Army widow and author Wesley Baugess discusses her life as military officer and military wife. Plus, celebrate American independence according to John Adams.
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Gordon: CELEBRATE THE
FOURTH OF JULY.
THE WAY OUR FOUNDERS
INTENDED.
BONFIRES AND ILL
ILLUMINATIONS FROM ONE END
OF THIS CONTINENT TO THE
OTHER.
Gordon: LEARN HOW OUR
COUNTRY WAS BUILT.
THIS AMERICAN
EXPERIMENT WAS ULTIMATELY
AN AMERICAN MIRACLE.
Gordon: SEE THE HEROS
WHO ARE PRESERVING OUR
FREEDOM TO THIS DAY.
TODAY ON "700 CLUB
INTERACTIVE."
Terry: HELLO, AND
WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL
JULY FOURTH ADDITION OF
"THE 700 CLUB."
WE WANT TO TAKE YOU BEHIND
THE SCENES FOR THE
FIREWORKS CELEBRATIONS
HAPPENING IN OUR NATION'S
CAPITAL.
BUT BEFORE THAT, WE'RE
GOING TO TRAVEL BACK IN
TIME TO THE VERY FIRST
INDEPENDENCE DAY, WHEN ONE
OF OUR FOUNDERS PENNED A
LETTER ABOUT HOUR FUTURE
GENERATIONS SHOULD
CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF
JULY.
Reporter: ON
JULY 3rd, 1776, JOHN
ADAMS WROTE THESE WORDS TO
HIS WIFE, ABIGAIL, AFTER
THE NATION'S INDEPENDENCE
HAD BEEN DECLARED.
"BUT THE DAY HAS PAST, THE
SECOND DAY OF JULY 1776
WILL BE THE MOST MEMORABLE
TIME IN THE HISTORY OF
AMERICA."
Reporter: ADAMS
BECAME THE SECOND
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES IN 1797 AND SERVED
ONE TERM.
UNTIL HIS DEATH,
JULY 4th, 1826, JOHN AD
ADAMS LIVED PEACEFULLY ON
HIS FARM IN QUINCY,
MASSACHUSETTS, AND
OBSERVED FIVE DECADES OF
INDEPENDENCE.
EVEN TODAY, OVER TWO
CENTURIES LATER, ADAMS'
LETTER REMINDS ALL OF THE
COST IN BLOOD, TOIL, AND
TREASURE TO MAINTAIN THIS
DECLARATION.
YET THROUGH ALL THE GLOOM,
I CAN SEE THE RAISE OF
RAYS OF VA RAVISHING LIGHT
AND GLORY.
I CAN SEE THAT THE END IS
MORE THAN WORTH ALL THE
MEANS.
> REGENT UNIVERSITY
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
DR. JOSH McMULLEN.
HE IS LOOKING AT IT AS
THE BIRTH OF THIS NATION.
HE IS CONFIDENT IN THE
IDEA OF AMERICA.
HE IS CONFIDENT IN THE
EXCEPTIONALISM OF AMERICA
AND HE IS CONFIDENT IN THE
PROMISES OF GOD.
IT WILL BE CELEBRATED
BY SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS
AS THE GREAT ANNIVERSARY
FESTIVAL.
IT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED AS
ACTS OF DEVOTION TO GOD
ALMIGHTY.
AND THERE IS ANOTHER
PART IN THE LETTER THAT
SAYS WE NEED TO PAUSE ON
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE
UNIQUENESS OF THE COUNTRY,
OF THIS GREAT AMERICAN
EXPERIMENT.
Reporter: TODAY
AMERICA IS CELEBRATING
ANOTHER YEAR OF
INDEPENDENCE.
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
GARDEN STATE FIREWORKS IS
LIGHTING UP THE SKIES
ABOVE THE NATION'S
CAPITOL, WITH ANOTHER
AWARD-WINNING AERIAL
DISPLAY.
LIGHT SHOW CHOREOGRAPHER,
CHRIS SANTINI.
THEY COULD WEIGH 70 TO
100 POUNDS.
GETTING EQUIPMENT IN
PLACE, GETTING EVERYTHING
IN SET TO DELIVER THAT
VISION FROM THE PAGE TO
THE SKY, IT IS
LABOR-INTENSIVE, BUT IT IS
WORTH IT.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU GET THAT
ROCK STAR 20 MINUTES OF
THE SKIES ROCKING AND THE
CROWD IS ALL INTO IT, IT
REMINDS YOU OF WHY YOU'RE
DOING IT.
Reporter: SOON AFTER
ARRIVING TO THE UNITED
STATES IN 1840 --
SOME OF THESE SHELLS
WEIGH UP TO 100 POUNDS.
Reporter: FOR OVER
120 YEARS, THIS FAMILY-RUN
BUSINESS REMAINS THE
OLDEST AND LARGEST
AMERICAN MANUFACTURER OF
DISPLAY FIREWORKS.
SO MANY THINGS COME
TOGETHER FROM THE GROUND
UP, PRODUCING A MUSICALLY
CHOREOGRAPHED DISPLAY, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE A VERY
MULTI-FACETED, TALENTED
GROUP OF PEOPLE.
Reporter: UNLIKE THE
NATION'S EARLY
OBSERVANCES, TODAY CAN BE
HIGHLY TECHNICAL.
STILL, ALL ACCOMPLISH JOHN
ADAMS' VISION THAT THE
FOURTH OF JULY SHOULD BE
CELEBRATED.
IT OUGHT TO BE
CELEBRATED WITH POMP AND
PARADE, WITH GAMES,
SPORTS, BONFIRES, AND
ILLUMINATIONS FROM ONE END
OF THIS CONTINENT TO THE
OTHER, FROM THIS TIME
FORWARD, FOREVER MORE.
Terry: EXCEPTIONALISM
AND CELEBRATION HAVE BEEN
A PART OF OUR AMERICAN
HISTORY FROM THE VERY,
VERY BEGINNING.
WELL, THE INDEPENDENCE
THAT WE CELEBRATE TODAY
DIDN'T ORIGINATE IN 1776.
ITS ROOTS GO BACK TO ONE
OF THE FIRST COLONIES IN
THIS COUNTRY, AND THEN
EVEN FURTHER BACK TO
ANCIENT ISRAEL.
PAUL STRAND BRINGS US THE
STORY FROM CONNECTICUT,
ALONG WITH CHRIS MITCHELL
FROM JERUSALEM.
*
Reporter: IN
WILDERNESS LIKE THIS, SOME
100 SETTLERS MADE THEIR
WAY IN 1636 TO WHAT BECAME
CONNECTICUT'S CAPITAL,
HARTFORD.
IT WAS A LAND WILD AND
UNTAINED.
THEY ASKED COOKER HOW THEY
SHOULD GOVERN IT.
THE MAIN IDEA IN HIS
SERMON WAS THIS: THE
FOUNDATION OF AUTHORITY IS
LAID FIRSTLY IN THE FREE
CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE.
THAT'S THE IDEA THAT
HELPED SHAPE THE
CONNECTICUT CONSTITUTION,
AND MANY DECADES LATER
HELPED SHAPE THE AMERICAN
CONSTITUTION.
IT IS WHY MANY CALL HOOKER
THE FATHER OF AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY.
BEHIND THE HARTFORD STATUE
OF THESE PRAYING SETTLERS,
A PLAQUE SAYS, "IT IS HOW
THE CONSTITUTION IS
MODELED."
> HE SAID THIS
REVOLUTIONARY IDEA OF
DEMOCRATIC RULE CAME AFTER
6,000 YEARS OF ALMOST
NOTHING BUT KINGS AND
EMPERORS.
