Announcer: ON THIS SPECIAL EPISODE OF LIFE TODAY,
HEAR FROM SOME OF THE MEMBERS THE LIFE OUTREACH MISSION TEAM
WHO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD DOCUMENTING
THE HEARTBREAKING STORIES OF THOSE IN NEED.
YOU KIND OF GET CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING;
SET THE CAMERA UP HERE AND LOOK THIS WAY.
I WENT TO HELP THAT LITTLE BOY THAT WE SAW AT THE END
AND WHEN I WENT TO GRAB HIS ARM, MY WHOLE WORLD WENT [Bvvmmff]
BECAUSE ALL OF MY FOCUS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS
JUST STOPPED BECAUSE WHEN I GRABBED HIS ARM
AND WENT TO LIFT HIM, I FELT LIKE HIS ARM
WAS GOING TO PULL OFF HIS SHOULDER.
Announcer: FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION
AND PROVIDE HOPE TO CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD --
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!
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James: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY!
IT IS ALWAYS EXCITING FOR
BETTY AND FOR ME, JAMES ROBISON
TO COME INTO YOUR HOME
AND WHEREVER YOU HAPPEN
TO BE WATCHING.
AND TO ALSO HAS AS GUESTS
NOT ONLY PEOPLE WE HIGHLY
RESPECT BUT WHO ARE ACTUALLY
CO-LABORERS AND BASICALLY
YOU MIGHT SAY IN SO MANY WAYS
FAMILY.
JANICE MEYER HAS BEEN
TO OVER 50 NATIONS
AND THE MOST DIFFICULT
LET'S SAY EXTREME CHALLENGING
PLACES ON THIS PLANET
AND I THINK IF WE NEEDED TO GO
TO ANOTHER PLANET
TO FIND SOMEBODY TO HELP
SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE
TO VOLUNTEER TO GO.
SHE IS VERY COURAGEOUS.
BETTY, SHE HAS BEEN WORKING
FOR US SINCE SHE WAS A TEENAGER.
Betty: SINCE SHE WAS
JUST A BABY!
James: OH, I'M TELLING YOU!
NOW SHE HAS BEEN WITH US
OVER 30 YEARS.
BUT SHE REALLY HAS BEEN JUST --
SHE'S OUR PHOTOGRAPHER BUT
SHE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT,
SHE IS A TRUE MISSIONARY.
SHE IS A WITNESS
EVERYWHERE SHE GOES.
WE JUST THANK GOD THAT
WE HAVE BEEN A PART OF HER LIFE
SINCE SHE WAS A TEENAGER.
AND THEN KYLE ROGERS,
WHO I THINK IF YOU TRACK BACK
WITH ME, IF YOU'VE WATCHED US
A WHILE, JEANNE ROGERS,
WHEN WE DID THE CRUSADES
WAS OUR WONDERFUL SOLOIST.
I REMEMBER MANY TIMES PEOPLE
LIKE JERRY FALWELL SAYING,
"SHE IS THE GREATEST SINGER
ON EARTH -- MAN OR WOMAN"
HE WOULD SAY.
AND SHE IS JUST FABULOUS.
BUT JEANNE ACTUALLY HAS BECOME
A MISSIONARY TOO
AND FOR THE PAST 20 TO 25 YEARS
SHE TOO HAS GONE TO THE ENDS
OF THE EARTH IN JUST HELPING
RESCUE THE SUFFERING.
WELL, HER SON KYLE IS
OUR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER'S AGE
AND THEY WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER
AND THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
WE ACTUALLY GATHERED IN ROBIN'S
ROOM SOMETIMES AND SHE'D SAY,
"LET'S PRAY FOR KYLE.
HE IS ACTING PRETTY TYPICAL
ATHLETE TEENAGER!
AND SOMETIMES I WONDER
IF HE IS DISTRACTED."
WE WOULD HAVE A REAL SERIOUS
PRAYER MEETING FOR KYLE.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
HE IS SO FULL OF JESUS,
AND IT WAS OUR PLEASURE TO PRAY
WITH HIM AND HIS BEAUTIFUL
GIRLFRIEND AND ULTIMATELY
FIANCÉ AND WIFE AMY.
AND THEY HAVE FIVE CHILDREN
AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY!
I THINK IT IS AS BEAUTIFUL
A PICTURE OF THE GRACE OF GOD
WORKING IN PEOPLE
AS I HAVE EVER SEEN.
THEY HAVE THREE SONS
AND TWO DAUGHTERS.
