Announcer: ON THIS SPECIAL EPISODE OF LIFE TODAY.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

TELL HER SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!

Announcer: HEAR FROM LIFE'S MISSION PHOTOGRAPHER,

WHO NOT ONLY CAPTURES THE IMAGES OF CHILDREN IN NEED...

BUT DEMONSTRATES THE LOVE OF GOD

AS SHE REACHES OUT FROM BEHIND THE CAMERA.

THAT IS WHAT I LIVE FOR.

Announcer: NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!

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James: I WELCOME YOU

TO LIFE TODAY.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I REALLY...

WE REALLY LIKE WHAT

YOU WERE JUST WATCHING.

THAT REALLY IS A MISSIONARY

WITH A CAMERA;

THAT'S JANICE MEYER.

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T EVEN

DESCRIBE ADEQUATELY

AND PUT INTO WORDS HOW MUCH

WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE JANICE.

BETTY, SHE'S BEEN WITH US

SINCE SHE WAS A TEENAGER.

Betty: JUST A BABY!

James: WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING

TO GET INTO HOW LONG

SHE'S BEEN AROUND BUT

SHE'S BEEN ON THE MISSION FIELD

NOW WITH US FOR SOME 25 YEARS

TRAVELING WITH THAT CAMERA.

SHE IS A MISSIONARY, NOT ONLY

WITH A CAMERA BUT WITH A HEART

FOR GOD AND A LOVE FOR PEOPLE.

JANICE, WE'RE JUST GLAD

YOU'RE HERE.

WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD

YOU GET BACK SAFE.

Janice: RIGHT. ME TOO!

James: YOU WONDER SOMETIMES.

DON'T YOU?

Janice: THERE HAVE BEEN

A FEW TIMES THAT WE'VE HAD

MACHINE GUNS POINTED AT US.

I'VE BEEN ON PLANE RIDES

THAT I DIDN'T THINK

THEY WOULD LAND.

BUT IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE

TO GET TO GO, FOR ME;

THAT IS MY HEART.

EVERY TIME THERE'S A TRIP,

I'M LIKE HERE AM I, SEND ME!

BECAUSE I LOVE THE ADVENTURE

BUT I LOVE THE PEOPLE THE MOST.

James: WELL, BETTY AND I HAVE

BEEN AROUND THE WORLD.

WE'VE BEEN IN THOSE

HARD AREAS WITH YOU

FOR SO MANY YEARS

AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT

IT IS LIKE TO TRAVEL

FOR HOURS ON A PLANE

AND THEN GET INTO AREAS

AND GET IN VEHICLES

AND GO ON ROADS THAT

ARE JUST NOTHING BUT

ONE PIT AFTER ANOTHER

AND JUST GETTING BEAT UP.

WITH ALL THESE DIFFICULT

THINGS, IT'S JUST LIKE

YOU SAID, YOU KEEP SAYING,

"HERE AM I, SEND ME."

YOU JUST ARE READY TO GO.

AND YOU GO AND YOU KNOW

YOU'RE GOING TO NOT ONLY

BE INVOLVED IN A MISSION TRIP

BUT YOU'RE GOING

TO BE TAKING PICTURES.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO

WHEN YOU GO?

Janice: EVERY TRIP I GO ON,

I ASK GOD, I SAY, "LORD,

LET ME CAPTURE YOUR HEART."

THAT IS MY PRAYER.

I WANT TO CAPTURE GOD'S HEART

OF WHAT I SEE.

IT'S SO MUCH OF A PRIVILEGE

BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE HAVE

A STORY TO TELL.

SOMETIMES I THINK,

WHEN I'M TAKING A PICTURE

OF A CHILD, I WONDER,

WILL THIS BE THE ONLY RECORD

OF THIS CHILD BEING ALIVE,

AND I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE IT?

I HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY

TO TELL THOSE PEOPLE'S STORY.

THIS LAST TRIP, JAMES,

WE WERE IN SUDAN.

I WAS JUST WALKING AROUND

IN WHAT THEY CALL

AN I.D.P. CAMP,

WHICH IS INTERNAL

DISPLACED PEOPLE.

I JUST WENT WALKING AROUND

AS WE WERE THERE

AND THE GROUND WAS CRACKED

AND DRY.

