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 --> 00:00:06.406 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:06.406 --> 00:00:08.809 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Jameson Reeder Sr.: And as they ran in at 70 miles an hour, 00:00:08.809 --> 00:00:12.312 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% ripping through the wind and waves, my wife leans down and 00:00:12.312 --> 00:00:15.582 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% hears something, J.J., what are you saying? 00:00:15.582 --> 00:00:19.186 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And he starts singing, "Here I am to worship, here I am to bow 00:00:19.186 --> 00:00:22.222 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% down, here I am to say that you're my God." 00:00:22.222 --> 00:00:27.561 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% He's losing all of his blood, he's barely alive, and he's 00:00:27.561 --> 00:00:29.263 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% worshiping the Lord. 00:00:29.263 --> 00:00:32.432 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% announcer: Jameson Reeder Jr.'s fierce faith helped him survive 00:00:32.432 --> 00:00:35.202 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% a horrific shark attack, next. 00:00:36.236 --> 00:00:46.246 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.246 --> 00:00:53.120 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.887 --> 00:00:56.023 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today," I'm Randy Robison, this 00:00:56.023 --> 00:00:57.724 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% is Blynda Lane. 00:00:57.724 --> 00:00:59.092 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% We are back. 00:00:59.092 --> 00:01:00.427 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Blynda Lane: Yes, we're back. 00:01:00.427 --> 00:01:01.795 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Randy: On a two-parter, sort of. 00:01:01.795 --> 00:01:05.098 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I mean, so if you didn't see the first program with the readers, 00:01:05.098 --> 00:01:09.036 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Jameson Sr. and J.J., his son, you can go back and watch that 00:01:09.036 --> 00:01:11.972 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% at LifeToday.org at any time, but if you missed it, 00:01:11.972 --> 00:01:14.241 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% stay tuned, because you'll get it. 00:01:14.241 --> 00:01:18.412 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% The short end of this is that J.J., welcome back, 00:01:18.412 --> 00:01:20.080 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% by the way, guys. 00:01:20.080 --> 00:01:21.448 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Jameson: Thank you, great to be back. 00:01:21.448 --> 00:01:22.783 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: We've had such a great conversation this, all right. 00:01:22.783 --> 00:01:27.387 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Okay, so J.J., though, was attacked almost four years ago 00:01:27.387 --> 00:01:32.859 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% by a bull shark, lost his leg from around the knee down, 00:01:32.859 --> 00:01:36.163 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% traumatic but yet miraculous. 00:01:36.163 --> 00:01:38.899 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% God walking you through it and, you know, again, the details are 00:01:38.899 --> 00:01:43.170 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% in your book, "Rescue at the Reef," but aside from the 00:01:43.170 --> 00:01:46.473 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% physical aspect of it and the attack, there's a lot that goes 00:01:46.473 --> 00:01:48.275 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% with that. 00:01:48.275 --> 00:01:49.643 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Oh boy, where do we even begin? 00:01:49.643 --> 00:01:51.078 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% You had some more questions about the attack. 00:01:51.078 --> 00:01:54.815 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: Well, I could spend like hours on all the details, 00:01:54.815 --> 00:01:56.583 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% because it's such a miraculous story. 00:01:56.583 --> 00:01:58.919 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I mean, from everything that we talked about in the last show 00:01:58.919 --> 00:02:01.321 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% that had to happen to get you to safety, to get you to the 00:02:01.321 --> 00:02:04.324 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% hospital, so many miracles along the way. 00:02:04.324 --> 00:02:07.194 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And then you're in recovery in the hospital, and I'm--and 00:02:07.194 --> 00:02:11.031 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that's what I wanna unpack in this show is what happens from 00:02:11.031 --> 00:02:12.399 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% that point. 00:02:12.399 --> 00:02:17.738 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But I do wanna go back to that moment when you are realizing 00:02:17.738 --> 00:02:20.774 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I've been bit by something, you didn't know exactly, because 00:02:20.774 --> 00:02:22.109 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% there was no sign of a shark. 00:02:22.109 --> 00:02:26.446 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You didn't know it was a bull shark, and you're with your 00:02:26.446 --> 00:02:30.650 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% other son, so you're not quite understanding what's happening. 00:02:30.650 --> 00:02:35.722 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% At that moment, did you have anything inside of you that felt 00:02:35.722 --> 00:02:37.991 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% my life is in danger in this moment? 