOLLY.
IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU,
YOU LOOK WONDERFUL.
THAT WAS A GREAT PIECE ABOUT
MT. KILIMANJARO.
Wendy: HEY, I READ YOUR
BOOK.
IT IS COMEBACK TIME.
THAT'S RIGHT.
Wendy: TELL US HOW IN
THE WORLD --
I WAS A NIGHTCLUB SINGER,
BROKE, BUSTED, DISGUSTED,
GOT FIRED AND REPLACED BY A
KARAOKE MACHINE AND WAS
DISPONDENT.
BUT I BELIEVE GOD IS TRUE.
I HAVE READ HIS WORD.
AND HIS WORD SAYS, ALL
THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR ALL
WHO FOLLOW HIM.
I TOOK A JOB AS A JANITOR,
AND THERE I LEARNED TO USE
THE WORDS.
Wendy: YOU TOOK
SOMETHING THAT WAS
AVAILABLE.
TOOK SOMETHING THAT WAS
AVAILABLE AND TOOK AN
OPPORTUNITY.
SOMETIMES OPPORTUNITIES
COMPANY IN WORK CLOTHES.
WE SOMETIMES HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME NOT
DRESSED IN THE WAY WE EXPECT
THEM.
I STARTED WORKING WITH THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND STARTED
GIVING SPEECHES TO THE KIDS
IN THE SCHOOLS.
AND TEACHERS WOULD SAY,
COULD YOU COME TO OUR
TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
AND SOMEONE IN THE TEACHERS'
ASSOCIATION WOULD SAY, COULD
YOU COME TO OUR CHURN.
CHURCH.
AND THEN IT GREW, AND I GOT
A LITTLE RADIO SHOW, IT GOT
SYNDICATED, AND THAT LED TO
A NUMBER OF TELEVISION
PROGRAMS.
AND THEN A PUBLISHER CALLED
AND SAID, HAVE YOU EVER
THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING A
BOOK.
AND I SAID, NO, I HADN'T
THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING A
BOOK.
AND THEN HE SAID LET ME MAKE
YOU AN OFFER AND I SAID, I
JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
Wendy: WHAT IS THE
NUMBER ONE THING TO DO WHEN
SOMEONE HAS A SETBACK?
DO NOT PANIC.
WHEN YOU PANIC, YOU CANNOT
THINK CLEARLY.
WHEN YOU PANIC, YOU CHOKE
OFF THE EDGE OF YOUR BRAIN.
YOU MUST NOT PANIC.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, YOU MUST HAVE A
VISION.
STOSTART THINKING IF THINGS
WERE GOOD, WHAT WOULD YOU
LOOK LIKE.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, WITHOUT
A VISION, WE WILL PERISH.
BUT WITH VISION, PEOPLE WERE
FLOURISH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE A
DECISION TO STAY AWAY FROM
ALL OF THE NEGATIVE PEOPLE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE
ANOTHER DECISION, AND THIS
IS CRITICAL: DO YOU SEE THIS
AS A SETBACK, PERIOD, OR A
SETBACK, COMMA.
PERIOD MEANS END OF A
SENTENCE.
BUT A COMMA, A PAUSE, A
TRANSITION, MORE TO COME.
AND THE THIRD THING, YOU'VE
GOT TO TAKE ACTION.
FAITH WITHOUT ACTION IS AN
ILLUSION.
AND ACTION WITHOUT FAITH IS
CONFUSION.
BUT VISION AND ACTION PUT
TOGETHER CAN GIVE YOU
PROGRESS.
Wendy: WHAT DID YOU
LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF INSPIRING PEOPLE?
I WAS A SINGER AND I WENT
TO NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, TO
SING AT A BUYING GOSPEL
MUSIC ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE, G.M.A.
I WENT THERE WITH THIS
ARROGANCE THAT I WAS THE NEW
THING.
I WAS GOING TO BE THE NEXT
NEW GOSPEL ARTIST.
AND I BOMBED.
AND IT WAS HUMILIATING.
AND I WENT BACK TO MY LITTLE
HOTEL ROOM AND CRIED OUT TO
GOD, AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU
WANT?
AND HE SAID, DON'T TRY TO
IMPRESS THEM; INSPIRE THEM.
AND THAT WAS OVER 30 YEARS
AGO, AND EVER SINCE THEN
I'VE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
INSPIRE PEOPLE.
Wendy: FORD MOTOR
COMPANY, IN 2006 THEY
INVITED YOU TO COME AND
SPEAK AND YOU HELPED THEM
OUT.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN
2006 WAS ON THE BRING OF
BANKRUPT.
AND SOMEONE CALLED ME.
I SAID, WELL, I DON'T WANT
TO MOTIVATE THEM TO TAKE A
BUYOUT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW
THEIR FAMILY SITUATION.
BUT I CAN TELL THEM ABOUT
AMERICA.
THIS IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY
THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.
I WORKED FOR FORD IN 2006,
AND 38,000 TOOK THE BUYOUT.