THERE WAS NO WAY TO PRODUCE

ANYTHING OUT OF IT.

AND THESE PEOPLE,

IF THEY HAD A CLOTH TO HANG

OVER AS A TENT,

THEY WERE THE LUCKY ONES.

I SAW THESE LADIES AND I JUST

WANTED TO SIT WITH THEM

AND I HAD AN INTERPRETER.

I WENT AND SAT WITH THESE

LADIES FOR LIKE 20, 30 MINUTES

AND JUST TALKED TO THEM.

I DON'T OFTEN GET THE CHANCE

TO DO THAT.

I SAID, "TELL ME YOUR STORY.

JUST TELL ME HOW

YOU ENDED UP HERE."

THEY SAID, "WELL, WE HAD

WALKED FOR FIVE DAYS BECAUSE

OUR VILLAGE WAS RAIDED

AND THE SOLDIERS CAME IN

AND WERE KILLING PEOPLE."

AND THEY JUST GRABBED WHAT

THEY COULD AND THEY RAN.

IT WAS JUST BROKE MY HEART

BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN

SEE IN PEOPLE'S EYES

JUST ALMOST HOPELESSNESS.

AND THAT WAS WHAT

THEY WERE PORTRAYING.

AND THEY SAID TO ME

ON THEIR WAY THERE

TO GET TO THIS PLACE,

TWO CHILDREN DIED EVERY DAY.

ONE LADY LOOKED AT ME

AND SAID, "ONE OF MY CHILDREN

DIED JUST ON THE WAY."

I SAID, "WHAT DID YOU DO?"

SHE SAID, "WE HAD TO BURY HIM

RIGHT THERE."

AND THEN SHE POINTED AT HER

OTHER CHILD LAYING IN HER LAP.

SHE SAID, "AND MY CHILD IS

DISPLAYING THE SAME SYMPTOMS

AND I'M SO AFRAID THAT

SHE IS GOING TO DIE TOO."

AND EVERY ONE OF THEM

ASKED ME FOR FOOD.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD

TO GO AROUND.

WE WOULD GLADLY HAVE

GIVEN THEM WHAT WE HAD BUT

WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD

FOR THAT WHOLE CAMP BECAUSE

IT WAS JUST PEOPLE AFTER

PEOPLE SITTING UNDER A TREE.

LET ME TELL YOU, THOSE TREES

WEREN'T LIKE YOU WOULD PICTURE

A NICE SHADE TREE.

THEY BARELY HAD A LEAF

OR TWO ON THEM.

THERE'S VERY LITTLE SHADE.

IT'S SO HOT THERE.

THAT WOMAN TOLD ME, "I'M SO

WORRIED ABOUT MY CHILD.

I'M SO WORRIED.

PLEASE DON'T LET MY CHILD DIE

AFTER WE'VE MADE IT HERE."

YOU KNOW WHAT?

THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD

LEFT OVER NOW.

THEY'RE WAITING FOR US

TO COME IN AND DO WHAT WE CAN.

THEY'RE WAITING FOR SOMEBODY

LIKE OUR VIEWERS AND US

TO JOIN TOGETHER.

I ALWAYS SAY

LET'S JOIN TOGETHER.

THE MISSIONARIES WILL DO

THEIR PART IF WE'LL DO

OUR PART.

LET'S DO THIS.

LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Betty: SO THEY'RE JUST WAITING

FOR SOME LITTLE SIGN OF HOPE

THAT THEIR CHILD MIGHT LIVE,

AND AT THE SAME TIME SEEING

ALL OF THE DEATH AROUND THEM,

AND THE DESPERATION.

Janice: WE DON'T ONLY SAVE

LIVES, WE DO GIVE HOPE.

TO GIVE A PERSON HOPE

IS A HIGH CALLING I THINK.

AND YOU DON'T OFTEN GET

A CHANCE TO SAVE

A HUMAN BEING'S LIFE.

YOU DON'T JUST WALK OUT

YOUR DOOR EVERY DAY AND ARE

ABLE TO SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE.

BUT WHEN WE DO THIS

AND WE HELP,

WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

RIGHT FROM OUR HOME,

WE CAN SAVE A CHILD'S LIFE.

