Emily Ley, entrepreneur and blogger, shares how she developed her multi-million business while balancing her drive for perfection
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Gordon: HE IS NEARLY
A CENTURY OLD --
I DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT
OF GAS -- I DON'T MEAN ME.
Gordon: THAT DOESN'T
STOP HIS MAN FROM HELPING
HIS NEIGHBORS CLEAN UP
AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW.
I JUST JUMPED UP.
THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE.
EVERYBODY HELPS EACH OTHER
OUT HERE.
Gordon: PLUS, AUTHOR
EMILY LEIH JOINS US TO
TALK ABOUT THE MULTIPLE
ROLES WOMEN PLAY TODAY.
> WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN
COAST OF FLORIDA CONTINUE
CLEANING UP, ONE MAN
PROVES YOU'RE NEVER TOO
OLD TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
BILL WHEELER IS JUST
MONTHS AWAY FROM HIS
99th BIRTHDAY, AND HE IS
NOT LETTING AGE KEEP HIM
FROM CLEANING UP AND
MOWING NEIGHBORS' YARDS.
WHY DO I DO IT?
BECAUSE I LOVE THEM, AND I
THINK THEY LOVE ME.
THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.
I GET CHOKED UP.
THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE.
EVERYBODY HELPS EACH OTHER
OUT HERE.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S EASY.
I FLEW AIRPLANES FOR A
LIVING, TRY THAT.
MILITARY AIRPLANES.
THIS IS EASY.
[LAUGHTER]
APPLYING AN AIRPLANE IS
NOT EASY.
FOR HIM TO COME OUT AND
MOW HIS YARD AND HIS NEXT
DOOR NEIGHBORS' AND NOW HE
IS OUT HERE ON OUR YARD,
HE IS STILL GOING.
IF I COULD BE LIKE HIM
WHEN I'M THAT OLD, I'LL BE
HAPPY.
HE IS AMAZING.
I MEAN, I WANT TO DO
IT.
I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY
OTHER WAY.
YOU KNOW, THE YOUNG PEOPLE
LEARN FROM THE OLD PEOPLE.
AND -- ANYWAY, I LOVE IT.
I LOVE TO BE OUTDOORS.
THE GOOD LORD HAS BLESSED
ME, SO GIVE A LITTLE BACK.
I HOPE I DON'T RUN OUT OF
GAS -- I DON'T MEAN ME.
THE TRACTOR.
[LAUGHTER]
Terry: THAT COULD GO
EITHER WAY, THOUGH.
Gordon: THEY SAY, DO
YOU WANT TO GO AND FLY
MILITARY PLANES.
Terry: WHAT A GREAT
GUY.
Gordon: A 99 AND
YOU'RE MOWING THE
NEIGHBOR'S YARD -- YOU GO.
AND GIVING CREDIT TO GOD.
Terry: YOU GO.
IT REALLY IS.
> IF THOSE WHO PRAY
TOGETHER STAY TOGETHER,
HOW ABOUT THOSE WHO
COMPETE TOGETHER?
THIS PAST WEEK THE 17th
ANNUAL WIFE-CARRYING
COMPETITION WAS HELD IN
SUNDAY RIVER MAINE.
44 COUPLES FROM ALL OVER
THE UNITED STATES BATTLED
IT OUT.
THE TOP PRIZE: FIVE TIMES
THE WIFE'S WEIGHT IN CASH.
THE COUPLE TOOK HOME $665.
AND A CHANCE TO COMPETE IN
THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS --
WHO KNEW -- IN FINLAND
NEXT YEAR.
IS THERE A SPIRITUAL
LESSON HERE?
Gordon: I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK MY WIFE-CARRYING
STOPPED AT THE THRESHOLD.
WOW, HE IS LABORING ON.
Terry: GOOD GRIEF,
MABEL.
Gordon: THE INDIGNITY
OF IT ALL -- WOULD YOU
HANG UPSIDE DOWN?
Terry: NO.
Gordon: SINCE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT LOVE, ARE
YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS
TRADITION: COUPLES ATTACH
LOVE LOCKS ON THE BROOKLYN
BRIDGE.
IT SYMBOLIZES EVER-LASTING
LOVE.
