Gordon: SHE WAS

DETERMINED TO BEAT THE

UNBEATABLE OPPONENT.

YOU HAVE TO TRAIN AND

STUDY.

AND I WAS STUDYING AND

STUDYING, AND I WOULD

WATCH FILM AND TRANSLATE

HER FILMS FROM JAPANESE TO

ENGLISH.

Gordon: MEET THE

WOMAN WHO WRESTLEDED HER WRESTLED HER WAY

TO AMERICA'S FIRST OLYMPIC

GOLD MEDAL.

IT WAS SO MUCH EMOTION

AND NONE AT THE SAME TIME.

Gordon: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO THE SHOW.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THIS

WEEK'S TOP FIVE STORIES

FROM "STUDIO 5."

Efrem: FOR NUMBER

FIVE, WE HEAD TO UTAH AND

BYUT TV FOR CHRISTMAS UNDER

THE STARS.

THEY TAKE TO THE CAPITAL

THEATER STAGE FOR THIS

SPECIAL CONCERT

PERFORMANCE.

A LITTLE HELP FROM "THE

VOICE" WINNER, JORDAN

SMITH.

*

Efrem: FOR NUMBER

FOUR, WE HEAD TO FORT

WORTH, TEXAS, AND AN

EMOTIONAL REUNION VIDEO.

* LORD, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL

Efrem: A SUDANESE

FAMILY SEPARATED FOUR

YEARS AGO, WITH THE

PREGNANT WIFE AND TWO

YOUNG CHILDREN RESETTLING

IN THE UNITED STATES.

WITH THE HUSBAND AND

FATHER STUCK IN A REFUGEE

CAMP UNTIL NOW, WITH A

LITTLE HELP FROM FORT

WORTH'S VILLAGE CHURCH.

THE TEARFUL REUNION ENDED

WITH DAD FALLING TO HIS

KNEES.

* YOUR GRACE ABOUNDS

*

Efrem: WE HEAD TO THE

WHITE HOUSE FOR NUMBER

THREE.

EVERYBODY ON THIS STAGE

HAS TOUCHED ME IN A VERY

POWERFUL PERSONAL WAY.

Efrem: THE PRESIDENT

HONORED 21 FAMOUS

AMERICANS WITH THE

COUNTRY'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN

HONOR, THE MEDAL OF

FREEDOM.

ELLEN DEGENERES, TOM

HANKS, KAREEM, ROBERT

DENIRO.

AND SPRINGSTEEN WAS

HONORED, TOO.

President Obama: I'M

THE PRESIDENT; HE IS THE

BOSS.

Efrem: AT NUMBER

TWO --

LAST CHRISTMAS, DOLLY

PARTON'S "CODE OF MANY

COLORS" TOUCHED MILLIONS.

I'M DOING WHAT I THINK

IS BEST FOR THIS FAMILY.

Efrem: HARD TO

BELIEVE THAT DOLLY PARTON,

THE ICON, COUNTRY MUSIC

SINGER, ACTRESS, CAME FROM

SUCH HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.

WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THE

REASONS I WANTED TO DO

THIS SHOW.

BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE ME HAD

TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A

MOST BLESSED CHRISTMAS.

WEDNESDAY,

NOVEMBER 30th, ON NBC.

Efrem: AND FINALLY

NUMBER ONE, THIS 10-SECOND

CLIP FROM AN OLD PASTOR

SHIRSHIRLEY CAESAR GOSPEL

RECORDING.

*

I'VE GOT GREENS, CHICKEN,

TURK -- YOU NAME IT *

Efrem: IT CLIMBING

THE HIP-HOP CHARTS TODAY

WITH A REMAX AND A REVIVAL

CALLED "THE YOU NAME IT

CHALLENGE."

YOU KNOW EVERYBODY

AROUND THE WORLD IS

LISTENING TO YOU, TALKING

ABOUT GREENS, BEANS,

CHICKEN, TURKEY -- HAVE

YOU SEEN IT?

YES.

Efrem: SO YOU'VE SEEN

THE "YOU NAME IT

CHALLENGE?"

OH, YEAH.

