Announcer: NEXT
ON LIFE TODAY!
UGANDA MISSIONARY,
KATIE DAVIS MAJORS DARES YOU
TO HOPE EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T
GET WHAT YOU EXPECT.
>> AND FOR A LITTLE WHILE
I REALLY WRESTLED WITH,
OKAY, GOD,
WHO ARE YOU HERE?
WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING CHILDREN
DIE FROM PREVENTABLE DISEASE,
WHEN YOU'RE TELLING
A MOTHER,
"YOUR CHILD IS NOT
GOING TO LIVE ANYMORE,"
IN THE MIDST
OF SUCH HARDSHIP,
WHO IS A GOOD
AND LOVING GOD?
♪
Betty: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
I'M BETTY AND THIS IS JAMES.
James: SINCE A LOT OF FOLKS
HAVE SEEN US, I'M 74 NOW.
Betty: YOU ARE.
YOU ARE OLDER THAN ME NOW.
James: LOOK AT ALL
THE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING
TO SEE ME NOW THAT I'M 74.
ITS LIKE, "IT'S AMAZING!
THE GUY IS STILL MOVING."
Betty: I'M MARRIED
TO AN OLDER MAN.
James: HOW OLD WOULD YOU BE
MISS BETTY?
Betty: NOT 74!
[Laughing]
James: YET.
Betty: CLOSE.
James: SHE ALWAYS SAYS,
"YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TELL THEM,
'IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE
I'LL BE 74.'
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM?
JUST TALK ABOUT YOURSELF."
LOOK, WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE
KISSES FROM KATIE HERE.
THAT WAS THE BESTSELLING BOOK
THAT I THINK JUST SHOCKED HER,
I'M SURE HER FAMILY
AND EVERYBODY
-- IT JUST TOOK OFF.
BUT IT WASN'T HARD FOR ME
TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS
TEENAGE GIRL WOULD GO OVER
TO UGANDA JUST TO DO
A LITTLE MISSION TOUR
AND JUST BASICALLY
NEVER COME BACK.
AND OF ALL THINGS,
AS A TEENAGER, UNMARRIED,
START ADOPTING KIDS,
LITTLE KIDS, HUNGRY KIDS,
HOMELESS KIDS, HURTING KIDS.
AND NOT ONLY TAKING THEM
INTO HER HOUSE, WHICH WAS
NOT ENOUGH HOUSE
BUT INTO HER HEART.
AND SHE WROTE THE BOOK,
KISSES FROM KATIE.
WHEN BETTY AND I WERE READING
AND SAW HOW SHE LOST
HER LIFE TOTALLY IN CHRIST
IN HIS WILL, I WAS MOVED AND
REALIZED WHY PEOPLE WHO
READ IT SUDDENLY REALIZED
IF A MIRACLE LIKE THAT
CAN CAUSE A GIRL TO SAY,
"I LOST MY LIFE THERE,"
AND ACTUALLY FOUND IT,
LOST IT IN CHRIST TO REALLY
FIND IT IN FULLNESS.
IT WAS REALLY MOVING;
WASN'T IT?
Betty: IT REALLY WAS.
I LOVED THE WAY
SHE PHRASED IT.
SHE SAID, "I QUIT MY LIFE."
AND SHE LET GOD PICK HER UP
AND PUT HIS LIFE IN HER.
SHE GOT GREAT SATISFACTION,
GREAT PEACE.
AND TO BE IN A PLACE LIKE THAT
SO FAR AWAY FROM REALLY
EVERYTHING SHE WAS USED TO,
IT WAS JUST AMAZING.
ONLY GOD CAN DO THAT
IN SOMEONE.
James: AND THAT LOVE
POURED LIKE A RIVER,
NOT ONLY THERE IN UGANDA
WHERE SHE'S BEEN NOW
FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.
SHE'S NOW MARRIED,
THEY HAVE 13 CHILDREN
THAT ARE ADOPTED AND
HAVE ONE OF THEIR OWN.
WOULD YOU WELCOME NOW
THE AUTHOR OF THIS NEW BOOK,
DARING TO HOPE AND
WE'RE GOING TO TALK
TO KATIE DAVIS MAJORS.
WOULD YOU WELCOME KATIE?
[Cheers & Applause]
HOW DID YOU MEET THE MAN
THAT MARRIED THE GIRL
THAT HAD ALL THE KIDS?
Katie: BENJI CAME OVER
TO UGANDA AS A MISSIONARY
ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO
WITH THE GOAL
OF DISCIPLING MEN.
SO HE DID FULL TIME MEN'S
MINISTRY MEETING WITH
SMALL GROUPS OF MEN,
STUDYING THE WORD WITH THEM,
ENCOURAGING THEM IN THEIR ROLE
AS HUSBAND OR FATHER.
WE LIVED IN THE SAME
COMMUNITY, WE ATTENDED
THE SAME CHURCH AND
THE SAME BIBLE STUDY.
SO WE BECAME FRIENDS
AND THEN BETTER FRIENDS.
