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BillyGraham.TV | Franklin Graham - Storms of Life | December 28, 2024
- (dispatcher) 911, where is your emergency?
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- Two seconds ago, i thought we were gonna survive...
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- Now i can't breathe.
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- (man) i thought i was gonna die.
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- I thought i was gonna drown.
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- Best way i know to describe it is
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- It was just horrific.
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- (franklin graham) it's worse than what you're actually seeing
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- Through the camera lens.
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- People have been cut off because the road's gone,
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- Bridges are gone.
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- You've got to be able to get people help.
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- (man) what we see now is probably the largest
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- Civilian air operation put together in history.
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- (woman) everything is just gone.
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- Years of hard work
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- Just taken away from us in the blink of an eye.
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- (woman) it's so hard to make sense of the chaos.
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- (man) when anybody's in pain, they want hope.
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- (woman) you don't go through something like this
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- Without being changed.
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- (newscaster) it is massive.
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- Tonight hurricane helene
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- Is on a devastating path to florida.
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- (various newscaster) with storm surges as high as twenty feet predicted...
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- - millions are bracing for life-threatening impact.
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- (woman) my husband lived here
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- 23, 24 years and never had a flood before.
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- So we were thinking,
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- "oh, maybe it will not hit florida.
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- "maybe it will not be that bad."
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- (thunder rumbling)
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- (man) look at the breach here.
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- Wow, major flooding.
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- (newscasters) and then as it makes its way into the appalachians,
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- More flooding possible.
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- - we're looking at anywhere from 10 to 20 inches
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- Of rainfall.
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- (woman) we're in the mountains.
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- There's no tornadoes, there's no hurricanes.
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- When i was hearing the reports
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- I felt like the worst case scenario was
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- A puddle, you know, a basement flooding,
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- Normal things.
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- There's no way it's going to be that bad.
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- (thunder crashing)
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- (wind howling)
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- (man) i could hear trees breaking.
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- I could hear
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- Things being displaced by the wind.
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- The best way i know to describe it is
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- It was just horrific.
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- (tree crashing)
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- So i was at the house with micah, my 7-year-old,
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- And my parents and
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- My son was more excited than scared.
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- We started to watch the water rise.
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- The worry started to set in
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- When they said the dam was going to break.
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- The water was rising so quickly.
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- It's like a blink of an eye.
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- (water rushing)
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- (man) my car's gone.
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- (woman) i'm okay, it's okay.
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- (man) everything's gone.
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- (woman) probably within just two or three hours
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- We could see ninety percent of our house under water.
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- At that point, i wasn't even
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- Thinking about my house, i was just
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- Praying that i make it out alive.
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- (items crashing)
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- (man) oh, man, oh, this is scary, guys.
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- And i've already called 911.
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- And there's nothing they can do.
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- I thought i was gonna die.
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- I thought i was gonna drown.
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- It was very scary.
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- (man) look at the house.
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- (man) yeah, i see it.
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- That's going downstream.
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- (man) someone knocked on my front door, on our deck.
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- It was my neighbor,
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- And, uhm, she was just frantic.
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- She was crying,
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- And couldn't hardly understand her.
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- But she informed me that there'd been a landslide
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- And that her husband was gone.
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- I was just devastated.
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- (woman) we started to watch the water.
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- Our cars were floating.
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- (camera shutter clicks)
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- We knew we were trapped at that time.
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- I had called 911 and she said
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- Best case scenario is to get on the roof.
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- That's where we would be safe.
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- (camera shutter clicks)
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- I had to get my son out.
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- My parents being 73, of course i had to help them.
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- I felt scared.
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- (shutter clicks)
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- We had reached our last hope up on the top.
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- (shutter clicks)
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- We had nowhere to go.
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- Everything around us was crumbling.
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- We were watching outside the semis
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- Going by, the 18 wheelers, our cars.
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- You know, everything was floating by
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- Like it was nothing.
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- And it was, like, a second,
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- The house just fell apart.
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- (crashing)
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- And i could hear my mom screaming
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- And that's when i hear my son, just, "jesus, save me!"
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- (voice breaking) and uhm,
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- The water took us so quickly.
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- It was so quick and forceful.
