George: HELLO,

EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THIS

SPECIAL EDITION OF CBN

NEWS.

I'M GEORGE THOMAS

REPORTING FROM NAIROBI,

KENYA.

AS ISIS CONTINUES TO GRAB

THE INTERNATIONAL

SPOTLIGHT, AFRICAN TERROR

GROUPS LIKE al-SHABAAB

CAUSE DEATH AND

DESTRUCTION.

IN NIGERIA, NEARLY ONE

MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

DISPLACED, AND THOUSANDS

KILLED, RAPED, OR

KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM.

THOSE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO

SURVIVE IT TESTIFY TO

UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS.

WITH EVERY KIDNAPPING OR

ATTACK, THIS YOUNG

NIGERIAN RELIVES THE

NIGHTMARE OF WEEKS SPENT

UNDER BOKO HARAM'S

CONTROL.

WE ASKED THEM

REPEATEDLY WHY THEY'RE

DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THEY TOLD US IT IS AN

ALL-OUT BATTLE AGAINST

CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS.

George: STEVEN

WITNESSED THE SHEAR

BRUTALITY OF AFRICA'S

TERRORIST GROUP.

IT HAPPENED IN WARZA.

HUNDREDS OF ISLAMIC

FIGHTERS STORMED STEVEN'S

TOWN.

IT WAS

WELL-COORDINATED.

THEY ATTACKED IN HUGE

NUMBERS, GOING FROM HOUSE

TO HOUSE, STEALING,

DESTROYING, AND THEN

CAPTURING MEN, WOMEN, AND

CHILDREN.

George: THIS IS VIDEO

OF THE ASSAULT PUT ON

YouTube BY BOKO HARAM.

Reporter: THEY

ATTACKED WARZA BECAUSE IT

IS A PREDOMINANTLY A

CHRISTIAN TIME.

George: SEVERAL

HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE

KILLED, INCLUDING MEMBERS

OF STEVEN'S FAMILY.

I SAW THEM KILL MY

FATHER AND BROTHER.

AFTER THE KILLINGS, THEY

TOOK 11 OF US HOSTAGE.

George: STEVEN WAS

HELD BY BOKO HARAM FOR

MONTHS, AND SAYS HE SAW

THEIR BRUTALITY UP CLOSE.

WE WATCHED THEM CARRY

OUT THEIR EVIL ATROCITIES

FROM ONE TOWN TO ANOTHER.

EACH TIME THEY WENT ON AN

OPERATION, THEY WOULD

USUALLY CHANT "ALLAHU

AKBAR", AND THIS STER FIDE

US.

TERRIFIED

US.

THEY ASKED US IF WE

WANTED TO BE BEHEADED OR

SHOT IN THE HEAD.

I TOLD THEM I WOULD RATHER

BE SHOT, AND THEY SAID,

NO, THEY WOULD RATHER

SLAUGHTER ME.

George: THEY WERE

INTERCEPTED BY BOKO HARAM

FIGHTERS WHILE TRYING TO

ESCAPE.

THEY STOPPED OUR CAR

AND ORDERED US TO CONVERT

TO ISLAM.

THEN THEY SHOT MY SIBLING

BEHIND ME.

MY HUSBAND WAS ORDERED TO

LEAVE.

HE FLED INTO THE BUSH AND

THEN THEY TOLD ME TO GET

INTO THEIR CAR.

George: ELIZABETH WAS

TAKEN TO A NEARBY TOWN AND

AGAIN ASKED TO CONVERT TO

ISLAM.

AGAIN SHE REFUSED.

I STOOD MY GROUND, AND

EACH TIME I REFUSED, THEY

PUT A KNIFE TO MY NECK AND

THREATENED TO CUT MY HEAD

OFF.

George: AFTER SEVERAL

MORE MONTHS OF

CAPTIVITYVITY, STEVECAPTIVITY,STEVEN AND E LIZABETH

MIRACULOUSLY MANAGED TO

ESCAPE AND ARE LIVING

HERE, OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL

CITY.