[Laughter]
James: HE WAS OKAY WITH
TAKING ON ALL THE KIDS
AND EVERYTHING?
BECAUSE LIKE THE GUY GOES
HOME AND HE'S MARRIED
AND HAS 13 KIDS.
[Laughter]
THAT'S A HECK OF A START.
Katie: IT IS A BIG COMMITMENT!
WE DATED FOR AWHILE
AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT
AND PRAYED ABOUT IT A LOT.
BUT HE HAD A RELATIONSHIP
WITH MY KIDS JUST AS
A COMMUNITY MEMBER,
SOMEONE WHO WOULD FIX
THEIR BIKES WHEN THEY GOT
BROKEN OR COME KICK AROUND
A SOCCER BALL WITH THEM
SOME AFTERNOONS.
SO THEY ALL KNEW
AND LOVED HIM AS WELL.
YEAH, HE WAS COMMITTED
TO NOT JUST ME BUT
TO ALL OF US.
James: SO YOU HAVE
A LITTLE ONE?
Katie: WE DO!
WE HAVE A LITTLE BOY NOW.
James: WITH ALL THOSE GIRLS!
Katie: ALL THOSE GIRLS
AND ONE BIG BOY.
James: ARE THEY ALL TAKING
CARE OF HIM TOO?
Katie: THEY LOVE HIM SO MUCH.
FROM ABOUT FOUR TO SIX I DON'T
SEE HIM BECAUSE THEY GET
HOME FROM SCHOOL,
THEN UNTIL THEY COME IN
TO THE DINNER TABLE,
HE IS WITH THEM.
James: HE LIKES IT?
HE'S COMFORTABLE?
Katie: HE LOVES THEM SO MUCH.
YEAH. HE'S 17 MONTHS NOW
SO HE'S JUST STARTING TO TRY
TO SAY EVERYBODY'S NAMES.
THAT'S A LOT OF NAMES.
[Laughter]
THAT'S A LOT OF NAMES
FOR A LITTLE GUY.
BUT HE HAS A LITTLE SOUND
HE MAKES FOR EACH ONE
OF HIS SISTERS.
James: ISN'T THAT GREAT?
NOW WHY THIS BOOK?
YOU'VE JUST WROTE A BOOK
THAT SURPRISED YOU AND
I'M SURE PUBLISHERS WHEN
THEY SEE SOMEBODY SURPRISED
THEY'RE HAPPY.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY TALKED
TO YOU ABOUT IT I'M SURE.
BUT WHY DID YOU COME UP
WITH DARING TO HOPE?
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO GO
THIS DIRECTION AND WHAT'S
YOUR HOPE FOR THE BOOK?
Katie: ACTUALLY, AFTER
KISSES FROM KATIE
I KIND OF SAID LIKE,
"WHOO! NOT GOING
TO DO THAT AGAIN!"
[Laughter]
AND PEOPLE SAID, "WHEN ARE YOU
GOING TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK?
WHEN ARE YOU GOING
TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK?"
I SAID, "WELL, ONLY IF GOD
GIVES ME ANOTHER BOOK.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL EVER
WRITE ANOTHER BOOK."
SO IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN
ABOUT SEVEN YEARS SINCE
THAT PUBLISHED.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
OUR FAMILY REALLY FACED
SOME HARDSHIP DURING
THAT SEVEN YEARS.
WE HAVE A SMALL, WE CALL IT
THE GUEST HOUSE BUT
IN OUR BACKYARD IS A LINE
OF CEMENT ROOMS,
JUST SMALL ROOMS THAT
WE LET PEOPLE LIVE IN.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF
THE LAST SEVEN YEARS...
James: THIS IS IN ADDITION
TO THE 13?
Katie: YEAH.
James: THIS IS OTHER PEOPLE
COMING IN?
Katie: YES, THIS IS
OTHER PEOPLE.
James: OKAY. GOODNESS!
Katie: SO WE HAVE OUR HOUSE
AND THEN WE HAVE A GUEST ROOM
IN OUR HOUSE AND SOMETIMES
PEOPLE LIVE IN THAT.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THIS
LITTLE ROW OF ROOMS
IN OUR BACKYARD THAT
PEOPLE COME AND LIVE IN.
SO IT MAY BE SOMEBODY
WHO IS VERY ILL AND NEEDS
QUICK EASY ACCESS TO
THE HOSPITAL; WE LIVE NEAR
THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SOMETIMES A MOM WHO
IS IN-BETWEEN JOBS AND
HAS FOUND HERSELF HOMELESS
AND NEEDS SHELTER
FOR HERSELF AND HER CHILDREN.
I TELL THE STORY OF MACK
IN THIS BOOK WHO WAS --
HE WAS ACTUALLY THE VILLAGE
DRUNK; A GUY THAT I FOUND
KIND OF AN ANNOYANCE
ON MY WAY TO BIBLE STUDY.
HE WOULD BE STUMBLING AROUND.
