CBN NEWS IS THERE,

BRINGING YOU THE

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BIG

KICKOFF.

IT IS NOT ABOUT OUR

PERSONAL PREFERENCES OR

DENOMINATIONAL

PREFERENCES.

TODAY IT IS ALL ABOUT

JESUS.

Caitlin: HOW

CHRISTIANS ARE ELEVATING

PRAISE OVER POLITICS AT

THE CONVENTION IN

CLEVELAND.

> AND THE CITY OF KINGS

IS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.

WHY SOME SAY IT WOULD BE

AN HISTORIC DISASTER TO

SPLIT JERUSALEM IN HALF.

> THANKS FOR JOINING US

FOR CBN "NEWSWATCH."

I'M CAITLIN BURKE.

THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL

CONVENTION KICKED OFF

MONDAY WITH THE THEME

"MAKING AMERICA SAFE

AGAIN."

THE NIGHT WAS DESIGNED TO

HONOR AMERICA'S VETERANS

AND POLICE OFFICERS AND

THEIR MANY SACRIFICES.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE

SOMETHING VERY CLEAR: BLUE

LIVES MATTER IN AMERICA.

[APPLAUSE]

HILLARY FAILED TO

PROTECT HER PEOPLE ON THE

GROUND.

Caitlin: DONALD TRUMP

SUPPORTERS, LIKE RUDY

GIULANI, SEVERAL BENGHAZI

SURVIVORS, AND A FORMER

NAVNAVY SEAL CALLED FOR NEW

LEADERSHIP TO GET AMERICA

BACK ON TRACK.

BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF

TROUBLE FOR TRUMP,

INCLUDING THAT HIS WIFE'S

SPEECH WAS PARTIALLY

PLAGIARIZED.

Reporter: IT HAS BEEN

A DRAMATIC 24 HOURS HERE

IN CLEVELAND.

THE DELEGATES WASTED NO

TIME WITH A LAST-DITCH

EFFORT TO KEEP DONALD

TRUMP FROM SECURING THE

NOMINATION.

IT IS DONALD TRUMP FOR

PRESIDENT.

GET OVER YOURSELF.

Reporter: BUT THE

MAIN FOCUS OF THE DAY WAS

MELANIA TRUMP'S SPEECH,

WHICH OFFERED HIS SOFTER

SIDE OF THE HUSBAND AND

FATHER.

HE IS SOFT WHEN HE HAS

TO BE, AND HE IS ALSO KIND

AND FAIR AND CARING.

Reporter: OTHER

NOTE-WORTHY SPEAKERS

HIGHLIGHTED WHY THEY AGREE

HE WILL MAKE AMERICA SAFE

AGAIN.

DONALD TRUMP IS

EVERYTHING HILLARY CLINTON

IS NOT, AND WHEN IT COMES

TO THE THREAT POSED BY

RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM,

HE WILL NOT HESITATE TO

KILL THE TERRORISTS WHO

THREATEN AMERICAN LIVES.

[APPLAUSE]

Caitlin: CHRISTIAN

CONSERVATIVES ARE CHEERING

FOR THE NEWLY ADOPTED

REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM.

IT INCLUDES LANGUAGE THAT

REAFFIRMS THE PARTY'S

OPPOSITION TO GAY MARRIAGE

AND SPECIAL BATHROOM

ACCESS FOR TRANSGENDER

PEOPLE.

AND IT SAYS, "CHILDREN

RAISED IN A TRADITIONAL

TWO-PARENT HOUSEHOLD TEND

TO BE PHYSICALLY AND

EMOTIONALLY HEALTHIER,

LESS LIKELY TO USE DRUGS

AND ALCOHOL, ENGAGE IN

CRIME OR BECOME PREGNANT

OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE."

> WITH THE CONVENTION

UNDER WAY, DONALD TRUMP IS

LOOKING TO PROVE TO VOTERS

HE IS WORTHY OF THE WHITE

HOUSE.

CHRISTIANS ALSO TRAVELLED

TO CLEVELAND TO CALL OUT

TO GOD FOR AMERICA.