AND WHILE LOVE MAY LAST
FOREVER, BUT THE LOCKS DO
NOT.
RECENTLY THERE WERE SO
MANY LOCKS ON A WIRE THAT
IT SNAPPED.
AND THAT BEGAN THE
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION HANDING OUT
FINES FOR ANYONE WHO PUTS
A LOCK ON A BRIDGE.
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF
THESE THINGS.
NO MORE LOCKS ON THE
BRIDGE.
Gordon: MORE THAN
8,000 LOCKS HAVE BEEN
REMOVED THIS YEAR ALONE.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS
ABOUT BROOKLYN.
I'VE BEEN TO EUROPE, AND
YOU CAN GO TO BRIDGES IN
ITALY AND YOU SEE THIS.
Terry: REALLY?
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS.
Gordon: THERE IS THIS
FAMOUS BRIDGE IN ROME THAT
HAS ALL OF THESE LOCKS ALL
OVER IT.
IT IS THE TRADITION THAT
OUR LOVE IS FOREVER.
Terry: AND THE
BRIDGES HAVE HELD UP?
Gordon: A LONG TIME.
Terry: BROOKLYN, MAN
UP AHOR HERE WITH YOUR BRIDGES.
Gordon: WE NEED
STRONGER STEEL -- MAYBE
IRON.
Terry: I'VE GOT A
COOL IDEA.
CHRIS PRATT IS ONE OF
HOLLYWOOD'S MOST POPULAR
STARS, YOU KNOW HIM FROM
"JURASSIC WORLD."
AND FROM "MAGNIFICENT
SEVEN."
EARLIER THIS WEEK HE
VISITED SEATTLE CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL AND SHARED SOME
PHOTOS FROM HIS VISIT.
THIS IS MADISON, WHO IS
CURRENTLY BATTLING CANCER.
PRATT POSTED ON INSTAGRAM,
QUOTE,"WHAT AN AWESOME KID
WITH SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
SMILE.
SHE IS A LOVER OF ART AND
FASHION, AND SHE IS GOING
PLACES.
THANK YOU, SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BY
AND BRIGHTEN SOME DAYS."
AND HE ADDED, "DON'T
WITHHOLD GOOD FOR THOSE TO
WHOM IT IS DUE WHEN IT IS
IN THE POWER OF YOUR HAND
TO DO IT."
YOU CAN ALSO SEE MORE
CHILDREN WHO WERE BLESSED
BY HIS ENCOURAGEMENT.
HE TOOK SOME TIME IN THE
HOSPITAL, AND WENT FROM
ROOM TO ROOM AND SAW A LOT
OF CHILDREN AND ENCOURAGED
A LOT OF PEOPLE.
Gordon: YOU GO,
CHRIS.
WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO
O DO.
AND IDO.
AND IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN
ALL DO.
IF YOU WANT TO VISIT THOSE
IN THE HOSPITAL, ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR
PERMISSION.
AND, TRUST ME, THEY'LL
GIVE IT TO YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW
TO PRAY, JUST GO HANG OUT
IN THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY
ROOM.
YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY AND A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME
GOOD.
> WELL, FRAGMENTS OF
WHAT COULD BE THE OLDEST
COPY OF THE QURAN WERE
FOUND RECENTLY IN ENGLAND.
THE PAGES WERE DISCOVERED
BOUND INSIDE ANOTHER COPY
OF THE QURAN AT THE
LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF BIRMINGHAM.
CARBON-DATING SUGGESTS
THIS COPY MAY PREDATE THE
PROPHET MUHAMMAD.
IF THAT WERE TRUE, IT
WOULD DISAGREE WITH THE
BELIEFS.
IT COULD PREDATE, MOST
LIKELY IT HAPPENED DURING
HIS LIFETIME.
ACCORDING TO THE ISLAMIC
TRADITION, THE QURAN WAS
HANDED DOWN IN AN ORAL
EDITION, IT WAS HEARD BY
MEN WHO HEARD IT FROM
MUHAMMAD DIRECTLY.
AND AFTER HIS DEATH, A
CALIPH SAID WE NEED TO
COLLECT THESE.
AND THAT COLLECTION PRE
PRE-DATES -- POST-DATES
THE AGE OF HIS MANUSCRIPT.