BUT HE WAS SEVERELY BURNT
AND HE CAME TO LIVE WITH US
WHILE HE RECOVERED.
James: IN THE GUEST HOUSE?
Katie: THE GUEST HOUSE, YES.
SO AS ALL THESE DIFFERENT
PEOPLE CAME INTO OUR LIFE AND
I EXPERIENCED THEIR SUFFERING,
REALLY CLOSE-UP AND PERSONAL,
AND DECIDED TO ALLOW
MY CHILDREN TO EXPERIENCE
THEIR SUFFERING, BECAUSE
THAT'S A QUESTION YOU ASK
AS A PARENT TOO.
LIKE DO I EXPOSE
MY KIDS TO THIS?
DO I SHELTER THEM FROM THIS?
AND FOR A LITTLE WHILE
I REALLY WRESTLED WITH,
OKAY GOD, WHO ARE YOU HERE?
WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING CHILDREN
DIE FROM PREVENTABLE DISEASE,
WHEN YOU'RE TELLING A MOTHER,
"YOUR CHILD IS NOT GOING
TO LIVE ANYMORE,"
IN THE MIDST OF SUCH HARDSHIP,
WHO IS A GOOD AND LOVING GOD?
AND SO I SPENT A LOT
OF TIME WITH HIM.
I WRITE IN THE BOOK ABOUT
MY BATHROOM BECAUSE
MY BATHROOM BECAME
MY LITTLE PRAYER CLOSET
BECAUSE OFTEN IT WAS
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE
WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE.
THE GIRLS HAD THEIR BEDROOMS
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE
SOMEBODY IN THE GUEST ROOM
AND SOMETIMES WE EVEN HAD
SOMEBODY SLEEPING
ON THE COUCH.
SO I THINK THE TWO YOUNGEST
GIRLS STILL SLEPT IN MY ROOM
AT THAT TIME.
SO IF I WANTED TO BE ALONE,
I COULDN'T EVEN GO TO
MY BEDROOM, I HAD TO GO
IN THE BATHROOM
AND SHUT THE DOOR.
THAT BECAME A PLACE WHERE
I KNEW JESUS MORE INTIMATELY
THAN I HAD EVER KNOWN HIM
BECAUSE I FOUND THAT WHEN
I CRIED OUT TO HIM,
"WHO ARE YOU IN THE MIDST
OF THIS PAIN?"
HE SHOWED ME.
HE ANSWERED ME.
HE COMFORTED ME AND
HE SHOWED ME SIDES OF HIMSELF
THAT I HADN'T EXPERIENCED
YET AND WOULDN'T
HAVE EXPERIENCED HAD WE NOT
BEEN SO UP-CLOSE AND
PERSONAL WITH SUFFERING.
THERE WERE PRAYERS THAT
I PRAYED THAT DIDN'T GET
ANSWERED THE WAY I WANTED.
I PRAYED FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVED
WITH US TO BE HEALED
AND STAND UP AND WALK
AND GO HOME HEALTHY
IN JESUS' NAME AND THEY DIED.
SO THEN YOU'RE ASKING
YOURSELF, WHY?
AND AS I ASKED GOD
THESE QUESTIONS I FELT LIKE
HE SHOWED ME THAT EVEN
WHEN HE DIDN'T GIVE ME
WHAT I WANTED, HE GAVE ME
SOMETHING BETTER AND
THAT WAS HIMSELF; IT WAS
THE GIFT OF HIMSELF
AND HIS PRESENCE WITH ME
FOR ME ALWAYS.
SO THAT'S REALLY,
AFTER COMING THROUGH ALL THIS
AND THEN GETTING MARRIED
AND WHEN I WAS PREGNANT
WITH OUR BABY ACTUALLY,
I FELT GOD'S NUDGE THAT OKAY,
YOU'VE SCOOTED UP CLOSE TO ME
AND YOU'VE KNOWN THESE THINGS
TO BE TRUE AND YOU'VE KNOWN
MY CHARACTER TO BE TRUE,
AND FOR A SEASON THOSE LESSONS
WERE JUST FOR YOU BUT NOW
THEY'RE NOT JUST
FOR YOU ANYMORE.
IT IS TIME TO SHARE
THOSE THINGS.
FIRST YOU'RE KIND OF THINKING,
REALLY?
[Laughing]
BUT HE'S TOO GOOD TO KEEP
TO YOURSELF; RIGHT?
IT'S TOO GOOD A MESSAGE TO NOT
SHARE THAT IN THE MIDST
OF ALL HARDSHIP,
IN THE MIDST OF ALL SUFFERING,
GOD IS A GOOD GOD WHO LONGS
TO COMFORT HIS PEOPLE
AND WHO LONGS FOR PEOPLE
TO KNOW HIS LOVE FOR THEM.
I'VE KNOWN THAT TO BE TRUE.
SO IT'S KIND OF THE PREMISE
OF THIS BOOK.
