Announcer:
IN JULY OF 2013,
WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL
FOR WALKING PNEUMONIA,
RANDY TRAVIS
FLATLINED.
>> I WENT INTO HIS ROOM
AFTER THE DOCTORS TOLD ME
I NEEDED
TO LET GO.
I ASKED RANDY
IF HE WANTED TO FIGHT.
AND LIKE I SAID
HE WAS IN THIS COMA STATE
BUT HE SQUEEZED
MY HAND
AND THIS LITTLE TEAR
FELL DOWN HIS CHEEK
AND I SAID, "I JUST KNOW
HE IS NOT READY TO GIVE UP."
Announcer:
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!
♪
James: OH BOY!
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
IN SOME WAYS
IT IS LIKE A HOMECOMING
AND A REUNION.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
BETTY AND I WELCOME YOU
TO LIFE TODAY AND ALL OF YOU.
RANDY TRAVIS,
A MIRACLE WALKING.
HE'S HERE WITH US.
RANDY JOINED OUR OUTREACHES
MORE THAN 15 YEARS AGO AND
HE BEGAN TO TRY TO HELP US
WIN PEOPLE TO CHRIST
TO HELP US FEED THE HUNGRY
AND GIVE WATER TO THE THIRSTY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
HE CAME, BETTY,
TO OUR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
WHERE WE REALLY RAISE
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT
TO CONTINUE DRILLING
WATER WELLS,
AND NOW WE'RE 5,000
AND WE'RE DOING THAT
RIGHT NOW.
BUT HIS WIFE MARY,
WHO LITERALLY,
YOU TALK ABOUT AN ANGEL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I'M GOING TO CUT A PICTURE IN
RIGHT HERE WHERE I WENT
TO THE HOSPITAL
AND THE MAN HAS HAD A STROKE,
WE'RE GOING
TO NEED TO TELL YOU
MORE ABOUT IT IN DETAIL
BUT I'M THERE WITH RANDY.
HE HAS BEEN HIT SO HARD,
THIS IS IN THE EARLY DAYS
OF THE STRUGGLE
BUT HE KNEW I WAS THERE.
I'M LOOKING AT THE PICTURE
MYSELF AND I'M HAPPY
BECAUSE HE WAS HAPPY
THAT I WAS THERE.
MARY, AS I SAID,
SHE WAS AN ANGEL
SENT BY GOD
TO LIFT HIM UP OUT OF THE PIT
OF LITERALLY DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION
AND JUST LOVE HIM
WITH AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
THEY ARE A BEAUTIFUL
MARRIED COUPLE,
MR. AND MRS. TRAVIS.
I MEAN THIS IS GOOD.
WOULD YOU WELCOME
RANDY AND MARY TRAVIS
TO LIFE TODAY?
Mary: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
James: MARY, I REMEMBER
WALKING IN THAT ROOM
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU
THE JOY TO KNOW THAT
HE NOT ONLY RECOGNIZED ME
BUT THERE SEEMED TO BE
A SENSE OF APPRECIATION.
IT WAS MORE LIKE MAYBE
HELP AND PRAYERS COMING.
HOW IMPORTANT WAS PRAYER
IN THIS JOURNEY
AND IN SUPPORT OF YOU.
WHAT DID THAT MEAN
TO THE TWO OF YOU?
Mary: AT SO MANY
DIFFERENT TIMES
DURING THIS SIX MONTHS,
FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS
THAT WE WERE IN THE HOSPITAL,
THAT WAS ALL WE HAD
WAS PRAYER
AND JUST KNOWING THAT GOD
WAS WALKING BESIDE US.
HE WAS PRESENT WITH US.
HE WAS IN THE DOCTOR'S HANDS.
HE HAD THEIR HANDS.
BUT THE POWER OF PRAYER,
THE LETTERS AND THE FOLKS
THAT REACHED OUT TO US
JUST TO SAY WE'RE PRAYING,
THAT WAS THE WIND
BENEATH OUR WINGS;
THAT'S ALL WE HAD TO RELY ON
AT THE TIME BECAUSE
WE WEREN'T TRYING TO MAKE IT
DAY TO DAY,
WE WERE TRY TO GO MAKE IT
SECOND TO SECOND.
THEY HAD TAKEN
A LOT OF THE HOPE
AWAY FROM US
AT ONE POINT IN TIME
AND SAID WE JUST NEED
TO PULL THE PLUG ON HIM
BECAUSE HE HAS
THESE HOSPITAL-BORNE
BACTERIAS NOW.
