George: THIS WEEK ON

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS," A

NEW DAY IN U.S.-ISRAELI

RELATIONS.

THE POWERFUL WORD

PRESIDENT TRUMP USED TO

DESCRIBE AMERICA'S SUPPORT

FOR THE JEWISH STATE.

Wendy: PLUS...WILL

THIS CHRISTIAN GOVERNOR

WIN AN ELECTION, OR WILL

HE GO TO JAIL?

THE POLITICAL CONTEST THAT

IS TESTING RELIGIOUS

TOLERANCE IN THE WORLD'S

LARGEST MUSLIM NATION.

George: AND...BURIED

ALIVE BY AN AVALANCHE OF

SNOW, WITH ONLY MINUTES TO

RESCUE HIS BROTHER, THIS

MAN CALLED OUT TO GOD AND

HEARD THE ANSWER HE

NEEDED.

BA George: AND HELLO,

EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S

EDITION OF CREDIT CARDS.

"CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS."

I'M GEORGE THOMAS.

Wendy: AND I'M WENDY

GRIFFITH.

EVANGELICALS IN AMERICA

VOTED STRONGLY FOR

PRESIDENT TRUMP.

ONE REASON WER WAS HIS PROMISE

TO RESTORE AMERICA'S

RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL.

PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU VISITED

WASHINGTON THIS WEEK.

AND IT IS CLEAR THAT

ISRAEL HAS A STRONG ALLY

AND THE WHITE HOUSE.

David: A REKINDLED

FRIENDSHIP CHASED AWAY ANY

WINTER CHILL AT THE WHITE

HOUSE, AND AFTER YEARS OF,

PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU AS A KEY

PARTNER.

I HAVE KNOWN THE

PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY

AND HIS TEAM FOR A LONG

TIME.

THERE IS NO GREATER

SUPPORTER OF THE JEWISH

PEOPLE AND THE JEWISH

STATE THAN PROTEST DONALD

TRUMP.

David: BUT THERE ARE

KEY ISSUES TO WORK

THROUGH, STARTING WITH HOW

TO ACHIEVE PEACE BETWEEN

THE PALESTINIANS AND

ISRAELIS.

President Trump: AS

WITH ANY SUCCESSFUL

NEGOTIATION, BOTH SIDES

WILL HAVE TO MAKE

COMPROMISES.

David: IN COMMENTS

THAT WOULD NO DOUBT ANGER

PALESTINIAN LEADER --

TRUMP SAID A TWO-STATE

SOLUTION ISN'T A

REQUIREMENT FOR PEACE.

President Trump: I'M

LOOKING AT TWO-STATE AND

ONE STATE, AND I LIKE THE

ONE THAT BOTH PARTIES

LIKE.

I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE

ONE THAT BOTH PARTIES

LIKE.

David: NETANYAHU

MAINTAINS PALESTINIANS

MUST RECOGNIZE ISRAEL'S

RIGHT TO EXIST BEFORE ANY

PEACE PLAN CAN MOVE

FORWARD.

YOU HAVE TO ASK

YOURSELF, WHY ARE JEWS

CALLED JEWS?

WELL, THE CHINESE ARE

CALLED CHINESE BECAUSE

THEY COME FROM CHINA.

THE JAPANESE ARE CALLED

JAPANESE BECAUSE THEY COME

FROM JAPAN.

WELL, JEWS ARE CALLED JEWS

BECAUSE THEY COME FROM

JUDEA.

THIS IS OR ANCESTORAL

HOMELAND.

David: THE OTHER

THORNY ISSUE IS ON

SO-CALLED SETTLEMENTS.

IN THE WEST BANK,

NETANYAHU HAS PUSHED

FORWARD, BUT THE WHITE

HOUSE SAYS THAT MAY NOT BE

THE BEST MOVE FOR A PEACE

DEAL.

IT IS A TOPIC CBN NEWS

ASKED ABOUT AT THEIR JOINT

NEWS CONFERENCE.

> ON THE SETTLEMENT

ISSUE, ARE YOU BOTH ON THE

SAME PAGE?

HOW DO YOU EXACTLY TERM

THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE

SETTLEMENT ISSUE?

President Trump: AS

FAR AS SETTLEMENTS, I

WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU HOLD

BACK ON SETTLEMENTS FOR A

LITTLE BIT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A DEAL

BE MADE.

