ANNOUNCER: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS PAID FOR
BY THE FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
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GINGER: SHARING CHRIST, LOVING PEOPLE.
IT'S THE MISSION OF JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST A SLOGAN.
JOYCE KNEW THAT AS THE MINISTRY GREW,
SHARING CHRIST WAS ONLY PART OF THE CALLING.
IN ORDER TO REACH PEOPLE'S HEARTS,
THE MINISTRY WOULD ALSO NEED TO HELP
MEET THEIR PHYSICAL NEEDS.
JOYCE: NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INVOLVED IN 150 NATIONS
AND ORPHANAGES AND FEEDING PROGRAMS
AND WATER WELLS AND SCHOOLS.
GINGER: AND IT'S SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART
OF THE MINISTRY.
JOYCE: WELL, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, OTHER THAN MY TEACHING, THAT'S PROBABLY
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME, IS JUST BEING ABLE
TO HELP PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, JESUS ALWAYS-- HE ALWAYS TAUGHT THE WORD
AND HE HELPED HURTING PEOPLE.
AND SO YOU HELP PEOPLE WITH THE WORD,
BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO HELP THEM IN A PRACTICAL WAY.
LIKE I SAY A LOT OF TIMES, MANY PEOPLE ARE HURTING SO BAD
THAT THEY COULDN'T EVEN HEAR THE WORD
IF YOU DIDN'T HELP THEM FIRST WITH THEIR PRACTICAL SITUATION.
GINGER: SO WHAT DOES SHARING CHRIST AND LOVING PEOPLE
REALLY LOOK LIKE?
IN 2016, GOD LAID OUT BEFORE OUR EYES
A LIVING EXAMPLE.
IN A TINY SPOT ON THE GLOBE, IN THE SMALL COUNTRY
OF TANZANIA, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ROSE FROM THE AFRICAN DUST.
JOHN: AND THIS PARTICULAR AREA WAS IN DIRE STRAITS.
IN FACT, EARLY ON, YEARS AGO,
THEY WERE TELLING US THAT FIVE OUT OF EVERY TEN OF THE CHILDREN
WERE DYING BEFORE THEY REACHED THE AGE OF 5,
MOSTLY FROM WATERBORNE ILLNESS.
GINGER: HALF OF THE CHILDREN DYING BEFORE THEY REACHED
THE AGE OF 5.
JOHN: IT'S DEPLORABLE.
GIL: AFTER HAND OF HOPE HELPED WITH TWO WELLS,
WE HAVE THE WATER.
WE DON'T HEARD ANY CHILD DIE.
GINGER: EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT WATER IS.
WE ALL KNOW THAT WE DON'T EXIST WITHOUT IT.
BUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT YOURSELF IN THE POSITION
OF A PERSON WHO JUST DOESN'T HAVE
ACCESS TO IT.
AND THAT IS THE CASE FOR MANY, MANY PEOPLE.
THE WATER THAT THEY DO GET, IT'S DANGEROUS.
IT'S HOURS AND HOURS AWAY.
AND IF WE CAN GO IN AND PROVIDE A FRESH,
SAFE WATER WELL FOR PEOPLE, NOT ONLY LIVES BEGIN CHANGING,
BUT VILLAGES AND THEN THE AREA AROUND THEM.
CHURCHES ARE PLANTED AT THAT PLACE.
WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THEIR HEALTH CHANGE.
WE'RE ABLE TO SEE PEOPLE COME TO CHRIST
AND IT ALL STARTS WITH THAT SINGLE WELL.
GINGER: TELL ME ABOUT THE WELL THAT YOU SEE BEHIND US.
THIS WELL IS FOR THE SCHOOL
SO IT REALLY BENEFITS THE CHILDREN.
MALE: IF YOU LOOK IN THIS AREA HERE,
WHAT'S HAPPENING, BECAUSE THERE'S WATER,
THERE'S A CHURCH, THERE'S A SCHOOL,
THERE'S A GARDEN OVER THERE.
