George: THIS WEEK ON

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS,",.

KEEP YOUR JESUS AND DO

WHAT YOU WANT WITH THAT,

BUT I'M OVER HERE AND I'M

GOING TO DO MY THING FOR

MYSELF.

George: MEET THE

OLYMPIC ATHLETE WHO WANTED

NOTHING TO DO WITH GOD

UNTIL FAILURE FORCED HIM

TO HIS KNEES.

TODAY HE HAS GAINED MUCH

MORE THAN GOLD.

PLUS...HE IS

CONTROVERSIAL, DIVISIVE,

AND DISRUPTIVE, AND HE IS

RUNNING FOR THE PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES.

IN A ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW

WITH CBN NEWS, DONALD

TRUMP ADMITS, I'M NOT

PERFECT.

> AND HOW A STRUGGLING

BUSINESSMAN TURNED HIS

COMPANY AROUND BY MAKING

IN VESSMENTS IN PEOPLE.

INVESTMENTS IN PEOPLE.

HELLO, EVERYONE, WELCOME

TO THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."

I'M GORG GEORGE THOMAS.

WENDY GRIFFITH IS ON

ASSIGNMENT.

WELL, THE OLYMPIC GAMES,

AS YOU KNOW, ARE UNDER WAY

IN THE NATION OF BRAZIL,

AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS ON

HAND TO SEE ATHLETES

COMPETE AT THE VERY

HIGHEST LEVEL.

MANY, BY THE WAY, DREAM OF

BRINGING HOME THE GOLD,

BUT OTHERS HAVE A HIGHER

GOAL IN MIND.

WHEN AMERICAN DIVER DAVID

BODIA WON SILVER THIS

YEAR, HE TOLD THE WORLD,

QUOTE,"MY IDENTITY IS IN

CHRIST."

WELL, IT IS AN ATTITUDE

THAT HELPED HIM WIN GOLD

BACK IN 2012, BUT FOUR

YEARS LATER, HIS FIRST

OLYMPICS WAS A VERY

DIFFERENT STORY.

2008, IF YOU WOULD HAVE

ASKED ME TO SIT DOWN WITH

"THE 700 CLUB," I WOULD

HAVE BEEN, ARE YOU

SERIOUS?

NO WAY.

YOU CAN KEEP YOUR JESUS

AND DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH

THAT, BUT I'M OVER HERE

AND I'M GOING TO DO MY

THING FOR MYSELF.

IT IS CRAZY TO THINK WHAT

GOD CAN DO TO SOMEONE WHO

IS SO OBSESSED WITH

HIMSELF, LAYING HIM THE

FLAT ON HIS FACE AND

SAYING, DAVID, YOU'RE NOT

GOING TO BE THE RULER OF

YOUR LIFE.

JUST LOOKING BACK AT WHEN

I HAD THIS DREAM OF

WANTING TO BECOME AN

OLYMPIAN, AND THAT PURSUIT

TOWARDS THAT GOAL, I TRIED

TO FILL THAT WITH WHATEVER

I COULD.

BECAUSE I THOUGHT

ULTIMATELY THIS WOULD

BRING MY HAPPINESS AND

JOY.

AND IT WAS ALL FOR DAVID'S

GLORY, ALL FOR WHAT DAVID

WANTED.

I DIDN'T WORSHIP ANYONE

ELSE BESIDES MYSELF.

EVERYTHING THAT I THOUGHT

OF, EVERYTHING THAT I

PURSUED, WAS FOR MY OWN

GAME.

MY FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES, I

JUST REALIZED IT WASN'T

WORKING.

THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHING

ELSE BESIDES THIS

POPULARITY OR THIS

PLEASURE OR THIS DESIRE

THAT I NEEDED TO BE RICH

AND FAMOUS, THAT THIS

AMERICAN DREAM PROMISED

ME.

THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHING

MORE THAN THAT.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO

FIND THAT.

GOD CHANGED MY HEART, AND

IT WAS NO LONGER, LOOK AT

ME, I'M THE BEST.

I'M TRYING TO BE A VISIBLE

REPRESENTATION OF AN

INVISIBLE GOD -- THAT'S

NOT THE DAVID OF 2008.

