- In other news, it's been a year

since the Las Vegas massacre

where one man opened fire on a crowd

at a concert, killing 58 people.

Stephanie Riggs reported from Las Vegas

for CBN News covering thetragedy, and she joins us now.

Welcome, Stephanie.

- Hello.

- Hi, your thoughts a year later.

- You know, I will never forget that story

as long as I live and I'vebeen doing this for decades.

I went there, and thefirst place I turned to

was Church Las Vegas.

And I met a young girl, believeit or not, 16 years old,

wise beyond her years, and she taught me

so many lessons in that interview.

Here she was, blood on her boots,

and she said I'm gonna turn to faith.

I'm gonna turn to God.

I'm not gonna limit him.

Jesus didn't come hereto explain evil to us.

He came here to deliver us from it.

He took care of all of it on the cross.

Paul teaches us inPhilippians don't be anxious.

Think about what's lovely,what's noble, what's true.

She said it's so easy to get stuck.

She decided that this was a battle of evil

and that one many was notgoing to ruin her life.

She said it wasn't fair to Jesus

for what he did on that cross

and she was gonna forgive him

because she knew thatthis was an act of evil.

And I think, when I left that interview,

I couldn't believe thisyoung girl, 16 years old.

And I'll tell you something,

people saw that story all over the world

and I had calls on my cell phone,

people found my phone number,

they wanted to do interviews with her

in England, in Europe, and she did.

And I think what shedid is she taught us all

that this is a toughworld that we live in,

but we have a big Godand not to limit him.

And I remember leaving there thinking

this all came out of a 16-year-old girl

when her whole worldwas turned upside-down.

You know, we talk about our faith,

but hers was tested, and that'show she answered the call.

She said God, I'm gonna trustyou through all of this.

- Now is her name Lynette?

I just wanna make sure

we're talking about thesame person here, yes?

- It's Lynn Martinezand she's 16 years old.

- Okay.

You also told a story ofa survivor named Lynette.

Is that someone different?

Any word on how she's doing?

- No, her name is Lynn.

- Lynn, okay.- Yeah, Lynn.

- Okay, so how is she doing today?

Any word on that?

- Well based on that interview,

you know, we had kept intouch for a while there,

based on that interview,

I think she's gonna go very far.

She knows how this all endsand she reminds us every day

that we have a choice.

We have a choice whetherto wake up every day

and stay stuck and bitter.

I mean, look at all that's going around.

I'm wearing pink today

because it's the beginning of October,

you know, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

We have so many people battling

every day for their lives.

It's a gift.

And she reminded me that it's something

that you don't take for granted.

If you're breathing right now,

God's asking you to trusthim and to run your race

and don't get distractedby all the darkness

because isn't it so easy just to get stuck

on the negativity,especially in this business.

I needed Lynn to remind meof this because it is easy

when you focus every day on the negative.

- That's a great--

- Right, we have a big Godand she reminded me to pray.

And I remember going backto the hotel thinking

I think I just got, not convicted,

but convinced by a 16-year-old girl.

She set me straight.

I was thinking, I have a 19-year-old son.

I don't know if I did agood enough job with him.

He doesn't sound like her.

- Well that's a great word

and that's wonderful to hear about,

the impact that she had onyou and many, many others

You also reported ontriumphs over tragedy.

How have you seen that play out

over the past year, Stephanie?

- Well, you know, youthink about it, that was...

22,000 people were in atthat music festival that day,

and there were more than1,000 bullets unleashed.

There were so many cameras there.

This has probably been the most documented

shooting and event.

It's traumatized so many people.

They've talked about it.

They've said I don't wantto see the video anymore.

Well, you know what?

I agree with them, turn it off.

But I had heard about this couple

and they decided thatthey were gonna just give

Satan a black eye and theydecided to have their wedding,

because they survived it,at Mandalay Bay today.

So they said no, we are notgoing to let this define us.

One man's evil isn't going to define us,

and they're getting marriedtoday at Mandalay Bay,

one year later, because theylive, they said, to say I do.

More than 800 people were injured in that

and, to me, there are still people

that are living with those wounds,

not to mention those that we lost,

the more than 50 lives that we lost.

But those lives are notlost forever, as we know.

If you accept Jesus asyour Lord and Savior,

you know this isn't the endof it and we have a Savior

well acquainted with pain and suffering.

He gets it.

He gets it and he is a comforter

and he said he'll be with us always.

You know, there was anotherguy that I interviewed,

Chris Hahn, and I remember,

I usually ask people what's your name

and I have them spell it for me

and then I say how old areyou and he said I'm 27 today.

So I want to wish him avery happy 28th birthday

because he said I havereason to celebrate my life

because I'm still breathing.

And I think that's what we all can say.

No matter all that we hear in the news

and we get bad reports,but don't get stuck.

I think that's what thesesurvivors taught me.

And I can just imagine,wherever they are today,

they're still believingin the goodness of God.

And you know they went to church, which...

Churches, I don't think get enough credit

for being the place to go,not in just the bad times,

but the good times toobecause, as we all saw

one year ago today, you never know.

Life can change on a dime.

- All right.

Wonderful words.

Wonderful words of encouragement

and we really appreciateyour time today, Stephanie.

Thanks again for your insights.

Blessings to you.

- God bless you too.