THE ROADS ARE FLOODED.

10 YEARS AFTER KATRINA

KATRINA...

YOU COULD SMELL DEATH.

...SURVIVORS SHARE

THEIR STORY.

WE GO BACK TO THE GULF.

THIS IS HOME FOR THEM.

AND WE HELP THEM

REBUILD.

I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE

THIS.

TODAY ON "THE 700

CLUB."

*

Terry: HELLO,

EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB."

HILLARY CLINTON HAS GONE

ON THE ATTACK.

SHE IS COMPARING THE

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATES TO TERRORISTS

BECAUSE OF SOME OF THEIR

PRO-LIFE VIEWS.

REPUBLICANS QUICKLY FIRED

BACK, AND AS CHARLENE

AARON REPORTS, THE WAR OF

WORDS BEGAN WITH THE

CONTROVERSY OVER THE

PLANNED PARENTHOOD VIDEOS.

Charlene: EIGHT

VIDEOS HAVE BEEN RELEASED

BY THE CENTER FOR MEDICAL

PROGRESS, SHOWING PLANNED

PARENTHOOD EXECUTIVES

DISCUSSING SELLING THE

ORGANS OF TISSUE FROM

ABORTED FETUSES.

SO IF WE ALTER OUR

PROCESS AND WE ARE ABLE TO

OBTAIN INTACT FETAL

CADAVERS, IT'S ALL JUST A

MATTER OF LINE ITEMS.

Charlene: PLANNED

PARENTHOOD DENIES THE

ACCUSATIONS AND SAYS THE

VIDEOS HAVE BEEN HEAVILY

EDITED.

THE VIDEOS HAVE PROMPTED

CONGRESSIONAL

INVESTIGATIONS, AND

SEVERAL STATES ARE SEEKING

TO BLOCK FEDERAL FUNDING

TO THE GROUP.

IT IS A FIGHT THAT IS ALSO

FIRING UP ON THE

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

TRAIL.

HILLARY CLINTON HAS

DEFENDED PLANNED

PARENTHOOD IN THE WAKE OF

THE UNDERCOVER VIDEOS.

IN FRONT OF A SMALL

AUDIENCE ON THE CAMPAIGN

TRAIL IN OHIO THURSDAY,

TALKING ABOUT WHAT SHE

CALLS WOMEN'S ISSUES,

CLINTON COMPARED

REPUBLICANS TO TERRORISTS.

EXTREME VIEWS BY WOMEN,

WE EXPECT THAT FROM SOME

OF THE TERRORIST GROUPS.

WE EXPECT THAT FROM PEOPLE

WHO DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN

THE MODERN WORLD.

BUT IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO

TECUMINTAKE COMING FROM

REPUBLICANS WHO WANT TO BE

THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES.

Charlene: REPUBLICANS

FIRED BACK.

IN A TWEET, JEB BUSH SAID,

"HILLARY CLINTON COMPARES

PRO-LIFE AMERICANS TO

TERRORISTS, BUT DEFENDS

DESPICABLE PLANNED

PARENTHOOD TREATMENT OF

UNBORN."

HER PRIORITIES ARE TOTALLY

WRONG.

SCOTT WALKER AND TED CRUZ

ALSO TOOK TO TWITTER

SAYING, "NOT ONE MORE CENT

FROM TAXPAYERS SHOULD GO

TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD,"

SAID CRUZ.

THE ONLY THING EXTREME IS

TAKING A POSITION THAT

DOESN'T PROTECT THESE

LIVES, WALKER SAID.

AND DURING A RECENT

INTERVIEW DONALD TRUMP

SUPPORTED DEFUNDING

PLANNED PARENTHOOD SAYING,

"YOU SHOULD DEFUND BECAUSE

THEY ARE DOING ABORTIONS.

IT IS LIKE AN ABORTION

FACTORY, WHICH IS OFF, AND

IT IS LIKE YOU'RE SELLING

AUTOMOBILE PARTS TO A

COMPANY."

KASICH'S CAMP RESPONDED

SAYING, "OHIO AND OUR

COUNTRY DESERVES BETTER

THAN WHAT CLINTON IS

OFFERING."

HILLARY CLINTON'S TRAIL OF

SCANDAL IS DECADES LONG

AND ONLY CONTINUES TO

WORSEN.

SOME POLITICAL ANALYSTS

SAY CLINTON IS TALKING

ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN AN

EFFORT TO CHANGE THE

SUBJECT AWAY FROM HER

E-MAIL SCANDAL, WHICH HAS

HURT HER IN THE POLLS.

ASK THE FIRST WORD THAT

COMES TO MIND ABOUT

CLINTON IN A NEW SURVEY,

PEOPLE SAY "LIAR,

DISHONEST, UNTRUSTWORTHY."

CHARLENE AARON, CBN NEWS.

Terry: IT'S

UNBELIEVABLE, ISN'T IT?

YOU WATCH ALL OF THIS.

A WOMAN WHO IS FROM

PLANNED PARENTHOOD WHO

SAID, IT IS ALL JUST A

MATTER OF LINE ITEMS.

WHERE IS THE MORALITY IN

ALL OF THIS, AND WHAT HAS

HAPPENED TO US?

> WELL, IN OTHER NEWS, A

COUNTY CLERK IN KENTUCKY

IS STILL REFUSING TO

PROVIDE MARRIAGE LICENSES

FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY

FROM WASHINGTON.

JOHN?

John: THE CASE OF

ROWAN COUNTY CLERK KIM

DAVIS IS HEADED TO THE

SUPREME COURT AFTER HER

CONTINUED REFUSAL TO ISSUE

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

LICENSES.

THIS IN SPITE OF A

MOUNTING PILE OF FEDERAL

COURT ORDERS THAT REJECT

HER CLAIM THAT HER

CHRISTIAN FAITH SHOULD

EXEMPT HER FROM LICENSING

GAY MARRIAGES.

THE CASE COULD BE TIED UP

IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM FOR

SEVERAL MONTHS.

DAVIS SAYS SHE WON'T

RESIGN AND HAS PROMISED TO

NEVER ISSUE A LICENSE TO

SAME-SEX COUPLES.

SHE CAN ONLY BE REMOVED

FROM OFFICE IF THE STATE

LEGISLATURE IM PEACHES

HERE, WHICH IS HIGHLY

UNLIKELY.

PUERTO RICO IS GETTING

SLAMMED BY TROPICAL STORM

ERICA, KILLING AT LEAST

FOUR PEOPLE AND CAUSING AT

LEAST 20 OTHERS TO GO

MISSING.

POLICE OFFICIALS SAY AN

ELDERLY BLIND MAN AND TWO

CHILDREN WERE KILLED WHEN

A MUDSLIDE CRASHED INTO

THEIR HOME.

FORECASTERS SAY THE

TROPICAL STORM COULD REACH

SOUTH FLORIDA AS A

HURRICANE AS EARLY AS

MONDAY.

THE BIGGEST THING IS

JUST BE PREPARED.

WE'RE GOING TO PREPARE --

HOPE FOR THE BEST, PREPARE

FOR THE WORST, BUT GET

READY.

IF YOU KNOW THE FAMILY

MEMBER THAT MIGHT NEED TO

BE EVACUATED, KNOW WHERE

THEY'RE GOING TO BE

EVACUATED TO.

John: AND FLORIDA

FORECASTERS SAY AT LEAST

THRETHREE TO FOUR INCHES OF

RAIN ARE EXPECTED.

> THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING

THE RULING TO TEAR DOWN A

10 COMMANDMENTS SYMBOL ON

THE MO MONUMENT.

> WELL, IN TODAY'S

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT NEWS,

THE MOVIE "WAR ROOM" HITS

THEATERS TODAY.

AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS WHO

GOT A PREVIEW ARE SINGING

ITS PRAISES.

THEY TOLD PAUL STRAND THEY

WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF

"WAR ROOM" HAS AN IMPACT

ON THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

Reporter: FOLKS AT

THE SNEAK PREVIEW SAY ONE

WOMAN TEACHING ANOTHER TO

GO TO HER PRAYER CLOSET

HAS A FAR-REACHING EFFECT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO

DO IT OWNER PRAYER CLOSET

FIRST.

Reporter: "WAR ROOM"

LET'S YOU KNOW WHY THE

WORD "WAR" IS IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE TERM PRAYER

WARRIOR.

THE ENEMY IS OUT THERE.

