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TAKING CARE OF

BUSINESS.

PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP CLEARS

AWAY A

MAJOR DISTRACTION AS HE FILLS

HIS

CABINET POSITIONS. PLUS,

FIGHTING FOR

THEIR HOMES. HOW THEY CAME

TOGETHER

FOR CHRIST DAY TO RETAKE THE

LAND. AND

URBAN HOMESTEADERS HOW

AMERICANS ARE

TURNING THEIR BACKYARD INTO

THEIR

PRIVATE GROCERY STORE.

Efrem: THANK YOU VERY MUCH

FOR

JOINING US, THIS IS EFREM

GRAHAM.

DESPITE THE MEDIA BEING IN

DISARRAY,

DONALD TRUMP IS ON SCHEDULE

COMPARED

TO OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

MORE THAN TWO MEETINGS IN

2 DAYS AS

THE PRESIDENT ELECT CONTINUES

TO FILL

HIS CABINET POST WITH MADDOX

BEING

SELECTED FOR THE SECRETARY OF

DEFENSE

KNOWN FOR HIS AGGRESSIVENESS

IN COMBAT.

TRUMP SEEMS TO BE IMPRESSED.

HE'S THE REAL DEAL.

ALSO ONE DECLINED THE JOB

FOR

PERSONAL REASON. TRUMP HAS

ANNOUNCED

FIVE KEY POSITIONS. THOSE

INCLUDES NEW

JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS

CHRISTIE AND

SECRETARY OF STATE FORMER NEW

YORK

STATES RUDY GIULIANI AND MITT

ROMNEY.

THE PRESIDENT ELECT PUT

THE INTERIM

UNIVERSITY CASE BEHIND HIM

WITH A $25

MILLION SETTLEMENT AGAINST

THE FRAUD

CASES OF THE CLOSED SCHOOL.

THE

INCOMING WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL

WILL

MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO

PROBLEMS WITH

TRUMP'S BUSINESSES.

WRITING THEY HARASSED

VICE-PRESIDENT

ELECT MIKE PENCE WITH HIS

SPEECH

DURING THE SHOW. TRUMP CALLED

FOR AN

APOLOGY. FOR NOW THEY ARE

MOVING ON

WITH THE FOCUS ON GETTING HIS

ADMINISTRATION READY TO GET

OFF TO A

QUICK START WHEN HE TAKES

OFFICE IN

JANUARY.

DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.

Efrem: MEANWHILE PRESIDENT

ELECT

TRUMP AND MIKE PENCE STARTED

THIS

WEEKEND ATTENDING A CHURCH

TOGETHER IN

NEW JERSEY.

THEY SHIFTED THEIR WORK TO

BUILDING A

NEW ADMINISTRATION TO NEW

JERSEY.

THEY ATTENDED THE

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

WHICH DATES BACK TO 1740.

IN COMING WHITE HOUSE CHIEF

OF STAFF

JOINED HIM FOR THAT SERVICE.

POLICE OFFICERS IN TWO

SEPARATE

STATES WERE SHOT IN AN AMBUSH

STYLE

ATTACK OVER THE WEEKEND

LEAVING ONE

OFFICER DEAD AND ANOTHER ONE

INJURED

ONE IN ST. LOUIS AND THE

OTHER.

THE OFFICER WAS SHOT TWICE IN

THE FACE.

THE OTHER OFFICER WAS SHOT

TWICE IN

THE HEAD AT A TRAFFIC STOP.

HE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.

OFFICERS ARE STILL LOOKING

FOR

SUSPECTS.

OFFICERS ARRESTED A MAN

AFTER THEY

PREVENTED A TERRORIST ATTACK

FOR A

LONG TIME.

THEY IDENTIFIED THE TARGET

ATTACK.

THIS CAME 5 DAYS AFTER THE

EVENT IN

STRASBURG.

40 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ALONE

AS PART

OF THE ANTI-TERROR ARREST

THAT HAPPENED

IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE

VILLAGE HAVE

LIBERATED AND LED MANY IRAQI

CHRISTIANS TO PRAYER.