HE'S VERY SEPTIC.
THEY CAN'T GET ON TOP OF IT.
HE HAD HIS CHEST TUBES,
HIS FEEDING TUBES,
HIS SKULL WAS STORED
IN HIS STOMACH
TO KEEP THAT VIABLE
FOR WHENEVER THEY WOULD
BE ABLE TO PLACE THAT AGAIN.
HE HAD THREE BOUTS
OF DOUBLE PNEUMONIA, HE HAD
HAD THREE TRACHEOTOMIES,
HAD BEEN INTUBATED SIX
OR SEVEN TIMES AT THIS POINT,
HAD ART LINES FOR
MEDICATION TO THE HEART,
AND AT ONE TIME,
I COUNTED 38 I.V.'S
STUCK IN HIM.
BY THE TIME
WE HAD GOTTEN TO TENNESSEE
THEY JUST DIDN'T THINK
HE COULD MAKE IT
THROUGH ANYMORE.
HE WAS DOWN
TO RIGHT AT 100 POUNDS.
BUT THAT'S WHEN --
AND THIS IS WHEN YOU KNOW
THAT GOD IS PRESENT BECAUSE
HE IS IN A SEMI-COMA STATE.
I WENT INTO HIS ROOM
AFTER THE DOCTORS TOLD ME
I NEEDED TO KIND OF LET GO.
I ASKED RANDY
IF HE WANTED TO FIGHT.
AND LIKE I SAID,
HE WAS IN THIS COMA STATE
BUT HE SQUEEZED MY HAND
AND THIS LITTLE TEAR
FELL DOWN HIS CHEEK.
AND I SAID I KNOW
HE IS NOT READY TO GIVE UP.
THE GUY'S GOT
THE HEART OF AN ANGEL
AND THE SOUL OF A WARRIOR.
SO I WENT BACK
AND I TOLD THE DOCTORS,
"GOD'S GOT OTHER PLANS
FOR THIS MAN.
WE INTEND TO BE PRESENT
WHEN HE NEEDS US.
SO Y'ALL NEED TO GIVE IT
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE.
LET'S KEEP MOVING FORWARD."
James: RANDY,
LOOK OVER HERE AT ME.
ARE YOU GLAD YOU FOUGHT?
Randy: YEP.
James: DID YOU HAVE
AN ANGEL SITTING HERE?
Randy: YEAH!
James: DID THOSE PRAYERS
LIFT YOU UP.
Randy: YEAH. YEAH!
James: WERE YOU GLAD
WHEN I WALKED IN THE ROOM
JUST TO LOVE YOU
A LITTLE BIT?
Randy: YEAH!
James: IT MEANT A LOT TO YOU,
TOO; DIDN'T IT, MARY?
Mary: ABSOLUTELY,
IT MEANT A LOT TO ME.
I NEEDED THAT.
James: BETTY,
WHAT DO YOU THINK
WHEN YOU SEE HIM?
YOU KNOW YOU LOVE THEM
AND YOU KNOW
WHAT RANDY MEANS TO US
AND HOW MUCH HE'S LOVED US
AND WHAT WE DO.
Betty: IT IS IN TIMES
LIKE THIS,
AND REALLY SERIOUS TIMES
THAT WE CAN FEEL
THE PRESENCE OF GOD AROUND US.
I'M SURE YOU LOOK BACK
AND YOU SAY
GOD REALLY DID CARRY YOU
BECAUSE YOU HAD TO BE
EXHAUSTED AT TIMES.
YOU PROBABLY STAYED THERE
WITH HIM MOST OF THE TIME.
Mary: EVERY DAY
AND EVERY NIGHT,
I DIDN'T SPEND A NIGHT
AWAY FROM HIM.
I WASN'T ABOUT TO.
[Laughing]
Betty: YEAH!
YOU COME AWAY SAYING --
Mary: I'VE WAITED TOO LONG
FOR HIM.
I WASN'T GOING TO LEAVE HIM.
Betty: YOU LOOK BACK
AND YOU THINK,
GOD REALLY WAS GOOD;
WASN'T HE?
BECAUSE IT IS A MIRACLE.
Mary: HE WAS SO GOOD TO US.
BEING IN
A HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT
YOU LEARN SO MUCH.