AND TO SEE THESE

CONTRACTORS SEEK OUT

OWNERSHIP WITH THE

PRESENCE OF THE LORD, AND

THEY'RE TAKING BACK THEIR

HOMES AND MARRIAGES AND

COMMUNITIES, AND IT IS

FANTASTIC.

I CAN DO THIS.

I CAN GRAB AHOLD OF GOD

HIMSELF.

JUST BY GETTING IN THE

WORD IS THE WAY TO DO

THAT.

THE WAY SHE HAD THE

SCRIPTURES AND SHE PRAYED

THE WORDS OF GOD, THAT

WORD CAME ALIVE.

IT IS A LIVING WORD.

Reporter: DAVID

FRANKLIN OF THE "NATIONAL

DAY OF PRAYER" TEAM SAYS

RESEARCH ON GETTING

CHRISTIANS ACTIVE ALSO

BACKS THAT UP.

IT IS PRAYING OVER AN

OPEN BIBLE 15 MINUTES A

DAY.

PRAYING OVER AN OPEN

BIBLE, THOSE PEOPLE'S JOY

GOES UP, SERVICE GOES UP,

EVERYTHING RADICALLY

CHANGES.

GET ON YOUR KNEES, GET

ON YOUR FACE, AND PRAY THE

SCRIPTURE AND PRAY THE

TRUTH AND YOU'LL SEE

TRANSFORMATION.

LIKE BRIAN SAW IN HIS

LIFE.

I'M SAVED BECAUSE MY

MOM AND HER PRAYER FRIENDS

PRAYED FOR ME AND IT

CAUSED ME TO GET

UNCOMFORTABLE AND GO TO

JESUS.

WITH "WAR ROOM" BEING

RELEASED ON AUGUST 28th,

WE'RE HOPING IT IS GOING

TO BE A REAL MOBILIZATION

FORCE TO GET PEOPLE OUT AT

NOON, AT THEIR COUNTY

COURT HOUSES ON 9/11, TO

CRY OUT TO GOD FOR AN

AWAKENING IN AMERICA.

IT GIVES YOU EXACTLY

WHAT WE NEED FOR THE TIMES

WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

Reporter: THE

CONSENSUS FROM THE FOLKS

WE TALKED TO SAY "WAR

ROOM" IS NOT JUST A MOVIE,

IT IS A WARNING FROM GOD

IN THE TIME OF NEED.

PAUL STRAND REPORTING FROM

THE CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA,

GEORGIA.

Efrem: AND TO LEARN

MORE, YOU COULD GO TO OUR

WEBSITE AT cbnnews.com.

TERRY, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE

IS A POSITIVE REACTION TO

THIS FILM.

Terry: IT IS A WORD

FROM THE CHURCH, AND BOY,

DO WE NEED IT.

LET'S ALL GO.

WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S OUT

THERE THAT WE DON'T LIKE,

SO WHEN SOMETHING GOOD IS

OUT THERE, LET'S ATTEND

AND LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE

THAT IS BEING SPOKEN TO

US.

THANKS, JOHN.

> WELL, THERE IS A

TROPICAL STORM OUT THERE,

AND IT IS COMING OUR WAY.

AND IT COULD TURN INTO A

HURRICANE.

SO EVEN AS WE'RE LOOKING

AT THAT IN THE NEWS TODAY,

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK

BACK AT THE ANNIVERSARY OF

HURRICANE KATRINA.

THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE

REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE

TO BE AT WHAT THEY CALL

GROUND ZERO.

OUT OF ALL OF THE

HOMES, ONLY 300 WERE

LIVABLE THE NEXT DAY.

TOTALLY DESTROYED OR

UNUSABLE.

Terry: WE'RE GOING TO

VISIT SOME OF THE MEN AND

WOMEN WHO WERE HIT THE

HARDEST.

THAT'S COMING UP NEXT.

Terry: 10 YEARS AGO,

A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE

SLAMMED INTO THE GULF

COAST.

BY THE NUMBERS, KATRINA

CLAIMED NEARLY 2,000 LIVES

AND CAUSED MORE THAN

$100 BILLION IN DAMAGE.

AS JOHN JESSUP REPORTS,

MANY OF THOSE IN THE

STORM'S PATH ARE STILL ON

THE MEND.

John: WALKING ISN'T

ASSISAS EASY AS IT USED TO BE

FOR GLORIA SANDERS.

SHE SPENT MUCH OF HER

SUMMER RECOVERING FROM HER

SECOND KNEE REPLACEMENT.

SHE SEES THE LIGHT AT THE

END OF THE TUNNEL.

THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM 10

YEARS AGO, WHEN HURRICANE

KATRINA HIT.

THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE

ANY IMMEDIATE RECOVERY

FROM THAT.

AFTER KATRINA, IT WAS,

LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN

THIS IS GOING TO BE OVER.

John: WE MET GLORIA

IN 2005, DAYS AFTER THE

STORM DECIMATED THE GULF

COAST.

THE BOTTOM NUMBER TELLS

YOU THERE WERE NO BODIES

IN THE HOUSE, EVERYONE

SURVIVED.

THANK GOT, ZERO HOME,

ZERO DEAD.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

John: THOUGH SHE IS

NOW BACK ON HER FEET AND

IN HER NEW HOME, IT HAS

BEEN A LONG, HARD ROAD FOR

ALL WHO DECIDED TO STAY

AND REBUILD.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PAST

ARE SURVIVORS, AND THIS IS

HOME FOR THEM.

AND THERE IS JUST NO

GETTING THAT SENSE OF HOME

SOMEWHERE ELSE.

John: IT'S A

PEACEFUL, HOT, AND SUNNY

AFTERNOON ON THIS DAY IN

PASS CHRISTIAN.

IT WAS A COMPLETELY

DIFFERENT STORY 10 YEARS

AGO WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA

MADE LAND FALL ON

AUGUST 29, 2005.

IT BROUGHT WITH IT

UNRELENTING WINDS THAT

LASTED EIGHT HOURS.

THE STORM CLAIMED THE

LIVES OF 34 RESIDENTS HERE

IN PASS CHRISTIAN, AND

NEARLY DECIMATED THE TOWN.

I TELL PEOPLE IT'S AT

CLOSE TO ANNIHILATION THAT

YOU CAN GET TO.

John: MOST OF THE

COVERAGE FOCUSED ON NEW

ORLEANS, WHERE FLOODING

SWAMPED 80% OF THE CITY.

SMALLER CITIES, LIKE PASS

CHRISTIAN, DIDN'T GET MUCH

ATTENTION, EVEN THOUGH THE

DESTRUCTION WAS MUCH

GREATER.

EVERY CHURCH, EVERY

SCHOOL, AND EVERY PUBLIC

BUILDING WAS EITHER

TOTALLY DESTROYED OR

UNUSABLE.

ONLY 300 BUILDINGS WERE

LIVABLE THE NEXT DAY.

LITERALLY, WE'RE SEEING

DEBRIS PILES 15 TO 20 FEET

HIGH.

Reporter: CBN NEWS

WAS AMONG THE FIRST CREWS

TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE

CITY, BRINGING NATIONAL

ATTENTION TO THE

DEVASTATION.

A DECADE LATER, THERE IS

NEW LIFE HERE.

THIS IS THE NEW HARBOR,

AND THIS IS THE EAST.

John: THE MAYOR GAVE

US A TOUR OF THE TOWN

AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS

"THE PASS" BY THE LOCALS.

WHICH ALSO SURVIVED

CAMILLE IN 1969.

HOMES AND CHURCHES HAVE

REBUILT, AND BUSINESSES

STARTED TO REOPEN, AND

PEOPLE ARE BACK ON THE

BEACH.

EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS

NEW.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEW.

THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS ARE

NEW.

WHAT WE HAVE IS BETTER

THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE,

BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE AS

MUCH OF IT.

John: BUT THERE ARE

EMPTY LOTS, BARE

FOUNDATIONS, FEWER

RESIDENTS, AND A ECONOMY

STILL STRUGGLING TO

OVERCOME NOT ONLY THE

STORM, BUT THE B.P. OIL

SPILL AS WELL.

THEN AGAIN, SOME CHANGES

CAN ONLY BE FELT.

WE HAD A SENSE OF

FAMILY.

I KNEW EVERYBODY ON MY

STREET BEFORE.

AND THERE ARE NEIGHBORS

NOW THAT I DON'T KNOW.

