Wendy: WHEN GARY HEAVEN

WAS IN HIS EARLY 30s, HE

WAS DIVORCED, HAD SPENT SOME

TIME IN JAIL AND WAS LOOKING

AT $5 MILLION OF DEBT.

SINCE THEN, HE HAS BECOME A

GUINNESS RECORD-HOLDING

BUSINESSMAN WHO NOW BELIEVES

IN GIVING BACK.

Reporter: GARY AND

DIANE HEAVEN ARE THE

FOUNDERS OF THE LARGEST

FITNESS CHAIN AND THE WORD,

CURVES INTERNATIONAL.

HE ALSO PRODUCES CHRISTIAN

FILMS.

RECENTLY HE WROTE, EXECUTIVE

PRODUCED, AND STARRED IN THE

FILM "MISSIONAIRE."

IT IS ABOUT THOSE WHO

PROTECT THEIR MISSION AND

THEIR LIVES.

Wendy: GARY HEAVEN

JOINS US NOW.

WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700

CLUB."

THANK YOU, WENDY.

Wendy: YOU WERE A

SELF-MADE MAN AND YOU LOST

EVERYTHING.

WHAT HAPPENED?

THE SHORT VERSION OF IT

IS I WAS A SELF-MADE MAN.

IT WAS ABOUT ME.

AND GOD HAD TO CHANGE THE

ORDER OF THINGS.

AND I'M A SLOW LEARNER, SO

HE HAD TO USE SOME TOUGH

LESSONS TO MAKE --

Wendy: $5 MILLION IN

DEBT -- WHAT DID YOU DO?

DID YOU THROW IT ALL AWAY?

YOU START BELIEVING YOUR

OWN STUFF.

AND YOU BEGIN TO EXPAND AND

SUDDENLY YOU REALIZE YOU

DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

DOING.

IN MY 20s, UNFORTUNATELY I

HAD A THE IRRATIONAL

EXUBERANCE BUT NOT THE

WISDOM TO GO ALONG WITH IT.

BUT GOD USES THOSE THINGS.

Wendy: WHAT WAS THE

TURNAROUND FOR YOU?

I THINK I SUFFERED

SUFFICIENTLY TO BE TAUGHT.

Wendy: YOUR FIRST WIFE

LEFT?

YES.

AND I CAN'T BLAME HER.

GOD PEELED AWAY EVERYTHING,

FIRST MY WIFE, MY RESOURCES,

AND THEN MY FREEDOM.

THAT'S HOW SLOW OF A LEARNER

I AM.

BUT IT BROUGHT ME TO THE

POINT WHERE I WAS

TEACHABLE.

BUT I GOT AHOLD OF A BOOK

THAT PAT HAD WRITTEN.

Wendy: OKAY.

AND IN "THE SECRET

KINGDOM," HE ARTICULATED THE

BIBLICAL VALUES THAT I COULD

GRAB AHOLD OF.

A COUPLE OF THEM WERE

SIMPLY: TELLING THE TRUTH,

DOING WHAT YOU SAY, WHICH IS

INTEGRITY, AND THE LAW OF

GREATNESS.

IF YOU WOULD BE GREAT, YOU

WOULD BE A SERVANT TO

OTHERS.

WHEN I BEGAN TO MAKE THINGS

ABOUT THEM AND NOT ABOUT ME,

MY LIFE HAS CHANGED.

Wendy: THAT BOOK HAS

CHANGED A LOT OF LIVES,

GARY.

YOU RETIRED AS THE C.E.O. OF

CURVES.

WHEN DID YOU DO THAT?

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, MY

WIFE AND I FELT LIKE THE

SEASON HAD CHANGED.

WE STUPPED OU STEPPED OUT

OF THE DAY TO DAY BUSINESS

OF "CURVES," AND I'M

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF

JENNY CRAIG, AS WELL AS

"CURVES," BUT I DON'T HAVE

MY HAND IN IT DAY BY DAY.

Wendy: AND NOW A

PRODUCER.

TELL ME, HOW DID YOU GET

INVOLVED IN FILM-MAKING.

WE BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS

GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO

INFLUENCE CULTURE.

WE BUILT "CURVES" ON WHAT WE

BELIEVED WOULD BE A GOOD

BUSINESS.

I TOOK A YEAR AWAY TO LISTEN

TO WHAT GOD WOULD HAVE FOR

US.

AND HE LED US INTO THE MOVIE

BUSINESS.

AND IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO

INFLUENCE A CULTURE.

Wendy: AND IT IS A

STORY CLOSE TO YOUR HEART

BECAUSE THE STORY IS ABOUT A

MISSIONARY PILOT, AND YOU'RE

A PILOT, AND HE FLIES RELIEF

AID INTO VERY DANGEROUS

AREAS.

TELL US ABOUT THAT WORK

YOU'RE DOING.

FLYING IS SOMETHING I

HAVE A PASSION FOR.

I'M AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT

PILOT WITH 13.5000 HOURS.

WE'VE BEEN SENDING FOOD INTO

HAITI SINCE 10 DAYS AFTER

THE EARTHQUAKE.

