Announcer:
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY,
ACTRESS SHERI RIGBY

SHARES HOW HER ROLE
IN THE MOVIE, OCTOBER BABY

AFFECTED HER DEEPLY

AFTER HAVING HAD
HER OWN ABORTION YEARS AGO.

>> IT WAS THAT MOMENT
THAT I JUST SAT THERE

ON THE FLOOR
WITH HIM

AND HE JUST CRADLED ME
AND HE HELD ME.

AND IT WAS JUST THAT MOMENT
HE SAID TO ME,

"YOU'VE BEEN FORGIVEN.
IT'S DONE. IT'S OVER."

Announcer:
FINDING FORGIVENESS --
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY.

♪

James: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE KIND AND THANK YOU FOR

WELCOMING US INTO YOUR HOME
OR WHEREVER YOU HAPPEN

TO BE WATCHING.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD
FOR SOME TIME,

AND IT IS REALLY,
REALLY QUITE IMPACTFUL

THE MOVIE, OCTOBER BABY,
MIGHT BE ONE OF THE GREAT,

I WOULD CALL
"KINGDOM IMPRINTS"

OR "IMPACTS" ON OUR PLANET
AT THIS TIME

OF ANYTHING THAT PERHAPS
HAS BEEN PRODUCED

THAT'S GONE INTO THE THEATERS
AND IT'S NOW AVAILABLE IN DVD.

OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU UNDERSTAND MUCH

ABOUT THE STORY
BUT IT IS THE STORY OF

A WOMAN WHO HAD AN ABORTION
AND ACTUALLY,

THERE WERE TWO THERE,
AND ONE OF THEM LIVED.

IT'S QUITE A STORY.
THE ACTRESS IN OCTOBER BABY

IS SHERI RIGBY.
SHE'S BEEN IN A NUMBER

OF SOAP OPERAS
AND OTHER PRODUCTIONS.

SHE IS A VERY GIFTED
AND BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS.

BUT THE INCREDIBLE THING IS
NOT ONLY THE PHENOMENAL

EMOTIONAL DISPLAY
OF WHAT HAPPENED

IN THIS VERY TRUE SITUATION
BUT ALSO HOW IT RELATED

IN A VERY DIRECT WAY TO HER.
I WANT YOU TO WELCOME

THIS VERY GIFTED ACTRESS
AND A VERY POWERFUL,

POWERFUL PRESENTATION,
THAT I WOULD SAY YOU SHOW TO

YOUR WHOLE FAMILY, THE DVD.
I WOULD EVEN RECOMMEND

THAT YOU CONSIDER SHOWING IT
TO THE CHURCH; YOU MIGHT

CALL A SPECIAL SERVICE
OR SCREENING.

IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT YOU DO THAT.

WOULD YOU WELCOME SHERI RIGBY
TO LIFE TODAY?

SHERI, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
Sheri: THANK YOU!

THANK YOU SO MUCH.
James: I WANT YOU TO JUST

TAKE US ON YOUR JOURNEY
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED,

A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW,
AND YOU WERE PLAYING A PART

BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE
HOW CONNECTED YOU WERE.

JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY

AND YOUR STORY
AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT RELATES

AND WE'LL ACTUALLY SEE ONE
OF THE MORE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS

IN THE FILM, IN THE MOVIE.
Sheri: WELL,

I WAS A LITTLE GIRL --
I GREW UP IN A LITTLE TOWN,

IN COOPERSTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA
SO I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME

IN A BROKEN DOWN
MOVIE THEATER.

THIS IS REALLY WHERE GOD
HAD PUT THIS PLACE IN MY HEART

FOR ACTING AND THIS PASSION.
AS MY LIFE KIND OF WENT ON,

MY FAMILY MOVED TO ARIZONA
AND LIFE REALLY TOOK A TURN.

WE WERE KIND OF WHAT YOU
WOULD SAY FISH OUT OF WATER

FROM A LITTLE TOWN
TO A BIG CITY.

I HAD BEEN RAISED
IN THE LUTHERAN CHURCH

WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL
AND THEN MY MOM TOOK US

INTO THE BAPTIST CHURCH
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 13.

THAT'S WHEN I DEDICATED
MY LIFE TO CHRIST.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME,
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT.

