Former 700 Club co-host Sheila Walsh returns to explain how everything you crave leads to the heart of God. Plus, Orphan’s Promise helps provide a special haven for sick children in China.
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THE RESULTS WERE
AMAZING.
TELL YOUR BODY TO HIT
THE RESET BUTTON.
I FELT LIKE I WAS DOING
A SCIENCE PROJECT ON
MYSELF.
I HAD NOT SEEN THAT KIND
OF RESULTS IN ANYTHING
THAT I'D DONE.
PLUS...A BABY WHO
NEEDED A HOME.
I JUST LONGED TO HELP
HER.
AND MUCH MORE.
AND...SHEILA WALSH RETURNS
TO THE CBN STUDIOS ON
TODAY'S SHOW.
*
Terry: HELLO, AND
WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB."
IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE YOU
JOIN US TODAY.
THE DEBATE OVER GAY RIGHTS
AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS
TURNING AMERICA INTO A
BATTLEGROUND.
34 STATES ARE CONSIDERING
BILLS TO PROTECT CLERGY
AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHO
OBJECT TO GAY MARRIAGE ON
RELIGIOUS GROUNDS.
AS GEORGE THOMAS REPORTS,
THAT FIGHT IS GETTING
UGLY.
George: THIS STORY
SHOULD SERVE AS A WARNING
OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
SO-CALLED RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM LAWS ARE NOT IN
PLACE TO PROTECT PEOPLE OF
FAITH.
ON AUGUST 3, 2013, A GAY
COUPLE ASKED THIS
CHRISTIAN COUPLE IF THEY
COULD RENT THEIR GALLERY
IN IOWA FOR A SAME-SEX
WEDDING.
THEY CAME IN, AND DICK
WITH THERE.
HE HAD TO DELIVER THE BAD
NEWS TO THEM.
George: THEY REFUSED,
CITING THEIR CHRISTIAN
BELIEF THAT MARRIAGE
SHOULD BE BETWEEN ONE MAN
AND ONE WOMAN.
I DON'T WANT TO
CELEBRATE MY SINS.
NOR DO I WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN CELEBRATING
ANYBODY ELSE'S SINS.
George: THE GAY
COUPLE SUED THEM FOR
DISCRIMINATION, AND RATHER
THAN CELEBRATE GAY
MARRIAGES, THE CHRISTIAN
COUPLE PAID THE SAME-SEX
COUPLE A FINE AND AGREED
TO STOP HOSTING WEDDINGS
AT THE GALLERY.
IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT,
I WON'T LIE.
IT HAS BEEN THE HARDEST
THING WE'VE EVER BEEN
THROUGH.
I DON'T WISH IT ON ANYONE.
George: THEIR
DECISION COST THEM DEARLY.
AFTER MONTHS OF NEGATIVE
PUBLICITY, HATE MAIL, AND
LOSS OF INCOME, THE
GALLERY WENT OUT OF
BUSINESS LAST YEAR.
THE UGLY CONTINUES TO
COME AT US.
BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE
ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND WE WOULD DO IT ALL
OVER AGAIN THE SAME WAY
BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MILL
OF GOD'S WILL.
George: SINCE LAST
SUMMER'S SUPREME COURT
DECISION LEGALIZING
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, MORE
THAN 100 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
BILLS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED
IN 34 STATES TO PROTECT
CHRISTIANS AND OTHERS FROM
THE THREAT OF LEGAL ACTION
BECAUSE THEY OBJECT TO GAY
MARRIAGE ON RELIGIOUS
GROUNDS.
TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEW
LAW THAT JUST PASSED IN
MISSISSIPPI.
THE MISSISSIPPI LAW
SAYS IF YOU BELIEVE
MARRIAGE IS THE UNION OF A
MAN AND A WOMAN, THAT SEX
IS RESERVED FOR MARRIAGE,
AND THAT WE'RE CREATED
MALE AND FEMALE -- IT
DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE TO
BELIEVE THOSE THINGS, BUT
IT SAYS IF YOU DO BELIEVE
THOSE THINGS, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO PENALIZE YOU IF
YOU ACT ON THOSE BELIEFS.
George: IN LOUISIANA
AND OHIO, LAWMAKERS ARE
PROPOSING MEASURES THAT
PROTECT PASTORS WHO REFUSE
TO PERFORM SAME-SEX
MARRIAGES.
RYAN ANDERSON IS WITH THE
HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
HE SAYS THE ACCUSATION
THAT THESE RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM LAWS DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST GAYS AND LESBIANS
JUST ISN'T TRUE.
THE BASIC ARGUMENT HERE
IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
PROTECT PLURALISM.
WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT
DIVERSITIY.
George: BUT SOME OF
THE LAWS HAVE BEEN MET
WITH FIERCE OPPOSITION
FROM BUSINESSES,
ACTIVISTS, AND
CELEBRITIES.
NORTH CAROLINA'S GOVERNOR
WAS FORCED TO ROLL BACK
PORTIONS OF A
CONTROVERSIAL BATHROOM LAW
AFTER SEVERAL COMPANIES
CRITICIZED IT, AND OTHERS
THREATENED TO STOP THEIR
BUSINESSES IN THE STATE.
I THINK THIS SHOWS YOU
WHAT IS TAKING PLACE, AND
IT IS A FORM OF CULTURAL
CRONYISM.
BIG BUSINESSES ARE USING
THEIR POWER TO DENY LITTLE
PEOPLE AND LITTLE
BUSINESSES THEIR RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.
George: IT HAS
BROUGHT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
CONCERNS TO THE FOREFRONT
THIS SPRING, WITH MANY
AMERICANS BELIEVING THAT
THE BATTLE OVER GAY RIGHTS
VERSUS PROTECTING PEOPLE'S
RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS IS
JUST BEGINNING.
GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS.
Terry: PROTECTING
PEOPLE'S RELIGIOUS
CONVICTIONS, ISN'T THAT
WHAT OUR COUNTRY WAS
FOUNDED ON?
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE
TO COME AND PRACTICE
FREELY?
I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN
LEGISLATE MORALITY.
I DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH
YOU TO RESPECT YOU, BUT TO
TAKE AWAY SOMEONE'S
BUSINESS, TO INSIST THAT
THEY GET SOME KIND OF
SENSITIVITY TRAINING
BECAUSE THEY DON'T AGREE
WITH YOUR POSITION ON
SOMETHING JUST SEEMS
OUTSIDE THE BOX OF WHO WE
ARE AS A COUNTRY.
BUT AS YOU HEARD IN THIS
PIECE, IT IS NOT JUST
ABOUT THE GAY RIGHTS
ISSUE.
IT IS I INFILTRATING
EVERYWHERE.
EVEN THE POLITICAL
SCENARIO TODAY THAT WE'RE
ALL COMPLAINING ABOUT
HAVING TO LISTEN TO DAY
AFTER DAY AFTER DAY, IS
BUILT ON THAT SAME
PREMISE, THAT IF YOU DON'T
AGREE WITH WHAT I THINK OR
WHAT I SAY, THEN SOMETHING
HAS TO BE DONE TO TAKE
CARE OF YOU AND REMOVE YOU
FROM WHATEVER BOX YOUR
STANDING ON DECLARING YOUR
ROLE.
WE NEED TO RESPECT EACH
OTHER.
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO A
PLACE OF CIVILITY, WHERE
WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT THINGS OF DIFFERENCE
WITHOUT FINGER POINTING,
NAME CALLING, OR TAKING
AWAY THE RIGHTS OF ONE
GROUP SO I CAN HAVE RIGHTS
FOR MYSELF.
> IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
FIGURING OUT THEIR TAX
BILL THIS WEEK, WAIT UNTIL
YOU SEE OUR NEXT STORY.
JOHN JESSUP HAS THE
DETAILS FROM WASHINGTON.
JOHN?
John: THANKS, TERRY.