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- And at that point, i go under the water.
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- And i'm just, like,
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- Looking for micah, looking for my mom.
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- I couldn't move, i couldn't swim.
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- And that sense of loss of control
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- You have none.
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- In that moment, you just watch your whole life
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- Just go by you in the blink of an eye.
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- My parents...
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- My child...
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- Everybody's gone.
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- I never saw them again.
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- I just completely felt hopeless.
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- (siren blaring)
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- (hensley) when i came back to the house,
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- I'm, i'm sorry...
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- (various newscasters) we begin with what's being described
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- As biblical devastation caused by hurricane helene.
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- - communities are getting their first look
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- At the damage...
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- (chhum) i always considered
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- The mountains a safe area from hurricanes.
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- I never imagined it could do this kind of damage.
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- (hensley) i've been in this area here
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- And next door, uh, for close to
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- Fifty-five years.
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- (chhum) everything was gone, it really hurts.
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- Years of hard work
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- Just taken away from us in the blink of an eye.
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- (hall) i'm like six years away from retirement
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- And i had a plan with this house.
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- I think i'm just trying to figure out
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- Where to go next.
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- (hensley) essentially, right now, i'm homeless.
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- I never thought that i would say that.
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- How do i come back from this?
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- Where do i start?
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- What do i need to do now?
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- What...what should i be working on?
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- (hall) when all the loss finally kind of hit,
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- Uhm, it's just hard...
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- To make it through.
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- (newscaster) joining me now,
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- Ceo of samaritan's purse, reverend franklin graham,
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- Who has been walking through
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- All these areas
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- From state to state,
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- And encouraging the residents
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- Along the way
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- As well as helping.
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- Reverend, it's great to see you.
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- Thank you.
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- It's good to be with you.
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- So talk to us more
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- About the recovery efforts
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- Right now that your team
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- Has been a part of.
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- People are really hurting.
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- There are thousands of people
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- That have lost their homes.
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- They were flooded.
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- It's such a sad situation
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- When you see a person that has lost everything
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- That they've worked for all their life.
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- People are just desperate.
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- People have been cut off
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- Because the road's gone, bridges are gone.
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- You've got to be able to get people help.
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- ♪
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- (woman) it's crazy.
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- People are moving everywhere to get supplies on to
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- The choppers as quick as possible.
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- (various men) food, water, generators, fuel,
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- Emergency medical supplies.
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- (edward graham) what we see now is probably the largest civilian
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- Air operation put together in history.
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- Today we're going to be
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- Doing all these heaters
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- Because, you know,
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- It's gonna drop down to freezing here in the next few days.
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- (woman) we now have supplies that are desperately needed,
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- It's gonna save the lives of our residents.
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- (graham) these are tough things.
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- There's a lot of broken hearts out there.
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- As we work in communities, we take chaplains
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- From the billy graham evangelistic association.
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- (man praying) in the sweet name of jesus i pray, amen.
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- (all) amen!
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- (man) the rapid response team meets people
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- Right in the moment of crisis.
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- And they meet them with the love of christ.
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- (graham) it's a mess.
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- It's worse
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- Than what you're actually
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- Seeing through the camera lens.
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- (graham) so many people were affected so quickly.
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- You just wonder, how could anybody survive this?
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- It's just an incredible, heartbreaking mess.
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- One family is dealing with unimaginable grief
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- Losing three loved ones in asheville, north carolina
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- When they were swept away in flood waters.
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- (woman) megan and her sister
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- Heather kephart,
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- Lost their parents.
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- And megan lost her
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- 7-year-old son micah.
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- My grief today is
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- Unfathomable.
- 00:11:52.675 --> 00:11:53.709
- I'm sorrowful, i'm, you know,
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- I feel broken.
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- (megan) my worst case scenario was never this.
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- It was never losing my entire life,
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- My son, you know, my parents, in one afternoon.
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- It's still unreal to me that i'm dealing with it,
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- Because i'm still in the midst of the grief.
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- (woman) i think we should probably acknowledge the fact
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- That tonight there are also people who are missing
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- Who probably may be dead or just unaccounted for.
- 00:12:35.818 --> 00:12:38.187
- That's really tough for such a close-knit community,
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- Or any place.