WHATEVER WE'RE ABLE TO

GLEAN FROM THIS, WE WANT

TO BE A BLESSING TO

ST. JUDE.

AND I WANT TO BLESS HAITI

AND GIVE BLESSING TO

JESUS.

Gordon: EFREM IS BACK

WITH US TODAY.

WELCOME.

Efrem: THANK YOU.

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.

Gordon: LET'S KICK

OFF WITH THAT SUDANESE

REUNION.

THAT IS SO GRIPPING.

YOU SEE THAT FATHER FALL

TO HIS KNEES, AND YOU GIVE

GOD GLORY.

Efrem: MAN, I'LL TELL

YOU, TRAPPED IN A REFUGEE

CAMP FOR FOUR YEARS,

REALLY THINKING YOU'RE NOT

GOING TO SEE YOUR CHILDREN

AGAIN.

I'M A DAD, YOU'RE A DAD,

AND IMAGINE THE BRIEF TIME

YOU'RE AWAY FROM YOUR

YOUNG, AND FOUR YEARS.

BUT THE VILLAGE CHURCH IN

FORT WORTH TEXAS CAME

ALONGSIDE THE MOM WHEN SHE

WAS PREGNANT, AND SHE ALSO

HAD TWO CHILDREN WITH HER

ALREADY.

AND THEY DID ALL THEY

COULD TO MAKE HER FEEL AT

HOME.

BUT THEY SPENT THE LAST

FOUR YEARS TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET

DAD?

Gordon: HOW DID THEY

FIGURE IT OUT?

Efrem: IT TOOK A LOT

OF WORK.

THE CHURCH HAS NOW

ACTUALLY 100 TRAINED AND

VETTED VOLUNTEERS TO WORK

WITH REFUGEES IN THAT

AREA.

Gordon: REALLY?

Efrem: THEY'VE REALLY

TAKEN ON THE MISSION VERY

WELL.

Gordon: SO THIS ISN'T

JUST ONE AND DONE.

Efrem: NO.

THIS IS ONGOING.

IT STARTED WITH TWO

MINISTERS' WIVES, WHEN

THEY HEARD ABOUT THIS

WOMAN'S STORY.

THEY REALIZED, IT IS A

CALLING, BUT IT IS BIGGER

THAN JUST THIS ONE WOMAN.

WE HAVE TO BE THE HANDS

AND FEET OF JESUS FOR

MANY.

AND FROM THOSE TWO, NOW

MORE THAN A HUNDRED ARE

WORKING ON A REGULAR

BASIS, VOLUNTEERING, AND

THEY HAVE REGULAR COAT

DRIVES AND THINGS TO HELP

THOSE PEOPLE.

IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL

STORY.

MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE

HAVE AT LEAST WATCHED THAT

VIDEO, AND LITERALLY, I

HAVE WATCHED IT SEVERAL

TIMES.

YOU TEAR UP EVERY SINGLE

TIME.

Gordon: BECAUSE THE

EMOTION IS JUST SO

OVERWHELMING.

AND YOU PUT YOURSELF IN

THAT POSITION, AND YOU GO,

OKAY, WHAT WOULD I DO?

AND THEN YOU PUT YOURSELF

IN THE POSITION OF HOW CAN

I HELP?

HOW CAN I BE PART OF THIS.

DO YOU THINK THERE IS ANY

HOPE FOR PEACE IN SUDAN?

Efrem: AAHHHHH!

IT GETS MORE FRIGHTENING

THE LONGER YOU WAIT.

OF COURSE, WE PRAY AND

HOPE THAT THAT IS GOING TO

HAPPEN --

Gordon: I THOUGHT

WITH THE PARTITION, I

THOUGHT WITH SOUTHERN

SUDAN, I HOPE THERE WAS

GOING TO BE HOPE.

Efrem: YEAH.

Gordon: AND YOU LOOK

AT THE HISTORY OF IT, AND

IT GOES BACK TO, LIKE, THE

1860s, 1870s.

Efrem: I KNOW.

WE CONTINUE TO PRAY AND

EMBRACE THOSE WHO MAKE IT

OUT.

