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Studio 5: Pint Sized Praise

Caleb Serrano is the little kid with the big voice, attracting people from around the world. America's Got Talent contestant Kechi Okwuchi shares the survival story behind her voice. And Alex Seals drops new music to lift people up. Read Transcript


Efrem: SECONDS AWAY

ON "STUDIO 5"...

NO, NO, NO.

[LAUGHTER]

Efrem: THE WORLD IS

WATCHING THIS LITTLE KID

WITH THE BIG VOICE.

AND NOW HE IS ON "STUDIO

5" WITH HIS AMAZING

PARENTS.

> HOW DID THIS ALL

START?

WAS HE SINGING IN CHURCH

AND SOMEONE RECORDED?

WHAT HAPPENED?

> ALSO AHEAD ON "STUDIO

5"...

*

Efrem: ...SHE'S A

VOICE AND A NAME YOU'LL

WANT TO GET TO KNOW.

ALEX SEALS IS HERE.

HERE I AM, WRITING

MUSIC FROM THAT MOMENT.

Efrem: AND THEN...

* WHEN YOUR LEGS DON'T

WORK LIKE THEY USED TO

BEFORE *

Efrem: ...THE

EMOTIONAL STORY BEHIND

THIS UNFORGETTABLE

"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT"

CONTESTANT.

I WAS IN A PLANE CRASH

WHEN I WAS BACK IN

NIGERIA.

Efrem: GRAB YOUR

TISSUES AND HOLD YOUR

HEART, "STUDIO 5" STARTS

NOW.

*

Efrem: THOSE STORIES

AND MUCH MORE ARE AHEAD

HERE ON "STUDIO 5."

WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

LET'S BEGIN WITH OUR

WEEKLY COUNTDOWN OF THE

BEST STORIES IN THE WORLD

OF UPLIFTING ENTERTAINMENT

NEWS.

HERE ARE THE FIRST TWO.

AT NUMBER FIVE...

IF THE UNIVERSE CREATED

YOU, THEN WHO CREATED THE

UNIVERSE?

Efrem: PUREFLIX, THE

FILM-MAKERS BEHIND THE

"GOD'S NOT DEAD" FRANCHISE

IS DONATING $25,000 TO

REPLACE THE SIX-FOOT 10

COMMANDMENTS MONUMENT IN

ARKANSAS, AFTER A MAN

CRASHED HIS CAR INTO IT

LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER

IT WAS INSTALLED ON

CAPITOL GROUNDS.

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

FOR WHAT?

CONTEMPT OF COURT.

Efrem: PUREFLIX FILM

"GOD'S NOT DEAD TWO" FILMS

IN LITTLE ROCK.

> AT NUMBER FOUR, AND

ALSO FROM PUREFLIX...

WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 19

YEARS.

WE DON'T SHARE THE SAME

LIFE.

WE DON'T SHARE ANYTHING.

Efrem: THE UP COMING

FILM, "THE SAME KIND OF

DIFFERENT AS ME," IS THE

REAL LIFE STORY OF AN

INTERNATIONAL ART DEALER

WHO BEFRIENDS A HOMELESS

MAN TO SAVE HIS OWN

STRUGGLING MARRIAGE.

I HAD A DREAM LAST

NIGHT.

WAS IT A GOOD ONE OR

WAS IT ABOUT ME?

IT WAS ABOUT A POOR

WHITE MAN WHO CHANGES THE

CITY.

Efrem: IT LEADS ALL

THREE OF THEM ON THE

JOURNEY OF THEIR LIVES.

HE SHARES MEMORIES OF THAT

HOMELESS MAN, DENVER

MOORE.

DENVER HAD HIS OWN

LANGUAGE, HIS OWN

VOCABULARY.

HE USED TO TELL ME THINGS

LIKE, MR. RON, IF THE

DEVIL AIN'T MESSING WITH

YOU, HE'S ALREADY GOT YOU.

YOU WOULD DO ME A BIG

FAVOR JUST BEING NICER.

YOU WANT TO BE MY

FRIEND?

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO THINK

ABOUT THAT.

