> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN.

HELLO EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO

THE 700 CLUB.

ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST

PRESTIGIOUS HIGH SCHOOL'S IS

UNDER INVESTIGATION BY

VIRGINIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL ALL

BECAUSE SEVERAL SCHOOL

DISTRICTS MAY HAVE

DISCRIMINATED AGAINST

HIGH-PERFORMING STUDENTS IN THE

NAME OF EQUITY.

AT LEAST 13 SCHOOLS FAILED

TO NOTIFY STUDENTS THAT THEY

WON NATIONAL MERIT HONORS. THEY

FAILED TO NOTIFY THEM IN TIME

FOR COLLEGE APPLICATION

DEADLINES. BRODY CARTER

REPORTS.

Reporter: THOMAS JEFFERSON

HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY IS RANKED AS

AMERICA'S NUMBER 12 HIGH SCHOOL

ACCORDING TO U.S. NEWS & WORLD

REPORT. NOW THE ATTORNEY

GENERAL IS INVESTIGATING THE

FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL FOR

UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION.

THEY KNOW THAT THE

ADMISSIONS WENT FROM THOMAS

JEFFERSON BEING FROM ABOUT 73%,

ASIAN AMERICAN DOWN TO 15 SOME

PERCENT. IT WAS CLOSE TO A 20

POINT DROP.

INSTEAD OF ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE, THE ATTORNEY

GENERAL IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER

AN EQUITY-BASED ADMISSION'S

POLICY BY COUNTY SCHOOLS MEANS

THOMAS JEFFERSON IS GUILTY OF

VIOLATING THE STATE OFFICE

ANTIDISCRIMINATION STATUTE. THE

PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

PAID AN EQUITY CONSULTANT

$455,000 FOR NINE MONTHS WORK.

WE KNOW THAT THE EQUITY

CONSULTANT MADE A SERIES OF

RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SCHOOL

DISTRICTS. ONE RECOMMENDATION

IS EQUAL OUTCOME FOR EVERY

STUDENT. THIS IS WITH NO

EXCEPTION. YOU HEAR THE WORD

EQUITY ALL THE TIME. THE POINT

I LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT EQUITY

WITHOUT EXCELLENCES EMPTINESS.

Reporter: A SECOND

INVESTIGATION AT THE SAME

SCHOOL RAISED OTHER QUESTIONS

REGARDING TREATMENT OF

STUDENTS.

WE STARTED TO LOOK AND TO

THE ADMISSION STANDARD. YOU

HAVE TO APPLY TO ATTEND. LED

THE NATIONAL MERIT ISSUE POPPED

UP .

Reporter: 13 VIRGINIA

SCHOOLS FAILED TO NOTIFY

STUDENTS OF THE NATIONAL MERIT

SCHOLARSHIP STATUS IN TIME FOR

COLLEGE APPLICATION SEASON. THE

AWARD HONORS THE TOP 3% OF

STUDENT NATIONWIDE WITH

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THEY

ARE EXPANDING THE INVESTIGATION

TO DETERMINE IF THE SCHOOLS

WITHHELD THE INFORMATION

BECAUSE OF THEIR ETHNIC

BACKGROUND.

IT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE

ADMISSIONS STANDARDS THAT

THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS THE SCHOOL YOU HAVE TO

APPLY TO ATTEND. WE ARE LOOKING

AT WHAT WAS THE REASONING WHY

THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEM OR THE

FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF

THESE NATIONAL MERIT AWARD

WINNERS. 70% OF THESE WORSE

ASIAN AMERICAN. WE ARE DECIDING

NOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR

RACIAL ETHNIC BACKGROUND.

MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS DID

YOU FIND OUT ABOUT MONTHS AGO

AND JUST NOT TELL YOUR MOM? YOU

KNOW 16S-YEAR-OLD KIDS.

Reporter: HER SON IS ONE OF

THE STUDENTS NOTIFIED MORE THAN

A ONE AFTER THE AWARDS WENT TO

THOMAS JEFFERSON. THE DIRECTOR

OF STUDENT SERVICES TRY TO

EXPLAIN WHY.

HE TOLD ME THEY WERE HOLDING

ONTO THEM SO THEY CAN HAND THEM

OUT AT A GREAT TIME. THIS IS TO

NOT HURT THE FEELINGS OF THE

KIDS THAT DID NOT RECEIVE THE

AWARD.

Reporter: THIS DELAY COULD

CAUSE 1000 STUDENTS AT THOSE

SCHOOLS TO MISSED DEADLINES FOR

ADDING THE RECOGNITION TO THEIR

EARLY COLLEGE AND SCHOLARSHIP

APPLICATIONS.

WE KNOW THAT BY A ROUGH

COUNT, OVER 1000 STUDENTS HAVE

BEEN AFFECTED. WE ARE TRYING TO

DETERMINE HOW MANY YEARS THIS

IS BEEN GOING ON.

Reporter: THE ATTORNEY

GENERAL WILL UPDATE THE PUBLIC

WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS

THE INVESTIGATION PRESSES

FORWARD. BRODY CARTER, CBN

NEWS.

I WAS NOT SURE I HEARD THAT

RIGHT, WAS A $455,000 FOR NINE

MONTHS FOR THIS EQUITY

CONSULTANT? OF COURSE, THIS IS

NOT GOING TO PREPARE STUDENTS

FOR LIFE. THE EQUITY AND

PREPARING STUDENTS WOULD CREATE

A SOFT GENERATION. AT LEAST 13

SCHOOLS DID NOT TELL

HARD-WORKING ACCOMPLISHED

STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR

SCHOLARSHIPS IN TIME FOR

COLLEGE APPLICATIONS. A LOT OF

CONCERN HERE CERTAINLY GLAD THE

ATTORNEY GENERAL IS LOOKING

INTO THIS.

> A SHOWDOWN THE SPRING ON

CAPITOL HILL TODAY IS THE

DEADLINE TO RAISE THE

GOVERNMENT OFFICE STEP

APPROACHES. WENDY GRIFFITH HAS

THAT STORY AND MORE FROM THE

CBN NEWSROOM. WENDY?

Reporter: EARLIER THIS WEEK

TREASURY SECRETARY PREDICTED WE

WOULD HIT THE DEBT CEILING

TODAY. THIS MEANS THE

GOVERNMENT CANNOT BORROW MORE

MONEY TO PAY ITS BILLS.

HOWEVER, THE DIVIDED CONGRESS

IS NOT READY TO MAKE A DEAL.

REPUBLICANS CONCERNED ABOUT THE

NATION'S 31.5 TRILLION NATIONAL

DEBT BROUGHT DEMOCRATS TO A

THREE TO SPENDING CUTS BEFORE

THEY WILL VOTE TO RAISE THE

LIMIT. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE

DEBT LIMIT NEEDS TO BE RAISED

WITHOUT NEGOTIATIONS. THE

DEPARTMENT CAN TAKE

EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES TO ALLOW

THE GOVERNMENT TO MEET ITS MOST

PRESSING OBLIGATIONS UNTIL

JUNE.

> IN BUFFALO NEW YORK A MAN

WHO RESCUE TWO DOZEN PEOPLE

FROM A RECORD-BREAKING

CHRISTMAS EVE SNOWSTORM IS

BEING AWARDED FOR HIS HEROIC

ACTS. THE BUFFALO BILLS

ORGANIZATION AND BLUE CROSS

BLUE SHIELD PRESENTED THIS MAN

WITH TWO TICKETS TO THE 2023

SUPER BOWL. THE RETIRED RUNNING

BACK THURMAN THOMAS TOLD HIM

YOU ARE OUR HERO. HE BROKE A

WINDOW AT A NEARBY SCHOOL TO

GET TRAPPED MOTORISTS INCLUDING

SEVERAL SENIOR CITIZENS SHELTER

FROM THE HIGH WINDS AND IS

DEADLY COLD. INSIDE THE SCHOOL

HE COLLECTED SNACKS, WATER,

JUICE, BLANKETS TO HELP THE

GROUP WAIT OUT THE STORM. HE

ALSO BARRED THE SCHOOL'S

SNOWLOWER TO GET MORE PEOPLE

OFF THE ROADS AND INTO THE

BUILDING WHERE IT WAS WARM. THE

SCHOOL DID NOT PRESS CHARGES OR

EVEN ACCEPT PAYMENT FOR THE

BROKEN WINDOW. THAT IS

PHENOMENAL. WHAT A HERO! HE

PROBABLY SAVED SOME LIVES. NOW

THEY HAVE A GREAT STORY TO

TELL. ANDREW?

HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE HIS

HOMETOWN BILLS IN THE SUPER

BOWL, YOU NEVER KNOW. EVERY DAY

PEOPLE ARE HEROES. HE MADE AN

INCREDIBLE IMPACT ON PEOPLE IN

THAT DISASTER. I AM SORRY THE

GREEN BAY PACKERS WILL NOT HAVE

A SHOT.

AS WE SAYING GREEN BAY,

THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.

YOU HAVE THE EAGLES GIANTS,

COWBOYS COLTS, STILL ACTIVE. WE

WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE OF

THE 700 CLUB RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO

THE CROMWELL FAMILY. THEY

WANTED TO LIVE THE AMERICAN

DREAM. TO THEM THAT MEANT

OWNING A HOME. THE PROBLEM IS

THAT THEIR DREAM SEEMED OUT OF

REACH. BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS,

THE COUPLE HAD RACKED UP A

MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DEBT.