00:02:37.991 --> 00:02:40.327 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Or were you just like, hey, somebody come help me, I've kind 00:02:40.327 --> 00:02:42.362 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% of been--I'm hurt? 00:02:42.362 --> 00:02:44.364 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Did you know that your life was in danger? 00:02:44.364 --> 00:02:46.933 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jameson Reeder Jr.: Yeah, I did not know it was a shark at first 00:02:46.933 --> 00:02:50.103 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% until it jerked my head back, and then I saw that it was 00:02:50.103 --> 00:02:51.471 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% a shark. 00:02:51.471 --> 00:02:53.106 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Randy: Okay, so you did know at that moment. 00:02:53.106 --> 00:02:54.875 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% You were the only one that was able to kind of see the 00:02:54.875 --> 00:02:56.843 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% shark, okay. 00:02:56.843 --> 00:03:02.482 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jameson: Once this incredible, crazy thing happened, and we now 00:03:02.482 --> 00:03:05.786 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% get him to this other boat, and they're running in, I'm thinking 00:03:05.786 --> 00:03:09.823 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% any moment my wife's gonna call me and say he's gone. 00:03:09.823 --> 00:03:14.661 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But yet, as we talked about in the last piece, I just felt the 00:03:14.661 --> 00:03:17.564 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Lord say, "I'll hold him until you get here." 00:03:17.564 --> 00:03:21.301 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But what I didn't know that meant but hoped it would mean, I 00:03:21.301 --> 00:03:23.570 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% knew eternally his soul was secure and that the Lord would 00:03:23.570 --> 00:03:27.741 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% hold him if he was gonna die, but what I hoped it also meant 00:03:27.741 --> 00:03:30.677 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% was that the Lord would manifest himself in such a way on that 00:03:30.677 --> 00:03:34.214 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% boat ride in that that would save his life and the Lord would 00:03:34.214 --> 00:03:37.284 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% literally hold him, and that's exactly what happened. 00:03:37.284 --> 00:03:41.221 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And as they ran in at 70 miles an hour, ripping through the 00:03:41.221 --> 00:03:45.158 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% wind and waves and the engine roaring, my wife leans down and 00:03:45.158 --> 00:03:48.395 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% hears something, J.J., what are you saying? 00:03:48.395 --> 00:03:52.032 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And he starts singing, "Here I am to worship, here I am to bow 00:03:52.032 --> 00:03:55.068 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% down, here I am to say that you're my God." 00:03:55.068 --> 00:04:00.407 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% He's losing all of his blood, he's barely alive, and he's 00:04:00.407 --> 00:04:04.010 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% worshiping the Lord, and the reason he's doing that is 00:04:04.010 --> 00:04:06.246 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% because something crazy happened. 00:04:06.246 --> 00:04:10.450 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Why don't you tell 'em what you saw on that boat ride in, son? 00:04:10.450 --> 00:04:16.723 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% J.J.: So, I felt really tired, because I lost all my blood, and 00:04:16.723 --> 00:04:20.894 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% so I kept closing my eyes, and my mom kept tapping me on the 00:04:20.894 --> 00:04:24.197 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% head, and then I opened my eyes, and I'm like I gotta keep 00:04:24.197 --> 00:04:25.532 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% myself entertained. 00:04:25.532 --> 00:04:29.903 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I gotta do something to keep myself awake, so I'm thinking, 00:04:29.903 --> 00:04:35.976 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and then right after that, what appears to me at first is a man 00:04:35.976 --> 00:04:38.478 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% on fire floating right above me. 00:04:38.478 --> 00:04:43.016 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then the fire kind of fades away, and it turns out to be 00:04:43.016 --> 00:04:45.986 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Jesus, and he's not saying anything, I'm not saying it 00:04:45.986 --> 00:04:47.320 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% saying anything. 00:04:47.320 --> 00:04:51.958 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He's just there, and he's just giving me peace and the comfort 00:04:51.958 --> 00:04:56.363 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and the courage to sing a song called "Here I Am to Worship." 00:04:56.363 --> 00:04:59.466 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And I sang that throughout the whole way to shore. 00:04:59.466 --> 00:05:02.903 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: I mean, this is like the faith of like a, you know, a 00:05:02.903 --> 00:05:05.071 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% warrior in the faith, and you're ten at the time, 00:05:05.071 --> 00:05:06.406 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% like it's amazing. 00:05:06.406 --> 00:05:08.508 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: No, it is, and you know, the reality is you could chalk 00:05:08.508 --> 00:05:12.379 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% it up to a hallucination or a manifestation, but regardless, 00:05:12.379 --> 00:05:15.549 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% scripture tells us that Jesus will never leave us or 00:05:15.549 --> 00:05:16.883 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% forsake us. 00:05:16.883 --> 00:05:19.119 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The Holy Spirit is with us always and in us as believers. 