I SAT THERE
AND I RAISED MY HAND

AND I WAS SO BLESSED
THAT GOD KNEW WHAT IT MEANT

BECAUSE I KNEW
AT THAT POINT --

THERE WAS A CHANGE
BUT MY LIFE

DIDN'T EMULATE THAT CHANGE.
I WALKED A VERY

DIFFERENT PATH.
I ENDED UP GETTING INVOLVED

IN A VERY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.

I FOUND MYSELF AT 16 PREGNANT
AND I HAD MY FIRST BABY

WHEN I WAS 17.
SO AT THAT POINT IN LIFE,

I WAS CONSIDERED VERY MUCH
A STATISTIC TO MOST

AND THAT I WASN'T GOING TO DO
A WHOLE LOT WITH MY LIFE.

SO JUST IN THIS MOMENT
OF TIME FOR ME,

I WAS MARRIED TO A MAN
THAT WAS ABUSIVE.

HE DOVE INTO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
AND I FOUND MYSELF

IN THAT SAME PLACE
JUST TRYING TO COPE WITH LIFE.

MY FIRST REAL --
GOD JUST GRABBING ME

AND SHAKING ME UP WAS
I HAD BEEN DOING DRUGS MYSELF

AND I WALKED INTO A ROOM
AND I SAW MY BEAUTIFUL

18 MONTH OLD LITTLE BOY AND
I JUST KNEW HE DIDN'T DESERVE

AN IDENTITY LIKE THIS.
I WALKED INTO THE BATHROOM

AND I JUST HAD THIS MOMENT
WITH THE LORD AND CRIED OUT

TO HIM AS HAGAR CRIES OUT
AND HE HEARD HER

AND HE HEARD ME.
HE JUST GAVE ME THIS VISION

OF THIS WOMAN
STANDING IN THIS MIRROR

THAT WAS JUST A DEAD WOMAN.
WITHIN A FEW DAYS

HE TURNED MY LIFE AROUND
AND HE GAVE ME THIS FIRST JOB

AS A MODEL.
I THOUGHT, WOW, HERE'S

SOMETHING LIFE-CHANGING.
I WENT ON THIS TRIP

AND I CAME BACK.
LITTLE THINGS

STARTED HAPPENING.
I ENDED UP GETTING OUT

OF THIS ABUSIVE MARRIAGE.
I WENT BACK TO COLLEGE

AND I WAS REALLY DETERMINED
TO BE SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE,

TO MAKE IT BETTER.
UNFORTUNATELY, ON THE OUTSIDE

IT LOOKED GOOD
BUT ON THE INSIDE

IT WASN'T HEALED.
SO I GOT INTO SCHOOL

AND I WAS WORKING REAL HARD
AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW

I FOUND MYSELF
AT THIS LAW FIRM.

I WAS DOING GREAT,
IN ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP,

BUT NOT BEING HEALED,
WASN'T REALLY SURE

THAT THIS WAS A RELATIONSHIP
I SHOULD BE IN,

AND I FOUND MYSELF PREGNANT.
I JUST KNEW THAT THIS WAS NOT

SOMETHING I COULD FACE AGAIN.
I COULD NOT BE LOOKED AT

LIKE THAT AGAIN.
I JUST KNEW IN THAT MOMENT

THAT THIS WAS NOT --
I WASN'T GOING TO HAVE

THIS BABY.
SO THE GENTLEMAN I WAS WITH

AT THE TIME, THAT WAS IT,
WE DECIDED THAT

I WAS GOING TO GO IN
AND HAVE THIS ABORTION.

UNFORTUNATELY, 20 YEARS AGO,
I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU

WHAT THE PROCEDURE WAS.
I CAN'T EVEN GO BACK TO IT

BUT THAT WAS ANOTHER
TURNING POINT OF MY LIFE.

I REMEMBER VERY BRIEFLY
AFTER THAT

THE RELATIONSHIP ENDED
AND GOD GAVE ME

ANOTHER CHANGE IN MY LIFE, AND
ANOTHER REVERSAL OF DESTINY

AND HE BROUGHT ME TO
THE MOST GODLY MAN

AND HE GAVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE.
THIS GODLY MAN, HE SAID TO ME,

ON OUR SECOND DATE,
HE SAID, "WOULD YOU COME

TO CHURCH WITH ME?"
AND I JUST REMEMBER GOING

INTO THIS CHURCH
AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT

I HAD HEARD THE STORY OF GRACE
AND JUST THE POWERFUL MESSAGE

OF HOW MUCH CHRIST LOVED ME.
SO AS LIFE GOES ON,

WE WERE DOING
DIFFERENT THINGS.