THERE WAS JUST A SENSE OF

COMMUNITY THAT HASN'T

QUITE GOTTEN BACK THERE

YET.

John: FIVE MILES

WEST, AND BAY ST. LOUIS,

LAKE SHORE BAPTIST CHURCH

PUTS THE FINISHING TOUCHES

ON ITS NEW BUILDING.

THE CHURCH DELAYED A NEW

SANCTIOSANCTUARY TO FOCUS ON

PEOPLE, A WORK THAT BEGAN

IN THESE MAKESHIFT TENTS.

IT NOW OPERATES A

SECONDHAND SHOP WHERE

COSTUMERS ARE WELCOME TO

FOOD AND TRINKETS, ALL

FREE OF CHARGE.

BIBLES AND EVERYTHING

HERE ARE FREE.

John: THAT GENEROSITY

MADE AN IMPACT ON RUTH

BOYD.

I ENDED UP JOINING THE

CHURCH AND BECAME A

VOLUNTEER.

FOR THE LOVE OF THE

COMMUNITY, LOVE OF THE

PEOPLE.

John: THE PASTOR SAYS

WHILE KATRINA BROUGHT

HEARTACHE AND PAIN, IT

ALSO OPENED THE DOOR TO

HEALING WHILE SERVING

OTHERS.

SEEING GOD USE OUR

CHURCH TO HELP OTHERS MADE

OUR CHURCH STRONGER THAN

IT EVER HAS BE BEFORE.

John: HIS CHURCH

ALONE HAS BUILD MORE THAN

40 HOMES.

AND IT'S A CHURCH WITH

LESS THAN THAT MANY

MEMBERS.

John: AND WHILE THE

REGION IS CLIMBING BACK TO

REACH PRE-KATRINA LEVELS,

SOME NEW TRANSPLANTS CALL

THE AREA HOME.

THE REAL STORY OF THE

GOSPEL IS WE'RE

RESURRECTION PEOPLE.

AND IT IS A SPECIAL PLEASE

DOWN HERE.

IT IS A RESURRECTION

STORY.

THERE WAS DEATH, THERE WAS

DESTRUCTION, AND NOW THERE

IS MORE VIBRANT LIFE THAN

WE COULD IMAGINE.

John: AND WE COULDN'T

HELP BUT NOTICE THOSE WE

TALKED TO WANTED AMERICA

TO KNOW ONE THING.

THE GREATEST THING WE

LEARNED IS WE'RE

AMERICANS.

BECAUSE IF WE WERE HERE BY

OURSELVES, WE WOULD HAVE

STILL BEEN COMPLETELY

UPSIDE DOWN.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TAUGHT

US WE'RE GOOD EVERYWHERE.

I KNOW OUR WORLD IN IS

A TERRIBLE SHAPE RIGHT

NOW, BUT THERE ARE STILL

COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE IN

THIS WORLD.

TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE

ACROSS THE NATION WHO

HELPED US, WE HAVE TO SAY

THANK YOU.

BECAUSE WE COULDN'T HAVE

DONE IT ON OUR OWN.

John: DEMONSTRATING

THE RESILIENCE OF A REGION

THROUGH THE STRENGTH AND

GENEROSITY OF A NATION.

JOHN JESSUP, CBN NEWS,

PASS CHRISTIAN,

MISSISSIPPI.

Terry: IT IS STILL

SHOCKING TO LOOK BACK AND

SEE THE LEVEL OF

DEVASTATION THAT OCCURRED

THERE.

BUT HOW ENCOURAGING TO SEE

HOW PEOPLE WERE BOUND

TOGETHER AND HOW THEY

REALLY DID EXPERIENCE A

REDEMPTION FACTOR IN ALL

OF THAT.

THEY SAY WHEN DIFFICULT

THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR

LIFE, IT MAKES YOU BITTER

OR BETTER.

I WOULD SAY IN THE LIVES

OF THOSE PEOPLE WE JUST

SAW, IT MADE THEM BETTER.

> AS BAD AS HURRICANE

KATRINA WAS, THE AFTERMATH

WAS EVEN WORSE.

THE GOVERNMENT, ON ALL

LEVELS, FAILED TO RESPOND

PROPERLY TO THE DISASTER.

BUT THANKFULLY "OPERATION

BLESSING" WAS ALSO ON THE

GROUND IN THE GULF COAST,

AND 10 YEARS LATER, THE

PEOPLE THEY HELPED ARE

STILL INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL.

WE PRAY THAT THE LOSS

OF LIFE IS VERY LIMITED,

BUT WE'RE FEARFUL THAT

THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

IT'S TOO DANGEROUS TO COME

HOME.

THE ROADS ARE FLOODED.

THE POWER IS OUT.

THE PHONES ARE DOWN.

AND THERE IS NO FOOD OR

WATER.

Reporter: HURRICANE

KATRINA RAVAGED THE GULF

COAST WITH STRONG WINDS

AND RECORD-BREAKING STORM

SURGES.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE WERE LEFT WITH

NOTHING BUT BROKEN-DOWN

HOMES.

IT WAS MY HOUSE.

I WORKED FOR IT.

AND IT WAS GONE LIKE THAT.

WE WAS LIVING IN A FEMA

TRAILER.

WE LOST EVERYTHING, LIKE

EVERYBODY ELSE.

WE HAD VERY LITTLE

MONEY.

AND WE PRAYED THAT GOD

WOULD JUST SEND US THE

HELP AND GIVE US THE

STRENGTH WE NEED.

Reporter: "OPERATION

BLESSING" WAS AMONG THE

FIRST ON THE SCENE,

PROVIDING MEALS AND

SUPPORT.

WE COME INTO AREAS

WHERE PEOPLE DON'T THINK

THERE IS EVEN A

POSSIBILITY OF MOVING BACK

HOME.

AND WE, THROUGH THE HELP

OF VOLUNTEERS, CAN GO IN

AND GUT A HOME AND ALL OF

A SUDDEN THEY BEGIN TO

ENVISION THEMSELVES BACK

HOME.

Reporter: MORE THAN

ONE MILLION HOMES WERE

AFFECTED BY THE HURRICANE.

ONE OF THE MOST IMMEDIATE

NEEDS FAMILIES FACED WAS

TEARING OUT DRYWALL BEFORE

MOLD SET IN.

AT JESSICA'S HOUSE,

"OPERATION BLESSING" WAS

ABLE TO DO MUCH MORE.

WOW!

OH, MAN!

I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

Reporter: NOT ONLY

DID WE TEAR OUT THE

DRYWALL, WE REFURBISHED

AND REFURNISHED JESSICA'S

ENTIRE HOUSE.

HEY.

LOOK AT YOU.

Reporter: 10 YEARS

LATER, JESSICA AND HER

FAMILY STILL LIVE IN THE

HOUSE "OPERATION BLESSING"

RESCUED FROM THE FLOOD.

DO YOU STILL REMEMBER

BEING ON THE TRAMPOLINE

WITH ME IN THE BACKYARD?

I REMEMBER THAT.

I DO, YES.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF

MY FAVORITE THINGS I'VE

DONE IN, LIKE, 10 YEARS

WITH CBN.

LOOK AT YOU.

Reporter: INSIDE, WE

TOOK A MOMENT TO WATCH

THEIR ORIGINAL STORY,

WHICH JESSICA HADN'T SEEN

IN YEARS.

AGAIN, IT BROUGHT TEARS TO

HER EYES.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT

I WOULD HAVE DONE.

I CAN'T IMAGINE.

IT JUST MEANS SO MUCH.

I WOULD NOT HAVE THIS IF

IT WASN'T FOR THEM,

REALLY.

Reporter: "OPERATION

BLESSING" ALSO TREATED

MORE THAN 36,000 PEOPLE AT

THEIR MOBILE MEDICAL

CLINICS.

WE TOOK ALL OF THE

PROPER STEPS TO OPEN UP A

FULLY-FLEDGED MEDICAL

CLINIC AND DENTAL CLINIC.

Reporter: THE OUT

REACH WAS SO SUCCESSFUL,

THE MAYO CLINIC TOOK

NOTICE AND FORMED A

PARTNERSHIP WITH

"OPERATION BLESSING,"

WHICH CONTINUES TO THIS

DAY.

AND "OPERATION BLESSING"

WAS CALLED UPON BY

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR

AN UNUSUAL THREAT.

