Announcer: ON THIS EPISODE
OF LIFE TODAY!
EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES,
THESE NATURAL DISASTERS
BRING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR.
IN THE FACE
OF SUCH DEVASTATION
IT'S EASY
TO FEEL HELPLESS.
James: IF YOU COULD STOP
A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE
OR TORNADO,
WOULD YOU NOT DO IT?
Announcer: FIND OUT
HOW YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE
AND PREVENT DISASTER
FROM STRIKING.
NEXT
ON LIFE TODAY!
♪
James: I WANT TO WELCOME YOU
TO LIFE TODAY.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
BETTY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY
OF SHARING WITH YOU.
BETTY, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH
THOSE SEASONS OF THE YEAR
WHEN IN MUCH OF
THE UNITED STATES
THE TERRIBLE STORMS
DO SO MUCH DESTRUCTION;
WHEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR HOMES
AND LOSE FAMILY MEMBERS,
THEY LOSE THEIR LIVES,
IT BREAKS OUR HEART.
BUT I'M ALWAYS AMAZED
AT HOW CARING PEOPLE
COME TOGETHER TO PITCH IN.
WE HAD SO MUCH RESPONSE
HERE IN TEXAS TO SOME
OF OUR TORNADO DAMAGE BACK
IN THE SPRING THAT THE MEDIA
HAD TO ASK PEOPLE TO STOP
COMING TO THE AREA
TO OFFER HELP, THEY HAD
SO MANY HELPING AND THEY HAD
SO MUCH BROUGHT IN,
WHICH WE ALWAYS TRY
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
SO THEY SAID --
THIS IS THE MEDIA SAYING THIS,
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
THE MEDIA WILL SAY THIS
OFTENTIMES, THANK GOD,
BUT WE'RE TELLING THE WHOLE
COUNTRY, "YOU BETTER NOT
TALK ABOUT GOD" --
AND THEY WOULD SAY,
"JUST STAY HOME AND PRAY."
THE THING OF IT IS NOW
WE'RE IN HURRICANE SEASON.
AND WE GO THROUGH
THESE DIFFERENT SEASONS
OF THE YEAR.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS
A PERSON HERE, WHEN YOU
THINK BACK ON KATRINA
AND YOU THINK WELL, I JUST
WISH THE WALL WOULD HAVE
BEEN ADEQUATE, THE DIKES;
I JUST WISH THEY'D HELD.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU
OF SOMETHING.
THE DIKES AGAINST ALL
THE FORCES OF DESTRUCTION,
DECEPTION AND EVIL IS
THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD
AND THE FAMILY OF GOD
IS THIS MIGHTY FORCE
THAT RESISTS DESTRUCTION
AND OFFERS HELP
AND OFFERS HOPE.
HERE'S THE THING I REALLY
WANT YOU TO KNOW.
I WANT YOU TO THINK
WITH ME A MINUTE.
IF YOU COULD STOP
A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE
OR TORNADO,
WOULD YOU NOT DO IT?
WE HAVE SITUATIONS
IN THIS WORLD, WE HAVE
SITUATIONS IN OUR COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE
THE NATURAL DISASTERS,
WE HAVE THE UNNATURAL
DISASTERS THAT ARE CREATED
BY MAN THAT CAN ONLY
BE CORRECTED BY CARING PEOPLE
AND CHRISTIANS WHO OPT OUT
OF CORRECTING THE NATION'S
ISSUES HAVE NOW GOT TO OPT IN.
I'M TELLING YOU.
PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT IS TO RESIST
DESTRUCTIVE FORCES,
INFLUENCES, LEADERSHIP,
BAD DECISIONS, BAD POLICIES,
BAD PRACTICES, YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO COME OUT
AND STAND AGAINST IT.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU CAN
CHANGE IT AND YOU DON'T,
THAT HAS TO BE ONE OF
THE MOST FOOLISH SITUATIONS
OR LET'S SAY DISPLAYS
OF INDIFFERENCE THAT
YOU COULD EVER POINT TO.
BETTY, IF PEOPLE WOULD
REALIZE WHAT JAY
AND I SAID IN THE BOOK,
INDIVISIBLE, THERE'S NOT
A SINGLE THING PEOPLE
CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD
CAN'T DEAL WITH
WITH WHAT GOD HAS PUT
AT OUR DISPOSAL.