I WAS PLANNING
A WHOLE HOUSE FULL OF BABIES.

BY 2002,
THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.

THEY TOLD ME I WASN'T GOING
TO HAVE ANY MORE CHILDREN.

WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME
AFTER THAT, I HAD A MAN

WALK INTO A COFFEE SHOP
THAT MY HUSBAND AND I HAD

STARTED AT CHURCH AND SAID,
"HOW WOULD YOU LIKE

TO DO COMMERCIALS?"
I SAID, "COMMERCIALS?

GOD? BABIES? COMMERCIALS?
WHERE ARE WE GOING?"

AND WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME
THINGS KEPT ROLLING

AND HAPPENING.
THEN BY 2008, I HAD GONE OFF,

I HAD GOTTEN THE ROLE
ON THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.

STARTED WORKING
WITH THE ERWINS;

THEY CALLED ME TO DO
THE CASTING CROWNS VIDEO

FOR SLOW FADE.
WENT HOME

FOR A ROUTINE HYSTERECTOMY,
BECAUSE OF ALL THE DAMAGE

THAT HAD BEEN DONE;
I ALMOST DIED.

I WAS ON MY DEATH BED
SAYING GOOD-BYE TO MY FAMILY.

AND GOD JUST ONCE AGAIN
RESTORED MY LIFE

AND HE GAVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE.
THE DOCTOR LEANED OVER ME

AFTER THEY RUSHED ME
INTO SURGERY AND SAID,

"YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE."
RENAL FAILURE, YOU SHOULD

HAVE HAD A HEART ATTACK --
ALL THESE THINGS.

AND I JUST KNEW
GOD HAD A PLAN FOR ME.

HE GAVE ME ACTS 20:24 IN THAT
AND THAT MY LIFE MEANS NOTHING

BUT TO FINISH THE RACE
AND COMPLETE THE TASK

AND TO GLORIFY THE GRACE
OF MY SAVIOR.

SO THE NEXT FEW THINGS
HE STARTED DOING IN MY LIFE

IN 2009, HE JUST
ROLLS US INTO HOLLYWOOD --

AND THIS WAS ANOTHER THING.
YOU GO FROM ONE PLACE TO

GOING, "OKAY, GOD, WE'RE IN
A ECONOMIC CRISIS AND

THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING."
AND THEN BY 2010,

ALL THE SUDDEN
THIS PHONE CALL RINGS

AND IT IS JOHN ERWIN
AND HE'S LIKE, "I'VE GOT

THIS GREAT FILM FOR YOU.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.

COULD YOU PLEASE READ IT
AND LET US KNOW?"

AND I GO DRIVING HOME
ON THE 405 THAT IS NOT FAST

BUT I GET THERE
AND THERE'S THIS BEAUTIFUL

PRINT OUT OF THIS SCRIPT
THAT I'M HOLDING IN MY HAND

AND IT WAS THE FIRST THING
THAT GOD JUST REALLY GAVE ME

WITH OCTOBER BABY AND IT WAS
THE PICTURE OF RACHEL HENDRIX

AND MY HUSBAND LOOKED AT HER
AND HE SAID, "OH, WOW!

THIS GIRL COULD BE
YOUR DAUGHTER."

GOD JUST STARTED THIS PROCESS
AND HE REALLY GOT TO ME.

HE GAVE ME ALL
THESE DIFFERENT MOMENTS WHERE

HE SHOWED ME MY LITTLE GIRL,
I GOT TO MEET HER,

AND HE HEARD MY CRY AGAIN.
HE SHOWED ME IN THAT,

ALSO A MOMENT
OF A SEA OF WOMEN'S FACES

AND HE REALLY SPOKE TO ME
SAYING, "THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU,

THIS IS ABOUT THEM."
AND IN 2010, WHEN THIS,

I DIDN'T KNOW,
I GOT ON THE SET

A FEW MONTHS LATER
AND I STARTED SHOOTING

AND I WALK IN AND HERE'S
THE GLORIOUS GIFT OF STANDING

AND LOOKING RACHEL HENDRIX
IN THE EYES AND GOING,

"THIS IS WHAT MY LITTLE GIRL
WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE

ALL GROWN UP."
THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN

I WALK INTO THE NEXT SCENE
AND HERE'S THIS NOTE.