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- (fisher) this storm took a lot from our community.
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- Most of all, one of my best friends.
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- It's just, uh,
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- It's hard to go by his house.
- 00:13:01.443 --> 00:13:04.246
- Uh, i have to drive right by it going in
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- And out to my home.
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- (newscaster) your son micah
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- From what i've been told,
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- You're wearing one of
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- His t-shirts.
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- You called him a super hero.
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- (megan) he was the smartest,
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- Smartest, bravest, hopeful
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- Great friend, uhm, great son.
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- I couldn't have asked
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- For a better son.
- 00:13:31.907 --> 00:13:32.975
- And he was so happy
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- Up until the very end.
- 00:13:34.576 --> 00:13:37.112
- (marissa crying)
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- Marissa being a mother too,
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- Megan and heather.
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- (marissa) i'm so sorry.
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- I'm sorry, i have
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- A 7-year-old...
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- I have a 7-year-old at home...
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- (will graham) there's families that
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- The flood waters would come up
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- And they would see the house
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- Floating by but they could
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- Hear the screams
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- Of the people on the inside.
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- These are your neighbors.
- 00:14:12.381 --> 00:14:14.083
- The cove is right here in the middle of the epicenter
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- Of all this destruction
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- But we were pretty much unscathed.
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- (graham) this is the busiest time of year
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- For the billy graham training center at the cove.
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- But we just couldn't sit by
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- And do business as usual in the face of such destruction.
- 00:14:33.369 --> 00:14:37.473
- For 2024, we're gonna cancel all remaining events
- 00:14:37.506 --> 00:14:41.143
- And focus on serving our community.
- 00:14:41.176 --> 00:14:45.180
- (man) we have become a hub for disaster relief.
- 00:14:45.214 --> 00:14:47.516
- (indistinct conversations)
- 00:14:47.549 --> 00:14:53.155
- We are mobilizing samaritan's purse
- 00:14:53.188 --> 00:14:55.457
- And the disaster relief efforts there.
- 00:14:55.491 --> 00:14:58.193
- Our rapid response team chaplains are also
- 00:14:58.227 --> 00:15:00.562
- Being mobilized here
- 00:15:00.596 --> 00:15:01.663
- And reaching out into our community.
- 00:15:01.697 --> 00:15:03.532
- (man) so you got an assignment,
- 00:15:03.565 --> 00:15:05.934
- But a lot of times, the assignment that god gives
- 00:15:05.968 --> 00:15:07.936
- Isn't something that's on the piece of paper.
- 00:15:07.970 --> 00:15:11.607
- (will graham) it's pretty packed on this cove property.
- 00:15:11.640 --> 00:15:13.609
- As a matter of fact, we probably had
- 00:15:13.642 --> 00:15:14.610
- More people sleeping here
- 00:15:14.643 --> 00:15:15.444
- Than we ever had.
- 00:15:15.477 --> 00:15:18.180
- We have about fifty or sixty
- 00:15:18.213 --> 00:15:20.649
- North carolina state troopers staying here.
- 00:15:20.682 --> 00:15:22.851
- They set up their command center here.
- 00:15:22.885 --> 00:15:24.987
- (deaton) it's a safe place that we were able
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- To access water and
- 00:15:28.157 --> 00:15:29.858
- Power and it made our job a whole lot easier.
- 00:15:29.892 --> 00:15:34.263
- One person, one entity, can't do it all.
- 00:15:34.296 --> 00:15:37.166
- As a group, we can accomplish lots of things.
- 00:15:37.199 --> 00:15:44.206
- (will graham) we call it a sea of orange
- 00:15:48.077 --> 00:15:50.279
- Coming to volunteer and we're
- 00:15:50.312 --> 00:15:52.381
- So, so grateful for these people.
- 00:15:52.414 --> 00:15:54.616
- It's a huge blessing to our community.
- 00:15:54.650 --> 00:16:00.355
- It's the first step to recovery.
- 00:16:00.389 --> 00:16:03.058
- In the midst of a storm,
- 00:16:03.092 --> 00:16:04.593
- People say, "lord, where are you?"