THEY BELIEVED IN A
TOP-DOWN GOVERNMENT, WHERE
HE IS GOD'S LIEUTENANT,
WHO DISPENSES IT TO THE
PEOPLE.
AMERICA'S FOUNDERS,
WHEN THEY GOT THE CHANCE,
THEY WANTED TO RUN AWAY
FROM A KING AND THEY
FLIPPED IT AND MADE THE
PEOPLE THE KING.
Reporter: MICHAEL
MEDVED SUMMED UP THE
UNITED BELIEF THIS WAY...
ALL OF US HAVE THE SAME
SOVEREIGN, GOD ALMIGHTY,
BUT THE GOD ALMIGHTY DOES
NOT APPOINT AND DESIGNATE
CROWNED HEADS OVER US.
THE POWER COMES FROM THE
PEOPLE.
Reporter: JOHN JAY,
THE FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE,
SAID THE PEOPLE ARE THE
LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY.
Reporter: THEY FEARED
A POWERFUL STATE LIKE
VIRGINIA COULD SO DOMINATE
THE COUNTRY AS TO FORCE
ITS BRAND OF FAITH ON ALL
OF THE OTHER STATES.
THE SOLUTION...
YOU MAKE A FIRST
AMENDMENT WHICH SAYS,
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW
RESPECTING ESTABLISHMENT
OF RELIGION.
> THEY DIDN'T WANT A
FEDERAL WAL-MART TO COME
IN TOWN AND PUT OUT OF
BUSINESS THE MOM AND POP
BUSINESSES.
THE IDEA OF PROVIDENCE,
THE IDEA THAT THEY WERE
DOING GOD'S WORK, THAT
THIS AMERICAN EXPERIMENT
WAS ULTIMATELY AN AMERICAN
MIRACLE.
Reporter: BUT THESE
FOUNDATIONS AND PRINCIPLES
DIDN'T FORM HERE IN THE
COLONIES.
THEIR ORIGIN WAS A LONG,
LONG TIME AGO, IN A PLACE
FAR, FAR AWAY.
FOR THAT PART OF THE
STORY, WE TURN TO CHRIS
MITCHELL IN ISRAEL.
Chris: MANY PILGRIMS
AND PURITANS WANTED THE
GOVERNMENT AND LIBERTY GOD
GAVE TO THE ANCIENT
ISRAELITES.
WHEN MOSES TOOK THE
CHILDREN OUT OF EGYPT,
THAT WAS THE FIRST INSTANT
OF AN ENTIRE NATION WITH
NO KING.
Chris: WUNG THING ONE THING
AFTER ANOTHER WAS
REVOLUTIONARY IN THIS
HEBREW PUBLIC, AND THAT
ALL PEOPLE WERE TO BE
TREATED AS EQUALS.
ISRAEL WAS THE
BEGINNING OF THE CONCEPT
OF EQUALITY ON THE PLANET
OF EARTH.
Chris: IT WAS THE
FIRST NATION WITH NO
STANDING ARMY.
YOU HAVE A KING AND HE
HAS AN ARMY TO ENFORCE HIS
WILL.
Chris: IT WAS THE
FIRST NATION WHERE
EVERYONE WAS TAUGHT TO
READ, SO EVERYONE COULD
KNOW THE LAW.
ISRAEL HAD NO PLACE.
NOT ONLY DID EVERYONE GET
TAUGHT THE LAW, EVERYONE
WAS RESPONSIBLE TO HELP
ENFORCE THE LAW.
Chris: MICHAEL MEDVED
IS QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT
AMERICA'S FOUNDERS DIDN'T
ADOPT OLD TESTAMENT LAW
WHOLESALE, LIKE FRINS THE FOR
INSTANCE THE ANCIENT LAW
THAT WOULD PUT YOUNG SONS
TO DEATH.
FEDERER AGREES, THAT THERE
IS A GOD WATCHING
EVERYONE, WANTING THEM TO
BE FAIR AND HOLDING THEM
ACCOUNTABLE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT CREATES A CONSCIENCE.
IF EVERYBODY IN THE
COUNTRY BELIEVES THIS, YOU
CAN MAINTAIN COMPLETE
ORDER WITH NO POLICE,
MAXIMUM LIBERTY.
Chris: THIS IS WHAT
THOMAS HOOKER AND OTHER
NEW ENGLAND PASTORS AND
LAWMAKERS WERE LOOKING AT
AS A MODEL.
THEN THIS BECAME THE
MODEL FOR THE OTHER
CONSTITUTIONS OF THE
STATE.
EVENTUALLY THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION, AND THAT
ALLOWED AMERICA TO BLOSSOM
INTO THIS AMAZING
EXPERIMENT OF THE PEOPLE
GETTING TO BE KING, AND
EACH INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN
ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD.
Chris: THAT'S HOW
ANCIENT ISRAEL AND
COLONIAL AMERICA ARE
LINKED, MORE THAN MOST
PEOPLE WOULD EVER KNOW.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
Terry: FASCINATING,
ISN'T IT?
TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT
GOD'S PEOPLE, GOD'S LAND,
HAVE HAD OVER THE
CENTURIES ON US RIGHT HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
> YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST
RECENTLY COMPLETED A FILM
CALLED "IN OUR HANDS: THE
BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM."
YOU'VE HEARD US TALKING
ABOUT IT.
IT IS SO WORTH WATCHING.
IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL AND
FASCINATING WAY TO LOOK AT
THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL.
AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU
TO HAVE THIS.
FOR A GIFT OF $15 OR MORE,
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEND IT
TO YOU, "IN OUR HANDS, THE
BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM."
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT
THAT BECAUSE IT IMPACTS, I
THINK, THE WAY THAT WE
LOOK AT THE NEWS TODAY.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR
OWN COPY OF THIS TO BE
ABLE TO WATCH IN THE
COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME,
LET US HEAR FROM YOU AND
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND
THAT OUT TO YOU.
> COMING UP, A JULY
FOURTH CELEBRATION WHERE
THE FOCUS SWITCHED.
HE SAID, MOM, AND HE
JUST SLUMPED OVER, AND
WITH THAT, HE WAS GONE.
Terry: DOCTORS
EXPECTED THIS MAN TO DIE,
BUT YOU'LL SEE HIS
MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL.
THAT'S LATER ON TODAY'S
SHOW.
AND UP NEXT, WE'RE
GOING TO GO TO THE CBN
NEWSDESK FOR TODAY'S TOP
STORIES, SO DON'T GO AWAY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
Efrem: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."
AND INTERNATIONAL THREAT
TO FREEDOM ON THIS FOURTH
OF JULY.
AS NORTH KOREA SAYS IT HAS
SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED AN
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILE, PUSHING THE ROGUE
REGIME CLOSER TO
POTENTIALLY HITTING THE
MAINLAND OF THE UNITED
STATES.
GEORGE THOMAS BRINGS US
THIS LOOK AT TODAY'S
LAUNCH.
George: ANNOUNCER ON
STATE TELEVISION SAYS THE
LAUNCH OF THE MISSILE WAS
PERSONALLY SUPERVISED BY
NORTH KOREA'S DICTATOR KIM
JONG-UN, SEEN HERE
CLAPPING AND SMILING, AND
WARNED THE MISSILE COULD,
QUOTE, "STRIKE ANY PLACE
IN THE WORLD."
THE LAND-BASED MISSILE,
LAUNCHED FROM AN AIR FIELD
IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE
COUNTRY, REPORTEDLY
REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF
MORE THAN 1700 MILES, AND
FLEW SOME 500 MILES FOR
ABOUT 40 MINUTES BEFORE
LANDING IN THE SEA OF
JAPAN.