AND AS BELIEVERS, WE KNOW
THE POWER OF THE LIVING WORD,

THAT CHRIST HAS DIED
FOR OUR SINS

AND WE'VE BEEN FORGIVEN
BUT TO SEE IT WRITTEN,

I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU
WHAT THAT MEANT IN THAT MOMENT

AND CHRIST,
HE JUST MET ME THERE.

AND IN THAT MOMENT,
THAT WHEN PEOPLE SEE THIS,

THAT WAS NOT ACTING,
THAT WAS ME SITTING

IN THE LAP OF MY SAVIOR AND
HIM CRADLING ME AND SAYING,

"YOU HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN."
THE LAST SCENE OF IT WAS

I GO IN AND SIT DOWN
WITH MY HUSBAND BECAUSE

I HAVE TO SHARE WITH HIM
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT I'VE DONE
AND THAT ALSO HAD HAPPENED

IN MY LIFE, SIX OR SEVEN
YEARS INTO MY MARRIAGE

I HAD TO SHARE WITH
THIS VERY GODLY MAN

ANOTHER THING IN MY LIFE
THAT HAD OCCURRED.

SO IT'S JUST THIS MOMENT
OF ALL OF THESE HEALINGS.

NOW HERE WE ARE
IN THIS PLACE WHERE THE MOVIE

HAS BEEN RELEASED
AND WHAT I'M SEEING

IS THAT MEN AND WOMEN
ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES,

ALL OVER THE WORLD,
ARE BEING TOUCHED

BY A FILM OF FORGIVENESS
AND HOPE AND THAT IT'S OKAY,

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE CAPTIVATED
BY THIS --

AND LIFE IS SO PRECIOUS.
James: I WANT US TO SEE THAT

MOMENT SHE'S REFERRING TO
AND THE FORGIVENESS THAT WAS

EXTENDED TO THE PERSON WHO
TRIED TO ABORT THE BABY THAT

-- IT DIDN'T DIE.
LET'S WATCH.

♪

♪

♪

>> STACY,
COULD YOU --.

[Sighing]

♪

[Sighing]

[Sniffling]

[Crying]

♪

♪

♪

James: WHOO!
WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE

WHEN YOU SAW THAT?
BECAUSE THAT LOOKED LIKE

YOU MOVED BEYOND ACTING
RIGHT THERE.

WHAT HAPPENED?
Sheri: THAT WAS

JUST MY MOMENT.
CHRIST WAS JUST THERE WITH ME.

HE WAS JUST STANDING THERE
AND HE JUST PUT

HIS ARMS AROUND ME.
REALLY, I --

IT WAS THAT MOMENT
THAT I JUST SAT THERE

ON THE FLOOR WITH HIM
AND HE JUST CRADLED ME

AND HE HELD ME.
IT WAS JUST THAT MOMENT

THAT HE SAID TO ME,
"YOU HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN.

IT'S DONE. IT'S OVER."
TO HAVE SOMETHING

IN 20 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE
TO BE IN THIS MOMENT WHERE

GOD JUST SO MEETS YOU THERE,
AND JUST THIS PEACE;

TO HAVE THAT RESTORATION AND
TO FEEL THAT POWER OF LOVE

WAS THE MOST
INCREDIBLE MOMENT.

AND I SAT THERE
FOR PROBABLY 15 MINUTES.

THE SET WAS QUIET
WHEN WE WERE DONE

AND I WAS MOURNING
MY LOSS OF MY LITTLE GIRL.

OUR WARDROBE STYLIST CAME OVER
AND SHE HAD JUST HAD A BABY

AND SHE JUST SAT AND HELD ME.
AND WE JUST SAT THERE

AND SHE REJOICED IN HERS
AND I MOURNED IN MINE

BUT REJOICED IN KNOWING
THAT SHE WAS IN HEAVEN.

James: WE HAD A COUPLE HERE
RECENTLY THAT ABORTED

THEIR BABY,
THEY WERE BOTH HERE,

THEY MADE THE DECISION AND
THEY ACTUALLY WENT BACK

AND NAMED THEIR LITTLE BABY.
HAD A LITTLE SERVICE;

THEY LOVE HER.
I THINK SOME OF YOU

KNOW MY STORY;
MOST OF YOU WHO WATCH US DO.

MY MOTHER CONCEIVED ME
IN A FORCED RELATIONSHIP;

IT WAS A RAPE.
SHE WAS 40

AND GAVE BIRTH TO ME AT 41
ONLY BECAUSE A DOCTOR SAID,

"I WON'T ABORT THE BABY
YOU'RE ASKING ME TO ABORT."