BUT FROM THE OTHER SIDE,
YOU CAN SAY IT VALIDATES.
BECAUSE IT DOES PRE-DATE,
SUPPOSEDLY, THE WRITING OF
THE FIRST ONE.
IT IS JUST SAYING EARLIER
TEXT WROTE IT DOWN.
Terry: I THINK
CARBON-DATING IS CONFUSING
TO A LOT OF US.
IT SAYS THIS VALIDATES IT
AND IT IS FACT, AND TWO OR
FIVE YEARS LATER, THEY
COME OUT AND SAY, OOPS, WE
MADE A MISTAKE BY A
MILLION YEARS.
Gordon: WHEN YOU GET
INTO RADIOACTIVE DATING,
YOU HAVE TO ASSUME
RADIOACTIVE DECAY IS A
CONSTANT.
IN THE ORIGIN OF THE
UNIVERSE, IS IT CONSTANT?
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE WILL
EVER KNOW.
THE REASON YOU FIND SUCH
HUGE DISPARITIES IS
BECAUSE BOTH IS THE
TESTING METHOD AND WAS THE
SAMPLE ACCURATE?
DID THEY TAKE PROPER
SAMPLES OR DID THEY TAKE A
SAMPLE OF A PATCH?
, YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE
SCIENCE AND REALIZE IS
MORE OF AN ART THAN AN
EXACT SCIENCE.
IT IS NOT MATH.
IT IS KIND OF LIKE
COOKING.
Terry: THAT'S WHY YOU
LOOK COOKING.
Gordon: IT INVOLVES
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, AND
THERE IS A LOT TO IT.
BUT IT IS INTERESTING THAT
THEY FOUND -- THESE WERE
WRITTEN ON ANIMAL SKIN,
AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE
ABLE TO DATE.
SO THE ANIMAL WAS ALIVE
DURING A CERTAIN PERIOD OF
TIME, DURING MUHAMMAD'S
LIFETIME.
> TODAY WE'RE PRAYING
FOR AMERICA, AND WE'RE
CONCLUDING OUR 40-DAY PRAY
FOR AMERICA CAMPAIGN.
IF YOU WANT TO JOIN WITH
US, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
CALL US: 1-800-700-7000.
OR GO TO
prayforAmerica.com.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW
WE'RE FILLING UP THE MAP.
WE HAVE MORE THAN 120,000
PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES.
AND ALSO PEOPLE PRAYING
AROUND THE WORLD.
SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
TIME FOR OUR COUNTRY.
WE'RE FACING A VERY
CONTENTIOUS ELECTION.
AND MY PRAYER IS THAT
AFTER THE ELECTION,
WHOEVER WINS, CAN WE COME
TOGETHER AS A PEOPLE?
WE FACE VERY SERIOUS
CHALLENGES, TERRORISM
BEING ONE, THE ECONOMY
BEING ANOTHER.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN
SYRIA?
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN
TURKEY?
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN
ISRAEL?
THESE ARE VERY CONTENTIOUS
TIMES.
WE NEED TO PRAY THAT
AMERICA WOULD BE STRONG.
IF AMERICA FALLS, THE
WORLD BECOMES A VERY
DANGEROUS PLACE.
IF YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED
IN PRAYING FOR AMERICA, I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE
AFTER THE 40 DAYS ARE OVER
BECAUSE WE NEED PRAYER.
Terry: AMEN.
IT IS TIME TO DO THIS.
> WELL, SHE IS A WIFE, A
MOTHER, AN ENTREPRENEUR,
AND A DESIGNER, AMONG
OTHER THINGS.
SO HOW DOES EMILY LEIGH
FIND TIME TO DO IT ALL AND
Terry: HOW DOES A
WOMAN WITH 24 HOURS IN A
DAY ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THE
THINGS ON HER LIST?
AUTHOR EMILY LEIGH SAYS,
WITH A LOT OF GRACE.
Reporter: EMILY HAS
FELT THE PRESSURE OF
TRYING TO DO IT ALL, AND
DO IT ALL PERFECTLY.
SHE IS AN AUTHOR, THE
FOUNDER, AND CREATIVE
DIRECTOR OF A
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR
BUSINESS, AND A BUSY WIFE
AND MOM OF THREE.