I THINK A DEAL WILL BE

MADE.

THAT'S THE ART OF THE

DEAL.

David: DAVID BRODY,

CBN NEWS.

George: IN THE PAST

FEW WEEKS, JOHN WAGGI HAS

BEEN IN BOTH JERUSALEM AND

WASHINGTON.

WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF

THIS MEETING BETWEEN THE

TWO LEADERS FOR

CHRISTIANS?

John: CHRISTIANS

VOTING IN THE UNITED

STATES PARTICULARLY, 80%

FOR DONALD TRUMP, AND PART

OF THE REASON THEY CAST

THEIR VOTES FOR DONALD

TRUMP INVOLVED ISRAEL.

TRUMP, DOWN THE CAMPAIGN

STRETCH, IN THE LAST

MOMENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN,

TALKED FREQUENTLY ABOUT

PROMISING TO MOVE THE U.S.

EMBASSY FROM TEL AVIV TO

JERUSALEM, AND TALKED

ABOUT REALLY

REESTABLISHING A

RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL

THAT THE UNITED STATES

WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE

FOR ISRAEL, AND THAT HAS A

LOT TO DO WITH HOW ISRAEL

IS PORTRAYED IN THE BIBLE.

WHERE THE LORD SAYS IN

GENESIS, I WILL BLESS

THOSE WHO BLESS US, AND

CURSE THOSE WHO CURSE US.

THERE IS A CORE PART OF

SUPPORT THAT CHRISTIANS

GAVE TO DONALD TRUMP.

NOT TO MENTION ALL OF THE

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD

WHO HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR

ISRAEL.

YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE

IN TOURISM, FROM PLACES

LIKE CHINA AND

INDONESIA -- LOTS OF

CHRISTIANS ARE PRAYING FOR

THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM AND

ARE ACTUALLY COMING THERE.

George: JOHN, TENS OF

THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS

FROM THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE

BEEN FORCED TO FLEE FROM

THEIR HOMES.

DO YOU THINK THESE TWO

LEADERS CAN BRING ANY HOPE

FOR THEM?

John: I THINK THERE

IS SOME HOPE, GEORGE.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A

REGIONAL KIND OF

COOPERATION BETWEEN THE

UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL

AND OTHER STATES THAT

DON'T WANT TO SEE THE

EXPANSION OF RADICAL

ISLAM.

NOW, IF THAT HAPPENS, IT

MEANS THAT THERE IS AN

ALLIANCE THAT CAN ACTUALLY

DEFEAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

BEEN PERSECUTED

CHRISTIANS, LIKE ISIS, WHO

HAVE BEEN FORCING THEM

FROM THEIR HOMES AND

PUTTING THEM TO DEATH.

AND SO THAT GIVES SOME

HOPE THAT THE CHRISTIANS

WILL BE TREATED WELL, WHEN

THEY'RE AWAY FROM THEIR

HOMES, AND ALSO THAT THERE

WILL BE A MORE STABLE

ENVIRONMENT IN THE MIDDLE

EAST.

George: FOR YEARS THE

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

HAS CALLED FOR THIS THING

CALLED A TWO-STATE

SOLUTION BETWEEN ISRAEL

AND THE PALESTINIANS.

WHAT IS THE BIBLICAL

SIGNIFICANCE BEHIND THE

PUSH FOR A PALESTINIAN

STATE ON THE WEST BANK?

John: WELL, ACTUALLY,

GEORGE, THAT IS THE

TERRITORY, THE EXACT

TERRITORY, THAT THE LORD

CALLS IN DIFFERENT PLACES

IN THE BIBLE THE MOUNTAINS

OF ISRAEL.

MY LAND.

HE ADMONISHES THE NATIONS

OF THE WORLD NOT TO DIVIDE

HIS LAND.

AND YET THAT IS EXACTLY

WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL

PUSH HAS BEEN ABOUT FOR

THE LAST FOUR DECADES.

THIS IS A BIBLICAL

PATRIMONY, A LAND THAT WAS

PROMISED TO THE JEWISH

PEOPLE 4,000 YEARS AGO.

George: THANK YOU,

JOHN.

Wendy: AND THE BIBLE

TELLS US TO PRAY FOR THE

PEACE OF JERUSALEM, AND WE

ENCOURAGE OUR "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS" COMMUNITY TO

DO JUST THAT.

