THIS WEEK ON CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS, FORCED

CONVERSIONS TO ISLAM,

TORTURE AND RAPE, THE

HORRORS THOUSANDS OF

NIGERIANS ENDURE UNDER BOKO

HARAM.

WE'LL BRING YOU AN EXCLUSIVE

INTERVIEW WITH SURVIVORS.

George: PLUS, SOUNDING

AN ALARM IN WHAT COULD BE

THE SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION

OF ANCIENT CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE

EAST.

Wendy: AND FORGIVING

THE BARBARITY OF ISIS.

THE FAITH AND LOVE OF A

10-YEAR-OLD REFUGEE DRIVEN

FROM HER HOME BY ISIS.

George: WELCOME TO THIS

WEEK'S EDITION OF CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS, EVERYONE.

I'M GEORGE THOMAS.

Wendy: AND I'M WENDY

GRIFFITH.

WELL, BEFORE PLEDGING

ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS, THE

AFRICAN TERROR GROUP BOKO

HARAM, OPERATELY LARGELY

UNDER THE RADAR.

George: IN THE PROCESS,

MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE

HAVE BE DISPLACED, AND

THOUSANDS RAPED, TORTURED

AND KIDNAPPED.

I MET EXCLUSIVELY WITH SOME

OF THE SURVIVORS IN

NIGERIA.

WITH EVERY KIDNAPPING OR

ATTACK, THIS YOUNG NIGERIAN

RELIVES THE NIGHTMARE OF

WEEKS SPENT UNDER BOKO

HARAM'S CONTROL.

WE ASKED THEM REPEATEDLY

WHY THEY'RE DOING WHAT

THEY'RE DOING.

THEY TOLD US THIS IS AN

ALL-OUT BATTLE AGAINST

CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS.

George: ON AUGUST 22,

2014, STEVEN WITNESSED THE

SHEAR BRUTALITY OF AFRICA'S

DEADLIEST TERROR GROUP.

WE WERE WORKING ON THE

FARM WHEN BOKO HARAM

ATTACKED US.

George: IT HAPPENED

450 MILES FROM NIGERIA'S

CAPITAL.

HUNDREDS OF ISLAMIC FIGHTERS

STORMED STEVEN'S TOWN.

IT WAS WELL-COORDINATED.

THEY ATTACKED IN HUGE

NUMBERS, GOING FROM HOUSE TO

HOUSE, STEALING, DESTROYING,

AND THEN CAPTURING MEN,

WOMEN, AND CHILDREN.

George: THIS IS VIDEO

OF THE ASSAULT PUT ON

YouTube BY BOKO HARAM.

THEY ATTACKED WARZA

BECAUSE IT IS PREDOMINANTLY

A CHRISTIAN TOWN.

George: SEVERAL HUNDRED

PEOPLE WERE KILLED,

INCLUDING MEMBERS OF

STEVEN'S FAMILY.

I SAW THEM KILL MY FATHER

AND BROTHER.

AFTER THE KILLINGS, THEY

TOOK 11 OF US HOSTAGE.

George: STEVEN ASKED

CBN NEWS TO MASK HIS FACE TO

PROTECT HIMSELF AND HIS

FAMILY.

HE SAID THE ATTACK WENT ON

FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

TWO DAYS LATER BOKO HARAM'S

LEADER RELEASED THIS VIDEO

DECLARING THE WARZA

OPERATION AS THE BEGINNING

OF AN ISLAMIC CALIPHATE IN

NORTHEAST NIGERIA.

THANKS BE TO ALLAH, WHO

GAVE VICTORY TO OUR BRETHREN

IN WARZA AND MADE IT PART OF

THE ISLAMIC CALIPHATE.

WE DID NOT DO IT ON OUR

OWN.

ALLAH USED US TO CAPTURE

WARZA.

ALLAH WILL USE US TO CAPTURE

THE HOLD WORLD.

George: STEVEN SAW

THEIR BRUTALITY UP CLOSE.

WE WATCHED THEM CARRY OUT

THEIR EVIL BRUTALLITIES FROM

ONE TOWN TO ANOTHER.

THEY WOULD CHANT "ALLAHU

AKBAR", AND THIS TERRIFIED

US.