MICHAEL, AN EDUCATOR AND SANDY,

CASE MANAGER FOR THE DISABLED

MET ON THE CHRISTIAN SINGLE'S

WEBSITE . THEY HIT IT OFF AND

FELL IN LOVE. A YEAR LATER IN

2010, THEY MARRIED. IT WAS A

LONG, HOPED-FOR FIRST FOR THE

BOTH. ALONG WITH THAT HOPE, THE

CROMWELL STREAM DO SOMETHING

ELSE.

ANOTHER PART OF THE AMERICAN

DREAM IS OWNING A HOME.

I REALLY WANTED TO HOST

THANKSGIVING. THAT WAS REALLY

IMPORTANT TO ME. I WANTED SPACE

TO DO THAT.

WE ASK GOD TO LEAD US IN THE

RIGHT DIRECTION. THE FIRST

THING WE STARTED DOING WAS

GOING TO LENDERS.

Reporter: WITH A COMBINED

DEBT OF $40,000, THEY DID NOT

QUALIFY FOR HOME LOAN.

MICHAEL'S STUDENT LOANS WERE

PART OF IT. THEY BOTH HAD

RACKED UP CREDIT CARD DEBT IN

COLLEGE.

I JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON

AND I WAS LIKE OH YEAH, CREDIT

CARDS. FREE MONEY. I GOT A

COUPLE OF CREDIT CARDS. I MAXED

THEM OUT.

I DID NOT SAY THAT ALL. I

WAS HAVING FUN AND PARTYING.

SOMETIMES I COULD BARELY PAY MY

RENT.

THAT IT WAS LIKE OH, YOU

HAVE GOT TO PAY THE STUFF BACK.

IF THE BILL CAME I WOULD NOT

PAY IT OR I WOULD PAY IT NOT ON

TIME.

Reporter: MICHAEL WAS A

NEWSPAPER REPORTER WHEN HE

TURNED HIS LIFE OVER TO CHRIST.

WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMY, HE

BEGAN TYPING AND READING THE

BIBLE, GOING TO CHURCH, AND

WATCHING CHRISTIAN TV.

PAT WAS A PART OF THAT.

THE PROPHET SAYS BRING YOUR

TITHES INTO THE STOREHOUSE.

THERE MIGHT BE NEED IN MY

HOUSE. PROVED TO ME THIS DAY IF

I DO NOT OPEN THE WINDOWS OF

HEAVEN AND POUR YOU OUT A

BLESSING UNTIL IT OVERFLOWS, I

WILL DO THIS.

SANDY KNEW ABOUT TITHING

FROM HER MOTHER AND

GRANDFATHER. HER CREDIT CARD

DEBT, WITH THAT, SHE BELIEVED

SHE COULD NOT AFFORD TO TITHE.

MY MINDSET WAS I NEED TO PAY

MY BILLS FIRST.

THAT CYCLE LASTED INTO HER

MID 30s.

I JUST FELT LIKE SOMETHING

TO CHANGE. MY CIRCUMSTANCES

WERE NOT CHANGING. I WAS STILL

BEHIND IN MY DEBT. I WAS LIKE I

NEED TO TRUST GOD. YOU KNOW, HE

HAS BEEN IN MY LIFE ALL THESE

YEARS. I STARTED TYPING. I

WOULD DO MY 10% THAT I WOULD

PAY MY BILLS.

BY THE TIME THEY MARRIED

THEY WERE BOTH COMMITTED

TITERS. THEY HAD STOPPED CREDIT

CARD PENDING . AND ALL JUDGMENT

ON MICHAEL'S CREDIT HISTORY WAS

WHY THEY WERE DENIED THE

HOMELAND.

IT WAS EMBARRASSING. I FELT

LIKE I WAS BRINGING SANDY DOWN

BECAUSE OF MY FINANCIAL

SITUATION.

WE DECIED WE WOULD CONTINUE

TO TITHE. WE WANT TO TO GET OUR

DEBT DOWN.

MICHAEL STARTED GIVING TO

CBN.

CHILDREN BORN WITH CLEFT

PALATE, CBN GOES INTO

COMMUNITIES AND THEY HAVE

DOCTORS THAT REPAIR THAT. THAT

IS VERY TOUCHING TO ME. IT IS

VERY VALUABLE TO SPREAD THE

GOSPEL TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.

PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT THE

GOSPEL IF YOU GO AND HELP THEM.

FIGURE PASSED AS THEY

BUDGETED AND PAID OUT MORE DEBT

.

THAT HELPED HER CREDIT SCORE

GO UP.

THEN SANDY MET A REALTOR AND

A BIBLE STUDY WHO PUT HER IN

TOUCH WITH THE NEW LENDER.

HE SAW PLACES WHERE THINGS

GOT PAID OFF OR THEY WERE

CLOSER TO BEING PAID OFF. GOD

WAS LOOKING OUT.

MICHAEL WAS PROMOTED FROM A

PART-TIME ONLINE COLLEGE

INSTRUCTOR TO FULL-TIME. WITH

MICHAEL'S INCREASED INCOME, HIS

CREDIT JUDGMEN REMOVED AND

WITH 50% OF THEIR DEBT PAID

OFF, THEY WERE APPROVED FOR

VELO A VA LOAN.

I WAS SAYING THANK YOU

JESUS. I WAS BEING GRATEFUL.

GOD DOES PROVIDE. WE ARE

ACTUALLY SEEING THAT.

I COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE

HOUSE WITHOUT THE JOB.

FINANCIALLY, MY DEVOTION TO THE

LORD , SHOWING HIM WHERE MY

HEART IS FOR HIM, THAT HELPED.

IF WE HAD STOPPED TITHING, I

FEEL LIKE WE WOULD HAVE STILL

BEEN IN THE SAME VICIOUS CYCLE.

I WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT

SAME LITTLE APARTMENT. WE WOULD

BE TRYING TO PAY DOWN HER DEBT.

NOW THEIR DEBTS ARE NEARLY

PAID OFF. IN 2021 SANDY GOT A

SUPERVISORY PROMOTION ALONG

WITH THE $10,000 RAISE. NOW

THEIR COMBINED ANNUAL INCOME IS

$25,000 MORE THAN WHEN THEY

FIRST MARRIED.

GOD TOTALLY HELPED US BE

MORE WISE WITH THEIR MONEY BY

INSTILLING TITHING AND

CONTINUING TO PRAY. WE WERE

FAITHFUL TO HIM.

YOU CAN HAVE SECURITY AND

STABILITY FINANCIALLY AND

OTHERWISE IN A WORLD THAT DOES

NOT HAVE THE. THIS IS IF YOU

DEVOTE YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD.

WELL YOU HEARD SANDY SAY GOD

HELPED US A WISE WITH OUR

MONEY AND FOR SOME OF YOU, YOU

ARE WATCHING AND GOD HAS HELPED

TO BE WISE AS WELL AND MANAGING

YOUR FINANCES. OTHERS ARE STILL

LEARNING. OTHERS ARE STILL

WORKING ON THIS AREA. I THINK A

GREAT SCRIPTURE WHICH I THINK

YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH

TO APPLY TO LIFE IN PARTICULAR

HE MANAGING OUR FINANCES IS

PROVERBS 3 VERSES FIVE THROUGH

SIX. YOU HAVE HEARD IT BUT TRY

LISTING FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT

SAYS TRUST IN THE LORD. THAT IS

AN ACTION. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO

STEP OUT IN OUR FEAR. TRUST IN

THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART.

ALL YOUR HEART. LEAN NUTS, THIS

IS CRUCIAL ON YOUR OWN

UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL YOUR

WAYS, ACKNOWLEDGE HIM. AND HE

SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS. I

DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I WANT

THE LORD DIRECTING MY PATH. I

WANT HIM ILLUMINATING MY PATH

AND DIRECTING MY STEPS.

SCRIPTURE SAYS TO TRUST HIM

WITH ALL OUR HEART, LEAN NOT ON

OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.

SOMETIMES WE ARE ACTUALLY

LEANING ON A MISUNDERSTANDING.

WE DON'T EVEN SOMETIMES THE HOW

TO MANAGE HER FINANCES. WE HAVE

CERTAIN HABITS, CERTAIN WAYS WE

HAVE BEEN DOING IT. EVEN IF IT

IS IN CONFUSION, IT IS WHAT WE

KNOW. HERE THE LORD IS SAYING

GIVE EVERYTHING TO ME. GIVE ALL

YOU ARE. THIS IS INCLUDING OUR

FINANCES. I CAN RELATE TO THIS.

MY LOVELY WIFE AND I HAVE 20

YEARS, WE JUST CELEBRATED 20

YEARS. WE WERE ENGAGED, WE WERE

IN PREMARITAL COUNSELING. I

RECOMMEND THAT FOR FOLKS. LET

SOMEBODY TALK TO ABOUT WHAT YOU

WILL FACE. IN OUR SECOND OR

THIRD SESSION HE SAID LET'S

TALK ABOUT MONEY. I SAID NO, WE

ARE GOOD. LAUGH I SAID NO WE

ARE GOOD. WE ARE SO FOOLISH.