DAVID BRODY BRINGS US THAT

STORY.

David: HERE IN

CLEVELAND, CONVENTION WEEK

DIDN'T START OUT WITH

POLITICS.

IT STARTED WITH PRAISE.

*

David: THOUSANDS OF

CHRISTIANS CAME HERE TO

PRAY FOR REVIVAL IN

AMERICA.

THE BIBLE SAYS, "IF MY

PEOPLE WHO HUMBLE

THEMSELVES AND PRAY, TURN

FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS,

THERE WILL BE A HEALING,

AND HEALING FROM HEAVEN."

David: GOOD NEWS FOR

THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT

ONLY JESUS SAFES,

CERTAINLY NOT ANY

POLITICAL PARTY.

IT IS NOT ABOUT OUR

POLITICAL PARTIES, ABOUT

OUR PERSONAL PREFERENCES;

TODAY IT IS ALL ABOUT

JESUS.

David: THIS WEEK IT

WILL BE ALL ABOUT DONALD

TRUMP.

HE COMES HERE WITH ONE

GOAL: CONVINCING SKEPTICAL

VOTERS THAT

HE

IS

PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL.

PICKING MIKE PENCE AS HIS

RUNNING MATE SEEMED TO

HELP HIM, BUT THEY SAY IT

WILL TAKE MORE THAN THAT.

DONALD TRUMP WILL HAVE

TO MOVE THE CO CONSTITUENCY,

AND HE'LL HAVE TO SAY

THINGS THAT EVANGELICAL

AND CATHOLICS WANT TO GO

OUT AND WORK FOR HIM AND

MOVE INTO THE POLITICAL

MARKETPLACE.

David: IN THE

MARKETPLACE, HE IS BEING

OUTSPENT IN KEY VOTING

STATES.

TRUMP NEEDS TO REACH

MINORITIES, AND HE IS

GETTING HELP FROM A KEY

PASTOR.

YOU HAVE NO REASON TO

BE AFRAID.

SOMEBODY GIVE GOD GLORY

RIGHT THERE.

David: DARYL SCOTT

IS PASTOR AT CLEVELAND'S

NEW SPIRIT REVIVAL CENTER,

AND HE WILL SPEAK DURING

PRIME TIME AT THE

CONVENTION LATER THIS

WEEK.

HIS SUPPORT FOR TRUMP HAS

LED TO CRITICISM IN THE

AFRICAN-AMERICAN

COMMUNITY.

YOU GET THE NAME

CALLING BECAUSE THEY DON'T

KNOW HIM, AND THEY LET

PEOPLE ACCUSE HIM OF BEING

RACIST, AND DIFFERENT

THINGS THAT HE IS NOT, AND

IF YOU DEFEND HIM, YOU'RE

AUTOMATICALLY A SELLOUT.

David: BELINDA

SCOTT, HIS WIFE, AND

CO-PASTOR, SAY THEY HAVE

KNOWN HIM FOR YEARS.

HE IS VERY SPIRITUAL.

I CAN SENSE IT.

MY FEELING IS HE WILL BE

MORE SENSITIVE TO GOD THAN

HE HAS EVER BEEN BEFORE.

David: SUPPORTER

AMAROSA SAYS SHE IS KEENLY

AWARE OF THE RACIAL

TENSION IN THE AIR AND IS

PRAYING FOR CALM.

I CALL ON THE NAME OF

JESUS BECAUSE I BELIEVE

THAT PRAYER CHANGES

THINGS.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,

PRAYER CHANGES HEARTS.

SO I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE

TO RISE ABOVE PARTISAN

POLITICS, PETTY DEBATES

AND ARGUMENTS, AND WE HAVE

TO UNITE AS THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE.

David: THE GOOD NEWS

FOR DONALD TRUMP IS THAT

THERE APPEARS TO BE NO

OFFICIAL CHALLENGE TO HIS

NOMINATION THIS WEEK HERE

IN CLEVELAND.