GET THIS: THE 2016
CONGRESSIONAL PIG BOOK IS
OUT, AND YOU, THE
TAXPAYER, IS SPENDING MORE
THAN $5 BILLION IN
EARMARKS.
THEY RELEASED THE ANNUAL
COMPILATION OF PORK
PROJECTS, AND THAT IS AN
INCREASE OF 20% FROM 2015.
MAKING THE HALL OF SHAME
IS $8 BILLION FOR
SOMETHING CALLED AQUATIC
PLANT CONTROL.
WE MUST CUT THIS OUT OF
CONTROL SPENDING, AND
ENSURE THAT SPENDING
CONSTRAINTS ARE IN PLACE
IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO GET
OUR DEBT UNDER CONTROL.
NO ONE WHO RAIDS THIS
YEAR'S PIG BOOK CAN SAY
THAT THERE IS NOWHERE LEFT
TO CUT FEDERAL SPENDING.
John: THE SENATE
LEADER HARRY REID WAS
LISTED AS PORKER OF THE
MONTH.
> GOVERNMENT OPPRESSION
AND VIOLENCE BY EXTREMISTS
ARE THE MAIN FACTORS
DRIVING HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSES AROUND THE WORLD.
THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTED
COUNTRIES LIKE NORTH
KOREA, CHINA, CUBA, AND
IRAN AS THE BIGGEST
OFFENDERS.
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN
KERRY SAYS MOST COUNTRIES
HAVE MADE PROGRESS TO
UPHOLD THE UNIVERSAL
STANDARD.
WE HAVE SEEN IMPORTANT
DEMOCRATIC GAINS IN SUCH
COUNTRIES AS TANZANIA,
NIGERIA, SRI LANKA, AND
BURMA.
BUT IN EACH, THERE ARE
CHALLENGES THAT STILL NEED
TO BE OVERCOME, BUT WE'RE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH EACH
OF THESE COUNTRIES IN
EFFORTS TO HELP MEET THOSE
CHALLENGES.
John: AND HE CITED
COUNTRIES LIKE VIETNAM AND
EGYPT FOR HAVING MADE
IMPROVEMENTS.
ANTI-SEMITISM IS ON THE
RISE IN EUROPE.
AND IT IS BEING FUELED BY
THE MASSIVE INFLUX OF
REGGIEREFUGEES FROM MUSLIM
COUNTRIES.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THAT
STORY.
THE REFUGEE CRISIS IS A
HUGE PROBLEM.
Reporter: ACCORDING
TO MANFRED GURSTINFELD,
THAT'S BECAUSE MOST OF
MUSLIMS, A GROUP BEHIND
SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME
HATE CRIMES IN EUROPE.
MANY OF THEM ARE FROM
SOME OF THE MOST
ANTI-SEMITIC COUNTRIES IN
THE WORLD.
Reporter: HE BLAMES
WHAT HE CALLS MASSIVE
IMMIGRATION FROM THE
MUSLIM COUNTRIES, AND IT
IS GETTING WORSE.
YOU BRING THEM IN.
YOU DON'T REGISTER THEM
PROPERLY.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER
TERRORISTS COME AND SEE
YOU AS A TARGET.
FOR THE JEWS, IT IS A VERY
MAJOR PROBLEM.
Reporter: FOLLOWING
LAST YEAR'S TERROR ATTACKS
IN COPENHAGEN, ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU MADE HEADLINES
BY URGING EUROPEAN JEWS TO
COME HOME TO ISRAEL.
THOUSANDS ACCEPTED THE
OFFER AND IMMIGRATION FROM
EUROPE TO ISRAEL SPIKED
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
BUT GERSTINFELD TELLS
EVERYONE IS NOT PRACTICAL
FOR EVERYONE.
THE ELITEST CONSIDER
LEAVING.
BUT OTHERS HAVE TO SIT OUT
THEIR LIVES UNTIL THEIR
PENSIONS, AND THEY MAY
COME TO ISRAEL, UNLESS
THEY START BURNING
SYNAGOGUES.
Reporter: NOW THE
ATTACK IN BRUSSELS IS
CAUSING BELGIAN JEWS TO
CONSIDER THEIR OPTIONS.
I AM SERIOUSLY ASKING
THE QUESTION IF I CAN STAY
HERE AND THERE IS A FUTURE
FOR MY CHILDREN HERE.
Reporter: PATRICIA
TITLEBALM SAYS THE
DECISION ISN'T EASY.
WE'RE ALWAYS SPEAKING
ABOUT IT.
SHOULD WE LEAVE?
SHOULD WE STAY?
BUT WE ARE ALSO BELGIANS,
SO WE ARE USED TO
COMPROMISE.
WE ARE STILL HESITATING,
PROBABLY MORE THAN THE
FRENCH JEWS BECAUSE THEY
ARE LEAVING IN MUCH HIGHER
PERCENTAGES.
BUT DEFINITELY WE ASK
OURSELVES.
Reporter: EVEN IN THE
MIDST OF THOSE QUESTIONS,
TITLEBALM IS CLEAR ON ONE
SUBJECT: SHE SEES THIS AS
A WARNING FOR THE WEST
BECAUSE WHEN ATTACKS
HAPPEN AGAINST JEWS, IT IS
ONLY THE BEGINNING OF
TROUBLE FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
> CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN
NEWS, JERUSALEM.
John: THANKS, CHRIS.
RUSSIAN FIGHTER JETS IN
THE BALTIC SEA PLAYED A
WICKED GAME THIS WEEK,
FLYING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE
TO A U.S. WARSHIP.
ON THE DECK, BELOW THE
BRIDGE WING.
John: THE INCIDENT
VIOLATED INTERNATIONAL LAW
FOR MILITARIES OPERATING
IN CLOSE APPROXIMATEMITY PROXIMITY TO EACH
OTHER.
THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE
INSTANCES OVER THE LAST
YEAR WHEN RUSSIAN FIGHTER
JETS HAVE FLOWN TOO CLOSE
TO OTHER SEA AND AIR
TRAFFIC.
THAT IS PRETTY PROVOCATIVE
VIDEO THERE.
Terry: THANK HEAVENS.
I WAS SURPRISED WITH
SOMETHING LIKE THAT
HAPPENING.
> UP NEXT, IF YOU'RE
LOOKING TO SHED THE POUNDS
AND TRIM THE INCHES OFF
YOUR WAISTLINE, ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS HIT THE
RESET BUTTON.
WOMEN LOST ON AVERAGE
15 POUNDS, AND DROPPED
THEIR BLOOD SUGAR BY 21
POINTS.
Terry: SO WHAT'S THE
SECRET BEHIND THIS NEW
PLAN?
FIND OUT.
IT'S COMING UP AFTER THIS.
Terry: WHEN IT COMES
TO LOSING WEIGHT, THE BODY
CAN HAVE A GENDER BIAS.
ACCORDING TO ONE
PHYSICIAN, HORMONE
IMBALANCES PUT WOMEN AT A
DISADVANTAGE, BUT AS LORI
JOHNSON SHOWS US, WOMEN
CAN POSSIBLY HIT A HORMONE
RESET BUTTON AND STILL
SHED THOSE UNWANTED
POUNDS.
Lori: AFTER YEARS OF
FRUSTRATION, LAURIE
MAZZONE FOUND A WAY TO
RECLAIM HER HIGH SCHOOL
FIGURE.
IT HELPED HER LOSE
11 POUNDS IN JUST THREE
WEEKS, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER
SEVEN, AND SHE IS NOT
DONE.
I LOST FOUR INCHES OFF
MY WAIST.
FOUR INCHES IN A MONTH IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
I HAD NOT SEEN THAT KIND
OF RESULT IN ANYTHING THAT
I'VE DONE.
Lori: LAURIE BALANCED
HER HORMONES UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF GYNECOLOGIST
SARA GOTTFRIED, WHO LOST
25 POUNDS WHEN SHE FIRST
TRIED IT ON HERSELF.