AFTER A WHILE, THE
PRESSURE OF JUGGLING
EVERYTHING BECAME TOO MUCH
FOR EMILY TO BEAR.
I DECIDED I WAS GOING
TO JUST BE THE BEST I
COULD BE AND MAKE THE
IMPORTANT STUFF HAPPEN.
Reporter: IN HER KNEW
BOOK, "GRACE, NOT
PERFECTION," SHE SHARES
BIBLICAL WISDOM AND
PRACTICAL STEPS THAT WILL
HELP YOU SIMPLIFY YOUR
ROUTINE AND MAKE ROOM FOR
WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
Terry: EMILY LEIGH IS
HERE TODAY.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO THE
SHOW.
THANK YOU.
Terry: SIMPLY SOUNDS
GOOD.
IT DOES.
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.
Terry: ONE OF MY
DAUGHTERS IN LAW WERE
TALKING THIS PAST WEEK
ABOUT PERFECTIONISM.
BECAUSE IF IT IS SOMETHING
THAT YOU STRUGGLE WITH --
WE SAY IT IS A CURSE, BUT
WE KIND OF FEEL OKAY ABOUT
IT.
RIGHT.
Terry: IT IS ONE OF
THOSE CURSES THAT SEEMS
LIKE MAYBE THERE IS A GOOD
SIDE TO IT.
RIGHT.
I THINK WE HAVE ALL GOTTEN
TO THIS PLACE WHERE WE
FEEL LIKE IT IS THE NORM
TO BE COMPARING OURSELVES
AND TRYING SO HARD TO KEEP
UP AND TO PORTRAY THE
IMAGE THAT WE HAVE IT ALL
TOGETHER.
Terry: HOW DID YOU
GET OUT FROM UNDER THAT?
YOU SHARE IN THE BOOK THAT
YOU CAN GET PRETTY
FRAZZLED TRYING TO BE ON
THE TOP OF THE HEAP ALL OF
THE TIME.
OH, ALL OF THE TIME.
I THINK I JUST HAD TO
IMPLEMENT ROUTINES THAT
WORK FOR US.
REAL, PRACTICAL SYSTEMS.
LIKE DOING OUR LAUNDRY
EVERY DAY SO THAT WE DON'T
HAVE A GIANT PILE ON
SUNDAYS.
THAT STILL HAPPENS
SOMETIMES, AND THAT'S
OKAY.
BUT FINDING WAYS THAT WORK
FOR OUR FAMILY SO WE CAN
KEEP THE CHEEL WHEELS MOVING.
Terry: YOU'VE GOT
GREAT TIBITS, LIKE USE
WHAT WORKS FOR YOU AND LET
THE REST GO.
WE ALWAYS NEED TO GIVE
OURSELVES PERMISSION?
I AGREE.
I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO
SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS
SISTERHOOD AND SAY, IT'S
OKAY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE UT
AIL TOGETHEITALL TOGETHER ALL OF THE
TIME.
IT'S EXHAUSTING.
Terry: YOU TALK ABOUT
EXHAUSTING AND YOU TALK
ABOUT THE PERIL OF TRYING
TO DRAW FROM A DRY WELL.
YES.
Terry: HOW DO YOU
KEEP YOUR WELL FROM
GETTING DRY SO YOU CAN
SAVOR LIFE?
WE HAVE TO FILL THE
WELL WITH TRUTH AND REST
AND GOOD FOOD, WITH THE
THINGS THAT INSPIRE US,
LIKE READING -- THAT'S
VERY IMPORTANT.
SO OFTEN WE MAKE SURE THAT
OUR KIDS, OR THE PEOPLE WE
LOVE, HAVE EVERYTHING THEY
NEED, AND WE FORGET
OURSELVES.
Terry: I LAUGHED, AS
I WAS READING YOUR BOOK,
WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT
GETTING YOUR CLOSET
ORGANIZED.
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT
GETTING RID OF THINGS, AND
YOU SAID, GET RID OF THOSE
THINGS THAT ARE TWO SIZES
SMALLER THAN WHERE YOU ARE
NOW BECAUSE IT IS A
CONSTANT JUDGMENT OF YOUR
PRESENT STATE.
YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING
PRACTICAL, WELL, WHAT IF I
LOSE --
RIGHT.