THEY CALL IT A RETURN

FESTIVAL A

WORSHIP OF PRAYER FOR IRAQI

CHRISTIANS

AND THOSE CAPTURED BY ISIS

CONCENTRATED TO THE LORD AND

SAID WAIT

FOR US.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

THE IDEA IS TO BRING

CHRISTIANS

TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR THEIR

LAND

BECAUSE THEIR LAND IS BEING

TAKEN BY

ISIS AND WE BELIEVE THIS LAND

NEEDS TO

BE CLEANSED.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM

ACROSS

SECTIONS OF IRAQI CHURCHES

ATTENDED.

BREWER OF WORLD HEALTH WAS

CHOSEN AS

THE ONLY NON-IRAQI SPEAKER.

I BROUGHT MESSAGE OF HOPE

TO

PERSONS OF IRAQ WHO HAVE BEEN

PERSECUTED.

IT'S A HOPELESS SITUATION.

I JUST TOLD THEM THAT JESUS

CHRIST IS

THE HOPE OF THE WORLD.

HOPE IS THE MESSAGE FROM

THIS

CATHOLIC TEACHER.

IT IS HOPE WITH THE HOLY

SPIRIT AND

GOD TO BRING US THE STRENGTH

THAT WE

NEED.

CHRISTIANS AROUND THE

WORLD NEED TO

KNOW THE CHRISTIANS AND THEIR

FAMILY.

THEY NEED TO KNOW THEY

HAVE

POSITIVE STRENGTH, RESILIENCE

AND

STRENGTH AND FACING

OVERWHELMING

PERSECUTION.

IT'S A GENOCIDE.

WE NEED TO STAND WITH OUR

BROTHERS AND

SISTERS IN CHRIST AT THIS

TIME.

MOST OF THESE PEOPLE FLED

ISIS 2

YEARS AGO.

ONE OF THE OVERWHELMING

PRAYER REQUEST

TODAY IS THAT THEY CAN SIMPLY

GO HOME

IN SAFETY.

THE MAIN THEME OF MY

PRAYER WAS

PEACE IN GENERAL AND FOR MY

VILLAGE SO

WE CAN GO BACK THERE.

WHILE MANY TOWNS HAVE BEEN

LIBERATED, IT'S TOO DANGEROUS

FOR

THESE CHRISTIANS TO GO BACK

HOME.

MANY HAVE ALREADY LEFT, BUT

SOME WILL

NEVER LEAVE THE FRONT LINES.

WE BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE

SOME

WITNESSES FOR JESUS. JESUS

SAID HE

WILL NOT LEAVE WITHOUT THE

WITNESS.

IT'S ALL CHRISTIANS WILL

LEAVE HERE

WHO WILL WITNESS FOR JESUS.

BARBARA BELIEVES THE LORD

WILL

REDEEM HIS SITUATION.

IF I DIE, I FEEL THAT HE

WILL

REPLACE ACTIONS WITH BEAUTY.

SO THE ACTIONS THAT YOU SAW

BURN DOWN,

CHURCHES BURN DOWN HOMES AND

SOME

ASHES INSIDE US, THE LORD

PROMISED HE

WILL CHANGE IT TO BEAUTY.

NORTHERN IRAQ.

IRAQI KURDISH FIGHTERS AND

LOCALS

HAVE GONE TO THE CITY TO

REPLACE THE

CRUCIFIX WHICH WAS RECAPTURED

TO DRAW

ISIS OUT OF MOSUL. THE LOCAL

PRIEST

BLESSED THE NEW CRUCIFIX SAYS

IRAQI

CHRISTIANS HAVEN'T STOPPED

BELIEVING

IN JESUS CHRIST AND THE CROSS.

> NEARLY 300 PEOPLE HAVE

DIED IN

ALEPPO AFTER CITY FORCES

POUNDED THE

AREA WITH AIR STRIKES IN THE

90 DAYS.

IT'S THE WORST AIRCRAFT

ATTACKS IN

SEVERAL YEARS.

THEY BELIEVE CHEMICAL WEAPONS

WERE

USED.

> BACK HERE IN ILLINOIS A

CLUB HAS

LOST THEIR LICENSE.

