THIS IS ACTUAL BRINGING

A REVIVAL TO THE ISLAND.

I THINK PUERTO RICO IS

GOING TO BE A MAIN FOCUS

POINT IN THE CARIBBEAN,

WHO KEEPS SHARING THE

GOSPEL.

THIS WEEK ON "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS," PUERTO RICO

WAS DEVASTATED BY TWIN

HURRICANES LAST YEAR.

NOW SEE WHY SOME THERE ARE

CALLING THE STORMS

BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE.

PLUS...A GAS ATTACK IN

SYRIA.

LEARN HOW CHRISTIAN RELIEF

TEAMS ARE RISKING THEIR

LIVES TO HELP THE VICTIMS.

AND...AS JEWS WORLDWIDE

REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST, WE

EXPLORE THE NEWEST EXHIBIT

AT YAD VASHEM.

*

HELBOW, EVERYONE,

WELCOMHELLO, EVERYONE.I'M GEORGE THOMAS, A
ND YOU

ARE?

I'M WENDY GRIFFITH.

AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT.

THIS IS TRUE.

MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT

HURRICANE MARIA DEVASTATED

MOST OF PUERTO RICO LAST

SEPTEMBER.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT,

BUT WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW

IS THE STORM ALSO PAVED

THE WAY FOR A SPIRITUAL

REVIVAL.

HEATHER SELLS BRINGS US

THIS REPORT ON THE GROWTH

OF THE CHURCH IN PUERTO

RICO.

Heather: PUERTO RICO

HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF SO

MUCH IN THE WAKE OF

HURRICANE MARIA, BUT WHAT

IS FLOURISHING HERE IS THE

CHURCH.

THE STORY OF THE ISOLATED

MOUNTAIN VILLAGE OF COMA.

RIO TELLS IT ALL.

GEORGE LEFT FOR MORE

OPPORTUNITY IN THE STATES,

BUT LAST SUMMER CALLED HIM

BACK TO START A CHURCH IN

HIS HOME TOWN.

AT FIRST NOTHING SEEMED TO

BE HAPPENING.

WHEN WE CAME HERE IN

JULY 2017, WE DIDN'T HAVE

A CHANCE TO OPEN THE BIBLE

AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO

THE PEOPLE.

Heather: BUT JUST TWO

MONTHS LATER, HURRICANE

MARIA TURNED THIS PRETTY

MOUNTAIN STREAM INTO A

RAGING RIVER, AND THE

PEOPLE OF THIS TOWN WERE

PARALYZED.

THEIR TOWN IN SHAMBLES,

AND THEIR ACCESS TO FOOD

AND WATER, GONE.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT

I WAS SEEING.

IT WAS DESTRUCTION

EVERYWHERE.

Heather: SANTIAGO

QUICKLY SPRANG INTO

ACTION.

USING HIS SOUTHERN BAPTIST

DENOMINATION TO FIND

RESOURCES, LIKE FOOD,

WATER, AND EVEN WASHING

MACHINES, SO PEOPLE COULD

WASH THEIR CLOTHES.

THESE ACTS OF SERVICE, HE

SAYS, BECAME HIS WAY BACK

INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HIS

PATH TO SHARING THE

GOSPEL.

PEOPLE WERE JUST BLOWN

AWAY, AND WERE ASKING ALL

OF THE TIME, WHY ARE YOU

GUYS DOING THIS?

Heather: SINCE THE

STORM, AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE

HAVE COME TO CHRIST IN

COMO RIO, AND HE HAS

STARTED WHAT HE CALLS A

BABY CHURCH FOR THE NEW

BELIEVERS.

HE PLACED US IN PUERTO

RICO IN THE RIGHT MOMENT,

THE PERFECT MOMENT FOR ONE

CHURCH TO GIVE BIRTH.

Heather: CARLOS

RODRIGUEZ OVERSEES CHURCH

PLANTING ON THE ISLAND FOR

THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, AND

SAYS MARIA HAS PAVED THE

WAY FOR ENORMOUS SPIRITUAL

GROWTH.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PASSION

ACROSS PUERTO RICO, NO ONE

WOULD SAY THAT HURRICANE

MARIA WAS A BAD THING IN A

WAY.

IN THE HUMAN PERSPECTIVE,

OF COURSE.