GOD HAS REDEEMED ME AND

HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF MY

LIFE TO DO THAT FOR HIM ON

A PLATFORM THAT I NEVER

THOUGHT I WOULD BE AT.

THE LONDON GAMES WAS NOT A

STORY I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN

WHATSOEVER.

GOING INTO THE FINALS, I

WAS, LIKE, THE MOST

NERVOUS I HAVE BEEN IN A

COMPETITION SINCE I WAS 14

YEARS OLD.

I SPOKE TO A GOOD FRIEND

OF MINE, AND HE SAID,

DAVID, WHAT IS THERE TO BE

NERVOUS ABOUT?

AND I WAS, LIKE, OKAY,

WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT?

AND HE SAID, GOD HAS

ALREADY WRITTEN IT.

IT IS ALREADY DONE.

WHAT YOU GET TO DO, WHAT

YOUR OPPORTUNITY IS, IS TO

BE A VEHICLE FOR HIS

GLORY.

SO INSTANTLY THE WEIGHT

WAS OFF OF MY SHOULDERS.

I JUST THINK OF

PHILIPPIANS 4: 6, AND IT

TALKS ABOUT BE ANXIOUS

ABOUT NOTHING BUT WITH

THANKSGIVING MAKE YOUR

REQUESTS KNOWN TO GOD.

THAT WAS TOTALLY MY

PERSPECTIVE THAT NEXT DAY

WHEN I WOKE UP, WAS THAT.

MY DIVES IN THOSE

FINALS, I WAS THINKING

ABOUT TWO THINGS, I HAD

ONE THING TO THING ABOUT,

MY TAKEOFF, AND MAKING IT

STRONG, AND THE OTHER ONE

WAS SOMETHING MY COACH AND

I MADE UP YEARS BEFORE THE

OLYMPICS, AND IT GOES BACK

TO PHILIPPIANS 4: 6, BE

ANXIOUS ABOUT NOTHING.

I KNEW THAT I PUT DOWN SIX

DIVES THE BEST I HAD EVER

DONE IN A COMPETITION.

I GOT OUT OF THE WATER,

AND I DIDN'T CARE WHERE I

WAS FINISHING, WHETHER I

WAS FIRST OR FIFTH.

I WAS CONTENT AND HAPPY

BECAUSE I KNEW I DID MY

BEST.

I WALKED OVER TO ADAM, AND

HE EMBRACED ME AND HUGGED

ME.

AND I LOOKED UP AND MY

NAME WAS FIRST.

ONE CHINESE DIVER STILL

HAD TO GO.

HE HIT THE WATER AND MY

NAME DIDN'T CHANGE.

AND I STILL COULDN'T

FATHOM IT.

SO MY NAME IS FIRST AND

THERE ARE NO DIVERS LEFT,

WHAT -- THAT MEANS I WON?

IT IS STILL A THRILLING

MOMENT, TO THINK BACK AT

THAT SPECIFIC MOMENT.

PRETTY MUCH AFTER THE

OLYMPICS, IN 2012, I GOT

MARRIED TO MY WIFE, SUNNY,

AND TWO YEARS AFTER THAT,

WE HAD OUR FIRST CHILD,

DAKOTA.

I GET TO BE DAD, DAVID THE

HUSBAND.

IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT

THING.

GOD HAS GROWN ME SO MUCH

IN MY COMMUNICATION WITH

MY WIFE.

THE FIRST YEAR AFTER THE

OLYMPICS, IT WAS

ATROCIOUS.

JUST ME TRYING TO

COMMUNICATE AND LEARN HOW

TO NAVIGATE MARRIAGE.

HE HAS GROWN ME IN THAT SO

MUCH.

AND ULTIMATELY TRYING TO

RAISE A LITTLE GIRL THAT

FEARS THE LORD.

THE ROAD TO RIO, LEADING

UP TO THAT, I THINK GOD

HAS TRAINED ME MOST AT

REALLY WANTING ME TO BE

RESPONSIBLE AND TO PURSUE

EXCELLENCE.

ROMANS 8: 28 SAYS, GOD

WORKS EVERYTHING FOR GOOD

FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM,

AND WHO ARE CALLED

ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.

AND THAT PURPOSE IS NOT

FOR MY PURPOSE OR JOY.

