Lisa Miara, a Jewish grandmother from Jerusalem, founded the Springs of Hope Foundation to aid terror victims after her son was in two terrorist attacks in Israel.
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IT'S A TERRIBLE THING,
AND OUR LIFE CHANGED.
Gordon: A MOTHER
ALMOST LOSES HER SON IN A
TERRORIST ATTACK.
AND I FELT A RAGE
INSIDE ME.
Gordon: AND AIMS TO
HELP OTHER TERROR VICTIMS.
THERE IS SOMETHING IN
ME THAT SAYS, THE MILK HAS
SPILLED, NOW HOW ARE WE
GOING TO CLEAN THIS UP.
Gordon: SEE HOW SHE
IS HELPING WOMEN AND
CHILDREN KIDNAPPED BY
ISIS.
SOMETIMES THEY CAME IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AND BEAT THE CHILDREN.
Gordon: ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."
> WELL, WELCOME TO THE
SHOW.
AFTER HER SON WAS NEARLY
LYNCHED TO DEATH AND THEN
NARROWLY ESCAPED A SECOND
TERROR ATTACK IN
JERUSALEM, LISA MIARA
CREATED AN ORGANIZATION TO
HELP OTHERS.
Terry: "THE SPRINGS
OF HOPE" FOUNDATION
RESCUES WOMEN AND CHILDREN
FROM THE HANDS OF
TERRORISTS, AND AIDS OTHER
VICTIMS AND REFUGEES.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: TODAY IS A
PAINFUL DAY FOR THE YES,
SIR YESYAZIDIS OF KURDISTAN.
IT IS THE THIRD
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
GENOCIDE OF THEIR PEOPLE.
ON AUGUST 3, 2014,
FIGHTERS FROM ISIS, OR
DAESH, AS THEY'RE CALLED
IN ARABIC, INVADED THE
SINJAR REGION IN IRAQ, THE
AREA OF HOME TO THE YAZIDI
MINORITY.
SOME 200,000 YAZIDIS FLED
TO SINJAR.
AS MANY AS 4400 WERE
MASSACRED, AND ANOTHER
4,000 TO O 10,00 10,000 WITH
KIDNAPPED, TORTURED,
FORCED TO CONVERT TO
ISLAM, OR SOLD INTO
SLAVERY.
THOSE WHO ESCAPED ARE NOW
SCATTERED, LIVING IN
REFUGEE CAMPS.
TODAY THEY MARK THE
BEGINNING OF THEIR FOURTH
YEAR IN EXILE.
SOME ARE WEEPING; MOST ARE
SILENT.
ALL OF THEM ARE WONDERING
WHEN THE WORLD WILL TAKE
NOTICE.
STANDING WITH THEM IS AN
ISRAELI WOMAN WHO HAS
DEDICATED HER LIFE TO
HELPING THEM HOWEVER SHE
CAN.
WHO WANTS TO INTERVENE
WITH A PERSECUTED, UNKNOWN
MINORITY GROUP IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
MY CONSCIENCE WILL NOT LET
ME SIT AT HOME.
I SAID I CANNOT WALK AWAY.
WHY THE YAZIDIS?
I ASK MYSELF QUESTIONS AND
I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS.
THE ROOTS OF "SPRIPTION OFSPRINGS OF
HOPE" ARE DEEP IN
JERUSALEM.
MY SON WAS SERVING IN THE
ARMY ON THE BORDERS OF
RAMALLAH.
HE CAME HOME FROM THE BASE
ONE DAY, TOOK A LIFT FROM
A CIVILIAN WHO HAD BEEN
WORKING ON THE BASE, AND
THEY RAN INTO A GROUP OF
20 TO 30 STUDENTS WHO WERE
WAITING TO KILL AN ISRAELI
SOLDIER, AND THAT HAPPENED
TO BE MY SON.
NOW, REALLY THANKS TO THE
GOODNESS OF GOD, MY SON
WAS NOT KILLED.
I GOT A PHONE CALL TO SAY
HE WAS IN THE OPERATING OF
THEATER, BEAT INTO A PULP.
JUST ABOUT EVERY BONE IN
HIS BODY WAS EITHER BROKEN
OR FRACTURED.
THEY TRIED TO PULL OUT HIS
EYES, HAD BROKEN HIS
SKULL, AND OVERNIGHT, IN
ONE SECOND, AS HAPPENS TO
EVERY TERRORIST SITUATION,
TERROR WALKED INTO OUR
HOUSE AND OUR LIFE
CHANGED.