NOW I WANT YOU
TO REALLY FOLLOW WITH ME.
IF WE COULD STOP THE DAMAGE,
THE DESTRUCTION,
WE KNOW WE'LL OFFER HELP
BUT IF WE COULD STOP IT,
WOULD IT NOT BE WISE TO DO IT?
BETTY, THIS IS PRECISELY --
WE CAN REACH OVER HERE
AND THIS IS YOUR CUP OF WATER,
WE CAN REACH OVER
AND PICK UP THIS CUP OF WATER.
WE HAVE CLEAN WATER AND
THEREFORE, IT DOESN'T KILL US.
ALL OVER THE WORLD,
NOW THINK ABOUT THIS,
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
DO NOT HAVE ANY ACCESS
TO NON-CONTAMINATED
DISEASED-RIDDEN WATER
AND WE CAN IN FACT CORRECT IT.
Betty: WE NOT ONLY CAN,
WE'RE NOT ONLY CAPABLE
OF DOING THAT, WE MUST!
THESE PEOPLE ARE IN DIRE NEED.
THEIR CHILDREN WILL DIE
UNLESS THEY GET CLEAN WATER.
IT IS THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
OVER THERE.
SO WE NEED TO DRILL
THESE WATER WELLS, JAMES,
TO GIVE THEM HOPE
AND TO GIVE THEM LIFE.
James: THAT'S WHAT
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
WITH ALL OF OUR GUESTS.
AND WE DO THIS TWICE A YEAR
WITH JUST WATER;
WHERE WE TRY TO DRILL
AT LEAST 500 WATER WELLS
IN 10 OR 12 NATIONS,
THIS YEAR 12,
AND GIVE PEOPLE HOPE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THIS CYCLE
OF DEATH AND DISEASE AND LOSS.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST HAVE
TO GO IN AND CLEAN UP AFTER.
WE CAN STOP IT.
LISTEN TO ME.
THERE'S A PERFECT CURE
AND THE PERFECT CURE IS FOR US
TO COME TOGETHER AND ADDRESS
THE SITUATION AND HEAL IT.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
IF WE GIVE CLEAN WATER
WE'VE CHANGED EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE DEALT WITH
A MASSIVE PROBLEM.
BUT NOW THINK ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE NOT ONLY GIVING PEOPLE
CLEAN WATER FOR LIFE,
BUT WE'RE TELLING THEM
ABOUT THE WATER OF LIFE
THAT CHANGES OUR LIVES.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THAT CHANGE
THAT WE SO CLEARLY NOTICE
THE NEED, AND SO DEEPLY CARE
AND COME TOGETHER.
I WANT YOU TO JUST LOOK IN
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
SOME OF OUR FAMILY,
YOU'LL SEE OUR GRANDSON
WHO'S BEEN MARRIED NOW
A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.
AND I WANT YOU TO JUST
LOOK IN AND SAY, "GOD,
IN LIGHT OF WHAT I SEE
AND HEAR, WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO?"
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT
VERY PRAYERFULLY.
Announcer: TRU HOUN USED
TO WORK IN HIS VILLAGE
TO PROVIDE FOR
HIS FAMILY.
BUT SINCE HIS WIFE LEFT HIM,
HE NOW TAKES THIS LONG WALK
EVERY DAY TO COLLECT WATER
FOR HIS THREE CHILDREN,
HU HAKLY,
HU SEYHA,
AND HU KUMPHEAK.
WHEN OUR MISSION TEAM
LEARNED OF TRU'S STORY
HIS CHILDREN LITERALLY
STOLE THEIR HEARTS.
TRU SHARED WITH THE TEAM
THAT HIS OLDEST DAUGHTER
DIED ONE YEAR AGO
FROM DRINKING THE DIRTY WATER
WHICH MADE HER SICK.
TRU FEARS HIS OTHER CHILDREN
WILL DIE BECAUSE
HE HAS NO OTHER CHOICE
BUT TO GET WATER FROM
A DIRTY POND.
HIS YOUNGEST CHILD,
HU KUMPHEAK HAS BECOME
THE SICKEST OF
HIS THREE CHILDREN
AND SHE IS CONTINUALLY
LYING DOWN TO TRY AND
GET COMFORTABLE.
ALL OF THIS HAS DRIVEN TRU
TO TELL US HE HAS NO HOPE.
Cassi: HIS LITTLE BABY
IS SUPER, SUPER SICK.