BECAUSE SHE HAD EVERY REASON,
SHE SAID, TO ABORT THE BABY

IN HER 40-YEAR-OLD WOMB.
THE DOCTOR SAID, "NO."

AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS
THAT I REALLY, REALLY --

I AM FULL OF FORGIVENESS
AND MY MOTHER KNEW

THAT I FORGAVE --
MY MOTHER KNEW THAT

I FORGAVE THE ALCOHOLIC WHO
NOT ONLY FORCED HIS WAY ON HER

BUT ACTUALLY CAME BACK
IN OUR LIVES LATER

AND TRIED TO KILL HER
AND SAID HE WAS GOING

TO KILL ME
AND I ALMOST KILLED HIM.

AND I FORGAVE HIM.
AND SAID, "I DON'T KNOW YOU."

I PICKED HIM UP
IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR.

HE HAD THROWN UP ON HIMSELF.
I HELD HIM AND I SAID,

"I DON'T KNOW YOU.
YOU'RE MY DAD,

I DON'T KNOW YOU
BUT I LOVE YOU."

AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
NOT ONLY BEING FORGIVEN

BUT FORGIVING.
SO FOR THE GIRL

IN THE MOVIE TO SAY THAT,
THAT WAS HUGE FOR HER

BUT IT WAS HUGE FOR THE MOTHER
AS YOU PLAYED THAT PART.

SOMEHOW YOU'VE GOT TO WONDER,
YOUR LITTLE GIRL,

YOU'LL SEE HER SOME DAY
AND EVEN NOW,

IF IN THE WITNESSES...
THERE IS A GREAT CLOUD

OF WITNESSES,
DON'T YOU SENSE SHE'S SAYING,

"I FORGIVE YOU,"
AND DON'T YOU WANT

ALL THE WOMEN
WHO HAVE MADE THE MISTAKE,

THAT IT IS A MISTAKE
BECAUSE IT IS A LIFE;

THERE WAS IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB
POSSIBILITIES.

YOU MAY NOT LIKE
THESE POSSIBILITIES.

YOU MAY HAVE WISHED
I HAD BEEN ABORTED.

YOU MAY NOT LIKE ME
BUT MY KIDS LIKE ME.

BETTY LIKES ME.
SHE LIKES ME A LOT.

MY GRANDCHILDREN
LIKE THEIR PAPAW.

THEY THINK THEIR PAPAW
IS COOL.

I HAD THE NICEST COMPLIMENT.
ONE OF OUR GRANDKIDS SAID,

"OUR GRANDPARENTS ARE COOL!"
[Laughter]

AND IT'S --
I THINK THAT --

Betty: WELL,
THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS THAT

GOD IS READY TO FORGIVE US.
HE'S READY, RIGHT THERE

WITH THAT FORGIVENESS
AND MAYBE THERE ARE WOMEN

THAT HAVE CARRIED THAT GUILT
AROUND FROM ABORTING A BABY

BUT JUST KNOWING THAT
THERE CAN BE HEALING COME

THROUGH THAT FORGIVENESS
IF THEY'LL ONLY RECEIVE IT.

Sheri: ABSOLUTELY.
AND THE MEN AND WOMEN BOTH.

JUST IN THE SCREENERS,
WHEN WE'VE BEEN WATCHING

OCTOBER BABY
AND GOING TO THE SCREENERS

ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES,
AND WE'VE HAD MEN

SITTING THERE
AND THEY START SHARING

THEIR STORIES ABOUT
HOW THEY PARTICIPATED,

THEY HAD TAKEN
THEIR GIRLFRIENDS AND

THEY'RE SEEKING FORGIVENESS
AND HEALING AS WELL.

I THINK IT'S SUCH --
THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO BE

THOSE ARMS OF CHRIST
AND REALLY SAY, "WE NEED

TO FORGIVE THESE PEOPLE."
James: AND YOU NEEDED

TO FEEL THAT FORGIVENESS.
AND YOU EXPERIENCED IT,

AS YOU SAW IT THERE,
YOU WERE SENSING IT AND

YOU WERE SENSING IT BECAUSE
YOUR FIRST REFERENCE WAS,

"JESUS WAS HOLDING ME."
AND I THINK

THAT IF ALL OF YOU COULD,
AND YOU MIGHT NOT WANT ME

TO GIVE YOU A SHOULDER,
YOU MIGHT NOT WANT ME

TO PUT AN ARM AROUND YOU,
YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO --

BUT YOU COULD LAY
ON MY SHOULDER AND YOU

COULD CRY YOUR HEART OUT
AND I WOULD CARE.