ON OUR Facebook PAGE,

YOU CAN GO THERE AND POST

YOUR PRAYERS AND PLEDGE

YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE

JEWISH STATE.

George: COMING UP, WE

GO TO THE INDONESIA, WHERE

A CHRISTIAN GOVERNOR IS

SEEKING RE-ELECTION WHILE

HE STANDS TRIAL FOR

BLASPHEMY AGAINST ISLAM.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK.

INDONESIA'S COMMITMENT TO

DEMOCRACY AND RELIGIOUS

TOLERANCE MAY BE AT STAKE

AS VOTERS IN JAKARTA

CHOOSE THEIR NEXT

GOVERNOR.

UP FOR ELECTION IS THE

CURRENT GOVERNOR, A

CHRISTIAN WHO IS STILL ON

TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY

COMMITTING BLASPHEMY

AGAINST ISLAM.

LUCILLE TALUSAN IS IN THE

INDONESIAN CAPITAL AND

BRINGS US THIS REPORT.

Reporter: JAKARTA'S

INCUMBENT GOVERNOR,

POPULARLY KNOWN AS AHOK,

WAS AMONG THE EARLY VOTERS

IN THE GUBERNATORIAL

ELECTION.

THE GOVERNOR IS CURRENTLY

ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY

INSULTING ISLAM, SOME

BELIEVE IT MAY CAUSE HIM

TO LOSE THE ELECTION.

BUT HIS SUPPORTERS SAY HIS

RECORD OF GOOD GOVERNANCE

MAY LEAD TO VICTORY,

REGARDLESS OF THE CHARGES

AGAINST HIM.

BARNEY HARGINS IS A MUSLIM

POLITICAL ANALYSTS.

HE IS ONE OF THE BEST

GOVERNORS JAKARTA HAS EVER

HAD.

AHOK HAS NO PROBLEMS WITH

THE MUSLIMS.

BUT THE HARDLINERS ARE

REJECTING HIM.

Reporter: THE

CHRISTIANS BELIEVE AHOK IS

AN ANSWER TO PRAYER AND

THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS

MUSLIM COUNTRY.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON

NOW FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS,

THIS MOMENTUM OF PRAYER

FOR INDONESIA AND ITS

GOVERNMENT.

I SEE THE RISE OF BASUKI

TJAHAJA PURNAMA, A

GOD-ORDAINED LEADER, BEING

RAISED UP, FEARLESS IN

INTEGRITY, FOCUSED ON

BEING A TRANSPARENT, GODLY

LEADER.

Reporter: HE SAYS IF

AHOK BECOMES THE FREELY

ELECTED GOVERNOR OF

JAKARTA, THIS CAN OPEN THE

WAY FOR A DOUBLE MINORITY.

AHOK BEING CHRISTIAN AND

CHINESE, TO BE PRESIDENT

OF INDONESIA IN THE

FUTURE.

HE SAYS, WHY CAN'T I

BECOME PRESIDENT?

I'M INDONESIAN, LIKE

EVERYBODY ELSE.

THAT PATH WOULD BE OPEN TO

HIM IF HE BECOMES THE

FREELY ELECTED GOVERNOR OF

JAKARTA.

AND, ACTUALLY, WE ARE

EDUCATED BY OUR PARENTS

WHO LOVE THIS NATION.

AND REALLY TO DO THE BEST

FOR THIS NATION.

SO WE LOVE THE MUSLIMS,

AND THE MUSLIMS LOVE US.

Reporter: THE WINNING

CANDIDATE MUST RECEIVE

MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTE.

THE FINAL ELECTION RESULTS

ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THREE

WEEKS.

IF THE VOTES OF THE

WINNERS ARE LESS THAN 50%,

A SECOND ROUND BETWEEN THE

TOP TWO CANDIDATES WILL BE

HELD IN APRIL.

THE PEOPLE HERE AT THE

AHOK HEADQUARTERS ARE VERY

EXCITED BECAUSE THEIR

CANDIDATE IS LEADING.

IF AHOK WINS, THIS IS A

STRONG INDICATION THAT

INDONESIA IS A COUNTRY

THAT IS RUN BY DEMOCRATIC

PRINCIPLES, AND NOT BY

RELIGION.

AND EVEN IF HE LOSES, THE

PUBLIC WILL LOOK AT HIS

GOOD PERFORMANCE AS A WORK

BAROMETER FOR WHOEVER

SUCCEEDS HIM.