THEY RETURNED FROM THE

ATTACKS WITH DOZENS OF

PRISONERS AND STOLEN ITEMS.

George: MEANWHILE, IN

ANOTHER PART OF TOWN...

THEY ASKED ME IF I WANTED

TO BE BEHEADED OR SHOT IN

THE HEAD.

I TOLD THIM THEM I WOULD

RATHER BE SHOT, BUT THEY

SAID, NO, THEY WOULD RATHER

SLAUGHTER ME.

George: LIKE STEVEN,

ELIZABETH IS A CHRISTIAN.

SHE AND HER FAMILY TRIED TO

ESCAPE WARZA WHEN THEY WERE

INTERCEPTED BY BOKO HARAM

FIGHTERS.

THEY STOPPED OUR CAR AND

ORDERED US TO CONVERT TO

ISLAM.

WE REFUSED.

THEY SHOT MY SIBLINGS BEHIND

ME, AND MY HUSBAND WAS

ORDERED TO LEAVE AND HE FLED

INTO THE BUSH.

George: ELIZABETH WAS

TAKEN TO A NEARBY TOWN AND

AGAIN ASKED TO CONVERT TO

ISLAM.

AGAIN, SHE REFUSED.

I STOOD MY GROUND.

EACH TIME I REFUSED, THEY

PUT A KNIFE TO MY NECK AND

THREATENED TO CUT MY HEAD

OFF.

George: BUT AFTER DAYS

OF TORTURE, NO FOOD, AND

UNDER CONSTANT THREAT OF

DEATH, SHE RELUCTANTLY

AGREED TO CONVERT.

AND SHE SAYS BOKO HARAM

FIGHTERS FORCED HER TO

UNDERGO AN ISLAMIC CEREMONY,

THEY CHANGED HER NAME, AND

FORCED TO MARRY A BOKO HARAM

FIGHTER.

AND SHE SAYS SHE WAS

REPEATEDLY RAPED BY HER

MUSLIM HUSBAND.

FOR ALL OF THE HORRIBLE

THINGS BOKO HARAM DID TO ME

AND MY FAMILY, I LEAVE THEM

TO THE JUDGE OF GOD

ALMIGHTY.

George: AFTER SEVERAL

MORE MONTHS OF CAPTIVITY,

STEVEN AND ELIZABETH

MIRACULOUSLY ESCAPED.

THE DETAILS ARE BEING

WITHHELD FOR SECURITY.

BOTH ARE WANTED BY BOKO

HARAM.

AND NOW BOTH HAVE JOINED

SOME 2,000 OTHER CHRISTIANS

LIVING IN THIS TEMPORARY

CAMP OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL

CITY.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY

HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OF ALL OF

THEIR BELONGINGS, AND THEY

ARE LIVING IN PLACES THAT

ARE NOT THEIR HOMES AT ALL.

George: MARK LIPTO HAS

HELPED THOUSANDS THROUGH HIS

CHRISTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS

GROUP.

I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE

PEOPLE NEED TO BRING IT TO

THE LIGHT.

PEOPLE NEED TO SPEAK ABOUT

WHAT IS HAPPENING.

IF YOU DON'T SPEAK ABOUT IT,

IT IS WORSE THAN THOSE WHO

ARE PERPETRATING IT.

George: WITH THE HELP

OF LOCAL CHURCHES, LIPTO NOW

FEEDS, CLOTHES, AND PROVIDES

TRAUMA COUNSELLING TO

HUNDREDS OF BOKO HARAM'S

VICTIMS.

THERE WERE MANY TIMES

WHILE I WAS IN CAPTIVITY, I

THOUGHT IF I GOT HOLD OF A

GUN, I WOULD HAVE MASSACRED

THE MEN WHO KILLED MY FATHER

AND BROTHER.

George: THE NIGERIAN

GOVERNMENT IS ORDERING

MILITARY TO RETAKE THE AREAS

HELD BY BOKO HARAM.

NIGERIA'S LEADER, GOODLUCK

JONATHAN, HAS PROMISED TO

DEAL WITH THE TERROR GROUP.