Efrem: AND THOSE ARE

JUST THE FIRST TWO

HEADLINES IN THIS WEEK'S

COUNTDOWN.

WE'LL GET TO THE REMAINING

THREE LATER IN THE SHOW.

CALEB SERANO HAS

APPEARED ON TWO NATIONAL

TELEVISION SHOWS, AND HE

IS A PINT-SIZED WORSHIP

SINNERSINGER, AND WHEN HE SINGS,

PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE

BLOWN AWAY.

BEHIND THAT BIG VOICE AND

BIG PERSONALITY IS A GREAT

AND WONDERFUL KID AND

PARENTS AS WELL.

I SAT DOWN WITH ALL THREE

OF THEM FOR THIS WEEK'S

"STUDIO 5" INTERVIEW.

*

THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF

MINE *

* I'M...

[APPLAUSE]

Efrem: THAT BOOMING

VOICE FROM THIS GREENSBORO

CHURCH IN FIVE-YEAR-OLD

CAY LECALEB SERANO.

HE IS A PINT-SIZED WORSHIP

LEADER.

AND NOW THE DROP THE

MIC MOMENT INSIDE A NORTH

CAROLINA CHURCH, THE VIDEO

GOING VIRAL.

FROM THE FIRST SECOND

YOU HEAR HIM, YOU KIND OF

CAN'T BELIEVE HIM, BUT

CALEB SERANO, HE'S GOT THE

VOICE.

HI, EVERYBODY.

I'M ON ABC NEWS.

Efrem: WHO ENCOURAGED

YOU TO GET UP AND SING?

WELL, MY PAPA.

Efrem: YOUR

GRANDFATHER?

YEAH.

Efrem: WHAT HAPPENED?

I KEPT ON LISTENING,

AND GOD GAVE ME A VOICE TO

SING.

YES, PAPA, STAND UP.

[APPLAUSE]

YES, COME ON.

Efrem: AND PAPA WAS

IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN CALEB

MADE HIS APPEARANCE ON THE

HIT SHOW "LITTLE BIG

SHOTS."

* DOWN IN MY SOUL, I'VE

GOT A HOLE *

Efrem: CALEB HAS BEEN

SINGING FOR HOW LONG?

CALEB HAS BEEN SINGING

FOR A LONG TIME.

I NOTICED HIM HAVING A

DRIVE FOR MUSIC SINCE HE

HAS BEEN ABOUT ONE.

HE HAS ALWAYS LOVED MUSIC,

BUT HE HAS BEEN SINGING

SINCE HE WAS NOT ABLE TO

TALK.

IT HAS BEEN A BLESSING

THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE

TOUCHED BY MY LITTLE ONE,

MY BLESSING.

SO WE HOPE WE CAN JUST

CONTINUE TO DO WHAT GOD

HAS US TO DO.

IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL,

FABULOUS.

Efrem: I IMAGINE

THOSE BLESSINGS FOR YOU,

THROUGH HIM, CAME LONG

BEFORE THE REST OF THE

WORLD STARTED SEEING HIM.

ABSOLUTELY.

HOWEVER, IT IS JUST

AMAZING THAT YOU DON'T

REALLY SEE WHAT YOU HAVE,

THAT GIFT THAT YOU HAVE,

UNTIL OTHER PEOPLE KIND OF

START COMMENTING, AND TO

BE REAL ABOUT IT.

IT IS ALMOST LIKE, CALEB,

BE QUIET.

UNTIL SOMEBODY ELSE, THEY

CAN APPRECIATE, AND THEN

YOU STOP AND PAY

ATTENTION.

*

Efrem: WE COULDN'T

HELP BUT TO PAY ATTENTION,

WHEN CALEB ALLOWED US TO

SIT IN ON HIS REHEARSAL,

HERE AT "NEW HOPE BAST

CHURCH," IN HAMPTON,

VIRGINIA.

"LILY IN THE VALLEY" IS AN

OLD GOSPEL TUNE.

YOU KNOW JOHN P..

KING?

HE IS IN CHARLOTTE.

Efrem: HAVE YOU MET

HIM?