YOU SEE THE PEOPLE GARDENING.
THEY'RE RAISING CHICKENS.
TEACHERS' HOUSING.
IT'S ALL HERE. WHY?
BECAUSE OF WATER.
GINGER: HAVE YOU SEEN THE IMPACT OF THE WATER ON THE
PEOPLE IN THIS AREA AS WELL?
LORAZO: WE SEE CHANGES COMING AGAIN FOR WATER
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY'RE COMING
AND TAKING THE WATER
AND JUST SHARING ABOUT JESUS BECAUSE PEOPLE,
THEY'RE SITTING DOWN AND THEY'RE RELAXED, YOU KNOW?
GINGER: SO THE FACT THAT THE PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE
TO GET THEIR WATER GIVES YOU,
AS THE PASTOR, AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS?
LORAZO: YEAH, YEAH.
MALE: SAYS, "YES."
GINGER: THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSLATION.
GINGER: SO WATER IS THE BEGINNING
BUT WATER BRINGS HEALTH.
IT USHERS IN EDUCATION.
IT BRINGS PEACE TO WARRING PEOPLE.
IT BRINGS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE CHRIST,
TO PLANT A CHURCH.
HOW MANY OPPORTUNITIES GOD HAS GIVEN US AROUND THIS ONE
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT RESOURCE.
GINGER: IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF OUR SECOND DAY IN TANZANIA,
OUR CREW CLIMBED THE HIGH RIDGE THAT STOOD OVER OUR CAMPSITE
TO RECORD THE PERFECT SUNRISE.
GIL WAS OUR GUIDE.
HE AND HIS AMERICAN-BORN WIFE, DOLFI, ARE MISSIONARIES
TO THE DATOOGAS, A DIFFICULT ENDEAVOR,
ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY ARE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST
UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD AND LIVE IN A LAND UNDER THE
STRONGHOLD OF WITCHDOCTORS.
AFTER THEY TOPPED THE RIDGE, THEY WALKED A LONG PATH
THAT ENDED AT A HUT HOUSING A FAMILY OF SEVEN.
WHAT WAS PARTICULARLY STRIKING ABOUT THIS FAMILY
WAS THE POOR HEALTH OF THE THREE BOYS WHO ARE
TOO YOUNG TO ATTEND SCHOOL COMPARED TO THE HEALTH
OF THE TWO GIRLS THAT DID.
WHILE THERE, THE FATHER SAID THAT HE WANTED HIS CHILDREN
TO ATTEND SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE ARE FEW
NURSES AND DOCTORS IN TANZANIA AND HE HOPES THAT SCHOOL
WILL GIVE HIS CHILDREN A CHANCE TO BECOME MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
AND HELP PEOPLE IN THEIR AREA.
THEN THE GIRLS BEGAN THEIR LONG HIKE TO SCHOOL
AND SUDDENLY THE CREW'S MISSION TO RECORD A SUNRISE
CHANGED TO FOLLOWING THEM.
THE GIRLS MET UP WITH FIVE CLASSMATES
LIVING IN A NEIGHBORING HUT.
THEN THOSE SEVEN WERE JOINED WITH EIGHT MORE CHILDREN
A MILE UP THE RIDGE.
THEN, LIKE A GREAT RIVER FOLLOWING ITS OWN PATH,
STREAMS OF CHILDREN BEGAN COMING OUT OF THE THICK BUSHES
TO MEET AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGE BEFORE FLOWING DOWN
ITS ROCKY BANK TOWARD THE SCHOOL
YOU CAN NOW SEE IN THE BACKGROUND.
THE CHILDREN RUSHED PAST THE VERY WATER WELL
WHICH OPENED THE DOOR FOR THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL,
TO EAT WHAT IS MOST LIKELY THEIR ONLY MEAL FOR THE DAY,
AND THEN GO TO CHURCH TO WORSHIP OUR GOD
WHO MAKES ALL THINGS POSSIBLE.