HE HAS VOWED TO CRACKDOWN ON

BOKO HARAM, AND CREATING AN

ENVIRONMENT IN HIS COUNTRY

THAT IS SAFE, AND ALLOWING

MILLIONS OF NIGERIAS TO HEAD

TO THE POLLS.

BUT NIGERIANS AREN'T

CONVINCED HE CAN DO IT.

BOKO HARAM HAS KILLED MORE

THAN 11,000 PEOPLE IN THEIR

ISLAMIC QUEST.

AND THEY ARE PROMISING MORE

BLOODSHED IN THE EAST,

LEAVING THOUSANDS OF

VULNERABLE CHRISTIANS IN

THEIR WAKE.

Wendy: WELL, WAR AND

PERSECUTION IN THE MIDDLE

EAST ARE THREATENING THE

EXISTENCE OF ANCIENT

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES.

A PROMINENT CHURCH LEADER

VISITED OUR NATION'S CAPITAL

THIS WEEK TO DELIVER AN

URGENT NEED FOR HELP.

GARY LANE HAS MORE.

Reporter: BISHOP ROYAL

LEADS THE ASSYRIAN CHURCH OF

THE EAST DIOCESE OF

CALIFORNIA.

IN WASHINGTON, HE WARNED

THAT IMMEDIATE ACTION MUST

BE TAKEN TO HELP MIDDLE

EASTERN CHRISTIANS BEFORE IT

IS TOO LATE.

WE HAVE A SYSTEMATIC

DESTRUCTION OF THE ANCIENT

ASSYRIANS, IF YOU WILL,

THROUGH THE ARTIFACTS, AND

THE MODERN ASSYRIAN

CHRISTIANS.

THIS IS A PLAN THAT IS VERY

CALCULATED, VERY

SYSTEMATIC.

AND I WOULD ADD IT COULD BE

DEFINED AS GENOCIDE.

Reporter: BISHOP ROYAL

SUGGESTS WITHOUT STRONG,

DECISIVE ACTION FROM THE

WEST, ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS,

ONE OF THE OLDEST CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD,

COULD FACE ANNIHILATION.

HE SAYS WHAT MIDDLE EAST

CHRISTIANS ARE FACING TODAY

IS MARTYRDOM TRULY DEFINED.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE

EARLY CHURCH, TO WHAT WE

READ ABOUT IN THE BOOK OF

ACTS.

Reporter: IN LATE

FEBRUARY, ISIS DROVE 5,000

ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS FROM

THEIR HOME IN NORTHEASTERN

SYRIA.

AS MANY AS 350 OF THEM WERE

KIDNAPPED.

CBN NEWS TERRORIST ANALYST

ERICK STAKELBECK IS THE

AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK,

"ISIS EXPOSED," AND HE SAYS

ONLY A FORCEFUL RESPONSE

AGAINST ISIS WILL SAVE THE

EASTERN CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITIES.

THEY NEED TO BE

DECISIVELY CRUSHED.

LIKE WE DID IN WORLD WAR II,

WE CRUSHED THEM, AND THEY

WERE SOUNDLY DEFEATED.

WE NEED TO DO THAT WITH ISIS

RIGHT NOW.

Reporter: BISHOP ROYAL

SAYS PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD

ALSO NEED TO PRAY.

WE SHOULD PRAY FOR THE

IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE

INNOCENT CHILDREN AND WOMEN@(@(

AND ELDERLY WHO HAVE BEEN

KIDNAPPED.

WE NEED TO PRAY THAT THE

GOVERNMENTS IN THE WEST WILL

FEEL THE URGENCY OF THE

MATTER AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.

AND ALSO WE SHOULD PRAY FOR

OUR ENEMIES.

THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO

SAY.

WE SHOULD PRAY FOR THOSE WHO

ARE PERPETRATING THESE

ATROCIOUS ACTS AGAINST THE

ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS BECAUSE

CHRIST HAS TAUGHT US TO DO

SO.

George: UP NEXT,

PICTURE THIS, JETS

OVERAHEAD, A NUCLEAR REACTOR

UNDERNEATH, AND 5,000 PEOPLE

ALL AROUND YOU.