Reporter: FOUR YEARS
LATER, LISA'S SON WAS IN
YET ANOTHER TERROR ATTACK.
THIS TIME A SUICIDE
BOMBING IN JERUSALEM'S
CAFE MOMENT.
HE SURVIVED, BUT 11 OTHERS
WERE KILLED.
IT WAS WITHIN A COUPLE
OF YEARS THAT MY KIDS HAD
BEEN IN OTHER TERROR
ATTACKS IN JERUSALEM.
AND I FELT A RAGE INSIDE
ME.
I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING
IN ME THAT SAYS THE MILK
HAS SPILLED, NOW HOW ARE
WE GOING TO CLEAN IT UP?
AND ON THE BASIS OF
CONSCIENCE, SCREAMING DO
SOMETHING, I GRABBED
FRIENDS AND GRABBED A
LAWYER.
AND I SAID, THIS IS
"SPRINGS OF HOPE"
FOUNDATION.
AND WE JUST JUMPED IN WITH
THE TERRORIST SURVIVORS OF
JERUSALEM.
Reporter: IT WAS HERE
IN THE SHARIA REFUGEE CAMP
THAT LISA GOT HER FIRST
LOOK AT THE WOMEN WHO HAD
BEEN KIDNAPPED BY ISIS.
WE HAD WORKED, SINCE
2002, WITH VICTIMS OF
TERROR IN JERUSALEM,
SPECIFICALLY WITH WIDOWS
AND THE YOUNGER KIDS WHO
HAD FALLEN BETWEEN THE
CRACKS.
I HAD ALSO BEEN DOING
RESEARCH FOR MANY YEARS ON
THE GLOBAL FUNDING OF
TERROR.
IT WAS SIX MONTHS AFTER
THE BEGINNING OF THE
YAZIDI GENOCIDE IN SINJAR,
THE START OF AUGUST 2014,
I BEGGED, INSISTED,
PLEADED THAT WE COME UP
HERE.
DROVE UP TO SHARA CAMP,
WORKED THERE, FLEW BACK TO
ISRAEL, AND I WAS A RECK.
I WAS UNDONE.
I THINK I JUMPED IN
WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT I WAS
JUMPING INTO, AND REALIZED
THAT WE HAD, AS ISRAEL, A
SMALL ROLE TO PLAY
REGARDING THE WOMEN AND
THE KIDS COMING OUT OF
DAESH.
I WENT INTO SHAR'IA CAMP,
WHICH WAS THEN 22,000 AND
BURSTING AT THE SEEMS,
TOTALLY OVERWHELMED.
IF THE U.N. CAN'T COPE,
WHO ARE WE TO THINK
THAT -- YOU KNOW, A DROP
IN THE BUCKET.
BUT WHEN I BEGAN TO MEET
THE WOMEN WHO WERE COMING
OUT OF DAESH, AND HELPING
TO TAKE OFF THEIR BLACK
ROBES AND SHOWER THEM AND
PUT A NEW DRESS ON THEM, I
REALIZED THAT HERE WE
COULD HELP, AND THAT WOULD
BE OUR PLACE OF TECUNA
LAND.
Reporter: FROM THE
BEGINNING, LISA MADE IT A
POINT TO IDENTIFY HERSELF
AS JEWISH.
IF I CANNOT LIVE AS A
UJEW, I CANNOT BE HERE.
I CANNOT HIDE OR DENY WHO
I AM.
I BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I AM
A JEW, AND WE WERE CALLED
TO BE AA LIGHT T A LIGHT TO THE
WORLD -- THAT'S THE REASON
I AM HERE.
SO IF I'M GOING TO HIDE
THIS, THEN I WOULD RATHER
STAY THE AT HOME AND HAVE
EXPRESSO AND HANG OUT WITH
MY FRIENDS AND WITH MY
KIDS.
Reporter: ONE OF
LISA'S BIGGEST CHALLENGES
IS KNOWING HOW TO HELP THE
WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO
HAVE WITNESSED SO MUCH
HORROR.
I'VE LEARNED NOW THAT I
KNOW NOTHING.
I COME IN HERE KNOWING I
KNOW NOTHING.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME I THINK
I'VE SEEN ALL AND HEARD
ALL, THERE IS WORSE, THERE
IS WORSE, THERE IS WORSE.
Through Translator: I
WAS IN CAPTIVITY FOR ONE
YEAR AND THREE MONTHS.