HE SAID WE DON'T WANT TO

TALK ABOUT MONEY. I SAID I AM

NOT IN ANY DEBT. MY WIFE MAKES

MORE MONEY THAN ME. WE ARE

FINE. HE SAID YOU ARE GOING TO

BE ONE. YOU WILL BE UNIFIED.

YOU WILL BE ONE CHECKBOOK. I

SAID WE ARE OKAY. MY LEFT WIFE

LEFT A HIGHER-PAYING JOB TO

MOVE TO WHERE I WAS LIVING.

THAT CHANGE THINGS. WHETHER I

WAS JUST NAVE OR OVERCONFIDENT

OR BOTH, I BEGAN TO SEE I

NEEDED TO LET THE LORD HELP ME

AND THIS WAS RELATED TO

MANAGING FINANCE. WHAT DO YOU

THINK THE FIRST MAJOR

COMPLICATION OR CRISIS WE HAD

AND HER MARRIAGE WAS? IT WAS

ABOUT MONEY. I THOUGHT I WAS

STRONG IN THAT AREA. THERE IS A

GREAT STATEMENT, IT IS A

PERCEIVED STRENGTH IS ACTUALLY

A DOUBLE WEEK THIS. SO WE MAY

THINK WE ARE OKAY. I DO NOT

NEED GOD IN THIS AREA OF MY

LIFE. I THINK ONE THING MICHAEL

AND SANDY LEARNED WAS LETTING

GUARDED TO THEIR FINANCIL

SITUATION DID GREAT WONDERS IN

THEIR WISDOM FOR LIFE. HERE IS

ANOTHER COUPLE WITH A VERY

INTERESTING STORY. JASON WAS A

SABER. HIS WIFE ANGIE WAS THE

SPENDER. SHE HAD AN ARSENAL OF

17 CREDIT CARDS AND HER

FINGERTIPS. ONE DAY, SHE DUG

THROUGH HER WALLET AND TOOK OUT

ALL OF HER CREDIT CARDS. SHE

CUT THEM UP.

I JUST LIKE TO SPEND. AT

THE LAST POINT, I HAD 17 CREDIT

CARDS. A LOT OF THEM WERE FOR

DEPARTMENT STORES, JEWELRY, OR

AMERICAN EXPRESS, VISA, THOSE

KIND.

ANY KIND OF DEBT STRESSED ME

OUT. WE HAD CAR PAYMENTS AT

THE TIME ALSO.

LIKE MANY COUPLES, JASON AND

ANGIE HAD CONFLICTING VIEWS

ABOUT MONEY.

WHEN WE FOUGHT, WE FOUGHT

ABOUT MONEY. IF WE WOULD'VE HAD

OPENING MUNICATION IN THE

BEGINNING, I THINK OUR FIRST

SEVEN YEARS OF MARRIAGE WOULD

NOT HAVE BEEN SO HARD.

JASON GREW UP NOT QUITE SOLD

ON TITHING.

YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY ASKED

ME TO SHARE MY MONEY OR TO GIVE

MY MONEY FOR SOMETHING IT WAS

LIKE NO. I AM NOT GOING TO DO

THAT. THIS IS MY MONEY. I

WANTED.

BY THE TIME HE MARRIED

ANGIE, JASON HAD WARMED UP TO

THE IDEA OF TITHING. WHILE SHE

MANAGE THE CHECKBOOK, HE

FOCUSED ON BUILDING UP HIS

DENTAL PRACTICE.

I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

HOW TO RUN A PRACTICE, RUN A

BUSINESS. IT WAS VERY

STRESSFUL. I GAVE ALL OF THAT

OVER TO HER.

WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT IT

WAS NOT HER NATURAL INCLINATION

TO WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT.

THE STRESS OF HANDLING BILLS

FINALLY GOT TO ENTRY.

HE STARTED TO QUESTION ME

AND I GOT VERY OFFENDED BY

THAT. WHY ARE YOU QUESTIONING

WHAT I AM DOING? ONE NIGHT, I

THREW THE CHECKBOOK AT HIM AND

I TOLD HIM YOU WILL TAKE CARE

OF IT. I WILL NO LONGER PAY THE

BILLS. AT THAT POINT, HE TOOK

THE LEAD. HE BECAME MORE OF THE

HEAD OF OUR HOUSEHOLD .

JASON BEGAN PAYING THE

BILLS. HE ALSO SUGGESTED THE

COUPLE ENROLL IN A FINANCIAL

STRATEGY PROGRAM THROUGH THEIR

CHURCH.

THE FIRST FEW SESSIONS THAT

SHE WENT TO SHE BASICALLY SAT

THERE WITH HER ARMS CROSSED AND

SHE WAS DOING THIS NUMBER. AS

TIME WENT ON, SHE STARTED

CATCHING THE VISION A LITTLE

BIT. SO DID I. I STARTED

LEARNING A LOT OF THINGS THAT I

DID NOT KNOW.

AT THE END OF THE CLASS,

ANGIE SURPRISE JASON.

THE COORDINATOR WOULD ALWAYS

AT THE END OF THE NIGHT HE

WOULD SAY IS THERE ANYBODY WHO

WANTS TO CUT UP THEIR CREDIT

CARDS TONIGHT. ANGIE STOOD UP

AND SHE STARTED DIGGING THROUGH

HER WALLET. SHE TOOK OUT ALL

OF THOSE CREDIT CARDS. I

BELIEVE IT WAS 17. SHE CUT

EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM UP. I

HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS GOING TO

HAPPEN.

THEY ALSO TOOK MARRIAGE

COUNSELING TO HELP THEM

COMMUNICATE BETTER ABOUT MONEY.

I HAD TO GO THROUGH A

TRANSITION TO LEARN HOW TO LET

GO. I HAD TO LEARN REALLY THAT

IT ALL BELONGS TO GOD. IT IS

MINE TO MANAGE. IT IS MORE OF A

JOY NOW TO BE ABLE TO GIVE

RATHER THAN A STRESS.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT HAS GOTTEN ME

THROUGH IT OVER THE YEARS.

ONCE WE GOT ON THE SAME PAGE

WITH MONEY AND FINANCES, I

THINK THAT IS WHERE OUR

MARRIAGE DID A 180. WE STARTED

FLOURISHING.

TODAY, THEY HAVE NO CREDIT

CARDS AND NO DEBT . THEY STILL

HAVE A MORTGAGE. JASON'S

PRACTICE HAS GROWN AS WELL. HE

WRITES A BLOG ABOUT FINANCES.

A BLESSED 90% IS ALWAYS

GREATER THAN AND UNLESS 100%.

THAT IS NOT THE KIND OF MATH WE

LEARNED IN SCHOOL. WHEN YOU

EXERCISE THAT FAITH, HE WILL

LESS THAT 10%. HE WILL MULTIPLY

IT.

BE OBEDIENT WITH YOUR

FINANCES AND TITHING. TRUST

GOD. IF I COULD ENCOURAGE

SOMEONE TO JUST STEP OUT OF

FAITH AND DO IT, TRY IT FOR 90

DAYS. GO AHEAD AND GIVE THAT

10%. TRUST GOD AND REACH THE

MIRACLES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.

I APPRECIATE JASON AND ANGIE

SHARING THEIR STORY. WE CAN

BENEFIT FROM THEIR WISDOM. IT

WAS NOT THEIR NATURAL

INCLINATION TO LIVE LIFE THIS

WAY, TO GIVE LIKE THIS, TO LIVE

IN TOTAL OBEDIENCE TO WHAT GOD

DIRECTS US TO DO FINANCIALLY.

INTERESTINGLY WHEN THEY STARTED

TO LIVE THIS WAY, GOD PUT PIECE

IN THEIR MARRIAGE AS WELL. IT

WAS NOT JUST THEY WERE BETTER

WITH THEIR MONEY BUT PEACE CAME

INTO THEIR HOME AND INTO THEIR

MARRIAGE. IT SHOWS HOW

PROFFERED THREE THROUGH SIX

ENCOMPASSES ALL OF LIFE. HERE'S

A GREAT SCRIPTURE FROM ISAIAH

CHAPTER ONE, VERSE 19. IF YOU

WILL ONLY OBEY ME AND LET ME

HELP YOU THEN YOU WILL HAVE

PLENTY. I THINK THAT SCRIPTURE

SHOWS THAT SOMETIMES WE CAN

ACTUALLY CAUSE A RESISTANCE TO

BLESSING OR GOD WANTED TO POUR

OUT CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE WE

ARE NOT WALKING IN OBEDIENCE. I

HOPE THESE STORIES HAVE SHOWN

YOU WE CAN TRUST GUARD WITH HER

LIFE. WE CAN TRUST GUARD WITH

OUR FINANCES. HE WANTS US TO

STEWARD OUR FINANCES AND MANAGE

THEM WELL FOR HIS GLORY. THERE

HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THIS TELEPHONE

WEEK, WE HAVE BEEN IN A JANUARY

FUNDRAISING TELEPHONE. WE ARE

SEEKING TO HELP PEOPLE AROUND

THE WORLD. WE WANT TO BRING

HUMANITARIAN BELIEF TO PEOPLE.

WE HAVE BEEN ASKING PEOPLE TO

COME ON BOARD AND GIVE TO

OTHERS. JUST YESTERDAY WE HAD

SOME GREAT RESPONSES. THESE ARE

FROM YESTERDAY'S PROGRAM. WE

HEARD FROM PENNSYLVANIA, $5000.