SHE'S REALLY
UNCOMFORTABLE.
I THINK SHE IS JUST
TRYING TO LAY DOWN
AND GET COMFORTABLE OVER THERE
BUT IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
I THINK THE WORST PART
ABOUT THE WHOLE STORY
IS THAT HE SAYS THAT
HE HAS NO HOPE.
HE'S IN SURVIVAL MODE AND
THAT IS JUST REALLY DIFFICULT
TO BE IN A SITUATION
WHERE THERE ISN'T ANY HOPE
OR JOY OR PEACE
OR ANYTHING.
Luke: WHAT'S AMAZING IS
WE HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THEM
AND THAT IS
CLEAN WATER.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE
HELP US BE ABLE TO BRING
LIFE-GIVING WATER
TO THIS FAMILY
AND TO OTHER FAMILIES
AND VILLAGES AROUND HERE.
PLEASE PARTNER WITH US
AND HELP US.
James: BOY, IT REALLY
BLESSES ME TO HEAR
OUR GRANDSON AND
HIS LITTLE WIFE, AT THE TIME
THAT THEY WERE THERE,
THEY ACTUALLY CELEBRATED
THEIR ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
THERE IN CAMBODIA.
AND TO HEAR THEM MAKING THAT
APPEAL IS VERY INSPIRATIONAL
TO GRANDPARENTS.
JUST TO KNOW THAT WHEN
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT
LITTLE FAMILY AND YOU
COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE
THAT HOUSE, YOU COULD SAY,
"OH, I WISH THEY HAD
A NICER HOME."
WELL, THE FACT IS
THEY'RE REALLY QUITE HAPPY
IN THAT HOME.
THEY JUST WANT TO BE HEALTHY.
THEY JUST WANT THEIR CHILDREN
TO LIVE IN THOSE MEAGER
CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAVE JOY.
WE'VE WATCHED THOSE CHILDREN
OVERSEAS, ALL OVER
THE THIRD WORLD,
HAVE MORE FUN PLAYING WITH
A STRING AND A ROCK THAN
OUR KIDS HAVE TRYING
TO FIND PLEASURE EVERYWHERE.
THEY JUST WANT TO FEEL GOOD.
BETTY, THERE'S NOTHING
THAT HELPS PEOPLE FEEL BETTER
-- IT IS LIKE YOU JUST PUT
THE GREATEST ENTERTAINMENT
CENTER IN THE WORLD
IN THEIR COMMUNITY WHEN
YOU GIVE THEM A WATER WELL.
IT IS BIGGER THAN WHAT
WE HAVE -- WE HAVE SIX FLAGS
HERE, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF
ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES
FOR KIDS AND FOR ADULTS,
AND ALL OF OUR SPORTING EVENTS
-- THAT WATER IS BIGGER THAN
ANYTHING YOU COULD
EVER IMAGINE.
IF WE GET THEM FEELING GOOD
THEY'LL HAVE MORE FUN
IN THAT LITTLE MEAGER DWELLING
THAN WE HAVE WITH
ALL THE ABUNDANCE.
Betty: JAMES, WHAT I REALLY
NOTICED WAS HE WAS EXPRESSING
HIMSELF FEELING HOPELESS.
WE LIVE ON HOPE --
HOPE FOR A BETTER DAY FOR
OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES --
HOPE FOR THIS AND THAT.
THIS FATHER IS JUST
WANTING HOPE FOR HIS CHILDREN
TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY.
AND BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
ANOTHER WATER SOURCE TO GO TO
HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW LONG
HE WILL HAVE HIS CHILDREN.
THERE ARE SO MANY MORE CASES
LIKE THAT -- SO MANY
MORE PARENTS WATCHING
THEIR CHILDREN DIE BECAUSE
THEY HAVE THE DIRTY WATER
TO DRINK, AND THEY HAVE
TO HAVE WATER TO
JUST BARELY HANG ON.
SO WE NEED TO TAKE THIS
TO HEART, JAMES, AND KNOW
WE CAN BE THAT HOPE,
WE CAN OFFER THAT HOPE TO THEM
THROUGH THE DRILLING
OF THE WATER WELLS.
James: AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO
INTO THIS CRISIS SITUATION
AND JUST BURY THE DEAD.
WE CAN LITERALLY RESURRECT
PEOPLE TO A MEANINGFUL
HEALTHY LIFE BY GIVING THEM
CLEAN WATER.