IN 2007 I DID TELEVISION
SPOTS, AND IN 2008 I DID
NATIONAL TOURS --
Wendy: YOU GOT THEM TO
BELIEVE IN THEIR OWN
POSSIBILITIES BEHIND FORD.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND IN 2009, FORD WAS THE
ONLY ONE WHO REJECTED THE
GOVERNMENT BAILOUTS.
AND THE PRESS SAID I WAS THE
ONE WHO HELPED THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS TRUE,
BUT I JUST KNEW I HAD TO
INSPIRE PEOPLE.
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR
GOOD FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE
LORD.
WE TELL PEOPLE THAT IT IS
POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUR
VIEWERS TO GO TO THIS
WEBSITE,
jollygoodnews.org AND GET
SOME FREE RESOURCES.
YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE
CHURCHES I'VE SPOKEN AT AND
GET MESSAGES THAT WILL
INSPIRE THEM.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE
ENCOURAGED.
Wendy: AND FAITH IS
SUCH A KEY COMPONENT OF
TURNING YOUR SETBACK INTO
SOMETHING GOOD.
IF THEY HAVE FAITH, YOU
DON'T PANIC AND THEY TAKE
ACTION, AND ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE.
Wendy: THE BOOK IS
CALLED "A SETBACK IS A SETUP
FOR A COMEBACK."
WILLIE, YOU'RE AMAZING.
GLDZ.
IGOD BLESS YOU.
IT IS SO GOOD TO BE HERE.
Pat: HE TURNED AROUND
FORD.
COMING UP NEXT, WE'RE GOING
TO BREN "BRING IT ON" WITH
YOUR E-MAIL.
DEBBIE SAYS, "SINCE THE
BIBLE WAS WRITTEN BY MAN,
HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
LONG AGO.
PLEASE EXPLAIN IT BETTER."
I'LL DO MY BEST, COMING UP.
Pat: LAST NIGHT WE HAD
JUSTICE ANTHONY SCALICE AND
MANY, MANY MEMBERS OF THE
JUDICIARY FROM THE LOCAL
AREA AND FROM VIRGINIA, AND
DISTRICT JUDGE HUDSON, HENRY
HUDSON, WAS HERE.
IT WAS A TREMENDOUS
MEETING.
700 PEOPLE.
JUDGE SCALIA, THEY WERE
CLAMORING TO GET TO HIM LIKE
A ROCK STAR.
THAT'S PART OF REGENT AND
REGENT LAW SCHOOL AND REGENT
UNIVERSITY, AND IT'S ONE OF
THE GREAT LAW SCHOOLS IN THE
COUNTRY.
WE HAVE HAD THREE SUPREME
COURT JUDGES, JUDGE THOMAS
AND SCALIA, AND ALITO HAVE
BEEN HERE.
IT IS REALLY NICE.
Wendy: WE'VE GOT SOME
GREAT QUESTIONS.
"SOMEONE ASKED ME SINCE THE
BIBLE WAS WRITTEN BY MAN,
HOW DO I KNOW IT IS REALLY
WHAT HAPPENED LONG AGO?
HOW DO I KNOW THAT THE
QUOTES IN RED WERE REALLY
SAID BY GOD OR JESUS?
MY RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WAS
A MATTER OF FAITH AND
BELIEF.
PLEASE EXPLAIN."
Pat: THE BIBLE SAID ALL
SCRIPTURE, ALL THE WRITINGS,
ARE A NICE WORD IN GREEK,
WHICH MEANS GOD BREATHED.
THE GOD WRITING UNDER THE
INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
THIS BOOK HAS BEEN VETTED
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE GO ALMOST BACK TO THE
DAYS OF THE APOSTLES.
WE DON'T HAVE WHAT IS CALLED
THE AUTOGRAPHS.
BUT THESE ARE THE WRITINGS.
AS FAR AS THE OLD TESTAMENT,
THAT -- IF A SCRIBE, JEWISH
SCRIBE, WRITING DOWN -- IF
HE COUNTS THE NUMBER OF
CONSONANTS, AND HE MAY HAVE
WRITTEN HALF OF A
MANUSCRIPT.
AND IF ONE CONSONANT IS OFF
FROM THE COUNT, HE TEARS THE
WHOLE THING UP.
HE CAN'T KEEP IT.
SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT,
THE WRITING THAT HAS COME.
AND IT HAS COME THROUGH
GENERATION ANS AND
GENERATIONS.
IT HAS BORN THE IMPROMOTO OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AS FAR AS THE NEW TESTAMENT,
THE SAME THING, IT HAS GONE
THROUGH CHURCH COUNCIL AND
OTHERS TO GET WHAT SEEM TO
BE THE CLOSEST TO THE
WRITINGS OF THE LORD.
THE BIBLE SAYS IT IS GOD
BREATHED, AND I BELIEVE IT.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY'S
POWER MINUTE FROM PROVERBS
3: HEAR THE LORD AND SHUN
EVIL.
THIS WILL BRING HEALTH TO
YOUR BODY AND NOURISHMENT TO
YOUR BONES."
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.