Gordon: WE CONTINUE

TO PRAY.

Efrem: AND CERTAINLY

EMBRACE REUNITING THOSE

FAMILIES WITH THINGS LIKE

THAT.

THAT IS JUST AMAZING.

Gordon: OKAY.

SHIRLEY CAESAR.

Efrem: SHIRLEY

CAESAR.

Gordon: SHE IS

RAPPING, WHICH I FIND

AMAZING -- ABOUT FOOD.

Efrem: AND TWO THINGS

ABOUT THAT, SHIRLEY CAESAR

CAN COOK, BUT I SPENT TIME

WITH SHIRLEY CAESAR, AND

INTERVIEWED HER, AND SHE

IS NOT A FAN OF COOKING.

Gordon: WHAT?

REALLY?

Efrem: ARE YOU

COOKING GREENS, BEANS,

POTATOES FOR THANKSGIVING?

AND SHE SAID, I AIN'T

COOKING NOTHING.

[LAUGHTER]

Efrem: AND THOSE WERE

HER WORDS.

I'M NOT COOKING ANYTHING.

I STOPPED COOKING A LONG

TIME AGO.

SHE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE

BEST RESTAURANTS IN THE

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

AREA.

Gordon: SHE GOES OUT

THE FOR THANKSGIVING?

Efrem: YEAH, SHE GOES

OUT.

WHEN SHE WALKS IN, THEY

KNOW EXACTLY WHO SHE IS,

AND THEY TAKE HER TO HER

TABLE AND THEY KNOW

EXACTLY WHAT TO BRING HER

BECAUSE SHE IS SUCH A

FREQUENT GUEST.

THAT CLIP HAS GONE VIRAL.

THEY PUT A HIP-HOP BEAT TO

IT, AND PEOPLE ARE DANCING

TO IT.

IN THAT PART, SHE WAS

ACTUALLY JUST TELLING A

STORY, BUT THAT HAS GONE

VIRAL.

WE HAD DONNIE MCCLURKIN

HERE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO,

AND I SAID, HAVE YOU HEARD

THIS?

AND HE SAID, HERE SHE IS

ALMOST 80, AND SHE IS

RESURFACING AGAIN AND

AGAIN AROUND THE WORLD.

Gordon: LET'S GO TO

DOLLY PARTON.

I'VE GOT TO COME FROM

SOMEWHERE.

I LOVE THAT LINE.

IT'S A GREAT LINE.

AND I THINK IT SHOWS THAT

ANYBODY -- IF YOU JUST

SAY, OKAY, I'M WILLING,

ANYBODY CAN THRIVE.

Efrem: DOLLY PARTON,

FOR ALL THAT SHE HAS DONE,

AND ALWAYS QUICK TO SAY,

WHEN A LINE COMES FROM

HER, SHE JOKES AND SHE

SAYS, EVERY TIME I WRITE A

SONG AND THIS LINE COMES

OUT, I GO HIGH-FIVE LORD

BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T COME

FROM ME.

SHE GIVES ALL CREDIT TO

GOD.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS

SHE HAS A FOUR-MOVIE DEAL

WITH NBC.

ALL OF THESE REALLY

FAITH-BASED FILMS BECAUSE

SHE WANTS PEOPLE TO SEE

THE FAITH THAT ANCHORED

HER LIFE.

AND IF YOU HAVE SEEN "CODE

OF MANY COLORS," THE FIRST

FILM, IT IS POWERFUL AND

BEAUTIFULLY TOLD.

THAT LITTLE GIRL HAS THAT

DOLLY PARTON NAILED.

AND THIS ONE, "THE COLORS

OF CHRISTMAS" THAT ARE

COMINISCOMING OUT NEXT WEEK, IT

IS POWERFUL AND COMPELLING

AND A PERFECT CHRISTMAS

STORY, AND IT WOULD BE

NICE TO JUMP-START THE

SEASON.

Gordon: YOU THINK YOU

HAVE FOLLOWED HER CAREER,

AND THEN I DISCOVERED THE

SHEAR NUMBER OF SONGS SHE

HAS WRITTEN.