I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE
FOUGHT STAPH INFECTIONS
THAT JUST FEEL LIKE MOUNTAINS
YOU CAN'T CLIMB
AND THE DOCTORS
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SO YOU KNOW
THAT IT IS GOD'S WISDOM
THAT COMES DOWN
AND TAKES OVER.
AND THERE'S TIMES
IN THE HOSPITAL
WHERE THEY WOULD COME IN
AND TRY TO GIVE HIM
SOMEBODY ELSE'S MEDICATION.
SO YOU JUST --
THERE'S A REASON
WHY YOU'RE THERE
TO LOVE SOMEONE
THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I KNOW, JAMES,
YOU HAD ASKED ME EARLIER,
IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW?
ALL I WANT PEOPLE
TO KNOW SO BAD IS
JUST DON'T EVER GIVE UP.
GOD DOESN'T READ
MEDICAL RECORDS.
THE MEDICAL RECORDS
ARE THE HUMAN LIMITATIONS
ON WHAT WE KNOW,
WHAT OUR KNOWLEDGE IS
BUT IT DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH ON
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
AND WHAT HIS PLAN IS FOR US.
HE IS NOT READING
MEDICAL RECORDS.
I JUST WANT TO TELL PEOPLE
TO FIGHT FOR THE ONE THEY LOVE
TO BE PRESENT,
TO TAKE GOD'S LEAD
AND HELP GUIDE THEM
THROUGH WHATEVER.
THEN WHEN THINGS --
WHEN WE GOT OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL
AFTER FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS,
IT WAS TWO AND A HALF YEARS
OF THERAPY EVERY SINGLE DAY
FOR FOUR HOURS A DAY.
THEY SAID HE WOULD NEVER WALK.
THEY SAID HE WOULD BE
IN AND OUT OF HOSPITALS
THE REST OF HIS LIFE
AND BEDRIDDEN.
WE WEREN'T BUYING IN.
THEY WERE SELLING
AND WE WEREN'T BUYING.
SO GOD HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN.
James: I TOLD HIM EARLIER,
BEFORE WE WALKED OUT HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR HIM SING
"THREE WOODEN CROSSES"
THAT HE DID HERE WITH US.
BUT NOW THINK,
BY THE GRACE OF GOD,
HE IS GOING TO SING
AMAZING GRACE TO US.
I WANT YOU
TO TELL OUR VIEWERS
BECAUSE YOU'VE STARTED
A FOUNDATION.
WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING
TO A LOT OF PEOPLE,
THEY CAN'T DIAGNOSE THIS.
THEY MISDIAGNOSE IT.
YOU WILL HEAR MIKE HAYES,
AN INCREDIBLE PASTOR
TELL A STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED
AT THE SAME TIME --
JUST DRIVES IT HOME.
WE'RE GOING TO DO
TWO PROGRAMS ON THIS.
SO YOU'LL BE BACK TOMORROW,
MIKE HAYES WILL BE HERE.
HE WILL COMMENT ON THAT,
WHAT HAPPENED,
THE SIGNIFICANCE AND THEN
ALSO MIKE WILL BE TALKING
A LITTLE LATER IN THE WEEK
WITH ME.
BUT WHAT WAS THE NAME?
I KNOW IT IS
KIND OF HARD TO SAY.
WHAT DID HE HAVE
THAT THEY MISDIAGNOSED?
Mary: VIRAL CARDIOMYOPATHY.
James: AND IT IS
EASILY MISDIAGNOSED?
AND THE MISDIAGNOSIS
IS WHAT THEN ALLOWS IT
TO TAKE THIS REAL DEATH GRIP;
CORRECT?
NOW YOU STARTED
A FOUNDATION TO TRY
TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, INCLUDING
THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY
SO THAT YOU CAN
SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES
AND THEY NOT BE IMPACTED
LIKE HE HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY.
TELL ME WHAT THE NAME
OF THE FOUNDATION IS
AND HOW WILL PEOPLE GO THERE?
Mary: IT'S
RANDYTRAVISFOUNDATION --
RANDYTRAVISFOUNDATION.ORG.
THE MISSION IS OBVIOUSLY,
EARLY DIAGNOSIS
OF VIRAL CARDIOMYOPATHY.
IT IS A VIRUS
THAT HITS THE HEART
AND DOES ITS DAMAGE
RATHER RAPIDLY
ACCORDING TO...
James: BUT YOU CAN SET IT OFF
IF YOU DIAGNOSE IT PROPERLY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO HELP EDUCATE.