MY HOPE IS THAT
IT IS RELATABLE; THAT PEOPLE'S
SUFFERINGS WON'T BE
THE SAME AS MINE, NOT ALL
OF US HAVE LIKE A DYING
PERSON IN OUR LIVING ROOM
OR LET THE VILLAGE DRUNK
COME AND LIVE IN OUR BACKYARD.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT
FOR EVERYONE.
[Laughing]
BUT ALL OF US
EXPERIENCE SUFFERING.
IT IS IN YOUR FACE IN UGANDA
AND IT IS IN YOUR FACE
IN AMERICA, IT IS IN YOUR FACE
WHEN YOU TURN ON THE NEWS.
I THINK ALL OF US WHO REALLY
TRULY BELIEVE IN CHRIST
AT SOME POINT HAVE HAD
TO ASK THE QUESTION,
THEN WHY IS THE WORLD
LIKE THIS?
WHY DO YOU ALLOW THIS?
I'VE KNOWN HIM TO BE
FAITHFUL AND I WANTED OTHERS
TO COME AWAY ENCOURAGED
THAT EVEN IF THEIR EXPERIENCE
IS VERY DIFFERENT OUR GOD
IS THE SAME GOD
AND HE IS A GOD WHO
REACHES OUT TO US
IN ALL OUR HARD PLACES.
HE JUST LONGS FOR US
TO KNOW HIS GREAT LOVE.
James: YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
PRAYING FOR HEALING.
AS A BIBLE BELIEVER,
I THINK MOST PEOPLE WHO
GO TO CHURCH, WE BELIEVE
GOD HEALS.
WE CERTAINLY BELIEVE
IN NEW TESTAMENT MIRACLES.
SOME PEOPLE WONDER
IF WE'RE STILL GOING
TO HAVE THEM.
I THINK MOST OF US WOULD HAVE
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF
THE BIBLE SAYS CHRIST
IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY
AND FOREVER -- HE IS THE SAME
-- WHAT HE DID THEN
HE CAN DO NOW.
YEARS AGO WE BEGAN TO MOVE
INTO WHAT I CALL A MORE
ACTIVE FAITH WHEN WE WOULD
PRAY FOR SOMEBODY
TO GET HEALED.
WE ACTUALLY BELIEVED
GOD WANTED THEM TO BE HEALED.
I DON'T AGREE THAT
IF SOMEBODY IS SICK THAT
GOD MADE THEM SICK.
IF GOD MADE THEM SICK
THEN IT WOULD BE STUPID
TO PAY THE DOCTOR TO GET THEM
WELL BECAUSE YOU'RE PAYING
THE DOCTOR TO FIGHT GOD
WHO IS MAKING YOU SICK.
SO WE JUST KNOW SICKNESS
IS PART OF THIS LIFE.
WE KNOW DISEASE, WE KNOW
PESTILENCE, WE KNOW SIN
AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE HERE
AND WE SEE THE EFFECT
OF THESE THINGS.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T,
AS YOU JUST SAID WE PRAY
FOR HEALING AND WE DON'T
SEE THE HEALING.
THIS HAPPENED WITH US
WITH OUR OWN DAUGHTER.
OUR DAUGHTER ROBIN
SAW MIRACLES.
SHE EXPERIENCED A MIRACLE.
SHE EXPERIENCED SUCH
AN UNBELIEVABLE MIRACLE
THAT SURGEONS WERE AMAZED.
HER WHOLE SCHOOL WAS AMAZED.
SHE SAW GOD DO SO MANY THINGS
THAT THERE WAS NO WAY
SHE COULD EVER DOUBT.
THEN IN HER 30s AND A MOTHER
OF THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN
SHE GOT CANCER AND
IT LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD WON
THE BATTLE AND THEN
ENDED UP GOING INTO A MORE
SERIOUS BATTLE THEN AT AGE 40,
RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS
A FEW YEARS AGO WE SAID
GOOD-BYE TO OUR DAUGHTER.
I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE
I NEED YOU TO HEAR THIS
BECAUSE SHE SAID WE PRAYED
FOR HEALING AND HEALING
DIDN'T COME.
NOW I NEED YOU TO HEAR THIS.
YOU CAN HAVE A HEALING
AND WE WANT IT AND IT IS
WONDERFUL, AND WE WANT IT
FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT WHEN THE HEALING
DOESN'T COME, YOU'VE GOT
TO GET THIS, YOU STILL HAVE
THE HEALER AND IT IS BETTER
TO HAVE THE HEALER
THAN THE HEALING.
BECAUSE YOU SEE A PARENT
LOSES A CHILD, MOST PEOPLE
SAY THAT'S POSSIBLY
THE GREATEST WEIGHT
YOU CAN BEAR ON THIS EARTH,
WE HAVE THE HEALER.
I THINK THAT YOU ARE
SHOWING PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE,
KATIE THAT JESUS IS ADEQUATE
FOR EVERY SITUATION.
THAT YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE
YOU HAVE LOST THINGS
TO NOT BE HERE IN THE STATES
AND BE OVER THERE IN A VERY
IMPOVERISHED COUNTRY
WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED AND YET THERE IS JOY.