James: YOU SENT BACK

ONE OF THE MOST

I THOUGHT GRIPPING,

MOVING INSPIRING MOMENTS

WE'VE EVER SEEN

ON TELEVISION.

I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT

WITH US.

Janice: MY NAME IS JANICE.

I'VE BEEN A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH THE LIFE Outreach MISSION TEAM

FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

I'VE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD

TRYING TO HELP CHILDREN IN NEED.

EVEN THOUGH MY HEART IS BROKEN EACH TRIP

BY THE AMOUNT OF PAIN AND SUFFERING I'VE WITNESSED,

I WASN'T PREPARED FOR WHAT I SAW

ON OUR LATEST TRIP TO SOUTH SUDAN.

THIS BOY'S NAME IS LAZARUS.

HIS CHRISTIAN MOTHER GAVE HIM THIS NAME

AND IT IS VERY FITTING

BECAUSE LAZARUS NEEDS A MIRACLE.

HE WANTED TO SEE HIS PICTURE A MINUTE AGO.

I WAS SCARED TO EVEN SHOW IT TO HIM

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.

AND I SHOWED HIM AND THE MAN SAID

HE IS SAYING, "WHO IS THAT? WHO IS THAT?"

HE CAN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE HIMSELF.

[Weeping]

[Weeping]

Janice: THERE ARE THOUSANDS LIKE THIS ALL OVER SUDAN.

WE NEED TO HELP THEM GET A BRAND-NEW START.

WE NEED TO HELP THEM GROW AND BE CHILDREN AND HAVE FUN.

ALL IT TAKES IS FOOD... FOOD!

IT'S SO SIMPLE.

JESUS, GIVE HIM A MIRACLE.

James: WHAT'S GOING ON

IN YOUR HEART WHEN YOU SIT HERE

WITH US AND LOOK AT

THAT AND REMEMBER?

Janice: I JUST REMEMBER

WALKING IN THERE AND WE'D JUST

LANDED ON ONE OF THOSE

DIRT STRIPS AND PULLED UP

AND WE WALKED IN, AND WERE

KIND OF SEEING CHILDREN

IN THIS CLINIC.

AND I JUST TURNED AND I SAW

LAZARUS AND I THOUGHT

IS HE ALIVE?

FIRST OF ALL BECAUSE

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF HE WAS

ALIVE, HE WAS NOT MOVING.

AND WE SO OFTEN TALK ABOUT

THE CRY OF CHILDREN

AND HOW THEY'RE HUNGRY.

THERE IS A POINT TOO WHEN

THE CRY IS GONE.

WHEN THAT CRY IS GONE THAT'S

WHEN IT BECOMES DANGEROUS

AND LAZARUS DIDN'T HAVE

THE STRENGTH TO CRY ANYMORE.

WE WERE GOING TO COME BACK

THE NEXT MORNING

AND DO OUR PHOTOS

AND SHOOT OUR FOOTAGE.

I SAID, "I WANT TO TELL

LAZARUS'S STORY

AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL

MAKE IT 'TIL TOMORROW."

BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT HIM

TO DIE AND NOT HAVE

HIS STORY TOLD.

SO WHEN I SAT DOWN THERE

BY HIM, IF YOU SEE ME,

I JUST DIDN'T EVEN

KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I JUST WANTED TO SCOOP HIM UP

AT ONE POINT AND RUN

AND GRAB A PLANE AND SAY,

"WE'RE TAKING HIM SOMEWHERE"

BECAUSE THEY DON'T

HAVE MUCH THERE.

BUT I WAS JUST --

AT ONE POINT I WAS LIKE,

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT

TO SAY BECAUSE THIS IS

THIS MOTHER'S WORST MOMENT

IN HER LIFE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY

AT SOMEONE'S WORST MOMENT?

WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT

HER CHILD?

THAT IT WILL TAKE

A MIRACLE TO LIVE?

AND HIS LITTLE NAME

WAS LAZARUS.

I REMEMBER AT ONE TIME

I EVEN SAID, "COME FORTH."