THAT MEANS HERE INSIDE THE

ARENA, IT SHOULD BE

RELATIVELY CALM AND A

CONTROLLED SITUATION.

OUTSIDE THE ARENA, ALL

BETS ARE OFF.

PROTESTS COULD HAPPEN.

THAT MEANS VIOLENCE COULD

REAR ITS UGLY HEAD AND

WE'LL BE MONITORING EVENTS

ALL WEEK LONG.

DAVID BRODY, CBN NEWS,

HERE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Caitlin: GERMAN

POLICE SAY MULTIPLE PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN INJURED IN A

TERRORIST ATTACK ON A

TRAIN IN BAVARIA MONDAY

EVENING.

THE ATTACKER SHOUTED A

JIHADIST PHRASE AS HE USED

AN AX TO HACK AT PEOPLE.

ISIS HAS CLAIMED

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT

ATTACK.

EFREM GRAHAM HAS MORE.

Efrem: GERMAN

OFFICIALS SAY AN ARMED

TEENAGED AFGHAN MIG GRARNT MIGRANT IS

TO BLAME FOR THE

BLOODSHED.

HE PERSON TOLD REPORTERS,

"THE ATTACKER WAS ARMED

WITH A KNIFE AND AN AX,

AND HE ATTACKED PASSENGERS

ON BOARD A TRAIN, WHEN IT

MADE AN UNSCHEDULED STOP

IN HIDINGSFIELD."

AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE WERE

INJURED, AND THREE

SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURY.

AT LEAST TWO OTHERS WERE

SLIGHTLY INJURED.

AND 14 PEOPLE HAD TO BE

TREATED FOR SHOCK.

THE SUSPECT FLED FROM THE

TRAIN, JUMPING OFF, AFTER

SOMEONE PULLED THE

EMERGENCY CORD.

BUT HE ONLY RAN A FEW

YARDS BEFORE POLICE

MANAGED TO SHOOT AND KILL

HIM.

HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT

A 17-YEAR-OLD AFGHAN

ASYLUM-SEEKER, WHO CAME TO

GERMANY AS AN

UNACCOMPANIED MINOR TWO

YEARS AGO.

THERE ARE REPORTS HE

SHOUTED "ALLAHU AKBAR"

DURING THE ATTACK.

AND THE INVESTIGATORS

FOUND A HAND-PAINTED FLAG

OF THE ISLAMIC STATE

GROUP.

HE LIVED IN A HOME FOR

TEENAGED REFUGEES UNTIL

TWO WEEKS AGO, WHEN HE WAS

PLACED WITH A FOSTER

FAMILY.

EFREM GRAHAM, CBN NEWS.

Caitlin: COPTIC

CHRISTIANS ARE BEING

TARGETED IN EGYPT.

A MUSLIM MOB ATTACKED

FAMILIES AS TWO PRIESTS IN

KNIVES AND BATON.

ON MONDAY, MOURNERS LED AT

A LOCAL CHURCH TO PRAY AND

PROTEST.

POLICE SAY THEY ARRESTED

FOUR PEOPLE IN CONNECTION

WITH THE INCIDENT, BUT

THIS IS ONLY THE LATEST IN

A SPIKE OF ASSAULTS

AGAINST THE CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITY THERE.

> TENSIONS ARE RISING

BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH

KOREA AFTER THE NORTH

FIRED THREE BALLISTIC

MISSILES TOWARDS THE

SOUTH.

THEY SAY THE MISSILES FLEW

ACROSS THE NORTH ON

TUESDAY BEFORE CRASHING

INTO THE WATERS OFF ITS

EAST COAST.

NORTH KOREA THREATENED A

PHYSICAL ATTACK AFTER

SOUTH KOREA DEPLOYED ITS

U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE

SYSTEM.

SOUTH KOREA IS USING THE

SYSTEM TO BETTER DEAL WITH

NORTH KOREA'S AGGRESSION.

> COMING UP, THE HEART

OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IS

UNDER ATTACK AS THE

SO-CALLED PEACEMAKERS

THINK ABOUT DIVIDING

JERUSALEM.