WELL, KYLE HAS BEEN GOING
AS A VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER
AND ALSO SPEAKING TO YOU FROM
THE MISSION FIELDS OF THE WORLD,
AND IT HAS ABSOLUTELY
BEEN AWESOME.
SO WE WANT TO WELCOME
JANICE MEYER AND KYLE ROGERS.
WE'RE JUST THRILLED TO HAVE YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU GET TO COME BACK
AND YOU'RE SAFE.
WE REALLY DO PRAY FOR YOU A LOT
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN IN
SOME VERY DANGEROUS,
DANGEROUS SITUATIONS.
NOW YOU JUST CAME FROM A TRIP
TO MADAGASCAR
AND YOU SAW SOME OF
THE MOST IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE.
WE TALK ABOUT THE POVERTY LEVEL.
WE HAD THE POVERTY LEVEL
PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL PAPERS
HERE IN THE METROPLEX RECENTLY,
IT IS LIKE $42,000 A YEAR;
THAT'S POVERTY IN OUR AREA.
THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
AND WE KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE
THAT ARE STRUGGLING
AND WE REALLY -- BUT WE TALK
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING.
AND BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU
REALLY HELP THE POOR,
REALLY HELP US OUT OF LOVE,
AMAZING HOW GOD DOES TAKE NOTICE
AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES.
JANICE, YOU SAW SOME
DESPERATE CONDITIONS.
Janice: WE REALLY DID
AND MENTIONING WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING THERE,
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
WE LIVE IN DISNEYLAND.
I ALWAYS SAY THAT TO MY FRIENDS.
WE LIVE IN -- IT IS ALMOST NOT
REALITY BECAUSE 80% OF THE WORLD
LIVES ON $10 OR LESS A DAY.
THAT'S 80% SO WE'RE IN A VERY
HIGH CATEGORY FOR WEALTH.
BUT WE DID JUST SEE WATER
CONDITIONS THAT I, AFTER
ALL THESE YEARS
HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE.
PEOPLE WHO WERE GETTING WATER
WHERE THE ANIMALS WERE GOING
TO THE BATHROOM,
WHERE THE ANIMALS WERE DRINKING,
WHERE THEY WERE WASHING CLOTHES,
WHERE THEY WERE
BATHING THEMSELVES.
AND I SAW SOMETHING THAT
JUST BROKE MY HEART.
A WOMAN WAS THERE,
THEY GET THE INTESTINES FROM
AN ANIMAL, A COW AND THEN
THEY'RE SCRAPING THEM
RIGHT THERE IN THE WATER.
AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT, A CHILD
IS GETTING WATER
AND DRINKING IT.
RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF US!
IN ALL THE YEARS I'VE TRAVELED
I'VE NOT SEEN THAT.
I KNOW IT IS HAPPENING BUT
TO SEE IT PERSONALLY
AND TO SMELL IT, AND TO WATCH,
YOU JUST WANT TO SCREAM.
I JUST WANTED TO SCREAM,
"DON'T DRINK IT!
DON'T DRINK IT!"
BUT THE FACT IS, THEY HAVE
NO OTHER CHOICE.
EVEN IF THEY HAD A CHOICE,
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY
TO GO AND GET WATER THAT
WAS CLEAN, IF IT WAS EVEN
POSSIBLE, WHICH IT IS NOT.
SO THERE THEY ARE TAKING
THAT HOME AND THAT'S THE WATER.
AND STORY AFTER STORY
THEY TOLD US, "WE'VE LOST
ONE CHILD AND THIS CHILD HAS
THE SAME SYMPTOMS."
AND MY HEART JUST CONTINUES
TO BREAK BECAUSE THAT'S
ALL OVER THE WORLD,
AND WE'VE BEEN ALL OVER
THE WORLD AS YOU KNOW.
I JUST THINK WE CAN
DO SOMETHING.
WE CAN JUST DO --
James: WE CAN TURN EVERYTHING
AROUND AS FAR AS
THEY'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE
WE GIVE THEM HEALTH.
EVEN IN THEIR CHALLENGING
CIRCUMSTANCES.
KYLE, WE LOVE YOU!
WE SURE THINK YOU'RE --
YOU'RE IN OUR CHURCH
WITH YOUR FAMILY AND IT IS ONE
OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PICTURES
OF GOD WORKING HIS GRACE
IN A FAMILY FROM
YOUR OWN PARENTS
AND BEING AROUND MINISTRY
TO SEE SOMEBODY SO DEVOTED
TO THE LORD.