I JUST WANTED HIM

TO COME FORTH;

EVERYTHING OF LIFE TO COME

INTO HIM BECAUSE RIGHT NOW

WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

James: WHAT'S GOING ON, BETTY,

IN YOUR HEART BECAUSE I KNOW --

Betty: YOU KNOW WHEN I SEE

SOMETHING LIKE THAT

AND JANICE, I THINK IT WAS

VERY APPROPRIATE FOR

YOUR HEART TO BE BROKEN

AND TO BE WEEPING

BECAUSE I BELIEVE GOD

WAS WEEPING WITH YOU.

I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT MOTHER

AND WATCHING HER WEEP

AND HOW HEARTBROKEN

SHE MUST BE TO LOOK AT

WHAT DIDN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE

HER CHILD ANYMORE.

ALL IT WAS -- WAS BARELY

ANY FLESH LEFT ON THAT

PRECIOUS LITTLE BODY.

AND JUST THE DEVASTATION THERE

-- JUST TO FEEL THE HEARTACHE

OF GOD THROUGH SEEING

SOMETHING LIKE THIS

AND THAT MOTHER.

WE CAN MAKE -- IT SHOULD NOT

HAPPEN TO THESE CHILDREN.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FILL

THAT NEED

AND FILL THE HEARTACHE...

AND TAKE THE HEARTACHE

OF THAT MOTHER AWAY.

THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

James: YOU REMEMBER IN

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,

MARY AND MARTHA WERE WEEPING

AND LAZARUS HAD DIED.

AND THEY SAID, "LORD,

IF YOU'D BEEN HERE

THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED."

THE ONLY WAY LAZARUS

DOESN'T DIE IS FOR JESUS

TO BE THERE.

AND THE FACT IS, JESUS WAS

THERE IN JANICE AND WAS THERE

IN THE MISSIONARY RELIEF

WORKERS THAT WERE ALREADY

IN THE AREA, IN THE FACT

THAT THEY SET UP AN EMERGENCY

TYPE CLINIC, WHICH WE KNOW

WE HAVE TO SET UP EVERYWHERE

AND IS PART OF

OUR MISSION FEEDING.

SO HE WAS THERE BUT IF

A RESURRECTION IS GOING

TO OCCUR WHERE HE --

YOU KNOW, JANICE, I BELIEVE

YOU WERE THERE WHEN BETH MOORE

PRAYED OVER LITTLE BABY

MATTHEW, AND SHE PRAYED

WHAT REALLY THE MISSIONARIES

TOLD HER WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE

A PRAYER OF LAST RITES.

MAYBE LIKE JANICE FELT,

I JUST WANT HIM

TO BE REMEMBERED.

THIS LITTLE BOY'S PRECIOUS

TO HIS MOTHER,

PRECIOUS TO GOD.

AND I REALLY WISH YOU'D

UNDERSTAND HOW PRECIOUS

AND SPECIAL YOU ARE TO GOD.

I THINK WHAT WE DON'T GET

SOMETIMES IS WE DON'T

NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T KNOW

HOW MUCH GOD'S FOCUSING

HIS ATTENTION ON US

AND IF WE COULD JUST FOCUS

ON HIM LIKE HE FOCUSES ON US,

HE'LL JUST HAVE

A TRANSFORMING EFFECT

IN EVERYTHING ABOUT US.

BUT IF WE DO FOCUS ON HIM

WE BEGIN TO SEE

THROUGH HIS EYES.

JESUS SAID HE LOOKED WHERE

THE FATHER WAS LOOKING

AND THAT'S WHAT

DIRECTED HIS STEPS.

HE WAS MOVED BY THE HEART

OF THE FATHER,

AND HE EXPRESSED FREELY

THE HEART OF THE FATHER.

SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE,

I REALLY BELIEVE IS JANICE

WAS EXPRESSING GOD'S HEART

AND BETH MOORE PRAYING

OVER LITTLE BABY MATTHEW

WHEN SHE IS TOLD HE WON'T

MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT.

AND THEY'RE PRAYING.

WELL, JESUS WAS THERE AND

A RESURRECTION WAS POSSIBLE

BUT HERE'S THE ISSUE.

THEY HAD TO OPEN THE TOMB,

WHEN JESUS RAISED LAZARUS,

HE SAID, "LOOSE HIM

AND LET HIM GO.

GET THE GRAVE CLOTHES OFF."

IT TOOK INVOLVEMENT

AND ACTION.