Efrem: 3,000.

Gordon: AND YOU GO,

WAIT A MINUTE, I DIDN'T

KNOW THAT.

Efrem: NO.

NO.

I HAD NO CLUE.

AND WE ALWAYS HAD TO

REMIND HER, WHITNEY

HOUSTON GETS CREDIT FOR "I

WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU," AND

THAT IS DOLLY PARTON'S

SONG.

AND THERE IS A STORY

BEHIND THAT SONG.

AND TALKING TO HER, SHE

SAID SHE HAS WRITTEN MORE

THAN 3,000 SONGS.

Gordon: HOW DO YOU

KEEP TRACK OF THEM?

Efrem: I KNOW.

SHE HAS A GOOD TEAM

KEEPING HER ON TRACK.

Gordon: I SCRATCH MY

HEAD.

[LAUGHTER]

Gordon: BUT THE

AMAZING CREATIVITY AND

THEN THE REALIZATION IT

ALL CAME FROM GOD.

AND THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,

AND LET'S GIVE GOD GLORY

FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR A

LITTLE GIRL WHO GREW UP IN

VERY HARD CIRCUMSTANCES.

Efrem: UH-HUH.

THE FEAR OF GOD HAS BEEN

INSTILLED IN HER.

SHE OFTEN JOKES SHE HAD A

GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A

PREACHER, AND SHE SAID HE

COULD PREACH HELL SO HOT I

COULD FEEL IT.

SO SHE WANTE WANTS TO STAY OUT

OF IT.

Gordon: AND LET'S GO

TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, WHO IS

ON HIS WAY OUT, BUT AT THE

SAME TIME, HERE HE IS

GIVING OUT MEDALS OF

FREEDOM.

Efrem: ONE LAST TIME.

Gordon: ARE YOU SURE

THIS IS THE LAST TIME?

Efrem: HE'S GOT TWO

MONTHS.

I THINK WE'RE DONE.

HE HAS GIVEN OUT MORE THAN

ANY OTHER PRESIDENT.

AND I GUESS IT IS ONE OF

THE PERKS OF THE

PRESIDENCY, YOU GET TO

HONOUR THOSE PEOPLE WHO

HAVE INFLUENCED YOUR LIFE.

YOU CAN SEE WHEN YOU WATCH

THE CEREMONY, HE GOT A

REAL KICK OUT OF BEING

ABLE TO HONOR MICHAEL

JORDAN, CA KAREEM ABDUL

JABAR.

Gordon: THEY'RE ALL

DESERVING, WHEN YOU LOOK

AT THE LIST AND YOU GO,

THESE ARE A PEOPLE WHO HAD

A HUGE IMPACT ON AMERICA

AND AMERICAN CULTURE, AND

HAVE I ENRICHED OUR LIVES.

HATS OFF TO ALL OF THEM.

Efrem: THAT'S A GREAT

CLASS TO BE IN.

Gordon: IF YOU HAVE

ENJOYED OUR CONVERSATION

TODAY, YOU'LL WANT TO

WATCH EFREM'S WEEKLY SHOW,

CALLED "STUDIO 5" JACQUES

AND YO"STUDIO 5," AND YOUCAN CHECK IT OUT ON OUR

WEBSITE AT CB CBN.COM

/"STUDIO 5."

> COMING UP, AS A BOY,

HIS LIFE WAS CHANGED WHILE

WATCHING "SUPERBOOK."

HE HAS NOW GROWN, BUT HAS

NEVER FORGOTTEN THE IMPACT

OF THAT CHANGE.

AND HE IS USING HIS

EXPERIENCE TO HELP OTHERS.

FIND OUT HOW WHEN WE

RETURN.

Gordon: PEDRE WO PEDRE WAS AN

ORPHAN.

IT WASN'T UNTIL MANY YEARS

LATER THAT HE REALIZED HIS

STRUGGLES WERE AN

OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OTHER

PEOPLE.

Reporter: THE COUNTRY

OF KYRGYZSTAN IS

WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS BRERNLG BREATH

TAKEN BEAUTY.

