Former Saturday Night Live star Victoria Jackson looks back at her battle against breast cancer. Plus, look inside the place helping our soldiers recover from the hidden wounds of war.
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> COMING UP. THE SURVIVOR
FROM
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
VICTORIA JACKSON LOOKS BACK
AT HER
BATTLE AGAINST BREAST CANCER.
PLUS HELPING TO RECOVER
FROM THE
HIDDEN WAR.
WE WANT TO REMIND YOU.
AND, A PROMISE FULFILLED
ON TODAY'S
"700 CLUB". *
Terry: HELLO, AND WELCOME
TO THE
"700 CLUB".
THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL
SAYS HE
HAS A COUNTRY THAT IS NO
BETTER THAN
CHRISTIANS FROM ALL AROUND
THE WORLD
AND TALKS ABOUT THE
PERSECUTED
CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER
NETANYAHU
EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF
CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL..
ISRAEL HAS NO BETTER
FRIENDS IN THE
WORLD THAN THE CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITIES
AROUND THE WORLD.
[ APPLAUSE ] AND ISRAEL IS
THE ONE
COUNTRY IN A VAST REGION
WHERE
CHRISTIANS NOT ONLY SURVIVE,
THEY
THRIVE.
HE ALSO CASTIGATED IRAN
FOR
PERSECUTING THE MILLIONS OF
CHRISTIANS.
CHRISTIAN LEADERS WERE
JAILED FOR
PRACTICING THEIR FAITH,
FAMILIES,
JAILED FOR YEARS FOR
PRACTICING
CHRISTIANITY.
THAT ALL RELIGIONS WILL SPIEL
JUSTICE
IN IRAN WHILE SO MANY
CHRISTIANS LIVED
IN CONSTANT TERROR.
HE TALKED ABOUT IRAN
BRINGING
SHIITE POWER.
SHIITE MILITIA, AFGHANS,
PAKISTANIS, THEY WANT TO
BRING THEM
NEXT TO THE HEIGHTS.
THIS IS THE WORSE KIND.
HE WAS ASKED WHY ISRAEL
WAS FACING
SO MANY CHALLENGES WHEN
DISASTER
STRIKES..
THEY SAID WHY DON'T YOU
GET OUT?
WE ARE NOT GETTING OUT OF IT.
ISRAEL IS A LIGHT ONTO THE
NATIONS..
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
Terry: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF
ISRAELI
PEOPLE TO THE WORLD ARE
BEYOND MEASURE.
GORDON ALWAYS SAYS THIS AND I
THINK
HE'S RIGHT, IF WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE
HISTORY THAT'S GOING ON IN
ISRAEL, WE
WON'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.
WE WANT
YOU TO GET THIS DVD CALLED
"IN OUR
HANDS, THE BATTLE FOR FOR
JERUSALEM"
IF YOU WANT TO GET A HOLD OF
THAT,
CALL TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:
1-800-700-7000 OR YOU CAN
ALSO GET IT
BY LOGGING ON TO CBN.COM.
WE ARE LIVING IN INTERESTING
TIMES AND
NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE
STAND FOR
WHAT WE STAND..
> FINALLY THE IF I RECALLS
IN
CALIFORNIA ARE TURNING THE
CORNER IN
FIGHTING THOSE MASSIVE FIRES.
WE HAVE THAT FROM JOHN IN OUR
NEWS
BUREAU IN WASHINGTON.
John: THANK YOU.
AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE ARE DEAD
FROM THE
FIRE AND IT'S BEING CALLED
ONE OF THE
GREATEST TRAGEDIES THAT
CALIFORNIA HAS
EVER FACED. BUT WITH LIGHTER
WINDS,
CONDITIONS ARE NOW IMPROVING..
AFTER A HARROWING ESCAPE
AND MUCH
DESTRUCTION, FINALLY SOME
SIGNS OF
HOPE. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THEY
ARE
STARTING TO GAIN A LEAD ON 15
FIRES
NOW RAGING IN CALIFORNIA'S
WINE
COUNTRY AND PARTS OF THE
STATE.
THIS IS DEVASTATING AND WORSE
IN
CALIFORNIA HISTORY WITH MORE
THAN
3,000 RESIDENCES AND
BUSINESSES
DESTROYED.
WITH 75,000 EVACUATIONS STILL
IN PLACE.
THAT NUMBER DOWN FROM WHAT
WAS 100,000.
FOR THOSE WHO DO GET TO
RETURN
HOME, MANY FIND LITTLE LEFT.
ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE
THIS BURNED
TO THE GROUND..
OUR WHOLE STREET IS GONE.
BOB SAYS HE LOST
EVERYTHING.
BUT THAT'S NOT STOPPING HIM
AND MANY
OTHERS FROM HELPING. HE'S
OPENED UP
GROCERY STORES TO FEED
FIREFIGHTERS
AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
OUR JOB IS TO CARE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. THIS IS MY FAMILY,
THESE
ARE MY PEOPLE..
FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE
COMING
TOGETHER AS MANY ARE
BEGINNING TO
REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
THANKS, JENNA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A
MEETING WITH
IMPORTANT SENATE LEADER MITCH
McCONEL.
HE'S NOT QUIET ABOUT HIS
FRUSTRATION
ESPECIALLY ABOUT REPEALING
OBAMACARE.
THEY ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
HOW THEY
CAN WORK TOGETHER AS THEY
PASS THE TOP
PRIORITY IN THE SENATE, TAX
REFORM.
MEANWHILE THE FEDERAL
RESERVE COULD
SOON CHANGE INTEREST RATES
AGAIN WHICH
COULD AFFECT THE GROWING
ECONOMY.