Terry: THOSE ARE THE
KIND OF THINGS MAKE IT
OKAY TO BE YOU.
YES.
AND WHEN THERE ARE LESS
DISTRACTIONS, I DON'T WANT
TO WALK IN MY CLOSET AND
REMEMBER THE SIZE I WAS IN
COLLEGE.
I WANT TO BE WHO GOD MADE
ME TO BE.
Terry: AND IT IS HARD
THAT MOST OF THE HANGERS
ARE THE ONES YOU'RE
WAITING TO GO BACK TO, AND
THEN THERE ARE THREE OR
FOUR AT THE END THAT ARE
TODAY.
ABSOLUTELY.
Terry: EVERY WOMAN, I
THINK, NEEDS A SUPPORT
SYSTEM.
YES.
Terry: I'M SURE MEN
DO, TOO, BUT THEY DON'T
SEEM TO CONGREGATE WITH
FRIENDS LIKE WE DO.
FRIENDS ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
VERY.
Terry: HOW DO YOU
UTILIZE FRIENDSHIPS THAT
MAKES YOU A BLESSING AND
BLESSES YOU.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE
NEED A VILLAGE.
I THINK IT TAKES A VILLAGE
TO DO LIFE WELL.
THAT MEANS HAVING FRIENDS
WHO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE
YOU.
AND FRIENDS YOU SUPPORT AS
WELL.
AND WHEN YOU BRING THAT
TRIBE AROUND YOU, AND YOU
ALL HAVE SIMILAR HEARTS,
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
AND IT JUST EMPOWERS US.
Terry: SO YOU HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE THREE CHILDREN.
I DO.
Terry: A BUSY
HOUSEHOLD.
HOW DO YOU KEEP ALL OF THE
PLATES SPINNING AT THE
SAME TIME?
AND I'M SURE THERE ARE
MOMENTS WHEN THEY DON'T.
ABSOLUTELY.
I GIVE MYSELF A LOT OF
GRACE.
AND I BRING HELP IN WHEN I
NEED IT.
I'M NOT AFRAID TO
OUTSOURCE.
AND I ALSO HAVE JUST FOUND
SYSTEMS THAT WORK.
FOR ME, I USE OUR
SIMPLIFIED PLANNER TO KEEP
TRACK OF OUR DAYS.
Terry: TALK ABOUT
THAT.
YOU REALLY DID SIMPLIFY
IT.
SOMETIMES I OPEN THOSE
PLANNERS UP AND I CLOSE
THEM THINKING, IT IS ONE
MORE TO-DO LIST.
RIGHT.
I NEEDED A PLACE THAT
WOULD ALLOW ME TO SPILL
EVERYTHING THAT FELT
OVERWHELMING IN MY BRAIN
OR HEART ON PAPER.
AND I NEEDED SOMETHING
THAT FELT LIKE A FRESH
START.
SO WE DESIGNED THE
SIMPLIFIED PLANNER VERY
MINIMAL ON PURPOSE, SO
THAT EVERY WOMAN CAN USE
IT TO HER NEEDS AND TO FIT
HER CIRCUMSTANCES AND HER
SEASONS, ALSO.
Terry: AND YOU KEPT
THE FOCUS ON FOUR KEY
THINGS.
YES.
OUR DAILY PAGES -- WE HAVE
A DAILY AND WEEKLY
EDITION.
THE DAILY PAGES FOCUS ON
YOUR SCHEDULE, YOUR TO-DO
LIST, WHAT'S FOR DINNER,
AND NOTES.
THAT'S IT.
Terry: I FELT SO
RELIEVED WHEN I HEARD
THOSE FOUR AREAS.
BECAUSE EVERY NIGHT, WHEN
I GET HOME, EVERYBODY
GOES, WHAT'S FOR DINNER?
I'LL LET YOU PEOPLE
DECIDE.
[LAUGHTER]
Terry: AND ANOTHER
THAT IS SO KEY TO LIFE IN
GENERAL IS SAVOR THE
CIRCUS.
CAN BE FRUSTRATED BY IT OR
RAIL ON ABOUT IT, BUT IF
YOU DON'T LEARN TO SAVOR
IT, YOU MISS THE JOY.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE
SEASONS OF LIFE THAT ARE
NOT CHANGEABLE.