LUCILLE TALUSAN, CBN NEWS,

JAKARTA.

George: HERE IN

AMERICA, YOUNG AMERICANS

FAMILIAR WITH HILLSONG,

AND CHRISTIAN MUSIC IS

BECOMING VERY POPULAR IN

CHINA.

A BAND OF CHINESE

CHRISTIANS WHO ARE TAKING

THEIR COUNTRY BY STORM.

Reporter: CHINESE

MILLENNIALS LOVE ROCK AND

ROLL MUSIC.

IT IS NOW NEW TO CHINA,

BUT ROCK IS GROWING IN

POPULARITY AMONG YOUNG

CHINESE.

UNCLE BING IS THE LEAD

SINGER OF "RAINBOW," A

ROCK BAND FORMED IN 2012.

FEW PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THE

GROUP AT THAT TIME, BUT A

NATIONAL TALENT SHOW

ROCKETED THEM TO STARDOM.

Through Translator:

WHEN I CREATED THE BAND, I

SHARED THE IDEAS WITH A

FEW FRIENDS.

THEY STARTED TO LOOK FOR

OTHER TALENTS TO MAKE THE

BAND MORE SPECIAL.

TODAY OUR MEMBERS HAVE

TAKEN THE BAND TO A NEW

LEVEL.

IT IS BEYOND WHAT I EVER

IMAGINED.

Reporter: TRAVELLING

FROM CITY TO CITY, EACH

BAND MEMBER EXPERIENCED

MANY DIFFICULT AND LONELY

NIGHTS, AWAY FROM FAMILY

AND FRIENDS.

THEN THEY FOUND SOMEONE

SPECIAL.

Through Translator:

MONEY USED TO KEEP ME

BUSY, AND I BARELY HAD

TIME FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

EXHAUTION AND TRAVELLING

WERE PART OF MY LIFE.

UNTIL I FOUND JESUS, AND

EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR ALL

OF US.

THIS IS WHAT GLUED US

TOGETHER.

Reporter: EVENTUALLY,

IT INSPIRED THEM TO CHANGE

THEIR MUSIC TO

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN

ROCK.

THEY'RE NOW USING THEIR

MUSIC TO SHARE CHRIST

LOOSE LOVE WIT'SLOVE WITH CHINESE FANS.

Through Translator:

WE WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY

TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING

NEW AND TRENDY ABOUT GOD.

Reporter: THEIR FANS

ARE ATTRACTED TO THE NEW

MUSIC STYLE UNKNOWN TO

MOST CHINESE.

I AM SO GLAD THEIR

MUSIC IS DIFFERENT.

IT IS LIKE THEY'RE TELLING

MANY STORIES, AND WE HEAR

ALL OF THOSE MIRACLES.

THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE

NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.

Reporter: WHILE

SECULAR ROCK MUSIC IS

POPULAR, HE BELIEVES

CHRISTIAN ROCK CAN WIN

MANY FOLLOWERS.

THE CHALLENGE IS HOW TO

SHARE BIBLICAL STORIES IN

THEIR MUSIC.

HOW WOULD YOU TELL THE

STORY OF DAVID AND GOLIATH

THROUGH MUSIC?

AS A CHRISTIAN BAND, WE

NEED TO USE CREATIVE WAYS

TO SHOW WHAT WE'RE SINGING

FOR AND WHAT WE'RE LIVING

FOR.

THE WORD LOVE IS BEING

DISTORTEED TODAY BYTORTED TODAY BY THE

SECULAR WORLD.

Reporter: AS A NEW

CHRISTIAN, SHE IS VERY

PROUD OF WHAT THEY HAVE

ACCOMPLISHED.

AND SHE IS GRATEFUL GOD

HAS GIVEN HER MORE THAN

SHE IMAGINED.

SOME OF THE WORDS FROM

OUR SONGS ARE FROM OUR

PRAYERS.

THEY ARE NOT FANCY.

I FEEL GOD COULD HEAR OUR

PRAYERS, EVEN WHEN WE'RE

SINGING.

WE ENCOURAGE OUR FANS TO

DO THE SAME.

GOD LISTENS TO US ALL OF

THE TIME.

Reporter: THEIR

HUMBLE ATTITUDES ENCOURAGE

ONE ANOTHER.

WE ARE NOT PERFECT.