Caitlin: WHEN IT

Caitlin: WHEN IT

COMES TO

ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE

TALKS, THE IDEA OF

DIVIDING JERUSALEM IS

OFTEN A DEALBREAKER FOR

THE JEWISH STATE.

WHY IS A UNITED JERUSALEM

SO IMPORTANT TO ISRAEL.

CBN'S SCOTT ROSS TAKES A

LOOK AT THE ANSWER.

Scott: JERUSALEM'S

OLD CITY, THE TEMPLE MOUNT

AND THE MOUNT OF OLIVES,

ALL SHARE COMMON BONDS.

THEY'RE ALL IN THE PART OF

THE CITY PALESTINIANS WANT

AS THEIR FUTURE CAPITAL.

> SCRIPTURE SAYS

JERUSALEM IS A CITY SET ON

A HILL.

WE ARE ON THE HILL OF

THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.

AND WE ARE OVERLOOKING THE

TEMPLE MOUNT.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL VISION

HERE OF THE OLD CITY.

Scott: HEI HEIM

SILVERSTEIN BELIEVES THE

CITY MUST REMAIN UNITED.

WE SPENT THE DAY LOOKING

AT JERUSALEM FROM

DIFFERENT ANGLES TO

UNDERSTAND ITS COMPLEXITY.

THIS IS A CITY THAT IS

ESCONCED IN GEOPOLITICS

AND DEVICENESS, BOTH IN

THE CITY AND IN THE JEWISH

PEOPLE.

Scott: JERUSALEM HAS

BEEN CONQUERED MORE THAN

ANY OTHER CITY IN HISTORY,

YET IT HAS BEEN THE ONLY

CAPITAL THAT THE JUDICIAL JEWISH

PEOPLE HAVE EVER KNOWN.

STILL, THE WORLD REFUSES

TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AS

ISRAEL'S CAPITAL, EVEN

THOUGH IT IS MENTIONED 600

TIMES IN THE BIBLE.

OVER 3,000 YEARS AGO,

KING DAVID CAME HERE AND

CONQUERED JERUSALEM AND

SET UP HIS CAPITAL HERE.

FOR 1,000 YEARS, THE JEWS

HAD SOVEREIGNTY IN THE

LAND OF ISRAEL.

JEWS REMAINED IN PALESTINE

THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES,

BUT WE ONLY SAW THE RETURN

OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN

THE LAST 150 YEARS OR SO.

Scott: ON THE WORLD'S

STAGE, ISRAEL IS TYPICALLY

DIVIDED BETWEEN EAST AND

WEST.

THE NEW IS PRIMARILY

JEWISH, AND THE OLDER

STRETCHES FROM NORTH TO

SOUTH, AND THE MAJORITY OF

THE CITY'S ARABS LIVE

THERE.

BUT SO DO AN ALMOST EQUAL

NUMBER OF JEWISH ISRAELIS.

> WITH THE CITY AS IT IS

NOW AND THE TALK OF

DIVIDING JERUSALEM, IS

THAT REALISTIC, A DIVIDED

JERUSALEM?

I THINK IT WOULD BE A

DISASTER OF HISTORIC

PROPORTIONS AND A HUGE

MISTAKE BECAUSE DIVIDING

OF JERUSALEM WILL CREATE

THE EXACT OPPOSITE EFFECT

OF PEACE.

Scott: FROM 1949 TO

1967, JERUSALEM WAS

DIVIDED, WITH JORDAN

CONTROLLING THE EASTERN

SECTOR.

DURING THE 1967 SIX-DAY

WAR, ISRAEL TOOK BACK

CONTROL.

THE BIBLE CALLS JERUSALEM

THE CITY OF THE GREAT

KING, AND IT HAS SEEN MANY

KINGS.

IN 1964, JORDAN'S KING

HUSSEIN STARTED BUILDING A

HILLTOP PALACE ON THE

NORTHERN EDGE OF

JERUSALEM.

THE SIX-DAY WAR

INTERRUPTED HIS PLANS.