STILL, WE HAVE A LOT OF

PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AND

IN LIMITED SITUATIONS.

BUT FROM THE SPIRITUAL

PERSPECTIVE, EVERYONE

SAID, NO, IT WAS A

BLESSING.

Heather: SOUTHERN

BAPTISTS SEE A UNIQUE

OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE POURING HUNDREDS

OF VOLUNTEERS AND

RESOURCES INTO THE

TERRITORY IN HOPES OF

WINNING MORE FOR CHRIST.

PASTOR FARLON IS WORKING

WITH MISSION TEAMS FROM

THE STATES AND WATCHING

PEOPLE COME TO THE LORD.

THIS IS ACTUALLY

BRINGING A REVIVAL TO THE

ISLAND.

JUST BY HELPING PEOPLE PUT

A TENT UP, OR JUST CUTTING

THE TREES, JUST STUFF THAT

IS SIMPLE, PROBABLY, FOR

MANY OF US, BUT FOR THEM

IT MEANS A LOT.

Heather: IN SAN JUAN,

MARIA DAMAGED PASTOR

GABRIEL'S CHURCH, BUT IT

DIDN'T STOP CHURCH MEMBERS

FROM DISTRI DISTRIBUTING FOOD AND

WATER.

EVEN SIX MONTHS LATER,

PRADA SEES MARIA AS A HUGE

OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

CHURCH, BUT HE IS ALSO UP

AGAINST SOME TOUGH

REALITIES.

MORE THAN 100,000 PERIOD

RICANS HAVE LEFT THE

ISLAND SINCE MARIA, AND

HIS CHURCH HAS LOST PEOPLE

AND OFFERINGS.

BUT HE SAYS THAT BELIEVERS

MUST SEE EVEN THE

MIGRATION AS AN

OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

GOSPEL.

HE IS TELLING CHURCHES

WITH MEMBERS THAT LEAVE

FOR THE STATES, SEND THEM

AS MISSIONARIES.

THAT IS A LOT, BUT IT

IS A GAIN, ALWAYS.

TEACH THOSE PEOPLE TO SEE,

THE LORD IS MOVING YOU TO

THE U.S., TO THE MAINLAND,

AND YOU HAVE TO BE

CONNECTED WITH THE CHURCH.

YOU HAVE TO BE THEIR LIFE,

YOU'RE GOING TO BE A

MISSIONARY THERE.

Heather: CHURCHES ARE

ALSO ACUTELY AWARE OF

SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS

RIGHT NOW.

SURVIVING THE STORM AND

ITS AFTERMATH HAS LED TO

WIDESPREAD DEPRESSION FOR

MANY AND A SPIKE IN

SUICIDE ATTEMPTS.

BUT IN THE MIDST OF SUCH

SUFFERING, BELIEVERS ARE

SEEING A HUNGER FOR THE

GOSPEL AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

THAT BUSINESS AS USUAL

JUST WON'T WORK.

I THINK IT IS GOING TO

BE AN EXPEDENTIAL

EXPLOSION OF MANY NEW

CHURCHES, AND MANY PEOPLE

FOLLOWING GOD'S CALLING TO

PASTOR CHURCHES, TO BE

THAT EVANGELIST THAT GOD

WANTS YOU TO BE.

I THINK PUERTO RICO IS

GOING TO BE A MAIN FOCUS

POINT IN THE CARIBBEAN TO

KEEP SHARING THE GOSPEL

EVEN MORE.

Heather: LAST MONTH

PASTOR GEORGE BAPTIZED 10

NEW BELIEVERS, AND HE

KEEPS THIS DISPLAY OF

LOCKS, WITH THE KEYS

THROWN AWAY, AS A REMINDER

OF NEW SOULS THAT CANNOT

BE SEPARATED FROM THE LOVE

OF CHRIST.

WE ARE EXPERIENCING A

REVIVAL, LITERALLY A

REVIVAL.

WE SEE PEOPLE HUNGRY WITH

HOPE.

Heather: FROM THAT

PERSPECTIVE, IT IS A

MOMENT OF HOPE IN PUERTO

RICO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE AS

THE ISLAND IS REBUILDING

PHYSICALLY, IT IS ALSO

REBUILDING SPIRITUALLY.

REPORTING IN PUERTO RICO,

HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.