I STARTED TO SHARE IT
WITH WOMEN IN MY PRACTICE,
AND THE RESULTS WERE
AMAZING.
SO WOMEN LOST, ON AVERAGE,
ABOUT 15 POUNDS.
THEY DROPPED THEIR BLOOD
SUGAR BY 21 POINTS.
THEY LOST FOUR INCHES OFF
THEIR WAIST.
WE NOW HAVE HAD 5,000
PEOPLE GO THROUGH THIS
PROGRAM.
Lori: IF ONE OF MORE
OF SEVEN KEY HORMONES IS
OUT OF WHACK, FORGET ABOUT
LOSING WEIGHT.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE
CAN BALANCE THEM WITH OUR
FORK.
SPECIFIC FOODS CAN DISRUPT
HORMONE LEVELS.
THAT CAN BE FIXED BY
AVOIDING THE DISRUPTIVE
FOOD FOR AT LEAST THREE
DAYS.
IN HER BOOK, "THE HORMONE
RESET DIET, DIET," SARA
GOTTFRIED LAYS OUT A PLAN
FOR SEVEN HORMONES.
IT WAS GRADUAL.
IT WASN'T A SHOCK TO MY
SYSTEM.
IT WASN'T LIKE, NOW YOU'RE
OFF ALL OF THESE FOODS AT
ONCE.
IT WAS DONE IN SMALL
LITTLE BITS AND PIECES.
Lori: STARTING WITH
RED MEAT AND ALCOHOL,
WHICH CAN RAISE ESTROGEN.
ESTROGEN IS WHAT MAKES
US FEMININE.
IT GIVES US BREASTS AND
HIPS.
BUT WHEN IT IS OUT OF
WHACK, IT IS GOING TO MAKE
YOU HAVE WEIGHT LOSS
RESISTANCE.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO LOSE WEIGHT NO
MATTER WHAT.
Lori: THERE ARE
SUBSTITUTES.
WHEN I WOULD COME HOME
AT NIGHT, I WOULD GET A
WINE GLASS AND FILL IT
WITH SELTZER AND APPLE
CIDER VIN VINEGAR.
Lori: ADD FRUIT, AND
THEN GIVE UP CAFFEINE,
WHICH DISRUPTS CORTISOL.
CORTISOL IS THE MAIN
STRESS HORMONE.
WHEN IT IS TOO HIGH, IT
GROWS THIS MUFFIN TOP.
ONCE I CAME OFF THE CAV
CAFFEINE, I WAS SLEEPING
LIKE A BABY.
Lori: THYROID
PROBLEMS CAN CAUSE WEIGHT
GAIN.
SOME SYMPTOMS OF
THINNING HAIR AND WEIGHT
GAIN.
Lori: ELIMINATE
GRAINS.
I GREW UP IN AN ITALIAN
FAMILY.
I WAS, LIKE, HOW AM I
GOING TO DO IT.
Lori: SHE ATE
SPAGHETTI SQUASH OR SHIR SHIR
MUSHROOMS.
ABSTAIN FROM DAIRY.
DAIRY, I THOUGHT, WOULD
BE HARD BECAUSE I LIKE
CHEESE, BUT I REPLACED IT
WITH HUMMUS AND I DIDN'T
MISS.
Lori: FINALLY, AVOID
CHEMICALS.
THE AVERAGE WOMAN PUTS
ON ABOUT 515 CHEMICALS
EVERY DAY ON THEIR SKIN.
Lori: AFTER YOU'VE
RESET YOUR HORMONES, YOU
DON'T NECESSARILY TO AVOID
THESE THINGS FOREVER.
EVERY THREE DAYS, ADD ONE
BACK AND SEE HOW YOUR BODY
RESPONDS BECAUSE EVERYONE
IS DIFFERENT.
YOU FEEL LIKE A BLANK
CANVAS.
YOU'VE GOTTEN RID OF ALL
THESE FOODS AND YOU FEEL
SO GREAT.
AND YOU GET TO BRING THEM
BACK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
Lori: WHEN LAURIE
RESUMED EATING RED MEAT,
THERE WAS NO CHANGE, SO IT
IS STILL ON THE MENU.
DAIRY, HOWEVER, BROUGHT A
DIFFERENT RESULT.
SHE GAINED FIVE POUNDS IN
JUST THREE DAYS, A CLEAR
SIGN TO STAY AWAY.
I FELT LIKE I WAS DOING
A SCIENCE PROJECT ON
MYSELF.
Lori: THAT WAS JUST
THE BEGINNING.
I MISSED MY CAFFEINE, I
THOUGHT.
SO I HAD A CUP OF COFFEE.
AND THAT NIGHT I DIDN'T
SLEEP.
AND THAT WAS IT.
I JUST NEVER HAD IT AGAIN.
Lori: SO FOR WOMEN,
HORMONES OFTEN DI DICTATE IF
THE BODY WILL HOLD ON TO
FATS OR LOSE IT.
WE GAIN ANOTHER WEAPON IN
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.
LORI JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
Terry: THAT'S SUCH AN
ENCOURAGING REPORT.
IT IS NICE TO KNOW YOU
DON'T HAVE TO DO WITHOUT
THESE THINGS FOREVER.
IT IS ALSO NICE TO KNOW
THAT YOU CAN EAR MARK WHAT
THE TARGET PROBLEM IS.
THE CORTISOL THING AND THE
COFFEE, THOUGH, IS JUST
NOT WORKING FOR ME.
I DON'T KNOW.
WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH
THAT.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
HORMONE RESET DIET AND
WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE
BOOK ON OUR WEBSITE,
cbn.com.
> UP NEXT, AN ORPHANED
CHILD WHO WAS ONCE BRANDED
UNADOPTABLE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S
NOT ADOPTABLE.
THEY EXPLAINED IT WOULD
TAKE SEVEN TO NINE MONTHS
AS QUICKEST, AND THEY
DIDN'T THINK SHE WOULD
LIVE THAT LONG.
Terry: WATCH AS ONE
FAMILY BRINGS A BABY INTO
THEIR HOME WITH STAGE FOUR
CANCER, WHEN WE RETURN.
Efrem: IT
Terry: IT CAN BE HARD
TO IMAGINE IN A WORLD
WHERE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN
ARE LOOKING FOR HOMES,
THAT THERE ARE SOME WHO
ARE LABELLED UNADOPTABLE.
BUT THAT WAS THE CASE WITH
BABY MYA.
SHE HAD A LARGE TUMOR
INSIDE HER BODY.
BUT THANK GOODNESS SHE HAD
A FAMILY WHO WAS WILLING
TO FIGHT FOR HER LIFE.
Reporter: SHELLEY
REMEMBERS THE FIRST TIME
SHE LAID EYES ON THE
LITTLE GIRL NAMED MYA.
SHE WAS FEATURED IN MARCH
2013.
I WAS SHOWING EVERYONE
HER PICTURE, AND I WAS
THINKING, GOSH, THIS GIRL
IS SO PRECIOUS, AND SHE
NEEDS A HOME, AND I JUST
LONGED TO HELP HER.
Reporter: BUT MYA
NEEDED MORE THAN A HOME.
IT SAID SHE HAD STAGE
FOUR CANCER AND SHE NEEDED
HEALING AND A FOREVER
HOME.
SO WE PRAYED FOR THAT.
Reporter: AT THE
TIME, ADOPTION WASN'T ON
THE RADAR FOR SHELLEY OR
HER HUSBAND.
THEY ALREADY HAD FOUR
CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN AND
WERE HAVING TROUBLE
FINANCIALLY.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT
ADOPTION WAS FOR PEOPLE
WHO MAYBE COULDN'T HAVE
CHILDREN, AND WEREN'T
BLESSED WITH A BIG FAMILY
LIKE GOD HAD ALREADY
BLESSED US.