THIS ISN'T WISHFUL THINKING.
THIS IS IN FACT A RESPONSE
TO THE PRAYERS AND
THE HEART CRY OF PARENTS.
BUT IT ALSO IS A RESPONSE
TO THE PRAYERS OF MISSIONARIES
WHO SAID OVER AND OVER,
THE MISSIONARIES HAVE SAID
TO US AT LIFE,
"WE KNOW IF WE BRING
AN ISSUE, A SITUATION
OR A PROBLEM TO YOU, WE KNOW
THE VIEWERS OF LIFE TODAY
WILL NOT JUST PRAY FOR US
BUT THEY IN A SENSE
PUT FEET TO THE PRAYERS,
THEY BECOME AN ANSWER TO
THE PRAYER, AND THEY ENABLE US
TO DO THE THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE DONE."
SO RIGHT NOW I WANT YOU
TO BEGIN PRAYING,
GOD, COULD I DRILL A WELL?
THEY'RE $4800.
LISTEN TO ME.
MANY OF THE VIEWERS
AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE
I RUN INTO TELL ME THAT
THEY'VE MADE IT ONE OF
THE GOALS OF THEIR LIFE
EVERY YEAR TO DRILL A WELL.
AND BETTY AND I HAVE
CERTAINLY MADE IT ONE OF OURS.
AND REALLY AND TRULY,
GOD ANSWERED OUR PRAYER
AND I BELIEVE HE ANSWERED IT
IN SUPERNATURAL WAYS.
SO IF YOU CAN DRILL A WELL,
DO SO, OR DRILL A PORTION
OF A WELL.
BUT REMEMBER $48,
YOU BREAK IT DOWN,
GIVES 10 PEOPLE WATER
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
EVEN AS YOU WATCH AND LOOK IN
ON ANOTHER SETTING AND SCENE,
BE ASKING GOD,
"WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO
ABOUT THIS CRISIS?"
NOT TO CLEAN UP AFTER
BUT TO STOP THE PROBLEM,
AND TO ACTUALLY OFFER,
NOT JUST A HOPEFUL REALISTIC
SOLUTION BUT AN ABSOLUTE
CERTAINTY TO CORRECT
THE PROBLEM.
CLEAN WATER IN PLACE
OF CONTAMINATED
DISEASED-RIDDEN WATER.
EVEN AS YOU WATCH,
ASK GOD, "WHAT IS MY PART
IN YOUR HEART
CONCERNING THIS?"
Tammy: TO THINK THAT
THIS IS HER ONLY OPTION
-- FOR WATER.
AS FAR AS SHE KNOWS
THIS IS HER WATER FOR LIFE.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE SWIMMING,
BATHING IN THIS WATER.
I WOULD BE SO AFRAID
THAT I WOULD GET SICK,
LET ALONE DRINKING
THIS VERY WATER.
THIS IS NOT
REAL WATER.
THIS IS NOT
WATER FOR LIFE.
Tammy: GOSH,
IT WOULD BE AMAZING
IF ONE DAY WE WERE
WALKING TOGETHER
AND I WAS CARRYING CLEAN
WATER FOR YOU IN A BUCKET.
THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE
AND MY PRAYER.
ONE DAY!
THERE IS HOPE!
James: BETTY, JUST LISTENING
TO HER TALK ABOUT LOSING
A LITTLE ONE YEAR OLD.
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND,
IT'S LIKE PEOPLE SAY,
THERE PERHAPS IS NO PAIN
LIKE LOSING A CHILD.
THIS WEEK I LOOKED AT
A PICTURE OF OUR DAUGHTER
ROBIN WHEN SHE HAD FIRST
HAD HER THREE CHILDREN,
SHE'D JUST HAD CALLIE,
THE LAST BABY.
I LOOKED AT HER --
AND SHE IS IN HEAVEN, OKAY?
BUT I THOUGHT THIS.
WE HAD THAT BEAUTIFUL GIRL
FOR 40 YEARS OF JOY
-- 40 YEARS.
AND SHE GOT TO SEE THOSE
BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN GROW UP
TO KNOW THE LORD.
AND WE MISS HER.
BUT BOY, DO WE HAVE
SO MANY PRECIOUS MEMORIES.