WE JUST WANT TO FOLLOW

GOD.

WHEREVER HE LEADS US,

WE'LL BE THERE.

Reporter: TODAY

"RAINBOW" IS TRAVELLING

NATIONWIDE IN CHINA.

THEY'RE TRUSTING GOD FOR

BIGGER SUCCESS, AND

THEY'RE PRAYING THEIR

MUSIC CAN REACH MORE

CHINESE FANS.

WE WON'T STOP.

OUR LIVES BELONG TO GOD.

OUR TALENT BELONGS TO GOD.

OUR MUSIC IS FROM GOD.

Reporter: MUNG FE LI,

CBN NEWS.

Wendy: FABULOUS.

> UP NEXT, WHEN A WAVE

OF SNOW SWEPT HIS BROTHER

AWAY, THIS MAN CRIED OUT

TO GOD AND HAD A DIVINE

REVELATION.

George: AND WELCOME

BACK TO THE BROADCAST.

MATT AND MICHAEL WALSH ARE

SNOWBOARDING FANATICS.

Wendy: YOU CAN SAY

THAT AGAIN.

SO WHEN THEY FOUND

THEMSELVES 5,000 FEET HIGH

ON A MOUNTAIN WITH

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS

WHIPPING AROUND THEM, THEY

CONCLUDED IT WAS PERFECT

SNOWBOARDING WEATHER.

George: AND THE TWO

BROTHERS WERE LOOKING

FORWARD TO AN AFTERNOON OF

FUN, BUT SOON THEY WERE

PRAYING JUST TO MAKE IT

DOWN ALIVE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN

EVERYTHING STARTS TO LET

GO.

THE LEDGE AND EVERYTHING.

BY THIS TIME I LOST MY

SIGHT OF MATT.

AND THE CLOUD OF SNOW WAS

SO BIG, I COULDN'T SEE MY

HAND IN FRONT OF MY FACE.

I'M THINKING HE'S DEAD.

Reporter: MICHAEL

WALSH AND HIS YOUNGER

BROTHER, MATT, THOUGHT

THEY FOUND THE PERFECT

SPORT FOR SNOWBOARDING.

IT HAD A SNOWDRIFT AND

DEEP POWDER.

THEY PARKED MICHAEL'S

TRUCK AND CLIMBED TO THE

STEEPEST POINT, NEVER

THINKING ABOUT AN

AVALANCHE.

AS IT BLOWS, IT KIND OF

CURLS AND CURLS AND CURLS

AND BUILDS UP A BIG WEDGE.

WE WERE SITTING RIGHT ON

THE EDGE OF IT.

WE WERE BOTH GOING TO GO

DOWN AT THE SAME TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I CHANGED

THE PLAN.

HE WAS ALREADY STRAPPED

IN, AND I LOOKED OVER AT

HIM, AND I WAS LIKE, HEY,

MATT, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING

FOR?

Reporter: HIS BROTHER

JUMPED OFF THE LEDGE AND

HIT THE SLOPE BELOW,

TRIGGERING A MASSIVE

AVALANCHE.

ALL I HEAR IS POP, POP,

POP.

IT SOUNDED LIKE A FREIGHT

TRAIN.

Reporter: MATT SLID

HUNDREDS OF FEET DOWN THE

MOUNTAIN, CAUGHT IN THE

AVALANCHE.

THE WALL OF SNOW BEHIND

HIM HIT HARD, BURYING HIM

UNDER THREE FEET OF

HEAVY-PACKED SNOW.

MICHAEL LOOKED ON

HELPLESSLY.

THERE WAS NO SIGN OF

HIM.

THERE WAS DIRT KICKED UP

FROM THE GROUND ON TOP OF

THE SNOW.

TO SEE HIM DISAPPEAR LIKE

THAT, AND I COULDN'T STOP

IT, THAT WAS VERY HARD.

Reporter: MICHAEL HAD

A DECISION TO MAKE: RUN TO

HIS TRUCK TO CALL

SEARCH-AND-RESCUE, OR TRY

TO FIND HIS BROTHER ON HIS

OWN.

IF I WENT AND LOOKED

FIRST, THERE WAS NO WAY I

WAS GETTING BACK UP THAT

HILL BY MYSELF TO CALL

SEARCSEARCH-AND-RESCUE AGAIN.

SO I JUST CRIED OUT TO GOD

AND SAID, GOD, WHAT DO I

DO?

