WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.667 --> 00:00:02.936 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by Friends 00:00:02.936 --> 00:00:04.938 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:06.273 --> 00:00:09.710 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jameson Reeder Jr.: So I do a 360, and then I turn back to the 00:00:09.710 --> 00:00:12.746 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% boat to swim back to the boat, and that's when the shark 00:00:12.746 --> 00:00:14.081 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% attacked me. 00:00:14.081 --> 00:00:16.583 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Jameson Reeder Sr.: Just as a dad, you're witnessing, you 00:00:16.583 --> 00:00:17.951 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% know, your nightmare. 00:00:17.951 --> 00:00:23.056 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I'm holding my 10-year-old oldest son in my arms, looking 00:00:23.056 --> 00:00:27.194 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% in his big, beautiful blue eyes, and I just know he's about to 00:00:27.194 --> 00:00:28.528 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% breathe his last breath. 00:00:28.528 --> 00:00:31.465 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% announcer: A devastating shark attack left Jameson Reeder Jr. 00:00:31.465 --> 00:00:35.969 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% on death's door, his miraculous rescue and recovery next. 00:00:35.969 --> 00:00:45.979 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:45.979 --> 00:00:53.587 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.587 --> 00:00:55.489 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today," I'm Randy Robison. 00:00:55.489 --> 00:00:57.124 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Blynda Lane joins me, how are you? 00:00:57.124 --> 00:00:58.458 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Blynda Lane: Happy to be here. 00:00:58.458 --> 00:01:00.127 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: I'm happy to be here, and I'm happy that you're here, 00:01:00.127 --> 00:01:05.299 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% because you're going to hear a story that is hard to listen to 00:01:05.299 --> 00:01:10.003 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% at times, but in that you're gonna see how God walks us 00:01:10.003 --> 00:01:12.005 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% through our darkest moments. 00:01:12.005 --> 00:01:14.408 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% So I don't know where you're at. 00:01:14.408 --> 00:01:16.643 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% My former pastor used to say if you're not in the middle of a 00:01:16.643 --> 00:01:19.947 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% storm, you're either coming out of it or you're going into it. 00:01:19.947 --> 00:01:22.983 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% And the good news is that God is in the storms. 00:01:22.983 --> 00:01:25.786 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Our guests are Jameson and Jameson, 00:01:25.786 --> 00:01:28.388 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Jameson Sr., Jameson Jr., Reeder. 00:01:28.388 --> 00:01:30.557 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Welcome to "Life Today," great to see both of you guys. 00:01:30.557 --> 00:01:31.925 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% J.J.: We're glad to be here, thank you. 00:01:31.925 --> 00:01:33.260 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Jameson: Thank you, excited to be here. 00:01:33.260 --> 00:01:34.995 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Can we call you J.J. for the purposes of this program? 00:01:34.995 --> 00:01:36.330 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% J.J.: Yes sir. 00:01:36.330 --> 00:01:37.664 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Randy: So, they're here to tell their story. 00:01:37.664 --> 00:01:39.333 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% They have a book called "Rescue at the Reef." 00:01:39.333 --> 00:01:44.071 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% It's available wherever you get books, but it's an 00:01:44.071 --> 00:01:45.405 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% amazing story. 00:01:45.405 --> 00:01:49.576 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So, let's, no pun intended, dive right into this, Blynda. 00:01:49.576 --> 00:01:52.913 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: Yes, it really, what an amazing journey and story that 00:01:52.913 --> 00:01:54.281 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you have. 00:01:54.281 --> 00:01:56.683 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Here you are now, how old are you today? 00:01:56.683 --> 00:01:58.018 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% J.J.: Fourteen. 00:01:58.018 --> 00:01:59.486 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: Fourteen, so this happened when you were ten years 00:01:59.486 --> 00:02:02.656 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% old, so four years of a story to tell. 00:02:02.656 --> 00:02:07.494 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Can you tell us, set the stage of where you were and what you 00:02:07.494 --> 00:02:08.862 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% were doing. 00:02:08.862 --> 00:02:12.532 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% For those who are watching, you have a prosthetic leg, and 00:02:12.532 --> 00:02:14.368 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% there's a story behind that. 00:02:14.368 --> 00:02:15.769 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Let's hear about it. 00:02:15.769 --> 00:02:19.573 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% J.J.: So we were 9 miles offshore at a reef called Looe 00:02:19.573 --> 00:02:27.147 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Key Reef, and it was a beautiful day, clear waters, beautiful 00:02:27.147 --> 00:02:30.884 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% sky, no clouds, and we were just having an amazing time in the 00:02:30.884 --> 00:02:36.390 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% water, and it took us 45 minutes to get out there, so it took a 00:02:36.390 --> 00:02:37.724 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% while to get out there. 00:02:37.724 --> 00:02:40.193 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: So, you're swimming around, you're snorkeling with 00:02:40.193 --> 00:02:41.528 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% your family. 00:02:41.528 --> 00:02:43.330 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% It's not just you in the water, is that correct? 00:02:43.330 --> 00:02:44.664 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% J.J.: Yes ma'am. 00:02:44.664 --> 00:02:48.168 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: And so then as you're snorkeling, tell me what then 00:02:48.168 --> 00:02:51.438 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% starts happening that makes you realize you might be in danger. 00:02:51.438 --> 00:02:55.776 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% J.J.: So, we're on the boat eating lunch, and then I see a 00:02:55.776 --> 00:02:58.979 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% turtle surface the boat, and I'm like, "Hey, Dad, can I go grab 00:02:58.979 --> 00:03:01.114 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% the GoPro, and can I go follow the turtle?" 