WE'LL TAKE YOU A BOARD THE

AIRCRAFT CARRIER THE U.S.S.

ROOSEVELT, AND WELL TELL YOU

HOW AMERICAN CHRISTIANS ARE

REACHING OUT FOR THEIR

FELLOW SAILORS.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ARE

ESSENTIALLY FLOATING CITIES,

DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY FOR

MONTHS AT A TIME.

THE U.S.S. THEORDORE

ROOSEVELT IS ONE OF THEM.

AND IT SETTING ON SAIL ON

ITS NEXT MISSION, WHICH WILL

LAST NEARLY A YEAR.

George: THAT EXTENDED

TIME AWAY CAN BE VERY

CHALLENGING FOR SAILORS,

ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES

AND THEIR FAITH.

CBN'S EFREM GRAHAM HAS THIS

AMAZING LOOK AT COURAGEOUS

CHRISTIANS AT SEA.

Efrem: THE U.S.S.

THEORDORE ROOSEVELT, 90,000

TONS OF STEEL WITH A JET

RUNWAY ON TOP, AND THE

CHANCE TO SHARE THE STORIES

OF ITS BRAVE SAILORS IS AN

ADVENTURE.

FOR ME AS A REPORTER, FROM

THE VERY START.

THIS JOURNEY FROM NAVAL

STATION NORFOLK REQUIRES

SAFETY VESTS, HELMETS, AND

GOGGLES, FOR THE NO-FRILL

FLIGHT.

THEY CALL IT "THE BIG

STICK," AS IT TOWERS 20

STORIES ABOVE THE WATER AND

STRETCHES THREE AND A HALF

FOOTBALL FIELDS.

INSIDE THE CARRIER FEELS

LIKE A SERIES OF UNENDING

MAZES, BRIDGES, AND TUNNELS,

AND SOMETIMES THERE CAN BE

AS MANY AS 5,000 PEOPLE ON

BOARD.

AND THEY MAKE UP THIS

VESSEL'S MOST IMPRESSIVE

ASSET, FROM THOSE WHO GUIDE

THE RAPID TAKEOFFS AND

LANDINGS ON THE FLIGHT DECK

TO THOSE WHO REPAIR PIPES IN

THE MACHINE SHOP AND THOSE

WHO SAFELY TRANSPORT

EXPLOSIVES ON AND OFF THE

CARRIER.

THIS IS PRECISION UNDER

PRESSURE.

I DO THE JOB I DO IN THE

NAVY IS NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE

OF THE JOB.

BECAUSE WORKING WITH

EXPLOSIVES IS NOT THE FIRST

THING I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I

THOUGHT ABOUT JOINING, BUT I

DO IT FOR THE PEOPLE.

BECAUSE WE DEAL WITH

EXPLOSIVES, AND THERE IS A

CHANCE IF SOMETHING GOES

WRONG IT CAN KILL THE ENTIRE

DEPARTMENT, WE'RE VERY

TIGHT-KNIT.

MY JOB ITSELF IS A

TIGHT-KNIT JOB.

WITH MORE THAN 17 YEARS

IN THE NAVY, CHARLES WORKS

TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT

TIGHTER AND TO SAVE LIVES.

THE EXPLOSIVES EXPERT LEADS

AN EVENING BIBLE STUDY FIVE

NIGHTS A WEEK.

WHEN I CAME IN THE

MILITARY, I WAS A YOUNG

BELIEVER.

I CAME IN AT 18, 19 YEARS

OLD, AND I WAS A CHRISTIAN.

AND I WAS A LICENSED

MINISTER.

I SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF

MAKING SURE YOU CONNECT AT

AN EARLY AGE WITH OTHER

BELIEVERS.

Efrem: SAILORS ARE

FINISHING UP FINAL TRAINING

FOR A NINE-MONTH

DEPLOYMENT.

EMOTIONALLY, YOU GO

THROUGH A GAMUT OF

EMOTIONS.

YOU CAN BE LONELY AT TIMES.

SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET

DEPRESSED OR A LITTLE UNDER

WEATHER.

AND YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY

REMIND YOURSELF THIS IS ONLY

FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY

FAMILY IS AT HOME, AND

THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT SEEING

ME JUST AS I'M EXCITED ABOUT

SEEING THEM.