I THANK YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN MANY PLACES BUT
I KNOW YOU WERE ESPECIALLY MOVED
IN MADAGASCAR WITH WHAT YOU SAW,
THE TREMENDOUS NEED THERE,
WHICH IS TYPICAL OF MANY
OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES
WHERE WE NEED TO DRILL
THESE WATER WELLS RIGHT NOW.
BUT YOU WERE ESPECIALLY
TOUCHED THERE.
I CAN TELL WHEN WE LISTEN
TO YOU COMMUNICATE IT.
Kyle: YOU GO ON THESE TRIPS,
IT IS SUCH AN UNBELIEVABLE
EXPERIENCE BECAUSE
YOU FIND YOURSELF LOOKING AT
THESE THINGS AND HAVING
A HARD TIME SOMETIMES ABSORBING
THE REALITY OF THEM,
REALLY BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
WE ARE JUST, LIKE WE SAID,
BLESSED BEYOND BELIEF
WHERE WE ARE.
I FIND MYSELF AT TIMES
REALLY FEELING ALMOST
A LITTLE BIT GUILTY FOR
THE COMFORTABLE LIFESTYLE THAT
I HAVE THAT I LIVE
AND ASK MYSELF, WHY WAS
I GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY
AND THEN BORN IN THE TIME
AND PLACE THAT I WAS?
IT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER.
I FIND MYSELF REALLY CONFLICTED
WITH THAT, BUT WHAT I DO KNOW
IS THAT THOSE OF US
WHO HAVE BEEN BLESSED
WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY
AND CHANCE AT LIFE HAVE GOT
TO WAKE UP TO THE REALITY
TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT.
MADAGASCAR BROUGHT THAT
REALITY HOME AS MUCH AS
ANY PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN
BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN SOME REALLY,
REALLY BAD WATER PLACES
AND THIS REALLY WAS THE WORST
THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.
James: WELL, WE'RE GOING
TO ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE GIRL
THAT WE DID A STORY ON
WHICH YOU DID.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AND LISTEN
TO A LITTLE GIRL THAT REPRESENTS
SO MANY THAT YOU CAN TOUCH WITH
LOVE IN A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY.
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Kyle: THREE TIMES A DAY, VOOLA GOES DOWN TO THIS WATER SOURCE
WITH HER MOM THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
IT IS DISGUSTING WATER FILLED WITH DISEASE.
YOU CAN'T SEE TWO INCHES INTO THIS WATER.
WE WATCHED CATTLE WALKING INTO THIS WATER,
DRINKING IT, DEFECATING IN IT.
PEOPLE BATHING DOWN THERE, WASHING THEIR LAUNDRY
AND THEN RIGHT THERE AT THAT VERY SAME AREA
VOOLA AND ALL OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE ARE SCOOPING WATER OUT
IN THE BUCKETS AND WE WATCHED THEM DRINK IT RIGHT THERE.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THE POLLUTION THAT THEY'RE TAKING
RIGHT INTO THEIR BODIES --
AND THEY KNOW THAT IT IS BAD BUT THEY HAVE NO CHOICE.
VOOLA RECENTLY LOST HER 13 YEAR OLD SISTER
TO CONTAMINATED WATER.
Kyle: VOOLA KNOWS VERY WELL WHAT THE SYMPTOMS ARE
OF WATER-BORNE DISEASES BECAUSE
SHE WATCHED IT HAPPEN WITH HER SISTER.
SHE WAS THERE AT HER DEATH BED
HELPING TO TAKE CARE OF HER TO THE VERY END.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT IS HAPPENING IS VOOLA IS STARTING TO SHOW
SOME OF THE SAME SYMPTOMS.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE NO CHOICE BUT
TO CONTINUE TO GO BACK TO THAT WATER THREE TIMES A DAY,
KNOWING THAT IT TOOK YOUR SISTER,
KNOWING THAT IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE YOUR LIFE TOO.
James: BOY, IT TEARS ME UP.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
Betty: WOW!
AS I'M LISTENING TO VOOLA,
SHE NOT ONLY LOST HER SISTER,
HER BIG SISTER, BUT SHE SAID
HER BEST FRIEND.
I HAD A BEST FRIEND WHEN
I WAS HER AGE AND WE GOT
TO GROW UP FAIRLY CLOSE TOGETHER
BUT SHE LOST HER SISTER
AND HER BEST FRIEND.
THAT JUST REALLY TOUCHES
MY HEART BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THAT
OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHERE
THE CHILDREN DON'T HAVE
THE WATER THEY NEED TO GROW.
THEY GET ALL THE DISEASE
IN THEIR LITTLE BODIES.
KYLE, I KNOW AS YOU WERE THERE
SHE REALLY GRABBED YOUR HEART.