I HAVE THREE VERY SMALL
CHILDREN, AND THAT'S WHAT
IT IS.
THERE IT IS.
AND SO I HAVE TO SIT IN
THE MESS SOMETIMES, WITH A
SCREAMING TODDLER OR TWO,
WITH A MESSY HOUSE.
I HAVE TO LEARN TO SIT IN
THE MESS AND LET IT BE.
Terry: IT'S OKAY.
LET IT BE OKAY.
Terry: AND SOMETIMES,
I'M SURE YOU HAVE
DEADLINES IN YOUR
BUSINESS, AND SOMETIMES
YOU HAVE TO PUT THE
DEADLINE ON HOLD BECAUSE
SOMEBODY WANTS TO READ A
BOOK, AND THAT'S THE
MEMORY.
I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND,
RACHEL, WHO SAYS, YOU CAN
BE JUGGLING BALLS IN THE
AIR, AND THERE WILL ALWAYS
BE ONE BALL THAT YOU
CANNOT DROP.
YOU DECIDE WHAT THAT BALL
IS AND YOU NEVER DROP IT.
BUT BE OKAY IF THE OTHERS
DROP AT TIMES.
Terry: IT IS A BOOK
FOR EVERY WOMEN TO READ,
NO MATTER WHAT SEASON OF
LIFE YOU'RE IN.
THE BOOK IS CALLED "GRACE,
NOT PERFECTION."
I LOVE THE TITLE.
IT IS AVAILABLE IN STORES
NATIONWIDE.
THE SUBTITLE IS "EMBRACING
SIMPLICITY, CELEBRATING
JOY."
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO DO
THAT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU.
Gordon: COMING UP, A
BOY'S BEHAVIOR CHANGES FOR
THE BETTER.
FIND OUT FROM HIS MOTHER
THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE.
DON'T GO AWAY.
Gordon: "SUPERBOOK"
IS HELPING CHANGE LIVES
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
LUIS LOVES "SUPERBOOK."
HE IS A GOOD AND
THOUGHTFUL BOY, BUT HIS
MOTHER SAYS THAT WASN'T
ALWAYS THE CASE.
MY FAVORITE EPISODE IS
IN THE BEGINNING.
I'VE SEEN IT 24 TIMES.
MY FAVORITE SCENE IS WHEN
THE ANGELS FOUGHT IN THE
NAME OF THE LORD GOD.
Reporter: 11-YEAR-OLD
LUIS IS A DIE-HARD
"SUPERBOOK" FAN.
HE FIRST STARTED WATCHING
THE CBN ANIMATED SERIES
WHEN IT AIRED IN COSTA
RICA LAST YEAR.
HE WAS SO TAKEN BY THE
BIBLE STORIES THAT HE
BEGGED HIS MOM TO BUY THE
D.V.D.s FOR HIM.
BUT LUIS AND HIS MOM
WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THE
IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON
HIS LIFE.
DURING THE STORY OF
ABRAHAM AND ISAAC, FOR
EXAMPLE, LUIS BECAME SO
TROUBLED THAT HE HAD TO
LEAVE THE ROOM.
WHEN I SAW THE STORY OF
ABRAHAM AND HIS SON,
ISAAC, I WAS SAD.
HE WAS GOING TO SACRIFICE
WHAT HE LOVED MOST IN THE
WORLD.
[SPEAKING A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE]
Through Translator:
HE WENT OUT INTO THE
HALLWAY AND KEPT ASKING,
WHY, WHY?
Reporter: DURING
ANOTHER EPISODE, LUIS MADE
A LIFE-CHANGING DECISION.
WHILE WATCHING
"SUPERBOOK," I ASKED JESUS
TO COME INTO MY HEART AND
STAY WITH ME FOREVER.
Reporter: ACCORDING
TO HIS MOM, REBECCA, GOD
HAS USED "SUPERBOOK" TO
CHANGE HER SON'S BEHAVIOR,
TOO.
THE CHANGE IN FILIPPI
HAS BEEN IN CRIPPLE.
I HAVE SEEN OBEDIENCE,
READING THE BIBLE, AND
PRAYING AT NIGHT.
SOMETIMES FOR ME, MY
DAUGHTER, AND FOR MY
FAMILY.