ONCE THIS IS DONE, I CAN GO

HOME AND SPEND TIME WITH

THEM.

Efrem: AND A SAILOR'S

SACRIFICE CAN BE SEEN IN THE

SIMPLEST OF WAYS.

THESE ARE SLEEPING QUARTERS,

RATHER TIGHT FOR SIX

PEOPLE.

IT GETS TOUGH SOMETIMES,

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.

OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO

MISS YOUR FAMILY.

I LIVED WITH MY FAMILY FOR

19 YEARS.

AND JUST LIKE THAT I'M AWAY

FROM THEM.

LUCKILY I HAVE PEOPLE ON THE

SHIP I CAN CALL MY SEA

FAMILY AND THEY GET ME

THROUGH THE DAY.

SPHRERMT THI DAY.

Efrem: THIS IS A

MILESTONE TRIP FOR

CHRISTIAN.

LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, THE

22-YEAR-OLD ATTENDED A

WORSHIP SERVICE IN THE

SHIP'S FOCIL.

AT THAT MEETING, ANOTHER

SAILOR INVITED STEVEN TO

ATTEND HIS CHURCH BACK AT

HOME.

THE FIRST DAY THERE,

HONESTLY, I DIDN'T GET MUCH

OF ANYTHING.

BUT SOMETHING WAS DRAWING ME

TO THAT CHURCH, THOUGH.

SO I CAME BACK A SECOND

TIME.

AND THAT'S WHEN THE

PASTOR -- WE WERE RIGHT IN

THE MIDDLE OF WORSHIP

SERVICE AND SHE STOPPED AND

LOOKED DIRECTLY AT ME, AND

THAT'S WHEN SHE SPOKE MOO NI

INTO MY LIFE AND GAVE ME

WHAT GOD WAS TELLING ME.

IT WAS JUST CRAZY FOR ME

BECAUSE IT WAS A COUPLE OF

WEEKS AGO THAT I WAS PRAYING

TO GOD ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING

ON IN MY LIFE.

AND WHAT I WAS ASKING HIM

FOR, IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS

LISTENING ON ME AND GOD'S

CONVERSATION.

THE SAILOR'S PRAYERS WERE

ANSWERED.

HE ACCEPTED CHRIST, AND

STOPPED DRINKING, AND FOUND

FAITH.

IT WAS REALLY BAD.

IT WAS TO THE POINT WHERE I

WAS DRINKING EVERY NIGHT.

I WAS PRETTY MUCH TRYING TO

FILL THAT VOID IN MY LIFE,

THINKING THAT IT WOULD MAKE

ME HAPPIER AND TAKE ALL OF

MY DEPRESSION AWAY AND ALL

OF MY STRESS AWAY.

OBVIOUSLY, IT DID NOT.

I NEEDED GOD.

I'M ACTUALLY EIGHT MONTHS

SOBER NOW.

IT WAS -- FOR A LOT OF

FRIENDS I USED TO HAVE, THEY

DIDN'T REALLY GET IT.

THEY DIDN'T REALLY

UNDERSTAND IT.

GREEN BEAT THE ODDS,

WHICH SHOWS ALCOHOL ABUSE IS

A PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF YOUNG

PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY.

HE NOW PRAYS THAT WHEN THE

BIG STICK SETS SAIL, THAT

THOSE OLD BUDDY WILL ONE DAY

JOIN HIM AT A SHIP'S BIBLE

STUDY, A SHIP'S SERVICE, OR

THEY'LL SIMPLY PAUSE TO

TRULY HEAR ONE OF THE SHIP'S

NIGHTLY PRAYERS.

LIFE AT A CHRISTIAN AT

SEA CAN BE VERY SIMILAR TO

LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN IN

PORT.

AND THE CONNECTION

PROVIDES ADDED PROTECTION.

EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS,

ABOARD THE U.S.S. THEORDORE

ROOSEVELT.

Wendy: COMING UP,

DRIVEN FROM HER HOME, YET

FULL OF FORGIVENESS.

WATCH THE AMAZING STORY OF A

10-YEAR-OLD REFUGEE,

OFFERING GOD'S LOVE TO

ISIS.