BUT MANY HERE CAN'T ENJOY

THE SCENERY BECAUSE

THEY'RE FORCED TO

NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES TO

FIND WORK.

ANDRE WAS AN ORPHAN HERE,

BUT HE HAS A BRIGHTER

STORY TO TELL.

ALL BECAUSE HE SAW A

PROGRAMME CALLED

"SUPERBOOK."

THEY WERE TELLING US

ABOUT JESUS.

AT THAT MOMENT WHEN I

WATCHED THIS CARTOON FOR

THE FIRST TIME, I COULDN'T

EXPLAIN WHAT WAS HAPPENING

INSIDE OF MY HEART.

BUT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT I

MET A FRIEND WHO LOVES ME

AND WHO WILL NEVER BETRAY

WITH ME AND WHO WILL STAY

WITH ME.

HOPE CAME INTO MY LIFE,

AND I FINALLY HAD A DESIRE

TO LIVE AND UNDERSTOOD

THAT I WASN'T ALONE.

Reporter: WHEN ANDRE

LEFT THE ORPHANAGE, HE

LEFT WITH A DREAM: TO

BUILD A LOVING HOME FOR

ABANDONED CHILDREN, WHERE

"SUPERBOOK" COULD BE SEEN

EVERY DAY.

YEARS LATER, ANDRE'S DREAM

CAME TRUE.

HE HELPED BUILD THIS

CHILDREN'S HOME INCURRING IN

KYRGYZSTAN.

MY MAIN GOAL AND

GREATEST DESIRE IS TO GIVE

THEM LOVE AND CARE.

AND TELL THEM THAT THEY

ARE NOT ALONE.

AND GOD LOVES THEM.

Reporter: THE PROGRAM

THAT CHANGED ANDRE'S LIFE

IS NOW CHANGING THE LIVES

OF OTHER CHILDREN.

A MIRACLE CAN COME

TRUE, AND JESUS CAN HELP

ANYBODY.

I CRIED TO THE LORD

BECAUSE JESUS HAS DONE SO

MUCH FOR ME AND ALL THE

OTHER PEOPLE.

I THANK EVERYONE THAT

CREATED "SUPERBOOK."

I THINK COUNTLESS CHILDREN

WATCHING IT IN THE PAST

AND TODAY WERE SAVED,

THANKS TO THIS MESSAGE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN,

AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND

YOUR MINISTRY.

Gordon: "SUPERBOOK"

IS CHANGING LIVES.

IT DID IN ITS FIRST

ITENERATION, IF YOU WILL.

WE ESTIMATE IT WAS WATCHED

BY OVER 500 MILLION PEOPLE

AROUND THE WORLD.

IT GOT TRANSLATEDED INT TRANSLATED INTO A

LOT OF DIFFERENT

LANGUAGES, AND HERE WAS

BEING BROADCAST IN

RUSSIAN, AND AN ORPHAN SAW

IT YEARS AGO, BACK IN THE

1990s, AND DECIDED TO

CHANGE HIS LIFE.

HE DECIDED TO BELIEVE THAT

THERE WAS A SAVIOR.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN

CHILDREN GET THE STORIES

OF THE BIBLE.

THEY UNDERSTAND IT.

AND THEY UNDERSTAND IT ON

A VERY DEEP LEVEL.

AND THE WORD OF GOD NEVER

RETURNS VOID.

SO WE'VE GOT A BRAND NEW

VERSION OF "SUPERBOOK."

IT'S CUTTING-EDGE

TECHNOLOGY.

IT IS ENTERTAINING.

CHILDREN LOVE TO WATCH IT.

AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF

SENDING THE STORIES OF THE

BIBLE TO THE CHILDREN OF

THE WORLD.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN 42

LANGUAGES, ON OUR WAY TO

OUR GOAL OF 50 LANGUAGES,

WE SEASON ONE AND THEN

SEASON TWO.

AND THERE IS A BROADCAST

MAP.

AND JUST IMAGINE, SAYING,

I'M A PART OF THAT.

I CAN BE A PART OF THAT.

I CAN BE A PART OF SENDING

THE STORIES OF THE BIBLE

AROUND THE WORLD IN

LANGUAGES THAT CHILDREN

CAN UNDERSTAND.

IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT,

JOIN THE "SUPERBOOK"

D.V.D. CLUB.

AND FOR A GIFT OF $25 OR

MORE, WE'LL SEND YOU THE

LATEST EPISODE, WHICH IS

ALL ABOUT KING SOLOMON.

WE'LL SEND YOU MORE THAN

JUST ONE COPY.

WE'LL SEND YOU THREE

COPIES, SO YOU CAN SHARE

IT WITH YOUR FAMILY.

YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH YOUR

CHURCH.

YOU CAN BE A PART OF

SHARING THESE WONDERFUL

STORIES.

AND THEN EVERY TIME A NEW

EPISODE COMES OUT, YOU'LL

BE FIRST TO GET IT.

WE'LL SHIP YOU NOT ONE

COPY, BUT WE'LL SHIP YOU

THREE COPIES OF THE D.V.D.

THEN WE'LL UNLOCK FOR YOU

SEASON ONE AND TWO ON

STREAMING.

SO ANY DEVICE, TABLET,

SMARTPHONE, SMART TELUS,

TELEVISIONS, YOU'LL BE

ABLE TO STREAM THESE

WONDERFUL STORIES INTO

YOUR HOME SO THE CHILDREN

IN YOUR FAMILY CAN BE PART

OF THESE WONDERFUL

STORIES.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL

US: 1-800-700-7000.

JUST SAY, I WANT TO JOIN

THE "SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.

IT IS JUST $25, AND YOU

CAN BE A PART OF IT.

UP NEXT, SHE BECAME THE

FIRST U.S. WOMAN'S

FREE-STYLE WRESTLER TO

EVER WIN A GOLD MEDAL.

I'M, LIKE, WOW, NORMAL

PEOPLE REALLY DO WIN GOLD

MEDALS.

IT IS NOT A SECRET CLUB

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE

SPECIAL.

Gordon: FIND OUT HOW

SHE DID IT WHEN WE RETURN.

Gordon: OFTENTIMES AN

ATHLETE'S IDENTITY IS

WRAPPED UP IN THEIR

PERFORMANCE.

A WIN MEANS I'M GOOD

ENOUGH, AND A LOSS MEANS I

DON'T MEASURE UP.

WELL, HELEN MARULES WANTED

TO BE THE BEST, COMPETING

AGAINST THE WORLD'S

GREATEST ATHLETES.

IN THE SUMMER 2016

OLYMPICS, SHE WAS ABOUT TO

GIVE THE FULL MEASURE OF

HER WORTH.

MO ISEM HAS THIS STORY.

I BROUGHT ALL OF MY

FLAWS ON THAT PODIUM WHEN

I STEPPED UP.

AND ALL OF THE FLAWS IN MY

WRESTLING WERE STILL

THERE.

YOU CAN STILL GET A GOLD

MEDAL WITH ALL OF THAT.

PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE MAY

CHANGE, AND THAT MAY

CHANGE THEIR VIEW OF ME,

BUT I'M, LIKE, I WAS GOLD

MEDAL WORTHY THIS WHOLE

TIME BECAUSE IT DIDN'T

CHANGE ME.

MY NAME IS HELEN, AND GOD

MADE ME ENOUGH.

Reporter: TAKE US

BACK TO WHAT REALLY DREW

YOU INTO WRESTLING AND

THAT JOURNEY THERE.

I STARTED WRESTLING

WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS

OLD.

ACTUALLY IN THIS ROOM.

Reporter: HOW NEAT.

THIS IS WHERE THE

BEGINNERS KIDS CLUB JUST

STARTED.

MY BROTHER JOINED, AND

THERE WASN'T ENOUGH KIDS,

AND INSTEAD OF HIM HAVING

TO QUIT, MY MOM TOLD ME TO

TAKE MY SHOES OFF AND JUMP

IN THERE.

Reporter: AND YOU'RE

THE ONLY GIRL AT THIS

POINT, RIGHT?

YES.