SOMEBODY HAD TO CALL FOR JESUS

TO COME TO THE SCENE OF NEED

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT

WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE INVITING JESUS

TO RAISE THE DEAD SO TO SPEAK;

IN OTHER WORDS, GIVE LIFE

TO THE DYING.

THAT'S WHAT HE CAME TO DO.

SO WE'RE PUTTING A TELEPHONE

NUMBER THERE ON THE SCREEN.

IT'S ALWAYS THERE IF YOU SAY,

"I'M DESPERATE, PRAY FOR ME.

SOMETHING IS GOING ON

IN MY FAMILY OR MY LIFE."

AND IT'S PAID FOR BY LOVE

BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT

OF PEOPLE WHO CALL IN AND SAY,

"I'M SO GLAD I COULD

JUST CALL THAT NUMBER.

I COULDN'T HAVE AFFORDED

THE CALL BUT I NEED

THE PRAYER."

BUT TODAY IT'S THERE

TO LITERALLY BE AN ANSWER

TO THE PRAYER

AND SEE THE RESURRECTION

FROM THE GRAVE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE

CRYING OUT FOR.

NOW WE SAW, HERE'S THE

BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT

BABY MATTHEW, HE DIDN'T DIE,

HE LIVED.

AND HE LIVED BECAUSE

PEOPLE RESPONDED IN LOVE.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, MANY,

MANY MONTHS LATER, NOT ONLY

IS MATTHEW HEALTHY

AND BEAUTIFUL BUT BETH MOORE

WENT BACK AND SAW

BABY MATTHEW AND I REMEMBER

HOW SHE GOT OUT AND KICKED

A BALL WITH A BABY

WHO WAS BARELY STRONG ENOUGH

TO BREATHE.

WE SAW THE MIRACLE.

THAT'S WHAT

YOU'RE PRAYING FOR.

I HEARD YOU PRAYING FOR THAT

FOR LAZARUS KNOWING THAT

OUR VIEWERS REALLY WERE

THE HOPE FOR THE RESURRECTION

OF THAT LAZARUS BUT

THE LITERAL THOUSANDS IN SUDAN,

AND WE'VE GOT 20,000 THAT

YOU ALONG WITH THE MISSIONARIES

FOUND WHO WE'RE GOING TO ADD

TO THE FEEDING WHICH TAKES

A MIRACLE TO RAISE

A LOT OF KIDS THAT

LAZARUS REPRESENTED,

AND IT'S OUR VIEWERS

ALL OVER THE WORLD

WHO JUST SAID, "OKAY,

WE'LL FEED THEM."

THOSE MISSIONARIES AND PEOPLE

LIKE YOU WHO GO IN TO CAPTURE

THE NEED WITH A CAMERA,

YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK

YOU PRAYED IN VAIN

OR HOPED IN VAIN

OR THAT MOTHER HOPED IN VAIN,

WE CAN DO IT.

AND WHEN THEY GO TO

THAT LIFELINE, NOT JUST A CALL

FOR PRAYER BUT A LIFELINE

OF HOPE AND SAY,

"HERE'S MY GIFT TO RESCUE

THREE, FIVE, OR TEN CHILDREN,"

THEN YOU'RE SEEING

YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED.

Janice: ABSOLUTELY!

AND CAN I TALK TO THE PEOPLE?

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU,

I'M JUST A PHOTOGRAPHER

AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO GO

AND IT IS MY HEART TO HELP.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'VE BEEN WITH THIS MINISTRY

SO MANY YEARS AND I'VE WATCHED

YOUR HEART AND I KNOW

IT IS YOUR HEART

TO GET INVOLVED AND TO HELP

AND TO SAVE A LIFE.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU,

I'VE TOLD JAMES, IF HE EVER

QUITS ASKING, I WILL ASK.

HE WON'T BUT I'M ASKING YOU,

WILL YOU JOIN WITH ME?

WILL YOU BE A PART OF

SAVING CHILDREN'S LIVES?

WILL YOU JUST GO TO THE PHONE

AND GO ONLINE,

HOWEVER YOU CAN DO IT,

WILL YOU HELP US?

WILL YOU HELP US SAVE LIVES?

SAVE LITTLE LAZARUSES.

THEY'RE ALL OVER

SOUTHERN AFRICA AND SUDAN.

WON'T YOU JOIN US?