BEFORE THE GENOCIDE, I WAS
MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN,
AND ANOTHER ONE ON THE
WAY.
OUR LIFE WAS GOOD, AND MY
HUSBAND AND I WERE VERY
HAPPY TOGETHER.
WE WERE NOT RICH, BUT WE
HAD EVERYTHING WE NEEDED.
AT 2 a.m. ON
AUGUST 3rd, ISIS
ATTACKED OUR VILLAGE.
WE COULDN'T MOVE BECAUSE
THEIR FORCES WERE FIGHTING
ON BOTH SIDES OF OUR
HOUSE.
IN THE MORNING WE TRIED TO
ESCAPE TO THE MOUNTAINS,
BUT THEY CAUGHT US THREE
HOURS LATER.
THEY TOOK US TO AN AREA
WHERE WE SPENT TWO DAYS,
AND THERE THEY SEPARATED
ALL OF US, AND OUR LIFE
CHANGED IN A MOMENT.
AFTER THAT, THEY MOVED US
TO A JAIL IN BEDUSH.
WE SPENT A WEEK IN JAIL
WITH NO FOOD AND NO WATER.
SOMETIMES THEY CAME IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND
BEAT THE CHILDREN.
THEY SHOUTED AT US AND
TOLD US NOT TO LET THE
CHILDREN SLEEP.
AFTER THAT, THEY TOOK US
TO THE CITY OF RAQQA IN
SYRIA, WHERE ISIS WAS IN
CONTROL.
Reporter: AT NINE
MONTHS PREGNANT, ZERI WAS
TAKEN TO A SLAVE MARKET,
RUN BY ISIS.
THERE SHE GAVE BIRTH TO
HER BABY.
BUT AFTER BEING SOLD TO A
SYRIAN MAN, SHE WAS FORCED
TO LEAVE THE BABY BEHIND
WITH A FRIEND.
Through Translator:
THEY TREATED US IN A
BRUTAL WAY.
IN SYRIA, THEY GAVE ME TO
SIX DIFFERENT MEN.
THEY DID THINGS WITH US
THAT YOU CANNOT EVEN
IMAGINE.
MY CHILDREN AND I WERE IN
A TERRIBLE SITUATION IN A
STRANGE COUNTRY.
Reporter: AFTER MORE
THAN A YEAR IN SLAVERY,
ZERI AND HER CHILDREN WERE
RESCUED.
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE
IDENTIFIED BECAUSE HER
HUSBAND IS STILL IN
CAPTIVITY.
AND SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW
IF HE IS STILL ALIVE.
TODAY ZERI AND HER
CHILDREN LIVE IN A HOME
FOR YAZIDI WOMEN, AND THEY
GET HELP WITH FOOD,
CLOTHING, AND WHATEVER
ELSE THEY NEED FROM
"SPRINGS OF HOPE."
I MET HER THE DAY SHE
CAME BACK AGAIN, TOOK OFF
THE BLACK CLOTHES, BUT NEW
CLOTHES ON HER.
WE HAD BAGS OF CLOTHES AND
GOODS FOR HER AND THE
KIDS.
HER EYES WERE SAD.
SHE WAS LIFELESS.
AND THERE IS STILL A
SADNESS, BUT THERE IS ALSO
A LIFE IN HER TODAY.
THERE IS THE ABILITY TO
HUG HER.
THE KIDS COME AND THEY
JUMP ON YOUR LAP.
THEY HUG AND YOU KISS YOU.
THEY'VE COME A LONG WAY, A
LONG WAY.
[SPEAKING A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE]
Through Translator:
LISA VISITED ME IN MOSUL
AND BROUGHT MEDICINE FOR
ME.
WHENEVER SHE CAME, SHE
BROUGHT CLOTHES FOR MY
KIDS AND GAVE US MONEY.
I'M SO THANKFUL FOR HER
KINDNESS TO US.
BUT NOT ONLY TO US, SHE IS
GOOD TO ALL OF THE YAZIDI
PEOPLE LIKE ME.
SHE GIVES HER VERY BEST
FOR US.
MAY GOD BLESS HER ALWAYS.
Reporter: IN ADDITION
TO WOMEN, ISIS ROUTINELY
TARGETS YOUNG CHILDREN.
YAZIDI BOYS ARE KIDNAPPED,
FORCED TO CONVERT TO
ISLAM, AND TRAINED TO MAKE
BOMBS, USE WEAPONS, AND
FIGHT LIKE ADULT SOLDIERS.