AND THAT WOMAN GOT TO KNOW
THAT BABY A YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW WHEN
YOU'VE GOT CHILDREN --
NOW WE'RE BECOMING
GREAT GRANDPARENTS.
YOU ALWAYS WONDER WHAT
IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE
IN A YEAR OR TWO OR THREE?
I WONDER WHAT ALL
THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND
WHO THEY ARE GOING TO MARRY.
CAN I JUST TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I'M SORRY.
I HAVE SOME PEOPLE SCOLD ME
BECAUSE MY HEART IS SO TENDER.
AND IF IT BOTHERS YOU,
I'M REALLY SORRY.
SOMETIMES I FIND MYSELF
WISHING I WASN'T
SO TENDERHEARTED BUT WHEN
I SEE A SITUATION LIKE THAT
AND I FEEL WHAT THAT
MOTHER FEELS, I'M GLAD
I CAN FEEL THAT.
I WANT SO BAD TO HEAL THAT.
DOES THAT NOT SEEM LIKE
THAT IS A GOD-LIKE THING?
Betty: I DON'T THINK
YOU HAVE TO APOLOGIZE
FOR BEING TENDERHEARTED
BECAUSE THAT'S THE PEOPLE
THAT REACH OUT BECAUSE
YOU HAVE A TENDER HEART
WHEN YOU SEE A NEED.
THAT MOTHER NOT ONLY LOST
HER LITTLE ONE-YEAR-OLD SON,
SHE LOST TWIN GIRLS
BEFORE THAT.
AND NOW SHE IS SO CONCERNED
THAT SHE IS GOING
TO LOSE THE CHILDREN
SHE HAS LEFT, JAMES.
YOU TALK ABOUT, WELL,
WE HAD 40 YEARS WITH
OUR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER.
SHE IS WONDERING IF SHE IS
GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER DAY
WITH HER CHILDREN BECAUSE
OF THE FILTHY WATER.
WELL, THERE IS HOPE OUT THERE.
WE CAN MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE
THAT SHE DOES HAVE LONGER
WITH HER CHILDREN IF
WE WILL HELP, JOIN TOGETHER
AND DRILL THESE WATER WELLS.
James: I'M GOING TO PAUSE
AND PRAY JUST A MINUTE.
FATHER, I HAVE MANY,
MANY TIMES ASKED YOU
TO LET THERE COME A DAY
WHEN THERE WOULD NOT BE
A SINGLE PERSON, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR ALL
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING
BECAUSE IT IS OBVIOUS.
THIS ISN'T A SHOW WHERE
WE JUST FOCUSED ON THE VIEWER
WHICH WE DO; 90% OF THE TIME,
WE WANT TO HELP THE VIEWER
AND WE BELIEVE
WE'RE HELPING THEM TODAY
BY SHOWING THEM HOW
THEY CAN BE SUCH A BLESSING.
BUT LORD, I'VE PRAYED
MANY TIMES, I WANT THE DAY
TO COME THERE WOULDN'T BE
A SINGLE PERSON WATCHING
THAT WOULDN'T SAY,
"I CAN HELP.
IT MAY NOT BE MUCH
BUT I CAN HELP.
I WILL HELP THE SAME WAY
I WOULD WANT SOMEBODY
TO HELP ME."
SO GOD TODAY, I PRAY
EVERY PERSON WATCHING
WILL RESPOND AND JUST MAKE
A GIFT OF LOVE TO GIVE
CLEAN WATER --
EVERYONE WATCHING!
-- IN JESUS' NAME.
CAN I TALK TO YOU,
JUST ME AND YOU FOR A SECOND?
IF YOU WOULD RIGHT NOW SAY,
"OKAY, I'M GOING
TO DO WHAT I CAN."
NOW HERE'S THE THING:
500 WELLS IN 500 AREAS
IN 12 NATIONS.
WHERE THE MISSIONARIES HAVE
TOLD US THE PROBLEM IS REAL
BUT THE SOLUTION IS DOABLE.
THERE IS SOME WATER.
WE'RE NOT DRILLING
JUST A DRY HOLE.
WE KNOW THERE IS WATER THERE.
A LOT OF TIMES WE KNOW
BECAUSE SOMEBODY DUG
A BORE HOLE.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM
A CLEAN, SAFE, MANUALLY
OPERATED PUMP TO GIVE THEM
CLEAN WATER.
AND WE WANT TO DRILL 500.