HE SAYS THE ECONOMY SHOULD
REBOUNDS BY
THE END OF THE YEAR.
IT SHOULD CHANGE THE FED
RATES FOR THE
THIRD TIME THIS YEAR.
> NOW THERE ARE ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENT DEVICES TO REPAIR
MUSCLES
AND BONES. ACCORDING TO THE
LONDON
TELEGRAPH, THE INVENTOR
BELIEVES THE
DEVICES WILL BE INJECTING IN
HUMAN
BODIES AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO
CONTROL
THINGS AROUND THEM. THAT IS
SIMPLY BY
THOUGHT OR GESTURE.
Terry: THE QUESTION BEGINS.
THE QUESTION IS OF COURSE
WHERE DOES
THAT END AND WHERE IS IT
TAKING US.
THANK YOU, JOHN.
STILL AHEAD, LAUNCHING A
COUNTER
ATTACK ON SOMETHING THAT IS
CLAIMING
THE LIVES OF OUR VETERANS.
WARRIORS COME TO THIS
PLACE BECAUSE
THERE IS HOPE AND THIS WHERE
HEALING
IS.
OPERATION RESTORED
WARRIOR, AFTER
THIS.
THIS.
Terry: THIS IS A STARTELING
STATISTIC.
IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED THAT A
MILITARY
VETERAN COMMITS SUICIDE EACH
HOUR OF
EVERY DAY. ONE ORGANIZATION
HOPES TO
CHANGE THAT BY HELPING THEM
FIGHT
THEIR WAY BACK TO
RESTORATION. MARK
MARTIN BRINGS US THAT STORY..
VETERANS FIGHTING OVERSEAS
FIGHT
NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY BUT
EMOTIONALLY AS
WELL MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO
MAKE LIFE
BACK AT HOME. CBN NEWS
TRAVELED TO THE
HEART OF COLORADO.
WITH ITS WIDE OPEN SPACES AND
LARGE
HORSE CORRAL, THEY RESEMBLE
THE
MIDWEST.
OPERATION RESTORED WARRIOR IS
A PLACE
FOR HEALING.
WHERE CORE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
CALLED
THE "DROP ZONE".
THE DROP ZONE IS WHERE YOU
TAKE THAT
GROUND. VERY OFTEN IN THESE
ENVIRONMENTS WE CALL IT A
RETREAT. I'M
GOING TO A RETREAT.
SO THAT TERM BROUGHT TO US
WHY ARE WE
RETREATING. NOW WE CALL IT A
COUNTER
ATTACK THAT APPEALS TO
WARRIORS..
THAT COUNTER ATTACK IS
REFUGE,
REBUILD AND RESTORE.
THEY COME HERE BECAUSE
IT'S A PLACE
TO OFFER HOPE.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THEY
KNOW THERE
IS SOME HOPE AND WHEN THEY
GET HERE
THEY FIND OUT THIS IS WHERE
HEALING IS
AND WHERE HOPE AND HEALING IS
HERE
BECAUSE JESUS IS HERE.
THE INTENSIVE PROGRAM
TARGETS
AREAS OF THE HEART THAT NEEDS
HEALING.
PSYCHOLOGY REVEALS JESUS
HEALS AND
IT'S BEEN PROVEN HUNDREDS OF
TIMES.
NAVY VETERAN PAUL WILLIAMS,
IT CAN BE
A LIFESAVER.
I HAD WRITTEN A NOTE AND I
WAS
READY TO GO.
IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, I WENT BACK TO MY
TRUCK TO
GO GET THE GUN AND IT WASN'T
THERE.
SO, I JUST START PRAISING
JESUS WITH
MY PRAISING WORSHIP MUSIC.
I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I NEED
TO GIVE
THIS OPERATION RESTORED
WARRIOR A SHOT.
THAT LED TO VICTORY.
I WAS ABLE TO GIVE HIM ALL
THE
TRASH THAT I HAD BEEN
CARRYING AND IT
FELT SO GOOD TO FINALLY JUST
LET IT
OUT.
I CAN'T THANK THIS
ORGANIZATION
ENOUGH. I CAME HERE FIGHTING
MORE MY
LIFE.
I'M GOING TO WALK AWAY A
CHAMPION.
I OWE THEM A LOT AND I'M
SUPER
THANKFUL FOR IT..
FORMER ATHEIST PAUL
STARTED THIS
PROGRAM 9 YEARS AGO.
JESUS PUT IT IN MY HEART
WITH A
GIFT TO RESCUE PEOPLE. I FELT
I HAD A
UNIQUE GIFT TO HEALING AS
WELL. I HAD
NO IDEA THAT IT HAD TO DO
WITH
ANYTHING SPIRITUAL. IN 2008,
I JUST
FELT THIS NUDGE THAT I HAD TO
DO
SOMETHING.
ORW, OUR FOCUS IS TO HEAL.
HE DEALT WITH SUICIDAL
THOUGHTS
BEFORE COMING TO ORW.
I WAS DEFINITELY A BROKEN
MAN,
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY WITH A
LOT OF
ANGER AND JUST FELT LOST.
I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE MY
PLACE
WAS AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO
FIND MY
PLACE EITHER.
HE TURNED TO CHRIST IN THE
DROP
ZONE AND DECIDED TO GET
BAPTIZED.
JORDAN CAME TO ME AND SAID
YOU
ACCEPTED HIM INTO YOUR LIFE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHOW THE
ACTION OF
IT? I SAID ABSOLUTELY, I
WOULD LOVE
TO.