ANOTHER $5000, AND SPOKANE,

SPOKANE, SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO

TELL US. IT IS WASHINGTON.

$5000 AS WELL. SOMEBODY CALLED

AND PLEDGED $8000 YESTERDAY.

GEORGETOWN TEXAS, SOMEBODY

COMMITTED $10,000. NOW, TODAY,

THERE IS A DEER FAMILY FROM

FLORIDA. THEY ARE CHALLENGING

YOU TO THE END OF THIS HOUR A

$25,000 AMOUNT. EVERY DOLLAR

YOU GIVE WILL BE MATCHED UP TO

AND INCLUDING $25,000. LET'S

PRAY FOR THIS CHALLENGE AND FOR

THIS FAMILY. LORD I THANK YOU

FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THIS

JANUARY TELEPHONE. THANK YOU

FOR THE GENEROSITY OF SO MANY

WHO WANT TO HELP PEOPLE AROUND

THE WORLD. THE MESSAGE OF HOPE

AND TANGIBLE RELIEF FOR THEIR

NEEDS IN LIFE ARE INCLUDED. WE

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO MADE THIS

CHALLENGE. BLESS THEM AND

ANOINT THEM. FOR THOSE WHO ARE

RENEWING A COMMITMENT TO GIVE

TO YOU THROUGH CBN, WE PRAY FOR

YOUR BLESSINGS. AMEN.

THIS CHALLENGE IS THROUGH

THE END OF THE HOUR. EVERY

DOLLAR YOU GIVE TO IS MATCHED

UP TO AND INCLUDING $25,000.

GIVE US A CALL IT

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MY LATEST TEACHING IS ABOUT YOU

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COMES WITH A DEVOTIONAL. WE

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YOU CALL NOW AND MAKE A

DIFFERENCE, ANDREW?

> LAWRENCE LOST A SIX-FIGURE

JOB BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC .

HIS WIFE WAS ONLY WORKING PART

TIME. STILL, THEY NEVER

PANICKED. INSTEAD, THEY FELT

PIECE. THEY ENDED UP HAVING

THEIR BEST FINANCIAL YEAR EVER.

IN MAY 2020, LAWRENCE GIBBS

WALKED INTO HIS HOME EARLY FROM

WORK. HE WAS STILL STUNNED BY

THE NEWS.

I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH

YOU THAT I DO NOT HAVE A JOB.

THE COMPANY LET ME GO BECAUSE

OF COVID.

I FELT A STATE OF SHOCK. IT

TOOK THEM LESS THAN TWO SECONDS

AND I WAS LIKE WE WILL BE OKAY,

IT IS GOING TO BE OKAY.

THOSE WERE HER WORDS TO ME.

AUDREY AND LAWRENCE NEEDED

FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT. LAWRENCE

EARNED A SIX-FIGURE SALARY IN

CORPORATE FINANCE. PRESSURE

WAS ADDED TO THEIR SITUATION

CONSIDERING AUDREY WAS RETIRED

FROM HER CAREER IN BANKING AND

FINANCE. SHE WAS WORKING

PART-TIME FOR FINANCIAL LENDING

FIRM. AFTER THE INITIAL SHOCK

OF THE LAYOFF, THEY BOTH SAY

THEY FELT GOD'S PIECE. THEY DID

NOT PANIC FOR TWO REASONS. THEY

WERE LONG TIMESAVERS AND

COMMITTED TITHER'S.

THE WAY WE TITHE, WE GIVE

GOD 10% FIRST. WE GIVE 15% TO

OURSELVES AND THE OTHER 75%

GOES TO BILLS AND OTHER

DISCRETIONARY THINGS. GOD

HONORS THAT. WE MAKE OURSELVES

OF THE .

IN PROVERBS 3 AND NINE, THE

SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT THE BIGGEST

ACT THAT YOU CAN SHOWS TO GOD

THAT YOU TRUST HIM IS WHEN YOU

TRUST HIM WITH YOUR FINANCES.

TOTALLY, THAT IS WHAT I HAD

TO DO.

LAWRENCE HAD NOT ALWAYS

TRUSTED GOD WITH HIS MONEY.

EARLY IN THEIR MARRIAGE, AUDREY

LEARNED TO TYPE OFF HER GROSS

INCOME. LAWRENCE GAVE

SPORADICALLY A CHURCH. FOR

ABOUT THREE YEARS, LAWRENCE

WRESTLED WITH THE IDEA OF

TITHING.

I DID NOT REALIZE THAT I WAS

HOLDING MY FAMILY BACK FROM

OTHER BLESSINGS. MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD HAS NOT

BEEN OPEN ENOUGH FOR ME TO

UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED

TO BE DOING. I WAS NOT AGAINST

MY WIFE DOING IT. THAT HELPED

US OUT A GREAT DEAL.

LAWRENCE WAS PROMOTED TO

SUPERVISORY POSITION IN

CORPORATE FINANCE WITH A 50%

INCREASE IN HIS SALARY. HE WAS

IN A NEW STATE AND A NEW

CHURCH.

I PRAYED ABOUT IT AND I TOLD

GOD I WANT US TO BE ON THE SAME

PAGE AS IT RELATES TO TITHING.

THIS IS SO THAT WE CAN BE

BLESSED FINANCIALLY TOGETHER.

IT IS NOT THAT HE WAS NOT

BLESSING US AND KEEPING US BUT

I KNEW THAT WE FELT THE SAME

WAY ABOUT IT. IT WOULD MAKE A

BIG DIFFERENCE.

AFTER LAWRENCE WAS GIVEN

ANOTHER PROMOTION AND MOVE THEM

BACK TO THEIR HOME STATE, HE

WAS STILL WRESTLING WITH

TITHING.

I HAD BEEN PRAYING ABOUT IT

. MY SPIRIT JUST JUMPED. IT WAS

NOT DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO

THAT. ONCE I STARTED TITHING

ALONG WITH MY WIFE 10%, WE SAW

AN INCREASE IN FAVOR AT OUR

JOBS. THINGS GOT BETTER FOR US.

OUR KIDS, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE

INTO VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOODS.

OUR KIDS WERE NICER SCHOOLS.

WE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANY

SERIOUS LACK SINCE WE HAVE BEEN

TITHING TOGETHER. WE HAVE

ALWAYS PROGRESS WITH JOBS. WE

HAVE PROGRESSED WITH

EVERYTHING.

WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SAY PUT

MONEY IN THE BANK AND WE WERE

ABLE TO AFFORD VACATIONS AND

TRIP.

THEY TRUSTED GOD FULLY WHEN

THE 2020 PANDEMIC LAYOFF HIT .

BOTH OF US TOGETHER AS A

TEAM ON THAT DAY SHOWED THAT WE

HAVE TRUST AND FAITH IN GOD.

THE NEXT MONTH AUDREY TOOK

ON MORE CLIENTS THAN SHE EVER

HAD.

I AM STRAIGHT COMMISSION. IT

WAS LIKE MIRACULOUSLY. THIS

WAS IN JUNE 2020. I MADE THE

MOST MONEY I HAVE EVER MADE IN

MY LIFE AND ONE MONTH. AND, IT

JUST SUSTAINED.

INSTEAD OF LAWRENCE GOING

OUT AND LOOKING FOR NEW JOB.

THEY PRAYED ABOUT HIS NEW

DIRECTION. THEY WERE REMINDED

OF AN IDEA FROM SEVERAL YEARS

AGO ABOUT A NEW KIND OF SERVING

DISH.

GOD CLEARLY SAID THAT IS

WHAT YOU ALL NEED TO DO. WE HAD

TO DEAL WITH DIFFERENT

ENGINEERS AND ATTORNEYS AND

PATENTS. WE DID NOT KNOW VERY

MUCH ABOUT THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. I

DID NOT EVEN PRAY AND ASK GOD

TO TRIPLE OR QUADRUPLE MY

BUSINESS, IT JUST HAPPENED. I

TOTALLY GOT FIGURE SALARY.

AUDREY'S BUSINESS INCREASED

FIVE TIMES. THERE INVENTION

EASY SERVE HIT THE MARKET.

WE ARE GETTING SALES AS WE

SPEAK.

WE ARE SO BEST THAT GOD TOOK

AN IDEA FROM A COOKOUT TO A

PRODUCT THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE

FOOD INDUSTRY.

WE ARE NOT CHASING AFTER

MONEY. IT IS ABOUT A

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. WE DO

THE THINGS HE ASKS FOR US AND

MOST THINGS WILL FOLLOW.

IF YOU STARTED TITHING

RELATIONSHIP, GOD IS GOING TO

TAKE CARE OF YOU. YOU HAVE GOT

TO TRIED, TESTED.

YOU HEARD LAWRENCE SAY IT IS

NOT ABOUT CHASING MONEY, IT IS

ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE

LORD AND TRUSTING HIM FULLY.