IT GOES ONE WELL AT A TIME,
ONE GIFT AT A TIME.
THEY ARE $4800.
MANY PEOPLE SAY, "WE LIVE
THE YEAR TO DO THAT.
WE SAVE, WE WORK."
CHILDREN EVEN WORK TO DO IT.
IT IS AMAZING!
KIDS DO IT BECAUSE
THEY GET IT ON THEIR HEART,
WE WANT TO GIVE SOMEBODY
CLEAN WATER.
WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE.
SO I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE,
KNOW I'M GOING
TO DO SOMETHING.
YOU MAY BE ABLE
TO DRILL A WELL.
MANY GIVE $1200 AND
PRAY GOD, RAISE UP
THREE MORE RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE GOD WILL ANSWER
THAT PRAYER AND WE'VE GOT
A WELL; $2400 AND ONE PERSON
MATCHES IT.
MOST OF THE HELP,
PLEASE GET THIS, COMES IN
$48 GIFTS, WHICH BASICALLY
BREAKS OUT TO GIVING
TEN PEOPLE WATER THE REST
OF THEIR LIFE.
THAT'S A GIFT THAT
JUST KEEPS GIVING.
COULD YOU DO THAT?
IT'S ALMOST THE COST
OF GOING OUT, SOMETIMES TO
A FAST-FOOD PLACE
FOR A FAMILY TO EAT.
BUT IT'S DOABLE
FOR MOST PEOPLE.
IF IT ISN'T, THEN SAY,
"JAMES, I CAN'T EVEN DO THAT."
WELL, DO SOMETHING.
SAY, "I'LL GIVE A PORTION
OF THAT."
I'M JUST PRAYING EVERYONE
WATCHING WILL SAY --
LOOK, JESUS SAID, "IF YOU'LL
GIVE A CUP OF WATER --
A CUP IN MY NAME YOU WON'T
LOSE YOUR REWARD."
SO I'M ASKING YOU,
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, DO IT.
GO TO LIFETODAY.ORG,
AND YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW.
GO GET A BANKCARD AND
SOME OF YOU SAY, "I DON'T
EVEN HAVE A BANKCARD."
WELL, WRITE A CHECK.
MAKE IT TO LIFE --
PUT CASH IN AN ENVELOPE.
MAKE THE CHECK TO LIFE.
YOU CAN DIAL THE NUMBER THERE,
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD AND TALK
TO ONE OF OUR PRAYER PARTNERS,
THEY'RE ALWAYS READY
TO PRAY WITH YOU AND FOR YOU.
AND CALL THEM AND SAY,
"I WANT TO PUT THIS AMOUNT
ON MY CARD."
IF YOU PLAN TO MAIL A GIFT,
CASH OR CHECK, CALL THEM
AND TELL THEM,
THIS IS WHAT I'M SENDING
SO WE CAN LET THE MISSIONARIES
KNOW, "YES, YOU CAN
DRILL IN THAT AREA.
THE DRILLING RIGS
ARE ON THE WAY.
THE DRILLING RIGS HAVE BEEN
PAID FOR BY PEOPLE LIKE YOU."
WOULD YOU PLEASE, RIGHT NOW,
JUST BE AN ANSWER TO
THAT HEART CRY TO GIVE LIFE
TO HER AND SO MANY OTHERS,
TO THAT FAMILY,
TO GIVE CHILDREN IN THAT AREA
A FUTURE,
TO GIVE THEM HOPE.
WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL GIFTS
FOR YOU, A DAILY DEVOTIONAL
BOOK THAT WILL BLESS YOU.
IT'S SEASONAL; GIVE YOU
AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MEDITATE AND JOURNAL.
THE "NAMES OF JESUS" PENS
-- FABULOUS PEN SET!
THE BEAUTIFUL FRAMED PICTURE
BY THOMAS KINKADE,
BEAUTIFULLY FRAMED,
"FOREST CHAPEL."
WE WANT TO BLESS YOU.
AND WE KNOW YOU'RE GIVING
TO BLESS NOT TO GET.
WOULD YOU GO ONLINE?
WOULD YOU DIAL THAT NUMBER?
WOULD YOU JUST DO
WHAT GOD PUT ON YOUR HEART?
THAT'S ENOUGH.