Reporter: YOU JUMP IN

THE RING AND YOU COMPETE

AND I'M ASSUMING YOU WON

BECAUSE YOU WENT BACK IN?

YES.

AND I LOST THE REST OF THE

YEAR.

I WAS 1 IN 30.

Reporter: YOU CAN SAY

THAT AS AN OLYMPIAN, WITH

PRIDE, BUT YOU WON THE ONE

THAT WAS IMPORTANT.

> I WANT TO TALK A

LITTLE ABOUT THE GOLD

MEDAL MATCH BECAUSE I KNOW

THERE WAS IS HISTORY

THERE, THAT YOU WERE

COMPETING AGAINST.

HERE IS A WOMAN WHO HAS

NEVER LOST IN THE LAST 16

YEARS.

SO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE

GOING TO DO IT AT THIS

WEIGHT CLASS, SHE WILL BE

THERE.

YOU CAN'T IGNORE THAT

FACT.

YOU HAVE TO TRAIN AND

STUDY.

SO I WAS STUDYING AND I

WAS STUDYING, AND I WOULD

WATCH FILM AND I WOULD

TRANSLATE HER INTERVIEWS

FROM JAPANESE TO ENGLISH,

AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND

WEAKNESSES.

AND I WAS, LIKE, YEAH,

GOD, IF I FIND A WEAKNESS,

I WILL TRAIN AND

CAPITALIZE ON IT.

AND I FELT GOD WAS, LIKE,

INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BRING

SOMEONE DOWN TO A LEVEL

YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN

REACH, WHY DON'T YOU JUST

RESPECT THEM FOR WHERE

THEY ARE AND TRY TO

SURPASS THAT LEVEL.

Reporter: SO YOU

STEPPED ON TO THE MAT WITH

HER IN RIO FOR THE GOLD

MEDAL MATCH.

WHAT WAS RUNNING THROUGH

YOUR HEAD?

WHAT WAS RUNNING INTO YOUR

HEART?

WERE YOU IN CONVERSATION

WITH GOD EVEN THEN?

OH, YEAH.

THE WHOLE DAY, THE WHOLE

DAY ALL I WAS SAYING WAS

CHRIST IS IN ME AND I'M

ENOUGH.

I CAN DO ALL THINGS

THROUGH CHRIST, WHO GIVES

ME STRENGTH.

I KNOW THIS GIRL IS GOING

TO RETIRE, AND IF I DON'T

WRESTLE HER NOW, I HAVE

SPENT ALL OF THIS TIME.

WHEN I GOT TO WRESTLE HER,

I FEEL LIKE GOD WAS, LIKE,

HERE IS YOUR GIFT.

HERE YOU GO, ENJOY IT.

YOU ASKED FOR IT.

HERE IT IS.

Reporter: WHEN YOU

WIN, IT'S 4-1, AND YOU

HAVE A DECISIVE VICTORY --

I FEEL IF I WAS IN THOSE

SHOES, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE

TO PROCESS WHAT WAS GOING

THROUGH MY MIND AT THAT

MOMENT.

AFTER ALL THAT YOU'VE PUT

INTO IT, AFTER ALL GOD HAS

TAUGHT YOU, AFTER THINGS

THAT WERE BROKEN THAT WERE

REBUILT, THIS WHOLE

JOURNEY, AND YOU HAVE THE

GOLD AROUND YOUR NECK ON

THE PODIUM -- TAKE US

THERE.

IT IS SO UC SO MUCH

EMOTION AND NO NOTION AT

THE SAME TIME.

MY HEAD WAS FULL AND BLANK

AT THE SAME TIME.

I JUST REMEMBER IT WAS

LIKE I WAS A 7-YEAR-OLD,

8-YEAR-OLD, 9-YEAR-OLD

HELEN ALL OVER AGAIN.

I GOT TO REMEMBER EVERY

SINGLE YEAR ON THE

JOURNEY.

AND I WAS, LIKE, GOD, ME?

REALLY?

LITTLE OLD HELEN?

AND I'M, LIKE, WOW, NORMAL

PEOPLE REALLY DO WIN GOLD

MEDALS.