I WOULD WANT TO HEAL
THE BROKEN HEART.

IF I FEEL THAT WAY,
SUCH AN ORDINARY PERSON,

HOW MUCH MORE
DOES GOD FEEL THAT?

HOW MUCH MORE DOES
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

FEEL THAT?
THAT HE WANTS

TO HOLD YOU FOREVER,
HE WANTS TO FORGIVE

AND HEAL THE BROKEN HEART;
YOU DON'T NEED TO LIVE

YOUR LIFE WITH THE SHAME
THAT HE DIED TO TAKE.

HE TOOK THE SHAME, THE BLAME,
THE SIN, THE FAILURE --

HE TOOK IT ALL FOR US
IN ORDER THAT WE COULD

BE FREED FROM THAT LOAD.
SO WHEREVER YOU ARE,

WHATEVER YOU'VE DONE,
YOU'VE MADE THIS DECISION

THAT IS NOT THE WISEST
OR BEST.

YOU WERE DEALING
WITH A VERY REAL LITTLE LIFE

THAT HAD INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL
BUT GOD IS A FORGIVER.

WE FORGIVE, GOD FORGIVES --
ASK HIM.

NO MATTER
WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH,

NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN THROUGH,

YOU KNOW YOU HEARD SHERI
TELL SO MANY OF THE THINGS

THAT WENT ON WITH HER
THAT GOD FORGAVE HER.

IT WAS LIKE OKAY,
YOU FORGOT AND YOU GOT RIGHT

THEN YOU MADE A MESS AGAIN.
IT IS LIKE YOU JUST KEEP

FALLING IN THE PIT
AND HE'S STILL THERE.

HE DOESN'T LEAVE BECAUSE
YOU MADE ANOTHER BAD DECISION.

HE'S THERE.
HE DIDN'T LEAVE YOU

LIKE SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO,
EVEN FAMILY.

FATHER, I PRAY FOR EVERY
PERSON YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO,

THAT THEY WOULD JUST RECEIVE
YOUR LOVE AND YOUR GRACE.

IN JESUS' NAME.
IF YOU WANT SOMEONE

TO PRAY WITH YOU, RIGHT NOW,
COULD SOMEBODY

JUST PRAY WITH ME?
WELL, DIAL THE NUMBER,

IT'S A PRAYER LINE,
AND JUST SAY, "JUST AGREE

WITH ME, I NEED PRAYER.
I WANT TO BE FORGIVEN."

YOU WILL BE TALKING TO PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN.

YOU'LL BE TALKING
TO SOMEONE THAT CARES.

I JUST WANT THE BEST FOR YOU
THAT GOD HAS.

THAT'S FORGIVENESS AND LIFE
AND A NEW BEGINNING.

I'M SO GRATEFUL
FOR OCTOBER BABY!

GET IT. GO GET THE DVD.
SHOW IT TO YOUR FAMILY.

WATCH IT.
SHOW IT TO OTHERS.

SHOW IT IN YOUR CHURCH.
WOULD YOU SAY THANKS TO SHERI

FOR SHARING WITH US?
WOULD YOU JUST -- THANK YOU!

THANK GOD FOR YOU.
I PRAY GOD BLESSES YOU.

WHAT'S YOUR WEB SITE IF PEOPLE
WANT TO KNOW HOW THEY COULD

FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING
OR WHAT'S GOING ON?

Sheri: SHERIRIGBY.COM,
THAT'S THE WAY

THAT THEY CAN FIND ME.
ALSO LOOKING ON

THE OCTOBERBABYMOVIE.NET
AND ALSO WITH OCTOBERMOVIE.NET

THEY DID THE EVERY LIFE
IS BEAUTIFUL CAMPAIGN

SO THAT'S JUST
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

TO LOOK AT THAT TOO.
James: CHECK THAT OUT AND

SHE DOES SPEAK OCCASIONALLY,
IN, I'D SAY, WHAT YOU'D

CALL A MAJOR FUNCTION
FOR THE GLORY OF GOD

BUT SHE REALLY BELIEVES SHE
IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN HOLLYWOOD

AS A LIGHT AND A WITNESS, AND
I AGREE WITH THAT VERY MUCH.