THE FLOODING FILLED

SWIMMING POOLS, AND THEY

TURNED INTO A BREEDING

GROUND CARRYING MOSQUITOS.

IT WAS A HUGE CONCERN

BECAUSE IT COULD BE A HUGE

EPIDEMIC OF ENCEPHALITIS.

WE SENT VOLUNTEERS OUT TO

HAVE THEM EAT AND ATTACK

THE MOSQUITO LARVAE.

Reporter: "OPERATION

BLESSING" PUT

MOSQUITO-EATING FISH IN

EVERY SUMMER, AND THAT

SUMMER, NOT A SINGLE

PERSON DIED OF

ENCEPHALITIS OR WEST NILE

VIRUS.

AND THIS IS ST. MARY'S

ACADEMY.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET

THAT DAY, BUT "OPERATION

BLESSING" CAME AS A SIGN

OF HOPE FOR US.

IT IS LIKE ANGELS THAT GOD

HAD SENT US TO RENEW OUR

SPIRIT AND REAFFIRM OUR

TRUST IN HIM.

Reporter: AND THEY

RENOVATED THIS COMMUNITY

CENTER, WHICH INCLUDED A

BOXING CENTER OWNED BY

THIS MAN.

EVERYTHING WE WANTED

AND "OPERATION BLESSING"

BROUGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY

AND THE KIDS, IT HAPPENED

AND IT IS STILL GOING AND

GOING STRONG.

Reporter: WE ALSO

HELPED NORMAN RENOVATE HIS

OWN HOME WITH THE HELP OF

PASTOR RANDY MALETTE.

THEY REWIRED YOUR

HOUSE, MAN.

WHAT?

GO SEE.

BECAUSE OF "OPERATION

BLESSING" AND YOU GUYS, WE

WAS BACK HOME IN NINE

MONTHS.

I'M THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL.

TO THIS DAY, I KNOW I

DON'T DESERVE THIS.

I TELL EVERYBODY, JESUS

AND HIS PEOPLE, WHICH IS

Y'ALL GUYS -- JESUS AND

HIS PEOPLE CAME AND DID

THIS.

Reporter: "OPERATION

BLESSING" PROVIDED RELIEF

FOR MORE THAN TWO AND A

HALF YEARS.

AND TO THIS DAY CONTINUES

TO HELP THOSE IN NEED

ALONG THE GULF COAST.

AND WHENEVER DISASTER

STRIKES IN THE UNITED

STATES OR ABROAD, WE'LL BE

AMONG THE FIRST TO OFFER A

HELPING HAND AND SHARE THE

LOVE OF CHRIST.

Terry: I LOVE WHAT

THAT MAN SAID.

JESUS AND Y'ALL GUYS --

AND THAT'S YOU IF YOU'RE A

"700 CLUB" MEMBER.

YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO

PEOPLE IN NEED AROUND THE

WORLD.

"OPERATION BLESSING"

SPECIALIZES IN DISASTERS

THAT HAPPEN ALL AROUND THE

WORLD, AND ESPECIALLY HERE

AT HOME.

WE NEVER SAW IT MORE THAN

IN KATRINA AND WHAT

HAPPENED HERE.

YOU CAN BE A PART OF THAT.

IT'S AN INCREDIBLE

PRIVILEGE, I THINK, TO BE

ABLE TO BRING HOPE RIGHT

INTO THE MIDST OF

DISASTER.

I THINK OF THAT SCRIPTURE

THAT SAYS, HE GIVES US

BEAUTY FOR ASHES, THE OIL

OF JOY FOR MOURNING, AND A

GARMENT OF PRAISE FOR A

SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE TAG

ON THAT.

10 YEARS LATER, THESE

PEOPLE ARE STILL MOVED TO

TEARS BY YOUR KINDNESS AND

GENEROSITY.

THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T

LONG TO "THE 700 CLUB," IT

IS SO EASY TO JOIN WITH

THE REST OF US.

IT IS A COMMITMENT OF JUST

65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A

MONTH.

AND YOU CAN JOIN WITH

THOUSANDS OF US WHO WANT

TO BE THAT HOPE IN THE

MIDST OF DARKNESS AND

DISPAIR.

SO GO TO YOUR PHONE AND

CALL.

EVEN THE NUMBER IS

TOLL-FREE.

IT'S 1-800-759-0700.

JUST CALL RIGHT NOW TODAY,

AND SAY, I WANT TO JOIN

"THE 700 CLUB."

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK

YOU TO YOU FOR CARING

ABOUT OTHERS BY SENDING

YOU THIS FREE GIFT, "THE

TRANSFORMING WORD," VERSES

FOR HELP AND HEALING.

PAT PUT THIS TOGETHER JUST

FOR YOU.

EVERY ONE OF US WANTS

HEALTH AND WHOLENESS IN

OUR LIVES.

AND IF IT IS NOT SOMETHING

WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH, WE

KNOW SOMEBODY WHO IS

STRUGGLING WITH HEALTH

ISSUES.

THIS WILL GIVE YOU FAITH

AND THE WORD OF GOD TO

STAND ON.

GO TO YOUR PHONE AND CALL,

SAY, I WANT TO JOIN "THE

700 CLUB."

AND THEN WATCH YOUR

MAILBOX FOR "THE

TRANSFORMING WORD," AND IT

WILL BE COMING YOUR WAY

AND WE THINK IT WILL TOUCH

YOUR LIFE IN A SPECIAL

WAY.

> COMING UP, THE GOOD

SAMARITAN WHO NEARLY LOST

HIS LIFE TRYING TO HELP

KATRINA VICTIMS.

IF I'M GOING TO DIE,

I'M GOING TO DIE SERVING

THE LORD.

IF I'M GOING TO DIE, I'M

GOING TO DIE WITH PURPOSE.

Terry: SEE HOW HE IS

STILL HELPING PEOPLE TO

THIS DAY.

THAT'S COMING UP.

Terry: KEN WHISTLE

JUST WANTED TO HELP.

HIS NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKED

LIKE A WAR ZONE AFTER

HURRICANE KATRINA.

SO IN THE DAYS AFTER THE

DISASTER, KEN WORKED LONG

AND HARD TO SERVE THOSE IN

NEED.

AND IT NEARLY COST HIM HIS

LIFE.

Reporter: IT'S

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY ON

MISSISSIPPI'S GULF COAST.

HERE IN BOLUXI,

MISSISSIPPI, A GROUP OF

VOLUNTEERS WORKED TO

REPAIR DUNES DAMAGED BY

HURRICANE KATRINA.

THE DEADLY STORM MADE LAND

FALL ON AUGUST 29, 2005.

THOUSANDS CHOSE TO RIDE

OUT THE STORM.

AMONG THEM WERE KEN AND

DON WHISTLE.

SHE WAS THREE MONTHS

PREGNANT, AND HER

GRANDMOTHER WAS ON

DIALYSIS, IN CRITICAL

CONDITION.

WE DECIDED THAT WE

WOULD STAY BACK, AND AS

SOON AS THE STORM WAS

OVER, THAT WE WOULD RUN IN

AND RUN TO HER RESCUE AND

AID, AND MAKE SURE SHE GOT

THE CARE THAT SHE NEEDED.

I REALLY WANTED TO

STAY.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE.

TYPICALLY THESE STORMS

WOULD BE IN AND OUT OF

HERE IN THREE TO SIX

HOURS.

Reporter: NOT

KATRINA.

FOR 12 HOURS THE MASSIVE

CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE

POUNDED THE COAST.

WITH WINDS UP TO 140 MILES

PER HOUR.

THAT CREATED A

RECORD-BREAKING 28-FOOT

STORM SURGE THAT CAUSED

FLOODING ALONG THE RIVERS

AND B BAYOUS.

TO SEE THE WATER RISE

SO QUICKLY WAS SOMETHING I

HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

IT REALLY STARTED TO GET

BAD, WHERE WE WERE TRYING

TO HOLD HEAVY DOORS CLOSED

LITERALLY WITH OUR HANDS.

Reporter: DON CALLED

THEIR MOTHER TO TELL HER

THEY WERE MOVING TO THE

SEGUNDO FLOOR.

SECOND FLOOR.

BEFORE DAY BREAK, THE

WATER HAD REACHED THE

SECOND STORY.

KEN CALLED HIS PARENTS.

