George: THIS WEEK ON

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS," AS

A YOUNG BOY, HE SPENT

HOURS STUDYING THE QURAN.

TODAY HE IS BAPTIZING

MUSLIM INTO FAITH IN JESUS

CHRIST.

Wendy: PLUS, A CHURCH

GROWS IN A WAR ZONE.

HOW UKRAINE'S CHRISTIANS

ARE TAKING GOD'S LOVE TO

THE WAR-TORN AREAS OF

THEIR OWN COUNTRY.

George: AND MEET

NEPAL'S NEWEST CELEBRITY.

HOW "SUPERBOOK'S" GIZMO IS

HELPING CHILDREN LAUGH

AGAIN.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S

EDITION OF "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS."

I'M GEORGE THOMAS.

Wendy: YES, YOU ARE.

AND I'M WENDY GRIFFITH.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

ON THE SAME BEACH IN

LIBYA, WHERE ISIS BEHEADED

21 CHRISTIANS, AN

EVANGELIST RECENTLY

BAPTIZED FORMER MUSLIMS

INTO FAITH IN JESUS

CHRIST.

AS A YOUNG MAN, HE STUDIED

THE QURAN FOR HOURS AT A

TIME, AND NOW HE IS A

PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL.

George: AN INCREDIBLE

STORY YOU'RE ABOUT TO

WATCH.

HOW DID THAT

TRANSFORMATION COME ABOUT?

HIS STORY COMES TO US

COURTESY OF THE MINISTRY

"LEADING THE WAY," WITH

DR. MICHAEL YOUCEF.

TAKE A LOOK.

AS A MUSLIM, WHEN I WAS

A LITTLE BOY, I USED TO GO

TO THE QURANIC SCHOOL.

FROM AGE FIVE UNTIL I

BECAME 20, WHICH MEANS I

SPENT 14 YEARS HERE.

AFTER THIS TIME, I WAS

APPROVED AND PASSED THE

TEST OF MEMORIZING THE

ENTIRE QURAN.

BUT AFTER STUDYING THE

SHAR'IA LAW, ALLAH WAS

COMPLETELY EXPOSED.

DURING THE THREE YEARS OF

MY STUDY, LITTLE BY LITTLE

I HAD A SERIOUS CONCERN

ABOUT ISLAM.

AFTER DISCUSSING THIS WITH

FRIENDS, AMONG GETTING

ANSWERS, THEY BECAME

HOSTILE TO ME.

THEY TOLD ME THERE IS A

VERSE IN THE QURAN THAT

URGES MUSLIMS NOT TO SEEK

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT

SOME THINGS AS IT MAY HURT

THEM IF THEY KNOW THE

ANSWERS.

I LIVED IN STRUGGLE FOR

THOSE THREE YEARS.

I GOT TO A POINT WHERE

ISLAM HAD NO PART OF MY

LIFE, AND RELIGION CEASED

TO EXIST.

MUHAMMAD MEANT NOTHING TO

ME.

I BECAME AN ATHEIST.

BY PURE ACCIDENT, WHEN I

WAS IN MY HOME COUNTRY, I

WAS NAVIGATING TV CHANNELS

TO FIND SOMETHING

ENTERTAINING.

STILL, I GOT TO THE TV

CHANNEL WHICH WAS SHOWING

A SHOW.

I STARTED TO HEAR WORDS WE

NEVER USED IN ISLAM.

I WANTED TO COMMUNICATE

WITH THEM.

SO I PICKED UP THE PHONE

AND CALLED THE NUMBER ON

THE SCREEN.

I COMMUNICATED WITH

SOMEONE AND OUR

CORRESPONDENCE LASTED FOR

TWO YEARS.

SHE INTRODUCED ME MORE TO

CHRIST.

I LEARNED ABOUT WHO JESUS

IS AND HOW TO BE A

CHRISTIAN.

THIS WAS FOR TWO YEARS.

AFTER THAT, I CORRESPONDED

WITH THEM AGAIN UNTIL THEY

INTRODUCED ME TO A

CHRISTIAN BROTHER, WHO HAD

A FRIEND WHO WOULD HELP.