THANK YOU, HEATHER.

AS HEATHER MENTIONED,

PUERTO RICO IS TRYING TO

PHYSICALLY REBUILD AS

QUICKLY AT IT CAN RIGHT

NOW.

THERE ARE STILL MANY HOMES

ACROSS THE ISLAND WITHOUT

ROOFS, AND THE 2018

HURRICANE SEASON STARTS

OFFICIALLY ON JUNE 1st.

PRAY FOR THEM.

> WELL, COMING UP, IN

SYRIA, CHRISTIAN RELIEF

WORKERS GIVE AID AND

COMFORT TO VICTIMS OF AN

ALLEGED GAS ATTACK.

THAT STORY, RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

AND WELCOME TO OUR

WORLD-WATCH SEGMENT.

THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

WAMPED IWATCHED IN HORROR AS

CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN

ANOTHER ALLEGED CHEMICAL

ATTACK.

NOW CHRISTIANS ARE ON THE

SEEN HELPING DESPERATE

FAMILIES.

EMILY JONES SPOKE WITH

VERNON BREWER ABOUT WHAT

IT IS LIKE ON THE GROUND.

WE HAVE A MOBILE

MEDICAL CLINIC THAT IS

LESS THAN A MILE, WHERE A

CHEMICAL ATTACK TOOK

PLACE.

AND THEY'RE TREATING

SYRIANS AS WE SPEAK.

AND WE'RE PROVIDING FOOD

AND MEDICINE AND CLEAN

WATER AND CLOTHES AND

HYGIENE AND INFANT

FORMULA -- WHATEVER WE CAN

GET IN THEIR HANDS TO HELP

THEM SURVIVE.

AND AS LITTLE AS $35, IF

YOU CAN IMAGINE, CAN

PROVIDE ENOUGH AID AND

SURVIVAL AID FOR ONE

SYRIAN FOR OVER A WEEK.

Reporter: AND HOW IS

"WORLD HEALTH" TENDING TO

THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE

VICTIMS AS WELL?

WELL, WE ARE PRAYING.

WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR

PARTNERS ON THE GROUND WHO

ARE BELIEVERS.

AND WE ARE INTERVENING AND

MOBILIZING PRAYER.

WE'RE PRAYING FOR THESE

REFUGEES, JUST LIKE AS IF

THEY WERE OUR OWN CHILDREN

AND OUR OWN GRANDCHILDREN.

WE'RE PRAYING FOR PEACE IN

THE REGION.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE THE

HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS,

NOT ONLY SAVE LIVES, BUT

SHOW THEM THE LOVE OF

JESUS CHRIST BY BEING THE

HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS ON

THE GROUND.

Reporter: VERY

POWERFUL.

AND HOW HAS THEIR

GOVERNMENT AND THE BROADER

GLOBE COMMUNITY FAILED

SYRIA?

WELL, AS YOU KNOW, THE

ASSAD REGIME IS EVEN

DENYING HAVING ANYTHING TO

DO WITH THIS RECENT

ATTACK, EVEN THOUGH A YEAR

AGO THE U.N. VERIFIED THAT

THEY HAD, IN THAT ATTACK A

YEAR AGO -- THEY FEEL

BETRAYED.

MANY ARE CAUGHT IN THE

MIDDLE.

THEY NOT ONLY HAVE TO DEAL

WITH THE ASSAD REGIME, BUT

NOW THE RUSSIANS ARE THERE

AND THEN THE REBELS.

AND UNTIL RECENTLY, THEY

WERE HAVING TO DEAL WITH

ISIS.

AND SO THEY DON'T KNOW WHO

TO TRUST.

THERE IS AN ATMOSPHERE OF

DISTRUST, AND CERTAINLY AN

ATMOSPHERE THAT THEIR

GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ONLY

FAILED THEM, BUT THAT

THEIR GOVERNMENT IS BEHIND

ALL THESE BRUTAL ATTACKS.

Reporter: AND WE'RE

HEARING RUMORS OF A COMING

WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST

OVER SYRIA.

DOES THAT CONCERN YOU?

AND HOW CAN THAT IMPACT

YOUR WORK THERE?

I THINK IT SHOULD

CONCERN EVERY HUMAN BEING,

THAT WE ARE ON THE VIRGE

OF SEEING A WAR, A MASSIVE

LOSS OF LIVES.