THEY'VE BECOME KNOWN AS
THE CUBS OF THE CALIPHATE.
Through Translator:
MY NAME IS THOMAS
ABDULLAH.
I'M 11 YEARS OLD.
Reporter: THOMAS WAS
KIDNAPPED BY ISIS WHEN HE
WAS JUST EIGHT.
THEY TOOK ME TO MOSUL.
THEY WERE TELLING US TO
SHUT UP ALL THE TIME.
THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO USE
A SHOTGUN, A ROCKET
LAUNCHER, BOMBS, AND OTHER
KINDS OF WEAPONS.
IT MADE ME FEEL BAD.
HE WORE A SUICIDE BELT
EVERY DAY.
HE WAS TRAINED WITH ALL OF
THE TYPES OF WEAPONS AND
RIFLES AND GUNS --
EVERYTHING, HE KNOWS.
AND WHEN THEY HAD A DAY
OFF, THEY WERE FORCED TO
DO HARD LABOR IN THE
KITCHEN.
Through Translator:
MY JOB THERE WAS WATCHING
DISHES.
ONE BOY DIED, BUT THE
OTHER BOY AND I STAYED
ALIVE.
THEY MADE US LEARN THE
QURAN, AND THEY TOLD US,
YOU MUST PRAY.
Reporter: WHEN
AMERICAN-LED FORCES BOMBED
MOSUL, THOMAS' CAPTORS
FLED FOR THEIR LIVES.
HE WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE
WRECKAGE OF A BUILDING
WITH TWO BROKEN LEGS, AND
LATER FOUND BY IRAQ SEEI
FORCES.
THEY ASKED ME, ARE YOU
A YAZIDI?
I SAID, YES.
AND THEY PICKED ME UP AND
GAVE ME FOOD AND WATER.
LATER ON THEY TOOK ME TO
THE HOSPITAL.
AND MY FATHER CAME AND
PICKED ME UP.
Reporter: FOR MONTHS
BEFORE THAT, LISA HAD BEEN
WORKING WITH LOCAL
RESCUERS TO REUNITE THOMAS
WITH HIS FAMILY.
THE RESCUER CALLED ME
AND SAID THOMAS IS ON HIS
WAY OUT.
HE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN
MOSUL, BURIED UNDER THE
RUBBLE.
I SAID, WE'LL ADOPT HIM.
SEND ME THOMAS' PICTURE.
WE'LL FIND SOMEONE FOR
HIM.
I WAS ALWAYS THINKING
OF COMING BACK TO MY HOME.
I KNEW THAT ONE DAY I
WOULD BE FREE AND MEET MY
FAMILY AGAIN.
IT WAS SUCH A NICE FEELING
WHEN I GOT BACK HOME.
SOME DAY IN THE FUTURE I
WANT TO BECOME PART OF THE
KURDISH ARMY SO I CAN HELP
DESTROY ISIS.
Reporter: THOMAS'
REUNION WITH HIS FAMILY
WAS BITTERSWEET.
ONE OF HIS SISTERS IS
STILL IN CAPTIVITY.
THE SAD THING, THE SAD,
SAD, SAD, TRAGIC THING
ABOUT THOMAS' STORY IS
THAT I ASKED ABDULLAH,
WHAT ABOUT HIS OTHER
DAUGHTER?
DO YOU HAVE ANY INFO?
HE SAID, YES, THOMAS WAS
WITH HER LAST WEEK.
SHE TOLD HIM SHE COULD
HAVE COME OUT WITH THOMAS,
AND SHE CHOSE TO STAY WITH
DAESH.
WHY?
THE BRAINWASHING OF MOSUL
IS THE TOTAL GENOCIDE.
GENOCIDE MEANS STRIPPING A
PERSON, THROUGH
BRAINWASHING PRIMARILY, OF
THEIR IDENTITY.
ON AUGUST 3rd, ISIS
TOOK WOMEN AND MEN OF ALL
AGES, AND THEY WERE
SCREAMING FOR HELP.
TO PROTECT OURSELVES, WE
WORKED AS THEIR SLAVES FOR
TWO OR THREE YEARS SO THEY
WOULDN'T KILL US.
WE GAVE UP AND WE
CONVERTED OUR RELIGION TO
ISLAM.
THERE WAS AN AIRSTRIKE,
AND THEI THIS WAS SLIT FROM HER
COLLARBONE DOWN TO HER
PELVIC AREA.