I JUST WENT INTO

CHARLOTTE TO DO JOYFEST.

Efrem: HOW COOL WAS

THAT?

THAT WAS AMAZING.

Efrem: WHO IS YOUR

FAVORITE GOSPEL SINGER

RIGHT NOW?

ANTHONY BROWN.

Efrem: WHAT'S YOUR

FAVORITE SONG FROM HIM.

I MET HIM, TOO.

Efrem: YOU DID.

TELL ME WHAT THAT WAS

LIKE?

COOL.

AND I INTERVIEWED HIM.

Efrem: WHAT DID YOU

ASK HIM?

HE ASKED ME QUESTIONS.

Efrem: WHAT DID HE

ASK YOU, DO YOU REMEMBER?

HE JUST SAID THAT ON

"HARRY," I WAS HIS

FAVORITE SINGER.

Efrem: WHAT WAS IT

LIKE MEETING HARRY

CONNICK, JR.?

IT WAS GREAT.

* I KNOW I'M HEALED

Efrem: SO, DAD, HOW

DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE SUCH

A GIFTED SON?

IT IS TRULY A BLESSING.

THE WORDS CAN'T REALLY

DESCRIBE THE FEELING.

THE RAW EMOTION, THE

ADULATION, AND THE -- YOU

KNOW, IT'S JUST A

DIFFERENT CHALLENGE.

IT'S REALLY A CHALLENGE.

Efrem: WHAT HAS BEEN

THE BIGGEST SURPRISE FOR

YOU IN THIS JOURNEY SO

FAR?

THE BIGGEST SURPRISE

FOR ME WOULD HAVE TO BE

JUST THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK

FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

NOT JUST LOCALLY, BUT

INTERNATIONALLY, HOW

PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT TO

CALEB TO TELL US ABOUT HOW

HE IS TOUCHING THEIR

LIVES, AND WHAT HIS GIFT

HAS DONE FOR THEM.

AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO

HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM.

ALL THEY'VE SEEN IS THE

VIDEOS.

ALL THEY'VE SEEN --

THEY'VE NEVER SPENT THE

TIME WITH THIS FUN-LOVING,

CHALLENGING FIVE-YEAR-OLD

THAT WE HAVE.

*

Efrem: YOUNG CALEB

HAS FANS FROM AS FAR AS

AUSTRALIA, FIJI, KENYA,

NIGERIA, AND UKRAINE.

DO YOU SING?

I ASKED YOUR WIFE IF SHE

SANG.

NO, SIR, NOT AT ALL.

WE ALL KNOW OUR ROLES AND

RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND SINGING IS NOT ONE OF

THOSE FOR ME, SO I WILL

TOTE THE EQUIPMENT AND I

WILL DRIVE THE CAR.

HE REALLY TRIES TO

SING.

[LAUGHTER]

BUT DADDY CAN'T WHAT?

SING.

THERE WE GO.

*

Efrem: WOW, WE CAN

CERTAINLY ALL AGREE CALEB

HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD

OF HIM.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY

ONE OF HIS FULL

PERFORMANCES, DO YOURSELF

A FAVOR AND CHECK OUT MY

BLOG AT "STUDIO 5."

> STILL AHEAD ON "STUDIO

5"...

*

* GOD MADE ALL WOMEN

Efrem: SHE'S GOT A

VOICE I HOPE YOU'LL LOVE

AS MUCH AS I DO.

AND THE HEART TO MATCH.

I FELL LIKE ME, WHEN IT

COMES TO WORSHIP MUSIC AND

MUSIC IN GENERAL, JUST

LEARNING HOW TO BE GENUINE

IN THE SONGS THAT I

CREATE.

Efrem: GET TO KNOW

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "STUDIO 5."

WE CONTINUE NOW WITH

NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER

TWO.

AT NUMBER THREE...

*

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE

WONDER *

Efrem: WITH THEIR

"WONDER" PROJECT AT THE

TOP OF THE STARTS,

HILLSONG UNITED HEADS TO

THE U.S. WITH A BIG

SURPRISE FOR FANS.