00:03:01.114 --> 00:03:05.218 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And he's like, "Yeah," so I grab the GoPro, I jump in, and my dad 00:03:05.218 --> 00:03:09.022 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% jumps in with my little brother Nehemiah who is how old at 00:03:09.022 --> 00:03:10.390 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% the time? 00:03:10.390 --> 00:03:11.725 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Jameson: He was three at the time. 00:03:11.725 --> 00:03:13.093 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% J.J.: He was three at the time. 00:03:13.093 --> 00:03:15.228 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So I jump in, and my brother and my dad jump in with me, and I 00:03:15.228 --> 00:03:16.763 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% start to follow this turtle. 00:03:16.763 --> 00:03:18.765 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And I start following this turtle for a while, and he 00:03:18.765 --> 00:03:23.303 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% keeps--and he slows down for me to get really close to him to 00:03:23.303 --> 00:03:25.305 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% where I almost I could touch him. 00:03:25.305 --> 00:03:26.673 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Blynda: Which had to feel really cool. 00:03:26.673 --> 00:03:29.142 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% J.J.: Yes, really cool, really cool. 00:03:29.142 --> 00:03:34.414 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So, I am following this turtle for quite a bit, and then it 00:03:34.414 --> 00:03:36.716 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% starts to swim a little faster. 00:03:36.716 --> 00:03:40.020 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It keeps swimming so fast that I can't keep up with it and then 00:03:40.020 --> 00:03:43.924 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% just swims faster than I've ever seen any turtle swim before. 00:03:43.924 --> 00:03:46.493 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So I'm like, okay, that's weird, because it's been letting me 00:03:46.493 --> 00:03:51.264 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% follow it, so I do a 360, and then I turn back to the boat to 00:03:51.264 --> 00:03:53.733 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% swim back to the boat, and that's when the shark 00:03:53.733 --> 00:03:55.102 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% attacked me. 00:03:55.102 --> 00:03:57.070 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: So, you didn't see it coming, just out of the blue? 00:03:57.070 --> 00:04:00.040 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I even kind of remember hearing that you never really 00:04:00.040 --> 00:04:03.543 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% saw the shark at at any point, even when you were looking back. 00:04:03.543 --> 00:04:09.216 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So at that point, the shark, you feel the bite on your leg, and 00:04:09.216 --> 00:04:12.886 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% are you immediately able to call for help? 00:04:12.886 --> 00:04:17.257 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% J.J.: So, it bites me right below my knee first, and then it 00:04:17.257 --> 00:04:19.626 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% lets go, and that's when I started to scream, and then in 00:04:19.626 --> 00:04:22.395 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% my scream, I say what the heck was that? 00:04:22.395 --> 00:04:26.766 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then it goes, it bit lower, and then it started to shake. 00:04:26.766 --> 00:04:28.301 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% No, it didn't come back, it was still there. 00:04:28.301 --> 00:04:30.270 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% It just let go, and it bit lower. 00:04:30.270 --> 00:04:33.206 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And it started to shake, and then it jerked my head back, and 00:04:33.206 --> 00:04:34.574 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% I still didn't know what it was. 00:04:34.574 --> 00:04:36.810 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And then that's when I knew what it was. 00:04:36.810 --> 00:04:38.778 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: Jameson, where were you when all this was going on? 00:04:38.778 --> 00:04:42.449 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Jameson: Yeah, so as J.J. said, we were in the water together, 00:04:42.449 --> 00:04:47.654 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and my youngest was three at the time and so he's floating on a 00:04:47.654 --> 00:04:51.658 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% flotation device, and we dive with pool noodles so that as 00:04:51.658 --> 00:04:53.894 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% we're swimming looking down in the water and we see something 00:04:53.894 --> 00:04:57.130 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% we like we wanna explore we release the pool noodle, dive 00:04:57.130 --> 00:05:00.500 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% down, check it out, then come back up and have that little 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:02.969 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% piece of flotation to, you know, keep us going. 00:05:02.969 --> 00:05:06.373 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% So I was doing that, diving down, showing him on the 00:05:06.373 --> 00:05:10.343 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% surface, my 3-year-old, little Nehemiah, just what was going on 00:05:10.343 --> 00:05:15.315 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% down below, and as I'm watching J.J. have just this incredible 00:05:15.315 --> 00:05:19.619 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% interaction with this turtle, I am trying to keep little 00:05:19.619 --> 00:05:23.924 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Nehemiah occupied so he doesn't splash around and spook the 00:05:23.924 --> 00:05:26.126 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% turtle, this interaction they're having. 00:05:26.126 --> 00:05:28.628 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And we're constantly looking for sharks, because that's an 00:05:28.628 --> 00:05:31.965 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% important part of the ecosystem, so they're there, there's no 00:05:31.965 --> 00:05:34.134 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% fences in the ocean, so sharks go where they want when 00:05:34.134 --> 00:05:35.502 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% they want. 00:05:35.502 --> 00:05:40.140 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And diving my whole life, we've had plenty of positive shark 00:05:40.140 --> 00:05:43.109 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% encounters so we weren't even just looking for sharks because 00:05:43.109 --> 00:05:45.345 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% we were afraid, we were looking for them because it's kind of, 00:05:45.345 --> 00:05:48.114 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% you know, fun to see them in their natural environment. 00:05:48.114 --> 00:05:54.788 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% No sharks all day long, and when this attack happened, I had just 00:05:54.788 --> 00:05:58.024 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% surfaced from, and it's only 8 feet deep of water. 00:05:58.024 --> 00:06:02.762 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% As he said, wonderfully crystal-clear Caribbean water, I 00:06:02.762 --> 00:06:06.533 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% mean, as shallow as, you know, most pools are, right? 