YOU'RE TELLING US THAT
IF WE WILL JUST LET JESUS
BE WHO HE IS IN US THERE IS
NO BAD PLACE ON EARTH TO LIVE.
THERE IS NOTHING DESOLATE
WHEN HE IS PRESENT.
IT IS AMAZING WHAT HE DOES
IN THE IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION.
I HONESTLY BELIEVE YOU CAN
BE USED TO CHANGE
THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF UGANDA.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
GOD CAN USE THIS YOUNG LADY
AND THE PRECIOUS LITTLE ONES
THAT SHE'S TAKEN IN
AND WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE UGANDA WOULD HELP
CHANGE AMERICA?
WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE?
[Laughter]
AFRICA IS THE RESOURCE
RICHEST CONTINENT IN THE WORLD
BUT THEIR GREATEST RESOURCE
ARE THE PEOPLE
AND THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
PLUNDERED AND NOT DEVELOPED
FULLY, THEREFORE THE RESOURCES
ARE NOT DEVELOPED.
IF WE WOULD LEARN TO WORK
TOGETHER, THERE IS NOTHING
WE CAN'T DO TO SEE PEOPLE
SET FREE.
THAT'S THE THING,
THE HOPE THAT YOU TALK ABOUT
IS THE ONLY HOPE.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TRUTH
A WHILE AGO.
IT IS THE TRUTH
THAT SETS US FREE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT
EVERYBODY TO GET
FROM WHAT YOU SHARE,
FROM WHAT YOU'VE WRITTEN.
YOU WANT THEM TO FALL
IN LOVE WITH JESUS, LET JESUS
BE WHO HE IS WHEREVER
THEY ARE; IS THAT RIGHT?
Katie: ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
James: TELL OUR VIEWERS
WHAT YOU WANT THEM
TO CONTEMPLATE AS WE CLOSE
THIS PROGRAM.
WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM
FOCUSING ON?
Katie: I JUST WANT PEOPLE
TO KNOW GOD'S LOVE FOR THEM
-- HIS DEEP LOVE.
THAT HE WOULD SEND HIS SON.
HOW MUCH DOES HE LOVE US?
SO MUCH!
AND IT'S WHAT I SHARE
WITH MY KIDS AND IT IS WHAT
I SHARE WITH THESE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE IN OUR GUEST HOUSE.
BUT IT IS ALSO WHY I WRITE
BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE
TO COME HERE AND BE AWAY
FROM MY FAMILY BUT I WANT
PEOPLE TO KNOW THE LOVE
OF CHRIST AND THAT IT CAN
TRANSFORM OUR LIVES,
TRANSFORM OUR HEARTS,
TRANSFORM NATIONS,
TRANSFORM EVERYTHING.
James: YOU WERE TELLING
THAT STORY ABOUT MACK,
DID ANYTHING EVER HAPPEN
TO HIM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO
THIS OLD DRUNK?
Katie: HIS LEG WAS BURNT
SO BADLY THAT YOU COULD
SEE HIS BONE.
IT WAS A DEEP, DEEP WOUND.
A SOCIAL WORKER ON OUR STAFF
SAID, "WELL, WE'VE GOT
TO HELP HIM."
I'M GOING OKAY, I GUESS WE DO.
WE TOOK HIM TO THREE
DIFFERENT HOSPITALS
AND THREE DIFFERENT DOCTORS
TOLD ME HIS LEG
NEEDED TO BE AMPUTATED.
I JUST KNEW THAT FOR A MAN
WHO WAS ALREADY DRUNK
AND HOMELESS THE LOSS OF A LEG
WOULD MEAN THE LOSS OF LIFE
COMPLETELY.
THE LAST DOCTOR SAID TO ME,
"WELL, IF SOMEBODY WOULD
BANDAGE IT EVERY DAY
IT COULD GET WELL.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MEDICINE
OR THE RESOURCES TO DO IT
HERE AT THIS HOSPITAL.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME
TO SHOW YOU HOW?"
I SAID, "YEAH!"
James: AND HE'S LOOKING
FOR THIS SOMEBODY?
Katie: HE'S LOOKING FOR
THIS SOMEBODY.
I SAID, "SURE! I'LL DO THAT."
MACK STAYED IN THE GUEST HOUSE
FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
FOR THE FIRST YEAR I BANDAGED
HIS LEG EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND AS I BANDAGED HIS LEG
HE TOLD ME ABOUT HIS LIFE
AND I GOT TO TELL HIM
ABOUT THE GOSPEL.
AS THE YEAR WENT BY,
MY HUSBAND STARTED --
HE WASN'T MY HUSBAND THEN,
HE WAS MY FRIEND AND I HAD
SAID, "THIS GUY NEEDS
A MAN TO POUR INTO HIM."
HE STARTED COMING OVER
TWICE A WEEK AND STUDYING
THE BIBLE WITH MACK.