THIS SITE WHERE WE ARE

NOW IS NOT REALLY THE

PALACE OF KING HUSSEIN,

BUT RATHER THE PALACE OF

KING SULE.

Scott: FROM ON HIGH,

IT IS EASY TO SEE WHY

KINGS, OLD AND NEW, WOULD

WANT TO OCCUPY THIS HILL.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE

JORDANIAN HILLS, AND WE

CAN SEE ALL THE WAY TO THE

DEAD SEA AND THE JORDAN

VALLEY.

WHAT WE SEE BLOW US IS A

JEWISH NEIGHBOUR, AND TO

THE NORTH OF THAT, VEOKF.

IF WE WOULD CUT OFF

JERUSALEM AND SAY

EVERYTHING TO THE LEFT OF

THIS LINE WOULD BE

PALESTINE, 90,000 JEWS

LIVING IN THESE TWO

NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD FIND

THEMSELVES IN PALESTINE.

Scott: HOW CAN YOU

DIVIDE THEM WHEN THEY ARE

SO INTEGRATED?

THAT IS A RHETORICAL

QUESTION.

Scott: IT IS.

[LAUGHTER]

Scott: LOOKING TO THE

NORTH, WE COULD SEE

SAMARIA, OTHERWISE KNOWN

AS THE WEST BANK.

IN THE DISTANCE, FIVE

MILES FROM JERUSALEM, IS

RAMALLAH, THE CURRENT SEAT

OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.

AN IMPORTANT THING TO

UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU WANT

TO UNDERSTAND THE

STRATEGIC ISSUES FACING

JERUSALEM, IS WHAT IS THE

GOAL OF THE ARABS?

THEY UNDERSTAND THAT

JERUSALEM IS THE HEART OF

THE JEWISH PEOPLE, AND IF

THEY CAN LIBERATE

JERUSALEM, FROM THEIR

POINT OF VIEW, THEY WILL

HAVE SUCCEEDED IN

LIBERATING ISRAEL

ULTIMATELY.

Scott: HE BELIEVES

THE ARABS HAVE THREE MAIN

WAYS THEY'RE WORKING TO

LIBERATE JERUSALEM: BY

FORCE, PROPAGANDA AND

DIPLOMACY, AND DEMOCRACY.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS

BUILDING AND BUILDING AND

BUILDING INSIDE JERUSALEM,

LARGELY ILLEGAL

STRUCTURES, AND

SUCCESSFULLY CREATING A

TERRITORIAL CONTINUUM THAT

RUNS THROUGH THE CITY,

THROUGH THE OLD CITY, TO

BETHLEHEM IN THE SOUTH.

THE Scott: DO YOU HAVE

HOPE FOR THIS CITY TO

EVENTUALLY BE WHOLE?

DO YOU SEE A GOOD FUTURE

AHEAD?

ZACHARIAH 14 TALKS

ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING

HERE ON THE MOUNT OF

OLIVES.

THERE WILL BE AN

EARTHQUAKE HERE.

THERE WILL BE A WAR.

AND ALL KINDS OF UNNATURAL

THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING

HERE.

Scott: THAT IS YET TO

HAPPEN.

THAT IS YET TO HAPPEN.

BUT HE ENDS BY SAYING

JERUSALEM WILL DWELL

SECURE.

THE QUESTION IS: HOW DO WE

GET THERE.

THE THING IS TO KEEP

JERUSALEM UNITED AND WITH

ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY.

THAT IS THE PRELUDE TO

HOPEFULLY THE INCREDIBLE

EVENT THAT WE HOPE AND

PRAY WILL HAPPEN LATER,

WHICH WILL BE ULTIMATE

PEACE FOR BOTH JEWS AND

THOSE AROUND THE WORLD.

Scott: SCOTT ROSS,

JERUSALEM.

Caitlin: UP NEXT, SHE

STILL BELIEVES IT IS GOD'S

WILL FOR HER TO BE THERE.

FIND OUT WHY AFTER THIS.