00:05:19.119 --> 00:05:20.921 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Where did this faith even come from? 00:05:20.921 --> 00:05:23.256 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Because you got a foundation that's pretty solid at 00:05:23.256 --> 00:05:24.591 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% this point. 00:05:24.591 --> 00:05:26.459 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jameson: Well, we, you know, as parents, you always ask yourself 00:05:26.459 --> 00:05:28.828 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% are we doing all right? 00:05:28.828 --> 00:05:34.201 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You know, you never feel like that's, you know, fully true. 00:05:34.201 --> 00:05:38.572 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And when you're in it and you have moments like this, you 00:05:38.572 --> 00:05:42.475 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% know, faith isn't, you know, conjured up in a moment like 00:05:42.475 --> 00:05:44.945 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% that, it's revealed. 00:05:44.945 --> 00:05:49.950 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so by the grace of God, my wife and I, you know, we just 00:05:49.950 --> 00:05:53.353 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% knew at a young age that it was our job to teach our kids 00:05:53.353 --> 00:05:54.721 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% the scripture. 00:05:54.721 --> 00:05:56.756 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It wasn't a church or a youth group or a children's program, 00:05:56.756 --> 00:05:58.525 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% it was us, it was our job. 00:05:58.525 --> 00:06:03.096 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And as an ordained pastor and minister for, you know, really 00:06:03.096 --> 00:06:08.668 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% my whole career, I've just loved the Bible, and at a young age, 00:06:08.668 --> 00:06:12.305 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% we just--I mean, his first 30 days of life, I held him in my 00:06:12.305 --> 00:06:16.743 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% arms and just read the Psalms over him and just began to just 00:06:16.743 --> 00:06:21.348 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% early on sow into them the truth of who the Lord is and what his 00:06:21.348 --> 00:06:22.682 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% word is about, so. 00:06:22.682 --> 00:06:24.618 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Do you think that helped prepare you to go through 00:06:24.618 --> 00:06:26.886 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% this difficulty? 00:06:26.886 --> 00:06:28.255 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Jameson: I do. 00:06:28.255 --> 00:06:30.690 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: This not sure if you're gonna lose your son and now 00:06:30.690 --> 00:06:33.460 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the--because he--things aren't easy on a day-to-day basis now, 00:06:33.460 --> 00:06:34.794 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% are they? 00:06:34.794 --> 00:06:36.563 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Jameson: No, no, plenty of challenges still. 00:06:36.563 --> 00:06:38.665 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% He'll still have surgeries. 00:06:38.665 --> 00:06:40.967 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% He's growing, so his bone will grow. 00:06:40.967 --> 00:06:42.869 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The little bit of bone that he has below the knee will grow 00:06:42.869 --> 00:06:47.707 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% right out of the bottom of his leg if we don't keep basically 00:06:47.707 --> 00:06:49.376 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% amending that bone. 00:06:49.376 --> 00:06:52.279 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% So, that will continue to happen. 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:54.114 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And we don't know how many surgeries he'll have. 00:06:54.114 --> 00:06:55.448 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Randy: You're laughing. 00:06:55.448 --> 00:06:56.816 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% J.J.: Your face. 00:06:56.816 --> 00:06:58.151 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Randy: Are you okay with this? 00:06:58.151 --> 00:07:00.353 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% My face, yeah, it is a humorous face, I do get that. 00:07:00.353 --> 00:07:01.688 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% But are you okay with this? 00:07:01.688 --> 00:07:03.023 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% J.J.: Yeah. 00:07:03.023 --> 00:07:04.391 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% Randy: Okay. 00:07:04.391 --> 00:07:05.725 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Jameson: Show 'em what's on your leg. 00:07:05.725 --> 00:07:09.396 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% J.J.: I got a great white shark on my leg right here. 00:07:09.396 --> 00:07:12.499 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Blynda: That's awesome, that is awesome. 00:07:12.499 --> 00:07:14.100 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% I love that, that's so great. 00:07:14.100 --> 00:07:15.769 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Randy: I mean, has this hindered you, you think? 00:07:15.769 --> 00:07:18.505 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Or just made it a little bit harder than average for, I don't 00:07:18.505 --> 00:07:22.942 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% know, the things you wanna do, surfing or baseball or whatever. 