SOMETHING IN MY HEART
WAS MISSING.
WHEN I WATCHED
"SUPERBOOK," THAT SPACE
WAS FILLED BECAUSE
"SUPERBOOK" HELPED ME FACE
MY PROBLEMS.
Reporter: EVEN THE
NEIGHBORS HAVE NOTICED THE
DIFFERENCE IN LUIS.
THE WAY HE TALKS IS
SWEET.
IT IS CLEAR HE HAS BECOME
INTERESTED IN THE THINGS
OF GOD.
Through Translator: I
COULD TELL PARENTS WHO
HAVEN'T SEEN "SUPERBOOK,"
TO SIT DOWN WITH YOUR
CHILDREN AND WATCH IT.
IT IS LIKE SOWING SEEDS
INTO FERTILE GROUND.
Gordon: IF YOU WANT
TO BE A PART OF TAKING THE
STORIES OF THE BIBLE TO
THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD,
THERE IS ONE EASY WAY TO
DO IT: JUST JOIN THE
"SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.
IT'S A GIFT OF $25.
AND WHEN YOU JOIN, EVERY
SINGLE NEW EPISODE OF
"SUPERBOOK" IS SENT TO
YOU.
YOU GET NOT JUST ONE COPY;
YOU GET THREE COPIES SO
THAT YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH
YOUR CHURCH, WITH YOUR
FAMILY, WITH FRIENDS.
AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF
SHARING THE STORIES OF THE
BIBLE WITH THE CHILDREN OF
THE WORLD.
THE BEST PART IS THAT $25
GOES INTO THE PRODUCTION
COSTS OF NEW EPISODES, THE
DISTRIBUTION COSTS OF THE
EXISTING EPISODES, AND
THEN WE'RE TRANSLATING
THEM.
WE WANT TO TRANSLATE THEM,
RIGHT NOW, INTO 50
LANGUAGES.
THERE IS A BROADCAST MAP,
WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL OF
THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
WE'VE GOT 39 COMPLETED TO
DATE.
WHEN WE HIT THE 50, OUR
GOAL IS TO SAY, OKAY, CAN
WE TAKE IT TO 500
LANGUAGES?
THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD
NEED TO KNOW THE STORIES
OF THE BIBLE.
IT WILL CHANGE THEIR
LIVES.
IT WILL INTRODUCE HEM T THEM TO
A GOD WHO LOVES THEM, A
SAVIOR WHO DIED FOR THEM,
AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF
ALL OF THAT.
AS A BONUS FOR BEING PART
OF THE D.V.D. CLUB, YOU
ALSO GET ACCESS TO THE
FIRST 26 EPISODES.
SO YOU'RE GETTING A LOT
MORE THAN JUST ONE EPISODE
AND THREE D.V.D.s.
YOU'RE GETTING ACCESS
THROUGH SMARTPHONES, CELL
PHONES, ALL OF THE
WONDERFUL WAYS THAT WE NOW
HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE VIDEO.
AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE
LANGUAGES ON THESE
DEVICES.
SO YOU GET A SET OF THE
LANGUAGES, BUT YOU GET A
SET OF THE EPISODES, 26 OF
THEM.
SO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CAN
ENJOY THEM ALL.
IT IS ALL MADE POSSIBLE
WHEN PEOPLE LIKE YOU SAY,
YES, I WANT TO BE A PART
OF IT.
IF THAT'S YOU, CALL US
NOW.
1-800-700-7000.
AND SAY, YES, I WANT TO BE
PART OF THE "SUPERBOOK"
D.V.D.
Terry: IT IS ONE
THING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
IT IS ANOTHER TO SEE LUIS'
STORY AND TO SEE THAT --
Gordon: THE CHANGE.
Terry: OH, MY
GOODNESS.
Gordon: IT IS VERY
GRATIFYING.
YOU PUT A LOT OF EFFORT
INTO THIS -- THIS HAB BE A
10-YEAR EFFORT ON THE PART
OF THE WHOLE TEAM TO MAKE
THESE THINGS POSSIBLE, AND
TO SEE IT WORKS, AND IT
WORKS IN ALL DIFFERENT
KINDS OF LANGUAGES, ALL
DIFFERENT CULTURES.