SHERI, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT
LITTLE SHOES ON LITTLE BABIES

THAT HAVE LIFE
AND DON'T HAVE MUCH

AND SHOES ON OLDER KIDS.
WE CALL IT "CHRISTMAS SHOES

AND CHRISTMAS SMILES."
I WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS.

I PROMISE YOU,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED.

NOW YOU'LL BE MOVED,
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED

BECAUSE WHEN WE GET TO BLESS
IN A SPECIAL WAY,

WE GET A SPECIAL BLESSING.
WATCH THIS.

♪ [Christmas music] ♪

♪ [Christmas music] ♪

♪ [Christmas music] ♪

James: AND I'M
ASKING YOU TO GIVE

AS MANY PAIRS OF SHOES
AS YOU CAN

TO PUT ON THESE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FEET

OF THESE BEAUTIFUL
CHILDREN!

THANK YOU!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

♪ [Christmas music] ♪

James: THAT'S...
I TELL YOU WHAT,

THAT'S CHRISTMAS SMILES
AND SHOES RIGHT THERE

FOR CHRISTMAS.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE

ANY CLEFT PALATE SURGERY,
SHE GOT SOME SHOES

AND PUT THAT BIG OLD SMILE
ON HER FACE.

BETTY, I'M PRAYING
EVERYBODY WATCHING

DURING THIS LAST WEEK WHEN
WE TAKE THE CHRISTMAS SHOES

AND CHRISTMAS SMILES EMPHASIS
THAT EVERYBODY WATCHING

WILL HELP US AT LEAST GIVE
10 CHILDREN SHOES.

THAT ONLY TAKES $36;
$72 WILL GIVE

20 CHILDREN SHOES;
A GIFT OF $144 --

YOU'VE GOT TO DO THE MATH --
$144 WILL GIVE

40 CHILDREN SHOES.
AT SOME LEVEL YOU CAN HELP US.

WOULD YOU DO THAT?
IS THERE ANY WAY

YOU COULD SAY, "I'M GOING
TO MAKE 40 CHILDREN REALLY

HAPPY FOR CHRISTMAS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM SHOES."

BUT DON'T STEP OUT
IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

IF YOU CAN GIVE TEN
THOSE TEN --

BECAUSE WE'VE TARGETED,
WITH THE MISSIONARIES,

200,000 LITTLE CHILDREN
AND THEIR FEET TO BLESS THEM.

AND THEN THE SMILES, BETTY,
I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS

TO GIVE A SMILE TO A CHILD.
Betty: I DO TOO!

YOU HAD TO HAVE A BIG SMILE
ON YOUR FACE WHEN YOU WATCHED

THAT LITTLE GIRL DANCING
AROUND IN THOSE SHOES.

IT HAD TO MAKE YOU GRIN.
WE WANT TO PUT SOME SHOES ON

SOME CHILDREN'S PRECIOUS FEET
BUT WE WANT TO PUT SOME SMILES

ON SOME CHILDREN'S FACES TOO.
James: WE CAN

DO THAT TOGETHER.
WOULD YOU DIAL THE NUMBER

RIGHT NOW?
LIKE I SAID,

THIS IS OUR LAST WEEK
OF THIS CHRISTMAS SHOES

AND SMILES EMPHASIS.
YOU DIAL THE NUMBER, PLEASE.

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,
USE IT LIKE A CHECK --

THE WISEST WAY TO USE IT --
AND MAKE THE LARGEST GIFT

YOU CAN.
IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A CHECK,

MAKE THE CHECK TO LIFE
BUT CALL THAT SAME NUMBER,

TELL US WHAT YOU'RE MAILING.
MANY OF OUR FRIENDS

LIKE TO GO ONLINE NOW
AND MAKE THEIR GIFT.

YOU CAN GO TO LifeToday.org
AND JUST MAKE THE GIFT

GOD PUTS ON YOUR HEART.
WE'VE GOT IT IMMEDIATELY

AND THAT HELPS US,
WE CAN TELL THE MISSIONARIES,

"HEY, YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE SHOES FOR

THE CHILDREN IN YOUR AREA."
THAT'S WHY WE WORK

WAY AHEAD OF TIME.
I KNOW IT'S WAY OUT,

THE LITTLE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT,
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT

RIGHT NOW
BUT YOU WILL TREASURE IT

AND IT WILL BRING BACK
GREAT MEMORIES.