OUR CREW INDEED DID CAPTURE A PERFECT TANZANIAN SUNRISE.
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GINGER: IN 2016 JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
LAUNCHED PROJECT GRL, A FOCUSED EFFORT TO HELP GUIDE,
RESTORE, AND LOVE WOMEN AND GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD.
PROJECT GRL REPRESENTS JOYCE'S HEART TO SEE WOMEN
HEALED AND RESTORED AS SHE WAS.
IN SO MANY AREAS OF THE WORLD, WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE MARGINALIZED
AND LACK AN UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S UNFAILING LOVE FOR THEM.
WHERE GIRLS ARE TOLD THEY AREN'T WORTHY OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
LIKE DIGNITY, RESPECT, AND EVEN LIFE ITSELF,
WE ARE PROTECTING AND LOVING THEM AS CHRIST DOES.
IN A WORLD THAT TELLS GIRLS THEY ARE UNWORTHY
OF AN EDUCATION, WE ARE TEACHING THEM.
WHERE WOMEN AND GIRLS MUST WALK FOR HOURS
TO GATHER FILTHY WATER, WE ARE PROVIDING SAFE,
CLEAN WATER RIGHT IN THEIR VILLAGE.
WHERE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS ARE SNATCHING HOPE
FROM YOUNG WOMEN, TOGETHER WE ARE RESTORING THEM.
JOYCE: YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF MY PAST SEXUAL ABUSE
FROM MY FATHER, I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE
IN MY HEART FOR WOMEN THAT ARE BEING MISTREATED
IN ANY WAY.
GOD HAS HEALED MY SHATTERED SOUL AND I REALLY WANT THE SAME
FOR GIRLS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE DEALING WITH
UNIMAGINABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE WORK VERY HARD HERE
AT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES TO NOT JUST BE AWARE
OF A PROBLEM, BUT TO ACTUALLY SAY
WE ARE GOING TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN
TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SITUATION.
REBECCA: I MEAN, I REALLY THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA KILL ME.
I REALLY THOUGHT MY KIDS WOULD HAVE TO BURY ME.
HE LITERALLY PICKED ME UP BY MY THROAT
AND DROPPED ME ON MY HEAD, CAUSED ME TO HAVE A SEIZURE.
HE BROKE MY NOSE AND SAID THAT NOW I GOTTA PAY HIM BACK
FOR EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE FOR ME AND MY BRATS.
SUSHEELA: I AM MOST CONCERNED FOR MY DAUGHTERS.
IN INDIA, DAUGHTERS ARE NOT ALWAYS WANTED
BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO RAISE THEM.
WHEN MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS BORN,
MY HUSBAND WAS SO UPSET THAT SHE WAS A GIRL CHILD
THAT HE KICKED ME IN THE STOMACH AND DAMAGED MY FEMALE ORGANS.
CARINA: THREE TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK WE WOULD GO GET WATER.
THE WATER WAS FAR AWAY.
OUR LEGS WOULD GET TIRED.
WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT HOME WITH BIG BUCKETS.
ANA: WHEN I WAS 6 YEARS OLD, I WAS ABUSED
FROM A WOMAN FROM MY FAMILY.
SINCE THAT HAPPENED, MY WAY OF SEEING MYSELF
AS A WOMAN, MY WAY OF VALUING MYSELF AS A GIRL,
IT ALL CHANGED.
I WAS GROSSED OUT BY MYSELF.
I TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
JOYCE: IT IS TIME THAT WE DO SOMETHING
TO CHANGE THE TRAGIC STORY OF HEARTBREAK
FOR THOUSANDS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS ACROSS THE GLOBE.
AND THE KEY IS HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THAT GOD LOVES THEM,
THAT HE HAS CREATED THEM, AND THAT THEY HAVE
TREMENDOUS VALUE.
AND WE DO THAT BY FINDING WAYS TO TEACH THEM ABOUT CHRIST,
BY FEEDING THEM SO THEIR FAMILIES
DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE WHICH CHILD TO FEED,
BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, BY RESCUING THEM
AND PLACING THEM IN A SAFE AND A LOVING ENVIRONMENT.