00:06:06.533 --> 00:06:11.238 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, we're just like it's perfect and just hundreds of species of 00:06:11.238 --> 00:06:13.540 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% marine life, so it is amazing. 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:15.942 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And when he's screaming, I'm thinking, well, we've already 00:06:15.942 --> 00:06:19.779 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% been stung by jellyfish, which is more of a nuisance, right? 00:06:19.779 --> 00:06:23.183 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But then a man of war, that's an intense sting, I'm thinking 00:06:23.183 --> 00:06:25.919 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% maybe he's screaming because he got a man of war sting. 00:06:25.919 --> 00:06:28.455 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So when you don't see a shark you're not thinking shark, and 00:06:28.455 --> 00:06:30.323 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% he's not screaming shark. 00:06:30.323 --> 00:06:33.026 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% So I just think, man, you know what? 00:06:33.026 --> 00:06:35.929 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He's right there, you know, I'm a fast swimmer, let me just get 00:06:35.929 --> 00:06:39.266 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% to him, but little Nehemiah is just gonna drift off in the in 00:06:39.266 --> 00:06:43.136 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% the Caribbean currents to the Bahamas if I leave him. 00:06:43.136 --> 00:06:46.039 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So, I grab him, get him on the back of the boat, we crank the 00:06:46.039 --> 00:06:48.475 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% engine and just bring the boat right to him. 00:06:48.475 --> 00:06:53.213 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% He's sitting on his pool noodle, very buoyant, and Mary, my wife 00:06:53.213 --> 00:06:56.783 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and I, as we approach him, we're looking, and we're saying why is 00:06:56.783 --> 00:07:00.020 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% he so--to ourselves in our mind--why is he so buoyant? 00:07:00.020 --> 00:07:02.622 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And what we believe was happening literally the hand of 00:07:02.622 --> 00:07:06.559 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% God, it was like he was in a chair, and he was just being 00:07:06.559 --> 00:07:10.363 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% held up away from the shark, not totally out of the water, but we 00:07:10.363 --> 00:07:13.533 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% still don't see his leg, which is below the water line. 00:07:13.533 --> 00:07:16.836 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% So, I'm now getting pushed into the reef. 00:07:16.836 --> 00:07:19.539 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It's getting really shallow, and the current, the wind are kind 00:07:19.539 --> 00:07:20.940 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% of pushing a little bit. 00:07:20.940 --> 00:07:22.742 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I said, honey, you gotta dive in, grab him, bring him to the 00:07:22.742 --> 00:07:26.646 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% back of the dive platform, and I'll receive him from you. 00:07:26.646 --> 00:07:31.484 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And as I pulled him in, out of the water, we see for the first 00:07:31.484 --> 00:07:35.655 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% time he's essentially below his knees, his leg is gone, and then 00:07:35.655 --> 00:07:38.458 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% his foot is just attached to his tibia. 00:07:38.458 --> 00:07:41.828 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% His fibula bone, the outer smaller bone's gone, tibia bone 00:07:41.828 --> 00:07:45.832 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% just has shark teeth bite marks all over it. 00:07:45.832 --> 00:07:50.637 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And Randy and Blynda, I'm holding my 10-year-old, oldest 00:07:50.637 --> 00:07:55.442 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% son in my arms, looking in his big, beautiful blue eyes, and I 00:07:55.442 --> 00:07:58.078 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% just know he's about to breathe his last breath. 00:07:58.078 --> 00:08:00.013 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% He's bleeding out. 00:08:00.013 --> 00:08:04.150 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% There is no, as he said, we're 9 miles offshore at the most dove 00:08:04.150 --> 00:08:05.585 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% reef in the state of Florida. 00:08:05.585 --> 00:08:07.554 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% There's people everywhere, by the way. 00:08:07.554 --> 00:08:10.623 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% It's really--it's far out there, but it's just--it's a 00:08:10.623 --> 00:08:11.991 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% beautiful location. 00:08:11.991 --> 00:08:14.794 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Never a documented shark attack until now. 00:08:14.794 --> 00:08:20.934 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And as I scream in unbelievable denial, no, just no, this cannot 00:08:20.934 --> 00:08:25.004 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% be happening, he looks at me, and he says, what'd you say? 00:08:25.004 --> 00:08:27.207 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% J.J.: And I said, "Daddy, it's okay. 00:08:27.207 --> 00:08:28.641 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Jesus is gonna save me." 00:08:28.641 --> 00:08:30.009 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Jameson: Amen. 00:08:30.009 --> 00:08:31.411 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Blynda: How did you have that kind of faith? 00:08:31.411 --> 00:08:35.882 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% What made you really feel so sure about that? 00:08:35.882 --> 00:08:40.320 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% J.J.: I really didn't feel sure, but I just saw my dad--I just 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:44.858 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% didn't--I've never seen my dad act the way that he was acting, 00:08:44.858 --> 00:08:47.394 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% and so I just wanted to comfort him at that moment. 00:08:47.394 --> 00:08:49.763 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Blynda: Wow, that's amazing. 00:08:49.763 --> 00:08:55.368 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So was there a moment when he pulls you onto the boat, and 00:08:55.368 --> 00:08:59.105 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% you're at the same time realizing that it's maybe as 00:08:59.105 --> 00:09:03.476 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% severe as it was, what was going through your mind? 00:09:03.476 --> 00:09:05.545 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% As they're trying to--you may not even remember much, 00:09:05.545 --> 00:09:06.880 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% but as-- 00:09:06.880 --> 00:09:08.248 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Randy: And the shock. 