WON'T YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN?

PLEASE BE A PART!

James: YOU'RE GOING TO SEE --

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT,

JANICE -- YOU'RE GOING TO SEE

A WIDOW WHO LOST EVERYTHING...

ATTACK.

SEE, I THINK THAT SOMETIMES

YOU DON'T REALLY COMPREHEND,

YOU HEAR ABOUT SUDAN,

YOU EVEN HEARD FAMOUS ACTORS

TALKING ABOUT IT AND SO FORTH

AND THANK GOD FOR THAT.

YOU'VE GOT A CRISIS.

YOU KNOW OUR MISSIONARIES

ARE HELPING IN PARTS

ALL OVER AFRICA, WHEREVER

THERE IS NEED THEY'RE THERE

AND YOU'RE THE ONES THAT

ENABLE THEM TO BE THERE.

BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT

IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD,

ESPECIALLY IN SUDAN,

PEOPLE ARE BEING ATTACKED

BECAUSE THEY'RE CHRISTIANS.

AND WHEN WE WENT THERE

AND MET WITH THEM, THEY SAID,

"WE JUST WISHED THE BELIEVERS

AROUND THE WORLD WOULD

RECOGNIZE WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE PRAYING THEY WILL.

WE PRAY FOR YOU."

THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DESPERATE

ARE PRAYING FOR US.

THAT GOD WILL BE AS BIG

AND REAL TO US AS HE IS

TO THEM IN THEIR NEED.

I PRAY YOU'LL RUN TO THE PHONE

OR GET ONLINE AND SAY,

"HERE'S MY GIFT."

LISTEN TO THIS STORY.

Announcer: THE PEOPLE OF SUDAN ENDURED DECADES OF TURMOIL

AND SUFFERING DURING THEIR CIVIL WAR.

ARMED MARAUDERS FROM THE NORTH WOULD OFTEN RAID VILLAGES

IN THE PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIAN SOUTHERN REGIONS

TO STEAL THEIR LAND AS WELL AS ESTABLISH TRIBAL AND MUSLIM DOMINANCE.

Announcer: NOW THAT SOUTH SUDAN IS INDEPENDENT,

THOUSANDS OF EXILES ARE RETURNING TO THEIR HOMELAND.

EQUIPPED WITH THEIR FAITH IN GOD, A GLIMMER OF HOPE,

AND THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS,

THE VILLAGERS ARE EAGER TO START OVER

BUT ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN MEAGER TEMPORARY CAMPS

WITH VERY LITTLE FOOD.

James: I'M GLAD THAT WOMAN

KNOWS SHE HAS CHILDREN

IN HEAVEN.

I'D LIKE HER TO HAVE

THE IMPACT OF HEAVEN

ON THE CHILDREN THAT SHE HAS

AND THE CHILDREN SHE IS

LOOKING AROUND AT

ARE LONGING FOR THE HELP

THEY NEED TO LIVE

AND THE FOOD.

I REALLY PRAY THAT YOU WILL

BE THE ANSWER TO THE HEART CRY

OF THE PEOPLE ALL OVER

SOUTH SUDAN AND ALL OVER

THE HARD-HIT AREAS OF AFRICA

WHERE THEY'RE JUST DESPERATE.

THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR

A LOT OF STUFF.

IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF STUFF

TO MAKE THEM HAPPY.

THOSE KIDS OVER THERE HAVE

MORE FUN PLAYING WITH A ROCK

AND A STRING OR A BROKEN WHEEL

THAN A LOT OF OUR CHILDREN

HAVE SURROUNDED BY ALL

THE GAMES BECAUSE THEY HAVE

LEARNED THAT LIFE IS PRECIOUS.

IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED

TO LEARN HERE IN OUR BLESSED

COUNTRY, HOW PRECIOUS LIFE IS.

WE TAKE IT TOO OFTEN

FOR GRANTED.

PLEASE DIAL THE NUMBER

ON THE SCREEN.

REMEMBER THIS, $30, $50,

OR $100 WE'RE ABLE TO FEED

THREE, FIVE, OR TEN CHILDREN

FOR THE NEXT MONTHS.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS THAT GIFT

WILL JUST KEEP GIVING LIFE.