Caitlin: ON JULY 19,

1989, HELEN HAZE BOARDED

UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 232

IN DENVER, BOUND FOR

CHICAGO.

THAT FLIGHT NEVER MADE IT.

IT SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC

FAILURE OF ITS

TAIL-MOUNTED ENGINE AND

CRASHED IN IOWA.

MIRACULOUSLY, HELEN

SURVIVED.

NOW SHE IS TELLING HER

REMARKABLE STORY OF FAITH

TO STEPHANIE RIGGS, TAKE A

LOOK.

Reporter: WE HEARD

AND WATCHED THAT DAY,

JULY 19, 1989, WHEN A

JUMBO JET LOST ITS

HYDRAULICS, MAKING IT

VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO

CONTROL.

HE IS COMING DOWN REAL

FAST DOWN THE SOUTH END.

STAND BY!

Reporter: DO YOU

REMEMBER THAT DAY, HELEN?

I REMEMBER EVERY MINUTE

OF THAT DAY, AS VIVIDLY AS

IF IT WERE LAST WEEK.

Reporter: WHAT WE

DIDN'T KNOW IS HOW THIS

TESTED THE FAITH OF HELEN

YOUNG HAZE, A SUCCESSFUL

MONEY MANAGER SEATED IN

ROW NINE.

SHE PRAYED IT IMPOSSIBLE,

THAT GOD GUIDE THE PILOT'S

HANDS AS THEY CONTINUED TO

LAND THE PLANE WITH NO

HYDRAULICS.

THE CAPTAIN CAME ON

AGAIN AND SAID, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, WE WILL NOT BE

MAKING IT TO CHICAGO AFTER

ALL.

WE HAVE SUSTAINED TAIL

DAMAGE TO OUR PLANE.

WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT AN

EMERGENCY LANDING IN SIOUX

CITY, IOWA, IN 30 MINUTES.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO KID

YOU, FOLKS, IT IS GOING TO

BE ROUGH.

Reporter: TELL US

ABOUT IT.

THE PLANE WAS JUST

CAREENING ABOUT.

I LOOKED UP, AND AS I WAS

BEING THROWN AROUND IN MY

SEAT, I SAW MYSELF

SURROUNDED IN FLAMES.

FOR THAT MOMENT, FOR THE

FIRST TIME I WAS AFRAID.

I THOUGHT, DEAR, GOD,

DON'T LET ME BE BURNED.

AND THE FLAMES PASSED AND

SUDDENLY WE WERE

SOMERSAULTING OVER AND

TUMBLING UPSIDE DOWN.

AND THEN WE SLID TO A

STOP.

ALL I COULD HEAR WAS THE

SOUND OF CRACKLING AND

SIZZLING AND BURNING.

Reporter: WHICH WAS

THE PLANE BURNING?

WHICH WAS THE PLANE

BURNING.

I COULD HEAR PASSENGER

MOANING, AND I WAS HANGING

UPSIDE DOWN.

I THOUGHT, WHAT DO I DO

NOW?

BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHAT

WE REHEARSED.

Reporter: SO YOU

SURVIVED.

YOU WERE ONE OF THE 185

PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED.

AND THERE WERE 296 ON THE

PLANE.

DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY YOU

WERE ONE OF THE SURVIVOR

BECAUSE 111 PEOPLE DIDN'T

WALK OFF THAT PLANE?

I KNOW THAT I WAS THERE

FOR A REASON.

I WAS ON THE PLANE BECAUSE

UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, THE

PILOT'S HANDS NEEDED

GUIDANCE.

AND SO A PRAYER WAS PUT IN

ME THAT I JUST PRAYED.

Reporter: WHAT DID

YOU PRAY?

THE FIRST THING THAT

CAME TO MY MIND WAS THE

PILOT'S HANDS.

I CLOSED MY EYES AND I

JUST STARTED PRAYING FOR

THE PILOTS.