00:09:08.248 --> 00:09:09.849 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: Yeah, and the shock, as they're trying to get you to 00:09:09.849 --> 00:09:13.787 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% safety to a hospital, are you conscious, and do you have 00:09:13.787 --> 00:09:15.288 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% conscious thoughts about what-- 00:09:15.288 --> 00:09:16.656 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% J.J.: I do. 00:09:16.656 --> 00:09:18.658 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Blynda: What's happening in your mind and heart? 00:09:18.658 --> 00:09:20.660 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% J.J.: So, as-- 00:09:25.698 --> 00:09:31.204 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Listening to my dad, he's driving the boat to other boats 00:09:31.204 --> 00:09:34.841 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% to get help, because it took us a while to get out to the reef, 00:09:34.841 --> 00:09:39.045 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% and we are trying to find a boat that was faster. 00:09:39.045 --> 00:09:42.782 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so I'm just listening to my dad, and I look at my leg every 00:09:42.782 --> 00:09:46.619 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% once in a while, just like, wow, that is--that's crazy what has 00:09:46.619 --> 00:09:47.954 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% just happened. 00:09:47.954 --> 00:09:50.690 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I felt a lot of pain during while the shark was attacking me 00:09:50.690 --> 00:09:54.661 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% like a lot, but then I'm not really feeling as much 00:09:54.661 --> 00:09:56.329 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% pain anymore. 00:09:56.329 --> 00:10:00.567 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So, I'm looking at my leg like holy cow, that's crazy. 00:10:00.567 --> 00:10:03.670 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So, I'm just waiting until the next thing happens, and then my 00:10:03.670 --> 00:10:10.343 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% dad drives over the reef, and he--we think we find the 00:10:10.343 --> 00:10:14.614 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% fastest boat on the reef, and so my dad says, "Do you know where 00:10:14.614 --> 00:10:16.049 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Dolphin Marina is?" 00:10:16.049 --> 00:10:19.052 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And he said--and the captain on the other boat says yes. 00:10:19.052 --> 00:10:22.088 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% And so my dad said, "Will you take my son there?" 00:10:22.088 --> 00:10:26.893 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so while this is happening, another nurse from another boat 00:10:26.893 --> 00:10:31.297 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% hears shark attack, child, and he comes--and she comes and 00:10:31.297 --> 00:10:34.767 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% swims onto our boat, not knowing that there was a shark in the 00:10:34.767 --> 00:10:36.469 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% water still. 00:10:36.469 --> 00:10:38.204 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% So she comes onto our boat. 00:10:38.204 --> 00:10:40.607 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% My mom is like, "Who are you?" 00:10:40.607 --> 00:10:43.109 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And she says, "I'm a nurse, let me help." 00:10:43.109 --> 00:10:46.279 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% And she didn't really-- she couldn't do anything. 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:49.916 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% She just swam over with a medical aid kit, is that what 00:10:49.916 --> 00:10:51.284 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% it's called? 00:10:51.284 --> 00:10:54.187 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Jameson: Like just a medical marine first aid kit, and we're 00:10:54.187 --> 00:10:59.192 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% just sensing, man, the Lord is just with us, even though, like 00:10:59.192 --> 00:11:02.829 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% J.J. said, there's nothing she could do, let alone a hospital 00:11:02.829 --> 00:11:04.197 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% in the Keys. 00:11:04.197 --> 00:11:06.399 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% This is why we're eventually airlifted to Miami, but it was 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:10.069 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% just God saying, look, I've got people perfectly positioned all 00:11:10.069 --> 00:11:15.975 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% around this reef, just be patient, have hope, and believe 00:11:15.975 --> 00:11:19.212 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% that even though this looks impossible, I'm right here. 00:11:19.212 --> 00:11:20.547 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% I'm right here with you. 00:11:20.547 --> 00:11:22.982 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: There were so many miracles along the way that got 00:11:22.982 --> 00:11:28.154 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% him to where you are today, that moment of time, even just the 00:11:28.154 --> 00:11:30.924 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% nurse coming on and helping stop the bleeding a little bit, I 00:11:30.924 --> 00:11:33.526 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% think that probably saved your life as well. 00:11:33.526 --> 00:11:37.530 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% J.J.: Yes, she--Dad tied--you took off your rash guard, right? 00:11:37.530 --> 00:11:41.100 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And you tied a tourniquet on my leg, and then she took that off, 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:44.604 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% and she tied a real tourniquet on my leg. 00:11:44.604 --> 00:11:49.909 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And then during that time, my dad passed me on to the other 00:11:49.909 --> 00:11:53.713 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% boat, and the nurse was gonna go back to her boat, but then my 00:11:53.713 --> 00:11:55.114 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% mom said, "You can't leave me." 00:11:55.114 --> 00:12:00.386 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So she jumps on to the other boat along with the nurse, and 00:12:00.386 --> 00:12:03.423 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% my dad kisses me on the forehead, not knowing that he 00:12:03.423 --> 00:12:05.892 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% was gonna see me again. 00:12:05.892 --> 00:12:07.727 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Randy: Okay, I got it, all right. 00:12:07.727 --> 00:12:09.062 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Blynda: Yeah, that's a tough one. 00:12:09.062 --> 00:12:10.430 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Randy: I have four kids. 00:12:10.430 --> 00:12:13.600 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Yeah, yeah, what-- how do you let go? 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:19.872 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jameson: Oh my goodness, Randy, just as a person, a human being, 00:12:19.872 --> 00:12:23.076 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% let alone a dad, you're witnessing, you know, 00:12:23.076 --> 00:12:24.711 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% your nightmare. 