DIDN'T SHE?
Kyle: SHE REALLY DID.
SHE IS 11 YEARS OLD AND
I HAVE A DAUGHTER, MADISON
WHO IS 10 AND JUST SEEING
THE SIMILARITIES IN THEIR AGE
AND WITHIN THE CONTRAST
AND THE LIFE THAT EACH
ARE LIVING IT JUST...
IT JUST ROCKS YOUR WORLD.
YOU WATCH THIS LITTLE GIRL
WITH SUCH A HEAVINESS OVER HER,
NOT ONLY FROM THE RECENT LOSS
OF HER SISTER BUT JUST
THIS REALITY THAT THIS
IS PROBABLY WHAT HER END
LOOKS LIKE AS WELL.
TO SEE HER GO THREE TIMES A DAY
DOWN FOR THIS WATER
AND SPENDING SO MUCH TIME
JUST FOR MERE SURVIVAL,
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE HOW
THE PEOPLE IN THESE SITUATIONS
ARE JUST ROBBED OF
THE OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY
EVER GET AHEAD IN LIFE BECAUSE
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE.
THEY'RE TAKING IN THIS WATER
THAT HAS TAKEN THEIR LIFE AWAY
JUST A LITTLE BIT EVERY DAY
AND IT'S JUST A LONG,
SLOW DEATH.
James: WHEN YOU GIVE THEM LIFE,
IT WILL NEVER BE LIFE
BY THE STANDARD OF MEASURE
THAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE'RE
CALLING POVERTY HERE.
AND IN LIGHT OF REAL POVERTY,
THERE IS NO COMPARISON;
THEY DON'T EVEN CONNECT AT ALL.
BUT WHEN YOU GIVE THEM
A CHANCE, THEY ENJOY LIFE
WITH THEIR MEAGER MEANS
AND THE MEAGER -- WHAT WE CALL
OPPORTUNITIES -- MORE THAN
PEOPLE DO HERE WITH
ALL THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE
LITERALLY MADE AN IDOL OF.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW
TO ENJOY NICE THINGS,
OFTENTIMES BECAUSE IT HAS
BECOME TOO BIG.
IT IS LIKE THE BLESSINGS
WE BEGIN TO WORSHIP RATHER THAN
LETTING THE BLESSINGS
BLESS OTHERS AND SHARING
OF WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
JANICE, YOU SAW PEOPLE
WHEN THEY GET A WELL.
YOU'VE SEEN PEOPLE WHEN
THEY NEED A WELL.
YOU ALSO SAW IN AN AREA
NOT TOO VERY FAR AWAY BUT
OUTSIDE THIS REGION WHERE
WE ACTUALLY WENT WAY BEYOND
THE $4800 FOR A WELL
AND ACTUALLY GAVE THEM WHAT
AMOUNTED TO AS A RESERVOIR;
DON'T EVEN HAVE
TO HAVE A PUMP.
SO YOU'VE SEEN THE BLESSING
OF WHEN WE REALLY WORK TOGETHER
KNOWING OUR VIEWERS ARE SAYING,
"LOOK, WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING,
WHATEVER WE CAN DO."
BUT YOU'VE ALSO SEEN THE JOY;
YOU'VE SEEN BOTH.
Janice: I HAVE SEEN BOTH,
IN THIS AREA AS WELL AS
ALL OVER THE WORLD WE HAVE SEEN
THINGS THAT JUST BREAK
YOUR HEART, LIKE YOU SAID.
WHAT GOT ME ABOUT THIS AREA
WAS WOMAN AFTER WOMAN
HAD LOST A CHILD AND ONE LADY
CAME UP TO US AND SAID
HER NAME WAS LANDY.
I REMEMBER SO CLEARLY
AND SHE WAS GETTING WATER.
SHE HAD A LITTLE HOUSE
THAT WAS MADE OUT OF CARDBOARD
AND A FEW T-SHIRTS AND IT WAS
SO SMALL.
SHE SAID, "PLEASE TAKE MY CHILD!
PLEASE TAKE MY CHILD BECAUSE
SHE'S GOING TO DIE BECAUSE
MY OTHER CHILD DIED
AND SHE IS SHOWING
THE SAME SYMPTOMS."
AND IF THAT WAS ONE STORY
IT WOULD BREAK YOUR HEART
AND YOU WOULD THINK, OKAY,
BUT IT WAS STORY AFTER STORY,
MOTHER AFTER MOTHER,
SISTER AFTER SISTER
AND THAT DOES BREAK YOUR HEART.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID,
WE HAVE AN ANSWER.