- 00:16:04.626 --> 00:16:07.429
- Look at all the people behind you.
- 00:16:10.699 --> 00:16:13.569
- (hammering)
- 00:16:16.905 --> 00:16:19.908
- (boards clatter)
- 00:16:23.278 --> 00:16:25.781
- Y'all be careful.
- 00:16:25.814 --> 00:16:28.183
- (keith) you know, people call me mr. fix it.
- 00:16:28.217 --> 00:16:30.953
- So if there's anything, you know, keith can fix it.
- 00:16:30.986 --> 00:16:35.190
- I don't know how we'll do this.
- 00:16:35.224 --> 00:16:38.327
- Uh, this is just oh-, overwhelming.
- 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:43.599
- (sobs) sorry. i can't.
- 00:16:43.632 --> 00:16:47.903
- I can't fix it. (sniffs)
- 00:16:47.936 --> 00:16:50.038
- (exhales)
- 00:16:50.072 --> 00:16:52.174
- (jakeitha) you have no control over anything.
- 00:16:52.207 --> 00:16:53.842
- You have no electricity, no water.
- 00:16:53.876 --> 00:16:57.212
- Just everything you do basic in life is,
- 00:16:57.246 --> 00:16:58.614
- You're outta control.
- 00:16:58.647 --> 00:17:00.716
- To be honest, you know, i have felt like giving up
- 00:17:04.586 --> 00:17:07.022
- In the last few days.
- 00:17:07.055 --> 00:17:09.958
- I've been struggling in my relationship with god.
- 00:17:09.992 --> 00:17:14.296
- And i think, "well, god, why?"
- 00:17:14.329 --> 00:17:20.269
- (jakeitha) the first day that samaritan's purse
- 00:17:24.273 --> 00:17:25.741
- Walked up the street...
- 00:17:25.774 --> 00:17:26.942
- (keith) yeah, an army of orange shirts,
- 00:17:26.975 --> 00:17:28.510
- Just seeing all the people coming.
- 00:17:28.544 --> 00:17:31.413
- That's really cool, man.
- 00:17:31.446 --> 00:17:36.585
- (keith) what samaritan's purse did in a couple of days
- 00:17:40.689 --> 00:17:42.624
- Probably would have literally taken us
- 00:17:42.658 --> 00:17:44.126
- Two or three months.
- 00:17:44.159 --> 00:17:47.496
- Not only did samaritan's purse help us,
- 00:17:47.529 --> 00:17:50.032
- I mean, all of our whole street.
- 00:17:50.065 --> 00:17:52.701
- If not every house, every other house
- 00:17:52.734 --> 00:17:55.370
- Somebody had to have a tree cut off their house
- 00:17:55.404 --> 00:17:57.673
- Or inside their house.
- 00:17:57.706 --> 00:17:59.975
- (keith) to see people that reach out and give and help
- 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:06.715
- It makes you want to hang on, you know?
- 00:18:06.748 --> 00:18:10.419
- This has helped me to refocus on
- 00:18:10.452 --> 00:18:13.989
- The things that really matter.
- 00:18:14.022 --> 00:18:17.359
- I have to believe
- 00:18:17.392 --> 00:18:18.594
- That god is in control.
- 00:18:18.627 --> 00:18:22.297
- It's changed my life.
- 00:18:22.331 --> 00:18:26.668
- It really has.
- 00:18:26.702 --> 00:18:30.239
- (woman) let's pray, guys.
- 00:18:30.272 --> 00:18:33.742
- Father, we are so grateful for who you are.
- 00:18:33.775 --> 00:18:37.379
- As we go out today
- 00:18:37.412 --> 00:18:39.114
- Give us opportunities to share your love,
- 00:18:39.147 --> 00:18:41.950
- Your goodness with other people.
- 00:18:41.984 --> 00:18:45.187
- We ask all of this in the precious name
- 00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:47.756
- Of our savior, jesus christ, amen.
- 00:18:47.789 --> 00:18:53.962
- (joyce steelman) when a storm hits,
- 00:18:57.699 --> 00:19:00.168
- It's so hard to make sense of the chaos.
- 00:19:00.202 --> 00:19:04.172
- People see the outside chaos, but there's chaos inside, too.