TELL US WHERE YOU WANT

US TO COME AND WHY, AND

MAYBE WE'LL POP UP IN YOUR

CITY.

Efrem: THIS IS A

FAN'S CHANCE TO HAVE

HILLSONG SING AT A

BIRTHDAY PARTY, WEDDING,

OR CHURCH CELEBRATION.

WHEN THE BAND VISITS THE

STATE FROM JULY 18th

THROUGH AUGUST 6th.

> AT NUMBER TWO,

HILLSONG, YOUNG AND FREE.

THE BAND, ALSO FROM THE

AUSTRALIAN CHURCH, CAN

COUNT JUSTIN BIEBER AMONG

HIS FANS.

THE POP STAR POSTED THIS

FROM ONE OF THE GROUP'S

RECENT CONCERTS.

MILLIONS AND CLIMBING ARE

VIEWING THE BIEBS ROCKING

OUT TO HILLSONG'S "YOUNG

AND FREE."

AND HE POSTED NEW PICTURES

OF HIMSELF, SPENDING TIME

WITH PASTORS CARL LYND,

CHAD BEACH, AND RICH

WILKERSON, JR.

WITH THAT, THERE IS ONLY

ONE REMAINING HEADLINE IN

THE COUNTDOWN.

WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU IN

JUST A MOMENT ON "STUDIO

5."

> WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE

HUNT FOR UP-AND-COMING

ARTISTS WHO'S WORK IS

UPLIFTING.

THIS WEEK WE HAVE OUR EYE

ON ALEX FIELDS, AND SHE IS

ONE TO WATCH.

> FLETLET'S BEGIN WITH "IN

THE STORM."

WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND

THAT?

IT SOUNDS ALMOST LIKE AN

ANTHEM.

* THE WAVES CRASH UPON

ME *

A FEW YEARS AGO

SOMETHING VERY SURPRISING

HAPPENED, AND IT

BLINDSIDED ME, AND IT

BROUGHT ME INTO A VERY

DEEP PLACE OF GRIEF, AND

NOT KNOWING HOW TO LOVE

SOMEONE THAT WAS VERY

CLOSE TO ME.

AND SO I WAS JUST IN MY

ROOM, AND THE ONLY WORDS

THAT I COULD COME UP WITH

WERE, I WILL PRAISE YOU,

I'LL PRAISE YOU IN THE

STORM.

AND LATER ON, WHILE I WAS

READING THE BIBLE, I

OPENED UP TO MATTHEW 14,

WHERE IT WAS TALKING ABOUT

HOW PETER -- JESUS COMES

TO THE PEOPLE ON THE BOAT,

AND PETER STEPS OUT AND HE

IS WALKING ON WATER, BUT

HE SEES THE WIND AND THE

WAVES AND IT STARTS TO

MAKE HIM AFRAID AND HE

STARTS TO SINK.

SO JESUS REACHES OUT TO

HIM AND BRINGS HIM OUT OF

THE WATER.

AND THE STORM SUBSIDES.

AND SO THAT SONG WAS AN

ANTHEM.

IT VERY MUCH CARRIED ME

THROUGH THAT SEASON OF NOT

KNOWING HOW TO GO THROUGH

EACH DAY.

Efrem: NOW, YOUR

PROJECT IS CALLED "UNDER

THE SUN."

UH-HUH.

Efrem: WHY THAT

TITLE?

WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS

PROJECT?

IN ECCLESIASTES,

SOLOMON IS TALKING ABOUT

VANITIES UNDER THE SUN,

AND THERE IS A SEASON FOR

EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.

AND THESE SONGS CAME FROM

DIFFERENT SEASONS.

I WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT

THERE IS HOPE IN EVERY

SEASON.

GOD IS FAITHFUL IN EVERY

SEASON.

AND SO I HOPE THAT IS ONE

OF THE GREATEST THINGS

PEOPLE WILL TAKE AWAY,

THAT EACH SONG WILL MEET

THEM IN THEIR SEASON, AND

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO FIND

HOPE.