Reporter: BUT SHELLEY
COULDN'T GET MYA OFF HER
MIND.
I COULDN'T GET HER OFF
MY MIND.
Reporter: SHE PRAYED
ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.
AND FELT GOD WAS LEADING
THEM TO ADOPT MYA.
A WEEK INTO THE ADOPTION,
THEY HAD A PROBLEM.
WE GOT THIS CALL FROM
THE AGENCY SAYING SHE IS
NOT ADOPTABLE.
AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU
MEAN SHE WAS NOT
ADOPTABLE?
THEY SAID THEY FELT IT
WOULD TAKE NINE MONTHS, AT
LEFT, TO ADOPT HER AND
THEY FELT SHE WOULDN'T
LIVE THAT LONG.
Reporter: THAT'S WHEN
THEY MET DR. STEVEN WRIGHT
IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.
I THOUGHT, WE NEED TO
GET HER OVER HERE.
LET'S DO IT.
Reporter: DR. WRIGHT,
THE HOSPITAL, AND SEVERAL
OTHER DOCTORS AGREED TO
DONATE THEIR SERVICES.
STILL, THERE WERE NO
GUARANTEES.
WE WANTED THEM TO BE
SURE UP FRONT, THAT THEY
KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A
LONG, AND SOMETIMES
ARDUOUS, COURSE THAT MYA
MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
Reporter: MYA ARRIVED
IN THE U.S. ON MAY 7th,
2013.
SHE SPENT MOST OF THE NEXT
MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL
UNDERGOING CHEEM THERAPY.
CHEMOTHERAPY.
THE HARDEST PART WAS
WHEN SHE WAS IN SO MUCH
PAIN, SHE WOULD CRY AND
SWEAT.
IT WAS AWFUL.
EVERY TIME I FELT
REALLY, REALLY HOPELESS OR
REALLY, REALLY DOWN, THERE
WOULD BE SOMETHING AT
EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME.
I WOULD GET A TEXT FROM A
FRIEND THAT SAYS, I'M
PRAYING FOR YOU.
Reporter: BUT THE
TUMOR DID NOT RESPOND, AND
TWO DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS
2013, DOCTORS HAD TO STOP
THE TREATMENTS.
IT WAS REALLY, REALLY
HARD.
IT WAS DEVASTATING.
THEY SAID THERE WAS
NOTHING FURTHER THEY COULD
DO AND SHE HAD LESS THAN A
YEAR TO LIVE.
Reporter: DOCTORS
DECIDED TO REMOVE THE
TUMOR TO MAKE LITTLE MYA
COMFORTABLE.
WE WERE TOLD, WE'LL
TAKE THIS OUT AND THE
CANCER WILL LIKELY COME
BACK, BUT SHE'LL HAVE SOME
GOOD, PAIN-FREE TIME.
Reporter: MYA'S
PRIMARY SURGEON EXPLAINED
THEY HAD TO MOVE OTHER
ORGANS AFFECTED BY THE
TUMOR.
THIS IS THE SORT OF
THING YOU'RE GOING FOR
BROKE.
WE KNEW THAT THE TUMOR WAS
JUST IN THE PELVIS AND NOT
IN THE LUNGS OR BRAIN, AND
THIS IS OTHERWISE A NORMAL
CHILD.
WHAT THIS REQUIRED WAS
REMOVING THE BLADDER, THE
UTERUS, THE VAGINA, AND
THE RECTUM.
I HAD TO CHANGE MY
THINKING THAT MY HOPE
COULDN'T BE IN HER
HEALING.
MY HOPE HAD TO BE THAT GOD
HAD US ALL IN HIS HANDS
AND IT WAS GOING TO BE
OKAY NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENED.
THE ONE THING
THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY,
YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW WE'RE
NOT IN CONTROL.
GOD IS IN CONTROL AND GOD
HAS A PLAN.
Reporter: THAT PLAN
EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS.
MYA NOT ONLY LIVED ANOTHER
YEAR, BUT SHE REMAINED
CANCER-FREE, MAKING HER
ADOPTABLE.
IN MAY OF 2015, MYA
OFFICIALLY BECAME A PART
OF THE FAMILY.
I GOT TO SEE WHERE SHE
LIVED AND WHERE SHE WAS
FOUND.
Reporter: MYA HAS
BEEN CANCER-FREE FOR MORE
THAN TWO YEARS NOW, AND IS
DOING GREAT.
HER DOCTORS ARE HOPEFUL
FOR MANY MORE.
THERE ARE ALWAYS
COMPLICATIONS THAT CAN
OCCUR.
I'D LIKE TO THINK WE HAD A
HOMERUN HERE.
Reporter: AS FOR HER
NEW FAMILY, THEY'VE ALL
LEARNED TO TRUST GOD, NO
MATTER HOW BLEAK THINGS
MAY LOOK.
I FIRST CONSIDERED IT
AN ACT OF OBEDIENCE TO
GOD.
BUT WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW IS
HOW MUCH THAT OBEDIENCE
WOULD BLESS ME AND THE JOY
I WOULD GET FROM THAT
OBEDIENCE.
I'LL TELL YOU, THE
FAMILY IS AN UNBELIEVABLE
EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIAN LOVE,
A REAL CHALLENGE TO THE
REST OF US TO STEP UP TO
THE PLATE.
IT HAS DEEPENED OUR
FAITH.
SOMETIMES YOU KIND OF GET
SIDE TRACKED BY GRADES AND
SPORTS AND YOU WANT THEM
TO BE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT
NOW REALLY NONE OF IT
MATTERS.
I JUST WANT HER TO BE A
GIRL THAT KNOWS GOD AND
THAT TRUSTS HIM.
Terry: WHAT A
WONDERFUL PICTURE OF THE
TRUTH, THAT GOD PUTS US
ALL IN FAMILIES.
FIRST HIS, AND THEN IF
WE'RE BLESSED, A WONDERFUL
FAMILY HERE IN THIS WORLD.
I LOVE WHAT THIS FA FAMILY
DID.
I LOVE THEIR COMMITMENT.
I LOVE THEIR SACRIFICE.
I LOVE THE PICTURE OF
GOD'S TRUTH, THAT SHE SEES
US RIGHT WHERE WE ARE.
A LITTLE GIRL, WITH STAGE
FOUR CANCER, IN AN
ORPHANAGE, SOMEWHERE IN
THE VERY BIG COUNTRY OF
CHINA, AND GOD PUT HIS
FINGER UPON HER AND PUT
HIS FINGER UPON THAT
FAMILY AND TODAY THEY LIVE
HEALTHY AND TOGETHER.
> WHILE MYA WAS LABELLED
AS UNADOPTABLE, THE YOUNG
CHILDREN IN THIS NEXT
STORY WERE LABELLED AS
UNTOUCHABLE.
ABANDONED AT BIRTH, ONLY
TO BE ABANDONED AGAIN AS
TEENS.
BUT THERE WAS ONE GROUP
DEDICATED TO THEM FOR THE
LONG HAUL AND THEY'RE
GETTING HELP FROM CBN'S
"ORPHANS' PROMISE." LAURA
GREW UP IN AN OR NAGE, AND
SINCORPHANAGE.AND SHE HAS HAD NAGGING
QUESTIONS ABOUT HER
PARENTS.
I WONDER WHY THEY THREW
ME AWAY, SHE SAYS.
SHE HASN'T SEEN THEM IN 14
YEARS, SINCE SHE WAS TWO
YEARS OLD.
SHE WAS A THROW-AWAY BABY
BECAUSE SHE WAS BORN WITH
BRITTLE BONE DISEASE.
CHARLOTTE WAS BORN WITH
THE SAME DISORDER.
ORPHANAGE WORKERS WERE
AFRAID TO HANDLE HER FOR
FEAR OF BREAKING HER
BONES.