WE DO THAT BY SHARING CHRIST'S LOVE
AND GIVING THEM HOPE AND THE ABILITY
TO HAVE A DREAM FOR THEIR LIVES.
JOYCE: I ALWAYS BELIEVED, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT BECAUSE
I'D BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED, I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE
AN INFERIOR LIFE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST NEED
TO SETTLE DOWN AND BE HAPPY WITH A SECOND-RATE LIFE
BECAUSE CERTAINLY THE ORIGINAL PLAN
THAT GOD HAD FOR MY LIFE WAS ALL MESSED UP.
AND BOY, WHAT A LIE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW?
NOW I CAN TELL PEOPLE IT IS IMPORTANT HOW YOU START,
BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT HOW YOU FINISH.
AND SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD START IN LIFE,
YOU CAN STILL HAVE A GREAT FINISH.
SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T HELP HOW YOU GET STARTED,
BUT ONCE YOU HAVE AUTHORITY OVER YOUR OWN LIFE,
YOU'RE MAKING YOUR OWN DECISIONS,
THEN IT'S UP TO YOU WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA STAY BITTER
BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED
THAT YOU COULDN'T CONTROL OR IF YOU'RE NOW GOING TO USE
YOUR OWN VOICE OF AUTHORITY AND THE DECISIONS
THAT YOU CAN MAKE TO GO AHEAD AND LET GOD TAKE
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU AND MAKE SOMETHING
GOOD OUT OF IT.
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GINGER: BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT,
IN 2016 MANY WOMEN'S LIVES WERE SAVED
FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES, WORKING WITH A21,
CONTINUES TO SEE WOMEN AND GIRLS RESCUED AROUND THE WORLD.
ANNIE: HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS BASICALLY
THE ILLEGAL EXPLOITATION OF PEOPLE THROUGH FORCE,
FRAUD, OR COERCION, AND IT IS--
IT'S BASICALLY HUMAN SLAVERY.
AND IT'S--IT CAN TAKE ON MANY DIFFERENT FORMS
FOR SEX TRAFFICKING, LABOR TRAFFICKING.
THERE'S ILLEGAL TRADE OF AND SELLING OF ORGANS,
EVEN CHILD SOLDIERS.
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ANNIE: I MEAN, WE BEGAN, REALLY, TO BE HONEST,
NOT KNOWING MUCH ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
WE GOT--WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ISSUE
AND REALIZED WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
AND REALLY WANTED TO RALLY CHRISTIANS
AROUND THE WORLD TO RISE UP AND DO SOMETHING
AT THIS HOUR IN HISTORY.
IT IS CRAZY, THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND DIFFERENT CULTURES
AND WE'RE SEEING THAT THE PATTERNS OF TRAFFICKING
ARE DIFFERENT AND VERY UNIQUE TO THE LOCATION.
GREECE IS A TRANSIT COUNTRY, WHICH BASICALLY,
IF YOU CAN GET A VICTIM INTO GREECE, IT'S IN SOMETHING
CALLED THE SCHENGEN ZONE, WHICH IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
MANY WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, WHERE YOU CAN TRAVEL
WITHOUT HAVING TO GET YOUR PASSPORT STAMPED
AS YOU GO IN AND OUT OF THE BORDERS.
SO IF TRAFFICKERS CAN GET A VICTIM INTO GREECE,
IT OPENS 'EM UP TO GERMANY, TO ITALY,
GOING ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT PLACES
LIKE THAILAND.
THAILAND, YOU SEE CHILDREN, LITTLE CHILDREN,
BEING TRAFFICKED AND IT IS--OH, IT'S AN INFURIATING THING
TO ACTUALLY WITNESS.
THEN, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOUTH AFRICA,
WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN CAPE TOWN.
