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.
THIS IS THE LAST DAY! PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE.
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: THIS IS THE LAST DAY
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT LOOK
THOUSANDS OF TIMES OVER
YOU JUST DO YOUR PART TODAY.
REMEMBER, THIS IS OUR LAST DAY.
WE'VE GOT THOSE 20,000
ADDITIONAL CHILDREN
IN DESPERATE NEED.
WOULD YOU TAKE AS MANY OF THEM
AS YOU CAN?
YOU SAY, "I'VE GOT THREE,
FIVE, TEN...
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO.
ON THIS LAST DAY
YOU MAKE THAT GIFT.
MAYBE A SECOND OR THIRD GIFT
YOU'VE MADE, LIKE BETTY AND
I DO TO THE FEEDING PROGRAM
BUT YOU DO IT
ON THE LAST DAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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