WE NEED TO PRAY THAT WE

CAN CONTINUE PROVIDING THE

RESOURCES FOR OUR PARTNERS

ON THE GROUND.

WE NEED TO PRAY FOR PEACE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THESE

PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT

THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN.

WHAT'S HAPPENING IS PURE

EVIL.

IT'S UNIMAGINABLE.

AND THE GREATEST THING WE

CAN DO IS LET THEM KNOW

THAT WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN

ABOUT THEM.

WE'RE PRAYING FOR THEM.

WE'RE MEETING THEIR

PHYSICAL NEEDS, THEIR

SPIRITUAL NEEDS.

AND THEY CERTAINLY ARE NOT

FORGOTTEN IN THIS

TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE CRISIS.

AND WE CONTINUE TO PRAY

FOR ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY

THIS HORRIBLE CHEMICAL

ATTACK.

> WELL, MANY EGYPTIAN

CHRISTIANS ARE CELEBRATING

THE RECENT RE-ELECTION OF

PRESIDENT el-SISI.

WE SPOKE WITH MICHAEL

YOUSSEF FROM LEADING THE

WAY MINISTRIES, WHO

BELIEVES el-SISI WAS

DIVINELY APPOINTED.

HE IS GOD'S MAN.

GOD RAISED HIM UP.

AND PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT,

IF IT WASN'T FOR

EL-SISI, YOU WOULD HAVE

HAD MILLIONS OF REFUGEES.

AND THEY SAY, THANK GOD

FOR SISI, AND THE

CHRISTIANS, IN

PARTICULARLY, ARE VERY

GRATEFUL THAT HE IS VERY

WARM TOWARDS THEM.

HE MAKES NO DISTINCTIONS

IN HIS TREATING OF PEOPLE.

HE MET WITH SO MANY JEWISH

LEADERS FROM THE UNITED

NATIONS AND ELSEWHERE.

AND HE SAYS CHRISTIANS

ARE PART OF EGYPT'S

FAMILY.

A FORMER MUSLIM PLANTED

THE FIRST CHURCH AN

EASTERN EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

HAS SEEN IN 700 YEARS.

HE GREW UP IN KOSOVO AND

HATED CHRISTIANS.

THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN HE

CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY

AFTER HIS AUNT SHARED THE

GOSPEL WITH HIM.

NOW HE IS TAKING THE GOOD

NEWS TO HIS MUSLIM

NEIGHBORS.

THE FORMER MUSLIM PLANTS

THE FIRST CHURCH IN 700

YEARS IN KOSOVO.

IT IS AN HONOR TO BE

SERVING GOD HERE.

THERE ARE CHALLENGES.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT

PROBLEMS, PERSECUTIONS OF

EVERY KIND.

AS 99% OF THE PEOPLE HERE

ARE ACTUALLY MUSLIMS.

AS THE FIRST GENERATION OF

CHRISTIANS, WE NEED YOUR

PRAYERS, TO PRAY FOR US,

TO STAND STRONG FOR CHRIST

AND TO FINISH THE RACE AND

GO TO THE END.

THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME.

THAT INTERVIEW COMES TO US

FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE

GLOBAL NEWS ALLIANCE.

WENDY?

AUTHORITIES IN A

PROVINCE IN CHINA HAVE

TORN DOWN CROSSES AFTER

CLAIMS THE STRUCTURES WERE

BUILT ILLEGALLY.

NOW CHINESE CHRISTIANS

FEAR A NEW CRACKDOWN BY

THE GOVERNMENT.

MORE THAN 1500 CROSSES

WERE TORN IN OTHER

PROVINCE.

JUST LAST WEEK, CHINA

BANNED ONLINE RETAILERS

FROM SELLING THE BIBLE.

ACTIVISTS SAY THESE

MEASURES SIGNAL AN

AGGRESSIVE PUSH TO LIMIT

CHRISTIANITY'S INFLUENCE

IN CHINA.

YOU CAN FIND MORE OF

THESE STORIES AND MANY OF

OUR OTHER REPORTS OF THE

WORK OF THE CHURCH ON OUR

"CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS" WEB

PAGE.