IF THE CLAIMS ARE TRUE, IT
MARKS THE FIRST TIME THE
NORTH KOREAN REGIME HAS
TESTED AN INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILE POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO REACH AS FAR AS
ALASKA.
JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER
SAYS THIS LATEST TEST IS
CAUSE FOR GROWING ALARM.
THEY IGNORE THE
REPEATED WARNING FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
THIS MISSILE LAUNCH
CLEARLY SHOWS THAT NORTH
KOREA'S THREAT HAS
INCREASED.
George: A SENTIMENT
ECHOED BY A CHINESE
REPRESENTATIVE AT THE
UNITED NATIONS ON MONDAY.
THE TENSION IS HIGH.
SOONER OR LATER IT WILL
GET OUT OF CONTROL, AND
THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE
DISASTEROUS.
George: SINCE COMING
TO POWER IN 2011, KIM
JONG-UN HAS DRAMATICALLY
UPPED THE SPEED OF HIS
COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
IN 2016, HIS REGIME
LAUNCHED TWO NUCLEAR
DEVICES, AND MORE THAN 20
BALLISTIC MISSILES.
THIS WAS THE 11th
MISSILE TEST THIS YEAR.
EACH TIME REVEALING NEW
ADVANCED ROCKET SYSTEMS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP BLASTED
HIM ON TWITTER SAYING,
"DOESN'T THIS GUY HAVE
ANYTHING BETTER TO DO WITH
HIS LIFE."
HE ADDED, "HARD TO BELIEVE
SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN WILL
PUT UP WITH THIS MUCH
LONGER."
THE PRESIDENT IS URGING
CHINA TO MOVE ON NORTH
KOREA AND END THIS
NONSENSE ONCE AND FOR ALL.
THE GROWING CONCERN FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY
THE U.S., IS WHETHER THE
REGIME HAS MASTEREDED THE
EXPERTISE TO ACCURATELY
HIT A LONG-RANGE TARGET IN
ANOTHER COUNTRY WITH AN
ICBM, OR PLACE A NUCLEAR
WAR HEAD ON ONE.
TODAY'S MISSILE TEST COMES
A DAY AFTER NORTH KOREA
WAS A KEY TOPIC IN PHONE
CALLS BETWEEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND THE LEADERS OF
CHINA AND JAPAN.
ALL THREE ARE EXPECTED TO
DISCUSS THE ISSUE FURTHER
THIS WEEKEND AT THE G20
SUMMIT IN GERMANY.
Efrem: A FEDERAL
JUDGE HAS GIVEN THE CITY
OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA,
TIME TO REPEAL HIS RULING
TO REMOVE A CROSS IN A
CITY PARK.
THE JUDGE HAD ORDERED THE
34-FOOT CROSS BE TAKEN
DOWN, DUE TO ITS RELIGIOUS
NATURE.
IN RESPONSE, PENSACOLA'S
MAYOR SAYS THE CROSS HAS
PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE
IN THE HISTORY OF
PENSACOLA FOR 75 YEARS.
OUR CITY WELCOMED PEOPLE
OF ALL FAITHS AND NO FAITH
AT ALL.
AND WE ARE GLAD THAT THE
CITIZENS OF PENSACOLA CAN
CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OUR
REMARKABLE HISTORY.
FOUR PLAINTIFFS SUED THE
CITY LAST YEAR SAYING THAT
CROSS WAS OFFENSIVE.
> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
OFFERING TO HELP A DYING
BABY IN ENGLAND.
THE 10-MONTH-OLD, CHARLIE
GARD, IS UNABLE TO BREATHE
WITHOUT HELP.
THE HOSPITAL TREATING HIM
SAYS HE MUST COME OFF LIFE
SUPPORT SAYING, QUOTE, "HE
SHOULD DO WITH DIGNITY."
THEY INSIST NOTHING CAN BE
DONE.
TRUMP TWEETED "FIF WE CAN
HELP LITTLE CHARLEY GARD,
WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO
DO SO."
HIS PARENTS HAVE RAISED
NEARLY $2 MILLION FOR THE
PROCEDURE.
A WHITE HOUSE STAFF MEMBER
MET WITH CHARLIE'S
PARENTS.
> AN ULTRASOUND COULD BE
A HUGE FACTOR IN CHANGING
A WOMAN'S DECISION IN
GETTING AN ABORTION.
PAUL STRAND HAS MORE.
Reporter: SHE SINGS
OF DEEP SPIRITUAL THINGS,
LIKE IN HER NEW MUSIC
VIDEO, "PLEASE FORGIVE
ME."
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE
DONE, WE CAN ASK GOD,
PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
* PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I
HAVE SINNED *
WE'VE ALL MOCKED HIM,
AND HOW MUCH HE HAS
FORGIVEN US.
Efrem: ONE GROUP SHE
POLHOPES HER SONG MINISTERS
TO IS WOMEN WHO HAVE
ABORTED THEIR BABIES.
THE AGONY FEEL IS FOR
THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
Reporter: JOYCE IS A
SPOKESPERSON FOR A COMPANY
THAT DONATES MACHINES TO
PRO-LIFE CLINICS.
SHE SAYS THE PRICE MAKES
THEM TOUGH TO SUPPORT.
ULTRASOUND MACHINES CAN
COST $30,000 TO 40,000.
Reporter: THEY NEEDED
A VOLUNTEER, AND WHO
BETTER THAN JENNIFER
WISHON.
WHEN YOU FIRST GET
PREGNANT, YOU KNOW YOU'RE
PREGNANT, AND YOU MIGHT
FEEL ROTTEN, BUT YOU'RE
NOT SHOWING.
AND YOU CAN'T FEEL THE
BABY.
SO TO HAVE AN ULTRASOUND
REALLY MAKES IT REAL.
Reporter: WOMEN ARE
OFTEN WILLING TO GET
ABORTIONS BECAUSE THEY
THINK THEY'RE JUST KILLING
A CLUMP OF CELLS.
BUT THOSE WHO GET
ULTRASOUNDS SAY, WE'LL SEE
ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE
O SEE EXACTLY WHAT IS
INSIDE OF THEM.
THEY CAN'T DENY IT IS A
HEARTBEAT.
IT IS NOT JUST A BLOB OF
CELLS.
AND THEY CAN'T DENY, WAIT
A MINUTE, A HEARTBEAT
MEANS A HEART.
AND THEIR BRAIN STARTS TO
GO AROUND A PERSON, MY
BABY.
YOU SEE THERE IS A
LITTLE CREATURE IN THERE
WHO HAS A HEARTBEAT AND IT
IS SWIMMING AROUND.
FOR ME IT WAS, LIKE, OH,
WOW, I CAN SEE WHAT IS IN
THERE.
Reporter: JENNIFER
HAS ALWAYS WANTED HER
BABY, BUT MANY WHO ENTER
THIS CLINIC NEED THE
COUNSELLING AND THE
ULTRASOUND TO COME AROUND.
TO SEE THESE GIRLS,
SOME QUITE YOUNG, HORRIFIC
SITUATIONS, COME IN THERE,
AND TO LOOK AT WHAT IS IN
FRONT OF THEM, FOR THEM TO
CHOOSE LIFE AND TO KNOW
THEY CAN BE GOOD PARENTS,
IS A TESTAMENT, AND IT
HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS.
ONCE A WOMAN SEES AN
IMAGE ON AN ULTRASOUND,
80% OF THEM CHOOSE LIFE,
EASILY 80%.
Reporter: THAT'S WHY
GROUPS LIKE PLANNED
PARENTHOOD ARE OPPOSED TO
ULTRASOUNDS BECAUSE MANY
WOMEN WHO WERE BENT ON THE
DEATH OF THEIR BABY CHOOSE
LIFE INSTEAD.