.

Efrem: AND WELCOME BACK

TO THE BROADCAST.

HOW DO YOU FORGIVE THE

PERSON WHO KILLED YOUR

FAMILY AND LEFT YOU

HOMELESS?

A YOUNG IRAQI REFUGEE HAS

MUCH TO TEACH ALL OF US

ABOUT FORGIVENESS FROM HER

OWN EXPERIENCE.

GARY LANE SPOKE WITH A

REPORTER WHO MET THIS

REMARKABLE CHRISTIAN GIRL

OFFERING FORGIVENESS TO

ISIS.

Reporter: WHAT CAN YOU

TELL US ABOUT MIRIAM.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HER?

SHE IS A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL

FROM IRAQ.

SHE HAD BEEN DISPLACED FROM

HER HOME, AND NOW HE IS

LIVINSHE IS LIVING IN A

MALL IN IRBIL.

SHE IS VERY ACTIVE.

AND SHE HAS A VERY LOVELY

SMILE AND A VERY LOVELY

HEART AS WELL.

Reporter: DOES SHE HAVE

BROTHERS AND SISTERS?

AND WHAT DO THEY DO IN

KIRAKUSH?

SHE HAS ONLY ONE SIBLING,

A SISTER, AND HER FATHER AND

MOTHER.

THEY EDUCATED THEIR CHILDREN

IN VERY GOOD MANNERS.

AND SHE REALLY LOVES THEIR

PARENTS.

SHE LOVES THEM IN A WAY THAT

THEY ONLY TEACH HER HOW TO

SONG AND HOW TO LOVE EACH

OTHER.

AND WE REALLY CAN FEEL THIS

AMOUNT OF BURST OF LOVE THAT

IS COMING OUT OF MIRIAM.

THEY ARE JUST A MODEST

FAMILY.

AND THEY ARE LIKE HUNDREDS

OF OTHER FAMILIES THAT COME

OUT FROM THEIR PLACES,

DISPLACED BY ISIS.

AND WENT TO LIVE IN IRBIL.

Reporter: AND WHAT

IMPRESSED YOU THE NORTHWEST

ABOUT WHAT SHE TOLD YOU?

YOU CAN SEE, GARY, THAT

SHE HAS SOME KIND OF VERY

DEEP TRUTH IN HER VOICE AND

IN HER EYES AS WELL, YOU

KNOW?

WHEN YOU SEE A 10-YEAR-OLD

GIRL, AND WHEN I THANKED HER

AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEW,

SHE TOLD ME, "I THANK YOU,

YOU TAUGHT ME A LOT."

WHEN I ASKED HER, WHAT DID I

TAUGHT YOU?

SHE SAID, "YOU DIDN'T TAUGHT

ME.

YOU JUST FELT FOR ME."

CAN YOU IMAGINE A

10-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO HAS

LOST EVERYTHING, AND SHE IS

FULL OF HOPE AND SHE SANG

FOR JESUS.

*

[SINGING IN A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

I THINK IT IS VERY

IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE IN THE

WEST TO KNOW WE NEED TO PRAY

FOR THESE KIDS, IN ORDER FOR

THIS SINGLE, SMALL BIT OF

LIGHT TO STILL SHINE INSIDE

THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS, AND

TO KEEP THEIR SOULS, AND

THEIR STORIES AS WELL, TO GO

THROUGH THE WHOLE WORLD, SO

MANY PEOPLE WILL KNOW HOW

MUCH WE STILL HAVE FAITH,

YOU KNOW.

AND THESE KIDS STILL HAVE

FAITH IN THEIR HEARTS, IN

SPITE OF ALL WHAT IS GOING

ON AROUND THEM.

Reporter: THANK YOU,

ASSAM NAGI FOR JOINING US

TODAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

Wendy: INCREDIBLE.

WHAT A PRECIOUS YOUNG GIRL.

YOU CAN FIND GARY'S ENTIRE

INTERVIEW AT CBNNEWS.COM.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Wendy: POOR AND

UNSCHOOLED CHILDREN IN

INDONESIA ARE RECEIVING A

FREE EDUCATION, THANKS TO

CBN.