JUST GO TO THE ADDRESS YOU

SEE RIGHT THERE ON YOUR

SCREEN.

COMING UP, A RARE LOOK

AT THE ACTUAL LETTERS

WRITTEN BY VICTIMS OF THE

HOLOCAUST.

ANTI-SEMITISM IS ON THE

RISE IN EUROPE AND SHOWS

NO SIGNS OF STOPPING.

ALAN HOFFMANN TOLD CBN

NEWS THOUSANDS OF JEWS ARE

FLEEING TO THEIR

ANCESTORAL HOMELAND, THE

STATE OF ISRAEL.

THERE IS CONCERN IN

HUNGARY, THERE IS CONCERN

IN FRANCE, THERE IS

CONCERN OF A NEW AND VERY

UGLY WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM

SWEEPING WESTERN EUROPE,

AND I THINK WE WILL SEE

MORE JEWS COMING TO

ISRAEL.

AND I THINK THAT ONE OF

THE BIGGEST ASSETS FOR THE

STATE OF ISRAEL IS THE

SUPPORT OF CHRISTIANS

AROUND THE WORLD WHO

BELIEVE IN ISRAEL AND

BELIEVE IN THE FULFILLMENT

OF THE BIBLICAL PROPHECY.

ISRAEL'S CENTRAL BUREAU

OF STATISTICS SAYS 27,000

JEWS MADE ALIYAH IN 2017.

MOST OF THEM CAME FROM

EUROPE.

EVERY YEAR ISRAELIS

PAUSE TO REMEMBER THE

HOLOCAUST, THE SLAUGHTER

OF SIX MILLION JEWS BY THE

NAZIS AND THEIR

COLLABORATORS.

NOW A NEW ONLINE

EXHIBIT AIMS TO TELL THE

PERSONAL STORIES OF THOSE

VICTIMS.

OUR SCOTT ROSS BRINGS US

THIS REPORT FROM YAD

VASHEM IN JERUSALEM.

"MY DEAR ROSY, I'M

HAPPY THAT YOU RECEIVED

OUR GREETINGS.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO, MY

DARLING.

BE WELL.

MANY KISSES, FROM YOUR

MOTHER."

IN EVERY LETTER, AT THE

BEGINNING AND AT THE END,

SHE WROTE, "MAKE SURE TO

TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH."

Reporter: THAT'S THE

FINAL LETTER ROSY RECEIVED

FROM HER MOTHER, BERTA.

EACH STORY IS UNIQUE.

AND THOSE ONLINE

EXHIBITIONS ARE TELLING

STORIES FIRST ABOUT HUMAN

RIGHTS VICTIMS, TO GIVE

THEM BACK THEIR NAMES.

Reporter: YONA COBO

OVERSEES THE NEW EXHIBIT,

"LAST LETTERS FROM THE

HOLOCAUST, 1943."

THE LETTERS WERE CHOSEN

BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY

INTIMATE, VERY PERSONAL,

VERY UNIQUE BECAUSE EACH

HANDWRITING IS DIFFERENT

FROM ONE PERSON TO THE

OTHER.

YOU CAN FIND STAINS OF

TEARS OF THOSE WHO WROTE

THE LETTERS, AND TEARS OF

THOSE WHO RECEIVED THE

LETTERS.

Reporter: WHEN YOU

READ THESE LETTERS FROM

MOTHERS, FATHERS,

CHILDREN, WHAT DOES THAT

DO TO YOUR HEART?

SOMETIMES IT IS TEARING

ME APART.

SOMETIMES I'M CRYING.

Reporter: HOW WERE

THEY DELIVERED?

THERE WAS NO APOSTLE POSTAL

SERVICE --

THE POSTAL SERVICE

WORKED THE ENTIRE WAR,

EVEN IN THE CAMPS.

Reporter: CENSORSHIP?

I THINK THEY CENSORED

THEMSELVES.

Reporter: SHE GAVE US

AN EXTREMELY RARE LOOK AT

YAD VASHEM'S VAST ARC

ARCHIVES, WHERE I SAW SOME

OF THE ACTUAL LETTERS.

THAT WAS WRITTEN BY A

CHILD.

SHE WAS ALMOST 12 YEARS

OLD.

HER NAME WAS RAGINA.

AND SHE WAS LIVING IN EAST

POLAND.