THE BIBLE IS A UNIVERSAL
BOOK.
Terry: ABSOLUTELY.
> WELL, WE'VE RECEIVED
PRAYER REQUESTS FROM SOME
OF YOU.
WE WANT YOU TO VISIT US ON
Facebook, IF YOU'D LIKE
TO SEND IN YOUR PRAYER
REQUESTS.
LISA WRITES, "PLEASE PRAY
FOR MY HUSBAND GLEN.
HE LEFT MY DAUGHTER AND I
THREE MONTHS AGO."
AND STEVE WRITES, "PLEASE
PRAY THAT GOD GIVES ME
WISDOM FOR A MAJOR JOB
DECISION.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT
DIRECTION TO GO IN."
Gordon: AND FERN
SAYS, "PLEASE PRAY FOR MY
DAUGHTER TO BE COMPLETELY
HEALED."
AND THIS ONE FROM WAYNE,
"CAMERON NEEDS HEALING.
HE LOST HIS DAD AND
GRANDMOTHER, AND IS
STRUGGLING TO CARE FOR HIS
DISABLED AUNT AND UNCLE.
HE IS ONLY 14, AND HE IS
SPIRITUALLY BROKEN."
Terry: LET'S PRAY.
FATHER, WE JUST WANT TO
LIFT UP LISA TO YOU, FIRST
OF ALL.
GOD, YOU ARE THE ONE WHO
CREATED FAMILY.
IT IS THE BASE STRUCTURE
OF OUR SOCIETY.
WOULD YOU BRING GLEN HOME
TO HIS FAMILY, LORD.
WOULD YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM
AND REBUILD THEIR FAMILY
UNIT.
AND FOR STEVE, YOU ASK US
TO SEEK YOU FOR THE
DECISIONS IN OUR LIVES.
YOU HAVE A PERFECT PLAN
AND PURPOSE FOR HIM.
GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD
CLEARLY GIVE HIM WISDOM TO
KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS
FOR HIS MAJOR JOB
DECISION.
SHOW HIM WHICH DIRECTION
TO GO IN.
HE DESIRES TO PLEASE YOU.
FOR FERN, WE PRAY FOR HER
DAUGHTER FOR COMPLETE
HEALING.
YOU KNOW EVERY BIT OF HER
HEALING NEEDS.
YOU KNOW HER BODY FROM TOP
TO BOTTOM.
WOULD YOU EXTEND YOUR EYE
TO HER NOW, LORD, AND
WOULD YOU HEAL HER FROM
THE TOP OF HER HEAD TO THE
BOTTOM OF HER TOES.
AND, JESUS, WE LIFT UP
CAMERON.
A YOUNG BOY WHO HAS LOST
SO MUCH AND ASKED TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR SO MUCH.
JESUS, MAKE YOURSELF REAL
FOR CAMERON.
WOULD YOU SHOW HIM HOW TO
REST IN YOU, HOW TO DRAW
HIS STRENGTH FROM YOU.
GIVE HIM COMFORT BY
KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR
PRESENCE.
THAT YOU KNOW HIM BY NAME
AND WHAT YOU ASK HIM TO
DO, YOU WILL PROVIDE FOR.
SO, GOD, BLESS AND
ENCOURAGE HIM AND
STRENGTHEN HIM IN HIS
FAITH AND ALSO IN HIS LIFE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE OUR
DAD AND WE CAN COME TO YOU
WITH ALL OF OUR NEEDS.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE
UNSPOKEN, THAT HAVEN'T
WRITTEN IN, BUT WHO ARE
PRAYING FOR THINGS IN
THEIR LIVES, GOD, MEET
THEM RIGHT AT THEIR POINT
OF THEIR NEED.
EMPOWER THEM TO WALK
THROUGH THE STORM AND COME
OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH
YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FAITHFULNESS.
IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN.
Gordon: IF YOU NEED
PRAYER, WE'RE HERE FOR
YOU.
JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND
CALL US: 1-800-700-7000.
> HERE IS A WORD FROM
PROVERBS: "DO NOT WITHHOLD
GOOD FROM THOSE WHO WHOM
IT IS DUE, WHEN IT IS IN
YOUR POWER TO ACT."
LET THAT BE A WATCH WORD
FOR YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.