George: AND KIDS ARE

BEING TAUGHT GODLY VALUES.

LUCILLE TALUSEN BRINGS US

MORE.

Reporter: SHE WAS IN

EIGHTH GRADE WHEN SHEp

STOPPED GOING TO SCHOOL.

HER PARENTS DID NOT HAVE THE

MONEY TO PAY FOR HER

EDUCATION.

OTHER CHILDREN NEAR JAKARTA

HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.

UNSCHOOLED, THEY LIVED

WITHOUT PURPOSE.

CBN'S SOCIAL WORKERS IN

INDONESIA RESPONDED BY

ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL THAT

GIVES FREE EDUCATION TO

CHILDREN LIKE RENI AND HER

FRIENDS.

AT FIRST I WAS NOT REALLY

INTERESTED IN STUDYING.

I WAS LAZY AND REBELLIOUS.

BUT MY FATHER ORDERED ME TO

GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

AND NOW I LIKE COMING TO

THIS SCHOOL, BECAUSE ASIDE

FROM THE REGULAR SUBJECT, I

ENJOY LEARNING DIFFERENT

SKILLS.

Reporter: HERE THE

STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO

MAKE THIS DESIGN, AND HOW TO

MAKE INDONESIAN CLOTHES.

AND THIS IS A SKILL TAUGHT

TO THE STUDENTS TO EMPOWER

THEM AND TO HELP THEM EARN A

LIVING.

KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS LEARN

VALUES BY WATCHING

"SUPERBOOK."

BOBBY GAFFOR IS THE HEAD OF

THE CBN SCHOOL.

THEY CAN COME TO OUR

SCHOOL.

WE JUST TEACH THEM ABOUT THE

CHRISTIAN VALUES.

Reporter: PARENTS, LIKE

MARIA, ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR

CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT.

MY SON'S BEHAVIOR HAS

IMPROVED.

HE CAN NOW BE FRIENDS WITH

EVERYBODY.

HE TELLS ME THERE IS THIS

GOOD GUY, ASSA, AND HE CAN

HEAR AND MAKE PEOPLE SEE.

Reporter: MARIA WAS

INSPIRED BY HER SON'S

WORDS.

THOUGH A MUSLIM, SHE ASKED

THE SCHOOL STAFF TO PRAY

THAT THE LUMP IN HER BREAST

WOULD DISAPPEAR.

I'M VERY HAPPY THEY WERE

PRAY FOR MY HEALING.

PRAYER IS AN EXPRESSION OF

LOVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND

ENCOURAGEMENT.

Reporter: THE SCHOOL IS

HELPING TO TRANSFORM THE

HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE

STUDENTS.

I'M VERY SATISFIED WITH

HOW THEY ARE HELPING MY

DAUGHTER.

BEFORE SHE DID NOT HELP ME,

BUT NOW HER BEHAVIOR HAS

CHANGED.

I AM VERY HAPPY THAT SHE IS

ABLE TO CONTINUE HER STUDIES

BECAUSE ALL HER OLDER

SIBLINGS DID NOT EVEN REACH

HIGH SCHOOL.

I CAME FROM NOTHING, AND

NOW I CAN LEARN ABOUT

ANYTHING.

I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO DREAM,

TO BECOME A DOCTOR SOME

DAY.

THANK YOU, TOO, FOR TEACHING

ME ABOUT JESUS BECAUSE RIGHT

NOW I KNOW HIM WELL.

Reporter: AND WITH THE

RIGHT FOUNDATION, THE FUTURE

OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE NOW

LOOKS VERY PROMISING.

LUCILLE TALUSEN, CBN NEWS,

JAKARTA.

George: THANKS,

LUCILLE.

I WANT TO SPEND A SPECIAL

GREETING TO A WONDERFUL

TAIWANESE LADY WHO WATCHES

US FAITHFULLY EVERY WEEK,

YALEE LIN.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

Wendy: AND THANKS FOR

ALL OF YOU WATCHING.

FROM EVERYBODY HERE AT

CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,

GOOD-BYE AND GOD BLESS YOU.

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-"NEWSWATCH" AND PROMOS,

MARCH 13, 2015.