00:07:22.942 --> 00:07:27.347 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% J.J.: Surfing is my favorite thing, so I love surfing. 00:07:27.347 --> 00:07:28.815 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% I'm playing baseball right now. 00:07:28.815 --> 00:07:33.586 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Do you feel like you can do whatever you want to go do? 00:07:33.586 --> 00:07:34.954 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Jameson: Yeah, no limits, right? 00:07:34.954 --> 00:07:36.723 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% You don't feel like anything holds you back. 00:07:36.723 --> 00:07:41.094 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: I wanna go back for a second to the hospital, and you 00:07:41.094 --> 00:07:43.063 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% had to stay two, three weeks? 00:07:43.063 --> 00:07:44.397 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Jameson: Three weeks. 00:07:44.397 --> 00:07:47.434 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Blynda: In the hospital, and was it immediate? 00:07:47.434 --> 00:07:51.071 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I know by what we've described that it was probably immediately 00:07:51.071 --> 00:07:53.406 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% known he was going to lose his leg, but I remember seeing in 00:07:53.406 --> 00:07:56.509 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the book that there was actually a moment there where you wanted 00:07:56.509 --> 00:07:57.844 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% a second opinion. 00:07:57.844 --> 00:07:59.179 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Jameson: Yes, I did. 00:07:59.179 --> 00:08:02.749 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: Just maybe some hope, but was it a pretty easy 00:08:02.749 --> 00:08:06.586 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% decision to do the amputation, or was that, you know, left up 00:08:06.586 --> 00:08:09.656 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% to you having to make that parental choice? 00:08:09.656 --> 00:08:11.658 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jameson: Yeah, there's something in the book we write that's 00:08:11.658 --> 00:08:17.564 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% probably an an oddly-comforting thing as you read it, but we-- 00:08:17.564 --> 00:08:20.700 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I'm in the lower Keys still with my three youngest, because they 00:08:20.700 --> 00:08:26.106 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% get airlifted, and bottom line, I get a call saying he's on the 00:08:26.106 --> 00:08:30.343 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% emergency operating table, and you know, we've come out to let 00:08:30.343 --> 00:08:34.881 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% you know we're gonna have to amputate, and I'm like, okay, 00:08:34.881 --> 00:08:37.317 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% well, hold on, you gotta wait till I get there, and like, 00:08:37.317 --> 00:08:39.486 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% well, Mr. Reeder, we're really not asking your permission, 00:08:39.486 --> 00:08:42.322 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% we're just kind of telling you we'll give you 5 minutes. 00:08:42.322 --> 00:08:47.026 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So immediately we called a few doctor friends, another two 00:08:47.026 --> 00:08:52.866 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% doctors in Fort Lauderdale who are surgeons, trauma surgeons, 00:08:52.866 --> 00:08:57.570 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and understand this world very well, and as we were explaining 00:08:57.570 --> 00:09:00.774 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% all the details and then even the doctors came in and began to 00:09:00.774 --> 00:09:05.044 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% give kind of the, you know, the doctor analysis, Dr. Daniel 00:09:05.044 --> 00:09:10.150 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Chan, said, "Jameson Sr., I can't imagine as a father, you 00:09:10.150 --> 00:09:12.719 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% know, what you're feeling like, but I want you to know you don't 00:09:12.719 --> 00:09:15.789 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% have to make this decision, the shark made it for you." 00:09:15.789 --> 00:09:19.659 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And in that moment with not being able to be there made me 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:24.531 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% realize, okay, this is what has to happen, and he wouldn't have 00:09:24.531 --> 00:09:28.468 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% survived a kind of a reconstitution. 00:09:28.468 --> 00:09:31.271 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% He would have had to cut them all over to get the material, 00:09:31.271 --> 00:09:34.908 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% you know, the tissue to build the leg. 00:09:34.908 --> 00:09:36.409 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% They would have said probably two months later they would have 00:09:36.409 --> 00:09:39.879 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% had to amputate even then, so that was crazy. 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:42.449 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: Yeah, no, that, that's hard for a parent, and again, 00:09:42.449 --> 00:09:46.052 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% that's why your foundation of faith really plays into it. 00:09:46.052 --> 00:09:49.689 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And that's why for anybody, if you're watching, you need to 00:09:49.689 --> 00:09:53.560 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% build that foundation now, because difficult times come, 00:09:53.560 --> 00:09:57.297 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% won't look like this, but difficulty is coming, and so I 00:09:57.297 --> 00:09:58.631 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% really think it's amazing. 