IT REALLY IS NOT DIFFICULT.
YOU WERE SAYING TO BLESS OTHERS
BUT I'M SAYING
IT BLESSES YOU TO HELP.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT GET
THE BLESSING.
WHAT I SAW IN A LITTLE VILLAGE
-- WE ENDED UP CAMPING OUT
IN THIS LITTLE VILLAGE IN AFRICA
AS A WELL WAS BEING DRILLED.
WE SAW THEM DRILL AND THEN
THEY PUT A LITTLE STUMP
ON THERE.
AND THE PEOPLE WERE WALKING
BY THAT WELL TO GO GET WATER
AND THEY WERE DIGGING A HOLE
TO GET DIRTY WATER.
WE TOLD THEM, WE KEPT TELLING
THEM, "YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO
TO THE RIVER ANYMORE,
THE DRY RIVER BED AND GET WATER.
IT IS GOING TO COME OUT
RIGHT THERE."
THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE US
BECAUSE THAT WAS LIKE TELLING
THEM THAT THERE WERE MARTIANS;
THAT'S HOW FOREIGN
IT WAS TO THEM.
"NO, I'VE GONE TO THE RIVER
SINCE I WAS A BABY.
SO YOU CAN'T TELL ME THERE'S
GOING TO BE WATER COMING OUT
OF THAT THING THAT I DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS."
THE NEXT DAY WE PUT THE PUMP
ON IT, AND THEN WE PUMPED.
AND THESE LADIES --
ONE LADY HAD THE BIGGEST SMILE
YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
"OH, MY GOSH!"
IT WAS LIKE --
IT WAS A MIRACLE FOR THEM!
AND THEN THIS ONE LADY WALKED
OFF WITH HER BUCKET OF WATER
AND SHE GOES, JUST LIKE THIS,
"GOD IS BIG!"
IS WHAT SHE SAID.
I SAID, "YES, HE IS!
YES, HE IS!
HE WANTS TO BE BIG
FOR EVERYBODY."
BUT THEY COULDN'T
EVEN BELIEVE IT.
SHE SAID, "I STILL HAVE TO GO
DOWN TO THE RIVER RIGHT?"
AND WE GO, "NO! NEVER AGAIN!
NOT WHERE YOU COULD
GET BITTEN BY A SNAKE.
OR WHATEVER, NOW YOU HAVE
CLEAN WATER."
YOU KNOW WHAT IT WILL DO
FOR THAT VILLAGE?
EVERYTHING!
IT CHANGES IT
FROM DEATH TO LIFE.
NOW THEY'LL WATCH
THEIR CHILDREN -- THEY WON'T
EVEN BELIEVE HOW HEALTHY.
THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN
THEIR CHILDREN THAT HEALTHY!
AND THAT CAN HAPPEN EVERYWHERE!
James: IF YOU CAN IMAGINE
THEY HAVE NO SOURCE
OF ENTERTAINMENT.
THEY DON'T WATCH TELEVISION.
THEY DON'T HAVE ENTERTAINERS.
THEY DON'T GO TO SHOWS.
THEY DON'T GO WHERE PEOPLE GO
EVEN FOR JOYFUL CHURCH SERVICE;
MANY TIMES THEY'LL HAVE
A LITTLE SERVICE
WHERE THEY GET TOGETHER.
THEY DON'T HAVE WHAT
ENTERTAINS US AT ALL.
AND YOU HAVE TO REALLY WONDER
HOW HAPPY PEOPLE ARE
WITH ALL THE THINGS.
WHAT ENTERTAINS THEM --
THEIR CHILDREN,
SEEING THEM HEALTHY.
THE GREATEST SOURCE OF JOY
BECOMES THE GREATEST SOURCE
OF SORROW.
YOU KNOW HOW SAD IT IS
WHEN YOU LOSE A LOVED ONE
OR SOMEONE IS FIGHTING
FOR THEIR HEALTH.
WELL, THAT'S WHERE THEY LIVE
ALL OF THE TIME.
BUT THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF JOY
IS WATCHING THEIR CHILDREN
LIVE HEALTHFULLY WITH
ALL THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE
TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU,
JANICE, AND I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO KYLE FOR GOING
TO THE DIFFICULT PLACES
BECAUSE BETTY AND I HAVE BEEN
UNTIL BETTY WAS NEARLY CRIPPLED
FROM GETTING BEAT UP
AND BANGED AROUND IN THE TRUCKS.
I THINK WE HAVE PROBABLY TAKEN
SOME PRETTY ROUGH BLOWS,
BETTY AND I, WE ARE NOT
LITTLE SPRING CHICKENS,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
BUT WE'RE NOT SITTING
IN A ROCKER EITHER!