AS SOON AS I GOT OFF

THE PHONE WITH THEM, SHE

POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THE

WATER HAD STARTED

RECEDING.

Reporter: THAT

MORNING AMERICA WATCHED IN

DISBELIEF AS THE REPORTS

AND IMAGES STARTED COMING

IN.

ENTIRE COMMUNITIES UNDER

WATER.

PEOPLE CLINGING TO

ROOFTOPS.

VENTURING OUT, KEN AND

DAWN FOUND THEY HAD LOST

EVERYTHING THEY OWN.

I HAD DISCOVERED OUR

NEIGHBOR LOST HIS WIFE AND

IN-LAWS, AND HE WATCHED

THEM PERISH.

Reporter: WELL KEN

AND DAWN HAD PEOPLE WHO

COULD HELP THEM, THEY SAW

OTHERS WITH NO ONE TO TURN

TO.

KEN KNEW HE HAD TO DO

SOMETHING.

I WENT OUT THAT NEXT

MORNING, JUST LOOKING FOR

SOMEBODY TO SERVE.

Reporter: AFTER

BORROWING A VEHICLE, KEN

WENT TO THE NEAREST RELIEF

STATION, AND LOADED IT UP

WITH MEALS AND TOOK THEM

TO PEOPLE IN BOLUXI.

AND OTHERS JOINED IN TO

HELP.

WE WOULD DELIVER

M.R.E.s IN THE MORNING

AND THEN WE WOULD DO

WHATEVER THE HOLY SPIRIT

LED US TO DO THAT DAY.

Reporter: FOR WEEKS,

KEN LABORED LONG HOURS IN

THE HEAT, DELIVERING

SUPPLIES AND HELPING WITH

CLEANUP EFFORTS.

AND THE STENCH WAS

BECOMING UNBEARABLE.

WE WOULD GO MUCK OUT

THEIR HOUSES, REMOVE ALL

OF THE ITEMS TO BE

DISCARDED, AND THEN THEY

WERE STILL RETRIEVING

BODIES OUT OF THAT

NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE

COVERED IN DEBRIS.

AND YOU COULD SMELL DEATH.

Reporter: THEN HE

DEVELOPED A STAFF

INFECTION FROM THE RANCID

WATER THAT WAS RESISTANT

TO ANTIBIOTICS.

THE FIRST TWO MONTHS

THAT I HAD IT, WHENEVER WE

WOULD CHECK MY

TEMPERATURE, IT WAS NEVER

BELOW 102.

IT CAUSED ME TO FEEL

MISERABLE, AND IT WAS

PAINFUL.

AND WHEN I ASKED THEM

ABOUT THE OPEN SORE THAT I

HAD ON MY LEG, THEY SAID,

WELL, LEGS CAN BE

AMPUTATED.

AND I WENT HOME THAT

NIGHT, AND I WAS IN

DISPAIR AT THE REALITY OF

POSSIBLY DYING, THAT SET

IN AT THAT POINT.

Reporter: EXHAUSTED

AND HURTING, KEN POURED

OUT HIS FRUSTRATIONS TO

GOD.

WHAT KIND OF GOD ARE

YOU?

IS THIS THE BEST THAT YOU

HAVE?

HOW ARE WE EVER GOING TO

COME OUT OF THIS?

ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN I

STOPPED, IT WAS SO SILENT

THAT MY HEAD WAS RINGING.

AND SUDDENLY I HEARD A

VOICE AND MY HEAD AND IN

MY HEART.

AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT

THAT TIME, BUT IT WAS A

PERSONAL REVIVAL FOR ME.

Reporter: KEN MADE A

DECISION.

IF I'M GOING TO DIE,

I'M GOING TO DIE SERVING

THE LORD.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE IN A

HOSPITAL BED WITH DOCTORS

SAYING THEY HAD DONE

EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY

COULD.

IF I WAS GOING TO DIE, I

WAS GOING TO DIE WITH

PURPOSE.

Reporter: AFTER TWO

YEARS OF TREATMENT, KEN

WAS FINALLY CURED OF THE

STAFF INFECTION.

HE CONTINUED HELPING

OTHERS RECOVER FROM THE

STORM WHILE HE AND DAWN

STARTED REBUILDING THEIR

OWN LIVES.

THAT WORK CONTINUES TODAY.

IN THE WORK OF KATRINA,

KEN AND DAWN FOUNDED "NEW

LIFE DISASTER RELIEF,"

THAT FOR 10 YEARS HAS BEEN

HELPING COMMUNITIES

DEVASTATED BY NATURAL

DISASTERS.

WE CONSTANTLY SEEK

OPPORTUNITY.

WE KNOW THAT THE EXAMPLE

THAT JESUS SET, HE OFTEN

DID THINGS IN THE PHYSICAL

BEFORE HE ADDRESSED THE

SPIRITUAL NEEDS.

IT HAS BEEN VERY

REWARDING.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF

BLESSING IN IT.

AND I JUST THANK GOD HE

HAS PUT US IN THE POSITION

TO HELP OTHERS.

I JUST WANT TO SERVE

GOD.

I WANT TO SERVE MY FAMILY.

AND I WANT TO SERVE

OTHERS.

Terry: I LOVE KEN'S

STORY.

I THINK THERE IS SO MUCH

IN IT FOR YOU AND I TO

GLEAN AND TO LEARN FROM.

YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT

HAPPENS GOD IS ALWAYS

THERE.

HE IS ALWAYS GOOD.

HE IS ALWAYS WORTHY OF OUR

GRATITUDE, EVEN WHEN WE'RE

SURROUNDED BY DEVASTATION.

HE IS WITH US.

HE NEVER CHANGES, THOUGH

OUR CIRCUMSTANCES CAN.

BUT THE CHOICE THAT KEN

MADE IN HIS HEART, TO

SERVE NO MATTER WHAT, TO

LIVE WITH PURPOSE NO

MATTER WHAT, IS SOMETHING

ALL OF US CAN DO.

WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION TO

DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT,

IT'S LIKE HOPE RISES UP IN

OUR HEART, AND WE ARE

REMINDED AGAIN THAT WE ARE

THE PEOPLE OF GOD, THAT

GOD IS BIG AND HE IS ABLE.

AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU

OF THAT TODAY.

IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH

ISSUES IN YOUR LIFE,

THINGS THAT YOU KNOW NEED

THE TOUCH OF GOD UPON

THEM, THINGS THAT ARE

ROBBING YOU OF YOUR JOY

AND STEALING YOUR HOPE,

LET US PRAY WITH YOU

TODAY.

YOU KNOW, PRAYER CHANGES

THINGS.

THERE IS A THEME THAT

YOU'RE SEEING RUNNING

THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAM

TODAY.

GOD IS BIG AND HE IS REAL

AND WE CAN CONNECT WITH

HIM.

HE INVITES US TO DO THAT.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRAY

WITH SOMEONE TODAY ABOUT

WHATEVER NEED YOU HAVE IN

YOUR LIFE, OUR LINE IS

TOLL-FREE, AND THERE IS A

FRIEND ON THE OTHER END OF

THAT PHONE LINE, WHO IS

THERE JUST WAITING TO TAKE

A CALL FROM YOU TODAY.

THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION.

IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH

SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE.

WE ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE

BEEN SAVED BY THE GRACE OF

GOD, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO

PRAY WITH YOU TODAY.

THERE IS OUR NUMBER ON THE

SCREEN ONCE AGAIN.

IT IS 1-800-759-0700.

CALL NOW.

LET US PRAY WITH YOU.

STILL AHEAD, THE GAME

CHANGING EVIDENCE BEHIND

ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORIES

IN THE BIBLE.

WE'LL GO THROUGH THE

ARCHEOLOGICAL RECORD.

THAT'S NEXT.

WELCOME BACK TO "THE

700 CLUB."

A MAN FROM BILLINGS,

MONTANA, HIS WIFE AND HIS

COMMON-LAW WIFE, HAVE

FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO

STRIKE DOWN MONTANA'S LAWS

AGAINST BIGAMY.

THEY ARGUE THE STATE IS

UNCONSTITUTIONALLY

PREVENTING THEM FROM

LEGITIMIZING THEIR

RELATIONSHIP.

THEY SAY THE SUPREME COURT

RULING LEGALIZING GAY

MARRIAGE SUPPORTS THEIR

CASE BECAUSE IT SAYS

MARRIAGE CANNOT BE LIMITED

TO JUST TWO PEOPLE FROM

THE OPPOSITE SEX.