THERE IS THE WEBSITE
AND TO ALL OF YOU,
THOSE OF YOU HERE,
IF YOU COULD TOUCH AND
WHEN YOU HEAR MIKE HAYES,
AT THE EXACT SAME TIME,
VERY IMPORTANT YOU HEAR IT
AND THAT WILL BE
IN THE PROGRAM TOMORROW.
BUT THERE IS THE WEBSITE.
AND I WANT YOU TO PRAY,
GOD, CAN I HELP?
THEN HELP THEM!
WE DON'T TRY TO PROTECT
OUR DONORS
FROM HELPING PEOPLE DO
WHAT GOD WANTS DONE.
SO I HOPE YOU'LL REALLY
BE PRAYING FOR THEM.
WE'RE JUST BELIEVING GOD
FOR MIRACLES.
I WANT US TO LISTEN TO YOU
HERE, WAY BACK,
AND YOU'RE SINGING
"THREE WOODEN CROSSES."
YOU LIKED THAT SONG;
DIDN'T YOU?
Randy: YEAH.
James: A LOT OF PEOPLE
LIKE THAT SONG.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR
RANDY TRAVIS WHEN HE SANG
"THREE WOODEN CROSSES" HERE?
WE'RE GOING
TO GO THERE TOGETHER.
LET'S ALL WATCH.
♪ A FARMER
AND A TEACHER, ♪
♪ A HOOKER
AND A PREACHER ♪
♪ RIDING ON
A MIDNIGHT BUS ♪
♪ BOUND
FOR MEXICO ♪
♪ ONE WAS HEADED
FOR VACATION, ♪
♪ ONE FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION ♪
♪ AND TWO OF THEM
WERE SEARCHING ♪
♪ FOR LOST SOULS ♪
♪ THAT DRIVER NEVER
EVER SAW THE STOP SIGN ♪
♪ AND EIGHTEEN
WHEELERS ♪
♪ CAN'T STOP
ON A DIME ♪
♪ THERE ARE
THREE WOODEN CROSSES ♪
♪ ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE HIGHWAY ♪
♪ WHY THERE'S NOT
FOUR OF THEM, ♪
♪ HEAVEN
ONLY KNOWS ♪
♪ I GUESS IT'S NOT
WHAT YOU TAKE ♪
♪ WHEN YOU LEAVE
THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU ♪
♪ IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE
BEHIND YOU ♪
♪ WHEN YOU GO ♪
♪ THAT FARMER
LEFT A HARVEST, ♪
♪ A HOME
AND 80 ACRES ♪
♪ THE FAITH AND LOVE
FOR GROWING THINGS ♪
♪ IN HIS YOUNG
SON'S HEART ♪
♪ AND THAT TEACHER
LEFT HER WISDOM ♪
♪ IN THE MINDS
OF LOTS OF CHILDREN ♪
♪ DID HER BEST
TO GIVE 'EM ALL ♪
♪ A BETTER START ♪
♪ THAT PREACHER
WHISPERED, ♪
♪ "CAN'T YOU SEE
THE PROMISED LAND?" ♪
♪ AS HE LAID HIS
BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE ♪
♪ IN THAT
HOOKER'S HAND ♪
♪ THERE ARE THREE
WOODEN CROSSES ♪
♪ ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE HIGHWAY ♪
♪ WHY THERE'S NOT
FOUR OF THEM, ♪
♪ HEAVEN
ONLY KNOWS ♪
♪ I GUESS IT'S
NOT WHAT YOU TAKE ♪
♪ WHEN YOU LEAVE
THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU ♪
♪ IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE
BEHIND YOU ♪
♪ WHEN YOU GO ♪
♪ THAT'S THE STORY
THAT OUR PREACHER
TOLD LAST SUNDAY ♪
♪ AS HE HELD THAT
BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE UP ♪
♪ FOR ALL OF US
TO SEE ♪
♪ HE SAID:
BLESS THE FARMER, ♪
♪ AND THE TEACHER, ♪
♪ AND THE PREACHER ♪
♪ WHO GAVE THIS BIBLE
TO MY MAMMA ♪
♪ WHO READ IT
TO ME ♪
♪ THERE ARE THREE
WOODEN CROSSES ♪
♪ ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE HIGHWAY ♪
♪ WHY THERE'S NOT
FOUR OF THEM, ♪
♪ NOW I GUESS
YOU KNOW ♪
♪ IT'S NOT
WHAT YOU TAKE ♪
♪ WHEN YOU LEAVE
THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU ♪
♪ IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE
BEHIND YOU ♪
♪ WHEN YOU GO ♪
♪ THERE ARE THREE
WOODEN CROSSES ♪
♪ ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE HIGHWAY ♪
James: OH MAN!