THAT PURPOSE IS SO I

BECOME MORE LIKE CHRIST

DAILY.

George: YOU CAN READ

MORE ABOUT DAVID'S STORY

IN HIS NEW BOOK "GREATER

THAN GOLD."

FIND IT WHEREVER BOOKS ARE

SOLD.

AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL

SECTION FEATURING THE

FAITH OF OLYMPICS ATHLETES

ON cbnnews.com, AND IT

IS CALLED "OLYMPIC

PROFILES IN FAITH."

> AN INTERNATIONAL

SPORTS INDUSTRY IS MAKING

THE MOST OF THE RIO GAME.

ATHLETES IN ACTION HAS

MORE THAN 100

MULTI-LINGUAL STAFF ON

HAND TO MINISTER TO

ATHLETES AND FANS.

SOME ARE SERVING AS

CHAPLAINS TO ATHLETES IN

THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, AND

OTHERS ARE HAVING

CONVERSATIONS WITH FANS

AND GIVING AWAY BIBLES AND

OTHER MATERIALS.

ONE A.I.A. OFFICIAL SAYS

WHEN ALL OF THOSE FOLKS GO

HOME, THE GOSPEL SEEDS

THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED

WILL SPREAD, INCLUDING IN

NATIONS THAT ARE CLOSED TO

CHRISTIANITY.

MISSIONARIES HAVE BEEN AT

WORK IN THE CITY'S SLUMS

FOR DECADES.

LATIN-AMERICA PRODUCER

JAVIER BOLANOS TELLS US

ABOUT A WOMAN WHO IS

BRINGING HOPE TO CHILDREN

IN ONE DRUG AND CRIME

INFESTED NEIGHBORHOOD,

WHERE SHE IS CHANGING

LIVES FOR JESUS CHRIST.

Reporter: THIS

MISSIONARY WALKS THE

STREETS HERE, RECEIVING

HUGS AND AFFECTIONS.

BUT AT FIRST, IT WAS NOT

SO.

SHE ARRIVED 26 YEARS AGO

WHEN THIS WAS RIO'S MOST

VIOLENT PLACE, A

NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN AS A

CENTER OF WITCHCRAFT.

THE POLICE DID NOT DARE TO

ENTER HERE.

IN PLACES LIKE THESE, IN

FRONT OF THE WHITE CROSS,

HUMAN SACRIFICES WERE

MADE.

BUT AMELIA FELT SOMETHING

SPECIAL FOR THE CHILDREN.

THE MAIN PROBLEM HERE

IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF

THE MOTHERS ARE SINGLE

MOTHERS BECAUSE MOST OF

THEM, THEIR HUSBANDS ARE

IN PRISON.

WHEN THEY HAVE THE KID,

THEY BRING THE KIDS HERE,

IN THE STREETS.

BUT HERE THE KIDS WHO ARE

FIVE YEARS OLD, THEY

CANNOT GO TO THE GRACE

ANYMORE.

AND THEN THIS KID WILL BE

FREE, IN THE HANDS OF

EVERYBODY.

AND THEY BEGIN LOOKING TO

THE BANDITS AS THE HEROS.

THAT'S HOW SHE FOUNDED

THE HOUSE OF MARY AND

MARTHA, A PROJECT FOR

CHILD EVANGELISM THAT

OFFERS MATERIAL AND

SPIRITUAL SUPPORT.

UNDER THE ARMS OF CHRIST

THE REDEEMER'S STATUE HERE

IN RIO, THE CHILDREN HERE

STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE.

BUT AT THE FEET OF JESUS

CHRIST, THIS MISSIONARY

AND HER TEAMWORK HARD TO

BRING HOME FOR THESE

CHILDREN.

WALLACE CAME TO THE HOUSE

OF MARY AND MARTHA WHEN HE

WAS A BOY.

YEARS LATER, AFTER

ATTENDING UNIVERSITY, HE

CAME BACK, NOW AS A

TEACHER.

TODAY HIS DAUGHTER ALSO

STUDIES HERE.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Through Translator: I

STARTED COMING TO THE

HOUSE OF MARY AND MARTHA

WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD.

THEN I CONTINUED MY

EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF HERE,

BUT I KEPT CONTACT.