AFTER I MET WITH THAT

BROTHER, I SPENT THREE

MONTHS STUDYING WITH HIM.

WE STUDIED MANY SUBJECTS

IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

WE STUDIED HOW TO LIVE

WITH CHRIST, FELLOWSHIP

WITH HIM, AND BE PART OF

THE CHURCH.

I ACCEPTED JESUS'

SALVATION, AND I GOT

BAPTIZED.

AND NOW THE NEXT STEP TO

FOLLOW WILL BE TO SERVE

THE LORD IN MY HOME

COUNTRY.

PEOPLE THERE NEED TO KNOW

JESUS THE GOD AND LORD.

CERTAINLY THERE IS A LOT

TO BE DONE THERE.

Reporter: SOON AFTER

SHAHEED WENT HOME, THEY

LOST CONTACT WITH HIM.

AFTER TWO MONTHS OF

SILENCE, WE LEARNED THAT

HIS OWN FATHER, ANGERED BY

HIS CHRISTIAN CONVERSION,

HAD REPORTED HIM TO THE

GOVERNMENT.

SHAHEED HAD BEEN

INTERCEPTED AT THE BORDER.

WHEN WE REGAINED CONTACT,

HE WAS IN A REFUGEE CAMP,

WHERE TWO MUSLIMS TRIED TO

MURDER HIM.

SHBUT THE LORD SAVED HIM

TWICE.

SHAHEED SHARED WHY THE

MUSLIMS WANTED TO KILL HIM

SO BADLY.

I COULDN'T KEEP MY

MOUTH SHUT.

I HAD TO SHARE JESUS WITH

OTHERS.

Reporter: THROUGH THE

HELP OF "LEADING THE

WAY'S" HELP THE PERSECUTED

MINISTRY, SHAHEED WAS

RELEASED FROM THE REFUGEE

CAMP AND HE CALLED TO

THANK US.

I HAVE PRAYED.

PLEASE THANK EVERYONE WHO

HELPED ME.

THANKS FOR THE LAWYER AND

ALL THAT HE DID.

THANKS FOR CARING.

Reporter: SINCE THEN

SHAHEED HAS LED MANY TO

CHRIST.

HE IS BAPTIZING MUSLIM

CONVERTS.

HE IS HELPING OUR TEAM

FOLLOW UP WITH LISTENERS

IN THE MUSLIM WORLD.

HE IS CONNECTING "LEADING

THE WAY" WITH OTHER PERS

CUTEED CHRISTIANS TO HELP

PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS TO

HELP THEM.

AND HE IS PLANTING

CHURCHES ACROSS AFRICA AND

EUROPE AFTER JUST TWO

YEARS LATER.

RECENTLY HE SENT A PICTURE

OF HIS BAPTIZING MUSLIMS

ON THE SAME BEACH WHERE

JIHAD BEHEADED PEOPLE.

MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU

ALL.

Wendy: AND YOU CAN

SHARE THIS STORY WITH YOUR

FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND

ENCOURAGE THEM WITH NEWS

OF HOW GOD IS AT WORK IN

THE WORLD.

JUST VISIT OUR "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS" Facebook

PAGE AT THE LINK YOU SEE

RIGHT THERE ON YOUR

SCREEN.

George: OKAY.

ISIS, WELL, THEY ARE

COMMITTING GENOCIDE

AGAINST CHRISTIANS AND

OTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS.

THAT'S THE REPORT FROM THE

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

THE CATHOLIC FRATERNAL

GROUP ISSUED THE RECORD,

DETAILING HOW CHRISTIANS

HAD BEEN KILLED,

KIDNAPPED, AND RAPED, AND

HOW RELIGIOUS PROPERTY HAS

BEEN DESTROYED.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE

WHITE HOUSE SAID THE LEGAL

DETERMINATION FOR USING

THE WORD HAD NOT YET BEEN

MET.

FATHER DOUGLAS ABAZI WAS

HELD CAPTIVE BY ISIS FOR

NINE DAYS AND HE

DISAGREES.

I STILL KEEP MY SHIRT

WHEN THEY KIDNAPPED ME,

AND STILL I LOOK AT MY

BLOOD EVERY DAY AND I

REMEMBER.