RETIRED STEVE ALSO
ACCEPTED THE
PROGRAM..
THEY NOT ONLY HELP, THEY
HEAL.
I'M TELLING YOU IT'S TRUE.
BUILDING UP THE FAITH OF
THE MEN
ALSO ALLOWS FOR RECREATION
ACTIVITIES.
IT ALSO NOURISHES THE SOUL.
THE REASON WE DO THE
ACTIVITIES IS
THAT IT'S PART FOR MAN TO
HAVE
ADVENTURE IN LIFE. IT'S ONE
OF THE
CORE DESIRES OF A MAN. AS
PART OF THIS
RESTORATION PROCESS, WE WANT
TO REMIND
YOU THAT THERE IS ADVENTURE
OUT THERE.
THIS IS THE DROP ZONE
FACILITATOR.
HE ONCE TOO THOUGHT ABOUT
TAKING HIS
LIFE AND UNDERSTAND THE URGE
FOR
SUICIDE.
HE ENCOURAGES THOSE TO COME
TO THIS
PROGRAM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE..
DON'T WASTE ANOTHER MOMENT
TO REACH
OUT TO ASK FOR HELP. I USED
TO THINK I
WAS 10 FEET TALL AND BULLET
PROOF. YOU
CAN SURMISE WHAT I DID IN THE
AFTERNOON, BUT WHEN I REACHED
OUT, I
REALIZED I WAS STRONGER THAN
I WAS AND
IF YOU JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND
LEARN
WHAT JESUS IS ALL ABOUT AND
LET JESUS
TAKE IT FROM THERE.
OUR WARRIORS HAVE GIVEN
THEIR ALL
AND COME HOME AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT
HOW TO LIVE THEIR LIFE.
I HAVE COME ACROSS THREE
FORMER
MILITARY PEOPLE WHO HAVE
TAKEN THEIR
LIFE BECAUSE OF PTSD.
OUR PROGRAM AT CBN IS
SUPPORTING THIS
ORGANIZATION AND WE ARE
STRONG
BELIEVERS FOR WHAT THEY ARE
DOING AND
THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT
POSSIBLE.
MEET PATRICK, HE'S AN
INFANTRY SOLDIER
AND NEWLY WED TO CHRISTINA.
WE GAVE THIS COUPLE A MUCH
NEEDED HAND
UP.
PATRICK AND CHRISTINA
DIDN'T HAVE
MUCH TIME TO SETTLE INTO
MARRIED LIFE.
PATRICK IS AN INFANTRY
SOLDIER AND
SCHEDULED TO LEAVE IN 6
MONTHS..
WHAT HE DOES IS SCARY, BUT
HE'S
WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR THE
COUNTRY
THAT HE LOVES..
BOTH OF THEM SAY WHAT
REALLY SEE'S
THEM THROUGH IS PRAYER..
I PRAY ALL THE TIME. I
PRAY THAT
SHE'S SAFE AND HE KEEPS ME AS
WELL.
I HAVE LEFT SEVERAL TIMES.
GOD KEEPS US STRONG AND
KEEPING ME
STRONG AND KEEPS ME CALM AND
KEEPS ME
GOING..
THEY ARE ALSO PRAYING FOR
THEIR
FINANCES, AS THEY LIVE ON HIS
SALARY
AND SHE WORKS PART-TIME AND
GOES TO
SCHOOL. THE COUPLE COULDN'T
AFFORD TO
BUY FURNITURE TO GET THEIR
HOUSE
TOGETHER..
WHEN I LEAVE, I DON'T WANT
HER
SITTING ON THE FLOOR.
I DON'T WANT HER TO HAVE ANY
ISSUES TO
WORRY ABOUT EXCEPT SCHOOL AND
HER JOB
WHEN I'M GONE.
THE COUPLE ATTENDED
PREMARITAL
COUNSELING WITH MINISTRY
LEADERS
MICHELLE BOWEN. THEY
CONTACTED US AND
WE STARTED PLANNING.
DON AND MICHELLE INVITED THE
NEWLY
WEDS TO THEIR HOME.
IT FIXED EVERYTHING.
HELP ON THE HOME FRONT
WANTS TO BUY
YOU FURNITURE AND BLESS YOU
ALL WITH
SOME FURNITURE.
AS A NEWLY WED COUPLE GOING
INTO
DEPLOYMENT, MAYBE YOU CAN PUT
THAT
MONEY INTO SAVINGS.
YOU GOT YOURSELF A HOME.
ISN'T THAT AWESOME?
YES, THIS IS AWESOME.
YEAH.
AFTER ARRANGING TO FIX THE
TRUCK,
THEY WENT TO ASHLEY HOME
FURNITURE TO
PICK OUT WHAT THEY NEEDED.
ASHLEY WAS HAPPY TO GIVE CBN
A
DISCOUNT.
THE NEWLY WEDS WERE ABLE TO
ENJOY
THEIR NEW HOME..
THIS IS A WONDERFUL
BLESSING.
I HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO DO
IT.
Terry: THANK YOU, CBN
PARTNERS, YOU
ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
SUPPORTING ALL
THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH
VETERANS WHO
ARE RETURNING HOME AND TRYING
TO
PROCESS BACK INTO LIFE AFTER
TRAUMA AS
WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE
CURRENTLY
SERVING IN THE MILITARY WHO
ARE
HELPING THE HOME FRONT
PROGRAM. HOW DO
YOU BECOME A CBN CLUB MEMBER?