00:09:58.631 --> 00:10:03.603 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Here's one question, though, I do have. 00:10:03.603 --> 00:10:07.073 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I don't think I'd go back in the water. 00:10:07.073 --> 00:10:10.510 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% That was not even a question for you guys. 00:10:10.510 --> 00:10:12.545 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Jameson: Man, what a moment. 00:10:12.545 --> 00:10:16.282 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% As a dad, I'm just leaving the hospital to go like pick up a 00:10:16.282 --> 00:10:18.885 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% toothbrush, realized I haven't brushed my teeth in three days. 00:10:18.885 --> 00:10:21.054 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% All of our stuff is scattered everywhere. 00:10:21.054 --> 00:10:25.425 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% We're just in the hospital taking care of our boy, and 00:10:25.425 --> 00:10:27.293 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% it's, you know, it's in the evening, I get a call from my 00:10:27.293 --> 00:10:30.029 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% dad, my parents are by his side, my wife's by his side, and I go, 00:10:30.029 --> 00:10:31.364 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% "Dad, is everything okay?" 00:10:31.364 --> 00:10:34.334 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And it's J.J. whispering on the phone like, hey bud, what are we 00:10:34.334 --> 00:10:35.702 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% whispering about? 00:10:35.702 --> 00:10:38.738 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% He goes, "I'm hiding under the sheets in the hospital bed. 00:10:38.738 --> 00:10:40.406 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% I don't want mom to hear me." 00:10:40.406 --> 00:10:42.742 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% And I go, "Okay, what's about to happen here?" 00:10:42.742 --> 00:10:45.545 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% And tell 'em what you asked Dad. 00:10:45.545 --> 00:10:48.581 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% J.J.: So I asked my dad, "Hey, Dad, will you take me back to 00:10:48.581 --> 00:10:53.987 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the same reef, same spot where I got attacked by the shark?" 00:10:53.987 --> 00:10:55.355 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Randy: Why? 00:10:55.355 --> 00:10:56.689 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% Jameson: And I'm like, yeah, why? 00:10:56.689 --> 00:10:58.057 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% I'm like, what are we talking about here? 00:10:58.057 --> 00:10:59.392 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Blynda: Every adult in the room, why? 00:10:59.392 --> 00:11:01.594 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Jameson: I know, I know, and in that moment he says that-- 00:11:01.594 --> 00:11:05.765 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% J.J.: So he said, "Sure, but why?" 00:11:05.765 --> 00:11:09.102 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I said, Because I don't want the shark attack or the hospital 00:11:09.102 --> 00:11:10.670 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% to be my greatest fear. 00:11:10.670 --> 00:11:12.005 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Blynda: Oh, wow. 00:11:12.005 --> 00:11:13.373 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Jameson: And he won me, right? 00:11:13.373 --> 00:11:17.277 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% As a dad, I'm like this is my boy. 00:11:17.277 --> 00:11:20.246 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And yet at the same time, how am I gonna tell my wife? 00:11:20.246 --> 00:11:21.614 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% And that's why he was whispering. 00:11:21.614 --> 00:11:22.982 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Randy: What about the doctors? 00:11:22.982 --> 00:11:24.317 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Could you even get back in the water? 00:11:24.317 --> 00:11:27.020 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jameson: So, we had to wait for the doctors to clear us, because 00:11:27.020 --> 00:11:29.088 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% his leg was just so raw. 00:11:29.088 --> 00:11:34.227 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And so we were--this was day four out of three. 00:11:34.227 --> 00:11:36.429 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Three weeks in the hospital, four surgeries, three weeks in 00:11:36.429 --> 00:11:38.064 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% the hospital, this was day four. 00:11:38.064 --> 00:11:40.466 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% He'd only had one of those four surgeries. 00:11:40.466 --> 00:11:42.335 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Blynda: Could this have been maybe the drugs talking 00:11:42.335 --> 00:11:44.304 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% a little? 00:11:44.304 --> 00:11:45.672 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% That's crazy. 00:11:45.672 --> 00:11:50.310 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jameson: I know, I know, it just feels so not real, and yet it's 00:11:50.310 --> 00:11:51.678 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% exactly what happened. 00:11:51.678 --> 00:11:55.114 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So we, ten weeks to the day later we returned to the reef. 00:11:55.114 --> 00:11:57.717 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% We we got clearance from the doctors, dove back in. 00:11:57.717 --> 00:12:00.954 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Before we dove in, we went out there on our boat, and I said. 00:12:00.954 --> 00:12:02.422 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% "All right, we returned to the reef. 00:12:02.422 --> 00:12:04.891 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% We don't have to dive in, but how are you feeling?" 