NEXT WE TURN TO SOUTH

SUDAN.

50,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED,

AND MORE THAN TWO MILLION

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED

FROM ETHNIC VIOLENCE

GRIPPING THIS FRAGILE

NATION.

NOW ONE AMERICAN FAMILY IS

RISKING DEATH TO REBUILD

THE WAR POR WAR-TORN COUNTRY, ONE

VILLAGE AND PERSON AT A

TIME.

George: WILLIAM WAS

11 YEARS OLD WHEN SOLDIERS

CONFRONTED HIM ABOUT HIS

FAITH.

I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE MY

CHRISTIANITY AND TAKE GUNS

AND FIGHT LIKE THIS.

I SAY NO WAY.

MUHAMMAD DIDN'T DIE FOR

ME, JESUS DID.

George: HE WAS THROWN

IN PRISON AND TORTURED,

YET NEVER LOST HOPE.

BECAUSE I KNEW GOD WAS

WITH ME.

George: JUST AS

REFUGEES FLEE THE MIDDLE

EAST TODAY, LEVY, TOO,

LEFT HIS HOMELAND IN 1985,

FINDING ASYLUM AND A NEW

LIFE IN AMERICA.

BUT HIS ESCAPE FROM THE

CLUTCHES OF JIHAD WAS ONLY

THE BEGINNING OF AN

ODYSSEY THAT EVENTUALLY

BROUGHT HIM, HIS AMERICAN

WIFE AND CHILDREN, BACK TO

HIS WAR-TORN NATION.

ON OUR WEDDING DAY, WE

WRITE A SCRIPT AND WE SAY,

YOUR PEOPLE WILL BE MY

PEOPLE.

WHERE YOU GO, I WILL GO.

AND WHERE YOU DIE, I WILL

DIE.

George: THAT WAS 14

YEARS AGO.

SINCE THEN...IS THIS AN

ADVENTURE?

ACTUALLY, WE'RE RIGHT

IN THE MIDDLE OF BASICALLY

A BUSH.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

I THINK I SAW A BABY

ONE IN THE BATHROOM.

WHERE?

IN YOUR BATHROOM?

WHAT?

IT IS DEFINITELY ON THE

EDGE OF THE JUNGLE.

WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALWAYS

PUSHING BACK THE JUNGLE.

George: WITH HIS SIX

CHILDREN IN HAND...

EVEN RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN

THE MIDDLE OF A WAR.

George: ...65,000

MILES AWAY, LEVY'S HOME IS

A PARCEL OF LAND IN A

REMOTE VILLAGE OF SOUTH

SUDAN.

> WHY DO YOU COME HERE?

SO I CAN HELP MY

PARENTS.

George: AND WHY DO

YOUR PARENTS COME HERE?

BECAUSE THEY COME HERE

TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE

SICK.

George: IN BETWEEN

HOME-SCHOOLING AND RAISING

THEIR CHILDREN, THE LEVYS

RUN "OPERATION NEHEMIAH,"

A CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION

HELPING SOUTH SUDAN

REBUILD FROM THE ASHES OF

WAR.

WE BELIEVE THAT CHRIST

IS WORTHY OF THE WORSHIP

OF SOUTH SUDAN.

George: ONE OF THE

FIRST THINGS THEY DID WHEN

THEY MOVED HERE WAS TO

START A CHURCH.

MIND YOU, THERE WASN'T A

SOUL IN AT LEAST A FIVE,

10-MILE RADIUS.

THIS ENTIRE AREA WAS

LITERALLY THE BUSH.

ALL THESE YEARS LATER,

MORE THAN 10,000 FOLKS

HAVE MOVED INTO THE

COMMUNITY.

MANY OF THEM HEARING THE

GOSPEL FOR THE VERY FIRST

TIME.

LEVY'S ELDEST BROTHER

PASTORS THE CHURCH.

BEFORE THE CONGREGATION

WAS ESTABLISHED, THERE WAS

A LOT OF FIGHTING.

PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT

GOD OR THE IMPORTANCE OF

FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER.