YOU GO
TO THE PHONE AND JUST SAY, I
WANT TO
JOIN THE "700 CLUB". THAT'S
MEMBER:
$20 A MONTH, JUST $0.65 A DAY
WHICH
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH.
BUT WHEN YOU AND I LINK ARMS
TOGETHER,
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
THE
PEOPLE'S LIVES WHO ARE IN
NEED AND
NEED A HAND UP.
I WOULD LOVE YOU TO BE A PART
OF THAT.
WOULD YOU GO TO YOUR PHONE TO
DO THAT.
TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER:
1-800-700-7000. IT'S EASY TO
REMEMBER.
YOU CAN ALSO JOINS US BY
LOGGING ONTO
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ALSO TO THANK YOU, WE'LL SEND
YOU
PAT'S LATEST DVD.
WE NEED TO ALL BE IN THE WORD
AND
LIVING BY THE WORD. GET THIS
NOW AND
AT THE SAME TIME YOU WILL
HAVE THE
SATISFACTION KNOWING YOU ARE
MAKING A
HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES
OF OTHERS.
COMING UP, ONE COUPLE
STRUGGLES WITH
INFERTILITY.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN TO US.
WE ARE JUST FOOLS.
I STRUGGLED WITH GOD
DURING THAT
TIME BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS
SO MEAN.
SEE THE BEAUTIFUL END TO
THEIR
STORY THAT WENT TO MORE THAN
20 YEARS
IN THE MAKING. THAT'S NEXT.
Terry: THANK YOU ALL, CBN
Terry: THANK YOU ALL, CBN
PARTNERS.
WE ARE ABLE TO BE THERE
DURING THESE
NATURAL DISASTERS BECAUSE OF
YOUR
KINDNESS AND COMPASSION AND
GENEROSITY. WE SAY THANK YOU..
WELL, OUR NEXT STORY COMES
FROM THE
TEAM AT MOVING WORKS. IT'S
BEEN SEEN
BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN OUR
LIVES.
IT'S ABOUT A YOUNG BOY WHO
LIKES TO
SPEND TIME WITH GOD. THIS IS
A PROMISE
THAT CAME TRUE MORE THAN 20
YEARS
LATER. TAKE A LOOK..
I GREW UP WITH MY PARENTS
ON THEIR
PROPERTY. I LOVE NATURE.
I WOULD BE TALKING TO GOD AND
WE WOULD
BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION
AND I
DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS STRANGE
OR
UNUSUAL. I WOULD JUST PRAY TO
HIM AND
HE WOULD SPEAK TO ME.
I WAS ABOUT 10-12 YEARS OLD.
IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DAY, GOD GIVES
ME A VERY
VIVID PICTURE OF A LITTLE
GIRL.
I'M SWINGING HER AROUND IN MY
PARENT
'S YARD.
GOD SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE
YOUR
DAUGHTER AND HER NAME IS
GOING TO BE
CHLOE.
WHILE I WAS GROWING
TOGETHER, HE
MOVED TO TOWN THE YEAR I WAS
BORN.
WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER MY
WHOLE LIFE.
WHEN I WAS TEN, WE MOVED
RIGHT ACROSS
THE PASTURE FROM HIM.
HE WAS IN MY AGE GROUP.
I WENT TO A UNIVERSITY 30
MINUTES FROM
WHERE HE WAS LIVING. HE CAME
TO HELP
ME GET SETTLED AND INTO A
CHURCH. WE
STARTED SPENDING MORE TIME
TOGETHER
AND WE WERE SITTING IN HIS
CAR TALKING
ABOUT WHAT OUR DREAMS WERE
FOR THE
FUTURE. I SAID GOD WANTED TO
MAKE ME A
MOM. THAT'S MORE THAN I
WANTED.
I HAD A NAME PICKED OUT FOR
MY
DAUGHTER AND HE SAID, I DO
TOO.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS WEIRD.
I THOUGHT, WHAT'S HER
NAME? AND
SHE SAID CHLOE.
HE SAID, YOU ARE NOT GOING
TO
BELIEVE THIS.
GOD GAVE ME THE NAME CHLOE.
IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE. IN
HIS
DREAM HE THOUGHT HE WOULD
MARRY A
WOMAN WITH OLIVE SKIN.
I THINK WE KNEW EARLY ON
WE WERE
GOING TO GET MARRIED. IT FELT
LIKE
HOME TO ME FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING. I
FELT, THIS IS WHERE I BELONG
WITH THIS
GUY.
WHEN WE FIRST GOT MARRIED, WE
DECIDED
WE WANTED TO WAIT A LITTLE
WHILE TO
HAVE CHILDREN.
WE DECIDED TO TRAVEL WITH
SOME
MINISTRIES. WE THOUGHT IT
WOULD HAPPEN
IMMEDIATELY.
MONTHS TURNED INTO YEARS AND
PRETTY
SOON WE WERE FOUR YEARS INTO
TRYING
AND STILL NOTHING.
I HAD ALWAYS CLUNG ONTO
THIS
PROMISE THAT GOD WOULD GIVE
ME ABOUT
MY DAUGHTER, BUT IT WAS
STARTING TO
GET HARD TO WAIT.
IT WAS REALLY HARD.
IT WAS REALLY, I DON'T KNOW,
I THINK I
STRUGGLED WITH QUESTIONING
GOD'S
GOODNESS IN THAT TIME BECAUSE
I JUST
FELT IT WAS SO MEAN, LIKE
SUCH A MEAN
THING TO DO.
YEAH.
SORRY.