BUT WE KNOW THE SACRIFICE
YOU MAKE AND THE MISSIONARIES
MAKE AND THEY'RE THE GREATEST
EXAMPLES OF LOVE WE EVER SEE,
EXCEPT FOR THIS.
THEY TELL US THE GREATEST
EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE
ARE VIEWERS OF LIFE TODAY
AND CARING PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE WORLD WHO ENABLE THEM
TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING
AND NOT JUST TALK ABOUT
GOD'S LOVE BUT DEMONSTRATE IT,
AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE ARE
SO RECEPTIVE.
THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHOSE
LIVES WE TOGETHER HAVE SAVED,
WE HAVE SEEN FAR MORE
IN NUMBERS OF MILLIONS
TRUST CHRIST BECAUSE OF WHAT
WE DID FOR THOSE
WHO HAD MEAGER MEANS.
I WANT US ALL TOGETHER
TO WATCH SOMETHING THAT
I KNOW TOUCHED YOU VERY DEEPLY
BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY
BROUGHT IT BACK.
LET'S LOOK AT IT TOGETHER,
AND LET GOD SPEAK TO YOUR HEART
BECAUSE TOGETHER WE CAN DRILL
MORE WELLS.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WOULD YOU DRILL ONE?
WOULD YOU HELP WITH PART
OF A WELL?
$48... SO SIMPLE, TEN PEOPLE
WATER THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO WATCH.
I WANT YOU TO BE SENSITIVE
TO GOD AND SAY, "GOD, WHAT CAN
I DO ABOUT WHAT I SEE
AND WHAT I HEAR?"
WATCH CLOSELY.
James: OH, BOY!
"WHY DO MY CHILDREN HAVE
TO SUFFER LIKE THIS?"
THEY DON'T!
I WATCH HER WALK AWAY
WITH HER LITTLE CHILDREN,
OF COURSE HER BABY THERE
ON HER BACK BUT THEY LOOK
LIKE THEY'RE JUST LITTLE
STICK FIGURES, AND THEN
THE LITTLE GUY SITTING THERE
ON THE ROCK KIND OF WAVING.
IF I HAD BEEN IN THAT
PARTICULAR SETTING I WOULD
HAVE PICKED THAT CHILD UP.
YOU KNOW SOMETIMES A CHILD
SCREAMS AND THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT IS GOING ON.
THEY HAVE VERY SELDOM DONE THAT
WHEN I'VE GONE TO THEM.
EVEN THE PARENTS,
THE MISSIONARIES
HAVE BEEN AMAZED.
I JUST REACH DOWN
AND PICK CHILDREN UP
AND SIT DOWN IN THE DIRT
WITH THEM OR WHEREVER I AM
IN THE WORLD AND JUST HOLD THEM.
IT IS LIKE THEY CAN FEEL
THE LOVE.
I WOULD SCOOP THAT LITTLE CHILD
UP AND THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN NICE BUT IT WOULDN'T
HAVE CHANGED ANYTHING EXCEPT
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OKAY
LITTLE MOMENT OF COMFORT.
BUT IF WE WILL, WITH YOUR HELP,
GO AND DRILL A WELL,
A WATER WELL,
AND DO WHAT IS NECESSARY,
THEY HAVE A WHOLE NEW LIFE.
AND BETTY, IT IS JUST LIKE
YOU SAY, WE REALLY DO BECOME
THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
Betty: JAMES, AS I WATCHED THAT
AND I WATCHED THAT MOTHER
DESPERATE BECAUSE SHE HAS
ALREADY LOST A CHILD
AND EXPECTING TO LOSE THE OTHERS
IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING,
I DON'T WANT YOU AFTER SEEING
SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GO
AWAY FEELING HOPELESS
LIKE WHAT CAN I DO, GOD?
I WANT YOU TO ASK GOD
HOW MUCH CAN I DO?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I FEEL
IN MY HEART IS
GOD, HOW MUCH CAN I HELP THEM?
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO,
JAMES AND I CAN DO,
AND I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING
YOU CAN DO TOO.
GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOUR HEART
RIGHT NOW AND I PRAY
YOU WILL GO TO THE PHONE.
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO
TO TOUCH THE HEARTS OF
THESE CHILDREN AND TO HELP THEM
HAVE A CHANCE IN LIFE.
James: BOY, THAT IS MY PRAYER,
THAT'S THE HEART CRY
OF THE PARENTS;
IT IS THE HEART CRY OF
THE MISSIONARIES.