> "OPERATION BLESSING"

IS HELPING TO PROVIDE

CLEAN WATER TO A COMMUNITY

IN BRAZIL.

RESIDENTS OF CAPITAN

HERVASIO OFTEN DEAL WITH

DROUGHTS AND A LACK OF

CLEAN WATER, AND SOMETIMES

THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ANY

WATER.

"OPERATION BLESSING"

TEAMED UP WITH ANOTHER

ORGANIZATION TO DRILL A

DEEP WELL, AND THEY

INSTALLED A SYSTEM THAT

REMOVES THE SALT AND

CONTAMINANTS FROM THE

WATER.

AND NOW THE COMMUNITY HAS

ACCESS TO SAFE, CRYSTAL

CLEAR WATER FOR THE FIRST

TIME IN GENERATIONS.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT "OPERATION BLESSING"

BY GOING TO THEIR WEBSITE

AT ob.org.

TERRY IS BACK WITH MORE OF

"THE 700 CLUB" RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

Terry: THE BIBLE,

FACT OR FICTION?

WELL, FOR CENTURIES

SCHOLARS AND ARCHEOLOGISTS

HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DIG UP

EVIDENCE SO THEY CAN

ANSWER THAT VERY QUESTION.

AND IT IS A QUESTION THAT

PLAGUED TIMOTHY MAHONEY AS

WELL.

Reporter: FILM-MAKER

TIMOTHY MAHONEY WANTED TO

SEE IF THE STORIES HE READ

IN THE BIBLE WERE TRUE.

HE INTERVIEWED THE WORLD'S

KEY ARCHEOLOGISTS ABOUT

ONE KEY STORY, THE BOOK OF

EXODUS.

WITHOUT THIS STORY PROVING

TRUE, THE ENTIRE

CREDIBILITY OF THE OLD

TESTAMENT AND CHRISTIANITY

WOULD BE IN QUESTION.

IN HIS DOCUMENTARY AND

BOOK "PATTERNS OF

EVIDENCE," TIMOTHY SHARES

THE ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDS HE

AND HIS TEAM UNCOVERED,

AND SHOWS HOW THIS

EVIDENCE IS A GAME-CHANGER

IN TEMPS OF ONE O TERMS OF ONE OF THE

MOST CRITICAL EVENTS.

Terry: AND TIM

MAHONEY IS HERE WITH US

NOW.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING

ME.

Terry: THIS WHOLE

JOURNEY BEGAN WITH A

CRISIS OF FAITH.

TALK ABOUT THAT.

RIGHT.

IN THE BEGINNING, I WAS

LOOKING FOR THE ROUTE OF

THE EXODUS.

I THOUGHT, LET'S START

WHEN IT BEGINS, IN THE

DELTA.

AND I FOUND OUT THEY WERE

DIGGING IN THE VERY

LOCATION THAT THE BIBLE

WOULD HAVE SAID THE ISRAEL

ISRAELITES WOULD HAVE COME

TO.

AND THE ARCHEOLOGIST SAYS

SO FAR, NO.

Terry: WHAT MADE YOU

WANT TO GO THERE AND

EXAMINE ALL OF THIS?

I WAS RAISED IN A

SINGLE-PARENT HOME, BUT MY

MOTHER WAS A DEVOUT

BELIEVER.

AND WE HAD DEVOTIONS.

LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE, WE

WOULD READ A BIBLE STORY

AT NIGHT.

MY MOTHER PUT GREAT FAITH

IN US.

I WAS RAISED -- WE WERE

POOR, TO PUT IT THAT WAY.

AND SO SHE USED THAT FAITH

AND INSTILLED IT IN US.

SO WHEN I HAD A CHANCE TO

GO SEARCH FOR THE STORIES

OF THE BIBLE, I WANTED TO

DO IT BECAUSE THERE WAS SO

MUCH WE HAD INVESTED IN

IT.

> Terry: AND, RECALL

ACTUALLY, THE STORY OF

EGYPT AND ALL THAT

HAPPENED TO THE ISRAELITES

THERE IS CRITICAL TO OUR

FAITH.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT IS FOUNDATIONAL.

THAT STORY IS MENTIONED

100 TO 150 TIMES, DON'T

FORGET WHAT GOD DID BY

BRINGING YOU UP OUT OF

EGYPT.

AND JESUS ACTUALLY TALKS

ABOUT MOSES OFTEN.

IF THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN,

THEN THE WHOLE THING,.

Terry: IT'S A

PROBLEM.

YEAH, IT'S A BIG

PROBLEM.

Terry: WELL, SOME OF

WHAT HAS BEEN SAID IS THAT

IT HAPPENED IN THE TIME OF

RAMSES, WHICH WOULD HAVE

BEEN --

ABOUT 1250 B.C.

Terry: 1250 B.C.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE

TIMELINE IS OFF ON THAT?

THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT

ENDS UP HAPPENING.

FOR THE LAST 60 YEARS --

HERE IS HOW CRITICAL THIS

IS: THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY

REAL ARCHEOLOGY AT THIS

TIME OF RAMSES.

BUT THERE IS A CITY

BENEATH THE CITY OF RAMSES

WHICH IS OLDER, CALLED THE

CITY OF AVARAS.

WHAT I ENDED UP HAVING TO

DO IS TO SAY WHAT HAPPENED

IF WE JUST LOOKED AT THE

WHOLE HISTORY OF EGYPT AND

CANAN.

AND WE FOUND SIX MAJOR

EVENTS.

AND WE SAID, CAN WE FIND

THEM ANYWHERE IN THE

HISTORY?

AND YES, WE DO, BUT WE

FIND THEM EARLIER.

Terry: TALK ABOUT --

I THINK PEOPLE WHO HAVE

NEVER BEEN TO THAT PART OF

THE WORLD MIGHT FIND IT

INTERESTING TO KNOW THERE

ARE LAYERS OF

CIVILIZATIONS ON TOP OF

EACH OTHER.

SO TALK ABOUT AVARUS AND

THE DISCOVERY THERE.

WHAT THEY ENDED UP

SEEING THERE AS THE

ARCHEOLOGISTS UNCOVERED

IT -- THEY TAKE SEASONS

WHERE THEY UNCOVER IT AND

THEY'LL FIND ARTIFACTS.

IT APPEARS AS IF THIS

SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE

CAME, AND THEY CAME

FREELY, AS IF THEY WERE

ALLOWED TO COME IN THERE.

AND THEY GROW.

AND IN THIS VERY SAME

PLACE IS AN UNUSUAL

PALACE.

AND THIS PALACE IS NOT

OWNED BY AN EGYPTIAN.

BUT IT IS OWNED BY A

SEMITIC PERSON.

HE HAS RED HAIR,

LIGHT-COLORED SKIN, AND

THIS TYPE OF COAT THAT

LOOKS LIKE A COAT OF MANY

COLORS.

AND A THROW STICK ON HIS

SHOULDER.

SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOOKED

AT THIS SAID THIS EXACTLY

MATCHES, LIKE A HAND IN

THE GLOVE, THE STORY OF

THE EARLY ISRAELITES

ARRIVING.

Terry: TALK IF YOU

WILL ABOUT THE PLAGUES.

WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER?

WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING

IS WE TALKED ABOUT

TIMELINES.

THERE IS AN EGYPTIAN

TIMELINE AND A BIBLICAL

TIMELINE.

AS WE WERE LOOKING FOR

THESE PATTERNS, WE CAME UP

TO JUDGMENT.

THAT'S THE FOURTH PATTERN

WE LOOKED FOR.

THERE IS A DOCUMENT CALLED

THE ADMONITIONS OF AN

EGYPTIAN SAGE, AND HE

ACTUALLY STARTS WRITING

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO

EGYPT WHEN CALAMITY

HAPPENS.

AND IT MATCHES THESE --

THERE ARE MANY THING HE

WROTE ABOUT, BUT THERE IS

A NUMBER OF THEM THAT

MATCH THE STORY.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE

RIVER WILL TURN TO BLOOD.

AND NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO

DRINK OF IT.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT

IPWAR SAYS.

THE RIVER HAS TURNED TO

BLOOD AND YOU CAN'T DRINK

IT.

Terry: WHICH MAKES

SENSE, WHEN SOMETHING THAT

HUGE HAPPENS, SOMEONE

WOULD HAVE RECORDED

SOMETHING.