YEAH, SO THERE WAS AT LEAST A
FOUR 1/2
YEAR PERIOD THAT I WOULD SAY
IT WAS
REALLY HARD ON US
INDIVIDUALLY, IN OUR
MARRIAGE AND ALSO LIKE THE
WAY WE WERE
RELATING WITH GOD ESPECIALLY
FOR ME. I
FELT LIKE IS GOD GOOD EVEN
THOUGH WHEN
HE'S NOT DOING THINGS THAT I
WOULD SAY
IS GOOD.
ALL OF HER CHILDREN WERE
HAVING
KIDS AND SHE WOULD JUST SMILE
AND
EVERY TIME WE HEARD ABOUT
PEOPLE
HAVING KIDS, WE WERE
DEVASTATED
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN TO
US. WE ARE FOOLS AND WE WANT
KIDS AND
THIS IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE HAD FRIENDS PRAYING FOR
US. THEY
SAID THIS GROUP I'M PART OF
IS PRAYING
FOR YOU GUYS.
THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL TO
FEEL THE
BODY OF CHRIST IN A LARGER
SCALE LIKE
STANDING WITH YOU THROUGH
SOMETHING..
SHE SAID, MAYBE WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO
ADOPT. I WAS ADAMANT ABOUT
THAT
SITUATION.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ADOPT?
I SAID, I DON'T WANT, I
CALLED IT A
BAND AID BABY.
I DIDN'T WANT JUST A FIX. I
DIDN'T
WANT JUST SOME KID.
I WANTED THE KID THAT WE WERE
SUPPOSED
TO HAVE.
GOD PROGRESSED ME FROM BEING
ADAMANT
TO ADOPTION. I SAID, YOU
KNOW, I WANT
THE KID THAT GOD WANTS. MAYBE
IT'S NOT
SUPPOSED TO COME THROUGH
BIOLOGICAL
MEANS, MAYBE IT'S SUPPOSED TO
BE
ADOPTION..
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I THINK WE ARE VERY
EXCITED TO
ADOPT, BUT WAITING WILL BE
HARD..
I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT WHILE
WE WERE
AT HIS SISTERS HOUSE THERE
WAS AN
E-MAIL AND IT SAID IT'S A
GIRL.
IT WAS FROM THE ADOPTION
AGENCY AND
IT SAID, YOU ARE GOING TO BE
PARENTS.
I LOOKED AT THE E-MAIL AND I
COULDN'T
BELIEVE IT..
AMY GETS THIS -- E-MAIL
AND IS
SUPER EXCITED. I THOUGHT I'M
GOING TO
WAIT AND SEE.
THE NAME CHLOE IS COMPLETELY
OFF THE
TABLE. WE'VE ABANDONED IT.
WE DECIDED IT WAS A FLUKE
THING, A
COINCIDENCE THAT WE LIKED
THAT NAME.
IT WAS NOTHING. WE EVEN
TALKED ABOUT A
DIFFERENT NAME.
THE SOCIAL WORKER WORKING
WITH US AND
SAID THE BIRTH MOTHER WOULD
LIKE TO
MEET WITH YOU BEFORE SHE HAS
THE BABY.
WE SAID, OKAY, WE'LL TAKE THE
TRIP TO
UTAH.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE
YOU
NERVOUS?
WE WENT TO THE HOW --
HOUSE WHERE
SHE WAS LIVING AND SHE OPENED
THE DOOR.
SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND IT
WAS THIS
LITTLE GIRL GROWN UP VERSION
IN MY
DREAM.
IN THAT SECOND, THAT NAME WAS
BACK ON
THE TABLE..
WE WASN'T TO TALK WITH HER
FOR
ABOUT 3 HOURS OR SO.
WE ASKED HER HAVE YOU THOUGHT
ABOUT A
NAME? SHE SAID, YES, I WAS
THINKING
ABOUT CALLING HER CHLOE.
WE WERE BOTH FLOORED.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY.
I JUST KNOW I WAS UGLY
CRYING..
WE WERE WEEPING AND SHE
SAID, YOU
HATE THE NAME? I SAID NO, WE
LOVE
THIS NAME.
GOD TOLD US THAT WE LOVE THIS
GAME.
I WANT TO NAME HER CHLOE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD
STICK WITH
IT AND MAYBE YOU WOULD HAVE
SOMETHING
ELSE. THAT'S WHY I PUT IT OUT
THERE TO
CALL HER CHLOE. AND I SAID,
OKAY, I'M
SORRY.
ALL THOSE DOUBTS ABOUT
HAVING THE
BAND AID BABY WERE OUT OF THE
WINDOW.
IT FELT LIKE I JUST HAD FULL
BODY
SHIVERS. IT WAS LIKE THE HOLY
SPIRIT
WAS JUST RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS SO MUCH A GOD
THING THAT'S
GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
YOU HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR IT
FOR A
LONG TIME. BEFORE YOU EVEN
CONCEIVED,
WE KNEW YOUR NAME AND I THINK
WE KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK
LIKE, I
DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'LL SEE.
I LOVE IT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
YOU.
THIS SURREAL PRESENCE OF
GOD WAS
WITH US AND I FELT HIM
SAYING, DO YOU
SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU? I
HAVE BEEN
WRITING THIS STORY.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA. I HAVE BEEN
WRITING
THIS STORY FOR YEARS SINCE
WALT WAS A
KID..
ARE YOU NERVOUS?
A LITTLE BIT.
I WAS CRAZY NERVOUS THAT
MORNING. I
REMEMBER GOING TO THE
HOSPITAL AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN IT WAS HAPPENING
AND THE
DOCTOR CAME AND SAID, OKAY,
SHE IS
READY.
