Reporter: OF THE SEVEN

BILLION PEOPLE LIVING ON OUR

PLANET, TWO BILLION ARE

CHRISTIAN, AND 2.1 MILLION

ARE MUSLIMS.

TWO DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS WITH

TWO VERY DIFFERENT POINTS OF

VIEW.

VADIMA LEARNED THE TRUTH

ABOUT THESE TWO RELIGIOUS ON

HER SEARCH FOR GOD.

ON THE INSIDE, I FELT

LIKE THERE WAS A HUGE HEART

HANGING IN MY HEART.

I COULD TELL YOU WHAT THE

SIZE OF IT WAS, WHAT IT

LOOKED LIKE.

IT WAS REAL AND IT WAS

PAINFUL.

IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING THAT

WOULD DRAW ME DOWN AND

WOULDN'T LET ME, YOU KNOW,

LIVE.

THERE WAS NO HOPE IN IT.

THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR THE

FUTURE.

Reporter: FATIMA WAS

RAISED IN IRAN AS A MUSLIM.

BEING A MUSLIM IS NOT BY

CHOICE.

IT IS BY HEREDITY.

IF YOU'RE PARENTS ARE MUSLIM

AND YOU'RE BORN IN THAT

FAMILY, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY

A MUSLIM.

Reporter: BUT FATIMA

RESISTED HER FAITH.

AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, I

STARTED QUESTIONING IF THERE

WAS A GOD OR NOT.

I WOULD BE SPENDING HOURS

AND HOURS AND HOURS THINKING

WHAT WOULD GOD LOOK LIKE,

WHERE WOULD HE BE.

BUT TRADITIONALLY IN ISLAMIC

CULTURE, YOU DON'T ASK THESE

QUESTIONS.

THEY'RE TABOO.

IF YOU START ASKING

QUESTIONS LIKE THESE, THEY

WILL CALL YOU FAITHLESS.

Reporter: GROWING UP,

THE GOD OF THE QURAN WAS THE

ONLY GOD THAT FATIMA EVER

KNEW.

HE IS NOT A PERSONAL

GOD.

HE IS DISTANT AND HE IS A

CREATOR.

NOBODY KNOWS WHO HE IS.

NOBODY KNOWS HIS NATURE.

NOBODY KNOWS HIS PLANS.

YOU JUST KNOW HE CARES ABOUT

MORALITY, AND IN ORDER TO GO

TO HEAVEN, YOU MUST DO GOOD

WORKS.

IT IS THROUGH YOUR GOOD

WORKS.

Reporter: AS A

TEENAGER, FATIMA LOOKED FOR

ANSWERS IN FORTUNE TELLING

AND BY READING COFFEE

GROUNDS.

I DID THAT FOR A FEW

YEARS.

LIKE I SAID, I WAS STILL

SEARCHING FOR GOD.

THAT PRACTICE DID NOT LEAD

ME TO KNOW GOD.

BUT STILL I SEARCHED.

I HAD NO CHOICE.

SOMETHING IN ME WOULD NOT

REST.

AND SO FINALLY I CAME TO THE

CONCLUSION -- I SAID GOD,

YOU'RE EITHER SO COMPLICATED

THAT I COULD NEVER KNOW YOU,

OR YOU'RE JUST RIGHT IN

FRONT OF MY EYES AND I CAN'T

SEE YOU.

AND I REMEMBER LIKE EVERY

DAY I WOULD CRY AND CRY AND

ASK GOD TO SHOW ME HIMSELF.

I WOULD LOOK AT THE SUN --

ARE YOU THE SUN?

IS THAT HOW YOU REVEAL

YOURSELF?

YOU KNOW, WHERE AM I

SUPPOSED TO LOOK.

Reporter: HER CRY WAS

ANSWERED WHEN FATIMA SAYS

THAT JESUS APPEARED TO HER

IN A DREAM.

I DREMPT THAT JESUS AND I

WERE WALKING IN A ROSE

GARDEN.

AND IT MAKES ME CRY.

AND WE WERE WALKING.

AND IN THE DREAM, I'M

THINKING, HE IS A PROPHET.

AND HE IS WALKING, AND I'M

JUST FOLLOWING.

AND HE SAID, DO YOU WANT TO

COME WITH ME.

AND I SAID YES.

AND HE SAID, THEN FOLLOW

ME.

AND I SAID, H'MMM, MY MIND

THINKING HOW WOULD YOU

FOLLOW A PERSON WHO IS NOT

EVEN -- HE IS A PROPHET.