Efrem: AND THOSE ARE
TODAY'S TOP STORIES FROM
CBN NEWS.
TERRY WILL BE BACK WITH
MUCH MORE OF "THE 700
CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Gordon: UP NEXT, THE
FOURTH OF JULY TURNS
TRAGIC.
HE SAID, MOM...
Gordon: AND A MAN'S
LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE.
THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIM
SURVIVING IS VERY SMALL.
Gordon: HIS FAMILY
CLINGS TO HOPE.
I CALLED ON GOD BECAUSE
I KNOW NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM.
Gordon: AND HE
RECEIVES A MIRACLE.
I WOULD NOT BE HERE IF
NOT FOR PRAYER.
Terry: THIS YEAR PAUL
DRAIN AND HIS FAMILY HAVE
MORE TO CELEBRATE ON
FOURTH OF JULY THAN EVER
BEFORE.
THAT'S BECAUSE LAST YEAR
ON THE FOURTH, PAUL WAS
FIGHTING FOR HIS VERY
LIFE.
Reporter: IN 2016,
PAUL DRAIN AND HIS FAMILY
WERE CELEBRATING THE
FOURTH OF JULY WITH
FIREWORKS AT HIS MOTHER
RITA'S HOME IN CURREN,
TEXAS.
BEFORE THEY FINISHED, PAUL
WENT TO HIS TRUNK TO GRAB
A FLASHLIGHT.
HE COULDN'T SEE WHERE HE
WAS STEPPING.
WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE
SAID, MOM, A BIG SNAKE BIT
ME.
AND, OF COURSE, I WENT
INTO PANIC MODE.
WE ALL DID.
WE SAT HIM DOWN IN A CHAIR
CHAIR, AND I SAID, WHERE
DOES IT HURT?
AND HE SAID, EVERYWHERE,
MOM.
Reporter: A RATTLE
SNAKE HAD BITTEN PAUL ON
HIS LEFT ANKLE.
HE STARTED SHAKING, AND
MAKING SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS
GOING TO VOMIT.
HE COULDN'T GET UP OUT OF
THE CHAIR.
HE JUST SLUMPED OVER,
AND WITH THAT HE WAS GONE.
Reporter: WITH THE
PROPERTY SO FAR OUT IN THE
COUNTRY, THEY DROVE TO THE
NEAREST HIGHWAY TO MEET
THE AMBULANCE.
BY THEN, PAUL HAD GONE
INTO CARDIAC ARREST.
I WAS PRAYING AND
BEGGING.
AND I WAS SAYING, PLEASE,
GOD, PLEASE, GOD, PLEASE,
GOD.
I NEVER BEGGED SO HARD.
Reporter: PAUL WAS
TAKEN TO A REGIONAL
HOSPITAL IN TEXAS, WHERE
DR. GREGORY METOR AND HIS
TEAM WERE WAITING.
WHEN HE HIT THE DOOR,
THEY WERE DOING C.P.R. ON
HIM.
I HAD TO PUT A BREATHING
TUBE IN HIM AND CONTINUE
C.P.R.
WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM, HIS
SKIN WAS ALL DIFFERENT
COLORS, WHICH TOLD ME HE
WAS HAVING NO PROFUSION.
Reporter: AFTER BEING
TREATED WITH A VIAL OF
ANTI-VENOM, HE STILL WAS
IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND
NEEDED TO BE TRANSPORTED
TO A HOSPITAL AN HOUR
AWAY.
THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIM
SURVIVING IS VERY SMALL
BECAUSE MOST OF THESE
PATIENTS DIE IN THE FIELD.
IT IS SUCH A RAPID ONSET
OF ANTI ANTI-FALACTIC SHOCK.
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE
PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL
UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I
STILL HAD HOPE HE WOULD
MAKE IT THROUGH.
Reporter: WHEN PAUL
ARRIVED, DOCTORS FOUND HE
HAD LIVER DAMAGE, HIS
KIDNEYS STOPPED WORKING,
HIS COLON SHUT DOWN, AND
PART OF HIS SMALL
INTESTINE NEEDED TO BE
REMOVED.
THEY TOLD THE FAMILY NOT
TO EXPECT HIM TO LIVE MUCH
LONGER.
MY WHOLE LIFE STOPPED
BECAUSE...YOU DON'T LIVE
LONGER THAN YOUR CHILD.
AS A WIFE, LOSING MY
HUSBAND OF 22 YEARS, WHOM
I LOVE WITH ALL OF MY
HEART, AND AS A MOTHER, HE
IS VERY ACTIVE IN OUR
DAUGHTERS' LIVES.
THEY LOVE HIM.
TELLING THEM THAT HE IS
NOT GOING TO BE AROUND
ANYMORE WAS A BIG FEAR.
Reporter: PAUL WAS
PUT INTO A
MEDICALLY-INDUCED COMA,
STILL IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
BY NOW A PRAYER CHAIN HAD
STARTED THAT SPREAD
THROUGH THEIR FRIENDS,
CHURCH MEMBERS, AND ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THROUGH SOCIAL
MEDIA.
I TURNED TO GOD AT THIS
POINT AND EVERYONE ELSE
TURNED TO GOD IN PRAYER.
THE BIBLE SAYS, PRAY
WITHOUT CEASING, IN GOOD
TIMES AND BAD.
Reporter: THE PRAYER
VIGIL CONTINUED AS THE
FAMILY WATCHED FOR ANY
SIGN OF PROGRESS.
THEN AFTER 22 DAYS, PAUL
OPENED HIS EYES.
I REALIZED HE SAW ME.
AND HE ASKED ME WHAT
HAPPENED.
I SAID, DO YOU REALLY WANT
TO KNOW, PAUL?
I KNEW THAT HE KNEW ME AND
I KNEW HE WAS AWAKE, THANK
GOD.
THAT'S HOW I FELT, THANK
GOD.
THANK GOD.
I HAD THAT BIG UGLY
SMILE.
AND HE SMILED SO BIG AND
HE LOOKED GOOFY.
FOR A WHILE A SMILE WAS ON
MY FACE.
I WAS JUST RELIEVED.
I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY.
Reporter: AFTER THREE
MONTHS OF REHAB, PAUL WENT
HOME.
I THINK PAUL'S SURVIVAL
IS A MIRACLE.
MY UNDERSTANDING, FROM
SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, IS
THAT THERE HAS ONLY BEEN
LESS THAN 50 DOCUMENTED
CASES OF PEOPLE SURVIVING
A SNAKE BITE DIRECTLY INTO
A VEIN.
THAT IS DEFINITELY A
MIRACLE FROM GOD.
I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF
IT WASN'T.
THERE WERE PEOPLE
BASICALLY FROM AROUND THE
WORLD ON PRAYER CHAINS.
AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY I
WOULD NOT BE HERE IF
PRAYER DIDN'T WORK.
IT WORKS.
Reporter: EVENTUALLY
PAUL'S KIDNEYS HEALED, AND
HE UNDERWENT A NUMBER OF
SURGERIES TO REPAIR NERVE
DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE
VENOM.
NOW WHEN PAUL AND HIS
FAMILY GATHER FOR FOURTH
OF JULY, THEY HAVE EXTRA
CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION.
IT'S A MIRACLE.
I'M VERY THANKFUL.
IN MY HEART, I KNOW THE
ONLY REASON PAUL IS HERE
TODAY IS BECAUSE OF
PRAYER.
GOD GAVE ME THE
STRENGTH TO LIVE.
I KNOW PRAYER WORKS.
I DON'T BELIEVE -- I KNOW.
Terry: PRAYER DOES
WORK.
YOU KNOW, GOD'S WORD
ENCOURAGES YOU TO PRAY
WITHOUT CEASING.