George: THEY RUN A

BRICK-MAKING FACTORY AND

OTHER NUMEROUS BUSINESSES

IN ORDER TO REBUILD THE

ECONOMY.

THE BIBLE SAYS, YOU ARE

WELCOME AND YOU CAN EAT.

THE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO

BELIEVE IT FOR THEMSELVES.

George: LEVY'S GOAL:

REBUILD SOUTH SUDAN ONE

FAMILY AND ONE VILLAGE AT

A TIME.

TO GIVE YOU THE SENSE OF

THE MAGNITUDE OF

CHALLENGES FACING THE LEVY

FAMILY, YOU JUST HAVE TO

TAKE A RIDE DOWN THIS

ROAD.

ACTUALLY, IT IS NOT EVEN A

ROAD.

IT IS A DIRT PATHWAY, FIVE

MILES BACK IN THAT

DIRECTION IS THE

HEADQUARTERS OF OPERATION

NEHEMIAH.

IN THIS DIRECTION IS THE

LEVY HOUSE.

THEY HAVE LITERALLY BUILT

THEIR HOME IN THE MIDDLE

OF THE BUSH.

AND GETTING THERE INVOLVES

A BONE-JARRING RIDE.

TO A SMALL HOUSE AT THE

FOOT OF A MOUNTAIN RANGE.

IN BETWEEN CHORES, SCHOOL,

BIBE STUDIES AND CHURCH

ACTIVITIES, THE LEVYS GROW

ALL KINDS OF FRUITS AND

VEGETABLES.

THEY VIEW THE FARM AS A

POTPROTOTYPE THAT WILL

PROVIDE A SOLUTION FOR THE

COUNTRY'S FOOD

INSECURITIES.

FOR YEARS THEY HAVE

DEPENDED ON HANDOUTS FROM

THE U.S.

NOW GOD HAS GIVEN US A

LAND AND A COUNTRY.

WE WANTED TO SEE THAT WE

ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE FOOD

FROM HERE, AND GIVE BACK

TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN TO

US WHEN WE ARE ON

DIFFICULT TIMES.

George: LEVY ADMITS

THE NEWS COMING OUT OF

SOUTH SUDAN IS BLEAK.

PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE

FACING FAMINE CONDITIONS.

MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE

HAVE FLED TO NEIGHBORING

COUNTRIES.

AND THE ONGOING VIOLENCE

THREATENS TO TEAR APART OF

THIS NATION.

STILL, THE LEVYS WILL NOT

GIVE UP.

SOUTH SUDAN IS NOT A

LOST CAUSE.

THERE IS A GREAT

OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GOSPEL

TO GO FORWARD AND

INFLUENCE CULTURE.

AND WHEN WE HAVE A

STRONG CHURCH, THEN THE

COMMUNITY AROUND WILL BE

STRONG, AND THAT

TRANSLATES TO A STRONG

COUNTRY.

George: UGANDA HAS

ONE OF THE LARGEST AIDS

POPULATIONS IN AFRICA KA.

AFRICA.

LYDIA IS ONE OF THEM.

SHE WAS A TEENAGER WHEN

HER FATHER AND STEPFATHER

DIED OF AIDS.

GRIEF-STRICKEN AND

PARENTLESS, SHE BEGAN A

JOURNEY OF HEALING, THAT

EVENTUALLY LED HER TO

REACH OUT TO PEOPLE

SUFFERING WITH AIDS.

THE SOUNDS OF LAKE

VICTORIA, AFRICA'S LARGEST

LAKE.

NESTLED ON ITS NORTHERN

SHORES IS THE UGANDAN CITY

OF IN TEPI INTEPI, THIS IS HOME

FOR LYDIA.

HER FATHER WAS A

WELL-KNOWN CHRISTIAN

LEADER IN UGANDA, BUT HE

HAD BEEN LIVING A DOUBLE

LIFE.

> WHEN YOU WERE 17 YEARS

OLD, SOMETHING THAT IN

SOME WAYS PERHAPS CHANGED

YOUR LIFE, TURNED YOUR

LIFE UPSIDE DOWN.