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
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 CAN ESTABLISH AND DRILL
500 WATER WELLS
FOR REMOTE VILLAGES
IN OVER
12 DIFFERENT NATIONS.
YOUR GIFT OF $24
WILL HELP PROVIDE
CLEAN WATER FOR 5 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
YOU'LL RECEIVE
THE "EVERY DAY A NEW DAY"
DEVOTIONAL
BROKEN OUT INTO
THE FOUR SEASONS OF THE YEAR.
THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
FEATURES SCRIPTURES,
INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHTS,
A BIBLE READING PLAN,
AND A PLACE FOR YOU
TO JOURNAL EACH DAY.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE,
YOU MAY REQUEST
"THE NAMES OF JESUS" PEN SET;
ONE INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES
OF JESUS FOUND IN SCRIPTURE
AND THE OTHER REFLECTING
THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
FINALLY, PLEASE CONSIDER
A GIFT OF $1200
TO HELP PROVIDE WATER
FOR 250 PEOPLE
OR A GIFT OF $4800 TO HELP
SPONSOR A COMPLETE WELL.
AND REQUEST THIS BEAUTIFULLY
FRAMED CANVAS PRINT
OF "THE FOREST CHAPEL"
BY THOMAS KINKADE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE
YOUR SECURE GIFT ONLINE TODAY!
James: THIS MOTHER
HAS FOUR CHILDREN.
LAST SUMMER A YEAR AGO,
THEY HAD AN OUTBREAK
OF INTESTINAL DISEASE
FROM CONTAMINATED WATER.
TWO OF HER CHILDREN
GOT VERY, VERY SICK.
NOW SHE'S GOT A LITTLE BABY
JUST A FEW MONTHS OLD
AND THIS BABY IS LIVING
ON HER MOTHER'S MILK,
THIS BABY
IS NURSING.
BETTY, PRETTY SOON
THIS LITTLE BABY IS GOING
TO BE DRINKING THAT WATER
AND OFTENTIMES
IT TAKES THEIR LIVES.
Betty:
IT REALLY DOES, JAMES.
THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S
ALL THE WATER THEY HAVE.
I JUST CAN'T
EVEN IMAGINE!
THIS LITTLE BABY IS
SO PRECIOUS, SO BEAUTIFUL!
DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE
ARE 10,000 PEOPLE A DAY
THAT DIE FROM
THE WATERBORNE DISEASES,
AND MOST OF THEM ARE
CHILDREN FIVE AND UNDER?
WE CAN
STOP THAT.
WE CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
BY DOING THE WATER WELLS
AND GIVING THEM
A FRESH CUP OF WATER.
James: I'D LIKE YOU
TO BE ONE OF THE HANDS
TO REACH OUT AND DIAL
THE TELEPHONE NUMBER
AND TAKE YOUR BANKCARD
AND USE IT LIKE A CHECK
OR WRITE A CHECK
AND MAKE IT TO LIFE
AND SAY "I WANT TO GIVE LIFE
TO CHILDREN LIKE THIS
AND KEEP THEM HEALTHY."
Announcer: LIFE OUTREACH
TRAVELS THE WORLD
TO THE MOST REMOTE
AREAS OF NEED
WHERE WATER
IS SCARCE
AND CLEAN WATER
EVEN MORE SO.
GOD'S WORD SAYS FAITH
WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD.
SO LOVE IS PUT TO ACTION
IN A TANGIBLE WAY --
AND YOU WERE
PART OF THAT,
EVERY METER
DRILLED DOWN,
EVERY RISE AND FALL
OF A HAND PUMP.
BUT AS WE SPEND TIME
WITH THOSE IN NEED
LISTENING
TO THEIR STORIES
WHAT OFTEN SURFACES
IS PAIN SO DEEP
AND HOPE
SO ABSENT,
NO WATER WELL CAN LIFT
THEIR HEARTS OR HEADS.
Announcer: FORTUNATELY,
WE COME WITH THE ONE
WHO CAN LIFT
HEARTS AND HEADS.
>> BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT
YOU DIED FOR MY SINS.
[Repeats]
Announcer: WHEN YOU GIVE
THE THIRSTY A DRINK,
YOU GIVE IT
UNTO JESUS.
BUT WE ARE
COMPELLED
TO INTRODUCE THEM
TO HIM AS WELL,
AND MIRACULOUSLY,
HEARTS BROKEN FROM
CHILDREN LOST BEGIN MENDING.
TEARS OF PAIN
TURN TO JOY
AS THEY TASTE
OF ETERNAL WATER.