00:12:24.711 --> 00:12:28.348 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Your nightmare is happening in real time, being a waterman my 00:12:28.348 --> 00:12:30.883 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% whole life, of course you're-- you would think about sharks 00:12:30.883 --> 00:12:36.589 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% plenty, and you just can't believe it's gonna be you until 00:12:36.589 --> 00:12:42.895 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% it is, and then it's your son, and you just as a parent feel 00:12:42.895 --> 00:12:46.099 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% absolutely helpless. 00:12:46.099 --> 00:12:50.470 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And it just--it was a moment--so he mentioned we get 00:12:50.470 --> 00:12:53.439 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% to the faster boat, which is a miracle. 00:12:53.439 --> 00:12:55.842 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% We find the fastest boat on the reef that day. 00:12:55.842 --> 00:12:57.543 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% I wasn't even thinking fast boat. 00:12:57.543 --> 00:13:01.147 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I was just thinking find people, find, you know, people equals 00:13:01.147 --> 00:13:05.685 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% help in this moment when you're 35-plus you know, minutes from 00:13:05.685 --> 00:13:10.223 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% shore, and the first boat we happened to go to, 00:13:10.223 --> 00:13:11.591 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% happened, right? 00:13:11.591 --> 00:13:12.925 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% The Lord led us to the fastest boat. 00:13:12.925 --> 00:13:16.729 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So as we're at this moment, I'm going--we're on the phone with 00:13:16.729 --> 00:13:21.634 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% 911, and they're saying this is where an ambulance will be if 00:13:21.634 --> 00:13:23.002 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% you can get there. 00:13:23.002 --> 00:13:26.572 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I'm going, well, you've got the faster boat, I don't. 00:13:26.572 --> 00:13:28.307 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% You have to run him in and save his life. 00:13:28.307 --> 00:13:31.611 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So this is a stranger, and this guy's like I'm just trying to 00:13:31.611 --> 00:13:34.447 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% enjoy a fun day at the reef with my family, and now all of a 00:13:34.447 --> 00:13:40.286 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% sudden I'm the rescue boat, and in that moment, I just sensed 00:13:40.286 --> 00:13:45.725 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the Lord just say, not audibly, but just these exact words, "I 00:13:45.725 --> 00:13:48.895 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% will hold him until you get here." 00:13:48.895 --> 00:13:52.899 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And I thought that meant eternally, that his soul was 00:13:52.899 --> 00:13:54.867 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% secure, and we had prayed. 00:13:54.867 --> 00:13:58.137 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I knew he was near in my mind the age of accountability. 00:13:58.137 --> 00:14:01.607 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We had prayed when he was six on our bed in Fort Lauderdale that, 00:14:01.607 --> 00:14:05.645 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you know, Jameson's always been deeply--just he's had such a 00:14:05.645 --> 00:14:12.719 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% tender heart from a young age, and when he was born, I just put 00:14:12.719 --> 00:14:16.456 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% my finger out to touch him for the first time, and his tiny 00:14:16.456 --> 00:14:20.426 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% little hand reached up and grabbed my little pointer 00:14:20.426 --> 00:14:23.830 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% finger, and I just felt this electric current go through my 00:14:23.830 --> 00:14:25.164 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% whole body. 00:14:25.164 --> 00:14:29.869 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I've just had just such an unbelievable deep love and 00:14:29.869 --> 00:14:32.405 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% relationship with this young man, of course all of our kids, 00:14:32.405 --> 00:14:36.542 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% but he was our first, and so in this moment I'm watching what I 00:14:36.542 --> 00:14:39.479 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% think to be my first go to heaven. 00:14:39.479 --> 00:14:41.347 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: So, let me ask you this, because you talk about the 00:14:41.347 --> 00:14:44.016 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% miracle of the nurse, you talk about the miracle of the speed 00:14:44.016 --> 00:14:46.953 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% boat and the medical care and all the things that happened to 00:14:46.953 --> 00:14:49.222 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% save his life. 00:14:49.222 --> 00:14:51.124 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% And this is a Job kind of question, I get it. 00:14:51.124 --> 00:14:54.627 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I would be reprimanded in scripture for asking this, but I 00:14:54.627 --> 00:14:57.163 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% know people that are going through tough things right now, 00:14:57.163 --> 00:15:00.466 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% they're kind of wondering, okay, but wouldn't have been easier if 00:15:00.466 --> 00:15:05.638 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% God had just not allowed a bull shark to show up on the scene? 00:15:05.638 --> 00:15:08.508 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Do you ever--have you ever gone down that road of like, why does 00:15:08.508 --> 00:15:09.976 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% this even happen? 00:15:09.976 --> 00:15:11.677 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Jameson: Yeah, oh, for sure. 00:15:11.677 --> 00:15:16.883 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Yeah, there was probably, almost two weeks after the attack after 00:15:16.883 --> 00:15:21.320 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I knew he was not only gonna be okay, but he was already talking 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:25.224 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% in ways that were blowing us away about facing his fear and 00:15:25.224 --> 00:15:26.592 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% going back to the reef. 00:15:26.592 --> 00:15:29.929 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I know we'll eventually get to that, but as I eventually knew 00:15:29.929 --> 00:15:32.899 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that we would learn to walk again, play sports again and all 00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:37.703 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% that, I'm starting to kind of feel for the first time, you 00:15:37.703 --> 00:15:40.373 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% know, you kind of just suspend your feeling. 