SO SHE SPENT MOST OF HER
FIRST FOUR YEARS IN A
CRIB.
WHEN SHE WAS RESCUED AND
BROUGHT TO AGAPE FAMILY
HOUSE A YEAR AGO, SHE
COULD ONLY MAKE BABY
SOUNDS.
SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.
AGAPE HAS BECOME A HAVEN
FOR CHILDREN WHO SUFFER
WITH THIS RARE AND
MISUNDERSTOOD BONE
DISORDER.
THE COMPLEX IS LOCATED IN
A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
OUTSIDE BEIJING AND IS
SPONSORED BY "ORPHANS'
PROMISE." WORKERS AND
HOUSE PARENTS ARE
UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF
THESE CHILDREN WHILE
HELPING TO HEAL THEIR
EMOTIONAL TRAUMAS.
CLAY AND JEWEL HAVE BEEN
HOUSE PARENTS FOR FOUR
YEARS.
SOMETIMES THEY LOOK AT
THEMSELVES, AND THEY'RE,
LIKE, WHAT AM I EVER GOING
TO DO?
SO TRYING TO BUILD THEIR
SELF-IMAGE AND PROVIDE AN
EDUCATION FOR THEM IS WHAT
WE DO.
Terry: AGAPE HOUSE IS
FINDING A SOLUTION FOR
THIS CRIPPLING DISORDER.
ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO,
DIRECTOR KEITH WEISS
STARTED BRINGING AMERICAN
DOCTORS TO TRAIN THE
CHINESE IN SURGICAL
PROCEDURES.
THEY LEARNED TO USE RODS
TO STRENGTHEN THE BONES IN
THE CHILDREN'S ARMS AND
LEGS.
THE PROGRAM IS VERY
SUCCESSFUL AND HAS BECOME
WELL-KNOWN ACROSS THE
REGION.
BECAUSE CHILDREN GROW SO
QUICKLY, SURGERY IS AN
ONGOING PROCESS.
THROUGH THESE ENDLESS
CYCLES OF SURGERY AND
TREATMENT, AGAPE IS
INVOLVED FOR THE LONGER
TERM.
SOME OF THE YOUNGER
CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED, BUT
MANY AGE OUT WITHOUT
FINDING A FOREVER HOME.
THEY WERE ABANDONED
WHEN THEY WERE BORN, AND
THEY WERE ABANDONED AGAIN
AT 14.
NO FAMILY CAME ALONG TO
ADOPT THEM, SO THEY KIND
OF GOT HIT TWICE.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THOSE
KIDS?
DO YOU JUST GIVE UP ON
THEM?
I DON'T THINK SO.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE
ABOUT.
IT'S JUST FINDING THAT
THING THAT GOD HAS GIVEN
THEM AS A GIFT.
*
HOW CAN WE USE STEVEN'S
MUSICAL TALENT?
HOW CAN HE USE THAT IN THE
FUTURE?
LAURA LOVES HAIR.
HOW CAN WE ENCOURAGE HER
AND HELP HER TO BE A
HAIRDRESSER.
AND CANDY SAYS SHE WANTS
TO OWN A LIBRARY SO THE
BOOKS CAN BE FREE.
WE WANT TO FIND WHERE
THEIR NICHE IS.
Terry: THE ATMOSPHERE
OF LOVE AND TRUST IS QUITE
A CONTRAST TO MOST
ORPHANAGES WHERE IMPERFECT
CHILDREN ARE OFTEN
MISUNDERSTOOD AND
FORGOTTEN.
CHARLOTTE HAS THRIVED IN
THIS ENVIRONMENT.
SHE IS CLEARLY HAPPY AND
HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN
HIS SOCIAL INTERACTION AND
LANGUAGE SKILLS.
LAURA, TOO, HAS BLOSSOMED.
AFTER GETTING PRESCRIPTION
GLASSES, HER ACADEMICS
IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY, AND
SO DID HER
SELF-CONFIDENCE.
AND THOUGH SHE WILL ALWAYS
WONDER ABOUT HER PARENTS,
SHE TOLD US, I WOULD HAVE
NO LIFE IF I STAYED IN MY
OLD ORPHANAGE.
THE HOUSE PARENTS HERE ARE
VERY KIND.
THAT'S OUR GOAL: TO
MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE AS NORMAL AS WE
CAN.
TO GIVE THEM AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN
GROW, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER
CHILD.
Terry: "ORPHANS'
PROMISE" CONTINUES TO
SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY
BECAUSE WE SEE OLDER
CHILDREN, LIKE LAURA, HAVE
HOPE FOR A HAPPY AND
PRODUCTIVE FUTURE, AND
THAT'S SOMETHING EVERY
CHILD DISNEY SEX.
DESERVES.
Terry: LAURA AND
STEVEN LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL
PLACE THAT IS LIKE A HOME.
THEY LIVE WITH HOUSE
PARENTS.
AND THEY'RE IN A SETTING
THAT GOD INTENDS FOR ALL
OF US, THAT WE WOULD HAVE
A FAMILY.
THAT'S IN THE HEART OF
EVERY CHILD -- WHO AM I?
HOW DO I BELONG?
AND THEN, WHAT IS MY
PURPOSE HERE?
YOU TEACH CHILDREN TO
DREAM AGAIN WHEN YOU GIVE
THEM THAT.
YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE TAG
ON THAT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP
WITH WHAT "ORPHANS'
PROMISE" IS DOING AROUND
THE WORLD, WE ARE CBN'S
OUTREACH TO THE VULNERABLE
AND ORPHANED CHILDREN HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES, AS
WELL AS AROUND THE WORLD.
WE WOULD WELCOME HAVING
YOU PARTNER WITH US.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL
OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER:
1-800-759-0700.
JUST SAY, I'D LIKE TO HELP
THE WORK OF "ORPHANS'
PROMISE," AND WE WELCOME
TO THAT.
> STILL AHEAD, THE "700
CLUB" HOST WITH THE
SCOTTISH BROUGH.
SHEILA WALSH OPENS UP A
NEW CHAPTER IN HER LIFE
WHEN WE COME BACK.
AND WELCOME BACK TO
"THE 700 CLUB."
IN CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY,
PRO LIFE ACTIVISTS CALLED
OON THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY-GENERAL TO RESIGN
FOR PANDERING TO PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
SHE SENT 11 AGENTS TO RAID
DAVID DELITEN'S APARTMENT
LAST WEEK.
THEY HAD VIDEOS SHOWING
THE ILLEGAL TRADE OF BABY
BODY PARTS.
PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES SAY
HARRIS' RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE ABORTION GIANT IS
CORRUPT AND WARRANTS HER
RESIGNATION.
U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS
SAY THERE IS CONCLUSIVE
EVIDENCE THE ZIKA VIRUS
CAUSES BIRTH DEFECTS.
THE MOSQUITO TRANSMIT THE
VIRUS, WHICH CAUSES BIRTH
DEFECTS AND BABY'S HEADS
TO BE ABNORMALLY SMALL.
THE ZIKA VIRUS IS CAUSE
FOR CONCERN BUT DOES NOT
JUSTIFY ABORTION.
SHHE SAYS, QUOTE,"THE CHILD
IN THE WOMB IS PATIENT,
TOO, AND KILLING A PATIENT
IS NEVER OKAY."
REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS
GET THE LATEST FROM CBN
NEWS BY GOING TO OUR
WEBSITE AT cbnnews.com.
TERRY IS BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
IT IS COMING UP RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
Terry: SURE, SHEILA
WALSH IS AN INTERNATIONAL
SPEAKER, PLUS A
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND A
POPULAR RECORDING ARTIST,
BUT ON THE CBN CAMPUS, SHE
IS KNOWN AS A FORMER
COHOST OF "THE 700 CLUB."
AND NOW SHE IS ABOUT TO
START A FEW PHASE O A NEW PHASE OF HER
LIFE.