I WAS INJURED WHEN THE
PLANES ATTACKED THE HOUSE
WE WERE IN.
I HAVE HAD FOUR SURGERIES.
MOST OF THE TIME I'M TOO
SCARED TO GO OUT BECAUSE I
REMEMBER BEING HIT BY THE
BOMBS.
SHE HAS HELD IT
TOGETHER FOR TWO YEARS AND
10 MONTHS.
AND THEN SHE COMES HERE
AND SHE HAS NO HOME.
IT'S GONE.
SHE COMES TO HIS TENT WITH
NOTHING BUT A U.N.
MATTRESS, AND THAT IS IT.
SHE WAS IN VERY DEEP
DEPRESSION.
WE GIVE THEM FINANCIAL
SUPPORT, GIVE THEM FOOD,
GIVE THEM CLOTHES.
WE TOOK THEM SHOPPING TO
BUY THEM NEW DRESSES.
WE BRING FOOTBALLS FOR THE
KIDS.
JUST BE THERE.
MY LIFE HERE IN THIS
CAMP IS SO BAD.
WE CANNOT LIVE THIS WAY.
UNTIL NOW NOBODY VISITS OR
HELPS US WITH ANYTHING.
EXCEPT FOR "STRINGS OF
HOPE," WHICH HAS DONE A
LOT FOR US.
WE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO
TAKE HER OUT OF THE CAMP
THREE DAYS A WEEK, FOR
MAYBE TWO, THREE HOURS, TO
VOLUNTEER WITH US, TO GET
HER OUT OF JUST SITTING
AND THINKING AND WEEPING.
WE GOT HER OUT, GOT HER TO
GIVE TO OTHERS, GOT HER TO
COME OVER.
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT WE
HAVE A WORKSHOP IN OUR
VOLUNTEERS' HOME, IN OUR
WORKHOUSE, AND SHE BEGAN
TO COME TO THAT AND SERVES
THE COFFEE AND SERVES THE
JUICE AND SERVES THE CAKE.
AND JUST GRADUALLY DRAW
HER OUT AND DRAW HER INTO
HELPING OTHERS.
AND SHE IS ACTUALLY DOING
VERY WELL.
[SPEAKING A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE]
Through Translator:
LISA HELPED ME WITH THE
TREATMENTS AND MEDICINE.
AND I HEALED SO MUCH
FASTER FROM MY SURGERY.
IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
LISA HAS DONE A LOT OF
THINGS FOR US, AND I WILL
NEVER, EVER FORGET HER
UNTIL I DIE.
Reporter: THE WOMEN
WHO DON'T ESCAPE ARE OFTEN
PUT UP FOR AUCTION TO HELP
PAY FOR THE ISLAMIC
STATE'S WAR.
THEY ARE AUCTIONED OFF
ONLINE AND EVEN ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, FOR THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS.
BUT THANKS TO ONE MAN,
THESE AUCTIONS HAVE BECOME
A MEANS OF RESCUE FOR MANY
YAZIDI GIRLS.
ABDULLAH SHREM IS A YAZIDI
BUSINESSMAN WHO OPERATES A
TEAM OF SMUGGLERS
THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE
EAST.
THERE WAS A PERIOD OF
TIME WHERE HE WOULD BE
GIVING ALL OF THE PICTURES
OF THE YOUNG YAZIDI GIRLS,
11 YEARS OLD, 12 YEARS
OLD, 13 YEARS OLD, WHO
WOULD BE PUT ONTO THE
SLAVE MARKET IN RAQQA THE
NEXT DAY.
Reporter: FOR
ABDULLAH, IT IS A VERY
PERSONAL MISSION.
[SPEAKING A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE]
Through Translator:
ON AUGUST 3, 2014, THE
ISLAMIC STATE ATTACKED THE
SINJAR REGION AND WE
KIDNAPPED.
THEY TOOK 56 MEMBERS OF MY
FAMILY.
Reporter: ABDULLAH'S
SISTER WAS ONE OF THE 56.
SHE MANAGED TO GET IN
TOUCH WITH HIM FROM BEYOND
ENEMY LINES.
I FELT HOPELESS BECAUSE
NO ONE, NOT EVEN THE IRAQI
GOVERNMENT, WOULD HELP THE
YAZIDI PEOPLE.
SO I THOUGHT, I AM THE
ONLY ONE WHO CAN HELP
THEM.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER, EVER
THOUGHT OF DOING THIS, BUT
WHEN THE GIRLS CALLED US
FROM INSIDE SYRIA BEGGING
FOR HELP, WE FELT THAT WE
SHOULD STAND UP AND HELP
THEM.