THE TRAFFICKERS WILL USE VOODOO AND BLACK MAGIC
AND A LOT OF WEIRD RELIGION TO CONTROL
AND MANIPULATE THEIR VICTIMS.
AND THEN IN AMERICA, TYPICALLY, THE VICTIMS IN AMERICA
ARE DOMESTIC VICTIMS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
A STEREOTYPICAL SCENARIO WOULD BE THAT A VICTIM
IN AMERICA WOULD HAVE PROBABLY KNOWN
VIOLENCE GROWING UP AS A CHILD, PROBABLY NOT HAD
TWO PARENTS IN THE HOME.
AND BASICALLY, GROWN UP BEING CONTROLLED
AND MANIPULATED AND NOT REALIZING IT.
JUST, KIND OF, THIS IS LIFE.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RESTORATION PROCESS,
IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEBODY WHO HAD A GREAT LIFE
AND THEN GOT TRICKED AND TRAFFICKED,
AND YOU RESTORE THEM BACK TO A LIFE THEY ONCE KNEW.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE HITTING A RESET BUTTON
AND HAVING TO REALLY TEACH PEOPLE VALUE
AND WORTH FROM THE GROUND UP.
GINGER: WHEN A TRAFFIC VICTIM HAS ESCAPED
OR BEEN RESCUED, THEY CAN FIND HELP THROUGH
A21 SURVIVOR CARE SERVICES AROUND THE WORLD,
INCLUDING THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME IN THESSALONIKI,
ALL SUPPORTED BY JOYCE MEYER MINISTRY PARTNERS.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO RECEIVE HEALING
THROUGH GOD'S LOVE AND BEGIN THEIR LIVES AGAIN
WITH HOPE AND A FUTURE.
GINGER: TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE HAPPEN, THE TRANSFORMATION,
THE CHANGE, THAT YOU BEGIN TO SEE IN PEOPLE
AS THEY COME IN HERE.
STEFANIA: YOU SEE THE GIRLS COME IN SCARED
AND THEY FIND IT SO DIFFICULT TO TRUST AND UNDERSTAND
WHERE THEY ARE AND WHY THEY'RE HERE
AND WHY WE ARE GIVING THEM EVERYTHING
THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM.
AND THEN YOU SEE DAY BY DAY, THEY START SLOWLY
TAKING THEIR GUARD DOWN AND JUST ACCEPTING AND RELAXING.
GINGER: ARE THERE ANY STORIES THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US
SO THAT WE CAN HELP UNDERSTAND?
STEFANIA: ONE OF OUR RECENT STORIES, SHE ARRIVED.
SHE HAD A CONTACT WHO WAS GOING TO HELP HER
GET ACROSS THE BORDER AND JUST GET ACROSS.
BUT INSTEAD OF THAT, SHE WAS FOUND
TRAPPED IN A HOUSE, RAPED AGAIN AND AGAIN,
ABUSED OVER AND OVER, JUST UNTIL SHE WAS BROKEN ENOUGH
TO NOT HAVE A VOICE ANYMORE.
AND AT THAT POINT, THEY WOULD, BASICALLY,
USE HER AS A PROSTITUTE IN ONE OF THE CITIES IN GREECE,
AND JUST MAKE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN PROFIT OUT OF THIS ONE GIRL'S LIFE.
GINGER: AND YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CONNECT WITH HER HOW?
HOW DID THAT WORK?
STEFANIA: SHE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE.
SHE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO ONE OF THE REFUGEE CAMPS.
IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS, SHE SHARED HER STORY
WITH ONE OF THE STAFF THERE THAT WE HAVE TRAINED
THESE PAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
ABOUT HOW TO SEE THE SIGNS OF A VICTIM
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND THEN THAT STAFF MEMBER
CALLED OUR HOTLINE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, "I HAVE THIS GIRL HERE
AND I BELIEVE SHE'S BEEN TRAFFICKED."
AND THAT'S HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO GET TO COME TO OUR HOUSE.