ABOUT A YEAR IN
MACK CAME TO KNOW JESUS
AS HIS SAVIOR AND HIS LIFE HAS
BEEN COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.
James: THAT'S IN THE BOOK
AND A WHOLE LOT MORE STORIES
LIKE THAT.
SHE TOLD BETTY AND ME
IT'S JUST FULL OF GLORIOUS
STORIES WHEN
YOU DARE TO HOPE.
YOUR MINISTRY TITLE ONLINE.
I WANT YOU TO FIND IT,
PRAY ABOUT HELPING HER
SUPPORT ALL THEIR OUTREACHES
AND MAYBE THERE IS A WAY
YOU CAN GO OVER THERE AND
TRAIN SOME PEOPLE IN SKILLS.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT?
Katie: THE NAME OF THE
MINISTRY IS AMAZIMA
AND ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES
ARE SPELLED OUT ONLINE.
James: WELL, I REALLY HOPE
YOU'LL VISIT THAT WEBSITE
AND I HOPE YOU'LL GET
THE BOOK AND MAYBE GET ONE
FOR A FRIEND THAT MIGHT
DARE TO HOPE ALSO.
KATIE, WE LOVE FEEDING
CHILDREN THAT ARE HUNGRY.
WE LOVE PUTTING GOD'S ARMS
OF LOVE AROUND CHILDREN.
BETTY AND I WENT FOR
SO MANY YEARS INTO
THE VERY, LET'S SAY,
WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD,
INTO GREAT DANGER MANY TIMES
TO PUT GOD'S ARMS AROUND KIDS.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I BROUGHT THEM ALL HOME
IN MY HEART.
I DIDN'T FORGET THEM.
I DIDN'T FORGET THEIR FACES.
I SHARED THEM WITH YOU AND
YOU'VE CHANGED THEIR LIVES.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE LED OVER
12 MILLION OF THESE TO CHRIST
THAT CAME TO BE FED.
WE GAVE THEM THE GOSPEL AND
WE'VE SAVED OVER 10 MILLION
UP TOWARD 15 MILLION LIVES
ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS
FROM THE AFRICAN COUNTRIES,
THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL US.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU DID.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN
RIGHT NOW.
I WANT YOU TO SEE
WHAT LOVE DOES.
HOW YOU STOP THE DEATH CYCLE
AND GIVE LIFE.
PLEASE WATCH.
ASK GOD TO LET YOU SEE IT
THE WAY HE SEES IT
AND ADDRESS IT THE WAY
HE WANTS US TO ADDRESS IT.
I THINK YOU'LL BE GLAD
TO DO IT.
WATCH CLOSELY.
Isak: JAMES AND BETTY,
LAST TIME WE WERE IN
MOZAMBIQUE TOGETHER,
WE WERE WALKING THROUGH
SCHOOLS WHERE MISSION FEEDING
WAS HAPPENING.
THERE WERE CHILDREN
DANCING AND SINGING
AND JUST LIFE -- LIFE
BECAUSE OF MISSION FEEDING
IN THOSE VILLAGES,
BECAUSE OF
THE FRIENDS OF LIFE,
BECAUSE OF EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF THEM OPENING THEIR HEARTS,
PARTNERING WITH YOU,
PARTNERING WITH US
TO MAKE THAT JOY
AND THAT LIFE POSSIBLE
FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF THOSE CHILDREN.
I REMEMBER IT LIKE
IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY.
I REMEMBER HOW FILLED
WITH JOY YOUR HEART WAS
IN SEEING THOSE
CHILDREN THRIVING,
FULL OF JOY
AND FULL OF ENERGY.
ALL OF THAT STARTING WITH
JUST A BOWL OF FOOD A DAY
IN THE MISSION
FEEDING PROGRAM;
IN THEIR SCHOOLS,
CHANGING THEIR LIVES,
PROVIDING THEM
WITH OPPORTUNITY.
JAMES, AS YOU KNOW
ALL TOO WELL
LIFE IS HARD HERE IN AFRICA
FOR MANY OF THESE FAMILIES
WITH THE DROUGHT
THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.
WE'VE SEEN AREAS WHERE THEY'RE UNABLE TO PRODUCE FOOD.
WHAT IT'S RESULTED IN
IS A SEVERE CRITICAL NEED;
A NEED THAT IS
PUTTING CHILDREN IN
MALNUTRITION CLINICS.
I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE FULLEST
MALNUTRITION CLINICS
I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN
IN THIS AREA.
WE'VE SEEN CHILDREN,
MANY OF THEM WHO I DON'T
THINK WILL MAKE IT.
A NAME
ON A LITTLE WOODEN CROSS,
ANOTHER LIFE STOLEN
BY MALNUTRITION;
STOLEN BY
THE SIMPLE LACK OF FOOD.
JAMES, WE HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!
WE'VE GOT TO REACH
THESE CHILDREN NOW.
IT'S URGENT.
IT'S CRITICAL.