AND THIS IS WHAT HAS

HAPPENED EVEN TO MY

PEOPLE, EVERY DAY.

I'M LUCKY.

BUT WHAT ABOUT MY PEOPLE?

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CHANCE

MORE.

George: THE REPORT

FROM THE KNIGHTS OF

COLUMBUS PROVES THE LEGAL

THRESHOLDS HAVE BEEN MET.

TWO MILLION CHRISTIANS

USED TO LIVE IN IRAQ.

AND NOW THERE ARE FEWER

THAN 300,000.

Wendy: COMING UP,

EASTERN UKRAINE IS RACKED

BY WAR AND POVERTY, SO WHY

IS THE CHURCH GROWING

THERE?

WE'LL TELL YOU RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

PAPER

George: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "CHRISTIAN WORLD

NEWS."

IN WAR-TORN UKRAINE,

EVANGELICAL MISSIONARIES

ARE REACHING OUT TO

VICTIMS CAUGHT IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE FIGHTING.

EVEN THOUGH A YEAR-OLD

CEASE-FIRE IS IN PLACE,

UKRAINE FORCES AND

RUSSIAN-BACKED SEPARATISTS

CONTINUE THEIR BATTLE.

THE FIGHTING ISN'T

STOPPING SEVERAL

EVANGELICAL GROUPS FROM

HELPING RESIDENTS WHO LIVE

IN THE SO-CALLED GRAY

ZONE.

ONE OF THOSE GROUPS IS

CBN'S "ORPHANS' PROMISE,"

WHICH IS WORKING THROUGH

CHURCHES TO PROVIDE FOOD

AND OTHER NEEDS.

RECENTLY I SPOKE WITH

NATALIA FROM "ORPHANS'

PROMISE" ABOUT THAT WORK.

TELL US SPECIFICALLY WHAT

ARE YOU GUYS DOING ON THE

FRONT LINES?

YOU GUYS ARE STILL THERE,

ALL THESE YEARS LATER?

YES.

CBN HAS OFFICES IN

UKRAINE.

THEY ARE ACTIVELY REACHING

OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

NEEDY AND HURTING.

AND "ORPHANS' PROMISE" IS

SPECIFICALLY WORKING,

HELPING THEM TO REACH OUT

TO THE CHILDREN.

THERE ARE A LOT OF

VULNERABLE CHILDREN THERE

RIGHT NOW.

CHILDREN ORPHANED BY WAR,

AND CHILDREN LIVING WITH

RELATIVES, WITH EXTENDED

FAMILIES STILL IN THE WAR

ZONE.

George: YOUR MINISTRY

IS WORKING THROUGH

EVANGELICAL CHURCHES TO

ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THE WORK

THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THE

FRONT LINES?

YES.

WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE

EVANGELICAL CHURCHES

BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT IN

PEOPLE IN THIS TIME OF

WAR, IN THIS TIME OF

UNCERTAINTY, THEY DON'T

NEED JUST BREAD AND WATER,

BUT THEY NEED PEACE.

THEY NEED UNDERSTANDING.

THEY NEED SOMEONE WHO WILL

COMFORT THEM, WHO WILL

BRING SAFETY, WHO WILL

TELL THEM ABOUT THE

ETERNAL SAFETY AS WELL.

THE CHURCH IS RIGHT THERE

ON THE GROUND, AND THEY'RE

ESTABLISH MINISTRIES.

IN FACT, WE'RE ABOUT TO

ROLL OUT, THROUGHOUT ALL

OF THE TOWNS IN THE WAR

ZONE OR NEAR THE WAR ZONE,

"SUPERBOOK" CLUBS FOR THE

CHILDREN.

THAT THEY COULD COME AND

GET THEIR QUESTIONS

ANSWERED.

AND THEY COULD COME TO THE

SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF

CHRIST.

George: INNOCENTLY SINC INCIDENTALLY,

WE HAVE SIX NEW CHURCHES

THAT "ORPHANS' PROMISE" IS

SPONSEING AND FUNDING.

THESE CHURCHES ARE VERY

CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINES.

WHY ARE THEY SET UP SO

CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINES?

THE NEED IS GREAT

THERE.