THIS IS EVEN WHEN IT CAN BE

SCARY. HE SAID AT ONE POINT I

DID NOT REALIZE I WAS HOLDING

GOD BACK. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE

LEARNING THROUGH THE STORIES OF

OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE

EXPERIENCED THE CRISIS OF BEING

SHORT ON FINANCES AND MAYBE

EVEN SHORT ON HOPE . THEY SAID

LORD I TRUST YOU FULLY WITH MY

FUTURE, EVEN MY FINANCIAL

FUTURE. HERE IS DEUTERONOMY

CHAPTER 20 VERSE TWO. IN ALL OF

THESE BLESSINGS, SHALL COME

UPON YOU AND OVERTAKE YOU

BECAUSE YOU OBEY THE VOICE OF

THE LORD. SO WE LEARN TO

DISCERN GOD'S VOICE, TRUST HIM,

AND ACT UPON IT. GOD CAN MOVE.

WE ARE GIVING GOD PERMISSION TO

MOVE. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR

FROM YOU. THERE IS $20,000 LEFT

ON THE CHALLENGE. THERE IS 26

MINUTES TO GO. THIS CHALLENGE

MEANS EVERY DOLLAR YOU GIVE TO

THE END OF THIS HOUR UP TO

$25,000 WILL BE MATCHED. GIVE

US A CALL IT 1-800-700-7000.

PEOPLE ARE CALLING. ASHLEY IS

OVER THE FUNDS. ASHLEY?

WE HAVE SOME PRAYER CENTER

REPRESENTATIVES RIGHT BEHIND ME

ANSWERING YOUR PHONE CALLS. WE

WANT 2023 TO BE YOUR BEST YEAR

EVER. THAT IS WHY WE WANT YOU

TO HAVE THIS NEW TEACHING AND

DEVOTIONAL FROM GORDON

ROBERTSON CALLED DIVINE

DIRECTION. AS YOU LISTEN TO

THIS, YOU ARE GOING TO DISCOVER

WHAT GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE

AND PASSION FOR THE WORK GOD

HAS CALLED YOU TO DO. IT WILL

ALSO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE

YOU FIT IN GOD'S PLAN TO REACH

A BROKEN WORLD.

YOU ARE A DIVINELY CREATED

HUMAN BEINGS. THERE IS NO ONE

ELSE IN HISTORY LIKE YOU. GOD

HAS A SPECIAL PLAN FOR YOUR

LIFE.

HELLO, THIS IS GORDON

ROBERTSON. IN MY LATEST

TEACHING I EXAMINE THREE OF

LIFE'S BIGGEST QUESTIONS. WHO

ARE YOU? WHERE DO YOU COME

FROM? WHERE ARE YOU GOING? HOW

YOU ANSWER THESE VERY IMPORTANT

QUESTIONS CAN HOLD THE KEYS TO

YOUR FUTURE.

HERE GORDON ROBERTSON'S

NEWEST AUDIO TEACHING. IT IS

CALLED DIVINE DIRECTION, GOD'S

BLUEPRINT FOR YOUR FUTURE.

GORDON WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH

THE GREAT QUESTIONS EACH OF US

MUST ASK AND ANSWER TO DISCOVER

OUR UNIQUE AND SPECIFIC PURPOSE

IN LIFE.

AS YOU UNLOCK THE ANSWERS TO

THESE THREE QUESTIONS, YOU WILL

SEE HOW GOD'S PLAN CAN HOLD FOR

YOU.

IT DIVINE DIRECTION, GOD'S

BLUEPRINT FOR YOUR FUTURE. IT

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HERE IT IS. THIS IS GORDON

ROBERTSON'S LATEST TEACHING. IT

IS CALLED DIVINE DIRECTION,

GOD'S BLUEPRINT FOR YOUR LIFE.

NOT ONLY IS IT AN AUDIO

TEACHING BUT IT COMES WITH A 21

DAY DEVOTIONAL CALLED DAILY

DIRECTION, SEEKING GOD'S

GUIDANCE. AS A MINISTRY WE ARE

GOING THROUGH THIS 21 DAY

DEVOTIONAL AND I AM TELLING YOU

IT IS A BLESSING. IF YOU WANT

TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THIS AND

YOU ALSO WANT TO SAY YES, I

WANT TO HONOR GOD WITH MY

FINANCES AND I ALSO WANT TO

HELP PREACH THE GOSPEL TO A

BROKEN WORLD, I WANT TO BE THE

HANDS AND FEET IS JESUS IN REAL

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YOU ALSO WANT THIS TEACHING AND

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YOU?

EVEN AS ASHLEY IS GIVING YOU

DETAILS, I AM HEARING PHONE

COUNSELORS IN THE BACKGROUND

ANSWERING THE PHONES, THE

STUDIO IS BUZZING AND YOU HAVE

GREAT NEWS.

A FAMILY FROM THE BEAUTIFUL

STATE OF COLORADO, YOU HAVE

BEEN THERE. THIS TIME OF YEAR

IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. THEY WANT

TO ADD TO THE CHALLENGE. THEY

ARE ADDING $25,000. THIS IS UP

TO AND INCLUDING $50,000. IT IS

MATCHED. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR

GENEROSITY. FATHER GOD, WE PRAY

YOU WILL BLESS THIS FAMILY.

PEOPLE SEEK TO REACH THE WORLD

WITH THE GOSPEL OF GOOD NEWS

AND HELP PEOPLE AROUND THE

WORLD. WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO

ARE JOINING US TODAY LORD GOD.

THEY WILL FEEL YOUR PRESENCE

AND YOUR TOUCH. THAT IS A

$50,000 CHALLENGE. WE HAVE

UNTIL THE END OF THIS HOUR,

THERE IS $37,000 TO GO. WE

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1-800-700-7000. OR TEXT CBN TO

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> BRENDA KELLY LOST HER

HUSBAND. THEN, SHE LOST

EVERYTHING SHE OWNED. BRENDA

IS AN 89-YEAR-OLD WIDOW WHOSE

BELONGINGS WERE WIPED OUT BY

THE KENTUCKY FLOODS. HERE IS

HOW YOU HELPED HER REBUILD HER

LIFE.

WHEN EASTERN KENTUCKY WAS

STRUCK BY HEAVY RAIN AND

DANGEROUS FLOODING, FOR MANY

PEOPLE, THE WATER CAME WITH

LITTLE WARNING.

IT CAME FAST.

IF WE WAITED TOO MUCH

LONGER WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT

HAVE MADE IT OUT. WE WATCH THE

WATER KEEP COMING, KEEP COMING.

EIGHT GOT UP TO HEAR.

READ THE IS AN 89-YEAR-OLD

WIDOW WITHOUT MUCH OF AN

INCOME.

NOW, TO GO WITH NO HUSBAND,

THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

BRENDA LOST A LOT BUT SHE

MANAGED TO KEEP HER LOVED ONES

SAFE. THE NIGHT OF THE FLOOD,

SHE HAD FAMILIES STAYING OVER.

WE HAD THREE OF OUR GREAT

GRANDCHILDREN HERE. WE LOADED

THEM IN THE CAR. THAT IS WHERE

WE STAYED UNTIL IT WAS UP. I

TRIED TO TELL THEM, WE HAVE GOT

EACH OTHER.

OPERATION BLESSING MOBILIZED

TO HELP FAMILIES IN EASTERN

KENTUCKY TAKE THEIR FIRST STEPS

TOWARD RECOVERY. VOLUNTEERS

ARRIVED AT BRENDA'S HOUSE AND

THEY RIPPED UP DAMAGED FLOORS

AND TURN OUT BLOODSOAKED

DRYWALL.

OPERATION BLESSING IS A

BLESSING. THEY HAVE WORKED SO

HARD TODAY. IT IS SO AMAZING

HOW HARD THEY HAVE WORKED.

OPERATION BLESSING BROUGHT

THE FAMILY EMERGENCY MEAL KITS.

THERE WAS WATER AND CLEANING

SUPPLIES TO HELP THEM GET BACK

ON THEIR FEET.

THEY HAVE TO LOVE PEOPLE AND

LOVE THE LORD TO DO THINGS LIKE

THAT FOR PEOPLE. THEY ARE

LOVING PEOPLE.

THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF

OPERATION BLESSING, VOLUNTEERS

ARE HELPING FAMILIES WITH THEIR

DAMAGED HOMES AND ALSO BRINGING

MUCH-NEEDED HELP.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE

PARTNERS, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU.

IT REALLY DOES TAKE ALL OF

US TOGETHER, DOESN'T IT? YOU

KNOW THOSE OF US WHO ARE ABLE

TO GO, I LOOK AT THIS

VOLUNTEERS FROM OPERATION

BLESSING. THEY ARE IN THE HEAT

AND THEY ARE WORKING HARD ALL

DAY LONG. I LOOK AT BRENDA, SHE

IS PRAYING AND SHE IS ASKING

GOD TO MAKE AWAY NOT JUST FOR

HERSELF AND FOR HER COMMUNITY.

THEN YOU ALL COME INTO THAT

EQUATION. YOU MAKE IT ALL

POSSIBLE WITH YOUR GENEROSITY

AND YOUR COMPASSION FOR OTHERS.

WE SAY THANK YOU. JOIN THE 700

CLUB NOW. THERE IS SO MUCH

GOING ON. THAT IS JUST THAT

NEED IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN

YOU JOIN, YOU ARE ALL AROUND

THE WORLD. YOU ARE DOING THINGS

EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY. THEY

COULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU.

GO TO YOUR PHONE AND CALL NOW.