AT THAT TIME I WAS A
BUSINESSMAN IN ALEPPO, AND
SO I USED MY BUSINESS TO
HELP GET THOSE GIRLS BACK.
THE FIRST THING THAT I DID
WAS GET CIGARETTES BECAUSE
CIGARETTES ARE FORBIDDEN
BY THE LEADERS OF ISIS.
SO I TRADED CIGARETTES
WITH THE LOWER-LEVEL
SOLDIERS IN EXCHANGE FOR
GETTING OUR WOMEN BACK.
THEN WE OPENED A SHOP FOR
CHILDREN'S CLOTHES SO THE
SYRIAN MOTHERS WOULD COME
AND SHOP.
THAT WAY WE COULD GET
INFORMATION FROM THE WOMEN
ABOUT WHERE OUR YAZIDI
GIRLS WERE.
Reporter: ABDULLAH
ALSO OPENED A SMALL BAKERY
AND SENT MESSAGES INSIDE
LOAVES OF BREAD.
EVERY GIRL HAD A
DIFFERENT SAD STORY, BUT I
ALWAYS REMEMBER ONE STORY
THAT AFFECTED ME THE MOST.
THERE WAS A WOMAN RAISING
FOUR CHILDREN, THREE BOYS
AND ONE GIRL.
THE GIRL WAS EIGHT.
AND THE BOYS WERE THREE,
ONE, AND SIX MONTHS OLD
E.THE.THEY WERE KIDNAPPED ALONG
WITH HER.
ONCE SHE TRIED TO ESCAPE,
BUT THE ISIS SOLDIERS
CAUGHT HER AND PUNISHED
HER.
THEY POISONED ALL HER
CHILDREN, AND THEY DIED
RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER
EYES.
THE SAME ISIS MEMBER WHO
KILLED HER CHILDREN RAPED
HER ALL THE TIME.
IT WAS THE MOST PAINFUL
STORY THAT I'VE EVER
HEARD.
Reporter: ABDULLAH
HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE
SAVINGS RESCUING YAZIDI
WOMEN FROM SLAVERY, BUT
STILL HE REFUSES TO QUIT.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD
ME THAT ISIS IS KEEPING
PHOTOS OF ME ON A KILL
LIST.
THREE TIMES ISIS MEMBERS
SENT ME PICTURES OF
MYSELF.
THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE
FOLLOWING ME AND THAT THEY
WILL KILL ME.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME,
AREN'T YOU AFRAID TO KEEP
DOING THIS?
I'M NOT AFRAID BECAUSE IF
A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS
BEING RAPED IN FRONT OF MY
EYES, FOR SURE MY LIFE IS
NOT AS IMPORTANT AS ONE OF
HER TEARS.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS JOB
FOR THREE YEARS, AND I
HAVE VESTE ARRESTED 354.
I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL I
GET ALL OF THOSE GIRLS OUT
OF THERE BECAUSE THEIR
LIVES ARE MORE IMPORTANT
THAN MINE.
> WHEN LISA FIRST CAME
HERE, SHE CRIED WHEN SHE
MET ME.
AND SHE SAID, I PROMISE I
WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO
MAKE SOMETHING GOOD FOR
THE CHILDREN U YOU ARE
RESCUING.
WHEN THESE WOMEN COME
OUT, OR THESE KIDS COME
OUT, WE WILL SPONSOR THEM.
WE'LL COME AND WE'LL MEET
THEM.
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THEIR
IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
AND I'LL FIND SPONSORS FOR
THEM.
Reporter: ONCE THE
WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE
REUNITED WITH THEIR
FAMILIES, LISA AND HER
TEAM HELP WITH FOOD,
MEDICAL CARE, AND
COUNSELLING.
EVERY WEEK THEY ALSO HOLD
WHAT THEY CALL GIVING DAY,
WHERE THEY DISTRIBUTE BAGS
OF FOOD, CLOTHING, AND
SUPPLIES IN VARIOUS CAMPS,
LIKE THIS ONE IN KARDIA.
AND THEY ALSO OPENED TWO
COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE
BOTH MUSLIM AND YAZIDI
CHILDREN LEARN AND PLAY
TOGETHER.
IF WE SAY WE ARE DOING
TRAUMA THERAPY, NOBODY
WILL COME.