THEY DON'T HAVE BREAD OR

ANYTHING IN THE STORES, OR

ANYBODY REACHING OUT.

SO DELIVERING BREAD IS NOT

THE ONLY THING THAT IS

NEEDED THERE.

IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

AND THEREFORE SOMEBODY'S

PRESENCE, SOMEBODY THEY

CAN COME AND TALK TO ABOUT

THEIR FEARS, SOME HELP CAN

BE GIVEN TO THEM.

THERE IS A CHURCH CALLED

"GOOD NEWS," AND THEY HAVE

ROLLED OUT THIS MISSIONARY

ACADEMY, AND THEY HAVE

TRAINED OVER 300

MISSIONARIES.

AND THEY ARE SENDING THEM

OUT TO START THESE CHURCH

PLACES, TO BE A PLACE

WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME WITH

THEIR QUESTIONS AND THEIR

PROBLEMS, AND COME AND GET

COMFORTED.

IT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED

GROWTH OF CHURCH THROUGH

THAT.

AND CBN IS INVOLVED INTO

THAT, AND "ORPHANS'

PROMISE" IS SUPPORTING AND

SPONSORING ALL OF THE

CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES IN

THOSE CHURCHES.

George: TALK ABOUT

THE IMPACT YOU'RE HAVING

ON THESE COMMUNITIES IN

THE MIDST OF THESE VERY

DIFFICULT TIMES.

OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO

REACH OUT TO THE ONES

THERE.

IMAGINE YOU'RE THERE AND

THERE IS WAR AND YOU DON'T

KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO

END -- WHOM DO YOU TURN

TO?

WHEN THERE IS A PRESENCE

THERE, A CHURCH, SOMEBODY

WHO WILL FEED YOU HOT

SOUP, TO BRING YOU BREAD,

TO COMFORT YOU, AND TO

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN,

BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE

BEING CLOSED, SO THE KIDS

CAN COME THERE AND

CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION,

TO PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF

STABILITY --

George: THANK YOU SO

MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHTS AND

COMING ON THE BROADCAST.

THANK YOU.

George: AND NATALIA

TOLD ME THOSE CHURCHES ARE

FACING PERSECUTION, NOT

ONLY FROM RUSSIAN-BACKED

SEPARATE TESTS, BUT FROM

THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX

CHURCH AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE THE REST OF

OUR INTERVIEW WITH HER AT

cbnnews.com.

Wendy: AND TURNING TO

LATIN-AMERICA AND THE

CRITICALLY POOR NATION OF

HAITI.

THERE IS A FOOD SECURITY

CRISIS THERE.

THE ISLAND NATION NEEDS

JOB AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD

SOURCES.

AS CAITLIN BURKE SHOWS US,

CBN'S "OPERATION BLESSING"

IS RESPONDING TO THOSE

NEEDS THROUGH AQUACULTURE.

Reporter: TACKLING

HUNGER IN HAITI IS A

FULL-TIME BUSINESS FOR

CBN'S "OPERATION

BLESSING."

WHEN I FIRST WENT TO

HAITI IN 2009 AND SAW HOW

HUNGRY THE PEOPLE WERE,

BUT AT THE SAME TIME HOW

MUCH WATER THEY HAD AND

HOW MUCH SUNSHINE THEY

HAD, I THOUGHT, WHAT A

PLACE FOR AQUACULTURE.

THIS IS A PERFECT SCENARIO

FOR SOMEONE TO BE IN THE

FISH FARMING BUSINESS.

Reporter: HERE AT THE

"OPERATION BLESSING" FISH

HATCHERY, THEY BREED

TALAPIA, TO HELP RESTOCK

EMPTY LAKES, AND IMPROVE

THE HAITIAN ECONOMY.

TALAPIA IS GOOD FOR

HAITI BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF

THE EASIEST FISH TO GROW.

IT GROWS FAST.

IT HAS A LOT OF MEAT,

WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT.

Reporter: THERE IS A

HUGE MARKET FOR FISH HERE

BECAUSE MANY OF THE LAKES

AND RE RESERVOIRS ARE EMPTY.