TWO YEARS AGO, SHE CALLED

ME AND I CAME BACK AS A

TEACHER.

Reporter: AMELIA'S

WORK HAS THE FINANCIAL

SUPPORT OF SEVERAL

CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES IN

BRAZIL.

VICTORY CHRIST CHURCH

SENDS HER AN OFFERING

EVERY MONTH.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

SHE IS A WOMAN THAT WAS

CARVED FOR THIS JOB.

GOD CALLS PEOPLE WITH A

VOCATION.

AMELIA'S WORK IS HIGHLY

RESPECTED HERE.

HER WORK IS ADMIRABLE, AND

SO WE HELP HER BECAUSE SHE

IS A SERIOUS WOMAN WHO HAS

A STORY, AND THAT IS VERY

IMPORTANT TO ME.

THE MISSIONARY

APPRECIATES HELP, BUT SHE

IS SURE THAT GOD PROVIDES

SUPERNATURALLY, AND THAT'S

WHY HER PANTRY IS ALWAYS

FULL.

STILL, SHE HAS A SPECIAL

REQUEST.

MY NEEDS FIRST, ABOVE

EVERYTHING, IS PRAYER.

BECAUSE I WORK UNDER

THREAT AND IN DANGER ALL

OF THE TIME.

BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO

IS COMING.

I KNOW THAT I HAVE

ADVERSITY THAT WANTS TO

STOP ME.

AND I FEEL THIS EVERY

TIME.

AND I NEED PRAYER BECAUSE

I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS

POSSIBLE IN MY LIFE

BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE

PRAYING FOR ME.

Reporter: JAVIER, CBN

NEWS, IN BRAZIL.

George: COMING UP,

FREEDOM FOR AMERICAN

PASTORS.

WHAT DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO

DO TO LIBERATE PREACHERS

WHO HAVE BEEN MUZZLED BY

THE GOVERNMENT.

George: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "CHRISTIAN WORLD

NEWS."

HERE IN AMERICA,

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP IS

COURTING CHRISTIANS BY

PROMISING TO PROTECT

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

HE SPOKE TO HUNDREDS OF

EVANGELISTS IN FLORIDA.

HE MADE A SURPRISING

ADMISSION.

Reporter: HOW DID IT

GO IN THERE?

I THINK IT REALLY WENT

WELL.

I THINK THE PEOPLE ARE

FANTASTIC.

WE HAD A RECORD CROWD OF

PASTORS -- MOSTLY

PASTORS -- AND THEIR

FAMILIES, I THINK IT WENT

AMAZINGLY WELL.

Reporter: DONALD

TRUMP QUOTIN QUOTE COURTING CHRISTIANS

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

SO I HAD A LONG SPEECH,

AND I THOUGHT, BOY, THIS

IS BORING.

THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT

TO TALK ABOUT.

I KNOW SOME OF THE PASTORS

IN THIS ROOM, AND I REFUSE

TO PUT THEM TO SLEEP,

RIGHT?

Reporter: IN TRUE

STYLE, HE SPOKE OFF THE

CUFF.

DID YOU NOTICE I TOOK

THE TELEPROMPTERS DOWN,

RIGHT?

I HAD TELEPROMPTERS.

I HAD A SPEECH WRITTEN BY

A PROFESSIONAL, AND I

SAID, I'M NOT READING

THIS.

Reporter: THE CRUX OF

HIS SPEECH, REPEALING THE

JOHNSON AMENDMENT.

IF I GET ELECTED

PRESIDENT, ONE OF THE

EARLY THINGS, ONE OF THE

ABSOLUTELY FIRST THINGS

I'M GOING TO DO IS WORK ON

TOTALLY KNOCKING OUT THE

JOHNSON AMENDMENT.

Reporter: THE 1954

AMENDMENT WAS CREATED BY

THEN SENATOR LYNDON B.

JOHNSON.

IT LIMITS THE FREE SPEECH

OF PASTORS, ESSENTIALLY

THREATENING TO TAKE AWAY A

CHURCH'S NON-PROFIT,

TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FOR

OPPOSING OR SUPPORTING A

CANDIDATE.

THEY GET HIT WITH THE

501C 3.