THE SISTERS HAD IT SHUTDOWN

AFTER THEY

VIOLATED A LIQUOR ORDINANCE.

THEY SAID THIS GOES AGAINST

OUR WHOLE

FIBER, OUR WHOLE BEING WHAT

WE BELIEVE

AS RELIGIOUS WOMEN. THEY HAVE

BEEN

FIGHTING TO SHUTDOWN THAT

CLUB FOR

YEARS.

COMING UP, A HOUSE LOOKS LIKE

AN

ORDINARY HOUSE ON AN ORDINARY

STREET

BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE

BACKYARD AND

YOU WILL NEED A COUPLE OF

URBAN

HOMESTEADERS AND WHY THEY DO

WHAT THEY

DO.

WE HAVE THE STORY COMING UP

RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

AFTER THIS.

> FOR SOME PEOPLE GARDENING

IS MORE

THAN A HOBBY IN JUST SPRING

OR SUMMER,

THEY ALSO PLANT CROPS IN THE

COLD

WEATHER AND THEY DON'T NEED A

FARM TO

DO IT, IN FACT THEY MIGHT

LIVE RIGHT

NEXT DOOR TO YOU. WE HAVE A

CLOSE UP

THE LOOK AT URBAN HOMESTEAD.

TAKE A LOOK AT HOLLIS AND

NANCY'S

HOME. YOU MIGHT NEVER THAT

INCLUDES A

BIG BACKYARD WITH A

FLOURISHING

GARDEN.

THESE ARE RED, WE ARE

LOOKING

FORWARD TO HARVESTING THESE.

THEY PROVIDE A FEAST FOR THE

EYES AND

STOMACH. COLLARD GREEN'S,

CAULIFLOWER

AND BRUSSEL SPROUTS.

THE FARMERS URBAN HOMESTEAD

ALSO HAVE

WHAT THEY CALL A SALAD BAR,

THEY HAVE

RED ROMAINE, GREEN LETTUCE,

OAK TREE

LETTUCE AND GREEN ROMAINE AND

AN

ASSORTMENT OF HERBS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK I

CAN'T DO

THAT BECAUSE I LIVE IN A CITY

OR AN

APARTMENT AND I DON'T HAVE A

YARD. I

WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT YOU

CAN GROW

YOUR OWN FOODS IN A VERY

SMALL AREA IN

YOUR OWN BACKYARD AND GET

TONS OF FOOD

OUT OF IT.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A YARD, YOU

CAN DO

IT IN CONTAINERS.

ACCORDING TO THE

UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIA DAVIS, AN URBAN

HOMESTEAD

IS A HOUSE THAT GROWS A

SIGNIFICANT

AMOUNT OF FOOD PRODUCED BY

LIVE STOCK

IN THEIR RESIDENCE. IT'S

PRIMARILY FOR

HOMEOWNERS TO LIVE IN A WAY

THAT IS

MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.

URBAN HOMESTEAD IS REALLY

GETTING

SOME TRACTION.

YOU SEE THAT ALL OVER THE

WORLD. I

WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO

GIVE THAT

A SHOT BECAUSE IT'S SO

RELAXING AND

PEACEFUL AND GOOD ENERGY AND

GOOD

EXERCISE.

MOST OF ALL, YOU GET SOME

GOOD EATING

OUT OF IT.

GIVE IT A SHOT.

THEY DON'T KEEP IT FOR

JUST THEIR

TABLE. THEY GIVE AWAY 70% OF

THEIR

FOOD.

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ALSO

BENEFIT

FROM THEIR EFFORTS.

THROUGH THEIR YOUTUBE

CHANNEL, HOLLIS

TEACHES HOW TO GARDEN.

AS A CANCER SURVIVOR NANCY IS

ESPECIALLY INTEREST IN

HOMESTEADING.

WHEN I FOUND OUT I HAD

CANCER,

TOXINS ARE THINGS WE ARE

EATING NOW.

SO WE TEACH PEOPLE TO GROW

YOUR OWN

FOOD. THAT'S THE VISION HE

GAVE ME.