IT'S NOT SOME BIG MEAL,

IT'S NOT SOME BIG

ENTERTAINMENT TIME,

IT'S JUST GIVING THEM

A CHANCE.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

YOU GIVE THEM A CHANCE

AND YOU GIVE THEM HEALTH,

AND OUR MISSIONARIES GO IN

AND SHOW THEM HOW THEY CAN

BEGIN TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD.

THEY EVEN TEACH THEM HOW

THEY CAN SAVE WATER AND EVEN

DO LITTLE IRRIGATION PROJECTS.

IT IS AMAZING HOW RESPONSIVE

THEY ARE WHEN YOU JUST

GIVE THEM A CHANCE.

I'M PRAYING THAT SOME DAY

GOD WILL GIVE US AS CREATIVE

PEOPLE THE ABILITY

TO GO OVER AND INSPIRE

THE WHOLE CONTINENT OF AFRICA,

NOT ONLY TO COME TO GOD BUT

TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP

THE RESOURCES THAT

ARE AROUND THEM.

WOULD YOU DIAL THE NUMBER

AND MAKE THAT GIFT RIGHT NOW?

PLEASE?

THE LARGEST GIFT YOU CAN?

WE HAVE SOME GIFTS

TO SEND YOU.

AND BETTY, I'M BELIEVING

WITH ALL MY HEART

EVERYBODY'S GOING TO RESPOND.

Betty: I WAS SITTING HERE

THINKING AS YOU WATCH

LIFE TODAY TODAY, YOU'RE

THINKING, THIS HAS BEEN ROUGH.

THIS HAS BEEN HEAVY.

THIS HAS BEEN SAD.

THIS HAS SEEMED HOPELESS.

LET ME SAY THAT THE ONLY WAY

THAT IT WILL REMAIN SAD

AND REMAIN HOPELESS

IS IF WE DO NOTHING.

YOU NEED TO RESPOND RIGHT NOW

OUT OF THAT BROKEN HEART.

THAT BROKEN HEART IS FROM GOD

BECAUSE HE CARES ABOUT

THESE LITTLE CHILDREN.

HE CARES ABOUT THE HEARTACHE

OF THESE MOTHERS AS THEY WATCH

THEIR CHILDREN DIE.

THAT MOTHER WAS GIVING

THAT CHILD A LEAF OFF OF

A VERY SPARSE TREE THAT

DIDN'T HAVE MANY LEAVES

JUST SO THEY COULD HAVE

SOMETHING TO CHEW ON AND

MAYBE IT WOULD HELP THEM.

PLEASE, AS A MOTHER,

I ASK YOU, LET'S REACH OUT

AND HELP THESE MOTHERS

CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN

AND HELP THESE CHILDREN

TO BE A CONTINUED BLESSING

TO THEIR MOTHERS.

James: GOD SAID,

AND HE REPEATED IT TWICE

IN ISAIAH 58 THAT WHEN

YOU GIVE BREAD TO THE HUNGRY,

WHEN YOU CARE,

GOD WILL ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THEM;

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT NEEDS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

MEET SOMEONE'S NEED.

GOD SAID, "I'LL ANSWER

QUICKLY.

I'LL BE YOUR REAR GUARD."

YOU WILL BECOME

A WELL-WATERED GARDEN.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HELP

RESTORE THE AGE-OLD

SOLID FOUNDATIONS UPON WHICH

WE SHOULD BUILD OUR LIVES

AND OUR FUTURE.

IT'S GOD'S PROMISE TO YOU.

HE CARES ABOUT YOUR NEEDS.

AND SO OFTEN WE FIND

OUR NEEDS MET BY HOW WE MEET

THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.

I KNOW YOU CARE.

BETTY, I DON'T KNOW HOW

YOU COULD HAVE PUT IT

ANY BETTER.

PLEASE GO TO THE PHONE

OR GO ONLINE LIFETODAY.ORG

AND MAKE THE LARGEST GIFT

YOU CAN. WOULD YOU PLEASE?

IF THERE IS ANY WAY YOU CAN

GIVE $1,000 TO HELP US

TAKE CARE OF 100 CHILDREN,

THERE ARE 20,000 -- 20,000 MORE

CHILDREN WE JUST FOUND.