YOU LIKE THAT SONG;
DON'T YOU?
Randy: YEAH!
James: YOU LIKE THAT MESSAGE?
Randy: YEP.
James: I LOVE YOU,
BUDDY -- AND MARY.
IT'S BEEN MY PRIVILEGE TO BE
LIFTING YOU UP IN PRAYER.
YOU KNOW
IT'S ALL AMAZING GRACE
OUR NATION NEEDS
AND IT IS AMAZING GRACE
THAT'S LIFTED YOU UP
AND ALL OF US.
COULD YOU SING
THE FIRST VERSE
OF AMAZING GRACE FOR US?
YOU THINK YOU CAN
TAKE A SHOT AT THAT?
Randy: [Singing]
AMAZING GRACE
HOW SWEET THE SOUND
THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME
I ONCE WAS LOST
BUT NOW I'M FOUND
WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE
[Applause]
James: LET ME HAVE
THAT GOOD OLD STRONG HAND.
FATHER, I JUST WANT YOU
TO GIVE TO RANDY BACK
WHERE HE COULD USE BOTH
HIS HANDS AND HIS VOICE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR AMAZING GRACE
BECAUSE IT IS NOT
BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
IT IS ALL YOUR GRACE.
I JUST THANK YOU FOR MARY.
I WANT YOU
TO JUST POUR YOUR LOVE OUT
ALL OVER THEM IN GRACE.
AND WE'D LIKE
TO HAVE RANDY BACK
WHERE HE CAN DO THE THINGS
YOU GIFTED HIM TO DO
FOR YOUR GLORY;
IN JESUS' NAME.
ARE YOU GLAD TO SEE
RANDY AND MARY SITTING HERE?
[Applause]
THIS IS THE GRACE OF GOD.
MARY, WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU
AGAIN ON THE PROGRAM TOMORROW
ABOUT WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART
AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE
AND JUST CONTINUE
TO THANK PEOPLE FOR PRAYER.
IF WE CAN SEE
THIS PART OF THE MIRACLE
WE CAN SEE GOD
HEAL A BROKEN NATION,
BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS,
BROKEN FAMILIES.
HE'S A MIRACLE WORKER.
RANDY, YOU WANT TO SEE THAT
AND YOU WANT TO BE
A PART OF IT.
I BELIEVE GOD IS GOING
TO GIVE YOU MORE SONGS
AND I'M JUST GOING TO BE
HOLDING ON FOR YOU TO SING.
I KNOW BOTH OF US ARE GOING
TO SING WELL IN HEAVEN.
I CAN'T SING WELL HERE AND
I HAVEN'T HAD A STROKE, MAN.
BUT WHEN I SING
IT CAUSES OTHER PEOPLE
TO HAVE A STROKE.
IT'S JUST NOT HEALTHY,
RANDY, FOR ME TO SING.
BUT IN HEAVEN, YOU'RE GOING
TO LISTEN TO ME SING.
I'M GOING TO HANG ON THERE,
BROTHER, I'M SINGING NOW!
AND WHEN YOU'RE THERE
YOU CAN SING.
BUT I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE
TO SING AGAIN NOW.
I WANT ALL OF YOU,
I WANT YOU TO HAVE A SONG
IN YOUR HEART.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE
A MESSAGE IN YOUR LIFE.
TOMORROW WE'RE GOING
TO TALK TO THEM MORE ABOUT
WHAT DOES GOD WANT TO SHOW US
THROUGH THE THINGS
THAT WE'RE WALKING THROUGH.
AND HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY
REALLY MOVE TOGETHER
LIKE THE FAMILY
OF THE PERFECT FATHER?
RANDY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST
BLESSINGS THAT WE EVER HAD
AND THIS IS IN THE EARLY DAYS
OF WHEN WE STARTED DRILLING
THOSE WATER WELLS.
WHEN YOU CAME
AT THAT FIRST TIME TO HELP US,
THEY WERE ONLY $3600
BUT THE COST OF ENERGY,
OTHER THINGS,
JUST ALL THE THINGS,
IT IS $4800 NOW.