WE HAVE TO GET TO THEM NOW
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T
GET TO THEM NOW,
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO DIG MORE AND MORE
OF THESE GRAVES
AND BURY MORE AND MORE
OF THESE CHILDREN.
PLEASE JAMES!
ASK THE FRIENDS OF LIFE,
ASK THEM TO HELP YOU
AND TO HELP US
SO THAT WE CAN SAVE
THESE LIVES.
James: WELL, YOU'VE HEARD
THE HEART CRY OF A MISSIONARY;
THAT'S ISAK PRETORIUS,
PETER PRETORIUS' SON.
BETTY, WE HAVE BEEN
WHERE THEY WERE BURYING THEM
BY THE THOUSANDS,
LITTLE CHILDREN.
THEY WERE TINY GRAVES
LIKE SOME YOU SAW THERE.
THE FIRST TIME
BETTY AND I SAW THEM
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE
OF A BROKEN HEART
IN THE MIDST
OF ALL THE DIGGING.
BUT BETTY, WE ACTUALLY
ASKED OUR VIEWERS TO HELP IN
THAT PARTICULAR CRISIS AREA
THAT WAS EVEN MORE SEVERE
THAN WHAT ISAK WAS
REFERENCING THERE.
WHEN HE POINTED OUT THAT
THE MALNUTRITION CLINICS,
THAT'S WHERE THE CHILDREN GO
AND THE CHILDREN ARE DYING --
AND YOU PAY FOR THOSE TOO.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT
ALL THE MISSION OUTREACH
FEEDING DOES.
THAT'S THE LAST EFFORT
TO SAVE THEM.
BUT IF WE GET INTO THE AREAS
WHERE THE 400,000 ARE NOW
WE CAN HEAD THEM OFF
AND THEY DON'T GET THERE,
WE BEGIN TO RESTORE THINGS.
BUT WHERE THEY WERE DYING
BY THE THOUSANDS,
BETTY, WE WENT BACK
TWO TO THREE YEARS LATER
AND THE KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL
SINGING ABOUT JESUS.
THEY ALL HAD FOOD
AT SCHOOL FEEDING
BECAUSE WE LEARNED
IF WE MOVED THE FEEDING
TO THE SCHOOLS
IT BROUGHT THE ATTENDANCE UP.
YOU VIEWERS ARE JUST AMAZING
AT DOING WHAT WORKS!
BECAUSE IT IS LOVE THAT WORKS.
THESE KIDS WERE SO HAPPY.
WHEN WE GOT READY TO LEAVE,
THE PASTOR WAS
A REAL LITTLE GUY.
I NOTICED WHEN I LOOKED BACK
HE WAS LOOKING UP AT PETER
AND HE WAS CRYING.
SO WHEN PETER PRETORIUS
CAME OVER TO THE TRUCK,
I SAID, "PETER,
WHY WAS HE CRYING?
THE KIDS WERE HAPPY."
HE SAID, "BECAUSE
HE KNEW YOU SAW
HOW HAPPY THEY WERE
AND HE REMEMBERED
WHERE THEY WERE
AND WHERE YOU TOOK THEM
AND HE THOUGHT
NOW THAT YOU SEE THEM,
YOU'LL NEVER COME BACK,
AND MAYBE WON'T BE ABLE
TO HELP ANYMORE."
OF COURSE, WE ALL WEPT TEARS
OF COMPASSION AGAIN
FOR THE FACT THAT HE THOUGHT
LOVE MIGHT LEAVE
BUT IT DIDN'T.
WE JUST KEPT FEEDING
AND WE DO.
ANYWHERE WE GET
THE KIDS COMING
TO GET THEIR LITTLE MINDS FED
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT
THEIR BODIES STRONG
AND YOU ENABLE US TO DO IT,
WE DO IT.
HERE'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU
TO DO RIGHT NOW.
I WANT YOU TO GO ONLINE
OR CALL THAT NUMBER
AND I WANT YOU
TO TAKE YOUR BANKCARD
AND USE IT LIKE A CHECK --
OR IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,
MAKE THE CHECK TO LIFE
BUT CALL US AND TELL US
WHAT YOU'RE SENDING.
NOW PLEASE LISTEN TO ME.
FOR $30, $50, OR $100
WE CAN FEED THREE, FIVE
OR TEN CHILDREN
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
NOW THIS IS NOT LIKE
YOU'D HAVE AT YOUR HOME.
THIS IS NUTRITION.
THIS IS NOURISHMENT
THAT TOTALLY STABILIZES
THEIR SITUATION,
WHATEVER THE NEED IS.
AND IT'S BALANCED
BIOLOGICALLY BY OVERSEERS
AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION,
AND EVEN SCIENTISTS
WHO HELP US KNOW
THIS IS THE NEED THERE.
THAT'S WHY UPGRADING
THE FOOD FACTORY RIGHT NOW
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE A $216,000 NEED
TO UPGRADE
AND I'VE BEEN PRAYING
GOD WOULD RAISE UP 216 PEOPLE
THAT WOULD GIVE $1,000 EACH.
IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE, DO IT.
BUT WHAT WE NEED
FOR THOSE 400,000
IS THE $30, THE $50,
AND THE $100.
FOR THOSE THREE CHILDREN
YOU FEED WITH $30,
THAT'S NO SMALL GIFT
SO DON'T THINK
THAT'S TOO SMALL,
$50 FOR FIVE OR $100 FOR TEN.
THERE IS A LEVEL AT WHICH
YOU CAN PARTICIPATE.
THERE MAY BE SOME OF YOU
WHO CAN SAY, "I CAN FEED
SEVERAL HUNDRED KIDS.
GOD'S BLESSED ME
AND I'M GOING TO DO IT
BECAUSE IT WORKS!"
WOULD YOU PLEASE RIGHT NOW
GO ONLINE, CALL THE NUMBER,
MAKE THE GIFT
GOD PUTS ON YOUR HEART?
WE HAVE SOME GIFTS TO SEND YOU
YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE,
YOU'RE GOING TO APPRECIATE
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING
TO ARISE AND SHINE
AND REVEAL GOD'S LOVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR DOING IT.
THANKS FOR MAKING THAT CALL.
THANKS FOR THE GIFT.
Announcer:
IN IMPOVERISHED AND FAMINE STRICKEN AREAS OF AFRICA,
CHILDREN
ARE SUFFERING.
THE NEED
IS GREAT.
AND WITHOUT FOOD,
THEY FACE DEATH BY STARVATION.
WITH YOUR SUPPORT,
YOU WILL HELP FEED AND CARE
FOR CHILDREN
IN CRISIS AREAS
OF SUDAN, ANGOLA,
AND MOZAMBIQUE.
WITH AFRICA FACING ONGOING
FOOD SHORTAGES AND DROUGHT,
WE URGENTLY NEED
TO REPLENISH SUPPLIES
AND COME TO THE AID
OF 400,000 CHILDREN
COUNTING ON US.
YOUR LIFESAVING GIFT
OF $30, $50, OR $100
WILL HELP FEED AND CARE FOR
THREE, FIVE OR TEN CHILDREN
FOR THE NEXT
THREE MONTHS.
PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER
AN ADDITIONAL GIFT TO HELP
PROVIDE CRITICALLY NEEDED
UPGRADES TO OUR FOOD FACTORY
THAT WILL INCREASE
OVERALL PRODUCTION BY
A STAGGERING 50%.
THIS IS A
$216,000 CHALLENGE
ABOVE OUR NORMAL
FEEDING BUDGET
THAT COULD HELP SAVE
EVEN MORE LIVES.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF ANY AMOUNT
WE'LL SEND YOU
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MESS.
IN HER NEW BOOK,
SHEILA WALSH BRINGS INSIGHT
TO KNOWING THE PEACE
AND PRESENCE OF CHRIST
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE'S
INEVITABLE MESSES.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE
TO HELP FEED AND CARE
FOR TEN CHILDREN,
WE WILL SEND YOU SHEILA'S BOOK
PLUS THE "ARISE" COFFEE MUG.
THIS HEAT-ACTIVATED MUG
REVEALS ISAIAH 61
EACH TIME YOU FILL IT
WITH A WARM BEVERAGE;
A WONDERFUL WAY
TO BEGIN YOUR DAY.
AND FINALLY, WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $1,000 OR MORE
TO HELP FEED AND CARE
FOR 100 CHILDREN,
BE SURE TO REQUEST
OUR "DETERMINED EAGLE"
BRONZE SCULPTURE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR
MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE.
James: I WANT TO ASK YOU TO
RISE ON THE TURBULENCE
OF THE TIMES LIKE AN EAGLE
FLIES HIGHER.
WE'RE SENDING THIS TO THOSE
WHO WILL MAKE A GIFT
OF $1,000 OR MORE.
I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER
A $1,000 GIFT TO HELP US
REALLY UPGRADE THAT
FOOD FACTORY.
IT WILL JUST BE AMAZING.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT --
BEING ONE OF 216 PEOPLE?
WE'RE SENDING SHEILA'S BOOK.
WE WANT TO BLESS YOU.
THIS IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.
KATIE IS A BLESSING,
DARING TO HOPE.
IF YOU SAY, "JAMES, WOULD YOU
SEND ME HER BOOK IF WE JUST
HELP THESE KIDS SOME?"
SURE! YOU JUST ASK.
WE WANT TO BE A BLESSING
TO YOU.
WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
JOIN BETTY AND ME IN SAYING
THANKS TO A JESUS-FILLED GIRL,
KATIE.
[Applause]
THANKS, KATIE!
LOVE YOU!
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Announcer: ARE YOU
READY TO START SOLVING
YOUR MONEY PROBLEMS?
DAVID CRANK HELPS YOU
LEARN EASY WAYS TO BUDGET,
ELIMINATE DEBT, INCREASE
SAVING AND GIVE GENEROUSLY.
>> 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.