- 00:19:04.206 --> 00:19:11.146
- But i knew jesus was the way...
- 00:19:11.179 --> 00:19:13.382
- ...cannot be safe in the storm...
- 00:19:13.415 --> 00:19:17.452
- ...we just want to lift her up to you, lord.
- 00:19:17.486 --> 00:19:19.288
- Let's pray.
- 00:19:19.321 --> 00:19:20.255
- We just ask father, that your encouragement be present...
- 00:19:21.490 --> 00:19:23.425
- (joyce) like everybody else,
- 00:19:23.458 --> 00:19:25.394
- We're a little bit overwhelmed
- 00:19:25.427 --> 00:19:26.628
- When we're on site very early.
- 00:19:26.662 --> 00:19:28.597
- We have to take it in
- 00:19:28.630 --> 00:19:30.432
- And we have to understand
- 00:19:30.465 --> 00:19:32.534
- What people are feeling.
- 00:19:32.567 --> 00:19:33.602
- And we hope we have words that will help them
- 00:19:33.635 --> 00:19:36.738
- Move farther out of their grief
- 00:19:36.772 --> 00:19:38.373
- And into the love of christ.
- 00:19:38.407 --> 00:19:41.376
- (man) i don't know if you have met the chaplains or not.
- 00:19:45.514 --> 00:19:47.549
- Jerry is the homeowner.
- 00:19:47.582 --> 00:19:48.817
- He'll introduce you to his wife who's right here.
- 00:19:48.850 --> 00:19:52.054
- (joyce) rick says that this is not
- 00:19:52.087 --> 00:19:53.255
- The first time for you guys.
- 00:19:53.288 --> 00:19:54.323
- It's not, yeah.
- 00:19:54.356 --> 00:19:55.624
- I'm so sorry this happened to you.
- 00:19:55.657 --> 00:19:57.459
- I really am so sorry.
- 00:19:57.492 --> 00:19:58.960
- (recto) this is too much 'cause we almost
- 00:19:58.994 --> 00:20:02.130
- Did not survive, did not make it.
- 00:20:02.164 --> 00:20:04.566
- (joyce) you have to be strong, yeah.
- 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:08.103
- I told you i would cry
- 00:20:08.136 --> 00:20:10.906
- Because i haven't processed this yet.
- 00:20:10.939 --> 00:20:14.609
- I didn't get the chance to process everything.
- 00:20:14.643 --> 00:20:19.648
- It's heartbreaking.
- 00:20:19.681 --> 00:20:22.284
- You know, it's like you,
- 00:20:22.317 --> 00:20:24.686
- It's like picking up pieces of your life.
- 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:29.024
- Pieces of your life are all over the floor
- 00:20:29.057 --> 00:20:32.160
- Covered with mud.
- 00:20:32.194 --> 00:20:34.429
- (joyce) they have layers of trauma that they're dealing with.
- 00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:46.007
- (recto) we need guidance.
- 00:20:46.041 --> 00:20:47.542
- We need some peace.
- 00:20:47.576 --> 00:20:50.846
- (joyce) when you go through rough times
- 00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:53.115
- You don't really need an explanation,
- 00:20:53.148 --> 00:20:55.384
- You need a person to stand there with you.
- 00:20:55.417 --> 00:20:57.886
- And that person is christ.
- 00:20:57.919 --> 00:21:00.956
- He will give you peace in the middle of that storm,
- 00:21:00.989 --> 00:21:04.292
- You know, because what do we take from this world?
- 00:21:04.326 --> 00:21:06.628
- We don't take our stuff.
- 00:21:06.661 --> 00:21:09.898
- The car we're driving right now was our son's.
- 00:21:09.931 --> 00:21:12.434
- He died two years ago.
- 00:21:12.467 --> 00:21:14.136
- He didn't take it with him.
- 00:21:14.169 --> 00:21:16.638
- We don't take anything except our souls.
- 00:21:16.671 --> 00:21:21.743
- We started talking about steps to peace
- 00:21:21.777 --> 00:21:24.045
- With both of them.
- 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:25.113
- We want to be with god, but we're not,
- 00:21:25.147 --> 00:21:27.549
- And we know we're not.