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY
NOW.
I REMEMBER BUSTLING AROUND
AND CHLOE
WAS THERE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE WAS THERE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
I'M GOOD..
AFTER YEARS OF
ANTICIPATING THIS
CHILD, SHE'S FINALLY HERE..
I REMEMBER HOLDING HER AND
LOOKING
AT HER FACE THINKING I'M YOUR
MOM. IT
FELT SO WEIRD TO SAY THOSE
WORDS.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, I'M THE
FATHER OF
THIS CHILD AND I'M COMPLETELY
OWNING
IT.
WE ARE JUST AMAZED AT WHAT
GOD HAS
DONE..
HE WAS WHISPERING TO ME IN
THAT
MOMENT SAYING I HAVE BEEN
HERE THAT
WHOLE TIME WALKING WITH YOU
SAYING
TRUST ME, TRUST ME, TRUST ME.
I HAVE
GOT SOMETHING GOOD UP AHEAD..
IT'S A CONSTANT STRUGGLE
TO FIT IN
HIS SOVEREIGNTY AND WHEN
EVERYTHING IS
FALLING APART IN YOUR MIND,
JUST TO
WAIT.
THERE WERE SO MANY PATIO
EM --
PEOPLE THAT GOT TO CELEBRATE
WITH US.
I CAN'T EVEN COUNT THE NUMBER
OF
PEOPLE WHO CAME WHO SAID THEY
HAD
PRAYED FOR US AND WAITED FOR
THIS BABY
WITH US AND HOW OUR PRAYING
HAD SPOKEN
TO THEM.
IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT THE
BABY, BUT ALL
THE PEOPLE THAT GOD WANTED TO
TOUCH
AND ENCOURAGE THROUGH THIS
BLESSED
CENTER.
IT'S NOT RANDOM. IT'S
AMAZING. IT'S
A MIRACLE.
THIS ONLY SPEAKS OF GOD.
PEOPLE CAN
SAY, IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE,
YOU KNOW.
YOU CAN'T CONVINCE ME OF THAT.
I THINK GOD IS INCREDIBLE.
I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE THE
WAY THAT
HE BLENDS THE STARS WITH HIS
FACE AND
THAT SAME GOD WHO KEEPS THE
WORLD FROM
FALLING APART. HE LOVES ME.
WITH OR WITHOUT US HAVING A
CHILD,
THAT'S WHAT HE TAUGHT ME
THROUGH THIS.
HE LOVES ME AND I CAN BE SO
SECURE IN
THAT LOVE, AND TO BE ABLE TO
TRUST
THAT IT'S THE GREATEST GIFT.
Terry: THIS IS WALT AND
ANNE'S STORY
BUT IN ALL SENSE, THIS IS OUR
STORY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
WAITING FOR
IN YOUR LIFE, BUT IS IT
GOODNESS WHEN
GOD'S PLANS AWAITS FOR US.
WALK IN THAT AND NOT BE
WEARY, THOUGH
RUN AND NOT FAINT.
WAIT ON THE LORD. ANOTHER
WORD FOR
SAFE IS TRUST.
IS TRUSTING THAT HE IS GOOD.
THAT THE GOOD HE PROMISES TO
THOSE WHO
LOVE HIM ACCORDING TO HIS
PURPOSES ARE
TRUE, ARE REAL, ARE AVAILABLE.
GOD KNOWS YOUR NAME.
JUST LIKE HE KNEW CHLOE'S
NAME AND
JUST LIKE HE KNEW WALT AND
ANNE'S
NAME. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK
OUR
FRIENDS AT THE CHRISTIAN
MINISTRY.
YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL
VERSION OF
CHLOE AND OTHER SHOWS LIKE
THIS FOR
FREE AT THEIR WEBSITE MOVING
WORKS.ORG.
SHE WAS MORE THAN JUST AN
ACTRESS,
SHE'S A CANCER SURVIVOR.
SHE TELLS US HER STORY WHEN
.
WELCOME BACK TO THE "700
CLUB".
THE DEATH TOLL IS STILL
CLIMBING IN
SOMALIA. MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE
WERE
KILLED AND MANY SERIOUSLY
HURT
SATURDAY. IT WAS THE WORSE
EVER
POWERFUL BOMB BLAST.
NO ONE IS CLAIMING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE ATTACK. BUT THE
GOVERNMENT IS
BLAMING THE EXTREMIST GROUP
AL-QAIDA..
THERE ARE MANY CHILDREN
WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS AND BEING
DENIED MEDICAL
ATTENTION AND THERAPY.
PARENTS ARE OFTEN FORCED TO
LEAVE
THEIR CAREERS AND CARE FOR
THEIR KIDS.
"ORPHAN'S PROMISE" THROUGH A
GROUP
CALLED FEED THE LIGHT
INCLUDING
SERVICES AND HELPING FAMILIES
AT NO
COST. THEY ARE NOW ENJOYING
THEIR
LIVES. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT
CBN.COM/INTERNATIONAL. TERRY
WILL BE
RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
Terry: A REUNION SHOW FOR
SATURDAY
NIGHT LIVE, VICTORIA JACKSON
HAD A
MEMORABLE ONE LINER.
"WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME? ".
SHE SAYS SHE NO LONGER WANTS
TO BE
SILENT.
VICTORIA JACKSON,
DELIGHTED
AUDIENCES DURING HER 6 YEARS
ON
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
A NAGGING COUGH FORCED HER TO
SEE A
DOCTOR AND TESTS SHOWED SHE
HAD STAGE
3 BREAST CANCER. SHE USED HER
HUMOR TO
GET THROUGH THIS CANCER SCARE
IN HER
LIFE.