IT IS NOT SOME SECRET CLUB

THAT YOU HAVE TO BE IN.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE

SPECIAL.

THIS IS SO COOL.

ON THE OUTSIDE PEOPLE

MIGHT VIEW ME DIFFERENTLY,

BECAUSE NOW THEY KNOW I

HAVE A GOLD MEDAL, BUT

I'M, LIKE, GOD, I'M NO

DIFFERENT.

I WAS, LIKE, I REALLY WAS

ENOUGH BEFORE, AND I

REALLY AM ENOUGH NOW.

Gordon: I LOVE

HELEN'S STORY BECAUSE SHE

SAYS ORDINARY PEOPLE, JUST

LIKE ME, WIN THE GOLD.

WHEN YOU'RE HOOKED UP WITH

GOD, THEN SUDDENLY ALL

THINGS BECOME POSSIBLE.

HE OPENS YOUR VISION TO

SEE THE GREATNESS THAT HE

HAS PUT WITHIN YOU.

WHY DOES HE DO THAT?

IT SEEMS TO BE A MYSTERY.

BUT THE BIBLE SAYS IT

GIVES HIM GREAT PLEASURE

THAT WE ACTUALLY GIVE HIM

GREAT PLEASURE.

IF YOU'RE A PARENT, YOU

KNOW ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SEE

YOUR CHILDREN DO THINGS, I

MEAN THE FIRST TIME THEY

SPEAK, THE FIRST TIME THEY

WALK, THE FIRST TIME THEY

GO TO SCHOOL -- ALL OF

THESE THINGS BRING YOU

INCREDIBLE PLEASURE.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

HOW DO ORDINARY PEOPLE

BECOME GREAT?

HERE IS A KEY FROM ACTS 4:

"WHEN THEY SAW THE COURAGE

OF PETER AND JOHN AND

REALIZED THAT THEY WERE

UNSCHOOLED, ORDINARY MEN,

THEY WERE ASTONISHED, AND

THEY TOOK NOTE THAT THESE

MEN HAD BEEN WITH JESUS.

BUT SINCE THEY COULD SEE

THE MAN WHO HAD BEEN

HEALED STANDING THERE WITH

THEM, THERE WAS NOTHING

THEY COULD SAY."

HERE IS PETER AND JOHN,

AND THEY'RE APOSTLES.

WE PUT THEM UP ON A

PEDESTAL.

WE SOMEHOW THINK THAT

THEY'RE SPECIAL, AND

THEY'RE A WHOLE LOT BETTER

THAN US.

BUT YOU NEED TO REALIZE AT

THE TIME THEY WERE

FISHERMEN.

THEY WERE ORDINARY MEN.

THEY WEREN'T SCHOOLED.

AND HERE THEY WERE BRAVE

AND THEY EXTENDED THE

HEALING POWER OF GOD TO A

CRIPPLED MAN.

AND THAT COURAGE, THE

COURAGE TO STAND UP, AND

THE KEY, ABSOLUTE KEY TO

IT, IS THEY HAD BEEN WITH

JESUS.

AND IF YOU TAKE THAT SAME

KEY, YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME

RESULT.

HERE IS A WORD TO

ENCOURAGE YOU: "BROTHERS

AND SISTERS, THINK OF WHAT

YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE

CALLED.

NOT MANY OF YOU WERE WISE

BY HUMAN STANDARDS.

NOT MANY WERE INFLUENTIAL.

NOT MANY WERE OF NOBLE

BIRTH.

BUT GOD CHOSE THE FOOLISH

THINGS OF THE WORLD TO

SHAME THE WISE.

GOD CHOSE THE WEAK THINGS

OF THE WORLD TO SHAME THE

STRONG.

GOD CHOSE THE LOWLY THINGS

OF THIS WORLD AND THE

DESPISED THINGS AND THE

THINGS THAT ARE NOT, TO

NULLIFY THE THINGS THAT

ARE, SO THAT NO ONE MAY

BOAST BEFORE HIM."

KEEP THAT IN MIND, THAT

YOU'RE HERE SO THAT GOD

CAN GET ALL THE GLORY.

GOD BLESS YOU.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.