TAKE A LOOK.
Reporter: SHE HAS
BEEN PART OF THE "WOMEN OF
FAITH" TEAM SPEAKING TO
AUDIENCES ACROSS AMERICA.
I REALLY BEGAN TO PRAY
AND MAKE A CONSISTENT,
INTENTIONAL PRAYER, OF
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO
WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE?
Reporter: SHE SAYS
THE ANSWER WAS VERY CLEAR.
SHEILA IS PART OF LIFE
OUTREACH TODAY.
I'VE GOT A REAL JOB.
[APPLAUSE]
Reporter: THIS NEW
SEASON IN SHEILA'S LIFE
ALSO INCLUDES THE RELEASE
OF HER LATEST BOOK, "THE
LONGING IN ME," IN WHICH
SHE SHARES THAT GOD IS THE
ANSWER TO OUR HEARTBREAK,
NO MATTER HOW BROKEN WE
MAY BE.
Terry: PLEASE WELCOME
BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB"
SHEILA WALSH.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
Terry: YOU'RE SUCH A
PROLIFIC WRITER GIRL.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU FIT
THAT INTO THE REST OF YOUR
LIFE?
IT'S
YOU'RE WELCOME.
I LOVE TO DIVE DEEP AND I
LOVE TO WRITE.
Terry: DIVING DEEP IS
WHAT YOU DO IN EVERYTHING
YOU WRITE, HELPING US TO
GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR
FEELINGS AND THE STRUGGLES
OF OUR LIFE.
THIS LAST BOOK, WHICH IS
SO BEAUTIFUL, IS CALLED
"THE LONGING IN ME."
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
LONGING FOR YOU?
I HAD THIS EXPERIENCE
IN AN ARENA WITH WOMEN OF
FAITH.
15,000 WOMEN WORSHIPPING
THE LORD, AND MY HUSBAND
WAS THERE AND MY SON WAS
THERE.
REALLY THE BEST DAYS OF MY
LIFE, BUT I FELT THIS
PROFOUND ACHE INSIDE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
I SAID, LORD, WHAT IS
WRONG WITH ME.
I'M IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
AND I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING
TO BE DESPISED.
I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY A
SACRED ACHE.
I THINK IT IS SOMETHING
THAT TELLS US WE'RE NOT
HOME YET.
AND I THINK WE TRY -- MOST
OF US TRY TO FILL IT UP
WITH ANOTHER PAIR OF SHOES
OR ANOTHER DRINK OR
ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP.
BUT, HONESTLY, THERE IS A
PLACE INSIDE THAT ONLY
CHRIST CAN FILL.
Terry: AND IT IS NOT
A ONE-TIME FILLING.
YOU'VE KNOWN THE LORD FOR
YEARS.
YOU'VE WORKED IN ALL AREAS
OF CHRISTIANEES, BUT THAT
LONGING IS WITH US, I
THINK, UNTIL WE GO BE WITH
HIM, DON'T YOU?
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.
THE ONLY TIME THAT LONGING
WILL GO AWAY IS WHEN WE
FINALLY SEE JESUS FACE TO
FACE.
AND THEN IT WILL BE GONE.
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE
BELIEVERS, WE FEEL WE
SHOULDN'T FEEL LIKE THIS.
AND WE TRY TO FILL IT.
AND WE CHASE STUFF AND WE
CHASE PEOPLE.
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PLACE AND
HONOR THAT PLACE AND
REALIZE IS PART OF OUR
TICKET THAT SAYS WE'RE
GOING HOME SOON.
Terry: EVEN IN ALL OF
THE THINGS THAT YOU
MENTIONED WE TRY TO FILL
THAT ACHE WITH, PART OF
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING
TO CONTROL LIFE, CONTROL
WHAT IT DOES TO US, HOW WE
RESPOND TO US, WHAT IT
TAKES FROM US, WHAT IT
REQUIRES OF US.
IS THERE A LONGING FOR MORE IN
WOMEN THAN MEN.
PART OF IT COMES FROM A
GOOD PLACE.
WE WANT THINGS TO BE WELL
WITH OUR HUSBANDS AND WELL
WITH OUR CHILDREN.
BUT I THINK IT CAN REALLY
CROSS A LINE.
THEN WHEN WE CAN'T CONTROL
THEM, AND WE CAN'T MAKE
PEOPLE BEHAVE PROPERLY, WE
WITHDRAW.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I
WANTED TO SAY THROUGH THIS
BOOK IS THAT GOD IS FOR
YOU.
NO MATTER WHAT PLACE
YOU'RE AT IN LIFE, GOD IS
FOR YOU, AND YOUR HISTORY
DOES NOT DE DICTATE YOUR
DESTINY.
SOMETIMES WE START IN
REALLY BAD PLACES, AND
EVEN UP UNTIL RECENTLY,
YOU COULD BE IN A BAD
PLACE, BUT THAT DOES NOT
DETERMINE WHERE YOU'RE
GOING.
Terry: AND THE GREAT
THING IS HE'LL EVEN TAKE
THE BAD AND WORK IT FOR
GOOD FOR YOU AND SOME
OTHER PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER
THINGS WE LONG FOR IN OUR
LIVES?
CONTROL IS ONE OF THEM.
BUT MAYBE INTIMACY?
YEAH.
WE LONG TO BE LOVED.
WE WANT TO BE FULLY KNOWN
AND FULLY LOVED, BUT IT IS
SCARY.
ONE OF THE MOST SCARY
PLACES FOR THAT IS IN THE
CHURCH, AND IT SHOULDN'T
BE.
PAUL WROTE, "I'VE
DETERMINED AMONG YOU TO
SHARE NOT ONLY THE GOSPEL,
BUT MY VERY SOUL."
I THINK WE NEED TO BE
TRANSPARENT WITH EACH
OTHER ALONG OUR JOURNEYS.
BECAUSE SHAME CAN COME IN,
IF YOU FAIL AND MAKE A
MISTAKE, AND YOU THINK I'M
A TERRIBLE CHRISTIAN.
NOT KNOWING THAT 53 PEOPLE
AROUND YOU ARE GOING
THROUGH THE SAME THING.
Terry: I THINK THAT
IS SOMETIMES WHY THE
CHURCH IS SO DIFFICULT TO
BE HONEST WITH BECAUSE
WHEN GOD GAVE US
BOUNDARIES TO KEEP US IN
SAFE PA PASTURE, WE HAVE MADE
IT A JUDGEMENTAL ISSUE.
> YOU WENT THROUGH A
DIVORCE SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
AND YOU NEVER REALLY
TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS
UNDERSTANDABLE.
BUT NOW YOU HAVE COME
FORWARD IN THE BOOK AND
SHARED SOME OF THAT
EXPERIENCE FROM YOU'RE
PERSPECTIVE.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO
THAT?
I'VE WAITED A LONG
TIME.
IT WAS OVER 25 YEARS.
BECAUSE I FELT ONE PERSON
CAN NEVER REPRESENT WHAT
WAS TRUE FOR TWO PEOPLE.
AND I THOUGHT AS LONG AS
YOU'RE DESPERATELY SAD
ABOUT SOMETHING, I DON'T
THINK YOU HAVE PERSPECTIVE
TO SPEAK INTO IT.
BUT I HAVE COME TO THE
PLACE IN MY LIFE TO
UNDERSTAND MY PART OF THE
JOURNEY.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE
HAD SOMETHING BROKEN IN
YOUR CHILDHOOD, YOU ALMOST
WANT TO RECREATE THAT,
HOPING FOR A DIFFERENT
ENDING.
I WANTED TO EXPLAIN TO
OTHER WOMEN AND PEOPLE, I
UNDERSTAND.
LIKE MY COUSIN WHO HAD
BEEN ABUSED AND WATCHED
HER DAD ABUSE HER MOM, AND
THEN MARRIED AN ABUSIVE
MAN.