GINGER: IN ADDITION, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH A21
ASSISTED THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES FROM THE WAR-TORN MIDDLE EAST,
PROVIDING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS, LIKE CLEAN WATER,
FOOD, AND CARE.
SAMI: MY HOME FINISHED.
MY HOME, MY WORK, FINISHED.
ZANAB: I WAS IN SCHOOL AND MY PARENTS,
THEY ARE IN MY HOUSE.
WHEN I CAME BACK TO HOME, I SAW HIM.
THEY ARE KILLED, YEAH.
GINGER: SO YOU CAME BACK AND HAD YOUR HOME BEEN BOMBED?
ZANAB: YEAH.
GINGER: SO YOUR HOME WAS DESTROYED?
ZANAB: YEAH, AND MY PARENTS, THEY ARE KILLED.
ANNIE: MANY TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN THESE
MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES, WE, AS CHRISTIANS,
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IN.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY BRING LIGHT
AND HOPE TO THESE PEOPLE.
AND NOW, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE COMING TO US.
AND IF WE LOOK AT IT AS--IN THAT LIGHT,
IF WE LOOK AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE,
WE HAVE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY, LIKE NEVER BEFORE,
TO REACH A PEOPLE GROUP, THAT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE
TO REACH BEFORE LIKE THIS.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO BE REALLY THINKING THROUGH IT
AND REALLY PRAYERFULLY GOING, "ALRIGHT GOD,
HOW CAN WE PLAY OUR PART?
WHAT'S IN MY HAND?
WHAT CAN I DO AT THIS HOUR AND TIME AND--TO REALLY, REALLY
MAKE A DIFFERENCE?"
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GINGER: CLASSROOMS OF HOPE IS A NEW JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
HAND OF HOPE INITIATIVE, STARTED IN 2016.
CLASSROOMS OF HOPE PROVIDE PLACES OF REFUGE
FOR MANY BOYS AND GIRLS IN ONE OF THE POOREST PROVINCES
OF SOUTH AFRICA, THE EASTERN CAPE.
TO REPLACE INADEQUATE AND UNSAFE STRUCTURES,
WE ARE TRANSFORMING SHIPPING CONTAINERS
INTO MODULAR CLASSROOMS, A CREATIVE AND COST-EFFECTIVE
SOLUTION FOR VILLAGES ACROSS THE AREA.
THESE CLASSROOMS NOT ONLY OFFER A WAY OUT OF POVERTY
THROUGH EDUCATION, THEY OPEN THE DOOR FOR CHILDREN
TO HEAR THE LIFE-CHANGING MESSAGE OF CHRIST.
THE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING TO READ FROM
A BIBLE-BASED CURRICULUM SO THEIR EDUCATION IS STRAIGHT
FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE EACH CHILD
WITH A MUCH-NEEDED NUTRITIOUS MEAL,
WHICH DRAWS EVEN MORE CHILDREN TO THE PRESCHOOLS.
THE OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH AND TEACH THESE CHILDREN
ARE TRULY ENDLESS.
GINGER: THIS IS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST PLACES ON EARTH.
THIS IS A CLASSROOM OF HOPE.
IT'S BASICALLY A PRESCHOOL, BUT SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
IT IS A SAFE HAVEN FROM THE ABUSE
THAT MANY OF THESE CHILDREN WOULD FACE WHEN THEY'RE
HOME ALONE BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS ARE WORKING.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, WITH LITTLE MAGATTI,
SHE IS TAKEN CARE OF, SHE IS SAFE FROM THE DANGERS
THAT ARE AROUND THIS AREA, THE VIOLENCE.
AND ALSO THE MALNUTRITION.
WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED COMING TO THE SCHOOL,
SHE WAS SEVERELY MALNOURISHED.
BUT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE FOOD THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING FOR HER,
SHE IS MUCH STRONGER.
SHE HAS SO MANY GREAT FRIENDS HERE
AND SHE IS HAPPY AND FLOURISHING.
THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE OF THE LOVE OF CHRIST
THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM.