1-800-700-7000. ASHLEY JUST

TOLD YOU THE VARIOUS LEVELS YOU

COULD JOIN THAT. I JUST WANT TO

MENTION ALSO WHEN YOU CALL INTO

JOY IN ONE OF THOSE CLUB

LEVELS, DO IT USING PLEDGE

EXPRESS. THAT IS ELECTRONIC

MONTHLY GIVING. YOUR BANK DOES

THE WORK . IT SAVES THE MONEY

SO WE CAN PUT MORE OF IT INTO

THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE

BRENDA, MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

YOU MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. CALL

NOW. ANDREW?

HERE IS ANOTHER STORY.

> SUSANNA AND HER THREE SONS

LIVE IN A SHANTY MADE OF SCRAP

METAL. IT IS A STEP UP FROM THE

TARP THEY USED TO LIVE IN. HER

YOUNGEST BOY CRIES AT NIGHT

BECAUSE THE FAMILY HAS SO

LITTLE FOOD. THERE DESPERATE

SITUATION NEVER STOPPED HER

FROM DREAMING. ONE DAY, YOU

MADE HER DREAM COME TRUE.

SUSANNA IS A SINGLE MOTHER

RAISING HER THREE BOYS ALONE.

FOR A WHOLE YEAR, AFTER HER

HUSBAND DEMANDED THEM, SHE

LIVED IN A TREE MADE OF TREE

BRANCHES AND IT TROP NEAR QUITO

PERU.

WHEN WE USED TO LIVE IN A

CERTAIN AREA, THE WIND BLEW IT

DOWN. WE ALL GOT WET. WE WOKE

UP SHIVERING FROM THE COLD.

EVENTUALLY SUSANNA MOVES TO

A PIECE OF LAND GIVEN TO HER BY

HER BROTHER. THERE, SHE BUILT A

SHANTY MADE OF SCRAPS OF WOOD

AND CAST OFF METAL SHEETS.

I SUFFERED A LOT WITH MY

BOYS. WHEN THE RAINS, STRONG

WINDS, WE FELT THE HOUSE MOVE.

THE ROOF MADE NOISES. MY SONS

THIS IS A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD

EZEKIEL.

SOMETIMES IT RAINED HARD.

WHAT THE WIND BLEW AND THE RAIN

CAME IN, WE GOT WHAT .

SUSANNA DID HER BEST TO

IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND ROOF.

WHENEVER SHE FOUND A NEW PIECE

OF METAL OR SCRAP OF WOOD, SHE

WOULD ADDED TO THE HOUSE.

THIS PLACE DID NOT HAVE A

GOOD ROOFER STRONG WALLS. WE

HAD TO EAT ON THE FLOOR. WE DID

NOT HAVE A BATHROOM.

SUSANNA ALSO STRUGGLED TO

FIND WORK. SHE SOLD SNACKS BUT

HER DAILY INCOME WAS LIMITED.

THERE WAS ONLY ENOUGH MONEY FOR

THEM TO EAT ONE MEAL A DAY.

WHAT HURTS ME IS SEEING MY

LITTLE BROTHER CRY FOR FOOD.

MOM COMES HOME LATE AT NIGHT.

SHE WORRIES ABOUT MY LITTLE

BROTHER AND ME.

I WORRY EVERY SINGLE DAY. I

CANNOT HELP IT. IT HURTS ME TO

WATCH MY CHILDREN SUFFER.

THEN OPERATION BLESSING

OFFERED TO HELP. FIRST, WE BOTH

SUSANNA AND THE BOYS THE STURDY

NEW HOUSE.

MY BIGGEST DREAM WAS TO HAVE

A SAFE HOME FOR MY CHILDREN.

THIS IS WITH ROOMS, BEDS, AND A

TABLE SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO EAT

ON THE FLOOR.

HER NO HOME HAS A KITCHEN,

BATHROOM, BED, TABLE AND CHAIRS

JUST LIKE SHE ASKED FOR.

THANK GOD, NOT ONLY DO I

HAVE A NEW HOUSE BUT I ALSO

HAVE A REFRIGERATOR, POTS,

STOVE, PLATES. I HAVE OTHER

ITEMS TO CARE FOR MY CHILDREN.

THEN TO HELP HER PROVIDE FOR

THE DAILY NEEDS OF HER KIDS, WE

GAVE HER WHAT SHE NEEDED

INCLUDING TRAINING SO SHE WAS

ABLE TO START A BUSINESS

SELLING FOOD FROM HER NEW HOME.

SUSANNA SAID SHE NOW EARNS

NEARLY 3 TIMES WHAT SHE USED TO

MAKE SELLING ON THE STREETS.

MY BROTHERS AND I ARE HAPPY.

THEY GAVE MY MOM A HOUSE. NOW,

WE EAT THREE TIMES A DAY.

MY CHILDREN SLEEP

COMFORTABLY NOW THAT THEY HAVE

THEIR OWN BEDS. THEY ARE SAFE,

HAPPY, AND CONTENT. THANK YOU,

I AM SO GRATEFUL.

THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL

ABOUT. CBN PARTNERS, THANK YOU

FOR WHAT YOU HAVE MADE

POSSIBLE. THAT SWEET FAMILY,

THE STORY REALLY TOUCHES ME AND

IT PROBABLY TOUCHES YOU. IF YOU

ARE A PARENT WHO CHECKS IN ON

YOUR KIDS AT NIGHT OR CHECKING

ON YOUR GRANDKIDS WHEN THEY ARE

IN BED, THIS POOR FAMILY WAS

TRYING TO KEEP METAL SHEETS UP

TO KEEP THE RAIN OUT. THEY WERE

SHORT ON FOOD. AS CBN PARTNERS,

YOU MAKE YOUR GIFT, YOU COULD

BE GOING ABOUT YOUR DAY WHEN

THIS WORK IS GOING ON. LOOK

WHAT YOU ARE DOING AROUND THE

WORLD . THEY HAVE A PLACE TO

LIVE. SHE HAS A BUSINESS NOW.

YOU CHANGE THE FAMILY'S LIFE.

THAT IS THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. IT

IS A MESSAGE OF HOPE AS WE STEP

OUT TO GIVE TO OTHERS. WE SAY

THANK YOU. IF YOU ARE NOT A CBN

PARTNER, THIS IS A GREAT TIME

TO JOIN US AND HIT THE GROUND

RUNNING AND HELPING PEOPLE

AROUND THE WORLD. IT WAS A

COLLEGE 1-800-700-7000. WE ARE

IN THE MIDDLE OF A CHALLENGE.

THIS MEANS THAT IS A $50,000

CHALLENGE. EVERY DOLLAR YOU

GIVE UP TO AND INCLUDING

$50,000 WILL BE MATCHED UNTIL

THE END OF THE HOUR. WE HAVE

20,000 LEFT TO GO IN 15 MINUTES

TO DO IT. GIVE US A CALL INS

JOIN WITH US FOR THE GLORY OF

THE LORD. 1-800-700-7000.

ASHLEY?

YOU ANDREW.

> HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE

MORE AND JOY AND PEACE IN YOUR

LIFE? THE GREAT NEWS IS IT CAN

HAPPEN. HERE IS HOW.

THE LATEST AUDIO TEACHING

FROM GORDON ROBERTSON, DIVINE

DIRECTION, GOD'S BLUEPRINT FOR

YOUR FUTURE.

I CAN GET FILLED WITH THE

JOY, LOVE, THE PEACE OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE I AM MADE

IN HIS IMAGE. THAT IS WHAT GOD

WANTS. THAT IS WHAT HE INTENDED

FROM THE BEGINNING. I AM

SUPPOSED TO MANIFEST HIM IN

HUMAN FORM. THESE ARE

WONDERFUL, ENERGIZING WORDS.

DIVINE DIRECTION, GOD'S

BLUEPRINT FOR YOUR FUTURE. IT

IS AVAILABLE NOW.

THIS AUDIO TEACHING AND 21

DAY DEVOTIONAL FROM GORDON

ROBERTSON IS REALLY GOING TO

HELP SOLIDIFY WHO YOU ARE IN

CHRIST. JUST THE LOVE OF

CHRIST WILL OVERFLOW IN YOUR

HEART AND IN YOUR MIND AND IN

YOUR SPIRIT. THIS IS AS YOU GO

THROUGH THE AUDIO TEACHING AND

21 DAY DEVOTIONAL. AS A

MINISTRY WE ARE GOING THROUGH

THIS AND IT TRULY IS JUST SUCH

A BLESSING FOR EVERYONE WHO IS

LISTENING TO THE AUDIO TEACHING

AND GOING TO THIS DEVOTIONAL.

IF YOU WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE

700 CLUB WE ARE GOING TO GIVE

YOU THIS. THIS IS OUR WAY OF

SAYING THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR

SAYING YES TO HONORING GOD WITH

YOUR FINANCES AND HELPING

PEOPLE THAT YOU JUST ON THAT

STORY. THIS IS THE FAMILY WHO

DID NOT HAVE A SIMPLE NECESSITY

HEAD SO THAT SHE COULD HAVE HER

CHILDREN BE SAFE AND PROTECTED.

MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD DO

NOT HAVE THE SIMPLE NECESSITY

ALONG WITH CLEAN WATER. IF YOU

WANT TO HELP PEOPLE IN A BROKEN

WORLD AND YOU WANT TO BE THE

HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS IN A

TANGIBLE WAY, BECOME A PARTNER

TODAY. IT IS REALLY SIMPLE. OF

US A CALL. YOU CAN ALSO GO TO

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LISTEN TO THIS AND FOLLOW ALONG

WHEREVER YOU GO. GIVE US A

CALL. ANDREW?

THANK YOU SO MUCH ASHLEY.

LISTEN TO THE STORY. THEY WERE

DOWN TO THEIR LAST TWO DOLLARS.

ABBOTS DID NOT KNOW HOW THEY

WERE GOING TO MAKE IT. THEN

THEY DISCOVERED A WAY TO TURN

THEIR FINANCES AROUND AND IT

WAS NOT BY CUTTING THEIR

EXPENSES BUT BY ADDING TO IT.

WHEN BOB AND DEBBIE HAVE

BEEN MARRIED. THEY WANTED

CHILDREN RIGHT AWAY. AFTER FIVE

YEARS AND MUCH PRAYER, DEBBIE

GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR DAUGHTER.

WHEN I HELD HER FOR THE

FIRST TIME I COULD NOT TALK

BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ANY WORDS

TO BEGIN TO EXPRESS HOW I FELT

ABOUT HER. I LOVED HER SO MUCH.

BARB WORKED IN SALES FOR A

LOT OF REGARDING COMPANY.

DEBBIE WAS A SPECIAL-EDUCATION

TEACHER WHO DECIDED TO LEAVE

HER WORK TO BE A STAY-AT-HOME

MOM. WITH A 40% CUT IN THEIR

INCOME AND NO SAVINGS TO FALL

BACK ON, THEY HAD TO TRUST GOD

TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

WE REALLY DID NOT KNOW HOW

WE WERE GOING TO MAKE IT.

I CAN REMEMBER BEING DOWN TO

TWO DOLLARS UNTIL PAYDAY. GODS

MANAGED TO PULL US THROUGH.

WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, THE

COUPLE MADE SURE TO KEEP THEIR

ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED WAS

OFF THE TABLE. EVERYTHING HAD

TO GO TOWARD LIVING EXPENSES.

ANOTHER ITEM NOT INCLUDED IN

THE BUDGET WAS TITHING. THE

ABBOTS GAVE OFFERINGS TO THEIR

CHURCH. THEY DID NOT GIVE 10%

OF THEIR INCOME. THEN ONE DAY

THEIR PASTOR SPOKE ABOUT

TITHING IN AWAY THEY HAD NEVER

HEARD BEFORE.

THEY MADE THE STATEMENT THAT

GOD DOES NOT NEED YOUR MONEY.

HE NEEDS YOUR FAITHFULNESS.

FINALLY IT WAS LIKE WE NEED TO

PAY ATTENTION TO THIS AND TAKE

IT SERIOUSLY.

THREE MONTHS LATER AS BOB

WAS PAYING THE BILLS, HE HEARD

GOD SPEAK TO HIM.

GOD SORT OF SAID YOU TRUST

ME AND I SAID YES LORD. HE SAID

WILL WRITE THE CHECK.

BOB KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE

$300 SHORT AND HAVE HOUSEHOLD

EXPENSES. NEVERTHELESS HE WROTE

THE CHECK. TWO WEEKS LATER HE

RECEIVED A $300 CHRISTMAS BONUS

AND DEBBIE GOT A SURPRISE CHECK

FOR $300 FROM THE SCHOOL

DISTRICT THAT SHE HAD

PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR.

GOD SUPPLIED OUR NEEDS. HE

SUPPLIED US WITH MONEY. THIS

WAS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH

OUR BILLS.

I THINK THAT HAPPENED

BECAUSE WE TRUSTED GOD.

OVER THE YEARS, THEY HAD TWO

MORE CHILDREN. DURING THIS TIME

BOB WAS PROMOTED AND HIS SALARY

DOUBLED. HE WAS ALSO GIVEN A

COMPANY CAR FOR BUSINESS AND

PERSONAL USE.

WE WERE IN A BETTER

FINANCIAL POSITION BEFORE WE

STARTED TITHING. I HAVE THREE

KIDS, A NICE HOUSE, I CANNOT

AFFORD NOT TO TITHE.

BOB LATER RECEIVED A

PROMOTION IS AN AREA SALES

MANAGER. THIS MEANT A BIGGER

TERRITORY AND RELOCATION TO

RICHMOND. IT ALSO CAME WITH A

15% INCREASE IN SALARY. ONCE

THE CHILDREN REACH SCHOOL AGE,

DEBBIE WENT BACK TO WORK

TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION. THE

INCOME SHE MADE WAS USED TO PAY

FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S CHRISTIAN

SCHOOL TUITION. AFTER 28 YEARS

THE COMPANY BOB WORKED FOR

CLOSED. AT THE TIME HE WAS

MAKING 10 TIMES WHAT HE STARTED

AT. TODAY BOB IS AN

INDEPENDENT SALES REP SELLING

TOOLS. DEBBIE RETIRED IN 2021

AND IS WORKING ON A DOCTORATE

IN EDUCATION. ANY SPARE TIME

THEY GET, THEY SPEND IT WITH

THEIR CHILDREN AND

GRANDCHILDREN. THE ABBOTS ARE

THANKFUL FOR ALL OF GOD'S

OFFICE PROVISIONS THROUGHOUT

THE YEARS.

WE ARE JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE

THAT HAVE BEEN BLESSED

EXTRAORDINARILY. THE LORD

PROVIDED FOR ALL OF THOSE

YEARS. I AM VERY GRATEFUL. I

CANNOT THINK OF ANY BETTER

ADVICE.

REAL PEOPLE SHARING THEIR

REAL EXPERIENCES DOWN TO TWO

DOLLARS. THE LORD SAYS DO YOU

TRUST ME. THE FAMILY SAYS YES.

WE WILL TRUST YOU. THE LORD

REVEALED HIMSELF. IT IS

MAGNIFICENT WHAT GOD CAN DO

WHAT WE GIVE HIM ROOM TO DO IT.

OTHER PEOPLE ARE JOINING IN ON

THE CHALLENGE. WE ARE HEARING

FROM TENNESSEE PENNSYLVANIA AND

RIGHT HERE IN VIRGINIA. THEY

WANT TO ADD $30,000. THE

CHALLENGE IS NOW $80,000. LET'S

PRAY. FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR

THE GENEROSITY OF THESE FOLKS

WHO WANT TO GIVE TO YOU

THROUGH CBN. WE PRAY YOUR

ANOINTING THEM. FOR ALL OF

THOSE JOINING NOW, IN JESUS

NAME WE PRAY. IT IS AN $80,000

CHALLENGE. EVERY DOLLAR THAT

YOU GIVE WILL BE MATCHED UP TO

INCLUDING $80,000. GIVE US A

CALL IT 1-800-700-7000. TERRY?

> IF YOU ARE ALREADY A

MEMBER, I HOPE YOU ARE BLESSED

BY THESE STORIES AS WE ARE

SHARING THEM WITH YOU. HERE IS

ANOTHER DIFFERENCE YOU ARE

MAKING. SHE WAS BULLIED AND

OUTCAST. THESE WERE THE

GREATEST FEARS FOR HER SON

DANIEL. HE WAS BORN WITH A

CLEFT LIP. ONE DAY DURING A

TRIP TO THE GROCERY STORE

ELAINE'S WORSE FEELS BECAME

REALITY. TAKE A LOOK.

WHEN DANIEL USED TO DRAW

PEOPLE'S FACES, HE NEVER ADDED

A SMILE TO THOSE DRAWINGS. HIS

MOTHER BELIEVED IT WAS BECAUSE

HER SON WAS BORN WITH A CLEFT

LIP.

WHEN THEY HANDED ME MY BABY,

I WAS IN TEARS. I COULD NOT

UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS

HAPPENING TO HIM. NO ONE IN OUR

FAMILY EVER HAD A CLEFT LIP. I

THOUGHT MAYBE THIS IS

PUNISHMENT FOR SOMETHING THAT I

DID WRONG.

SIMPLE ERRANDS LIKE TRIPS TO

THE GROCERY STORE CAUSE TRAUMA

FOR THE FAMILY AS WELL.

MY SON BECAME AWARE THAT HE

HAD A CLEFT LIP. HE FELT SAD

WHEN PEOPLE LOOKED AT HIM

STRANGELY.

I REMEMBER ONE TIME

IN THE STORE A KID WAS STARING

AT DANIEL AND STARTED CALLING

HIM NAMES. THAT HAS BEEN MY

BIGGEST FEAR, THAT MY SON WOULD

BE AN OUTCAST AND BE BULLIED.

THEY LIVE IN A REMOTE TOWN

IN THE PHILIPPINES. HIS DAD

WORKS AS A TRUCK DRIVER BUT

FRIENDS JUST ENOUGH FOR FOOD

AND RENT.

WE TRY TAKING CARE OF SOME

THINGS FOR ANOTHER FAMILY TO

EARN MONEY FOR DANIEL'S

SURGERY. THE COST WAS TOO

GREAT.

BEEN OPERATION BLESSING CAME

TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND ARRANGE

FOR DANIEL TO RECEIVE

PRESURGERY AT A HOSPITAL 75

MILES FROM THEIR HOME.

FINALLY, MY SON WOULD GET

THE OPERATION WE HAVE BEEN

WAITING FOR.