THE GARDEN IS NOT ENTIRELY

ORGANIC,

BUT SHE SAYS NOT TO BE

ALARMED.

YOU TAKE A LITTLE

FERTILIZER AND

NON-GMO SEEDS AND AVOID

PESTICIDES AND

HERBICIDES AND YOU CAN HAVE A

WONDERFUL GARDEN THAT IS NOT

100%

ORGANIC BUT THE BEST ORGANIC

AND BE

HEALTHY FOR YOUR FAMILY.

THAT'S

FOCUSED ON HEALTHY FAMILIES

THROUGHOUT

THE WORLD.

THEY ALSO VIEW THEIR

HOMESTEAD AS A

MINISTRY IN PERSON AND

ONLINE. ALL OF

THIS HAS FOUND GREAT COMFORT

AND PEACE

OUT HERE ESPECIALLY AFTER

HEALTH AND

-- HIS SON PASSED AWAY FROM A

HEART

CONDITION.

YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN

THE

GARDEN AND IT'S QUIET AND

YOURSELF AND

I SPEAK WITH GOD. I LEARNED A

LOT

ABOUT MY GRIEF RIGHT HERE ON

THE DIRT.

THAT'S HOW I GOT BACK HERE AT

THIS

GARDEN. WE'VE TAKEN IT TO A

WHOLE NEW

LEVEL AND WE LOVE IT.

AT ONE END OF THE GARDEN,

A CROSS

STANDS.

WE ERECTED A CROSS AT THE

END OF

THE GARDEN SO WHEN EVERYBODY

WALKS BY

THEY SEE IT AND IT'S A

REMINDER THAT

REMINDS US THAT EVERYTHING

THAT COMES

FROM THIS GARDEN IS FROM GOD.

WE

PLANTED THE SEED, BUT GOD

MAKES THAT

SEED GROW AND IT'S THE SAME

THING WITH

OUR LIFE.

THEY ALSO START WITH A

SCRIPTURE IN

PRAYER.

GIVE US LORD OUR DAILY

BREAD, AMEN.

HE SUMS IT UP THIS WAY, NANCY

ABOUT

HEALTH AND GARDENING AND

BUILDING

SPIRITUAL LIVES.

CBN NEWS, VIRGINIA.

> MORE COUPLES ARE STARTING

TO SAY I

DON'T.

STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT WHAT

THIS COULD

UNION.

I DO OR I DON'T OR AT

LEAST NOT YET.

MARRIAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A

KEY PART OF

THE AMERICAN DREAM, BUT NOW

STUDIES

SHOW THE MILLENNIALS ARE

WAITING

LONGER TO GET MARRIED AND

FOCUSING ON

CAREERS FIRST.

SISTERS NICOLE AND ERICA

LOOK LIKE

YOUR TYPICAL 20 SOMETHINGS

JUST

HANGING OUT AND HAVING A GOOD

TIME.

AFTER EARNING THEIR DEGREES,

THEY ARE

WORKING FULL TIME AND PAYING

OFF LOANS

AND ENJOYING THE FREEDOM OF

THE SINGLE

LIFE.

IT'S GOOD FOR ME BECAUSE I

CAN GO

ANYWHERE AND I DON'T HAVE TO

ASK AS I

WANT TO PLAN SOMETHING.

I'M TAKING TIME TO FIND

OUT WHO I

AM AND WHAT I WANT TO BE.

THEY SAY THEY HAVE THEIR

PRIORITIES

STRAIGHT AND MARRIAGE ISN'T

ANYWHERE

NEAR THE TOP OF THE LIST.

INSTEAD IT'S MORE ABOUT

GETTING AN

EDUCATION AND PURSUING THEIR

CAREERS.

I THINK WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG

IN YOUR

20s IT'S OKAY TO BE SELFISH

AND BECOME

YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU ARE

GOING TO GO

OLDER AND MUCH DIFFERENT.

THE PERCENTAGE IN MARRIAGE

HAS

DROPPED IN YEARS.

IT WILL FALL BELOW THAN ANY

GENERATION.