00:15:40.373 --> 00:15:42.575 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% As a parent, you're numb, you just try to take everything 00:15:42.575 --> 00:15:43.910 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% around you. 00:15:43.910 --> 00:15:48.014 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, we were in the hospital, and I knew everything was gonna be 00:15:48.014 --> 00:15:49.348 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% okay, so to speak. 00:15:49.348 --> 00:15:51.450 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% This is our new normal, and I just sat down one morning with 00:15:51.450 --> 00:15:53.953 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% the Lord and I just said, what is going on? 00:15:53.953 --> 00:15:55.521 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% How did this happen? Why did this happen? 00:15:55.521 --> 00:15:57.023 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Is this my fault? 00:15:57.023 --> 00:15:59.091 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% How can I let this as a dad happen? 00:15:59.091 --> 00:16:02.762 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You know, you just start looking around, going what is it? 00:16:02.762 --> 00:16:05.598 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And people were saying to us, because you're more likely to be 00:16:05.598 --> 00:16:09.035 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% struck by lightning five times than attacked by a shark once. 00:16:09.035 --> 00:16:10.837 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: I've heard that stat, it's a crazy stat, yeah. 00:16:10.837 --> 00:16:13.072 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Jameson: So, nobody knows what to say, because they don't know 00:16:13.072 --> 00:16:16.442 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% anybody struck by lightning probably once, let alone twice. 00:16:16.442 --> 00:16:19.512 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% So the shark experience is just so unique. 00:16:19.512 --> 00:16:22.114 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% The hospital had never seen anything so damaging. 00:16:22.114 --> 00:16:26.185 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So people are saying stuff to us that makes us feel kind of 00:16:26.185 --> 00:16:27.520 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% beat down. 00:16:27.520 --> 00:16:29.722 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I'm so sorry this has happened to you, I'm so sorry this has 00:16:29.722 --> 00:16:31.591 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% happened to you over and over again. 00:16:31.591 --> 00:16:35.595 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And that made me start looking down and in, down and in. 00:16:35.595 --> 00:16:40.066 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that morning, the Lord took me to Psalm 121, "I lift up my 00:16:40.066 --> 00:16:41.534 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% eyes to the hills. 00:16:41.534 --> 00:16:43.469 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% From where does my help come from? 00:16:43.469 --> 00:16:46.906 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% It comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth." 00:16:46.906 --> 00:16:49.842 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And in that moment he said stop looking down and in, look up and 00:16:49.842 --> 00:16:53.412 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% out, not at the pain, but at the purpose. 00:16:53.412 --> 00:16:54.814 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% And he said this too. 00:16:54.814 --> 00:16:57.884 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% He said, "This is not what has happened to you, this is what 00:16:57.884 --> 00:16:59.518 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% I'm gonna do through you." 00:16:59.518 --> 00:17:00.887 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Blynda: Amen. 00:17:00.887 --> 00:17:03.456 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Jameson: And that was just a profound moment to say, okay, 00:17:03.456 --> 00:17:07.226 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you're doing something here, I trust you, and I have to just 00:17:07.226 --> 00:17:11.197 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% continue to believe even in the midst of so much challenge and 00:17:11.197 --> 00:17:12.565 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% fear and doubt. 00:17:12.565 --> 00:17:13.900 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Blynda: And we've seen so much of that. 00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:17.770 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I mean, you've been on multiple, you know, very high-profile 00:17:17.770 --> 00:17:20.840 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% shows to be able to tell your testimony, here today getting to 00:17:20.840 --> 00:17:22.174 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% tell your testimony. 00:17:22.174 --> 00:17:24.510 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I mean, these are all things that would not have happened had 00:17:24.510 --> 00:17:25.845 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% it not happened. 00:17:25.845 --> 00:17:27.179 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% So, are we glad it happened? 00:17:27.179 --> 00:17:31.250 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% No, but look what the Lord is doing in you to get to share his 00:17:31.250 --> 00:17:34.020 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% gospel, his hope, his love with other people. 00:17:34.020 --> 00:17:37.290 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% What a privilege and honor that you get to do that and that you 00:17:37.290 --> 00:17:40.159 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% get to carry that, but you have been through something really, 00:17:40.159 --> 00:17:41.527 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% really hard. 00:17:41.527 --> 00:17:42.862 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% J.J.: Yes ma'am. 00:17:42.862 --> 00:17:45.464 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: And you're an inspiration, how courageous and 00:17:45.464 --> 00:17:46.799 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% brave you are. 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:48.167 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% J.J.: Thank you. 00:17:48.167 --> 00:17:49.502 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Randy: So, you guys went back. 00:17:49.502 --> 00:17:50.870 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Jameson: We did. 00:17:50.870 --> 00:17:53.639 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: To the exact spot, and that is all in the book, 00:17:53.639 --> 00:17:55.641 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% "Rescue at the Reef." 00:17:55.641 --> 00:17:58.144 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Can you guys stick around for another program? 00:17:58.144 --> 00:18:02.515 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I really wanna delve into the idea of facing the fear. 00:18:02.515 --> 00:18:07.620 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I mean, because I already have-- I mean, you know, I go, I 00:18:07.620 --> 00:18:11.557 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% snorkel and stuff, but I have my fears, and I don't know if I'd 00:18:11.557 --> 00:18:13.726 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% ever go back again. 