BECAUSE PRAYER CHANGES
THINGS.
I LOVE WHAT PAUL'S WIFE
SAID, I PRAYED TO GOD
BECAUSE I KNEW NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM.
WE HAVE A FATHER WHO SAYS,
COME TO ME, GIVE ME YOUR
BURDENS, LET ME INTERVENE.
LET ME ENCOURAGE YOUR
FAITH FURTHER BY SHARING
THIS WITH YOU.
THIS IS FROM SUSAN OF
DELROY, OHIO.
SHE WAS LIVING WITH
CHRONIC JOINT PAIN IN HER
BACK.
ONE DAY SHE WAS WATCHING
THIS PROGRAM AND SHE HEARD
GORDON SAY, "YOU HAVE
DETERIORATING VET BRA VERTEBRAE IN
YOUR SPINE.
YOU'RE IN CONSTANT PAIN,
AND GOD IS ABLE TO RESTORE
IT."
SUSAN HEARD THAT WORD AND
SHE CLAIMED IT FOR
HERSELF.
AFTERWARDS, THE PAIN WAS
GONE.
SHE FELT NO MORE PAIN IN
HER BACK.
SHE IS PRAISING THE LORD
FOR THE HEALING THAT SHE
RECEIVED.
> WE WANT TO TAKE SOME
TIME TO PRAY FOR YOU RIGHT
NOW, AND TO ASK GOD TO
INTERVENE IN YOUR
CIRCUMSTANCES, TO
INTERRUPT WHAT IS GOING ON
IN YOUR LIFE, THE
STRUGGLES THAT YOU'RE
HAVING, WHETHER IT IS IN
YOUR RELATIONSHIPS,
WHETHER YOUR STRUGGLING
WITH SOME KIND OF
TEMPTATION OR ADDICTION TO
SOMETHING, MAYBE IT IS A
FINANCIAL SCENARIO THAT
YOU'RE IN, OR PHYSICAL, AS
IT WAS FOR THIS FAMILY.
LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.
WHERE TWO OR MORE ARE
GATHERED, HE IS IN THE
MIDST OF THEM.
HE IS LISTENING AND HE
WANTS TO RESPOND.
SO LET'S DO WHAT HE ASKS
US TO DO.
LET'S PRAY TOGETHER
WITHOUT CEASING FOR THIS
MOMENT.
JOIN ME, WILL YOU.
FATHER, I NEVER CEASE TO
MARVEL HOW YOU HEAR THE
PRAYERS OF ALL OF US.
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE, GOD,
WITH SO MANY WHO ARE
CRYING OUT WITH SO MUCH
NEED THAT YOU STILL HEAR
EVERY INDIVIDUAL'S PLEA
AND PETITION?
SO, FATHER, WE COME BEFORE
YOUR THRONE TODAY.
AND JESUS, WE ASK YOU TO
MOVE IN POWER AND IN
MIGHT, TO HEAL TODAY, GOD,
TO BRING WHOLENESS TODAY.
YOU CREATED PERFECTION.
YOU CREATED US WITHOUT
FLAW, AND TODAY, LORD, WE
NEED YOU.
WE NEED YOU.
WOULD YOU INTERVENE IN
EACH PERSON'S LIFE AS
THEY'RE PRAYING RIGHT NOW,
FOR WHATEVER THEIR NEED
MIGHT BE.
THERE IS SOMEONE RIGHT NOW
WHO IS PRAYING -- YOU'VE
HAD A DIAGNOSIS ABOUT YOUR
VISION.
IT IS A VERY SCARY
DIAGNOSIS.
YOU'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT HOLD
FOR YOU.
GOD IS HEALING YOUR VISION
ISSUE.
IT'S GOING TO BE GONE THE
NEXT TIME YOU SEE YOUR
DOCTOR.
JUST LIFT YOUR HANDS UP
AND PRAISE HIM AND RECEIVE
THAT.
SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU'VE HAD
SOME SURGERY.
YOU'VE HAD A REMOVAL OF
SOME AREA -- IT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN YOUR APPENDIX, I'M
NOT SURE, BUT YOU'VE HAD
SOME INFECTION SET IN.
GOD IS HEALING THAT FOR
YOU RIGHT NOW.
JUST RECEIVE IT AND BEGIN
TO PRAISE HIM.
FATHER, I JUST WANT, AS
WE'RE ALL JOINING HEARTS
AND PRAYING TOGETHER
TODAY, TO PRAY FOR OUR
NATION AS WE CELEBRATE
THIS BIRTHDAY DAY OF OF AMERICA.
FATHER, I JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU.
AMERICA WAS A GOD IDEA,
FOUNDED ON YOUR
PRINCIPLES, LORD.
WOULD YOU CAUSE US TODAY
NOT JUST TO ENJOY FOOD AND
FAMILY AND FIREWORKS AND
ALL OF THE PARTS THAT
CELEBRATION HOLDS ON THIS,
BUT WOULD YOU CAUSE US TO
REMEMBER, TO REMEMBER HOW
YOU BROUGHT US TO THIS
PLACE.
TO REMEMBER THE
COMMITMENTS THAT WE MADE
TO YOU AS AN EARLY, YOUNG
NATION, GOD.
TO REMEMBER YOUR
FAITHFULNESS OVER THE
YEARS IN KEEPING US AND
HOLDING US.
GOD, I WANT TO PRAY FOR
OUR PRESIDENT TODAY, FOR
THE CABINET THAT HE HAS
CHOSEN, FOR ALL OF THE
SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN
IN EVERY ASPECT OF
GOVERNMENT, EVERY LEADER,
GOD, THAT IS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
FOR THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
YOU SET KINGS ON THEIR
THRONE, AND YOU REMOVE
THEM.
SO, GOD, WOULD YOU GIVE
WISDOM TO THOSE WHO ARE IN
POWER IN OUR COUNTRY
TODAY.
MORE THAN THAT, GOD, WOULD
YOU BRING UNITY TO US AS A
PEOPLE.
THIS IS A GOVERNMENT
ESTABLISHED OF THE PEOPLE,
BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE
PEOPLE.
AND, GOD, THE ENEMY WOULD
DIVIDE US.
BUT YOU SAY IN YOUR WORD,
WHEN THE ENEMY COMES IN
LIKE A FLOOD, YOU'LL RAISE
UP A STANDARD AGAINST HIM.
TODAY WE ASK YOU, GOD, TO
RAISE UP A STANDARD.
LET IT BEGIN IN OUR
HEARTS.
LET US REMEMBER WHO YOU
ARE, REMEMBER WHO WE ARE
AS YOUR PEOPLE, AND STAND
FOR THOSE THINGS THAT ARE
CHARACTER AND THAT ARE
MORAL AND THAT ARE GOOD
AND RIGHTEOUS AND JUST,
GOD.
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT
YOU'VE CALLED US TO, WOULD
YOU ONCE AGAIN ALLOW US TO
BE A CITY ON A HILL AND
BLESS AMERICA TODAY, LORD.
NOT TO GIVE US MORE OF
WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE SO
MUCH OF, BUT SO WE CAN BE
A BLESSING TO THE NATIONS
OF THE EARTH.
AND WE PRAY THIS IN THE
MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
AMEN.
AND AMEN.
> WELL, STILL TO COME ON
OUR PROGRAM TODAY, MEET A
MILITARY COUPLE WHO ARE
DEVOTED TO THEIR COUNTRY
AND TO EACH OTHER.
TO BE A MILITARY WIFE
IS THE HARDEST JOB.
BEING A FULL-TIME MOM,
BEING A FULL-TIME DAD WHEN
I'M GONE --
IT IS ALWAYS
ENCOURAGING THAT HE THINKS
WHAT I'M DOING AT HOME IS
AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT HE IS
DOING.