YEAH.

HE DIED OF AIDS.

HE DIED OF AIDS AFTER A

LONG ILLNESS.

George: DO YOU KNOW

HOW HE GOT AIDS?

YES.

HE HAD AN AFFAIR.

George: BUT NO ONE

KNEW HE WAS DYING OF AIDS.

HE HAD KEPT IT A SECRET.

DID YOU FEEL ANGRY?

YEAH, I WAS ANGRY.

George: ANGRY AT GOD,

ANGRY AT YOUR FATHER?

MY FATHER AND GOD AND

EVERYTHING.

I LOOKED AT HIM AS SOMEONE

WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A

PERFECT PERSON BECAUSE HE

GAVE ME A PERFECT PICTURE

OF WHO HE WAS.

George: HER MOTHER

ALSO DIED OF AIDS.

I ASKED GOD WHY THIS

HAD TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW?

George: BUT LYDIA WAS

NOT ALONE.

AN ESTIMATED 1.2 MILLION

CHILDREN IN UGANDA HAVE

LOST ONE OR BOTH PARENTS

TO AIDS.

A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND

DECIDED TO FOSTER LYDIA.

HE PASTORS ONE OF THE

LARGEST EVANGELICAL

CHURCHES IN INTEPI.

HE AND HIS WIFE MADE A

COMMITMENT TO LOVE AND

CARE FOR LYDIA.

AN ACT OF KINDNESS THAT

LYDIA SAYS STARTERED HER

OSTARTED HER ONA JOURNEY OF HEALING AND

RESTORATION.

SHE SPENT THE NEXT SEVERAL

YEARS ALLOWING THE

SCRIPTURES TO SPEAK INTO

HER BROKEN LIFE.

SHE SOON DISCOVERED THAT

LIKE HER FATHER, SHE, TOO,

WAS A SINNER, SAVED BY THE

GRACE OF GOD.

I STARTED LOOKING AT MY

FATHER IN A VERY DIFFERENT

WAY.

IF HE WAS AROUND, I WOULD

TELL HIM I'M VERY SORRY.

George: DO YOU STILL

CARRY THAT UNFORGIVENESS?

OH, NO.

George: THAT

BITTERNESS?

NO.

George: THAT ANGER?

NO.

George: WHAT

HAPPENED?

FORGIVENESS BEGAN TO

GROW BECAUSE I REALIZE I'M

NOT ANY DIFFERENT FROM

HIM.

I'M A SINNER AND I NEED

CHRIST JUST LIKE HE NEEDED

HIM.

George: SOON AFTER

FINISHING UNIVERSITY,

LYDIA JOINED ONE OF THE

LARGEST BIBLE TRANSLATION

GROUPS IN THE WORLD.

WITH THE BLESSING OF HER

FOSTER PARENTS AND CHURCH,

SHE BECAME THE FIRST

UGANDAN MISSIONARY.

I'M SAVED AND I KNOW

HIS LOVE.

WE HAVE TO PASS ON THE

MESSAGE HE HAS GIVEN US TO

OTHER PEOPLE.

George: SO NOW SHE

TRAVELS AROUND HER

COUNTRY, HELPING TO

TRANSLATE THE WORD OF GOD

INTO NATIVE LANGUAGES, AND

MINISTERING HOPE TO PEOPLE

LIVING WITH AIDS.

17 YEARS AFTER LOSING HER

PARENTS TO THE DISEASE,

LYDIA NOW FOCUSES ON

PROMOTING HOPE IN JESUS

CHRIST TO THOSE LIVING

WITH AND AFFECTED BY

H.I.V. AIDS.

EVEN THROUGH THOSE

EXPERIENCES, THEY HAVE

HOPE EVEN WHEN THEY ARE

DIMINISHING PHYSICALLY.

THEY KNOW ONE DAY THEY

WILL MEET HIM.

THEY'LL MEET JESUS AND HIS

LOVE FOR US.