THERE IS SPEECH BEING

TAKEN AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO

ARE GOOD PEOPLE, FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING GOOD

THINGS, NOT BAD PEOPLE.

IF I CAN DO THAT, I WILL

HAVE DONE A GREAT THING

FOR RELIGION AS A WHOLE.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME.

Reporter: AND TRUMP

KNOWS IT IS A MAJOR

SELLING POINT TO GET

CHRISTIANS FROM THE PEWS

TO THE POLLS.

THE WORDS I SAID TODAY

ARE SO IMPORTANT.

I WAS HONORED TO GET THE

KIND OF OVATION I GOT, BUT

THEY UNDERSTAND.

I THINK IT WILL BE A

TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT IF

WE CAN GET IT DONE.

I KNOW WE'LL GET IT DONE,

IF WE CAN GET ELECTED.

THAT'S WHY I SAY ON

NOVEMBER 8th, EVERYBODY

HAS TO GET OUT AND VOTE.

BECAUSE FOUR YEARS AGO,

THE EVANGELICALS JUST

DIDN'T VOTE.

CHRISTIANS DIDN'T VOTE.

Reporter: TRUMP IS

TRYING TO CHANGE THAT BY

SPEAKING AT EVENTS LIKE

THIS ONE, AND BY SHOWING A

SOFTER, MORE HUMBLE SIDE.

> IN YOUR R.N.C.

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, YOU

THANKED THE EVANGELICALS

FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

BUT YOU SAID, I DON'T

NECESSARILY DESERVE IT.

WHY DID YOU SAY THAT?

WELL, BECAUSE I THINK

I'M NOT PERFECT.

AND BECAUSE I THINK MAYBE

I'M LESS PERFECT THAN SOME

PEOPLE.

BUT I HAVE CERTAIN

ABILITIES THAT ARE GOOD,

LIKE BEING ABLE TO DO

THINGS.

AND I THINK I'LL BE ABLE

TO DO THINGS THAT WILL BE

REALLY GREAT FOR THE

EVANGELICALS AND FOR

OTHERS.

HIS SPEECH CAME ACROSS

AS HUMBLE.

IT WASN'T A CAMPAIGN

SPEECH.

DONALD TRUMP IS NOT

TRYING TO BE AN

EVANGELICAL PREACHER.

I THINK WHAT HE IS SAYING

IS HE UNDERSTANDS OUR

PROBLEMS.

HE UNDERSTANDS OUR

CONCERNS, AND HE IS GOING

TO BE A CHAMPION FOR US.

I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE

DON'T LIKE ME.

AND THAT'S OKAY.

EITHER WAY.

I PREFER THE LIKELY, BUT

SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK

OUT, NO MATTER WHAT YOU

DO.

Reporter: BUT SOME

ARE WILLING TO LOOK BEYOND

THAT.

> A LOT OF CHRISTIANS

BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEEN

CHOSEN FOR SUCH A TIME AS

THIS.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IS

TRUE?

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED

MAYBE THIS IS A DIVINE

CALLING?

YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD

THAT FROM OTHERS.

I'VE HEARD IT FROM

PASTORS.

I'VE HEARD IT FROM OTHERS.

I DON'T REALLY WANT TO

THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT

IS TOO BIG OF A BURDEN.

BUT I CAN SAY THIS, IF I

CAN DO WHAT I'M SAYING I

CAN DO -- AND I'M NOT ONLY

TALKING WITH THE MILITARY,

BUILDING IT UP AND SAFETY

AND SECURITY, BECAUSE OUR

COUNTRY IS SUCH BAD SHAPE

IN SO MANY WAYS --

Reporter: DIVINE

CALLING OR NOT, TRUMP SAYS

HE IS A FRIEND TO

CHRISTIANS.

> RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, YOU

TALK ABOUT THAT SOME.

A LOT OF CHRISTIAN

BUSINESS LEADERS ARE

GETTING ATTACKED BECAUSE

THEY DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT

GAY COUPLES OR PROVIDE

SERVICES.

YOU SAID IN THE PAST YOU

WOULD DEFEND THESE

BUSINESSES.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO

PROTECT THESE?

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

GOING TO DO?

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TO

PROTECT, AND WHAT I'M

GOING TO DO, MOST

IMPORTANTLY, IS WORK ON

EXACTLY WHAT I TALKED

ABOUT TODAY.