BUT YOU STEPPED IN
AT THE FIRST
TO HELP US DRILL WATER
BECAUSE YOU SAY
IF A CUP OF WATER
IN JESUS' NAME,
YOU WANTED EVERYBODY
TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO WE'VE DRILLED 5,000.
BY THE WAY,
YOU DON'T KNOW THIS
BUT I WANT TO SPEND
THE REST OF MY LIFE
HELPING PEOPLE
ALL OVER THIS WORLD
SHARE WATER FOR LIFE AND
TALK ABOUT THE WATER OF LIFE
THAT INSPIRES US TO WANT
TO GIVE THAT CUP OF WATER.
SO RIGHT NOW,
I WANT BOTH OF YOU TO KNOW,
WE'RE STILL DRILLING
THOSE WATER WELLS
AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK
ALL OF OUR VIEWERS
AND THOSE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE
TO HELP US DRILL
400 MORE WELLS.
WE'VE HAD JUST UNDER 200
THAT WERE SO CRITICAL
THAT HAD WE NOT ALREADY
MOVED IN AND STARTED,
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE JUST DIED --
REALLY, IT IS INDESCRIBABLE.
AND WE'VE GOT
ANOTHER NEAT THING.
WHERE YOU CAN'T GET
A DRILLING RIG IN,
WE'VE GOT A FILTER SYSTEM
THAT WE CAN GIVE
THREE FAMILIES --
THIS IS SO COOL --
I MEAN $4800 WE ASK GOD
TO RAISE PEOPLE UP BUT
WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE A FILTER,
WE CAN GIVE THREE FAMILIES
CLEAN FILTERED WATER FOR $100
NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE.
SO I WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED,
ALL OF YOU.
JUST LOOK IN AND WATCH
AND JUST SAY, "GOD,
WHAT DO I DO
TO BE SOMEBODY'S MIRACLE?"
WATCH CLOSELY.
Announcer: TEARS,
WE HAVE ALL SHED THEM
BUT FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD
THEY'RE A
DAILY REMINDER
OF HARDSHIP,
PAIN, AND LOSS.
SOMETIMES THE TEARS
WON'T FLOW
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF
EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION;
OTHER TIMES
THEY WON'T STOP
BECAUSE THE PAIN
IS OVERWHELMING.
IT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD
OR A LOVED ONE
SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAD
NO ACCESS TO
CLEAN DRINKING WATER.
IN MADAGASCAR,
THIS MAN FERNANDO
LOST HIS WIFE, TWO CHILDREN,
AND A BROTHER
ALL TO WATERBORNE DISEASE
AND NOW HE MUST WATCH
HIS SURVIVING NIECE
DRINK FROM THE SAME SOURCE
OF CONTAMINATED WATER.
Jeanne: I JUST PRAY LORD
YOU WOULD COMFORT HIM
RIGHT NOW.
AND LORD, AND JUST HAVING
TO TELL THIS STORY AGAIN,
IT IS JUST
SO SAD.
BUT I ASK YOU TO BLESS HIM
FOR SHARING IT WITH US
SO THAT WE CAN HELP
SO MANY PEOPLE.
Announcer:
YES, THERE IS A WAY TO STOP
TEARS OF HEARTACHE
LIKE THESE
BEFORE THEY
EVER FALL.
[Upbeat music]
Announcer: THROUGH
MISSION WATER FOR LIFE
WE CAN RESTORE HOPE
TO THOSE IN NEED
AROUND THE WORLD.
AND BY
OUR GIVING,
WE CAN COMFORT
THE BROKENHEARTED
AND REPLACE THEIR TEARS
WITH JOY.
[Cheers and laughter]
James: OH BOY!
I TELL YOU MY HEART IS FULL
OF SO MUCH EMOTION, HONEY.
I JUST HAD A FLASHBACK,
WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT
THOSE MOTHERS AND LOSING IT,
AND I REMEMBERED
WHEN WE HAD BEEN WITH
OUR DAUGHTER ROBIN
IN THE BATTLE WITH CANCER.
AND THEY SAID THAT
SHE WAS NOT GOING HOME
FROM THE HOSPITAL.
ALL THE FAMILY SAID,
"YES, SHE IS.
SHE IS GOING HOME."