THAT WAS SOMETHING AFTER MY

HEART.

AND I BELIEVE GOD ALLOWED ME

TO SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE.

AND THE MOVIE IS A WONDERFUL

MOVIE.

IT'S ABOUT A MISSIONARY, A

WOMAN, WHO GOES IN TO MEXICO

AND DOES MEDICAL MISSIONARY

WORK.

AND THE FILM, THE BAD GUYS,

THE BANDITOS, TRY TO STEAL

HER AIRPLANE.

SO SOMEONE IS INADVERTENTLY

KILLED.

IT STARS JAMIE KENNEDY AS

THE KIDNAPPER, WHO IS A

TERRIFIC BAD GUY.

AND THEN TOM ARNOLD, OF ALL

PEOPLE, IS THE COMIC

RELIEF.

Wendy: HE IS FANTASTIC

IN THE MOVIE.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING

WITH TOM ARNOLD?

MY SECOND ACTING SCENE IN

MY LIFE WAS TOM ARNOLD AND

MYSELF.

HE IS NOT SCRIPT.

HE IS AD LIBBING AND BEING

HIMSELF.

AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

AND IT WAS JUST A JOY TO

HAVE THIS KIND OF EXPERIENCE

IN MY LIFE.

Wendy: DID YOU EVER, IN

A MILLION YEARS, ESPECIALLY

20, 30 YEARS AGO, WHEN YOU

WERE ROCK BOTTOM, THINK, I'M

NOT ONLY GOING TO BE WRITING

MOVIES, STARRING IN MOVIES

AND WORKING WITH ACTORS AND

MAKING SUCH A BIG IMPACT ON

THE CULTURE -- DID YOU EVER

THINK THIS WOULD HAPPEN?

YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY.

THE MOVIE BUSINESS WAS KIND

OF A SURPRISE.

I'M FRIENDS WITH CHUCK

NORRIS' SON, MIKE NORRIS.

AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT

THESE KIND OF PROJECTS.

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD

ACT.

AND I KIND OF JUST WENT IN

FRONT OF THE CAMERA, AND IT

WAS A VERY NATURAL THING.

AND HAVING THE LIFE

EXPERIENCES I HAVE, YOU

SIMPLY KIND OF GO TO THAT

PLACE, AND IT JUST FLOWED

BEAUTIFULLY.

Wendy: AND ESPECIALLY

IN THE LAST SCENE, WHERE

YOU'RE TALKING TO THE YOUNG,

TEENAGED GIRL, YOU CAN FEEL

YOUR FATHER'S HEART THERE.

THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY COMING

FROM SOME EXPERIENCE.

THE FATHER OF A TEENAGED

GIRL, THAT'S RIGHT.

Wendy: THE MOVIE IS NOT

BASED ON A TRUE STORY,

RIGHT?

NO.

Wendy: IT IS JUST BASED

ON YOUR LOVE FOR FLYING AND

MISSIONARY WORK.

I UNDERSTAND YOU WANTED TO

FLY WOUNDED AND SICK ORPHANS

TO A HOSPITAL, BUT YOU GOT

SOME PUSHBACK FROM THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT?

IS THAT RIGHT?

10 DAYS AFTER HAITI, WE

GOT A CALL TO BRING DOCTORS

INTO PORT-AU-PRINCE, AND WE

WERE GOING TO DO THAT

SHUTTLE.

SO WE GOT THERE AND TOOK OUR

FIRST LOAD OF DOCTORS IN,

AND THIS PLACE IS

DEVASTATED.

THERE IS NO POLICE, THERE IS

NO WATER.

THE VAPOR FROM THE SMELL OF

DEAD BODIES WAS FILLING THE

AIR.

IT WAS OBSCURING OUR LANDING

AS I CAME IN.

BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA DECIDED

THAT SOME OF THESE ORPHANS

MIGHT BE STOLEN, SO HE

STOPPED THE BRINGING ORPHANS

BACK TO MIAMI TO THE

HOSPITAL.

IT IS SO FRUSTRATING.

THESE CHILDREN WERE LAYING

ON THE AIRPORT TARMAC WITH

AMPUTATIONS, AND WE COULDN'T

DO ANYTHING WITH THEM.

IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT

A POOR JOB THE GOVERNMENT

DOES IN MOST THINGS.

Wendy: BACK TO THE

MOVIE REAL QUICK FOR OUR

LAST QUESTION: WHAT DO YOU

HOPE PEOPLE TAKE AWAY FROM

"MISSION AIR?"

I HOPE THEY TAKE AWAY THE

EVIDENCE OF BIBLICAL VALUES,

THAT HOPE AND FAITH AND

TRUST, THAT GOD WILL PROTECT

PEOPLE IF THEY'LL JUST TRUST

HIM.

Wendy: YEAH.

IT IS ALL ABOUT TAKING A

RISK, TOO.

I LOVED IT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, "MISSION

AIR" IS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND,

AND YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW TO

WATCH IT BY GOING TO

CBN.COM.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US

AND SHARING THIS NEW

ADVENTURE.

THANK YOU.