Terry: WATCH HOW THIS
COUPLE RECEIVES A HANDUP
AT A TIME WHEN THEY NEED
IT MOST.
Efrem: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."
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THE BILL'S SPONSOR SAYS
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BIBLE PLAYS IN THE STATE'S
HISTORY.
IT DEVELOPED DOCUMENTS
LIKE THE DECLARATION AND
THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
THE KENTUCKY GOVERNOR SAID
IT WOULD BE CRAZY NOT TO
WANT THE CLASS TO BE AN
OPTION FOR PEOPLE IN
SCHOOL.
> AND FINALLY TODAY,
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IT IS COMING UP RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
Terry: THE SACRIFICES
AMERICA'S MILITARY MEN AND
WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES
PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN
PRESERVING THE FREEDOMS
THAT WE CELEBRATE ON JULY
FOURTH.
CBN IS COMMITTED TO
SUPPORTING OUR MILITARY
FAMILIES.
Reporter: THERE IS
NOTHING QUITE LIKE
WATCHING A U.S. NAVY SHIP
PULL INTO PORT AND SEEING
THE EXCITED FAMILY MEMBERS
READY TO WELCOME THEIR
SAILORS HOME.
JENNY TOOK CARE OF THE
HOUSE AND TWO KIDS FOR SIX
MONTHS WHILE HER HUSBAND,
WALLY, WAS DEPLOYED.
NOW THAT HE IS HOME, THEY
DO LOTS OF FUN THINGS
TOGETHER, TO GIVE THEM
TIME TO RECONNECT AS A
FAMILY, WHILE THEY
ANTICIPATE THE BIRTH OF
THEIR THIRD CHILD.
WALLY IS QUICK TO PRAISE
JENNY FOR ALL SHE DOES.
BEING A MILITARY WIFE
IS THE HARDEST JOB.
BEING A FULL-TIME MOM,
BEING A FULL-TIME DAD WHEN
I'M GONE -- IT MAKES A
WHOLE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
IN HOW I GO ABOUT DOING
WHAT I DO.
IT IS ALWAYS
ENCOURAGING THAT HE THINKS
THAT WHAT I'M DOING AT
HOME IS AS IMPORTANT AS
WHAT HE IS DOING.
IT HELPS THAT WE BOTH
UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE'RE
DOING WHEN WE'RE NOT
TOGETHER IS EQUAL AS
IMPORTANT AND JUST AS
HARD.
Reporter: WALLY IS A
NAVY CHAPLAIN'S ASSISTANT,
BUT RECENTLY HE FELT GOD
CALLING HIM TO BE
CHAPLAIN.
TO DO THAT, HE WOULD HAVE
TO LEAVE THE NAVY AND GO
TO SCHOOL TO EARN HIS
DIVINITY DEGREE AND THEN
REJOIN THE NAVY AS A
CHAPLAIN.
BUT IT WOULD TAKE A WHILE
BEFORE HIS BENEFITS WOULD
KICK IN, WHICH MEANT NO
PAYCHECK FOR A COUPLE OF
MONTHS.
BUT THE COUPLE FELT GOD
CALLING HIM TO MOVE
FORWARD.
THEIR DISHWASHER WAS
BROKEN, AND THEIR BACKYARD
FENCE WAS A HAZARD.
PLUS THEIR DAUGHTER WAS
STARTING SCHOOL IN THE
FALL AND NEEDED CLOTHES
AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
THE COUPLE SAT DOWN TO
BUDGET.
ON PAPER, IT WOULDN'T BE
ENOUGH.
BUT WALLY AND JENNY HAD
FAITH.
GOD IS SUFFICIENT AND
HE IS PROVIDING FOR US
HERE AND NOW, AND HE WILL
EVENTUALLY PROVIDE MORE.
Reporter: CBN'S
"HELPING THE HOMEFRONT"
HEARD ABOUT THE COUPLE'S
STORY AND WANTED TO HELP.
THEIR PASTOR, TRACE
MARTINEZ, TOLD THEM THE
GOOD NEWS.
WHEN I SHARED THE
DECISION YOU MADE, BASED
ON THE DECISION TO FOLLOW
THE LORD, THEY SAID, HOW
CAN WE HELP.
Reporter: CBN WOULD
PAY FOR THEIR RENT AND FIX
THEIR DISHWASHER AND
FENCE.
AND THERE IS MORE.
THEY'RE GOING TO HELP YOU
IN TERMS OF PROVIDING
GROCERIES FOR YOUR FAMILY
IN THE FORM OF $1,000.
BUT THERE IS STILL ONE
MORE THING THAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO DO.
AND I THINK THIS IS JUST
REALLY NEAT.
THEY REALIZE THAT ABIGAIL
IS STARTING SCHOOL THIS
FALL, AND THERE IS A NEW
LITTLE ONE ON THE WAY.
AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO
TAKE YOU SHOPPING AND BUY
SCHOOL SUPPLIES, BABY
SUPPLIES -- WHATEVER YOU
NEED.
$600 WORTH OF PROVISIONS
TO MEET THAT NEED.
THEY WANT TO HELP GET YOU
SET UP FOR SUCCESS COME
THE FALL, COME THE NEW
BABY.
I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
IT FEELS LIKE A HUGE
BURDEN HAS JUST BEEN
LIFTED OFF OF OUR
SHOULDERS.
Reporter: CBN TOOK
THE FAMILY SHOPPING TO BUY
CLOTHES FOR THE KIDS AND
ITEMS FOR THE BABY.
THEN WALLY AND JENNY
PICKED OUT A DISHWASHER
AND CHOSE A DESIGN OF
THEIR BACKYARD FENCE.
THE WORK WAS COMPLETE, IN
TIME TO WELCOME THEIR NEW
DAUGHTER INTO THEIR
FAMILY.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT
THE HELP OF CBN.
SO I'M JUST VERY, VERY
GRATEFUL.
Terry: WALLY AND
JENNY ARE GRATEFUL.
I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU, TOO.
BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE
ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT
THE COMPASSION AND THE
KINDNESS AND THE
GENEROSITY OF PEOPLE LIKE
YOU.
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THIS IS A D.V.D. PUT
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HE AND SCOTT ROSS TALK
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WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPLES IN
THE BIBLE ABOUT THE POWER
OF GOD AND MIRACLES.
AND THEN SOME STORIES ARE
SHARED IN HERE OF PEOPLE
WHO'S LIVES HAVE BEEN
MIRACULOUSLY TOUCHED AND
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IT IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO
SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO
SERVE US SO WELL IN THE
MILITARY.
> STILL TO COME, MEET AN
ARMY VE VETERAN, WHO IS ALSO
THE WIDOW OF A FALLEN
HERO.
SHE'LL TALK ABOUT GOD,
COUNTRY, AND GOLF HELPED
HER TO HEAL AFTER LOSING
THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.
Terry: WHEN SHE WAS
NINE YEARS OLD, WESLEY
BOGUS WAS TAUGHT HOW TO
PLAY THE GAME OF GOLF BY
HER GRANDFATHER.
AND THE LESSONS SHE
LEARNED ON THE GOLF COURSE
GAVE HER THE STRENGTH AND
MOTIVATION TO OVERCOME THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF HER
LIFE.
Reporter: ARMY
VETERAN WESLEY BOGUS HAD
BEEN MARRIED TO HER
HUSBAND, LARRY, AN ARMY
RANGER OFFICER FOR NEARLY
14 YEARS WHEN HE WAS SHOT
AND KILLED DURING AN
AMBUSH IN PAKISTAN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY HAD
LOVED TO DO TOGETHER WAS
PLAY GOLF.