RIGHT.

AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS

RECORDINGS OF MATCHING

JUST LIKE IT.

EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT

SAYS THE RICH HAVE BECOME

POOR AND THE SLAVES ARE

WEARING JEWELRY AND

THEY'VE GOT CLOTHING.

AT THE VERY END OF THE IT,

THEY GAVE THE ISRAELITE

SLAVES POSSESSIONS.

SO JUST THIS WHOLE TOPS TOPCY

TURVY THING.

Terry: AND SHECKEM,

YOU FIND THE REMNANTS OF A

STATUE THERE.

YOU HEARD THE VERSE, AS

FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE'LL

SERVE THE HOUSE.

THEY COME TO THIS LOCATION

CALLED SHECKEM, AND THEY

RENEW THE COVENANT.

AND THERE WAS A STONE THAT

WAS FOUND THERE.

AND ONCE AGAIN THIS OTHER

EGYPTOLOGIST SAYS, I

HAVEN'T FOUND THESE

THINGS, BUT I FOUND THE

PEOPLE WHO FOUND THEM, AND

I'VE RECORDED THIS.

THIS STONE ACTUALLY

MATCHES THE STORY.

JOSEPH'S BONES WERE

CARRIED FROM THERE.

AND THE TOMB WAS EMPTY.

AND THE OTHER LOCATION IS

WHERE THE BONES WERE

SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN

PLACED.

AND IT IS ONLY A FEW

HUNDRED YARDS WHERE THE

TEMPLE WERE.

AND IT IS ALL MATCHING

LIKE A HAND IN A GLOVE.

Terry: WHAT ABOUT

JERICHO?

JERICHO, AGAIN, PEOPLE

SAY THERE IS NO EVIDENCE.

ACTUALLY, JERICHO WAS THE

LYNCHPIN FOR DISCOUNTING

THE BIBLE BECAUSE THEY

WERE LOOKING AT THE TIME

OF RAMSES.

BUT IF YOU LOOK EARLIER,

THEN ALL OF THE CITIES

WERE THERE, AND THEY ALL

COLLAPSED IN THIS

PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS EARLIER

TIME PERIOD, THAT IS WHAT

THE FILM IS EXPOSING.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO

FIND -- WE'RE NOT

SUGGESTING ALL OF THE

SOLUTIONS, BUT WE'RE

SAYING THERE IS A PATTERN

OF EVIDENCE MATCHING SIX

MAJOR EVENTS IN THE BIBLE,

ALL OF FROM COMING IN WITH

JOSEPH ALL THE WAY TO

JOSHUA AND JERICHO.

Terry: TIM IS A

FILM-MAKER, AND IF YOU

WANT MORE, WATCH "PATTERNS

OF EVIDENCE."

THIS D.V.D. IS AVAILABLE

NATIONWIDE.

BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU

THIS BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF

THE PRETTIEST BOOKS I'VE

GOTTEN, AND IT'S CALLED

"PATTERNS OF EVIDENCE,"

AND IT CHRONICLES AND

OUTLINES EVERYTHING IN

DETAIL, AND, OF COURSE,

MUCH, MUCH MORE.

IT IS FASCINATING.

IT IS NOW IN D.V.D.s

IN WAL-MART AND CHRISTIAN

BOOKSTORES.

IF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS

THAT HAVE QUESTIONS, THIS

IS A GREAT, GREAT

APPROACH.

BECAUSE WE DON'T DECLARE

ANYTHING.

WE ALLOW BOTH SIDES AND

YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT YOU

HEAR, BUT THE EVIDENCE IS

VERY LOUD.

Terry: FAITH

FORTIFYING.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE,

TIM.

IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE

HERE.

Terry: COMING UP, AN

ANCHOR THAT DISAPPEARED

FROM THE AIRWAVES, BUT

THIS STORY DOESN'T END IN

MURDER.

IT ENDS IN HOPE.

THAT STORY IS COMING UP

NEXT.

Terry: FOR MOST OF

VESTER FLANAGAN CAREER IN

THE NEWSROOM, HE STOOD UP

TROUBLE ALONG THE WAY.

HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES

REMEMBER HIM AS

ILL-TEMPERED AND UNLIABLE.

AND ROUGHLY THE SAME COULD

BE SAID FOR TV ANCHOR LES

SMITH.

AT ONE POINT HE BROKE HIS

CONTRACT AND WALKED OUT ON

HIS CAREER.

WHILE VESTER TURNED HIS

THOUGHTS TO REVENGE, LES

TURNED HIS THOUGHTS TO

REDEMPTION.

WATCH THIS.

THAT WAS THE ONE PART

OF MY LIFE THAT I ALWAYS

PRESERVED BECAUSE I

THOUGHT THAT'S THE ME I

WANT THE WORLD TO SEE.

I COULD BE A MESS AT HOME

ALONE, BUT WHEN I'M OUT

THERE IN FRONT OF OTHER

PEOPLE, I'M GOING TO BE AS

PROFESSIONAL AS I CAN

POSSIBLY BE.

I COULD GO HOURS AND HOURS

ON LIVE TELEVISION DOING

MY JOB AT A VERY HIGH

LEVEL, AND THEN GO HOME

AND COLLAPSE.

Reporter: TV ANCHOR

LES SMITH WAS DETERMINED

NOT TO LET HIS CO-WORKERS

KNOW HE LIVED A PRIVATE

NIGHTMARE.

HE WOULD GO HOME AFTER A

LONG DAY OF TV REPORTING

AND LET BOOZE NUMB THE

PAIN.

NO ONE KNEW THE WEIGHT OF

LES' PROBLEM, NOT EVEN

LES.

I THINK ABOUT FROM THE

TIME I WAS A TEENAGER AND

I WOULD SIT IN MY ROOM AND

LISTEN TO SAD SONGS BY

MYSELF.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AT THE

TIME THAT THAT WAS REALLY

THE BEGINNING OF A

LIFE-LONG BATTLE WITH

DEPRESSION.

Reporter: IN COLLEGE,

LES BECAME AN ALCOHOLIC.

HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONLY

WAY HE COULD EXIST.

I DID IT JUST TO MASK

THE ANXIETY I HAD AND THE

LONELINESS I HAD, THE

DEPRESSION I HAD.

Reporter: AFTER

COLLEGE, LES BEGAN

REPORTING FOR WAVY TV IN

VIRGINIA.

HE PUSHED HIMSELF TO GET

AHEAD AND WAS VERY CAREFUL

ABOUT HIS PROFESSIONAL

IMAGE.

BUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE WAS A

MESS, AND HE DIDN'T WANT

ANYONE IN IT.

I WOULD START A

RELATIONSHIP WITH A WOMAN,

AND IT WOULD LAST A PERIOD

OF TIME, WHERE THEY TRIED

TO GET TWO CLOSE TO ME AND

I WOULD USE ALCOHOL AND

ISOLATION TO PUSH THEM

AWAY.

IF SOMEBODY TRIED TO GET

TWO CLOSE TTOO CLOSE, I WOULD END THE

RELATIONSHIP.

I WENT THROUGH THIS

PATTERN OF PUSHING PEOPLE

AWAY WHEN THEY GOT TOO

CLOSE TO ME.

Reporter: WHEN THE

PAIN AND DEPRESSION BECAME

TOO MUCH FOR LES, HE WOULD

CALL IN SICK.

HE THOUGHT HE COULD HANDLE

IT HIMSELF.

I DON'T NEED HELP FROM

ANYBODY.

AND PARTICULARLY WHEN I

CONTINUED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

AT WORK.

LOOK, I CAN GO AND DO MY

JOB.

NOBODY NEEDS TO WORRY

ABOUT ME, WHAT I DO WHEN I

GO HOME.

Reporter: LES HID HIS

DEPRESSION FOR 22 YEARS AT

WAVY TV.

BUT IN 2007 HE COULD NO

LONGER KEEP UP THE FRONT.

SO ONE DAY HE DISPAP

PERIOD. DISAPPEARED.

I WAS JUST DONE.

I KNEW I COULDN'T GO AND

PUT ON THE HAPPY FACE.

I HAD TO STAY THERE ON

THAT COUCH AND BE THE REAL

UNHAPPY LES.

Reporter: LES BROKE

HIS CONTRACT AND WALKED

OFF THE JOB.