JANICE TOLD YOU ABOUT A LOT

OF THEM LIKE LAZARUS,

A LOT OF THEM DYING TRYING

TO GET TO THE FOOD --

TWO A DAY!

WOULD YOU RESCUE AS MANY

AS POSSIBLE, PLEASE?

IF YOU GET A BUSY,

YOU BE DETERMINED, SAY,

"I'M GOING TO GET THROUGH."

WE DO HAVE SOME GIFTS

TO SEND YOU TO BLESS

THE CHILDREN YOU LOVE

AND THOSE AROUND YOU,

NOT ONLY YOUR FAMILY BUT

PERHAPS NEIGHBOR CHILDREN,

AND TO HELP YOU STUDY

THE WORD OF GOD.

WE WANT TO HELP YOU GROW

AS YOU HELP US RESCUE LIVES

AND POINT PEOPLE TO THE LOVE

AND LIFE OF GOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR MAKING THAT CALL.

Announcer: AT THIS VERY MOMENT, A CHILD IS DRAWING HIS LAST BREATH

STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE DUE TO A LACK OF FOOD.

SADLY, THIS IMPOVERISHED CHILD IS NOT ALONE

AND WITHOUT OUR HELP MANY LIKE HIM FACE DEATH AS WELL.

TODAY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE -- AND HELP SAVE A LIFE.

IN ADDITION TO THE 400,000 CHILDREN

ALREADY IN LIFE'S MISSION FEEDING PROGRAM,

OUR TEAMS HAVE FOUND A REGION IN SOUTH SUDAN WITH ANOTHER

20,000 CHILDREN IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE.

OUR MISSION TEAMS ARE IN PLACE BUT

WE DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP TO REPLENISH

CRITICALLY NEEDED FOOD SUPPLIES IMMEDIATELY.

YOUR LIFE-SAVING GIFT OF $30, $50, OR $100

WILL HELP FEED AND CARE FOR THREE, FIVE, OR TEN CHILDREN

FOR THREE FULL MONTHS.

WITH YOUR GIFT, WE'LL RUSH YOU THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE.

THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK WILL HELP YOUR CHILDREN

DISCOVER FOR THEMSELVES THAT JESUS IS AT THE CENTER

OF GOD'S GREAT STORY OF SALVATION,

AND AT THE CENTER OF THEIR LIVES TOO!

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE TO HELP FEED TEN CHILDREN,

YOU MAY REQUEST OUR NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION

AND NEW KING JAMES SIDE-BY-SIDE BIBLE

WITH A TWO-COLUMN FORMAT FOR EASY COMPARISON.

FINALLY, PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1,000 OR MORE

TO HELP FEED AND SAVE THE LIVES OF 100 CHILDREN,

AND YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST "THE LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE SCULPTURE.

PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE RIGHT NOW!

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James: IN BEHALF OF ALL

YOU HELP, AND WHOSE PRAYERS

YOU'RE AN ANSWER TO,

WE SAY THANK YOU.

JANICE, WE WANT TO SAY

THANK YOU.

I DON'T THINK YOU COULD GO

AND SEE THE HEARTACHE IF YOU

DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE VIEWERS

WHO WOULD CHANGE IT ALL.

Janice: NO, THAT WOULD JUST

BE MORE HEARTBREAKING THAN

YOU COULD HANDLE IF YOU DIDN'T

KNOW THERE WAS A SOLUTION.

AND BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR PEOPLE

AND THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT

LIFE TODAY, THEY'RE AMAZING.

James: A LOT OF THEM WANT

TO KNOW, JANICE,

DOES IT REALLY WORK?

DOES IT REALLY GET TO

THE CHILDREN

AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Janice: I HAVE A PHOTO I TOOK

ON THIS TRIP OF A LITTLE BOY

EATING AND IT EXPLAINS IT ALL.

BIG SMILE -- THAT'S WHAT

I LIVE FOR!

AND IT DOES WORK

AND IT IS WORKING EVERY DAY.

WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP GOING.

James: THANK YOU, JANICE.

AND THANK ALL OF YOU FROM

THE DEPTH OF OUR HEART

IN BEHALF OF ALL YOU HELP,

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS

TO JOIN YOU, NOT ONLY

WATCHING LIFE TODAY BUT

SHARING LIFE TODAY.

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