00:18:13.726 --> 00:18:15.828 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I'd love for us to really kind of explore that. 00:18:15.828 --> 00:18:17.296 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Jameson: Let's do it, we'd love to. 00:18:17.296 --> 00:18:21.334 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: So, I don't know where you're at watching right now. 00:18:21.334 --> 00:18:24.603 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And yeah, we do wonder why we go through a lot of things. 00:18:24.603 --> 00:18:28.107 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% If you want somebody to pray with you, to be your rescue boat 00:18:28.107 --> 00:18:31.277 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% just for a moment, we have a telephone number. 00:18:31.277 --> 00:18:32.645 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Pick up the phone and call. 00:18:32.645 --> 00:18:35.147 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Someone would love to just pray with you, and we can't answer 00:18:35.147 --> 00:18:37.383 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% all your questions, we can't give you all the why-s, what we 00:18:37.383 --> 00:18:40.353 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% can do is point you to the one who will be with you. 00:18:40.353 --> 00:18:43.656 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% He will never leave you, never forsake you. 00:18:43.656 --> 00:18:45.925 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But if you want someone to come alongside of you, we need that 00:18:45.925 --> 00:18:48.794 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% sometimes, and we'd love to provide that for you. 00:18:48.794 --> 00:18:52.231 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Right now there are some other people who need someone to come 00:18:52.231 --> 00:18:53.733 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% alongside them. 00:18:53.733 --> 00:18:57.036 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% There are some that we have come alongside, and it has changed 00:18:57.036 --> 00:19:01.007 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% their lives, but it presents a great opportunity to reach out 00:19:01.007 --> 00:19:03.909 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% to those who are facing difficult circumstances who may 00:19:03.909 --> 00:19:06.912 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% be asking, Lord, why? 00:19:06.912 --> 00:19:12.551 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Well, we can at least give them some hope, show them God's love. 00:19:12.551 --> 00:19:14.553 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Watch this, and you'll see how. 00:19:15.755 --> 00:19:17.690 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% John Yeatts: Hi, I'm John Yeatts, director of World 00:19:17.690 --> 00:19:20.059 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Missions for Life Outreach International. 00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:23.362 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Although rare, Blount's Disease is a reality for thousands of 00:19:23.362 --> 00:19:26.265 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% children worldwide that causes the knee and the leg to 00:19:26.265 --> 00:19:27.733 align:start line:10% position:50% size:31% bow outward. 00:19:27.733 --> 00:19:30.970 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% It's very painful, and I want you to see a young man named 00:19:30.970 --> 00:19:34.340 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Plasdus, how his life was dramatically changed through 00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:37.143 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% corrective surgery. 00:19:37.143 --> 00:19:41.080 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Kafwa Sichilima: I met Plasdus, he was a shy guy, reserved at 00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:42.448 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% the time, you know? 00:19:42.448 --> 00:19:46.986 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% And I asked him a simple question, how has it been 00:19:46.986 --> 00:19:48.320 align:start line:10% position:50% size:21% for you? 00:19:48.320 --> 00:19:52.691 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% I just saw tears started rolling down his eyes. 00:19:52.691 --> 00:19:57.797 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% And he opened up and started saying, "My friends actually 00:19:57.797 --> 00:19:59.331 align:start line:10% position:50% size:31% laugh at me. 00:19:59.331 --> 00:20:05.938 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% And it's been so difficult for me to just handle this." 00:20:05.938 --> 00:20:08.741 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Ilho Moho: It was a bit of a complex operation, but it 00:20:08.741 --> 00:20:10.409 align:start line:10% position:50% size:25% went well. 00:20:10.409 --> 00:20:15.781 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% In 6 months, he has progressed very, very well. 00:20:15.781 --> 00:20:18.617 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% So the smile and the encouragement Plasdus gave us, 00:20:18.617 --> 00:20:21.253 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% it was so promising. 00:20:21.253 --> 00:20:24.757 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% John: Wow, how amazing it is to see Plasdus running like nothing 00:20:24.757 --> 00:20:26.492 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% had ever happened to him. 00:20:26.492 --> 00:20:29.228 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% This is a result of the dedication of our God-gifted 00:20:29.228 --> 00:20:31.897 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% surgeons who performed the life-changing surgery 00:20:31.897 --> 00:20:33.332 align:start line:10% position:50% size:31% for Plasdus. 00:20:33.332 --> 00:20:36.001 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Without this medical mission outreach, he would suffer the 00:20:36.001 --> 00:20:37.670 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% rest of his life. 00:20:37.670 --> 00:20:40.639 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% I encourage you to partner with us and help provide surgeries 00:20:40.639 --> 00:20:43.175 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% not only for Blount's Disease but a whole range of 00:20:43.175 --> 00:20:45.344 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% pediatric disabilities. 00:20:45.344 --> 00:20:49.548 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Because you give, we can keep smiles on the faces of not only 00:20:49.548 --> 00:20:52.084 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% Plasdus, but children just like him. 00:20:52.084 --> 00:20:53.452 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% God bless you. 00:20:53.452 --> 00:20:55.454 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:21:01.227 --> 00:21:04.530 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:21:04.530 --> 00:21:07.266 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% Randy: That's just one story, and gosh, 00:21:07.266 --> 00:21:10.069 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% what a great story it is, I love that. 00:21:10.069 --> 00:21:13.706 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Blynda: I mean, at the end when he says I feel good now, I mean, 00:21:13.706 --> 00:21:15.341 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% how life-changing for him. 00:21:15.341 --> 00:21:17.443 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% The trajectory of his life is different. 00:21:17.443 --> 00:21:18.777 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% Randy: It does, it changes everything. 