AND THAT IS THE GREATEST JOY OF ALL.
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JOYCE: PEOPLE ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS ASK ME,
"WELL, WHAT'S YOUR VISION NOW," YOU KNOW?
AND I THINK THAT I'M ONE OF THE BLESSED PEOPLE
THAT CAN SAY, "I'M ACTUALLY--I AM ACTUALLY
DOING WHAT GOD PUT IN MY HEART."
I FEEL LIKE THAT I'M--THE VISION THAT HE GAVE ME IS BEING
FULFILLED EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I REALLY JUST WANT--
I ALWAYS SAY I WANT JESUS TO BE FAMOUS.
NOT THAT HE'S NOT, BUT I WANNA DO MY PART
TO MAKE HIM MORE FAMOUS.
AND IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT THAT WE REPRESENT HIM
RIGHT OUT IN THE WORLD.
AND TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO THAT.
GINGER: BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT, MANY VICTIMS
OF NATURAL DISASTERS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
AND AROUND THE WORLD WERE HELPED.
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GINGER: THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME IN MISSOURI WAS SUBMERGED
IN 5 FEET OF WATER.
THE MERAMEC RIVER, WHICH IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US,
ROSE TO WELL BEYOND FLOOD STAGES.
IN FACT, IT WAS RECORD-SETTING STAGES.
AND THIS ENTIRE VALLEY WAS FLOODED.
MANY, MANY FAMILIES AND HOMES WERE DEVASTATED BY IT.
THIS PARTICULAR FAMILY TOOK THEIR CHILDREN
AND TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD
TO SAVE THEIR BELONGINGS BUT, AS YOU CAN SEE,
THEIR HOME IS A TOTAL LOSS.
BUT THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN WHAT THEY ARE FACING TODAY.
YOU SEE, JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES AND HAND OF HOPE
AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SERVICE INTERNATIONAL
AND CONVOY OF HOPE AND YOU, WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER
TO COME IN HERE AND HELP THEM BEGIN AGAIN, TO REALIZE
THAT THERE ARE NEW BEGINNINGS AND THAT GOD LOVES THEM
ENOUGH TO SEND OTHER PEOPLE TO SURROUND THEM WITH HIS LOVE.
WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN THIS FAMILY'S LIFE AND MANY OTHER FAMILIES.
AND YOU'RE A BIG PART OF IT.
AS YOU SUPPORT JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
AND AS YOU'RE A PART OF OUR OUTREACH HAND OF HOPE,
YOU'RE HELPING HERE IN MISSOURI AND OTHER PLACES
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE FACING DISASTERS
AND AROUND THE WORLD AS PEOPLE ARE IN NEED.
SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PART OF
AND TELL YOU, "THANK YOU," FOR BEING IN PLACES
YOU MAY NOT HAVE EVEN KNOWN THAT YOU ARE HELPING.
JOYCE: I JUST WANNA KEEP HELPING PEOPLE.
I JUST WANNA KEEP DOING MORE AND MORE OF WHAT I'M DOING,
WHERE OUR PROGRAM IS AIRED NOW
IN ABOUT 85 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, AND OUR SON JUST TOLD US
THE OTHER DAY THAT WITHIN ANOTHER YEAR,
IT'S GONNA BE PRESSING 100.
AND OUR BOOKS ARE TRANSLATED IN OVER 100 LANGUAGES.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO REALLY KEEP IN MIND
THAT GOD DOESN'T SHARE HIS GLORY WITH ANYBODY,
AND HE'LL LET US WORK WITH HIM AND PARTNER WITH HIM
BUT GOD DOES GET ALL THE GLORY.
WE HAVE OUR MINISTRY PARTNERS WHO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT
THE MINISTRY AND EVERY ONE OF THEM
IS VERY IMPORTANT, WHETHER THEY GIVE A SMALL AMOUNT
EVERY MONTH OR LARGE AMOUNT EVERY MONTH, AND WE NEED THEM.