AND BETTY SAID,
"WE'RE GOING TO FLY BACK HOME
AND I'M GOING TO GET
ALL MY BELONGINGS AND
I'M GOING TO STAY WITH HER.
WE DON'T NEED HOSPICE,
I'M GOING TO BE THERE."
AND WE FLEW HOME
AND THEN WE GOT THE CALL
FROM KENNY
AND HE SAID, "SHE IS GONE."
THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL YOU.
WE COULDN'T STAND
WITHOUT HOLDING EACH OTHER UP.
BUT HERE'S WHAT
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW THIS.
IF THERE HAD BEEN
ANYBODY WATCHING, ANYBODY
HERE OR ANYBODY WATCHING
ON TELEVISION THAT COULD
HAVE WALKED IN THAT ROOM AND
SAID TO OUR DAUGHTER ROBIN,
AND TO US, "HERE!
HERE IS ALL YOU NEED."
YOU WOULD HAVE DONE IT.
BETTY, OUR VIEWERS,
OUR AUDIENCE HERE, PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE WORLD CAN GO
TO THOSE PRECIOUS PEOPLE
AND PUT THE JOY
THAT THEY SAW AT THE END
WITH THE WATER WELL,
THEY CAN WALK IN AND SAY,
"WE HAVE THE ANSWER.
HERE IT IS."
Betty: AND WE PERSONALLY KNOW
WHAT THOSE TEARS OF PAIN
FEEL LIKE BECAUSE
WE'VE LOST A PRECIOUS CHILD
JUST AS THIS MAN HAD LOST
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN
AND ALL THOSE THAT HE LOVED;
HIS TEARS OF PAIN.
BUT WE WANT TO BE PART OF
TURNING THOSE TEARS OF PAIN
INTO TEARS OF JOY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE,
AS THE CHILDREN, WHEN
WE'RE ABLE TO DRILL A WELL,
THE CHILDREN GET AROUND
AND THE WATER PUMPS UP
AND THEY'RE SO EXCITED.
YOU'D THINK
IT WAS CHRISTMAS TIME.
BUT THEY'RE SO THRILLED
AND THE SMILES
ON THE MOTHERS' FACES
BECAUSE THEY KNOW
THAT NOW THEIR CHILD
MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO LIVE
AND NOT DIE.
SO PLEASE JOIN WITH US.
WE CAN DRILL THESE WELLS.
WE CAN FILL THE NEED
OF THESE CHILDREN
AND THESE FAMILIES
THAT ARE DYING
BECAUSE OF DISEASED WATER.
PLEASE HELP US.
James: YOU ARE THE MIRACLE
THAT PEOPLE CRY OUT FOR.
YOU REALLY ARE.
IT'S NOT WISHFUL THINKING,
YOU REALLY ARE THE MIRACLE.
AND YOU CAN COME IN
AND SAY, "HERE'S LIFE.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU
WATER FOR LIFE BECAUSE
OF THE WATER OF LIFE."
SO HERE'S WHAT
I'M ASKING YOU TO DO,
AND I REALLY BELIEVE
YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT:
$100 WILL GIVE THREE FAMILIES
A FILTER SYSTEM
THAT WON'T DRILL
ONE OF THE WELLS
BUT WHERE WE CAN'T GET
THE DRILLING RIGS IN
BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN,
WE'VE GOT SOMETHING
FOR THEM NOW.
NOW PLEASE LISTEN TO ME
BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE
THIS WILL HAPPEN.
IF YOU CAN DRILL A WELL,
THEY'RE $4800.
I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW
YOU'RE GOING TO GO ONLINE
OR YOU'RE GOING TO CALL,
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,
AND SAY, "HERE'S A CHECK.
I'M USING MY BANKCARD
LIKE A CHECK"
OR "I'M GOING TO PUT IT
IN THE MAIL."
IF YOU PUT IT IN THE MAIL
MAKE IT TO LIFE
BUT CALL US AND TELL US,
"I'M MAILING A WELL, $4800."
IF YOU CAN GIVE PART OF A WELL
$1200, $2400 AND THEN PRAY
SOMEONE JOINS YOU
WITH ANOTHER $2400
OR THREE WITH ANOTHER $1200.
MOST OF THE SUPPORT
COMES FROM PEOPLE WHO GIVE $48
AND THAT GIVES
TEN PEOPLE WATER
THE MIRACLE THEY NEED.