00:21:18.777 --> 00:21:22.314 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Blynda: It changes everything, and it's so amazing that a gift 00:21:22.314 --> 00:21:26.552 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% that we give can have that kind of impact on--that's not just 00:21:26.552 --> 00:21:29.421 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% one life, it's hundreds of lives. 00:21:29.421 --> 00:21:31.891 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Randy: It is, because here's the thing you need to know. 00:21:31.891 --> 00:21:33.692 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% I want you to know this. 00:21:33.692 --> 00:21:38.931 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Every child that comes in there is met first by a chaplain. 00:21:38.931 --> 00:21:43.269 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% The families receive prayer right there on the spot, and 00:21:43.269 --> 00:21:45.704 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% many, for you know, many of them, they come from miles and 00:21:45.704 --> 00:21:49.275 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% miles around, even countries around to this facility in 00:21:49.275 --> 00:21:53.646 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Zimbabwe, and they haven't heard the gospel necessarily, they 00:21:53.646 --> 00:21:56.682 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% haven't seen it in action the way that we're showing it to 00:21:56.682 --> 00:22:01.053 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% them, they haven't been told you don't have to pay for this 00:22:01.053 --> 00:22:04.857 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% life-changing surgery, but that's what we tell them. 00:22:04.857 --> 00:22:08.661 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% They haven't been told that your child can have a different 00:22:08.661 --> 00:22:11.897 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% future, that they can have hope, but that's what we tell them. 00:22:11.897 --> 00:22:17.236 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% They may not have heard about Jesus, about the one God who 00:22:17.236 --> 00:22:20.839 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% loves them and what's good for them, but that's what we tell 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:23.642 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% them, and then we show it to them, the dedication of the 00:22:23.642 --> 00:22:26.812 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% doctors there and the nurses, the whole staff, it's beautiful. 00:22:26.812 --> 00:22:30.216 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% That's why we are partnering with them. 00:22:30.216 --> 00:22:35.754 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% But that one story was just one of many and even a smaller 00:22:35.754 --> 00:22:39.925 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% fraction of those who are waiting right now to receive a 00:22:39.925 --> 00:22:42.928 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% surgery that will change their lives, perhaps even save 00:22:42.928 --> 00:22:44.263 align:start line:63% position:50% size:31% their lives. 00:22:44.263 --> 00:22:47.533 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% And so, Blynda, when I look at this one story, I celebrate it, 00:22:47.533 --> 00:22:51.971 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% but when I look at the long line of children needing medical 00:22:51.971 --> 00:22:57.743 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% attention, I'm both grieved and also excited at the opportunity, 00:22:57.743 --> 00:23:00.179 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% because I know people will respond. 00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:02.381 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% That story will be repeated again and again and again. 00:23:02.381 --> 00:23:06.085 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Blynda: And I think if we understand that our response 00:23:06.085 --> 00:23:08.921 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% actually makes a difference, then I think it does, and I 00:23:08.921 --> 00:23:11.457 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% think if we can do something, we should. 00:23:11.457 --> 00:23:12.825 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I think it's that simple. 00:23:12.825 --> 00:23:15.661 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Randy: No doubt, let me break it down for you, because right now 00:23:15.661 --> 00:23:19.898 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% what we need to do is expand that facility there in Zimbabwe, 00:23:19.898 --> 00:23:24.470 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% the operating rooms, the recovery areas, and we need to 00:23:24.470 --> 00:23:28.307 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% give those doctors and nurses the ability to take care of all 00:23:28.307 --> 00:23:30.843 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% the children that need care. 00:23:30.843 --> 00:23:37.516 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% So what we're looking at is a $600,000 project to restore, to 00:23:37.516 --> 00:23:41.186 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% expand, to renovate so that more people can hear the gospel and 00:23:41.186 --> 00:23:44.923 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% see it in action, and we're asking you for that. 00:23:44.923 --> 00:23:49.128 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% You know, Blynda and I, my parents, we're not doctors. 00:23:49.128 --> 00:23:53.999 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% We need those surgeons there in Zimbabwe to do the actual work, 00:23:53.999 --> 00:23:55.367 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% but you know what? 00:23:55.367 --> 00:24:00.406 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% They need us to enable them to do the work, and we need you to 00:24:00.406 --> 00:24:02.374 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% accomplish this. 00:24:02.374 --> 00:24:05.377 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% We have various gifts for different levels of giving. 00:24:05.377 --> 00:24:10.282 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Maybe you can give $100 $1,000, $10,000, whatever God enables 00:24:10.282 --> 00:24:13.719 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% you to give will be sufficient, because he'll multiply it like 00:24:13.719 --> 00:24:16.021 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% the loaves and the fishes, and he'll 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suffer life-altering injuries, 00:24:42.348 --> 00:24:45.784 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% conditions like club feet, windswept legs, and untreated 00:24:45.784 --> 00:24:49.221 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% fractures force them to live in pain because help is out 00:24:49.221 --> 00:24:50.589 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of reach. 00:24:50.589 --> 00:24:52.791 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% But you can offer healing today. 00:24:52.791 --> 00:24:56.662 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Our mission partner in Zimbabwe runs a children's hospital now 00:24:56.662 --> 00:25:00.966 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% at capacity and in urgent need of renovation and expansion. 00:25:00.966 --> 00:25:04.636 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% With a $600,000 goal and only a short period of time to raise 00:25:04.636 --> 00:25:08.574 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the necessary funds, your best gift today 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