WE GIVE THEM HOPE.
I WANT TO JUST SAY THANKS
TO YOU, KYLE AND TO YOU, JANICE
FOR JUST YOUR LIVES,
YOUR WITNESS.
YOU'RE A CONTINUAL SOURCE
OF INSPIRATION TO US.
Janice: JAMES, IT IS AN HONOR
FOR US AND A PRIVILEGE.
BUT I JUST WANT PEOPLE
TO FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE
AND THE CHILDREN AND
WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THEM.
YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT
PICKING UP THAT CHILD.
WELL, KYLE DID.
AND WHEN I SAW THE LOOK
ON KYLE'S FACE,
WE ALL JUST ABOUT LOST IT.
TELL THEM WHAT YOU FELT.
Kyle: THAT'S WHEN IT BROUGHT IT
ALL HOME BECAUSE IT IS EASY
WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE
AND YOU'RE GIVEN THIS TASK
OF BRINGING THE STORIES BACK;
DOCUMENTING WHAT'S BOTH
BEING DONE AND THE NEED.
YOU GET KIND OF CAUGHT UP
IN THE MOMENT OF WHAT
YOU'RE DOING; SET THE CAMERA UP
HERE AND LOOK THIS WAY.
I WENT TO HELP THAT LITTLE BOY
THAT WE SAW AT THE END
KIND OF STEPPING ACROSS
THE ROCKS AND WHEN I WENT
TO GRAB HIS ARM AND KIND OF
HELP LIFT HIM TO STEP OVER
MY WHOLE WORLD JUST WENT [bvmff]
BECAUSE ALL OF MY FOCUS
AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
THINGS JUST STOPPED BECAUSE
WHEN I GRABBED HIS ARM,
THIS RAIL THIN, TINY LITTLE ARM,
SKIN AND BONE,
I WENT TO LIFT HIM, I FELT LIKE
HIS ARM WAS GOING TO PULL OFF
HIS SHOULDER.
IT TORE MY HEART OUT BECAUSE
HOW MANY TIMES A DAY
DO I PICK UP MY KIDS,
EACH OF MY FIVE CHILDREN
AND NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I EVER
EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
ANY CONCERN AT THAT LEVEL
AND IT JUST TORE ME UP.
IT IS JUST SUCH A SIMPLE
SOLUTION AND CURE TO THIS.
WE'VE HAD THE JOY
OF WATCHING IT HAPPEN.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE
AND AN HONOR.
James: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JUST SHARING GOD'S HEART,
KYLE AND JANICE.
WE CAN DO SOMETHING.
I'M ASKING YOU TO.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED
ANY MORE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM ME.
I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING
IN YOUR HEART THAT SAYS,
"I CAN DO SOMETHING."
THE WELLS DO COST $4800.
BETTY AND I DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING WE DO IN THE COURSE
OF THE YEAR WE ENJOY ANY MORE
THAN DRILLING A WELL.
EVERY TIME OUR MISSIONARY TEAM
SAYS, "OKAY, WE NEED EMPHASIS
ON THE WELLS,"
OR OUR LEADERSHIP HERE,
WE AGREE TOGETHER,
THIS IS A NEED,
BETTY AND I DRILL A WELL.
AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD
WE ALWAYS WILL.
I DON'T CARE HOW OLD WE ARE,
WRITE A CHECK, WE'LL DO IT
AND WE SEND IT ON A CHECK.
IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A CHECK,
MAKE IT TO LIFE.
BUT WHATEVER YOU CAN DO --
MAYBE YOU SAY, "JAMES,
I COULDN'T POSSIBLY DO A WELL.
I WISH I COULD!"
I KNOW YOU DO.
COULD YOU GIVE $1200 OR $2400
AND PRAY ONE OR THREE PEOPLE
JOIN YOU?
BUT THEN KEEP THIS IN MIND
BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE
THE MAJORITY OF THE SUPPORT
COMES FROM, BUT WE'VE GOT
TO HAVE THE HELP OF EVERYBODY,
AT WHATEVER LEVEL YOU'VE BEEN
ABLE TO HELP, YOU DO IT
OUT OF A HEART OF LOVE.
$48: TEN PEOPLE WATER
THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
AMAZING!
DON'T YOU WISH YOU COULD
GET WATER LIKE THAT HERE?
WELL, WE CAN BY GIVING THEM
A WELL IN THESE COMMUNITIES
AND VILLAGES.
SOMETIMES IT COSTS
FAR MORE THAN THAT.