$144, AS AN EXAMPLE,
GIVES 30 PEOPLE BASICALLY
WATER THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
I'M BELIEVING
EVERY ONE OF YOU WATCHING,
EVERY ONE OF YOU
ARE GOING TO RIGHT NOW,
WITH GOD'S DIRECTION, SAY,
"HERE'S MY GIFT OF LOVE.
HERE'S MY PART IN THE MIRACLE
PEOPLE ARE LONGING FOR."
GET YOUR BANKCARD, GO ONLINE,
OR DIAL THE NUMBER.
BE DETERMINED TO GET THROUGH
AND MAKE THE GIFT GOD
PUTS ON YOUR HEART, PLEASE.
IF YOU GET A BUSY, BECAUSE
PEOPLE COULD BE CALLING FOR
PRAYER BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN
A VERY HIGH IMPACT PROGRAM
AND WE'RE GOING TO PRAY
WITH THEM --
BE DETERMINED AND GET THROUGH
AND MAKE THE GIFT
GOD PUT ON YOUR HEART.
THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.
WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL GIFTS
TO SEND YOU TO HELP YOU GROW
IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE
OF OUR LORD AND IN HIS WORD
AND IN HIS TRUTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR GIVING THE GREATEST GIFT,
THE GIFT OF LIFE
AND THE LOVE OF GOD.
Announcer:
EVERY DAY, CHILDREN LIVING
IN EXTREME POVERTY
ARE FORCED TO MAKE
A DREADFUL CHOICE:
DRINK POLLUTED WATER
FILLED WITH DEADLY DISEASE
OR PERHAPS,
DIE OF 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 PROVEN
AND VIABLE DEMONSTRATIONS
OF GOD'S LOVE
IN THE WORLD TODAY.
SUFFERING
CAN END
BECAUSE CLEAN WATER
CHANGES EVERYTHING!
WITH YOUR
GIFT TODAY
YOU CAN HELP DRILL
400 WATER WELLS
IN REMOTE VILLAGES
IN 15 NATIONS.
A GIFT OF $48 WILL PROVIDE
DISEASE-FREE WATER
FOR TEN PEOPLE,
$72 WILL PROVIDE
FOR 15 PEOPLE,
AND $144 WILL HELP
PROVIDE CLEAN WATER
STRAIGHT FROM THE GROUND
FOR 30 PEOPLE.
PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER
AN ADDITIONAL GIFT OF $100
TO HELP PROVIDE THREE FAMILIES
WITH WATER FILTRATION KITS
IN EMERGENCY AREAS
WHERE OUR DRILLING RIGS
ARE UNABLE TO REACH.
AS OUR THANK YOU,
WE'LL SEND YOU THE BOOKS,
WORDS OF JESUS
AND WORDS OF HEALING.
ONE CONTAINS ONLY
THE WORDS OF JESUS
AND THE OTHER
SCRIPTURES FOR HEALING
IN YOUR BODY,
MIND, AND SOUL.
WITH YOUR $100 GIFT, YOU CAN
RECEIVE BOTH HARDBOUND
AND SOFTBOUND EDITIONS OF
THESE SCRIPTURE PROMISE BOOKS.
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 YOU
MAY REQUEST
OUR BEAUTIFUL HAND-SCULPTED
"DETERMINED EAGLE" BRONZE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE,
OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE.
James: I TELL YOU WHAT,
GOD WAS WITH US TODAY.
I REALLY WANT TO SAY GOOD-BYE
TO RANDY AND MARY IN A MINUTE
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THE WORDS OF JESUS,
THAT'S ALL THIS IS --
JUST HIS WORDS.
THIS IS PHENOMENAL.
AND WORDS OF HEALING, WOW!
POWERFUL!
WE'RE JUST SAYING THANK YOU
FOR BEING A MIRACLE.
THE BEAUTIFUL
"DETERMINED EAGLE,"
-- BEAUTIFUL BRONZE.
RANDY AND MARY WILL BE BACK
WITH US AGAIN TOMORROW.
WOULD YOU GIVE THEM A BIG
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE?
[Applause]
PRAISE GOD!
PRAISE GOD!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TELL YOUR FRIENDS
TO WATCH TOMORROW.
THEY'LL BE BLESSED.
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Announcer: TOMORROW,
RANDY AND MARY TRAVIS
SHARE THE HOPE OF LIFE
AFTER A STROKE.
>> THE WAY WE LOOK
AT IT NOW IS
WE HAVE A NEW
SONG TO SING.
>> 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.