THEY BELIEVE SO MUCH IN

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, AS I

DO, VERY MUCH, BECAUSE

WITHOUT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY,

YOU DON'T HAVE LIBERTY.

YOU DON'T HAVE LIBERTY.

Reporter: AND THAT'S

EXACTLY WHAT EVANGELICALS

WANT TO HEAR.

BUT TRUMP STILL HAS WORK

TO DO.

MOST OF THESE PASTORS ARE

ON BOARD, BUT ADMIT HE

WASN'T THEIR FIRST CHOICE.

SOME OF THE THINGS WITH

DONALD TRUMP, I'M NOT SURE

EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING

TO GET.

WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.

BUT WITH HER, HILLARY

CLINTON, I KNOW WHAT WE'RE

GOING TO GET, THAT JUST

LOOKS BAD ALL ACROSS THE

BORDER.

WE CAN OPEN UP THE

VOICES OF GREAT PEOPLE,

THE PASTORS AND THE

MINISTERS AND THE PRIESTS

AND THE RABBIS AND PEOPLE

OF RELIGION, AND I THINK

THAT WILL BE SOMETHING I

WILL BE SO PROUD OF.

Reporter: THIS IS A

MOVE IN THE RIGHT

DIRECTION FOR DONALD

TRUMP, BUT, OF COURSE,

ONLY TIME WILL TELL IF IT,

IN FACT, TRANSLATES IN THE

FALL.

REPORTING IN ORLANDO,

JENNA BROWDER, CBN NEWS.

George: UP NEXT, MEET

THE BUSINESSMAN WHO IS NOT

JUST TURNING A PROFIT, HE

IS CHANGING PEOPLE'S

LIVES.

George: WELCOME BACK

TO "CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."

WHEN A COLORADO BUSINESS

OWNER SAW HIS COMPANY

BECOMING STAGNANT, HE

WASN'T SURE HOW HE WAS

GOING TO TURN IT AROUND.

BUT AS CBN NEWS

CONTRIBUTOR STEPHANIE

RIGGS EXPLAINS, HE FOUND

THE SOLUTION BY SERVING

OTHERS.

Reporter: L& RPALETTE

COMPANY SERVES AN EVEN

GREATER PURPOSE FOR THE

SECOND GENERATION OWNER.

WE WOULD GO THROUGH

YEARS WHEN WE HAD 300% TO

400% TURNOVER.

WE REACHED A POINT IN

TIME WHEN I THOUGHT THE

BUSINESS COULDN'T GROW.

I COULDN'T SEE THE

POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING

AND TAKING ON EXTRA

RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WE

WERE HAVING A HARD TIME

GETTING PEOPLE TO COME

THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.

AT THE SAME TIME GOD IS

WORKING AT ME, I DECIDED

TO LOOK AT THE REFUGEE

COMMUNITY AS A POSSIBLE

SOURCE OR STREAM FOR

EMPLOYEES.

Reporter: FROM

STAGNATION TO A VIBRANT,

THRIVING BUSINESS, THAT

STARTED WITH SEVEN

REFUGEES FROM BURMA TO NOW

81.

AND THEY ARE LOYAL,

GRATEFUL EMPLOYEES.

IT IS GREAT TO SAY THIS

PALETTE COMPANY HAS A NEW

PURPOSE: IT'S PEOPLE.

POURING INTO PEOPLE

ACTUALLY SHOWED UP ON THE

BOTTOM LINE.

NOT ONLY DID OUR CULTURE

CHANGE, BUT PROFITABILITY

CHANGE.

IT WAS A MOMENT IN TIME

WHERE I FELT GOD KISSED ME

ON THE FOREHEAD AS A CHILD

OF HIS AND SAID, SILLY

LITTLE BOY, THAT DIDN'T

JUST HAPPEN.

THIS ISN'T COINCIDENCE.

I HAD MY HAND ON YOU.

IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM WORK

THAT WAY.

Reporter: THE COMPANY

EVOLVED INTO THIS FACTORY

OF HOPE, FILLED WITH

CONFIDENT MEN AND WOMEN

WHO OTHERWISE WOULD BE

LIVING IN POVERTY.