THEY SCOUR THE PONDS

AND LAKES AND RIVERS JUST

FOR THE TINNIEST FISH.

Reporter: "OPERATION

BLESSING" PRODUCES MORE

THAN A MILLION BABY FISH,

WHO ARE THEN SOLD TO FISH

FARMS ACROSS HAITI OR PUT

INTO ITS LAKES OR

RESERVOIRS.

THE LARGEST CUSTOMER BUYS

UP TO 70,000 FINGER LINKS.

THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE

LOOKING AT PRODUCING ABOUT

500 TONS, ABOUT A MILLION

POUNDS.

WE'LL BE THE LARGEST

AGRICULTURAL OPERATION IN

THE COUNTRY, AND WE HOPE

TO GROW FROM THERE.

Reporter: PART OF

BUILDING A FISH FARM MEANS

FINDING A PLACE TO GROW

THE FISH.

HE PUTS THE FINGER LINKS

IN THIS LAKE USING CAGES.

THERE ARE SIX CAGES LIKE

THIS OUT ON THE LAKE, BUT

THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO

DOUBLE.

EACH CAGE CAN HOLD 200,000

FISH.

THE FISH ARE GROWING

AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, WHICH

IS ALL GREAT NEWS.

THEY'RE MORE EFFICIENT

THAN WE THOUGHT THEY WERE

GOING TO BE, IN TERMS OF

CONVERTING FOOD TO MASS.

THEY SEEM TO BE SWIMMING

AND VERY HAPPY.

Reporter: WHILE

SELLING FINGER LINKS IS A

MAJOR PART OF THEIR WORK,

"OPERATION BLESSING" ALSO

DONATES FULL FISH FOR

MEALS AT SCHOOLS AND

HOSPITALS.

THE HUMAN BODY REQUIRES

PROTEIN.

IN HAITI, IT IS A STEADY

DIET FOR THE POOR OF BEANS

AND RU-486, AN RICE, AND THEY DON'T

ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH.

Reporter: AND IT

PROVIDES MUCH-NEEDED JOBS.

THAT'S THE REAL SOLUTION

TO POVERTY, AND THE

ULTIMATE GOAL OF

"OPERATION BLESSING" IN

HAITI.

EVERYONE HAS HEARD THE

OLD SAYING ABOUT TEACHING

A MAN TO FISH.

I BELIEVE IN THAT

PRINCIPLE, BUT WE WANT TO

TEACH A COUNTRY HOW TO

FISH.

Reporter: CAITLIN

BURKE, CBN NEWS, PORT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.

Wendy: WELL, COMING

UP, GIZMO IS ON TOP OF THE

WORLD, LITERALLY.

SEE HOW GIZMO I "SUPERBOOK" IS

TAKING THE WORLD BY STORM.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK

TO "CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."

THERE IS A NEW CELEBRITY

IN THE HINDU NATION OF

NEPAL.

THE COUNTRY WAS DEVASTATED

LAST YEAR BY A TRAGIC

EARTH.

DO YOU REMEMBER?

George: YES.

AND -- WHO IS IT -- GIZMO.

NOW "SUPERBOOK'S" GIZMO IS

HELPING KIDS LAUGH AGAIN

WHILE THEY LEARN SOME

VALUABLE LESSONS.

MY COLLEAGUE, LUCILLE

TALUSAN HAS THAT STORY.

Reporter: "SUPERBOOK"

HAS ONLY BEEN IN NEPAL FOR

THREE WEEKS, BUT IT IS HAS

ALREADY REACHED MORE THAN

30,000 CHILDREN.

CBN BELIEVES THAT

INTRODUCING ONE OF THE

MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE

BIBLE FROM "SUPERBOOK" TO

CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS WILL

INCREASE VIEWERSHIP OF THE

PROGRAM.

THE NEPALI VERSION OF

"SUPERBOOK" BEGAN AIRING

ON NATIONAL TELEVISION TWO

WEEKS BEFORE THE BIG

EARTHQUAKE STRUCK IN NEPAL

LAST YEAR.

BUT WITH GIZMO AND THE

"SUPERBOOK" TEAM GOING TO

THE REMOTE VILLAGES, ITS

AUDIENCE IS GROWING

BIGGER.