IT'S A SOCIETY THAT IS
BASED ON HONOR.
THE SHAME AND DISGRACE IS
VERY, VERY STRONG.
SO IF YOU SAY TRAUMA,
YOU'RE ADDING STIGMA.
NOBODY WOULD WANT TO BE
SEEN TO GO INTO A TRAUMA
CENTER.
SO WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITY
CENTERS THAT DO ART
THERAPY, MUSIC THERAPY,
DRAMA THERAPY, ENGLISH,
AND COMPUTER SCIENCES.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT THE
MOMENT.
THIS LIFE IS WAR.
IT'S SO HARD.
SHE GI GIVES US AMAZING HOPE.
WE CAN GIVE THEM
AMAZING HAPPINESS AND
OTHER THINGS THEY NEED,
THE LOVE, THE HOPE, OTHER
THINGS, AND THE SMILE.
WE HAVE AMAZING HOPE IN
THIS LIFE.
WE LOVE YOU!
Reporter: TODAY THE
PARENTS ARE HERE TO WATCH
THEIR CHILDREN PUT ON A
SMALL CONCERT.
[APPLAUSE]
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT WE
HAVE AN ICE CREAM PARTY IN
OUR HOUSE FOR A WHOLE
BUNCH OF KIDS FROM DAESH.
WE SUGAR THEM UP WITH ICE
CREAM AND COCA-COLA.
WE TALK.
WE LAUGH.
THEY PLAY ON THE
TRAMPOLINE.
THEY DRAW PICTURES, WHERE
THEY'RE AT.
WE LISTEN TO THE PARENTS.
WE LISTEN TO THE EXTENDED
FAMILY.
TO BE CLOSE AND TO SEE AND
TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, THIS
IIS THE NEXT STEP.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO NOW.
OR THIS IS WHAT WE TRY TO
DO NOW.
I HAVE SEEN THE LOVE
FROM "THE SPRINGS OF HOPE"
FOUNDATION.
WHEN THEY GIVE TOYS TO ALL
OF THE POOR AND DISPLACED
CHILDREN TO MAKE THEM
HAPPY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM
AND THANK LISA AND HER
TEAM FOR WHAT THEY ARE
DOING.
MANY OF THE REFUGEE
CHILDREN HERE THINK OF
LISA SAYS IF SHE IS THEIR
MOTHER.
MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
COME AND GONE IN
KURDISTAN, BUT LISA IS
VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE SHE
IS ALWAYS GIVING HER BEST
TO THE PEOPLE, AND I LOVE
HER DEARLY.
Reporter: TODAY 1500
YAZIDI WOMEN AND CHILDREN
REMAIN IN CAPTIVITY.
AND MORE THAN 400,000 ARE
REFUGEES WHO NEED CRITICAL
HELP.
SO WHERE IS THE WORLD?
WHERE ARE THE JEWISH
COMMUNITIES THAT
UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE OUR
BROTHERS' KEEPER.
WHERE ARE THEY?
WHERE ARE THE CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITIES THAT KNOW
EXACTLY THE SAME?
WHERE ARE THEY?
I'VE GIVEN UP ON
GOVERNMENTS, BUT WHERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP?
YOU CAN NO LONGER SAY, I
DON'T KNOW.
THERE IS BLOOD ON OUR
HANDS IF WE KNOW AND WE
WALK AWAY.
AND I ALWAYS GO BACK TO
THAT VERSE IN GENESIS:
"THE VOICES OF OUR
BROTHERS' BLOOD ARE CRYING
OUT," AND WHAT ARE WE AS
JEWS AND CHRISTIANS DID?
I LOVE MY FAITH AND I LOVE
MY GOD.
I HAVE THREE KIDS AND
THREE GRANDKIDS, AND ONE
GRANDKID ABOUT TO BE BORN.
I SHOULD BE WITH THEM, AND
I ALWAYS COME BACK TO,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
DO I NEED IT?
NO.
DOES IT CALL ME AND NOT
LET ME GO?
YES.
FOR HOW LONG WILL I BE
HERE?
ONLY HE KNOWS.
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GORDON?
Gordon: WELL, JAMES
GOLL LOST HIS WIFE TO
CANCER AND BATTLED THE
DISEASE HIMSELF, BUT
THROUGH IT ALL HE HELD ON
TO ONE CORE VALUE: GOD IS
GOOD.
THIS IS JAMES GOLL.
HAVE YOU YOU EVER GONE
THROUGH, LIKE, A HARD
TIME?