ONE PLACE NOT TOO FAR BY,
WE ACTUALLY PUT A RESERVOIR UP
WHERE THEY HAVE
GRAVITY FLOW FEED.
THAT WAS FAR MORE EXPENSIVE
BUT THAT'S WHERE WE COMBINE
THE RESOURCES IN ORDER
TO TOUCH EVEN MORE PEOPLE.
BUT THE AVERAGE COST IS $4800.
$48, $144: TEN PEOPLE,
30 PEOPLE WATER THE REST
OF THEIR LIFE.
FATHER, I PRAY
YOU MOVE EVERYONE.
I KNOW EVERYONE CARES.
BUT IT'S SO EASY TO CARE
AND NEVER SHARE.
GOD HELP EVERYONE WATCHING
TO SHARE.
WOULD YOU DO IT?
USE YOUR BANKCARD LIKE A CHECK.
CALL THE NUMBER AND SAY,
"HERE'S MY GIFT."
YOU CAN GO ONLINE,
LIFETODAY.ORG, AND MAKE
THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN.
I'M ASKING EVERY ONE OF YOU
LOOK, GIVE SOMEONE WATER.
JESUS SAID IF YOU GIVE
JUST A CUP OF WATER
YOU WON'T LOSE HEAVEN'S REWARD
-- GOD'S REWARD
-- GOD'S BLESSING!
PLEASE MAKE THAT
LIFE-GIVING CALL.
HELP US SHARE WATER FOR LIFE.
Announcer: EVERY DAY MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ARE FORCED
TO MAKE A DREADFUL CHOICE: DRINK FILTHY, POLLUTED WATER
FILLED WITH DEADLY DISEASE OR DIE FROM THIRST.
NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE FACED WITH THIS DECISION.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE IS A SOLUTION --
MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING
AND VIABLE DEMONSTRATIONS OF GOD'S LOVE IN THE WORLD TODAY.
SUFFERING CAN END BECAUSE CLEAN WATER CHANGES EVERYTHING!
WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY WE WILL BEGIN DRILLING
350 NEW WATER WELLS FOR REMOTE VILLAGES IN 12 DIFFERENT NATIONS.
YOUR GIFT OF $24 WILL HELP PROVIDE CLEAN WATER FOR FIVE PEOPLE!
A GIFT OF $48 WILL HELP PROVIDE FOR 10 PEOPLE!
$72 WILL IMPACT 15 PEOPLE.
AND $144 WILL HELP PROVIDE FRESH, CLEAN DISEASE-FREE WATER
FOR 30 PEOPLE FOR A LIFETIME!
WITH YOUR GIFT BE SURE TO REQUEST, BELIEVE THIS NOT THAT
A BRAND-NEW TOPICAL BIBLE PROMISE BOOK
THAT WILL ENCOURAGE YOU IN EVERY AREA OF LIFE.
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE
YOU MAY REQUEST OUR NEWLY RELEASED WATER FOR LIFE MUG SET,
A DAILY REMINDER OF THE CLEAN WATER
YOU MAKE POSSIBLE TO THOSE WHO THIRST.
ALSO PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1200
TO HELP PROVIDE WATER FOR 250 PEOPLE
OR A GIFT OF $4800 TO HELP SPONSOR A COMPLETE WELL.
AND BE SURE TO REQUEST THE 2012 COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE SCULPTURE,
"THE LAMB AND THE LION."
THIS IS THE LAST DAY! CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE!
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James: IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE HEAR FROM YOU.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE EVERYBODY
DOING WHAT THEY CAN.
WE HAVE GIFTS TO BLESS YOU.
Janice: JAMES, I WANT
TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
SITTING RIGHT HERE,
YOU CAN HEAR GOD ANYWHERE,
GOD TOLD ME TO GIVE $1,000.
I DON'T MAKE THAT MUCH BUT
WHEN GOD TELLS YOU
TO DO SOMETHING YOU DO IT,
AND I'LL BE WRITING A CHECK
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
I JUST WISH SOMEBODY WOULD
JOIN ME SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
WE DRILLED A WELL.
SO ABOUT THREE OF YOU JOIN ME,
PLEASE, BECAUSE WE NEED
TO DO IT.
I'M GOING TO TAKE ONE PART,
YOU TAKE SOME MORE. OKAY?
James: I KNOW THAT'S BIG!
JANICE SAYS SHE LIVES AS
A MISSIONARY AND SHE HAS
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS
AT OUR SIDE.
I KNOW GOD TOUCHED HER HEART.
I KNOW HE IS TOUCHING YOURS.
KYLE, JANICE, THANK YOU!
ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU
FOR HELPING!
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