SHE WAS HIDDEN WITH A

CHRISTIAN FAMILY.

HER PARENTS THOUGHT THAT

WAS THE BEST WAY TO SAVE

HER, BY PUTTING HER IN A

GOOD FAMILY.

BUT THE CHILD WAS SHOT.

THE REST OF THE FAMILY

SURVIVED.

AND HER BROTHER, NOW 84

YEARS OLD, DONATED THE

LETTER TO YAD VASHEM.

SHE IS WRITING, "DEAR

MOTHER AND FATHER AND DEAR

DOLIK" -- HER BROTHER --

"BE WELL.

MOMMY, DON'T ARE UPSET.

PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR

WRITING SO LITTLE."

Reporter: HERE IS

ANOTHER ONE.

THAT WAS WRITTEN BY A

19-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.

SHE WAS ACTIVE IN A GROUP

OF UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT IN

PARIS.

SHE HELPED SAVING OTHER

JEWISH CHILDREN.

HER FAMILY WAS HIDDEN IN A

VILLAGE NOT FAR AWAY FROM

PARIS.

HERE WRITING IN FRENCH:

"I'M ONLY LIVING FOR THE

DAY THAT WE WILL BE

TOGETHER AGAIN."

ALL OF THE FAMILY, ALL OF

THE SISTERS, SURVIVED AND

IMMIGRATED ISRAEL.

Reporter: SHE DIDN'T?

SHE DIDN'T.

SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO

AUSCHWITZ AND SHE WAS

MURDERED IN THE CAMP.

Reporter: WHAT ABOUT

YOUR FAMILY?

MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN

GERMANY.

AND SHE HAS BEEN TO THE

GHETTO LABOR CAMP AND A

VERY, VERY LONG DEATH

MARCH.

SHE MARCHED 800 KILOMETRES

BY FOOT.

MY FATHER SURVIVED

AUSCHWITZ.

AND THEY MET AFTER THE WAR

WAS OVER.

AND WHEN I WAS OLDER, LIKE

35 YEARS OLD, MY FATHER

REMEMBERED TO TELL ME HIS

SECRET.

HE WAS A WIDOW WHEN HE MET

MY MOM.

HE LOST HIS FIRST WIFE AND

BABY DAUGHTER.

AND I JUST RECENTLY FOUND

THE NAME OF HIS DAUGHTER.

Reporter: THIS ONLINE

EXHIBIT IS JUST ONE OF

MANY AT YAD VASHEM.

THE MAIN COLLECTION OF

HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION IN

THE WORLD.

I ONE OF THE MAIN

MISSIONS IS TO COLLECT

INTO ONE PLACE, ALL OF THE

DOCUMENTS AND EVIDENCE

ABOUT THE FATE OF JEWS

DURING THE HOLOCAUST.

IT WAS THE FIRST INTENTION

OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS THE

FIRST DAY AFTER THE WAR

WAS ENDED.

Reporter: DR. HEIM HEIM

GERTNER IS DIRECTOR OF THE

ARCHIVES.

THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT

THE NAZIS NOT ONLY WANTED

TO MURDER THE JEWS, BUT

THEY WANTED TO ERASE OUR

ABILITY TO KNOW WHO WERE

THEY AND WHAT HAPPENED TO

THEM.

Reporter: ERASE THEIR

MEMORY?

THIS IS WHY YAD VASHEM

DECIDED IT IS IMPORTANT TO

COLLECT ALL OF THE PIECES

OF THE HUGE PUZZLE OF OUR

JOINT HISTORY INTO ONE

PAGE.

Reporter: THE MORE

THAN 200 MILLION PAGES OF

DOCUMENTATION INCLUDES

TESTIMONY, SURVIVORS'

STORIES, PHOTOS, AND OTHER

PERSONAL ITEMS.

WE LAUNCHED SEVEN YEARS

AGO A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN,

AND WE CALLED IT

"GATHERING THE FRAGMENTS,"

AND WE HAVE MET WITH CLOSE

TO 11 PEOPLE 11,000 PEOPLE WHO

DONATED OVER 125,000 ITEMS

AND COLLECTIONS.

Reporter: ARE THERE

MANY SURVIVORS WHO HAVE

SEEN THIS AND EXPERIENCED

IT?

YES.