Reporter: THE

CHILDREN LOVE IT, AND THEY

CAN LEARN MORAL VALUES

FROM ITS BIBLE STORIES.

UP ON STAGE, GIZMO TALKED

IN THE NEPALI LANGUAGE TO

THE CHILDREN.

HE CHALLENGED THEM TO

COURAGEOUSLY FIGHT THEIR

BAD HABITS, JUST LIKE

DAVID WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO

FIGHT GOLIATH.

GIZMO'S BUBBLY CHARACTER

DELIGHTED THE STUDENTS AND

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AS

WELL.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING

GIZMO TO OUR SCHOOL AND

INTRODUCING "SUPERBOOK."

IT WILL BE A BIG HELP FOR

OUR STUDENTS.

Reporter: SCHOOLS IN

NEPAL ARE MOSTLY HINDU,

AND THIS POSSESS A

CHALLENGE TO SHOW

"SUPERBOOK" TO THE

STUDENTS BECAUSE IT IS

CHRISTIAN IN NATURE.

ONE PRINCIPAL SAID, OH,

THIS IS AGAINST OUR

CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.

SO OUR NEPALI TEAM LEADER

CHALLENGED HIM: JUST WATCH

ONE EPISODE OF "SUPERBOOK"

AND TELL ME WHAT YOU

THINK.

SO HE WATCHED IT, AND HE

SAW THAT THESE "SUPERBOOK"

STORIES TEACHED THE SAME

GOOD MORALS AND THE SAME

GOOD CHARACTER TRAITS THAT

THEY TEACH IN THEIR

SCHOOLS.

AND THEN THEY WERE VERY

GLAD TO PROMOTE

"SUPERBOOK."

Reporter: THESE

CHILDREN WHO MET GIZMO IN

PERSON ON A SATURDAY

COULDN'T WAIT TO GET HOME

TO WATCH "SUPERBOOK,"

WHICH AIRED LATER ON THAT

SAME DAY.

AND BECAUSE ONLY A FEW

HOMES THAT TELEVISION IN

THIS REMOTE VILLAGE, THIS

BUNCH OF KIDS GATHERED IN

ONE HUT TO WATCH

"SUPERBOOK" FOR THE FIRST

TIME.

Through Translator:

I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY TO

MEET BIS MO GIZMO, AND WATCH HIM

IN "SUPERBOOK."

I LEARNED FROM THE SHOW

TODAY THAT WE SHOULD BE

OBEDIENT AND RE SPECT FULL RESPECTFUL TO

OUR PARENTS.

I REALLY LIKED "SUPERBOOK"

AND WILL WATCH IT AGAIN.

Reporter: THE

"SUPERBOOK" TEAM IS GOING

TO VISIT MANY CHURCHES AND

SCHOOLS ACROSS NEPAL.

ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE

ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE

BOARDING SCHOOLS HAS

APPROVED THE "SUPERBOOK"

TOURS IN SCHOOLS.

ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO

SEE CHILDREN TRANSFORMED

AND DEVELOP GOOD

CHARACTER.

AND THEN WHEN THIS

GENERATION GROWS UP, THEY

CAN HAVE A POSITIVE AFFECT

UPON THE NATION.

Reporter: LUCILLE

TALUSAN, CBN NEWS, NEPAL.

Wendy: WE GET TO SEE

LUCILLE BACK IN ACTION IN

NEPAL.

WE'VE MISSED YOU.

DID YOU KNOW THAT

"SUPERBOOK" HAS A BIBLE

APP FOR KIDS.

JUST GO TO OUR cbn.com

WEBSITE AND CLICK ON THE

"SUPERBOOK" TAB.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE APP

AND START TEACHING YOUR

KIDS THE BIBLE TODAY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

George: AND FINALLY

ON THE BROADCAST, IT IS

IMPOSSIBLE TO DIG A HOLE

IN ISRAEL WITHOUT MAKING

SOME HISTORIC FIND.

Wendy: IT CERTAINLY

SEEMS THAT WAY.

THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF

TWO ANCIENT SEALS IN

JERUSALEM TELLS US A LOT

ABOUT THE HISTORIC CITY

AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE

THERE.