NOW A WIDOW AND A SINGLE
MOM TO TWO YOUNG
DAUGHTERS, WESLEY HAD NO
IDEA HOW TO MOVE PAST HER
GRIEF.
SO SHE HELD ON TO WHAT SHE
KNEW BEST.
IN HER MEMOIR, "GOD,
COUNTRY, GOLF," WESLEY
SHARES HOW SHE RELIED ON
HER FAITH, MILITARY
TRAINING, AND THE GAME OF
GOLF, TO PRESS ON AFTER
HER HUSBAND'S DEATH.
Terry: PLEASE WELCOME
TO "THE 700 CLUB," WESLEY
BOGUS.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
THANK YOU, TERRY.
I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.
Terry: TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT YOUR GRANDDAD AND
SOME OF THE LIFE LESSONS
YOU FEEL LIKE HE TAUGHT
YOU WHILE TEACHING YOU
GOLF.
Reporter: MY GRANDPA
TOOK ME ON THE GOLF COURSE
FIRST WHEN I WAS NINE
YEARS OLD.
HE SENT ME INTO THE ROUGH
TO HIT PINE CONES AND
MUSHROOMS.
AND I WHACKED AT THOSE
THINGS UNTIL I FOUND MY
SWING.
WHEN I FOUND MY SWING, HE
CAME OVER TO ME AND HE
SAID, THAT'S THE SWING,
WESLEYANN, THAT'S THE
SWING.
HE TAUGHT ME THE
FUNDAMENTALS OF GOLF, BUT
HE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH MORE.
HE TAUGHT ME THE
ETIQUETTE, THE RULES, THE
HISTORY, AND THE
COURTESIES OF GOLF.
SO HE INSTILLED IN ME THE
VALUES OF INTEGRITY AND
RESPECT THROUGH THE GAME
OF GOLF.
Terry: GOLF IS AN
AMAZING GAME.
IF YOU DON'T PLAY IT, YOU
DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND
ALL OF THE DYNAMICS OF IT
OR THE HISTORY, AND IT IS
RICH IN BOTH AREAS.
ABSOLUTELY.
YES, MA'AM.
AND GOLF IS A GAME WHERE
YOU CALL PENALTIES ON
YOURSELF.
SO IT IN INSTILLS INTEGRITY.
Terry: TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT HOW YOU AND LARRY,
YOUR HUSBAND, FIRST MET.
BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT
HAPPENED LATER IN YOUR
LIFE WILL GO BACK TO THESE
LESSONS YOU LEARNED.
WE WERE BOTH ATTENDING
SCHOOL IN NORTH CAROLINA.
I WENT TO SCHOOL ON A GOLF
SCHOLARSHIP.
AND EXPECTED TO PURSUE A
CAREER IN THE GOLF
INDUSTRY.
AND LARRY WENT TO PLAY
BASEBALL.
AND THEN WE BOTH
DISCOVERED THE R.O.T.C.
PROGRAM, AND WE BOTH FELL
IN LOVE WITH THE ARMY.
JUST THE PHYSICAL
CHALLENGES, THE SERVICE
BEYOND SELF, AND ALL OF
THE ARMY VALUES.
AND THE ARMY VALUES SPELL
OUT LEADERSHIP, LOYALTY,
DUTY, RESPECT, SELFLESS
SERVICE, HONOR, INTEGRITY,
AND PERSONAL SERVICE.
A LOT OF THOSE I LEARNED
ON THE GOLF COURSE WITH MY
GRANDFATHER, BUT THEY WERE
DEEPLY INSTILLED BY THE
ARMY SERVICE.
AND LARRY AND I SHARED A
PASSION OF SERVICE.
WE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE
ARMY, FELL IN LOVE WITH
EACH OTHER, AND MARRIED
STRAIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE.
Terry: HOW DID HIS
FAITH INFLUENCE YOU?
GROWING UP, I HAD
WONDERFUL GRANDPARENTS AND
A LOVING MOTHER.
BUT WE JUST DIDN'T GO TO
CHURCH.
SO WHEN I MET LARRY, AND
THROUGH OUR COURTSHIP AND
OUR ENGAGEMENT, I MET HIS
FAMILY.
AND THEY'RE JUST SWEET
SOUTHERN BAPTIST PEOPLE.
AND I STARTED GOING TO
CHURCH WITH THEM.
AND AT 21, I ACCEPTED
JESUS AND I WAS BAPTIZED.
AND I JUST BEGAN AND
CONTINUED MY WALK WITH
LARRY AND WITH JESUS FROM
THAT DAY FORWARD.
Terry: AT SOME POINT
IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP, YOU
LEFT YOUR MILITARY SERVICE
TO START A FAMILY.
LARRY GOT DEPLOYED TO
PAKISTAN.
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO
HIM?
RIGHT.
LARRY WAS SERVING WITH THE
82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION
AND WAS DEPLOYED TO
PAKISTAN.
ON MAY 14th, HE AND HIS
LEADERSHIP WENT INTO
PAKISTAN FOR A PEACE
MEETING.
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, I THINK
THE MEETING WAS HISTORIC.
THEY REACHED AN AGREEMENT.
THEY SHOOK HANDS AND
EXCHANGED COINS AND POSED
FOR PICTURES.
BUT AT THE VERY END, WHEN
THEY WERE GETTING READY TO
TRAVEL TO THE HELICOPTER,
THEY WERE BOARDING THE
BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK,
AND ONCE LARRY'S MEN WERE
SITUATED IN THE TRUCK, HE
BEGAN CLIMBING OVER THE
TAILGATE, AND A UNIFORMED
PAKISTANI INSTEAD RAISED
HIS RIFLE AND OPENED FIRE.
AND LARRY WAS STANDING
BETWEEN THE SHOOTER AND
HIS MEN.
AND HE GAVE HIS LIFE ON
HIS FEET PROTECTING HIS
MEN.
Terry: SO MANY TIMES
WE HEAR THESE STORIES AND
MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE
GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN
REALLY UNEXPECTED
CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THAT.
WHERE IT WOULD NEVER OCCUR
TO YOU THAT YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO GET THE E-MAIL
THAT NIGHT OR THE PHONE
CALL, WHEN IT USUALLY
CAME.
HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH THE
AFTERMATH OF GRIEF FROM
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU HAD TWO YOUNG
DAUGHTERS.
RYAN WAS SIX AND ELLIE
WAS FOUR.
IN THOSE EARLY DAYS I
COULD ONLY FOCUS FOR FIVE
MINUTES AT A TIME.
I JUST COULDN'T WRAP MY
BRAIN AROUND A FUTURE
WITHOUT LARRY.
BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG
TO REALIZE THAT JESUS WAS
WITH ME.
I FELT HIM.
AND I KNEW THAT GOD WAS
THERE, EVEN IN THOSE
DEEPEST VALLEYS.
I KNEW THAT GOD HAD A PLAN
FOR ME.
AND I KNEW IN MY HEART
THAT HE WOULD GET US
THROUGH.
SO I JUST REMEMBERED
EVERYTHING THAT LARRY
TAUGHT ME, EVERYTHING MY
GRANDFATHER TAUGHT ME,
EVERYTHING ABOUT
PERSEVERANCE AND RESPECT
AND INTEGRITY --
Terry: IT IS A
PROCESS, ISN'T IT?
IT IS NOT JUST SOMETHING
THAT FALLS UPON YOU AND
SUDDENLY YOU'VE CONQUERED
IT.
I MEAN, GRIEF IS A PROCESS
TO COME OUT FROM UNDER.
YES, MA'AM.
IT TOOK A LONG TIME.
WE'RE 10 YEARS DOWN THE
ROAD.