Efrem: IT SOUNDS LIKE

GOD IS FAITHFUL --

UH-HUH, UNDER THE SUN.

Efrem: I LOVE IT.

I SEE THAT YOU STUDY

THEATER IN COLLEGE.

SO WAS MUSIC YOUR

PASSION -- SO THEATER OR

MUSIC -- WHAT WAS THE

PASSION?

I FELT THE LORD TELL ME

TO SHIFT INTO THEATER.

I WASN'T A REAL THEATER

KID.

I FELT LIKE A FISH OUT OF

WATER.

BUT IT WAS THERE THAT I

TOOK MUSICAL THEATER.

AND BEFORE THAT I WAS

EXTREMELY TERRIFIED TO

SING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.

SO THAT VERY MUCH

ESTABLISHED THE

FUNDAMENTALS OF SINGING.

AND THROUGH THAT, HE

TAUGHT ME HOW TO JUST DO

THE PHRASES.

AND SO HERE I AM, WRITING

MUSIC NOW FROM THAT MOMENT

OF LEARNING HOW TO NOT BE

AFRAID.

Efrem: AND NOW

PERFORMING, ALSO, IN FRONT

OF LOTS OF PEOPLE.

YES.

[LAUGHTER]

Efrem: SO YOU WEREN'T

THINKING THAT YOU WOULD BE

ON STAGE DOING THIS?

NO.

I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR

IN MY FRESH MAN YEAR OF

COLLEGE.

AND I WOULD JUST LEARN

WORSHIP SONGS.

AND SOMETIMES I WOULD BE

IN MY ROOM WORSHIPPING FOR

SIX HOURS STRAIGHT, AND

THROUGH THAT, I LEARNED

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR.

BUT IT WASN'T A MEANS TO

AN END, ONE DAY I WILL BE

LEADING WORSHIP FOR ALL OF

THESE PEOPLE, BUT I WAS

JUST, LIKE, GOD, I LOVE

YOU AND I LOVE TO WORSHIP

YOU.

AND FROM THAT PLACE

EVERYTHING WAS JUST

ESTABLISHED, AND I GREW

OUT OF THAT PLACE.

Efrem: FROM THE

MOMENT YOUR SINGLE WAS

SENT TO ME, I HAVE REALLY

LOVED IT.

I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN

INFLUENCED BY A LOT OF

DIFFERENT GENRES, AND

SOMETIMES A SONG WILL HAVE

A LITTLE SOMETHING ELSE,

AND I'M, LIKE, I DON'T

KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

BUT WE'RE SO ENGULFED IN

MUSIC, SO I GUESS I MIGHT

BE A PRODUCT OF A LOT OF

DIFFERENT GENRES.

Efrem: WHAT IS YOUR

PRAYER FOR THIS MUSIC?

THAT THEY'LL KNOW THAT

GOD IS THERE WITH THEM IN

EVERY SEASON.

THAT HE IS FAITHFUL.

AND THAT EVEN IF THEY

DON'T KNOW WHAT TOMORROW

BRINGS -- BECAUSE WE

DON'T -- BUT THEY CAN

STAND ON HIS PROMISES IN

OUR LIVES, KNOWING THAT HE

IS WITH US, HE IS FOR US,

HE HAS GONE BEFORE US, HE

HAS PREPARED A WAY FOR US.

AND HE HAS PREPARED GOOD

WORKS FOR US THAT WE CAN

WALK IN THEM.

THAT'S MY PRAYER.

Efrem: WHAT A GREAT

VOICE.

YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF ALEX

ON HER NEW PROJECT, AND IT

IS CALLED "UNDER THE SUN."

IT IS AVAILABLE

ON iTUNES, C.D. BABY,

AND OTHER PLATFORMS.

> UP NEXT ON "STUDIO

5"...HER VOICE BRINGS

TEARS...

* PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE IN

MYSTERIOUS WAYS *

Efrem: HER BIBLE

STORY BRINGS TEARS.

LYING IN A HOSPITAL

*

Efrem: WELCOME BACK

TO "STUDIO 5."

WE HAVE THE HONOR OF

CHATTING WITH A CONTESTANT

ON "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT"

LATER IN THE SHOW.