AND I ASKED THE LORD TO

GIVE THEM GUIDANCE AND

WISDOM AND SHOW THEM WHAT

TO DO, AND I BELIEVE MY

PRAYER WAS ANSWERED THAT

DAY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

AVIATION HISTORY, A PLANE

THAT WAS UNSTEERABLE AND

HAD NO ELEVATORS -- SO IT

DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO

GO UP AND DOWN, AND IT DID

NOT HAVE BRAKES AND

LANDING GEAR -- A

COMPLETELY UNSTEERABLE

PLANE WAS BROUGHT TO THE

RUNWAY.

AND WHILE THEY EXPECTED

THAT NO ONE WOULD SURVIVE,

185 PEOPLE LIVED.

I KNOW THAT'S WHY I WAS ON

THE PLANE.

Reporter: WHERE DID

YOU GET THAT FAITH?

I HAD GROWN UP

BELIEVING IN THE SALVATION

OF JESUS THROUGH MY MOTHER

AND THROUGH OUR ATTENDING

OUR LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH.

BUT THERE WAS A PART OF ME

THAT ALWAYS WONDERED, EVER

SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL,

WILL WHAT I BELIEVE

IMPROVE TO BE REAL TO ME

WHEN I NEED IT THE MOST?

AND WHEN I AM SITTING AT

THE EDGE OF ETERNITY, WILL

I BE AFRAID?

AND WILL GOD BE REAL TO

ME?

AND SO WHAT WAS DECIDED

FOR ME ON JULY 19, 1989,

WAS, YES, ALL OF THAT IS

MORE REAL THAN ANYTHING

ELSE.

Reporter: HOW DO I

HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP

THAT YOU HAVE, THAT IS

GETTING YOU THROUGH AND

HELPING YOU LIVE A BIGGER

LIFE THAN YOU COULD HAVE

IMAGINED?

I THINK IT IS REALLY

THROUGH KNOWING WHO THE

PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST IS.

AND WE LEARN ABOUT HIM

THROUGH SCRIPTURE, THROUGH

WHAT HE SAID, THROUGH WHAT

HE DID.

WE LEARN ABOUT HIM IN

COMMUNITY.

WE LEARN ABOUT HIM THROUGH

THE LIVES AND EXPERIENCES

OF OTHER PEOPLE.

AND WE LEARN ABOUT HIM BY

SPENDING TIME WITH HIM.

Reporter: YOU HAVE

RACKED UP HOW MANY MILES

ON AN AIRPLANE?

YOU'RE UNDAUNTED BY WHAT

HAPPENED TO YOU.

I HAVE HIT THE MILLION

MILE MARK.

AND I HAVE LOOKED DEATH IN

THE EYE AND SAT AND

GLANCED OVER THE EDGE OF

ETERNITY.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, I

BELIEVE THAT DEATH IS

NOTHING TO FEAR BECAUSE I

KNOW THAT THIS LIFE, IT

WILL JUST USHER IN THE

NEXT LIFE, THE REAL LIFE.

Reporter: IT'S

GRADUATION DAY.

IT'S GRADUATION DAY.

Caitlin: ADULTS AS

WELL AS CHILDREN ARE

LEARNING AT A SCHOOL

"OPERATION BLESSING" RUNS

IN HAITI.

WHEN GROWING UP, MANY OF

THE ADULTS IN THE VILLAGE

WERE NEVER GIVEN AN

OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AN

EDUCATION.

BUT "OPERATION BLESSING"

HAS STARTER AN ADULT

LITERACY PROGRAM, SO THEY

CAN LEARN HOW TO READ AND

WRITE.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THESE

PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO DO

THAT SO THEY CAN

UNDERSTAND LEGAL

DOCUMENTS, MAKE FINANCIAL

TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGN

THEIR NAMES.

WITHOUT LITERACY, THEY

WOULD BE VULNERABLE TO

PEOPLE WHO WOULD TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF THEM.

AND SOME ADULT STUDENTS

CAN WRITE THEIR FAMILY

MEMBERS' FULL NAMES ALONG

WITH THEIR OWN.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT GOING TO THEIR

WEBSITE AT ob.org.

> THAT'S IT FOR NOW ON

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