THE SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS.

TODAY, DANIEL HAS A NEW SMILE.

AS DO THE FACES IN HIS

DRAWINGS.

SEEING MY SON'S NEW SMILE

ASSURES ME THAT HE WILL HAVE A

BRIGHT AND HAPPY FUTURE.

I AM HAPPY THAT I GOT MY

OPERATION. THANK YOU.

THAT LITTLE BOY PAWS LIFE IS

FOREVER CHANGED BY YOUR

KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY. THANK

YOU 700 CLUB MEMBERS. WITH YOU

ARE JOINING FOR THE FIRST TIME

ARE GOING UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL,

RIGHT NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO

REMIND YOU PLEASE USE PLEDGE

EXPRESS. IT ALLOWS YOU TO PUT

EVEN MORE OF YOUR GIFTS INTO

THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE

DANIEL. COLLIS NOW IT

1-800-700-7000. JOIN US.

ANDREW?

> WE LOVE TO SHARE STORIES

ABOUT HOW YOUR GIFTS ARE

HELPING PEOPLE AROUND THE

WORLD. THIS WOMAN IS 33 YEARS

OLD AND LOSING HER SITE. THIS

MOTHER HAD A CATARACT IN HER

LEFT EYE. SHE WAS TRIPPING OVER

THINGS AND BUMPING INTO PEOPLE.

IT GOT SO BAD SHE ACTUALLY HAD

TO QUIT HER JOB. SHE COULD

NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE BY

HERSELF.

SHE NOTICED THAT SHE WAS NOT

SEEN CLEARLY THROUGH ONE OF HER

EYES. THEN, SOMEBODY AT THE

SHOP WHERE SHE WORKED ASKED HER

QUESTION.

THEY LOOKED AT ME STRANGELY

AND ASKED IF I KNEW THERE WAS

SOMETHING IN MY EYE. SHE SAID

IT WAS A WHITE SPOT. I WENT TO

LOG AND I SOUGHT FOR MYSELF.

AT AGE 33, OLGA HAD

DEVELOPED A CATARACT IN HER

LEFT EYE. A FEW MONTHS LATER,

THE CATARACT GOT WORSE. IT

AFFECTED OLGA I WORK.

THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE

WHO CAME INTO THE STORY. I

BUMPED INTO THEM BECAUSE I DID

NOT SEE THEM. THE LIGHT

BOTHERED ME.

ONE DAY SHE WAS WALKING DOWN

THE STREET AND SHE DID NOT SEE

A METAL PIPE STICKING OUT FROM

A PICKUP. SHE CAME WITHIN

INCHES OF INJURING HER FACE AND

I. OGLE'S HUSBAND GOT SO

NERVOUS ABOUT HIS WIFE PAWS

SAFETY THAT HE ASKED HER TO

STOP WORKING AND NOT GO OUT

ALONE.

SHE STARTED CRYING. I TOLD

HER I WAS GOING TO COVER ALL OF

THE EXPENSES. NOW WITH ONLY ONE

INCOME, PAYING FOR EYE SURGERY

WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

I WANTED TO HAVE THE SURGERY

SO THAT I COULD KEEP HELPING MY

FAMILY FINANCIALLY. MY HUSBAND

PAWS SALARY WAS NOT ENOUGH.

OLGA RECEIVED A CALL FROM

OPERATION BLESSING. A STAFF

MEMBER TOLD US HER CASE HAVE

BEEN REFERRED TO US BY THE EYE

CLINIC.

WE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT, NOW

WE HAVE HOPE.

OLGA RECEIVED FREE EYE

SURGERY COURTESY OF OPERATION

BLESSING. WHEN THEY REMOVED THE

PATCH, SHE WAS TOLD TO COVER

HER I TO KNOW IF SHE CAN REALLY

SEE.

SHE SAID YES, SHE COULD SEE

ME.

FOR A SHORT TIME, SHE WAS

ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK.

THE PEOPLE WHO PAID FOR THIS

OPERATION ARE A BLESSING TO US.

I AM SO HAPPY AND GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU.

YOU CAN SEE THE FAMILY

EMBRACING WITH SUCH JOY. YOU

HELPED MAKE THAT POSSIBLE WITH

THE PRESURGERY. THANK YOU,

THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR WHAT

YOU ARE DOING FOR FOLKS. WE

NEED MORE OF YOU TO COME ON

BOARD. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE THE

CHALLENGE. THERE IS $26,000

LEFT. WE HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GIVE US A CALL IT

1-800-700-7000. SAY I WOULD

LIKE TO JOIN THE 700 CLUB AND

HELP FOLKS AROUND THE WORLD .

> HERE IS ANOTHER WAY YOU ARE

MAKING A DIFFERENCE. OR 10 DAYS

GALENA AND HER MOTHER HUDDLED

IN THEIR BASEMENT. ROCKETS AND

BOMBS EXPLODED AS RUSSIA

INVADED UKRAINE. THAT WAS

ALMOST A YEAR AGO. NOW, SHE HAS

A BRAND-NEW LIFE IN THE SAFE

HOME IN ISRAEL. SHE IS SO

THANKFUL THAT YOU HELPED MAKE

THAT HAPPEN.

ALINA AND HER MOTHER WERE

FROM ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES

RUSSIA ATTACKED IN ITS WAR WITH

UKRAINE.

I WANT TO THE SUPERMARKET.

THE WINDOWS RATTLED FROM THE

EXPLOSIONS. THE STORE WAS

PACKED WITH PEOPLE. THERE WAS

SUCH PANIC AND FEAR. NOBODY

KNEW WHAT TO DO.

THERE APARTMENT WAS DAMAGED

BY ROCKET FIRE. SHE AND HER

MOTHER TOOK SHELTER IN THE

BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING. FOOD

RAN OUT AND GALENA BROUGHT

STILL MOLDY BREAD JUST SO SHE

AND HER MOTHER HAD SOMETHING TO

EAT.

I NEVER PRAYED SO MUCH.

NIGHT AND TODAY I ASKED GOD TO

HAVE MERCY ON US.

AFTER 10 DAYS IN THE

BASEMENT, THE RESCUE BUS CAME

AND TOOK ALINA AND HER MOTHER

OUT OF THE CITY. THEY SPENT

EIGHT DAYS ON THE ROAD BEFORE

FINALLY ARRIVING IN MOLDOVA.

BECAUSE THEY ARE JEWISH, THEY

WERE THEN ABLE TO FLY TO ISRAEL

AS REFUGEES AND NEW IMMIGRANTS.

ISRAEL IS A SAFE PLACE AND

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

THEY RENTED AN APARTMENT

WITH MONEY FROM A GOVERNMENT

GRANT. ALINA STILL NEEDED TO

PROVIDE FOR HER ELDERLY MOTHER.

THEY DID NOT HAVE APPLIANCES IN

THEIR APARTMENT OR MUCH FOOD.

WE CAN WITH ONLY THE CLOTHES

ON OUR BACKS. WE KNEW WE COULD

NOT MAKE IT ON HER OWN. WE

NEEDED HELP.

THEN SHE MET WITH ONE OF OUR

VOLUNTEERS AND LEARNED ABOUT

CBN ISRAEL. WE STARTED GIVING

HER AND HER MOTHER GROCERIES.

WE GOT THEM A MUCH-NEEDED STOVE

AND WASHING MACHINE.

IN WAR-TORN UKRAINE, I

COULD ONLY DREAM OF FRESH

BREAD. NOW I AM IN A PEACEFUL

PLACE AND YOU BRING ME FOOD. I

AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO YOU

FOR HELPING MY MOTHER AND ME.

THANKS TO THOSE WHO SUPPORT

CBN ISRAEL, GALENA AND TATYANA

NOW HAVE HOPE FOR THEIR NEW

LIFE IN ISRAEL.

YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR

PRAYERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

WITH ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS WHEN

WE FACE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS,

THE LORD SENDS THE RIGHT PEOPLE

TO HELP US. MAY THE LORD REPAY

YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.

THAT IS GALENA AND TATYANA'S

STORY. YOU ARE HELPING SO MANY

REFUGEES BUT YOU ARE ALSO STILL

IN UKRAINE IN 19 CENTERS MAKING

A DIFFERENCE.

THIS IS BRENDA. SHE IS FROM

CHESAPEAKE VIRGINIA, $2500.

AND THERE IS SOMEBODY FROM OHIO

WHO GAVE US $2500 AS WELL.

HERE IS ANOTHER $2500 FROM

PLEASANT GROVE ALABAMA. THANK

YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR

GIFTS. FROM GARDEN GROVE

CALIFORNIA, $20,000. THANK YOU

SO MUCH. AND, LAKE PLACID

FLORIDA, $30,000. WHAT A

DIFFERENCE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE

AROUND THE WORLD!. WE HAD AN

$80,000 CHALLENGE. AND AGAINST

THAT YOU GAVE $120,667. WE ARE

GRATEFUL AND WE THANK YOU.

FATHER GOD, ASHLEY AND TERRY

AND I THANK YOU FOR THE

OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND LOVE

FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GIVE TO

YOU. LORD, BLESS THEM, BLESS

THEM WE PRAY. LET THEM FEEL

YOUR TOUCH AND YOUR FINANCES

AND LIVES AND RELATIONSHIPS.