I HAVE BEEN HERE ABOUT

ONE YEAR.

THE BOSS, HE GIVES US AN

OPPORTUNITY.

HE PAYS US GOOD MONEY.

THEY GIVE US A GOOD JOB.

HE'S A GOOD BOSS.

A LOT OF TIMES BUSINESS

OWNERS WANT YOU TO LEAVE

YOUR PROBLEMS AT HOME,

GIVE YOU A HARD DAY'S

WORK, AND I USED TO BE

THAT WAY.

NOW WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO

BRING THEIR PROBLEMS.

WHAT ARE YOU CONFUSED

ABOUT?

WE BRING IN LENDERS AND

HELP THEM ESTABLISH

CREDIT.

WE ARE HELPING THEM BUY

HOMES.

I'M GETTING THEM INVOLVED

IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

PROGRAMS HERE IN COLORADO.

WE'RE FUMIGATING THEIR

HOUSES FOR THEM BECAUSE

THEY'RE IN LOW INCOME

AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE

DIFFERENT KINDS OF BUGS

AND STUFF.

THESE ARE MINISTRY

OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GO

IN AND DO SOMETHING.

HE TOOK A BUNCH OF

PEOPLE FROM THE REFUGEE REFUGEE

CAMP, AND SOME HAVE WORKED

HERE FOR 30 YEARS.

I SAID, LORD, BRING TO

MY COMPANY WHO YOU WANT TO

WORK HERE, WHO YOU WANT TO

HAVE REFUGEE.

I FEEL VERY BLESSED THAT

THE BURMESE PEOPLE HAVE

BEEN INTRODUCED INTO MY

COMPANY.

AND I CAN GO RIGHT OUTSIDE

MY OFFICE DOOR AND IMPACT

FAMILIES AND LIVES AND

MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Reporter: HIS FATHER

STARTED THIS BUSINESS IN

1974.

HE HAD NO IDEA IT WOULD

BECOME A PLACE OF REFUGEE,

PRODUCING MORE THAN THEY

PALETTES, BUT PEOPLE WITH

HOPE.

I'M STEPHANIE RIGGS FOR

CBN NEWS IN DENVER.

George: STEPHANIE,

THANKS FOR THAT STORY.

ENCOURAGING TO HELP FOLKS

WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH SO

MUCH IN LIFE, AND WHO COME

HERE SEEKING A BETTER LIFE

AND IN SOME CASES, THE

AMERICAN DREAM.

> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE

STORY OF AN OLYMPIC

SUPERSTAR WHO WANTED TO

END HIS LIFE, AND THE

CHRISTIAN FRIEND WHO

STEPPED IN JUST AT THE

RIGHT MOMENT.

THAT STORY, RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

STAY WITH US.

George: FINALLY ON

THE BROADCAST, AT THE

OLYMPIC GAMES IN BRAZIL,

MICHAEL PHELPS KEEPS

ADDING GOLD MEDALS TO HIS

TROPHY CASE.

AFTER THE 2012 GAMES, HE

OWNED 18 GOALS, AND YOU

WOULD THINK THE MAN WOULD

LACK FOR NOTHING.

HOWEVER, HE RECENTLY

REVEALED THAT JUST TWO

YEARS AGO, DRUG AND

ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS

BROUGHT ON AN IDENTITY

CRISIS.

HE EVEN CONSIDERED TAKING

HIS OWN LIFE.

BUT HIS FRIEND, CHRISTIAN

NFL STAR, RAY LEWIS,

STEPPED IN WITH WORDS OF

ENCOURAGEMENT, AND HE GAVE

HIM A COPY OF PASTOR RICK

WARREN'S BOOK, "THE

PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE."

HE READ THE BOOK IN REHAB

AND HE TOLD LEWIS,

QUOTE,"IT BLEW HIS MIND."

HE SAYS THE BOOK SHOWED

HIM THERE WAS A POWER

GREATER THAN HIMSELF AND A

PURPOSE FOR HIM ON THIS

PLANET.

AWESOME STORY.

> THAT'S IT FOR THIS

WEEK'S EDITION OF

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."

UNTIL NEXT WEEK, FROM ALL

OF US HERE, GOOD-BYE AND

GOD BLESS YOU.