FIRST, LET'S GET TO NUMBER

ONE.

AT NUMBER ONE...

AT JULY 23rd, 1967,

DETROIT WAS HIT BY A RIOT.

WE SAID IT COULDN'T

HAPPEN, BUT IT DID.

Efrem: IT HAS BEEN 50

YEARS SINCE A POLICE RAID

LED TO ONE OF THE LARGEST

RACE RIOTS IN DETROIT IN

1967.

OH, MAN, LOOK AT MY

HOUSE BACK THERE.

I AIN'T GOT NO HOME.

WE'RE CONSIDERING

ESTABLISHING MARTIAL LAW.

I'M GOING DOWN TO GET

MORE INFORMATION.

Efrem: THIS PAINFUL

PERIOD OF AMERICA'S

HISTORY IS THE FOCUS OF A

MAJOR MOTION PICTURE.

YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT

THIS TO ANYONE EVER.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

Efrem: THE FILM

REALLY TAKES US THERE,

WATCHING IT.

LET'S NOT BE STUPID IN

THIS SITUATION.

YOU NEED TO TELL ME WHERE

THE GUN IS.

I'VE GOT ALL NIGHT,

PEOPLE.

TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT IS

GOING ON HERE!

Efrem: DID YOU FIND

YOURSELYOURSELVES BREAKING DOWN?

OH, MY GOSH, YES.

EVERY TIME THEY WOULD SAY

"CUT," I WOULD CRY AND CRY

AND CRY.

AND WE WOULD ALL PRAY AND

PRAY TOGETHER.

WE WERE ON THAT WALL FOR,

LIKE, WOW, DAYS.

Efrem: "DETROIT" HITS

THEATERS AUGUST 4th.

Efrem: AND THAT

HEADLINE WRAPS THIS WEEK'S

COUNTDOWN AND BRINGS US TO

OUR NEXT GUEST.

HICHI KOUACHI BLEW

AUDIENCES AWAY A FEW WEEKS

AGO ON "AMERICA'S GOT

TALENT."

AND IT WASN'T JUST HER

POWERFUL STORY.

IT IS THE MIRACLE STORY

BEHIND THE POWERFUL VOICE.

WE HAD TO KNOW MORE, SO

SHE IS HERE, AND SHE IS

THIS WEEK'S "STUDIO 5"

BRIGHT SPOT.

ESPECIALLY FOR ME, WHEN

IT COMES TO KNOWING MYSELF

AND APPLYING MY VISION TO

MYSELF BY MAKING IT

SOMETHING THAT IS REAL, IT

HAS BEEN AN OBSTACLE

COURSE SO FAR.

Efrem: IN THIS TALK,

SHE SHARES HOW HER FAITH

HELPED HER TO RECOVER

AFTER A PLANE CRASH.

SHE WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO

SURVIVORS.

I TRY TO INCLUDE IT IN

EVERY PART OF MY LIFE.

Efrem: TELL US WHAT

HAPPENED TO YOU IN 2005?

DECEMBER 10th, 2005,

WAS A DAY OF NATIONAL

TRAGEDY FOR THE CITIZENS

OF NIGERIA.

Efrem: AT 16, SHE

BOARDED A PLANE WITH 108

PASSENGERS.

IT WAS ABOUT 25 MINUTES

FROM LANDING WHEN THE

PILOT MADE THE

ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE WOULD

BE STARTING HIS DESCENT

INTO THE AIRPORT.

SO THE TURBULENCE STARTED.

AND, OF COURSE, NO ONE

REALLY PANICKED BECAUSE

TURBULENCE HAPPENS.

BUT IT STARTED TO GET

REALLY BAD.

Efrem: JUST SECONDS

BEFORE THE PLAN CRASHED,

SHE REMEMBERS TURNING TO

GOD.

I REMEMBER HOLDING MY

FRIEND BACK FROM ACROSS

THE AISLE.

AND SHE ASKED ME, WOO

SHOULD WWHATSHOULD WE DO?

AND I SAID, I THINK WE

SHOULD PRAY.