I HEARD HIM AS LOUD AS

YOU'RE TALKING TO ME, GO

FIND YOUR BROTHER.

I NEVER HEARD GOD SPEAK TO

ME LIKE THAT BEFORE AND IT

ROCKED ME.

Reporter: HE RAN DOWN

THE HILL, FRANTICALLY

CALLING HIS BROTHER'S

NAME.

AS SOON AS I GET ON TO

THE SLIDE WHERE IT ALL

SETTLED, THERE WAS JUST

DESTRUCTION, AND NO SIGN.

I'M LOOKING FOR A HAT, A

TIP OF HIS BOARD, A HAND,

SOMETHING STICKING OUT OF

THE SNOW.

NOTHING.

AND THEN I STARTED TO

SECOND-GUESS MYSELF.

WAS THAT REALLY GOD

TELLING ME TO GO FIND MY

BROTHER?

I DECIDED THERE WAS NO WAY

I WAS GOING TO FIND HIM.

THERE IS NOTHING, NO SIGN

OF HIM.

I FINALLY CAME TO A POINT

WHERE I JUST KIND OF LIKE

GAVE UP.

IT SOUNDS TERRIBLE, BUT I

COULDN'T SEE HIM OR ANY

SIGN OF HIM.

Reporter: MATT LAID

BURIED DEEP IN THE HEAVY

SNOW, UNABLE TO MOVE.

RUNNING OUT OF AIR AND

HOPE.

RIGHT WHEN I REALIZED I

WAS BURIED, AND THERE WAS

NO WAY I WAS MOVING MY

BODY, I WAS CERTAIN I WAS

GOING TO DIE.

AT THAT POINT I HAD GIVEN

UP ON TRYING TO GET OUT.

I KNEW I WAS GOING TO DIE.

Reporter: BUT AS HE

LAY THERE PRAYING, HE SAID

HE FELT GOD'S PRESENCE

WITH HIM.

THE PEACE I FELT IN

THAT MOMENT WAS AMAZING.

I WOULD SAY IT WAS HIM

WITH ME IN THE MOMENT.

SO I WAS READY.

I KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING.

I WASN'T SCARED.

Reporter: HE HEARD

GOD SPEAK TO HIM AND

REMIND HIM OF A PROPHECY

GIVEN TO MATT'S MOTHER

WHEN SHE NEARLY MISCARRIED

HIM AS A BABY, THAT THE

BABY WOULD NOT DIE BUT

LIVE.

AND GOD WOULD DO GREAT

THINGS THROUGH HIS LIFE.

I THOUGHT, HE'S GOING

TO RESCUE ME.

HE IS GOING TO SAVE ME.

IT IS NOT GOING TO STOP

HERE.

HE STILL HAS A PLAN FOR MY

LIFE AND A PURPOSE FOR MY

LIFE.

Reporter: MATT SAYS

HOPE PROPELLED HIM TO

ACTION.

HE HAD AN AIR POCKET NEAR

HIS FACE AND HE WAS ABLE

TO DIG ONE ARM TOWARDS THE

SURFACE.

MEANWHILE, MICHAEL STOOD

DIRECTLY ABOVE HIM,

UNAWARE OF HIS LOCATION.

I'M ABOUT TO FALL TO MY

KNEES AND LOSE ALL HOPE,

AND I DECIDED TO TRY ONE

MORE TIME.

THE WIND IS BLOWING

60 MILES PER HOUR, AND SO

WHEN YOU'RE HEARIN WEARING A HOOD

AND A HAT, YOU CAN'T HEAR

VERY WELL.

BUT I HEAR, MIKE, I'M

FINE.

THERE IS NO WAY I SHOULD

HAVE HEARD HIM, WITH HOW

HARD THE WIND WAS BLOWING.

I TAKE A STEP BACK, AND I

LOOK DOWN AND I SEE A HOLE

ABOUT THE SIZE OF A

BASEBALL.

I STARTED DIGGING

FRANTICALLY.

I DUG ABOUT TWO FEET.

I THOUGHT, I'M CRAZY, THAT

WASN'T REALLY HIM.

I KEPT DIGGING AND DIGGING

AND DUG ANOTHER FOOT, AND

I COULD SEE THE OAK LEAF

SYMBOL ON HIS JACKET THAT

I JUST BOUGHT HIM ABOUT A

WEEK BEFORE THAT.