- 00:21:27.582 --> 00:21:28.750
- (joyce) it's a relationship with a living god.
- 00:21:28.784 --> 00:21:33.688
- (recto praying) dear god, i know that i'm a sinner.
- 00:21:33.722 --> 00:21:38.460
- I want to turn from my sins.
- 00:21:38.493 --> 00:21:40.495
- And i ask for your forgiveness.
- 00:21:40.529 --> 00:21:43.031
- I believe that jesus christ is your son.
- 00:21:43.064 --> 00:21:46.435
- I believe he died for my sins.
- 00:21:46.468 --> 00:21:50.038
- (recto) i decided to say the prayer because
- 00:21:50.071 --> 00:21:53.341
- I believe he is our only hope.
- 00:21:53.375 --> 00:21:56.645
- (gerry) i want to trust jesus as my savior,
- 00:21:56.678 --> 00:21:59.614
- And follow him as my lord from this day forward.
- 00:21:59.648 --> 00:22:02.884
- (recto) even though we were put in
- 00:22:02.918 --> 00:22:06.188
- This very challenging situation,
- 00:22:06.221 --> 00:22:09.891
- He is still there.
- 00:22:09.925 --> 00:22:11.560
- He has a purpose.
- 00:22:11.593 --> 00:22:14.563
- (gerry) without jesus, you're not gonna make it.
- 00:22:14.596 --> 00:22:17.999
- And i believe he will take care of us.
- 00:22:18.033 --> 00:22:21.036
- Thank you.
- 00:22:21.069 --> 00:22:21.903
- Thank you.
- 00:22:21.937 --> 00:22:22.771
- We love you.
- 00:22:22.804 --> 00:22:27.409
- (joyce) a lot of people go through a lot of pain.
- 00:22:31.413 --> 00:22:36.284
- For us,
- 00:22:36.318 --> 00:22:37.719
- We got the call one morning
- 00:22:37.752 --> 00:22:39.454
- That my son had committed suicide.
- 00:22:39.488 --> 00:22:42.190
- That's a big storm.
- 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:49.331
- If you go through a storm, a real storm in life,
- 00:22:49.364 --> 00:22:52.634
- Whether it's a hurricane, a tornado,
- 00:22:52.667 --> 00:22:54.569
- Or the loss of a son,
- 00:22:54.603 --> 00:22:56.505
- You're going to experience such grief and anguish
- 00:22:56.538 --> 00:23:01.743
- That it's gonna change you.
- 00:23:01.776 --> 00:23:04.913
- You might not be able to see that there's anything
- 00:23:04.946 --> 00:23:07.048
- On the other side,
- 00:23:07.082 --> 00:23:08.316
- But people who've walked through those situations,
- 00:23:08.350 --> 00:23:11.720
- Through tragedy and anguish, they know that god's faithful.
- 00:23:11.753 --> 00:23:16.391
- (joyce praying) we pray that they would have a testimony
- 00:23:16.424 --> 00:23:18.560
- Of your goodness that they would share with the world.
- 00:23:18.593 --> 00:23:20.795
- (joyce) we may not have an explanation,
- 00:23:20.829 --> 00:23:23.532
- But we have a person, and that person is jesus christ.
- 00:23:23.565 --> 00:23:28.470
- ♪ when i'm weak, you are strong ♪
- 00:23:28.503 --> 00:23:32.307
- ♪ when i fall short, you go on and on ♪
- 00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:36.912
- ♪ when i run, i can't run long ♪
- 00:23:36.945 --> 00:23:40.916
- You don't go through something like this
- 00:23:40.949 --> 00:23:42.217
- Without being changed,
- 00:23:42.250 --> 00:23:43.218
- Emotionally, physically, everything.
- 00:23:43.251 --> 00:23:46.922
- (man) this storm has changed my perspective.
- 00:23:46.955 --> 00:23:50.892
- (fisher) what we work all our lives for
- 00:23:50.926 --> 00:23:53.161
- Can be gone in just a matter of hours.
- 00:23:53.194 --> 00:23:57.499
- (megan) what does hope look like?
- 00:23:57.532 --> 00:23:59.067
- What does healing look like?