I COULD HEAR MYSELF SAY

THOSE WORDS.

AND THE NEXT THING I

REMEMBER IS JUST THIS

REALLY SHARP, METAL,

SCRAPING SOUNDS IN MY

EARS.

AND I MUST HAVE BLACKED

OUT BECAUSE THE NEXT THING

THAT HAPPENS IS I'M WAKING

UP IN A HOSPITAL IN SOUTH

AFRICA.

Efrem: SHE HAS

ENDURED MORE THAN 100

SURGERIES, AND ALTHOUGH

HER BODY IS COVERED IN

SCARS, SHE ISN'T HIDING.

SHE IS USING HER STORY AND

HER MUSICAL TALENT TO

SHINE A LIGHT ON GOD'S

LOVE AND HIS RESTORATION

POWER.

I WANT TO SHARE MY

VOICE WITH "AMERICA'S GOT

TALENT."

*

[CHEERING]

[APPLAUSE]

Efrem: YOU HAVE MORE

REASON TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON

"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT."

LET'S ALL PRAY AND CHEER

ON CATCHI.

SHE IS STILL IN THE

RUNNING FOR THE GROUND

PRIZE.

> STILL AHEAD ON "STUDIO

5," "GREY'S ANATOMY" STORY

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK.

WE ARE ALMOST OUT OF TIME

FORETHIFOR THIS EDITION OF

"STUDIO 5."

SO IT IS TIME TO LOOK

AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK.

*

Efrem: THE

20-SOMETHING ARTIST BEING

CALLED THE FUTURE OF

GOSPEL MUSIC.

ARE YOU UP ON STAGE

PINCHING YOURSELF, SAYING,

YOU KNOW, LORD, I CAN'T

BELIEVE YOU'VE DONE THIS?

WHAT IS THAT LIKE?

I DON'T PINCH MYSELF

UNTIL AFTER IT IS ALL

OVER.

IF YOU PINCH YOURSELF ON

STAGE, YOU MIGHT STOP

SINGING.

BUT IT IS VERY

INTERESTING.

IT IS VERY AMAZING.

MY ENTIRE LIFE, THIS

PARTICULAR SESSION WHERE

I'VE BEEN SINGING, THE

LAST FIVE YEARS, HAS BEEN

ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

Efrem: JONATHAN

McREYNOLDS SITS DOWN FOR

A CANDID CONVERSATION AND

JOINS US NEXT ON "STUDIO

5."

> THAT STORY IS COMING

NEXT WEEK.

AND I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU

WILL JOIN US.

WE HAVE ONE MORE WORD IN

THIS SHOW, AND IT COMES

FROM ACTRESS SARAH DREW.

PERHAPS YOU KNOW HER FROM

THE HIT SHOW "GREY'S

ANATOMY".

SHE HAS A PRACTICAL

PRESCRIPTION TO TREAT

UNHAPPINESS AND

FRUSTRATION, AND ITS THIS

WEEK'S FINAL WORD.

IN OUR CULTURE TODAY,

THERE IS A LOT -- IT'S

VERY ME FOCUSED.

AND IF I'M NOT HAPPY, I

NEED TO GO THERE.

IF I'M NOT HAPPY, I NEED

TO GO THERE.

AND THE THING THAT IS SO

DISAPPOINTING ABOUT THAT

MENTALITY IS THAT YOU'RE

JUST BRINGING ALL OF YOUR

JUNK TO THE NEXT PLACE, IF

YOU CUT AND RUN.

YOU JUST ARE.

YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY THOSE

PATTERNS OUT OVER AND OVER

AND OVER AGAIN.

AND THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING

TO LEARN THE BIGGER,

DEEPER THING THAT YOU NEED

TO LEARN WHILE YOU'RE

FIGHTING THROUGH THE JUNK

AND THE MESS OF IT.

Efrem: THANK YOU,

SARAH DREW.

THAT IS A GREAT WORD AND

THE FINAL WORD FOR THIS

EDITION OF "STUDIO 5."

UNTIL NEXT TIME, REACH OUT

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