CHRIS MITCHELL EXPLAINS.

Chris: ARCHEOLOGISTS

FOUND THE SEALS INSIDE A

2500-YEAR-OLD BUILDING.

INSIDE THIS BUILDING,

AS A RESULT OF VERY GENTLE

WORK THAT INCLUDES, ALSO,

15 OF THE FINDS, 15 OF THE

AREAS IN ORDER TO FIND ALL

OF THESE TINY ARTIFACTS,

WE DISCOVERED, AMONG OTHER

STUFF, TWO HEBREW SEALS.

ONE WITH THE NAME OF A

MAN, AND ANOTHER ONE WITH

THE NAME OF A WOMAN.

Chris: THE DISCOVERY

TOOK PLACE HERE IN AN AREA

KNOWN AS THE CITY OF

DAVID.

THIS NINE-YEAR-OLD

EXCAVATION HAS SERVED AS A

TIME PIECE, DOCUMENTING

THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT

JERUSALEM.

WE ARE STANDING IN THE

HEART OF JERUSALEM, THE

SO-CALLED CITY OF DAVID,

THE DERM THA TERM THAT THE BIBLE

USED FOR THIS PLACE.

THE CITY STARTED HERE AND

DEVELOPED ON A VERY SMALL

SQUARE, HERE IN THIS

PLACE, FOR THOUSANDS OF

YEARS.

WE HAVE 10 HISTORICAL

PERIODS HERE, STARTING

FROM THE NINTH CENTURY

B.C., AND JUST SOME 100

YEARS LATER THAN THE

KINGDOM OF DAVID AND

SOLOMON.

AND WE HAVE MANY MORE

YOUNGER, I WOULD SAY,

FINDS.

INCLUDING IN THE ROMAN AND

BIZANTINE AREA.

AND EACH PERIOD EXCAVATED

HERE REVEALS THE MOST

INTERESTING AND MOST

EXCITING FINDS.

Chris: SHE SAYS IT IS

EXTREMELY RARE TO FIND THE

NAME OF A WOMAN ON A SEAL.

IT IS VERY EXCITING TO

KNOW THAT IN ANCIENT

TIMES, THERE WERE STRONG

WOMEN IN JERUSALEM LIVING

HERE.

AND EVEN WE HAVE NO IDEA

WHO WAS THIS LADY AND WHY

SHE DESERVES SUCH A

SPECIAL RIGHT IN THIS

SOCIETY, THE WOMEN USUALLY

WEREN'T THAT HIGH.

AND THAT'S WHY IT IS SO

INTERESTING TO FIND A SEAL

SIGNED BY A WOMAN'S NAME.

I THINK IT IS VERY

INSPIRING BECAUSE WE KNOW

THAT IN THIS SOCIETY, THAT

WE KNOW WAS FOR MEN, AND

SUCH A LONG TIME AGO, EVEN

THEN THERE WERE WOMEN WHO

WERE CAPABLE TO RUN THEIR

OWN INDEPENDENT LIFE.

Chris: SOME FEEL SHE

MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE THE

WOMANESCRIBED IN THE

BOOK OF PROVERBS, WHERE IT

SAYS SHE WORKS WITH

WILLING HANDS.

HER HUSBAND IS KNOWN IN

THE GATES.

WHEN HE SITS AMONG THE

ELDERS OF THE LAND.

SHE SAYS UNCOVERING A NAME

BRINGS THE PAST AND ITS

PEOPLE TO LIFE.

WHEN YOU HAVE A NAME OF

THE PERSON, IT IS TURNING

FROM SOMETHING VERY

ABSTRACT TO SOMETHING VERY

INDIVIDUAL.

SO WE KNOW THAT THEY WERE

HERE BY NAMES.

IT IS AMAZING.

AND THAT IT'S A WOMAN, I

THINK IT IS VERY

INSPIRING.

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, THE

CITY OF DAVID, JERUSALEM.

George: OKAY, THAT

WRAPS UP THIS WEEK'S

EDITION OF "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS."

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US.

Wendy: UNTIL NEXT

WEEK, FROM ALL OF US HERE,

GOOD-BYE AND GOD BLESS