- 00:23:59.100 --> 00:24:02.137
- (jeneal) god, just light the way for my next step.
- 00:24:02.170 --> 00:24:04.339
- And that's all i know to do... right now.
- 00:24:04.372 --> 00:24:08.310
- ♪ screaming my prayers to heaven ♪
- 00:24:08.343 --> 00:24:13.014
- ♪ i turn it all over ♪
- 00:24:13.048 --> 00:24:16.952
- ♪ won't you turn it around, turn it around ♪
- 00:24:16.985 --> 00:24:20.589
- (graham) we want people to know that god loves them,
- 00:24:20.622 --> 00:24:22.724
- That god cares for them.
- 00:24:22.757 --> 00:24:24.726
- Sometimes when a storm like this comes,
- 00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:26.661
- People think, "well, maybe god is mad at us."
- 00:24:26.695 --> 00:24:29.130
- No, god loves us.
- 00:24:29.164 --> 00:24:31.833
- How do i know that?
- 00:24:31.866 --> 00:24:32.834
- Because the bible tells us
- 00:24:32.867 --> 00:24:34.369
- That god loves us and cares for us.
- 00:24:34.402 --> 00:24:36.972
- ♪ 'cause your love will chase me down ♪
- 00:24:37.005 --> 00:24:40.175
- ♪ 'til i got ♪
- 00:24:40.208 --> 00:24:44.446
- ♪ nowhere to turn but jesus ♪
- 00:24:44.479 --> 00:24:49.484
- ♪ i turn it all over ♪
- 00:24:49.517 --> 00:24:52.153
- ♪ won't you turn it around, turn it around ♪
- 00:24:52.187 --> 00:24:56.491
- (graham) yes, there are storms in life
- 00:24:56.524 --> 00:24:58.226
- But god will take us through those storms
- 00:24:58.259 --> 00:25:01.196
- If we put our faith and trust
- 00:25:01.229 --> 00:25:02.597
- In his son, jesus christ.
- 00:25:02.631 --> 00:25:04.299
- Thank you for the decision they made.
- 00:25:04.332 --> 00:25:06.701
- (megan) to have jesus in my life
- 00:25:06.735 --> 00:25:08.603
- Gives me hope.
- 00:25:08.637 --> 00:25:13.608
- (fisher) that's what matters most,
- 00:25:13.642 --> 00:25:15.744
- Is having that personal relationship with jesus christ
- 00:25:15.777 --> 00:25:18.213
- And being ready to leave this world at any time.
- 00:25:18.246 --> 00:25:23.018
- (graham) we know that one day life will come to an end.
- 00:25:23.051 --> 00:25:26.821
- And at that moment,
- 00:25:26.855 --> 00:25:28.523
- Either we're gonna be in the presence of god,
- 00:25:28.556 --> 00:25:30.325
- Or we're gonna be separated from god for eternity.
- 00:25:30.358 --> 00:25:32.494
- The only hope that we have is jesus christ.
- 00:25:32.527 --> 00:25:36.164
- ♪ my turn to let you be the savior i need ♪
- 00:25:36.197 --> 00:25:41.336
- ♪ when i've got... ♪
- 00:25:41.369 --> 00:25:42.804
- (megan) i know without a doubt
- 00:25:42.837 --> 00:25:45.540
- That my son is with god.
- 00:25:45.573 --> 00:25:48.576
- That makes me happy
- 00:25:48.610 --> 00:25:51.780
- And that gives me hope
- 00:25:51.813 --> 00:25:53.515
- Past the grief.
- 00:25:53.548 --> 00:25:56.017
- I can't wait to meet them again.
- 00:25:56.051 --> 00:26:00.789
- ♪
- 00:26:00.822 --> 00:26:03.958
- ♪ screaming my prayers to heaven ♪
- 00:26:03.992 --> 00:26:09.464
- ♪ i turn it all over ♪
- 00:26:09.497 --> 00:26:12.934
- ♪ won't you turn it around, turn it around ♪
- 00:26:12.967 --> 00:26:15.403
- ♪
- 00:26:15.437 --> 00:26:19.541
- ♪♪
- 00:26:19.574 --> 00:26:23.378
- (graham) the results of storms, many times just leave
- 00:26:23.411 --> 00:26:25.413
- A trail of broken hearts.