THE RATE HAS DROPPED TO 10%

AND BY THE

TIME MILLENNIALS REACH 40, IT

COULD

FALL BELOW 69%. CBN

CONTRIBUTOR SAYS

THIS DECLINE CAN POSE A

SERIOUS

PROBLEM.

MARRIAGE IS THE MOST

IMPORTANT

ECONOMIC STIMULUS WE CAN HAVE

TO

REDUCING POVERTY TO KEEPING

MARRIAGES

HIGH AND KEEPING MARRIAGES

SUCCESSFUL.

MORE WORRIES THAT THIS

MILLENNIAL

TREND CAN KEEP MOTHER AND

FATHER AT

HOME.

CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN A

HOME WITH

TWO PARENTS ARE MUCH LESS

LIKELY TO

LIVE IN POVERTY.

THEY SAY THIS GIVES THEM A

MORE

TRADITIONAL VIEW WHILE SAVING

FOR

MARRIAGE.

I WAS NEVER THE GIRL AT

THE AGE OF

5 PLANNED WHAT WEDDING I WAS

GOING TO

HAVE. I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT

IT BECAUSE

I WAS WATCHING THE DISNEY

MOVIES.

AND THEY SAID THOSE GIRLS

HAVE THE

MARRIAGE AND ALL THEY THINK

ABOUT AND

I WANT TO HAVE THE ADVENTURE.

NEAR GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

WE

COULDN'T FIND ANYONE

INTERESTED IN THE

IDEA.

DON'T GET MARRIED.

I WANTED TO HAVE OPTIONS.

HAIRSTON IS THE SENIOR

PASTOR AT

THE MESSIAH COMMUNITY CHURCH

IN

MARYLAND AND ALSO CHAPLAIN TO

THE

BALTIMORE RAVENS AND BELIEVES

THE MOST

DEVASTATING EFFECT WILL BE ON

CHILDREN.

WE ARE AT THE BATTLE LINE

AND THE

CHURCH NEEDS TO BE FRONT AND

CENTER,

MAKING MARRIAGES WORK,

GETTING

MARRIAGES HEALTHY AND

CELEBRATING

MARRIAGE SO OUR CHILDREN CAN

SEE THERE

IS A PLACE AND CULTURE IN OUR

SOCIETY

WHERE MARRIAGES DOES WORK.

THAT THE IDEA OF MARRIAGE

CAN'T BE

IGNORED AND ESPECIALLY FOR

HEALTH.

WHEN A MARRIAGE IS STRONG

AND

HEALTHY, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE

IS NOT AS

HIGH AND CHOLESTEROL LEVEL IS

NOT AS

HIGH.

BUT THEY SAY THEY ARE

HAPPY AND

HEALTHY BEING SINGLE AND NOT

ABOUT TO

CHANGE THEIR MIND ANYTIME

SOON.

CERTAINLY MARRIAGE THERE

ARE

BENEFITS FOR IT BUT BEING

SINGLE TOO.

CAITLIN BURKE, CBN NEWS.

> "OPERATION BLESSING" IS

RUNNING A

PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE

FAMILIES IN

HONDURAS TO GET RID OF

MOSQUITOS.

THEY FILL WATER IN CONTAINERS

FOR ALL

OF THEIR NEEDS BUT THEY CARRY

DISEASES

LIKE THE ZIKA VIRUS.

"OPERATION BLESSING" WENT

THROUGH THE

AREAS LOOKING FOR MOSQUITO

SITES AND

THEY WERE FILLED WITH SAFER

WATER TO

FIGHT MOSQUITOS LIKE MOSQUITO

LARVAE.

YOU CAN GO TO "OPERATION

BLESSING" BY

GOING TO ITS WEBSITE AT

OB.ORG.

I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF A

SIMPLE

PRINCIPLE. BE SURE TO ALWAYS

GIVE

THANKS FOR THE GIFTS YOU

RECEIVED AND

MOST IMPORTANTLY GIVE THANKS

TO THE

GIVER OF ALL THAT IS PERFECT

BECAUSE

WITHOUT HIM WE ARE NOTHING.

GIVE JOY TO SOMEONE ELSE'S

LIFE TODAY.

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