AND WE REALIZE JUST HOW
LONG FOREVER IS.
SO WE'RE STILL PROCESSING
IT.
Terry: YOUR LIFE HAS
A HAPPENING ENDING -- A
NEW BEGINNING, MAYBE.
YES, MA'AM.
I AM REMARRIED.
I HAVE A WONDERFUL HUSBAND
NAMED MORGAN AND THREE
AMAZING STEPSONS.
Terry: WOW!
LIFE CONTINUES.
AND WE RESPECT LARRY, WE
REMEMBER HIM.
WE CONTINUE TO TELL
STORIES ABOUT HIM.
HE IS RYAN AND ELLIE'S
DADDY STILL.
Terry: THAT'S HIS
LEGACY.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF
THE BOOK, IS TO SHARE
THOSE STORIES.
AND LARRY'S LIFE MATTERED.
AND HE DESERVES TO BE
REMEMBERED.
EVEN AS WE MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT CHAPTER OF OUR LIVES.
Terry: WELL, WE THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A
FAMILY TO OUR COUNTRY.
AND WE DO HONOR LARRY AND
THE SACRIFICE THAT HE
MADE.
YOU KNOW, WESLEY HAS
WRITTEN ALL ABOUT HER LIFE
IN HER NEW BOOK AND ITS
CALLED "GOD, COUNTRY,
GOLF: REFLECTIONS OF AN
ARMY WIDOW."
THERE IS SO MUCH IN HERE
FOR ALL OF US, NO MATTER
WHAT WE'RE FACING IN LIFE.
IT IS AVAILABLE WHERE
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
AND YOU CAN HEAR MORE FROM
WESLEY ON OUR Facebook
PAGE, WHERE WE HAVE A WEB
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AT
Facebook.com/700club.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH
US.
YOU, TOO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Terry: WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH MORE OF "700
CLUB" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
Terry: FRANCIS SCOTT
KEY MAY HAVE BEEN EIGHT
MIMEMILES AWAY FROM FORT
McHENRY, BUT HE WAS
CLOSE ENOUGH TO SEE THE
ROCKET'S RED GLARE, BOMBS
BURT TINBURSTING IN AIR, AND MUCH,
MUCH MORE.
WATCH THIS.
Reporter: AMERICA'S
NATIONAL ANTHEM, THE WORDS
ARE DEEPLY EMBEDDED INTO
OUR NATION'S HISTORY AND
REFLECT THE PATRIOTIC
SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
*
Reporter: AS MOST
PEOPLE KNOW, THE
"STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" WAS
WRITTEN BY FRANCIS SCOTT
KEY, A LAWYER AND AMATEUR
POET.
IT STARTED AS A POEM HE
CALLED "THE DEFENSE OF
FORT McHENRY."
IT WAS ENS SPIRED B INSPIRED BY THE
EVENTS OF THE BATTLE OF
BALTIMORE, TWO YEARS AFTER
THE START OF THE WAR OF
1812.
THE BATTLE OF BALTIMORE
IS A 25-HOUR BOMBARDMENT,
A LOT OF BRITISH FIRE.
200-POUND MORTARS AT FORT
McHENRY FOR 25 HOURS.
THE GOAL OF THE BRITISH
WAS TO BOMB THE FORT INTO
SUBMISSION AND CALL THE
DEFENDERS TO FLEE THE
FORT.
Reporter: FRANCIS
SCOTT WAS SENT ON A
SPECIAL MISSION TO THE
BRITISH FLEET.
THEY WERE UNAWARE THAT THE
BOMBARDMENT WAS ABOUT TO
START.
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY IS
SENT OUT TO MEET THE
BRITISH SHIP.
Reporter: HE WON
DR. BEAN'S FREEDOM, BUT
THE BATTLE OF BALTIMORE
HAD JUST BEGUN.
KEY AND THE OTHERS WERE
DIRECTED TO STAY ON THE
BRITISH SHIP FOR THE
DURATION OF THE BATTLE.
DURING THE RAINY NIGHT, HE
COULD SEE FIGHTING UNITS
WHO DEFENDED FORT
McHENRY AND THE AMERICAN
FLAG FLYING ABOVE.
THESE BOMBS REALLY
WOULD LEAVE A BRITISH
WARSHIP TWO MILES AWAY, GO
UP IN THE AIR, AND THEN
10 FEET OVER THE TARGET,
AND THEY WOULD BURST INTO
SHRAPNEL THE SIZE OF YOUR
FIST.
Reporter: IT WAS
DURING THOSE HOURS KEY
IMMORTALIZED THE WORDS
"ROCKETS RED GLARE AND
BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR."
THEN IN THE DAWN'S EARLY
LIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 14th,
THE BATTLE CAME TO AN END
AND KEY WATCHED AS A NEW,
LARGER AMERICAN FLAG WAS
RAISED ABOVE FORT
McHENRY.
AND SO WHAT WE KNOW IT
IS THE FLAG THAT FLEW
DURING THE BATTLE WAS A 17
BY 20-FOOT STORM FLAG.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT
FLAG, WE HAVE NO IDEA
BECAUSE IT WAS SO TATTERED
BY THE RAIN AND THE
ROCKETS.
IF YOU LOOKED AT THE FORT,
WOULD HAVE SEEN NOTHING.
THE FORT WAS COVERED IN
SMOKE AND MIDST.
IT IS RAINING AND THE
BOMBS ARE BURSTING, AND
THEN, FINALLY AN HOUR
AFTER THE BATTLE, THEY
HOIST UP A 30 BY 40-FOOT
FLAG.
Reporter: THE NEW
PLAFLAG WAS COMMISSIONED BY
GEORGE ARMISTEAD.
IT WAS A FLAG BIG ENOUGH
TO BE SEEN BY THE BRITISH.
THE FLAG IS 30 BY
42 FEET.
EACH STRIPE IS TWO FEET
WIDE, AND EACH STAR IS TWO
FEET FROM POINT TO POINT.
Reporter: THAT FLAG
INSPIRED KEY'S POEM THAT
BECAME THE "STAR-SPANGLED
BANNER".
SOON IT WAS PUT TO THE
MUSIC OF AN ENGLISH
DRINKING SONG, AND IT
BECAME THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
IN 1931 BY CONGRESSIONAL
RESOLUTION.
THROUGH THE YEARS, THE
FIRST STANZA HAS STOOD AS
NATIONAL PRIDE OF
PATRIOTISM, BUT IT IS THE
FOURTH STANZA THAT KEY
REMINDS US TO KEEP OUR
TRUST IN GOD.
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY, A
CHRISTIAN, MAKES A VERY
DRAMATIC STATEMENT WHEN HE
SAYS, "IN GOD WE TRUST."
WHAT HE IS REFERENCEING
THAT WHENEVER YOU JUSTLY
AND BRAVELY DEFEND YOUR
HOME, YOU SHOULD TRUST IN
GOD THAT HE WILL COME AND
MAKE SURE YOU ARE SAFE AND
YOUR FAMILY IS SAFE.
Terry: AS YOU
CELEBRATE THIS FOURTH OF
JULY WITH YOUR FAMILY,
WHATEVER YOUR DOING, LET'S
ALL REMEMBER THE
PRIVILEGE, THE COMMITMENT,
THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO
BE ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE WANT TO CLOSE OUR SHOW
WITH THESE WORDS FROM JOHN
8: 36: "IF THE SON MAKES
YOU FREE, YOU SHALL BE
FREE INDEED."
WE WISH YOUR FAMILY A SAFE
AND A HAPPY FOURTH OF
JULY.
AND WE LEAVE YOU NOW WITH,
OF COURSE, MORE FIREWORKS.