Terry: IT'S GREAT TO HAVE
YOU HERE.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED
WITH CANCER,
I WANT TO SAY YOU WRITE SO
POIGNANTLY
ABOUT IT, AND WHAT PEOPLE
THINK WHEN
I'M DIAGNOSED WHAT CAUSED IT.
RIGHT, YOU KNOW YOU SAY IS
IT THE
SUGAR AND IS IT STRESS. YOU
THINK OF
EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER DONE
SINCE YOU
WERE BORN.
EXACTLY.
AND THEN COMES THE MOMENT
WHICH I
THINK IS THE HARDEST PART OF
IT, WELL,
IT'S ALL HARD, MAYBE ONE OF
THE
HARDEST PARTS.
IS HAVING TO DECIDE THE
TREATMENT THAT
THEY LEAVE IT TO YOU FOR THE
TREATMENT
DECISION..
FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE
TELLING YOU
TAKE THE CHEMO, DON'T TAKE
THE CHEMO
AND TAKE THE RADIATION AND
DON'T TAKE
THE RADIATION. HOW DID YOU
DEAL WITH
THAT?
I WENT INTO MY PRAYER
CLOSET.
SORRY, I'M LOOKING IN THE
MIRROR. I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO WEAR.
YOU LOOK GREAT..
I'M A LITTLE DISTRACTED.
WHEN I SAW THE MOVIE WAR
ROOM, I
WAS INSPIRED TO MAKE A CLOSET
INTO A
PRAYER ROOM AND I HAVE THIS
WRITING ON
THE WALL AND IT SAYS "CANCER"
ON THE
WALL WITH A SHARPY.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I ASKED MY ONCOLOGIST WHAT
CAN I NOT
DO SO I DON'T GET IT AGAIN?
HE SAID,
THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR
QUESTION.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT WHAT
CAUSES IT.
HALF OF MY FRIENDS DRANK AND
SMOKE AND
HALF OF THEM DIDN'T AND THEY
HAVE
BREAST CANCER.
HOW DO YOU PUT THAT
ALTOGETHER?
YEAH. I WENT TO THE LORD
AND SAID,
HOW COME MY FRIENDS HAVE
CHEMO AND
THEY LOVE YOU.
THE NEXT DAY, I WALKED INTO A
RESTAURANT AND MY FRIEND
MANDY SHAVED
HER HEAD IN HONOR OF HER
FRIEND WHO
WAS DYING OF CANCER WHEN I
WAS
DIAGNOSED. THE LORD
SOMETIMES, HE
DOESN'T HEAL PEOPLE.
EXACTLY.
IT'S UP TO HIM. TO ME IT'S
TO LOVE
CHRIST.
IT'S A WIN WIN IF YOU ARE A
BELIEVE. I
WANTED TO LIVE THAT VERSE,
NOT JUST
KNOW IT BY HEART.
I WANTED TO LIVE IT.
I SHOULD BE HAPPY IF I'M
GOING TO SEE
THE LORD THIS YEAR.
YOU RAN INTO YOUR FRIEND
IN THE
COFFEE SHOP. IT WAS LIKE THE
STORY WE
JUST SAW WHERE GOD SENSED A
WORD AT
THE MOMENT THAT YOU NEEDED IT.
YEAH, EXACTLY, THE NEXT
DAY.
AFTER I ASKED FOR A SIGN. I
RAN INTO
MANDY, HER HEAD IS SHAVED AND
I SAID,
MANDY, I HAVE CANCER.
SHE SAID WHAT, GET CHEMO..
THAT'S INTERESTING.
I SAID WHY DID YOU SAY THAT
TO ME?
BECAUSE JOEY DIDN'T GET IT
BECAUSE
SHE HAD A NEW BABY AND SHE
WANTED TO
BREAST-FEED HIM.
IT'S HARD TO MAKE THESE BIG
DECISIONS
AND WE HAVE TO ASK GOD..
ALONG THE WAY YOU HAVE ALL
OF THESE
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING LIKE
HAIR LOSS WHICH IS NO FUN FOR
ANYBODY.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU HAD
A RAGGEDY
ANNE WIG.
I LIKED THAT.
I WORE IT TO THE DOCTOR ONE
TIME.
THAT'S MY FAVORITE NURSE.
I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT
FIT MY
PERSONALITY LIKE THE SCARF
THING. I
WAS LIKE A FORTUNE TELLER AND
PEOPLE
WOULD TELL ME TO READ THEIR
PALM.
IF YOU DO IT LONG ENOUGH, YOU
MAY GET
A BIG TIP.
BUT I FELT COMFORTABLE IN
THIS LAVISH
WIG AND THE OTHER REASON IS I
WROTE
THIS LOVE SONG TO MY HUSBAND.
YOU ARE ALSO VERY CANDID
ABOUT YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR
HUSBAND AND THE
THING THAT SWINGS US IN LIFE
IN ONE
WAY OR ANOTHER. WAS IT HARD
TO SAY,
WHAT DO I SAY?
YEAH, MY FAMILY WAS WHAT
DO YOU
CALL IT?
REAL..
MY FAMILY THOUGHT I WAS
WAY TOO
CANDID, BUT MY PUBLISHER
THOUGHT I WAS
OKAY.
WHEN I WAS IN CLASS, THEY
SAID USE
DETAILS. SO, I DID.
MAYBE TOO MANY DETAILS. I
TOLD MY
HUSBAND, LET'S WRITE A BOOK
AFTER THIS
ONE.