IT IS THE THOUGHT, MAYBE
THIS TIME I CAN HAVE A
DIFFERENT ENDING.
Terry: I THINK HONEST
IS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT
THING IN WHAT YOU WRITE.
AND YOU DO THAT IN ALL OF
YOUR BOOKS.
BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE HONEST
ABOUT WHO WE ARE, WE GIVE
OTHER PEOPLE THE FREEDOM
TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHO
THEY ARE.
SOMEONE COULD LOOK AT
YOURLIFER ANYOURLIFE AND SAY, SHE HAS GOT
THIS ALL TOGETHER.
BUT YOU AND BARRY ARE
STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
SHARE THAT.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
WOULD LOOK AT ME AND
THINK, SHE'S GOT IT ALL
TOGETHER.
Terry: OH, YES, THEY
WOULD.
WE WENT THROUGH A TIME
WHERE WE BOUGHT A HOME, A
BEAUTIFUL HOME, AND WE
DECIDED TO SELL BECAUSE IT
WAS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
WE DIDN'T THINK WAS SAFE
FOR OUR SON.
WE FOUND A HOUSE IN
DALLAS, AND WE SIGNED ON
THAT, AND WE HAD A
CONTRACT FOR SELLING OUR
OLD HOUSE --
Terry: PEOPLE DO THAT
ALL OF THE TIME.
DON'T DO THAT, PEOPLE.
WE CARRIED TWO MORTGAGES
FOR FIVE YEARS.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD TO
FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY.
HERE IS WHAT IS GREAT: YOU
CAN DISCOVER THE MERCY OF
GOD IN THE MOST UNUSUAL
PLACES.
I'M STANDING IN BANKRUPTCY
COURT, AND THE JUDGE IS
SAYING TO ME, ARE YOU
HOPING TO GET OUT OF ALL
OF THIS?
AND I SAID, NO, SIR.
I'M LOOKING FOR A PLAN TO
HELP ME REORGANIZE OUR
LIFE SO WE COULD PAY BACK
EVERY CENT.
Terry: AND THERE IS A
CERTAIN FREEDOM WHEN
NOTHING HAS ITS CLAU CLAWS IN
YOU, NOT A HOUSE, NOT A
JOB, NOT A BANKRUPTCY.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE LOST OUR HOUSE.
BOTH HOUSES WERE GONE.
WE LIVE IN A RENTAL PLACE,
AND I'M HAPPIER THAN I'VE
BEEN IN YEARS.
THE REASON I WROTE ABOUT
IT IS NOT BECAUSE I THINK,
I'M A POSTER CHILD FOR
DISASTER.
I WANTED TO SAY TO PEOPLE,
YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
WE MAKE BAD CHOICES, BUT
GOD IS FAITHFUL.
Terry: AND YOU WERE
WITH "WOMEN OF FAITH" FOR
SO MANY YEARS, A WONDERFUL
TEAM OF WOMEN THAT BLESSED
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE.
BUT YOU'VE GOT A NEW
VENTURE COMING.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?
I JOINED A TEAM WITH
JAMES AND BETTY ROBISON AT
"LIFE TODAY," AND SO I GET
TO CO-HOST.
AND I'M ABOUT TO TRAVEL
NATIONALLY.
WE HAVE THIS LIVE, AMAZING
WEB PAGE CALLED "THE
STREAM," AND WE GET TO
TALK ABOUT THE NEWS AS IT
REALLY IS AND TALK ABOUT
WHAT IS NOT TALKED ABOUT
OUT THERE.
Terry: I'M SO GLAD
THAT YOU ARE DOING THAT.
BECAUSE YOU ARE SO GIFTED
IN WHAT YOU DO AS A
COMMUNICATOR.
WHAT A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT
GOD HAS LAID ON YOUR
HEART, AND THE THINGS
YOU'RE DOING.
AND MAY I SAY YOU'RE
DOING A BRILLIANT JOB.
YOU'RE JUST AMAZING.
Terry: THANK YOU.
WE'LL HAVE COFFEE AND TALK
ABOUT OUR FEELINGS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR
BOOK ONE MORE TIME.
HERE IT IS.
IT IS CALLED "THE LONGING
IN ME," AND YOU WILL BE
BLESSED BY EVERYTHING THAT
SHEILA SHARES IN HER
MESSAGE, HOW EVERYTHING
YOU CRAVE LEADS TO THE
HEART OF GOD.
IT IS AVAILABLE IN STORES
NATIONWIDE.
THANK YOU.
IT IS ALWAYS A TREAT TO
SEE YOU.
THANK YOU.
Terry: UP NEXT, A
YOUNG WOMAN IS ABUSED AND
HELD CAPTIVE FOR THREE
DAYS.
I WAS SO TERRIFIED, AND
I ASKED GOD, PLEASE,
PLEASE GOD, DON'T LET ME
DIE.
THERE IS NO WAY OUT OF
THIS SITUATION EXCEPT FOR
IF YOU HELP ME, GOD.
Terry: WATCH HOW SHE
ESCAPED, WHEN WE COME
BACK.
HI, I'M TERRY MEEUWSEN.
ON THE NEXT "700 CLUB."
Terry: I CAN'T TRUST
ANYONE.
I'M NOT SAFE WITH ANYONE.
THAT'S WHAT 12-YEAR-OLD
RACHEL REPEATEDLY TOLD
HERSELF AFTER SHE WAS
RAPED BY TWO NEIGHBORS.
HER VIOLATION SET OFF A
CYCLE OF SHAME AND
SELF-ABUSE THAT STALKED
HER THROUGH ADULTHOOD AND
ALMOST KILLED HER.
I FELT SO DEFILED.
AND I FELT LIKE ALL OF THE
INNOCENCE THAT I EVER HAD,
LIKE, IT WAS TAKEN FROM
ME.
Reporter: RACHEL WAS
JUST 12 YEARS OLD WHEN TWO
TEENAGED BOYS LURED HER
INTO A HOME AND RAPED HER.
IT CRUSHED MY HEART.
IT BROKE MY TRUST OF MEN,
OF PEOPLE.
Reporter: THE TWO
WERE ARRESTED AND
CONVICTED OF RAPE, BUT
THAT DID LITTLE TO EASE
THE PAIN.
AT 14, SHE STARTED CUTTING
AND DOVE INTO THE GOTHIC
LIFESTYLE.
SHE DABBLED IN WICCA AND
FANTASIZED ABOUT DEATH.
ON THE INSIDE, I FELT
SO DEAD AND SO NUMB.
AND I REALLY WANTED TO
DIE.
Reporter: THROUGHOUT
HER TEENS AND 20s,
RACHEL WAS IN AND UT OF OUT OF
JAIL AT DRUG-RELATED
CHARGES.
THEN AT 21, SHE HAD A
TAUTER ANDAUGHTER AND BECAME A
SINGLE MOM.
SHE MARRIED THE FOLLOWING
YEAR AND SHE HAD A SON.
AFTER SHE AND HER HUSBAND
DIVORCED, RACHEL LOST
CUSTODY OF HER SON AND SHE
TURNED TO METH.
MY HEART WAS REALLY
BROKEN.
THERE WAS AN EMPTINESS
THAT CAME THAT IS
INDESCRIBEABLE.
Reporter: DAY RACHEL
WENONE DAYRACHEL WENT TO A FRIEND'S
HOUSE AND HE BARRICADED
THE DOORS AND PUMPED HER
FULL OF HEROIN AND RAPED
HERE FOR THREE DAYS.
ANY HOPE I HAD IN MY
HEART WAS COMPLETELY TAKEN
AWAY.
I I WA WAS SO TERRIFIED, AND I
ASKED GOD, PLEASE, PLEASE
DON'T LET ME DIE.
Reporter: FINALLY,
AFTER THREE DAYS, RACHEL
SAYS THE MAN LET HER GO.