WE'RE ALL PARTNERS TOGETHER IN DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
AND A PARTNER IS SOMEONE WHO IS PART OF.
DAVE: THE PARTNERS ACTUALLY PROJECT THE MINISTRY
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
WITHOUT THEM, WE MIGHT DO 15% OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
BUT THE PARTNERS THAT ACTUALLY PROJECT IT
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
JEFFREY: WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE A PLACE WE CAN PARTNER
WITH WHO WILL DO THE GREAT COMMISSION
IN THE WORLD THAT WE CAN'T PERSONALLY DO.
WE'RE INDEBTED TO JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
FOR DOING IT.
WE CAN SEND MONEY AND YOU WILL TAKE THE BATON
AND YOU WILL DELIVER THE MESSAGE TO THE WORLD.
JOHN: I KNOW THAT I CAN GIVE MY MONEY
TO JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES AND HAND OF HOPE
AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
AND I KNOW THAT A WELL IS GONNA BE DUG,
A MEAL IS GONNA BE GIVEN.
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DAVE: IT'S HIS GRACE THAT HAS REALLY GIVEN US THE
ABILITY TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S EVERYTHING BY HIM AND HE STARTED IT ALL.
WE'RE BASICALLY KEEPING OUR PEDAL TO THE METAL
AS LONG AS HE WANTS US TO AND WHILE WE'RE IN THIS WORLD
BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A TEMPORARY SITUATION
AND WE WANNA TAKE AS MANY WITH US AS WE CAN.
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JOYCE: WELL, THIS YEAR, UNPRECEDENTED TRAGEDIES
HAVE LEFT COUNTLESS PEOPLE DEVASTATED IN THE US
AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
AND AS YOU'RE MAKING YOUR END-OF-THE-YEAR
GIVING PLANS, PLEASE CONSIDER JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.
OUR MISSIONS ARM CALLED HAND OF HOPE CAN MEET
THE NEEDS OF MANY OF THESE HURTING PEOPLE.
TOGETHER WITH GOD'S HELP, WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE CHRIST
AND LOVE PEOPLE IN EVERY TANGIBLE AND REAL WAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THIS MINISTRY
AND FOR MAKING AN EVEN BIGGER IMPACT BY GIVING TODAY.
GOD BLESS YOU.
[MUSIC]
GINGER: THE TEACHING THAT SO MANY LIVES
HAVE BEEN TOUCHED, THAT GOD HAS JUST REALLY USED,
IS "BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND."
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HOW DID GOD
LAY THAT ON YOUR HEART?
WHERE DID THAT WHOLE BOOK COME FROM?
JOYCE: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE BIBLE SAYS A LOT ABOUT
THE MIND AND OUR THOUGHTS, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY READING A BOOK,
OR IT WAS A SERIES OF BOOKS, CALLED "THE SPIRITUAL MAN"
BY WATCHMAN NEE, AND HE HAD A LARGE SECTION IN IT ABOUT
THE MIND AND HOW THE MIND WORKS AND HOW OUR THOUGHTS AFFECT US
AND SO BETWEEN THAT AND THEN OTHER TEACHING I WAS
HEARING ON THE MIND, I BEGAN TO REALLY JUST UNDERSTAND
HOW THE DEVIL IS A LIAR, BUT THE MIND IS THE BATTLEFIELD.
HE LIES TO US AND, IF WE BELIEVE IT,
THEN THAT BECOMES OUR REALITY.
AND THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN EVER KNOW IF THE DEVIL'S LYING
TO YOU IS IF YOU KNOW THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD.
AND SO I HAD MANY MISBELIEFS
WHICH IS NOTHING OTHER THAN A LIE, THINGS THAT I
BELIEVED BECAUSE OF THE WAY I WAS RAISED, THAT WERE AFFECTING
MY LIFE WHEN I WAS STILL 40 AND 50 YEARS OLD,
THAT MY MIND HAD TO BE RENEWED IN THOSE AREAS.
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