George: WHILE THE

WORLD FOCUSES ON THE

TIDALWAVE OF ARAB REFUGEES

FLEEING THE MIDDLE EAST, A

SIMILAR PLIGHT HERE IN

AFRICA IS BASICALLY BEING

IGNORED.

IT IS HOME TO A QUARTER OF

THE WORLD'S REPLACED WITH

MOST LIVING NEAR THE

BORDER OF KENYA AND

SOMALIA.

AND NOW THERE IS EVEN TALK

OF TRYING TO CLOSE THIS

CAMP BECAUSE OF THE THREAT

OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM.

HERE IS MORE ON WHAT IS

BEING CALLED THE LARGEST

REFUGEE CAMP IN THE WORLD.

GETTING CLEARANCE TO VISIT

THE CAMP IS NOT EASY.

AFTER WEEKS OF WAITING,

THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT GAVE

CBN NEWS THE GREEN LIGHT

TO LAND ON A DIRT AIR

STRIP IN THE MIDDLE OF A

PARCHED AND BARREN DESERT.

270 MILES NORTHEAST OF

KENYA'S CAPITAL CITY,

NAIROBI.

YOU LAND THERE, AND YOU

GET IN A CAR, AND YOU

START DRIVING ON A DUSTY

ROAD.

THERE IS NO TARMAC ROAD.

SOME MOUNTAINS ARE OFF IN

THE DISTANCE.

YOU'RE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE

OF A DESERT WITH NOTHING,

PURELY NOTHING.

George: WELCOME TO

DADOB, THE WORLD'S LARGEST

REFUGEE CAMP.

THE THEY LIVE IN THESE

CAMPS -- HAVE ARE

MAKESHIFT CAMPS.

George: THE CLIMATE

IS BRUTAL.

HOT ALL YEAR WITH HARDLY A

DROP OF RAIN.

AMERICAN AID WORKER,

CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN, WORKS

IN DADOB.

THE FOOD AND THE

HOSPITALIZATION, THE

MEDICAL CARE, THE WATER,

THE TOILETS -- EVERYTHING

IS PROVIDED TO YOU.

George: IBRAHIM WAS

20 YEARS OLD WHEN WAR

DISRUPTED LIFE AS HE KNEW

IT.

WE WERE FORCED TO FLEE

SOMALIA, ACROSS THE BORDER

INTO KENYA, AND THIS IS

WHERE WE ENDED UP.

George: HE HOPED HIS

STAY HERE WOULD BE

SHORT-LIVED, A TEMPORARY

PLACE TO WAIT OUT THE

VIOLENCE.

THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

NOW, 25 YEARS LATER, WITH

17 CHILDREN, FOUR

GRANDCHILDREN, AND TWO

GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN,

IBRAHIM, LIKE SO MANY

OTHERS HERE, HAS WITNESSED

MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF

FAMILIES GROWING UP IN

DADOB.

WHEN THE CAMP OPENED IN

1992, IT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED

TO HOLD ABOUT 20,000

PEOPLE.

NOW, TODAY, MORE THAN

340,000 REFUGEES CALL THIS

PLACE HOME.

THE MAJORITY OF THEM

SOMALIS, FLEEING CIVIL

WAR.

THEY'VE LOST THEIR

HOMES.

THEY'VE LOST THEIR

FAMILIES AND THEIR

COMMUNITIES.

George: TERESA IS

WITH A U.N. AGENCY THAT

OVERSEES OPERATIONS HERE.

HER GROUP AND PARTNERSHIP

WITH OTHER AID AGENCIES

PROVIDES REFUGEES WITH

FOOD, WATER, HEALTH CARE,

AND EDUCATION.

FOR ALL OF THE

DIFFICULTIES, SHE SAYS --

THIS IS THE SAFEST

PLACE THAT THE REFUGEES

CAN GO TO, AND THE PLACE

THAT THEY NOW CALL HOME.

George: BUT THAT'S

ABOUT TO CHANGE.

THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT

WANTS TO CLOSE THE CAMP

AND SEND SOMALI REFUGEES,

LIKE MUHAMMAD, WHO RUNS AN

ICE-MAKING FACTORY IN THE

CAMP, BACK TO THEIR

WAR-TORN HOMELAND.

HE IS NERVOUS ABOUT

RETURNING.

IT IS STILL IN THE MIDDLE

OF AN ISLAMIC INSURGENCY.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED

THERE.

IT IS STILL A DANGEROUS

PLACE.

George: AUTHORITIES

WANT TO SHUT THE PLACE

DOWN BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE

IT IS A CENTER FOR

RECRUITING ISLAMIC

TERRORISTS.

THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT

HAS EXPRESSED CONCERNS

ABOUT SECURITY MOSTLY,

TERRORISM, FOLLOWING

VARIOUS ATTACKS IN THE

COUNTRY.

George: FOR NOW,

IBRAHIM TRIES TO GIVE HIS

FAMILY HOPE, BUT KNOWS THE

FUTURE AHEAD IS UNCERTAIN.

I'M THANKFUL THAT KENYA

HAS HOSTEDOUS FO HOSTED US FOR THE LAST

25 YEARS.

BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A

BIG MISTAKE TO RETURN US

TO A WAR ZONE.

IT IS LIKE THROWING PEOPLE

INTO A FIRE.

George: AND FINALLY

TODAY WE TRAVEL TO THE

TINY AFRICAN NATION OF

BURUNDI.

IT IS POOR, HUNGRY, AND

RECENTLY DECLARED THE

WORLD'S UNHAPPIEST

COUNTRY.

NOW THERE IS HOPE AS A

WEALTHY JEWISH FILL

PHILANTHROPIST AND

CHRISTIAN DOCTORS WORK TO

HELP SOME OF THE NATION'S

MOST VULNERABLE.

IT IS EASY TO MISS ON A

MAP.

ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF

MARYLAND, BURUNDI IS ONE

OF AFRICA'S SMALLEST

COUNTRIES.

IT USED TO BE THE THIRD

POOREST COUNTRY IN THE

WORLD, AND NOW IT IS

NUMBER ONE.

IN 2013, AMERICAN JASON

FADER MOVED HIS WIFE AND

HIS TWO KIDS TO BURUNDI TO

SERVE AS A DOCTOR THERE.

BETWEEN HERE AND THERE,

THE MAJORITY, ALL EXCEPT

FOR ME, OF THE SURGEONS IN

BURUNDI, WORK IN THE

CAPITAL CITY.

George: AND FOR A

POPULATION OF 10 MILLION

PEOPLE, THERE ARE ONLY 13

SURGEONS, WITH FADER

BECOMING NUMBER 14.

ON A TYPICAL DAY, HOW MANY

SURGERIES ARE YOU DOING?

THEY SCHEDULE ONE OR

TWO, AND YOU END UP DOING

10.

George: LIKE MANY

OTHER MISSIONARIES HERE,

HE RAISES HIS OWN SUPPORT.

IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT

TO FIND A PLACE IN THE

U.S. WHERE I COULD HAVE

EVEN A SMIDGEON OF THE

IMPACT THAT ONE SURGEON

CAN HAVE HERE IN THE

MIDDLE OF AFRICA.

THERE ARE TWO MILLION

PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE

NO SURGEON, AND I'M HAPPY

TO BE HERE TO HELP CARE

FOR THEM.

George: HALF OF

BURUNDI HAS NO ACCESS TO

PORTABLE WATER.

SOME 70% OF THE NATION

LIVES BELOW THE POVERTY

LINE.

THERE IS NO HEALTH CARE TO

SPEAK OF.

SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,

THIS SMALL CHRISTIAN

HOSPITAL HERE IN A REMOTE

CORNER OF BURUNDI ACTS AS

A LIFELINE TO TENS OF

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

RACHEL AND ERIC, ALYSSA

AND JOHN AND JESSICA

JOINED THE FADERS IN

BURUNDI AS MESSAGENARY MISSIONARY

DOCTORS.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

George: JOHN IS ONE

OF ONLY THREE

OPHTHALMOLOGISTS HERE.