A YEAR LATER HE TURNED UP,

WORKED BRIEFLY FOR A

STATION ACROSS TOWN, WTKR,

AND THEN LEFT AGAIN.

HE EVENTUALLY LANDED A JOB

IN NEW YORK CITY, WHERE HE

WOULD DRINK EVEN MORE.

THE REAL END CAME IN

2010.

AND I WAS IN NEW YORK

CITY.

AND I REALLY WAS TRYING TO

DRINK MYSELF TO DEATH.

I WAS SO DEPRESSED.

I COULDN'T EAT.

I COULDN'T KEEP THE FOOD

DOWN.

I JUST DID NOT WANT TO GO

ON ANYMORE.

MY DAD HAD TO COME UP FROM

TEXAS TO HELP ME.

AND HE GOT THERE AND RIGHT

AWAY CALLED AN AMBULANCE.

AND THEY TOOK ME TO THE

HOSPITAL.

AND THEY HAD TO DETOX ME

AND GIVE ME MEDICINE SO I

WOULDN'T GO INTO A

SEIZURE.

AND I STILL WANTED TO DIE.

I ASKED GOD TO LET ME DIE.

Reporter: BUT LES

USUALLY DIDN'T TALK TO

GODMENGOD.

AND THE IDEA OF GOD

TALKING BACK, WELL, HE

DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER THAT

UNTIL...

AND I'LL NEVER FORGET

IT.

IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE NIGHT, ABOUT 3:00 IN

THE MORNING, AND IT IS A

DIMLY LIT HOSPITAL ROOM,

AND I'M ASKING GOD TO LET

ME DIE.

AND I HEAR A VOICE IN MY

SPIRIT THAT SAYS, NO, I

WANT YOU TO LIVE.

THAT WAS THE MOMENT I

REALLY REALIZED OKAY, I

HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE: DO

I LIVE AND HOW DO I LIVE?

Reporter: IN THAT

HOSPITAL ROOM, LES LEARNED

SOMETHING ABOUT GOD.

I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN

GOD, BUT I DIDN'T

UNDERSTAND THAT GOD WAS

SOMEBODY WHO WAS IN ME AND

A PART OF ME ALL THE TIME.

I THOUGHT GOD WAS SOMEBODY

YOU WENT TO CHURCH AND

WORSHIPPED ON SUNDAY, AND

THAT WAS THE END OF THE

RELATIONSHIP.

AND THEN DURING THE WEEK

YOU WENT AND DID YOUR

THING AND YOU CAME BACK ON

SUNDAY.

THAT'S THE PART I MISSED.

AND THAT'S THE PART THAT

MY BROKENNESS EVENTUALLY

LED ME TO.

Reporter: LES

REALIZED THE PAIN HE WAS

TRYING TO NUMB WAS REALLY

A HOLE HE WAS TRYING TO

FILL.

AND IT WASN'T UNTIL

AFTER I CAME TO CHRIST

THAT I REALIZED THAT'S A

GOD HOLE, AND THE ONLY

THING THAT FILLED THAT

HOLE WAS MY RELATIONSHIP

WITH JESUS CHRIST.

NOTHING ELSE CAN FILL IT.

Reporter: AFTER BEING

RELEASED FROM THE

HOSPITAL, LES CHECKED INTO

YOUTH CHALLENGE IN NEWPORT

NEWS, VIRGINIA.

THAT POINT EVERY DAY WE

GOT A CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.

AND EVERY DAY I DEEPENED

MY UNDERSTANDING OF MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS

CHRIST.

AND IT WAS ONLY THROUGH

THAT EXPERIENCE, DOING IT

EVERY DAY AND REALLY

LETTING HIM COME IN AND DO

THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE

DONE IN ME, THAT I FINALLY

CHANGED, THAT I FINALLY

TURNED THAT CORNER AS A

PERSON.

Reporter: RECENTLY,

LES GUEST ANCHORED WITH

ASSOCIATE AND FRIEND

BARBARA SIERRA IN NORFOLK,

VIRGINIA.

HE IS ALSO A REAL ESTATE

AGENT.

HE FINDS THAT PEOPLE

RECOGNIZE HIM WHEREVER HE

GOES, AND THEY WANT TO

TELL HIM THEIR STORIES.

I'VE LEARNED, AS I'VE

BEGUN TO GIVE MY

TESTIMONY, THAT PEOPLE

HAVE SHARED WITH ME THEIR

OWN TROUBLES.

AND I CAN TELL YOU I'M NOT

THE ONLY PERSON WHOEVER

SAT ON THE COUCH WATCHING

"THE 700 CLUB" WITH A

BOTTLE OF VODKA IN MY HAND

PRAYING WITH PAT.

THERE ARE A BUNCH OF US

OUT THERE.

IT JUST TOOK US A LONG

TIME TO GET TO THE RIGHT

PLACE.

I HAD GONE IN THE WRONG

DIRECTION FOR A LONG, LONG

TIME.

I'M NOT WHERE I NEED TO

BE, BUT I'M SURE NOT WHERE

I USED TO BE.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME,

I'M GOING IN THE RIGHT

DIRECTION.

WHAT WORKS FOR ME IS THE

GRACE AND FORGIVENESS OF

JESUS CHRIST AND A HOPE

AND A FUTURE.

THAT'S ALL THAT WORKS FOR

ME.

Terry: LES WAS EMPTY,

AND HE WAS LOOKING FOR

SOMETHING TO FILL THE HOLE

WITHIN HIM.

AND HE SAID SO CLEARLY IT

IS A GOD-CREATED VACUUM.

WE'RE MADE IN HIS IMAGE

AND LIKENESS BECAUSE WE'RE

SUPPOSED TO BE IN

RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

AND WHEN HE IS NOT IN OUR

HEARTS AND LIVES, WHEN WE

HAVEN'T INVITED HIM TO

LIVE WITHIN US, THEN THERE

IS A DEEP EMPTINESS INSIDE

OF US, A LONGING FOR

SOMETHING MORE, SOMETHING

THAT MATTERS.

WE WERE CREATED THAT WAY.

IF YOU'RE FEELING EMPTY

TODAY, I WANT TO SAY TO

YOU, GOD'S INVITATION IS

OPEN TO EACH AND EVERY ONE

OF US.

HE WANTS TO LOVE US, BUT

HE ALSO WANTS US TO LOVE

HIM.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE

ABOUT LES' STORY I IS THAT

EVEN AFTER HE REALIZED HE

WANTED AND NEEDED TO MAKE

A COMMITMENT TO JESUS

CHRIST, TO SAY I'M A

SINNER IN NEED OF A

SAVIOR, I WANT YOU TO BE

MY LORD, TO FORGIVE MY

SIN, EVEN AFTER THAT HE

HUMBLED HIMSELF AND HE PUT

HIMSELF IN A PLACE WHERE

HE COULD GROW IN HIS

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

HE PUT HIMSELF IN A PLACE

WHERE EVERY DAY HE WAS

LEARNING AND BEING FED

WITH THE WORD OF GOD, AND

BEING FILLED WITH THE

POWER AND THE PRESENCE OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

LISTEN, WE ONLY GET TO DO

THIS JOURNEY ONCE.

DON'T MISS OUT ON DOING IT

THE WAY YOU WERE MEANT TO.

THERE IS SUCH JOY.

WHERE YOU'RE FEELING

HOPELESSNESS, WHERE YOU'RE

FEELING LOST, WHERE YOU'RE

FEELING HURT AND WOUNDED,

GOD WANTS ALL OF THAT.

HE SAYS COME TO ME, ALL OF

YOU WHO ARE WEARY AND WHO

ARE HEAVY LADEN.

I WILL GIVE YOU REST.

COME TO HIM TODAY.

HUMBLE YOURSELF.

BOW DOWN AND SAY, JESUS, I

NEED YOU AS MY SAVIOR.

I WANT YOU AS MY LORD.

FORGIVE ME.

FILL ME WITH YOUR LOVE AND

WITH YOUR PEACE.

IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER,

LET US SEND YOU "A NEW

DAY."

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW THAT

YOU'VE PRAYED THE PRAYER?

HOW DO YOU GROW IN YOUR

FAITH?

THIS IS FREE WHEN YOU CALL

THAT NUMBER.

WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE

WORDS FROM ISAIAH 26: "YOU

WILL KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE

THOSE WHO MINDS ARE

STEADFAST BECAUSE THEY

TRUST IN YOU."

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

GOD BLESS YOU.