THEY DO SEE YAD VASHEM AS

THE HOME OF THEIR ITEMS.

CAN I TELL YOU THE STORY

OF THIS SWEATER.

Reporter: YES.

THIS BELONGED TO HER

SISTER.

FOR HER IT TOOK A LOT OF

TIME TO DECIDE TO SEPARATE

WITH THAT.

Reporter: THE NAME,

YAD VASHEM, COMES FROM THE

BIBLE.

IT MEANS A MEMORIAL AND A

NAME.

THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO

TELL THE STORY OF

INDIVIDUALS IN THE

HOLOCAUST.

THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS

THAT USED TO LIVE IN

EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE.

AND THEY HAD LIVES.

THEY HAD KIDS.

THEY HAD DREAMS.

AND IT TELLS US ALSO

SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR

ABILITY TO SURVIVE DURING

THOSE YEARS.

Reporter: HOW

IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE

ALL OF THIS ONLINE?

AROUND IS MILLION

VISITORS ARE COMING TO YAD

VASHEM EVERY YEAR.

ALMOST 10,000 ARE VISITING

OUR READING ROOM EVERY

YEAR.

BUT LAST YEAR MORE THAN

19 MILLION PEOPLE ALL OVER

THE WORLD, JEWS AND

NON-JEWS, USED OUR DATA

BASES ONLINE.

Reporter: BECAUSE YOU

ARE AROUND AND HAVE

EXPLORED THIS AND

RESEARCHED IT, DO YOU

BECOME JADED AT ALL?

I'M THE THE SON OF A

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR MYSELF.

I THINK AS AN EDUCATOR, I

THINK OUR MISSION TO

EDUCATION THE NEXT

GENERATION IS WHAT GIVES

US THE STRENGTH TO THINK

AID OF WHAT TO DO WITH

THAT STORY FOR GENERATIONS

TO COME.

Reporter: SCOTT ROSS

FOR CBN, YAD VASHEM, IN

JERUSALEM.

AND WELCOME WELCOME BACK TO THE

SHOW.

THIS WEEK PRESIDENT TRUMP

HOSTED THE CRIMSON TIDE AT

THE WHITE HOUSE.

AT THE END OF THE MEETING,

ONE PUNTER ASKED THE

PRESIDENT IF THEY COULD

PRAY FOR HIM.

THE TEAM LAID HANDS ON HIM

TO PRAY.

LATER HE TOLD US WHY HE

FELT LED TO PRAY FOR THE

PRESIDENT.

THE REASON I KNEW THAT

I WAS SUPPOSED TO PRAY FOR

MR. TRUMP WAS WHEN HE

WALKED UP ON STAGE, AND

THE LORD JUST ALLOWED ME

TO SEE HIM THE WAY THAT HE

SEES HIM, THE WAY THAT GOD

SEES HIM.

AND IT WASN'T ABOUT

PRAYING FOR THE PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES.

IT WASN'T ABOUT PRAYING

FOR HIM FOR HIS JOB OR

ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT BECAME ABOUT GOD LOVES

THAT MAN, GOD DIED FOR

THAT MAN, AND GOD WANTS TO

TOUCH HIM.

HE REALLY WANTS HIM TO DO

WELL.

HE REALLY WANTS HIM TO

WALK IN FRIENDSHIP JUST

LIKE ALL OF US.

HE WANTS HIM TO EXPERIENCE

JESUS ON THE INSIDE OF HIM

AS A REALITY.

BECAUSE GOD PAID A PRICE

FOR JESUS TO LIVE INSIDE

OF ME, AND HE PAID A PRICE

NOT JUST TO GET ME TO

HEAVEN, BUT TO GET HEAVEN

INTO ME.

AND HE WANTS TO DO THAT

WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AS

WELL.

YEAH, I ASKED HIM IF I

COULD PRAY FOR HIM, AND HE

SAID YES.

I LOVE HOW HUMBLE THE

PRESIDENT IS.

HE ALWAYS RECEIVES PRAYER

AND SAYS HE NEEDS IT.

GOOD FOR YOU,

MR. SCOTT, FOR BEING SO

BOLD.

WELL, FOLKS, THAT'S IT FOR

THIS EDITION OF "CHRISTIAN

WORLD NEWS."

IT WENT BY SO FAST.

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