HOW GOD SAVED OUR MARRIAGE.
AND YOU CAN EXPRESS HOW YOU
FELT ABOUT
THE DETAILS, WHATEVER.
BUT THE THING IS WE ARE STILL
MARRIED
AND 1 DAY AT A TIME.
MARRIAGE IS HARD AND
ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU GO THROUGH BREAST CANCER.
MY ONCOLOGIST SAYS HALF THE
MARRIAGES
DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH.
Terry: IT'S ALL 1 DAY AT A
TIME,
ISN'T IT?
YES.
THE OTHER THING THAT
STRUCK ME IN
YOUR BOOK BECAUSE YOU ARE SO
FUNNY AND
SEE LIFE IN A WAY THAT IS
MORE
PALATABLE FOR THE REST OF US.
YOU HAVE
THE READER LAUGHING IN 1
MINUTE AND
THEN YOU DROPPED IN A
POWERFUL
SCRIPTURE THAT MAKES YOU GO,
OH, YES..
WE HAVE THESE WEAKNESSES
AND SINS
AND JOKES.
BUT THE BIBLE IS LIKE THE
ROCK. HIS
WORD, JESUS IS THE WORD,
RIGHT?
YES.
THE WORD GETS EVERYTHING
TO CALM
DOWN.
IT BRINGS EVERYTHING IN
PERSPECTIVE.
EXACTLY.
YOU BROUGHT YOUR INSTRUMENT
WITH YOU.
I HAD TO DO THIS SOMEHOW..
PLAY SOME FOR US.
I WROTE THIS SONG.
MY HAIR WAS GRAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS BLONDE.
SHE SAYS IT'S NOT GRAY, IT'S
LAVENDER.
YOU KNOW HOW IT'S THE NEW
STYLE AND MY
HUSBAND OUT OF THE CORNER OF
MY EYES
IS SAYING, YEAH, IT'S SO
LAVENDER.
I THOUGHT WASN'T THAT CUTE
THAT HE WAS
TRYING TO MAKE ME FEEL
PRETTY. SO, I
WROTE THIS TO HIM..
HE SEE'S ME EXHAUSTED NOT
HEAVY.
HE HEARS ME WISE.
HE THINKS I'M TERRIFIC WHEN I
SEE
NOTHING AT ALL. HE'S SEEING
ME AS
FUNNY AND NOT SILLY AND
GRACEFUL AS
FRED A STAIR.
HE DOESN'T NOTICE THE GRAY,
BUT SAYS I
HAVE LAVENDER HAIR.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TAKE
AWAY FROM
WOMEN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
WHAT YOU
DID FOR WOMEN WITH LAVENDER
HAIR.
WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE
AWAY FROM
THE BOOK?
I WANT THEM TO TAKE AWAY
FROM THE
BOOK ROMANS 8: 28. I WANT
THEM TO
KNOW THAT IF THEY ARE A
BELIEVER, IT'S
A WIN WIN NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS..
IT'S A GREAT BOOK.
THANK YOU..
THERE IS MORE TO
VICTORIA'S STORY.
WE ARE SKIMMING THE SURFACE,
THE BOOK
IS CALLED "LAVENDER HAIR 21
DEVOTIONS
FOR WOMEN".
GET YOUR COPY. WE ARE GOING
TO BE BACK
TO PRAY FOR YOUR NEEDS WHEN
WE COME
BACK.
Terry: I WANT TO STRENGTHEN
Terry: I WANT TO STRENGTHEN
YOUR
FAITH WITH A COUPLE OF PRAYER
REPORTS.
DORIS RECEIVED A CALL THAT
HER NEPHEW
BRAD RECEIVED A TERRIBLE
INJURY. HE
HAD MASSIVE BLEEDING IN HIS
BRAIN.
SHE CALLED FOR HELP AS
DOCTORS SAID HE
HAD TO GO INTO SURGERY.
BRAD WAS HEALED.
HIS DOCTOR SAID I THOUGHT I
WAS TO
OPERATE, BUT HE WAS HEALED.
PAT NEEDED PRAYER FOR
ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION.
IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE HAD
AND
IMMEDIATELY HE FELT HEALED
AND HAD NO
HEART PROBLEMS AND DOES NOT
NEED
ANYMORE MEDICATION.
LET'S PRAY FOR THE GOD THAT
WE SERVE
AND ASK HIM TO MOVE WITH
WHATEVER YOUR
NEEDS MIGHT BE.
FATHER, WHAT WONDERFUL
STORIES WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO WATCH TODAY AS
WE HEARD
AGAIN THE FACT THAT YOU ARE
WRITING
OUR STORY TODAY AND ALREADY
IN OUR
TOMORROW. YOU KNOW OUR STORY
IN THE
PALM OF YOUR HAND THAT THERE
IS NOT A
THOUGHT OR PLACE THAT WE GO
OR THING
WE DO THAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
WE BRING TO YOU TODAY GOD OUR
NEEDS TO
THOSE WHO ARE SICK, THOSE WHO
ARE
QUESTIONING TREATMENT
OPTIONS, THOSE
WHO ARE FEARFUL OF DEATH GOD,
WE PRAY
FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEALING
WITH
ADDICTIONS. AND TO THE LIVES
OF THE
SOUL OF PEOPLE BRING US
CLOSER TO YOU
AND YOUR POWER.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. WE LIVE
YOU WITH
THIS PRAYER.
"BUT THANKS BE TO GOD! HE
GIVES US
THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD
JESUS
CHRIST." (1 CORINTHIANS
15:57, NIV)
GOD BLESS YOU.