I COULD SEE HIS FACE, AND

HE WAS STILL ALIVE AND

OKAY.

I STARTED CRYING LIKE A

BABY.

I WAS SO HAPPY BUT SO

SCARED ALL AT THE SAME

TIME.

Reporter: HE SPENT

THE NEXT HALF HOUR DIGGING

MATT OUT OF WHAT COULD

HAVE BEEN A SNOWY GRAVE.

THEY SAY IT WAS ONLY BY

GOD'S GRACE THAT THEY MADE

IT OUT ALIVE.

HE LED ME RIGHT TO THE

SPOT WHERE MATT WAS.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE

WAS.

I HAD NO IDEA WHICH

DIRECTION HE WAS, WHICH

WAY HE WAS SWEPT.

AND TO LEAD ME DEAD CENTER

ON TOP OF HIM, THAT'S NOT

COINCIDENCE.

EVERYTHING FELL INTO PLACE

JUST PERFECT.

GOD MET ME THERE AND WAS

STANDING THERE AND HELD MY

HAND ALL THE WAY DOWN

THERE AND KEPT ME SAFE AND

HIM SAFE.

I THINK I DIDN'T DIE

BECAUSE GOD HAS A BIGGER

PLAN FOR MY LIFE.

HE HAS BIG THINGS IN STORE

FOR ME, AND I DON'T THINK

HE WAS GOING TO LET THAT

BE FOILED BY AN AVALANCHE.

IT WASN'T HIS WILL.

I'M DEFINITELY VERY

THANKFUL THAT GOD WOULD

RESCUE ME, AND HE WOULD

WORK IT OUT IN A WAY THAT

WE BOTH CAME OUT OKAY.

DEFINITELY THE SCARIEST

THING I EVER HAD HAPPEN TO

ME IN MY LIFE.

WATCHING MY BEST FRIEND

AND THINKING, HE'S DEAD,

THERE IS NO WAY I'M GOING

TO FIND HIM.

HAVING THE LORD MEET ME

THERE ON THAT HILL AND BE

THERE WITH ME THE WHOLE

TIME, HE WAS THERE AND HE

HEARS YOUR PRAYERS IN YOUR

TIME OF NEED.

George: AND MATT WAS

SAYING GOD WAS WITH HIM

THROUGH THAT ENTIRE

ORDEAL.

THAT IS A REMINDER FOR OUR

VIEWERS, WHATEVER YOUR

GOING THROUGH TODAY,

WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE

WORLD, GOD IS WALKING YOU

THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

Wendy: AMEN.

WELL-SAID.

WELL-SAID.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

George: AND FINALLY

THIS WEEK, PUERTO RICANS

HEARD SOME GOOD NEWS LAST

WEEKEND AT FRANKLIN

GRAHAM'S FESTIVAL OF HOPE.

Wendy: NEARLY 33,000

PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE

TINY ISLAND NATION PACKED

THE STADIUM TO HEAR THE

WORD OF GOD.

MORE THAN 1,000 PRAYED

WITH REVEREND GRAHAM TO

PUT THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST.

TAKE A LOOK.

DEAR GOD, I'M A SINNER.

I'M SORRY FOR MY SINS.

[BEING TRANSLATED]

FORGIVE ME.

I BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST IS

YOUR SON.

I BELIEVE THAT HE TOOK MY

SINS TO THE CROSS.

Wendy: AND GRAHAM'S

MINISTRY REPORTS THAT MANY

PEOPLE STAYED TO PRAY AND

WORSHIP LONG AFTER THE

SERVICE ENDEDED.

GeorgeENDED.

George: IT IS

INCREDIBLE, ALL OF THESE

FESTIVALS AROUND THE

WORLD, HE TAKES THEM

EVERYWHERE.

AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL

THING.

AND ALSO SAMARITAN'S

PURSE.

Wendy: AND HE WAS

RECENTLY HERE, AND HE IS

PLANNING TO KEEP GOING AND

GOING.

WE APPRECIATE WHAT HE IS

DOING.

George: THAT'S IT FOR

THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS."

I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED OUR

BROADCAST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US.

Wendy: UNTIL NEXT

WEEK, FROM ALL OF US HERE,

GOOD-BYE AND, AS ALWAYS,

GOD BLESS YOU.

"PROMOS," FEBRUARY 17,

2017.