- 00:26:25.447 --> 00:26:26.948
- And you don't have to have a hurricane or a tornado
- 00:26:26.981 --> 00:26:29.651
- Or a flood to find yourself in a storm.
- 00:26:29.684 --> 00:26:32.187
- Sometimes it's just life itself.
- 00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:34.055
- And you're looking for an anchor,
- 00:26:34.089 --> 00:26:35.790
- Something to hang on to to get you through that storm.
- 00:26:35.824 --> 00:26:39.227
- Well, god made us and created us
- 00:26:39.260 --> 00:26:41.996
- And he loves us.
- 00:26:42.030 --> 00:26:42.997
- And he sent his son, jesus christ.
- 00:26:43.031 --> 00:26:45.900
- Jesus said, "i'm the way."
- 00:26:45.934 --> 00:26:47.535
- And he said, "i'm the truth and i'm the life
- 00:26:47.569 --> 00:26:49.771
- "and no man comes to the father but by me."
- 00:26:49.804 --> 00:26:52.107
- "god so loved the world that he gave his only son
- 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:55.944
- "that whosoever believeth in him
- 00:26:55.977 --> 00:26:57.245
- "shouldn't perish but should have everlasting life."
- 00:26:57.278 --> 00:26:59.814
- Jesus christ came to save us from our sins.
- 00:26:59.848 --> 00:27:02.484
- And if you're willing
- 00:27:02.517 --> 00:27:03.785
- To confess your sin,
- 00:27:03.818 --> 00:27:04.819
- Just acknowledge it,
- 00:27:04.853 --> 00:27:05.720
- Just say, "god, i've sinned.
- 00:27:05.754 --> 00:27:06.888
- "i'm sorry, forgive me."
- 00:27:06.921 --> 00:27:07.956
- "i believe jesus christ
- 00:27:07.989 --> 00:27:09.691
- "is your son and i want to
- 00:27:09.724 --> 00:27:11.159
- "trust him as my savior."
- 00:27:11.192 --> 00:27:12.360
- If you're willing to pray
- 00:27:12.393 --> 00:27:13.394
- That prayer with me right now
- 00:27:13.428 --> 00:27:14.529
- He can be that anchor
- 00:27:14.562 --> 00:27:15.597
- That you can hang on to
- 00:27:15.630 --> 00:27:16.998
- That will take you
- 00:27:17.031 --> 00:27:18.099
- Through the storms of life
- 00:27:18.133 --> 00:27:19.234
- And he'll take you
- 00:27:19.267 --> 00:27:20.235
- Right into his presence
- 00:27:20.268 --> 00:27:21.236
- One day in heaven.
- 00:27:21.269 --> 00:27:22.070
- If you've never trusted him
- 00:27:22.103 --> 00:27:23.204
- As your savior,
- 00:27:23.238 --> 00:27:23.972
- Pray this prayer with me
- 00:27:24.005 --> 00:27:24.839
- Right now, just say:
- 00:27:24.873 --> 00:27:26.474
- God, i'm a sinner.
- 00:27:26.508 --> 00:27:27.675
- I'm sorry, forgive me.
- 00:27:27.709 --> 00:27:29.444
- I believe that jesus christ is your son.
- 00:27:29.477 --> 00:27:32.147
- I want to trust him as my savior.
- 00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:34.149
- I want to invite him to come into my heart.
- 00:27:34.182 --> 00:27:35.850
- I want to follow him for the rest of my life.
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- I want him to be the anchor in my life
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- From now 'til i get to heaven.
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- In jesus' name, amen.
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- If you prayed that prayer,
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- Call that number right now that's on the screen.
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- God bless you.
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- (voice-over) call 855-255-pray
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- Or go to billygrahamtv.com.
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- We want to send you resources
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- To help you grow closer to jesus.
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- Contact us today.
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- (graham) the story of hurricane helene is not over.
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- Samaritan's purse
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- And the billy graham evangelistic association
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- Will be working for years to come
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- Helping the people pick up the pieces
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- After this storm.
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- And we do it all in jesus' name.
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