SHE SAYS THEN AN EVEN
DARKER ROAD OPENED UP IN
HER LIFE.
SHE STARTED CUTTING.
I SLICED MY ARM WITH A
KNIFE.
IT WAS THE WAIT WAS A WAY TO RELEASE
THE PAIN.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET
IT OUT, SO I CUT MYSELF.
Reporter: SHE FINALLY
REALIZED NEITHER THE DRUGS
OR CUTTING WOULD BRING
RELIEF.
I JUST CRIED OUT TO
GOD.
I SAID, GOD, PLEASE HELP
ME.
I NEED A MIRACLE.
I NEED YOU TO SEND YOUR
ANGELS TO HELP ME.
WILTHERE IS NO WAY OUT OF
THIS SITUATION EXEMPT FOR
IF YOU HELEXCEPT FORIF YOU HELP ME, GOD.
Reporter: A FEW DAYS
LATER, RACHEL AND HER
DAUGHTER MET A COUPLE WHO
TOLD HER ABOUT JESUS AND
THAT SHE NEEDED TO PUT HER
TRUST IN HIM.
I CONFESSED THAT I WAS
A SINNER AND THAT I NEEDED
JESUS, AND I NEEDED HIM TO
COME AND TAKE OVER MY
LIFE.
AND I SURRENDERED
EVERYTHING TO HIM.
Reporter: SHE STILL
NEEDED TO BE HEAL FROM THE
WOUNDS OF ABUSE.
SHE SOON MET SCOTT AND
SANDY BOYD.
BOTH WERE PASTORS WHO
SPENT THE NEXT 30 DAYS
HELPING RACHEL FIND
FREEDOM IN CHRIST.
HE LED ME THROUGH
SEVERAL PRAYERS TO
DENOUNCE DRUGS, ALCOHOL,
PAGANISM, ALL OF THAT
STUFF.
IT WAS A PROCESS.
Reporter: THEY ALSO
HELPED HER FORGIVE HER
ABUSERS.
I WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
I NEED GOD'S FORGIVENESS,
SO I'LL FORGIVE.
Reporter: AT THE END
OF THE 30 DAYS, RACHEL
SAYS SHE WALKED IN A
FREEDOM SHE NEVER
EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
IT WAS LIKE I WAS A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON.
AND I COULD BREATHE.
THIS WAS MY MOMENT OF,
LIKE, I AM A NEW CREATURE.
LIKE, I AM A NEW BEING.
AND I HAVE A WHOLE NEW
LIFE, LIKE, IN FRONT OF
ME.
AND THINGS JUST STARTED TO
CHANGE.
Reporter: TODAY
RACHEL IS RAISING IVY, WHO
IS NOW A TEENAGER, AND SHE
HAS RECONNECTED WITH HER
SON.
RACHEL IS MARRIED TO
MICAH, AND SHE AND HER
HUSBAND SERVE AS
MISSIONARIES IN FINLAND,
WHERE THEY TEACH OTHERS
ABOUT THE LOVE AND FREEDOM
THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN
JESUS CHRIST.
I NEVER STARTED LIVING
UNTIL I MET HIM.
HIS LOVE REALLY DOES
CHANGE EVERYTHING.
HE TAKES THE MOST BROKEN,
IMPOSSIBLE HOPELESSNESS,
AND HE CAN TURN IT AROUND
INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
Terry: IF YOU'RE
HURTING TODAY, IF YOU ARE
FEELING THAT ACHE DEEP
WITHIN YOU THAT SHEILA
TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, OR
MAYBE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH
SOME OF THE SAME THINGS
THAT RACHEL HAS, I HOPE
THAT THE END OF HER STORY,
SEEING HER SITTING THERE
WITH PEACE IN HER HEART
AND JOY ON HER FACE AND
FREEDOM IN HER LIFE BRINGS
HOPE TO YOU.
BECAUSE SHE WAS AT A PLACE
WHERE ALL HOPE WAS LOST.
WHERE THERE WAS NOTHING
SHE COULD DO TO RESCUE
HERSELF.
AND NOT JUST FROM BEING
KIDNAPPED.
BUT FROM WHAT LIFE HAD
DEALT HER.
AND YET, AS CORY DENBALM
USED TO SAY, THERE IS NO
PIT SO DEEP THAT GOD IS
NOT DEEPER STILL.
THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN
DO, NOWHERE YOU CAN GO
THAT IS SO FAR, SO
DEPRAVED, THAT GOD CANNOT
REACH HIS HAND DOWN RIGHT
INTO THE MIDST OF YOUR
MESS, PULL YOU OUT, AND
SET YOUR FEET ON A ROCK.
A SOLID FOUNDATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
HAPPENED WITH RACHEL WAS
SHE CAME TO TERMS WITH ALL
OF THE THINGS THAT WERE
HOLDING HER CAPTIVE.
CERTAINLY FORGIVENESS OF
HER CAPTOR, OF THE OTHERS
WHO HARMED HER ALL OF HER
LIFE.
AND ALSO THE REVELATION
THAT SHE WAS A SINNER WHO
NEEDED FORGIVENESS
HERSELF.
THE BIBLE SAYS WE HAVE ALL
SINNED.
WE ARE ALL SINFUL.
THERE IS NOT ONE OF US WHO
GOES WITHOUT.
SO EVERYONE OF US NEEDS A
SAVIOR.
ONE OF THE THINGS SHE SAID
WAS, I'M SORRY, JESUS,
THAT IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO
COME.
I'M SORRY THAT I LET OTHER
THINGS REPLACE YOU.
LISTEN, IF THAT'S WHERE
YOU ARE AT TODAY, YOU CAN
BE FREE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT
THIS MINUTE.
OH, THERE WILL BE A
PROCESS TO YOUR HEALING,
THE THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED TO YOU, AND THE
FORGIVENESS THAT YOU NEED
TO EXTEND, BUT YOU CAN
BEGIN THE JOURNEY RIGHT
NOW.
IT IS AS SIMPLE AS A
PRAYER AWAY.
WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME?
JUST STOP WHAT YOU'RE
DOING RIGHT NOW, AND GIVE
JESUS THE SAME CHANCE YOU
HAVE GIVEN EVERYTHING ELSE
IN YOUR LIFE.
LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.
JESUS, I'M WATCHING THIS
STORY, AND I COME BEFORE
YOU TODAY.
TREMBLING AND HUMBLE, AND
ALSO KNOWING MY GREAT
NEED.
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO COME
INTO MY HEART AND MY LIFE.
I'M ASKING YOU TO CHANGE
ME.
I'M ASKING YOU TO FORGIVE
ME.
YOU KNOW THE LONG LAUNDRY
LIST OF THINGS THAT I HAVE
GONE THROUGH AND DONE AND
ALLOWED.
I'M ASKING YOU TODAY FOR A
FRESH START.
WOULD YOU FORGIVE ME,
JESUS.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU
DIED FOR ME.
AND THEN I'M ASKING YOU TO
CHANGE THE WAY I THINK.
CHANGE MY HEART.
CHANGE THE WAY I FEEL.
I WANT TO LIVE FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO LIVE IN ME.
AND I WANT TO RECEIVE
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO
GIVE ME.
SO FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY
SPIRIT RIGHT NOW.
I GIVE YOU ALL THAT I AM
AND ALL THAT I HAVE.
IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY.
AMEN.
IF YOU'VE PRAYED THAT
PRAYER, WHAT DO YOU DO
NOW?
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IT'S CALLED "A NEW DAY."
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CALL RIGHT NOW.
JUST SAY, I PRAYED THAT
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> WE LEAVE YOU WITH
THESE PROVERBS: "THE NAME
OF THE LORD IS A STRONG
TOWER.
THE RIGHTEOUS RUN TO IT
AND ARE SAFE."
GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