OR, LIKE, A DAY WHERE YOU
WANT TO STAY IN BED AND
KEEP THE COVERS PULLED UP
OVER YOUR HEAD?
I HAVE, AND I AM A
CHRISTIAN.
IN FACT, I'M A MINISTER.
I KNOW WHAT PSALM 91 SAYS,
AND I BELIEVE IT, THAT HE
WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET
PLACE SHALL ABIDE UNDER
THE SHADOW OF THE
ALMIGHTY.
I DO NOT QUESTION THAT AT
ALL.
BUT SOMETIMES MY
EXPERIENCE DOESN'T ALWAYS
SEEM LIKE IT ALWAYS
MATCHES UP TO THE WORD OF
GOD.
I LOST MY WIFE TO CANCER,
OKAY.
I WENT THROUGH NINE YEARS
OF CANCER.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO WITH STUFF LIKE THAT?
I HAD TO GO BACK AND
RE-EVALUATE WHAT DO I
REALLY BELIEVE, WHO AM I?
AND I CAME UP WITH THREE
BASIC CONCLUSIONS.
NUMBER ONE: GOD IS GOOD
ALL THE TIME, PERIOD.
REALLY, IT'S THE TRUTH.
I GOT IN HERE A GREATER
REVELATION OF THE GOODNESS
OF GOD.
THE NEXT THING WAS I
REESTABLISHED ANOTHER
PRINCIPLE: ALL THINGS
WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD,
ROMANS 8.
ALL THINGS.
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GOD AND
ARE CALLED TO HIS PURPOSE.
WELL, THAT IS ME AND THAT
IS YOU.
BUT IT DOESN'T SAY GOD
CAUSES EVERYTHING, AND IT
DOESN'T SAY THAT
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN
YOUR LIFE IS GOOD.
BUT HERE IS WHAT IT SAYS:
GOD WILL CAUSE ALL THINGS
TO WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD.
I CALL IT THE MINISTR MYSTERY AND
MAGESTY OF CHRIST.
AND IF THOSE TWO THINGS
ARE TRUE, THE THIRD IS
TRUE, ALSO.
SOMETHING GOOD IS JUST
ABOUT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF
GOD'S MAGESTY AND IN HIS
MYSTERY HE WILL TAKE AND
FASHION EVERYTHING WE GO
THROUGH AND WORK IT INTO
SOMETHING THAT WILL
GLORIFY HIM.
SO THIS IS JAMES GOLL AND
THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M
STICKING TO IT.
Gordon: LET IT BE
YOUR STORY, TOO.
GO TO JEREMIAH 18 AND LOOK
AGAIN AT THE STORY OF THE
POTTER'S WHEEL.
JEREMIAH WAS INSTRUCTED BY
GOD JUST TO GO TO THE
POTTER'S HOUSE.
AND THERE GOD WOULD SPEAK
TO HIM.
AND HE SAW THE POTTER
TRYING TO MOLD A VESSEL IN
HIS HANDS.
AND A FLAW HAPPENED.
AND WHAT DID THE POTTER
DO?
HE TOOK THE ENTIRE LUMP OF
CLAY AND HE BROKE IT DOWN
AGAIN, AND HE SAID, I'M
GOING TO START ALL OVER.
GOD IS ABLE TO TAKE
ANYTHING, INCLUDING OUR
MISTAKES, AND TAKE THEM
FOR HIS GLORY AND HIS
GOOD.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TO BE
THE SMOOTH CLAY IN HIS
HANDS TO SAY, LORD, MOLD
ME, SHAPE ME, MAKE ME THE
VESSEL THAT YOU WANT ME TO
BE.
AND REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER
OUTSIDE CIRCUMSTANCES --
DON'T BLAME GOD FOR THAT,
JUST AS YOU DON'T BLAME
THE POTTER FOR THE MAR
THAT HAPPENS AS HE IS
TRYING TO THROW THE POT.
YOU JUST TRUST THE POTTER
THAT HE'LL MAKE IT RIGHT.
HE'LL MAKE A BEAUTIFUL
VESSEL.
AND AT THE END, YOU'RE
GOING TO BE VERY PLEASED
WITH HIS WORK.
> HERE IS A WORD FROM
ROMANS 8: "AND WE KNOW
THAT GOD CAUSES EVERYTHING
TO WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD
OF THOSE WHO LOVE GOD AND
ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO
HIS PURPOSE FOR THEM."
> GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.