HOW WOULD YOU FOLLOW A

PERSON AND NOT HIS

INSTRUCTIONS.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF

PUZZLING, WHY WOULD HE ASK

ME THAT.

Reporter: NIGHT AFTER

NIGHT, FATIMA HAD DREAMS

ABOUT JESUS, GOD, AND

CHURCHES.

OLD CHURCHES, NEW

CHURCHES, MODERN CHURCHES.

AND I DREMPT THAT, YOU KNOW,

MY MOM AND ALL OF MY FAMILY

ARE HOLDING HANDS AND GOING

TO THE CHURCH.

Reporter: FATIMA MOVED

TO THE UNITED STATES WHEN

SHE WAS 20.

SHE MET A FRIEND FROM WORK

WHO TOLD HER ABOUT JESUS.

IT WAS AFTER HE ACCEPTED

THE LORD JESUS THAT HE FOUND

JOY AND PEACE.

AND THOSE WORDS JUST

POPPED.

AND I SAID, WOW, THIS IS

GOOD.

HE SAID EVERY TIME HE

RECEIVED IT.

EVERY TIME THEY PRAYED FOR

HIM.

HE IS FILLED WITH JOY AND

PEACE.

AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I WANT

THAT.

I WANT THE JOY AND PEACE.

Reporter: SO FATIMA

WENT TO A CHRISTIAN CHURCH,

AND A WOMAN THERE ASKED

HER --

DO YOU BELIEVE JESUS

CHRIST IS GOD?

AND I SAID, DID HE SAY THAT?

DID HE SAY THAT HE WAS GOD?

AND SHE SAID, YES, HE SAYS

THAT.

AND I SAID, SURE, I BELIEVE

HE IS GOD.

TRUST ME, I'LL FIND OUT IF

HE IS NOT.

I'LL FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, IF

THINGS AREN'T TRUE.

BUT I'M WILLING TO GIVE

JESUS A TRY.

DEFINITELY.

AND SHE SAID, DO YOU WANT TO

PRAY THE SALVATION PRAYER?

ABSOLUTELY.

SO -- BECAUSE I THINK GOD

HAD SAU SOFTENED ME UP TO

THE POINT WHERE I WAS SOFT

TOWARDS GOD AND I WASN'T

RESISTANT.

Reporter: THAT NIGHT,

AFTER YEARS OF SEARCHING,

FATIMA PRAYED TO BECOME A

CHRISTIAN.

THINGS JUST STARTED

CHANGING.

THAT HEAVY, HEAVY HEART,

THAT STONE THAT I COULD --

IT'S SHARP, EVEN.

TO FEEL HOW SHARP AND

PAINFUL IT WAS -- THAT WAS

GONE.

IT WAS COMPLETELY GONE.

THAT NIGHT THE LORD JUST --

IT'S JUST LIKE HE TOOK HIS

HAND IN MY HEART AND TOOK

THAT ROCK OUT PERMANENTLY.

THE ONE SIGNIFICANT THING

THAT GOD DID FOR ME, THAT

CHRIST DID, WAS THAT HE PUT

HOPE IN MY HEART.

A PERMANENT HOPE, AND AS I

GOT TO KNOW THE LORD MORE,

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE LORD

GAVE ME MANY MORE DREAMS

JUST TO SHOW THAT THE

SCRIPTURES WERE TRUE.

AND IN EVERYTHING I WAS

READING, GOD WAS BACKING

THEM UP.

Reporter: DAY FATIMA'S

MOTHER, BROTHER, AND TWO

SISTERS ARE ALL CHRISTIANS.

FATIMA IS A REAL ESTATE

BROKER AND STUDYING TO BE A

PSYCHOLOGIST.

SHE IS ALSO MARRIED AND HAS

TWO SONS.

FATIMA UNDERSTANDS MUSLIMS

WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT JESUS,

AND THOSE WHO REALLY DON'T

UNDERSTAND WHO JESUS IS.

I WOULD SAY DON'T SAY NO

JUST BECAUSE YOUR PARENTS

WERE MUSLIMS.

AND YOUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS

ARE MUSLIMS, AND THIS IS

WHAT YOU'RE ALWAYS TAUGHT.

YOU NEED TO FIND GOD FOR

YOURSELF.

HE IS AVAILABLE.

IF JESUS SAYS HE IS GOD,

THEN HE WILL PROVE IT.

ALL YOU HAVE TO HAVE IS AN

OPEN HEART TO ALLOW JESUS TO

COME IN, AND THEN YOU WILL

KNOW FOR YOURSELF IF HE IS

GOD OR HE IS NOT GOD.