OUR SON'S BOOK,
GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY --

GREAT BIBLE STUDY,
GREAT LESSONS.

WHAT A GIFTED WRITER.
I'M PROUD OF OUR SON.

HE'S A TREASURE.
WE WANT TO SEND YOU THE BOOK,

AS WELL AS THE OTHER THINGS
WE'VE MENTIONED

LIKE THE BEAUTIFUL
"LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE

IF YOU'LL GIVE THOSE SMILES,
THOSE GIFTS

FOR A COUPLE OF CHILDREN
TO HAVE A SMILE,

$1,000, WILL GIVE TWO SMILES.
WOULD YOU DO IT?

WHATEVER YOU CAN DO,
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO GO

TO THE PHONE OR GO ONLINE.
MAKE THAT SPECIAL GIFT AND

FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS
WE THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.

Announcer:
POVERTY IS A KILLER

AND BECAUSE OF IT
CHILDREN NEEDLESSLY SUFFER,

NOT ONLY FROM A LACK
OF FOOD AND CLEAN WATER,

BUT ALSO FROM A LACK OF THINGS
WE TAKE FOR GRANTED

SUCH AS A HEALTHY SMILE
OR A SIMPLE PAIR OF SHOES.

FOR MOST OF
THESE CHILDREN,

THEY'VE NEVER OWNED
A NEW PAIR OF SHOES

AND WHILE THAT MAY SEEM MINOR
IN LIGHT OF ALL THEIR NEEDS,

WALKING WITH BARE FEET
PUTS THEM AT RISK

OF LIFE-THREATENING INFECTIONS
THAT COULD LEAD

TO CRIPPLING CONSEQUENCES,
DISEASE, AND EVEN DEATH.

BY RESPONDING TODAY, YOU CAN
HELP LIFE IMMEDIATELY SECURE

AND BEGIN SHIPPING CHRISTMAS
SHOES TO 200,000 CHILDREN

AROUND THE WORLD
JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

YOUR GIFT OF $36
WILL PROVIDE
TEN PAIRS OF SHOES.

A GIFT OF $72
WILL PROVIDE 20 PAIR

AND A GIFT OF $144
WILL HELP PROVIDE 40 PAIRS

OF CHRISTMAS SHOES
FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.

IN APPRECIATION OF YOUR GIFT,
BE SURE TO REQUEST

THE INSPIRATIONAL NEW BOOK,
GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY

BY JAMES AND BETTY'S SON,
RANDY ROBISON.

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 TO HELP
PROVIDE 28 PAIRS OF SHOES,

YOU MAY REQUEST THE BEAUTIFULLY
CRAFTED SHOE ORNAMENT

TO PLACE ON YOUR TREE
EACH CHRISTMAS.

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

TO HELP PROVIDE
TWO CHILDREN WITH CORRECTIVE
CLEFT PALATE SURGERIES

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

THIS IS THE LAST WEEK!
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE
YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY.

James: WELL, BETTY AND I WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU FROM

THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART.
I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU

TO BE PRAYING THAT WE MAKE
GOOD DECISIONS THIS YEAR;

THE CHRISTIAN VOTE PIN
IS AVAILABLE.

YOU CAN GO TO LifeToday.org
AND WE'LL TELL YOU HOW

TO GET THE BOOK, INDIVISIBLE.
IT IS AVAILABLE BOTH

IN HARDBACK AND SOFT COVER.
WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW YOU

THE THINGS THAT MATTER
THAT WE REALLY NEED

TO BE PRAYING ABOUT.
OF COURSE, AMONG THAT IS

THE PRECIOUSNESS OF LIFE
AND BOY, DOES OCTOBER BABY

DO THAT SO WELL.
WOULD YOU SAY AGAIN THANKS

TO SHERI?
SHERI, YOU'RE A REAL BLESSING.

Sheri: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
James: WE PRAY GOD BLESSES

EVERYTHING YOU DO
AND I KNOW THAT HE WILL.

THANK ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING
SOME LITTLE CHILDREN

REALLY, REALLY HAPPY!
YOU'RE SUCH A BLESSING!

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>> THEY'RE NOT
CLOSED TO GOD,

THEY'RE JUST FINDING THEMSELVES
INCOMPATIBLE WITH CHURCH.

AND WHY
IS THAT?