AND AGAIN,
YOU ARE PART OF THAT.
YOU SEND US,
YOU SEND
JESUS IN US,
AND IT IS WITH
GREAT JOY WE GO.
FOR WHILE THE TRANSFORMATION
AND FAMILIES AND VILLAGES,
THEIR FUTURES BRINGS
GREAT FULFILLMENT.
LITTLE COMPARES
TO THE JOY AND REWARD
OF THEIR ETERNAL
FUTURE SECURED.
AT TIMES WE HAVE POSED
THE QUESTION,
WHAT WOULD
YOU DO
IF THIS WAS
YOUR FAMILY IN NEED?
WELL,
GUESS WHAT?
MANY OF THESE
ARE FAMILY NOW
-- AND FOREVER.
THANK YOU FOR
PARTNERING WITH US.
MAY IT
NEVER END.
James: O LORD,
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING
TO SEE NOT JUST WHAT
WATER FOR LIFE DOES BUT
THE WATER OF LIFE DOES
FOR US NOW AND FOREVER.
I JUST LOVE TO SEE THAT.
YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
WE'VE TOLD YOU OVER THE YEARS
THAT OUR FEEDING PROGRAMS,
AND THE DRILLING AND SHARING
WATER THROUGH THE DRILLING
OF THE WELLS,
HAS SAVED MILLIONS OF LIVES.
BUT BETTY, WE'VE COUNTED
AND HAD REGISTERED WAY OVER
20 MILLION PEOPLE
WHO HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST,
AND INDICATED THAT
IN SOME KIND OF A PUBLIC
OR WRITTEN EXPRESSION;
THEY GAVE THEIR LIFE
TO CHRIST.
SO THERE'S NOTHING
LIKE THE WATER OF LIFE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I BELIEVE THOSE OF YOU
WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED
THE POWER OF THE WATER
OF LIFE, JESUS,
YOU'RE THE ONES
THAT WANT TO GIVE.
I BELIEVE EVERYBODY
THAT HAS ANY SENSITIVITY
AT ALL SAYS, "I'D LIKE
TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE."
IT IS HUMAN NATURE
AND THAT PART OF
HUMAN NATURE IS DIVINE --
CREATED IN THE IMAGE
OF GOD WE CARE.
WE WANT TO SEND YOU
THE "NAMES OF JESUS" PENS
FOR THAT GIFT OF OVER $100.
SO JUST SAY, "I WANT TO HELP."
THEN THE BEAUTIFUL
THOMAS KINKADE PAINTING,
IT'S JUST FABULOUS.
WE NOT ONLY HAVE ONE
IN OUR BEDROOM BUT WE GOT
ONE TO GIVE TO SOMEBODY ELSE
TO PUT UP.
WE WANTED TO BLESS THEM
AND WE WERE ABLE
TO HELP DRILL A WELL.
WOULD YOU RIGHT NOW BE SURE
THAT YOU MAKE THAT GIFT
EITHER ONLINE LIFETODAY.ORG
OR CALL THAT NUMBER
AND USE YOUR BANKCARD?
WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL
"EVERY DAY" DEVOTIONAL GUIDE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
AS I'VE ALREADY PRAYED,
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE,
THERE WOULDN'T BE
A SINGLE PERSON WATCHING
THAT WOULDN'T DO SOMETHING
AND KNOW WE'RE GIVING THEM
WATER FOR LIFE.
BUT BETTER THAN THAT,
WE'RE INTRODUCING THEM
TO THE WATER OF LIFE BECAUSE
THEY'VE SEEN IT
IN YOUR EXPRESSION OF LOVE.
AND BETTY AND I SAY THANK YOU
IN BEHALF OF ALL THE PEOPLE,
THE CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO BLESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
♪
♪
>> LIFE TODAY IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORTERS OF LIFE OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL.
YOUR GIFT WILL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE EXEMPT PURPOSES OF LIFE.
THE MINISTRY FEATURES
SPECIFIC OUTREACHES
AS EXAMPLES OF THE PROGRAMS
IT SUPPORTS AND CONDUCTS.
GIFTS ARE CONSIDERED
TO BE WITHOUT RESTRICTION
AS TO USE UNLESS EXPLICITLY
STIPULATED BY THE DONOR.
THE MINISTRY IS A MEMBER
OF THE E.C.F.A.