THE WORK WE DO IS

STRESSFUL.

THERE ARE CROSS-CULTURE

CONFLICTS GOING ON,

LIMITED RESOURCES.

DURING DRY SEASONS, WE

COULD HAVE AS LITTLE AS

TWO HOURS, OR EVEN

SOMETIMES NO POWER, DURING

THE DAY.

LORD, GOD, I THANK YOU

FOR THIS CHANCE TO BE HERE

TODAY.

I PRAY YOU WOULD BE WITH

THIS WOMAN AND HER BABY.

I PRAY FOR A PEACEFUL

DELIVERY.

IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

George: LIS LISA IS JUST

ONE OF 20 OB/GYNs.

THESE DOCTORS ARE

COMPELLED TO SERVE IN LESS

THAN IDEAL CONDITIONS.

GOD HAS CALLED US TO

THIS PLACE.

HE HAS CALLED US TO HARD

WORK, BUT HE HAS CALLED US

TO GOOD WORK.

AND I THINK WE CAN SEE HIS

REDEEMING STORY WHEN WE

HAVE THE EYES TO LOOK FOR

IT.

*

George: IN ADDITION

TO MEETING THE PHYSICAL

NEEDS, THEY HAVE TRAINED A

NEW GENERATION TO SERVE

HERE.

WE THOUGHT THE

OPPORTUNITY WAS GREAT TO

COME HERE TO BURUNDI TO

TRAIN MEDICAL STUDENTS, IN

ORDER TO BE PHYSICIANS WHO

CAN CARE COMPASSIONATELY

FOR THEIR PEOPLE IN JESUS'

NAME AND PROVIDE EXCELLENT

HEALTH CARE.

George: THOUSANDS OF

MILES FROM THE HOSPITAL,

ALL THE WAY IN DOWNTOWN

NEW YORK CITY, MARK

GERSEN, A JEWISH

BUSINESSMAN, HAS DECIDED

TO PERSONALLY GET INVOLVED

IN HELPING THESE CHRISTIAN

MEDICAL MISSIONARIES

CHANGE THE DESTINIES OF

SOME OF AFRICA'S POOREST.

THE TORAH, THE BIBLE,

TELLS US 36 TIMES, MORE

THAN IT TELLS US ANYTHING

ELSE, TO LOVE A STRANGER.

WHO IN THE WORLD IS MORE

OF A STRANGER THAN THE

AFRICAN POOR IN NEED OF

MEDICAL CARE.

George: FOR SEVERAL

YEARS, GERSEN AND HIS WIFE

HAVE GIVEN MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS TO SUPPORT

MISSIONARY DOCTORS ACROSS

AFRICA.

IT IS AN HONOR AND A

PRIVILEGE FOR MY WIFE, WHO

IS A RABBI, AND I, TO

PARTNER WITH -- I TERM IT

CAREFUL, THESE SACRED

PEOPLE.

THEY GO INTO ENVIRONMENTS

THAT ARE COMPLETELY

FORBIDDING, AND GIVE UP

EVERYTHING WE IN THE WEST

CONSIDER NECESSITIES A LOT

OF THE TIME, IN ORDER TO

FULFILL THEIR RELIGIOUS

OBLIGATION TO SERVE THE

POOR.

George: GERSEN

INSISTS THERE IS NO ONE

BETTER WHO DELIVERS A

HIGHER RETURN ON

INVESTMENT THAN MEDICAL

MISSIONARIES SERVING IN

AFRICA.

HE POINTS TO WHAT

DR. FADER AND HIS TEAM DID

AT THE HOSPITAL IN 2015.

HE ENABLED 35,000

PATIENT VISITS, HE ENABLED

1200 SURGERIES, AND HE

ENABLED 800 CATARACT

SURGERIES ALL FOR UNDER

HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

> AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS

SPECIAL CBN NEWS REPORT

FROM AFRICA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US.

UNTIL NEXT WEEK, GOOD-BYE

AND GOD BLESS YOU.