00:12:04.891 --> 00:12:05.992 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% And he goes, "Dad, I'm scared." 00:12:05.992 --> 00:12:07.827 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I'm like, "It's okay, man. I am too." 00:12:07.827 --> 00:12:09.562 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% But what did you wanna do? 00:12:09.562 --> 00:12:12.498 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% J.J.: And I said, "No, Dad, I wanna go all the way." 00:12:12.498 --> 00:12:18.104 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So I jumped in, and for that split second while I was 00:12:18.104 --> 00:12:22.108 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% underwater, it was like a whole shark attack, like a flashback 00:12:22.108 --> 00:12:23.876 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% through the whole shark attack. 00:12:23.876 --> 00:12:27.747 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But then right after once I popped back up, I just heard my 00:12:27.747 --> 00:12:31.351 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% friends and my family, and we all just had a great time at 00:12:31.351 --> 00:12:32.685 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% the reef. 00:12:32.685 --> 00:12:34.954 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Randy: How long were you there? 00:12:34.954 --> 00:12:36.723 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Jameson: Several hours, and then we had to pull him out. 00:12:36.723 --> 00:12:38.424 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% He didn't wanna get out. 00:12:38.424 --> 00:12:40.026 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% He did not wanna get out, man. 00:12:40.026 --> 00:12:44.931 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And it was a powerful--it's like a moment of worship going 00:12:44.931 --> 00:12:46.733 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% back and reclaim what the Lord wants us. 00:12:46.733 --> 00:12:49.736 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I mean, in the early chapters of Genesis, the Lord tells us to be 00:12:49.736 --> 00:12:52.772 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% stewards of the birds of the air and the fish of the sea. 00:12:52.772 --> 00:12:55.008 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Well, how can you steward something you're afraid of? 00:12:55.008 --> 00:13:01.014 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so we just reclaimed that and just began to find joy that 00:13:01.014 --> 00:13:05.151 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% we always had had and wondering if we'd ever have it again, and 00:13:05.151 --> 00:13:07.120 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% the Lord gave it to us. 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:11.858 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And yet at the same time, we know that there are still the 00:13:11.858 --> 00:13:15.395 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% very real presence of sharks, and everyone's got a shark in 00:13:15.395 --> 00:13:19.298 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% their story, whether that's, you know, anxiety, depression, 00:13:19.298 --> 00:13:23.703 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% whatever that fear is, and we just felt like on that day it 00:13:23.703 --> 00:13:26.673 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% wasn't the size of the shark that mattered, it was the 00:13:26.673 --> 00:13:28.675 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% strength of the savior that counted. 00:13:28.675 --> 00:13:31.811 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And when the shark starts circling, the question we ask 00:13:31.811 --> 00:13:34.781 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% people is do you have a savior mighty to save? 00:13:34.781 --> 00:13:37.216 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Because they're coming, they're there, they're out there, and we 00:13:37.216 --> 00:13:40.820 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% have to be able to move forward by faith, and that's what 00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:42.155 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% we did. 00:13:42.155 --> 00:13:43.523 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% We were able to recognize the fear. 00:13:43.523 --> 00:13:46.259 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It wasn't the fear was diminished or minimized, it was 00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:47.794 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% really there. 00:13:47.794 --> 00:13:49.862 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Sharks can go anywhere. 00:13:49.862 --> 00:13:51.698 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Fortunately on that day we didn't see them, but as we've 00:13:51.698 --> 00:13:55.168 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% returned to the reef, we see them pretty much all the time, 00:13:55.168 --> 00:13:59.939 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% and this last trip we saw quite a few. 00:13:59.939 --> 00:14:03.876 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But that doesn't stop us, because we know that we're more 00:14:03.876 --> 00:14:07.146 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% than the conquerors, and we're not gonna be stupid, right? 00:14:07.146 --> 00:14:08.815 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% We're not gonna be careless, right? 00:14:08.815 --> 00:14:12.518 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We're we're gonna be very, very aware of our surroundings, but 00:14:12.518 --> 00:14:17.757 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% at the same time let's not stay on the boat in life. 00:14:17.757 --> 00:14:20.893 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Let's dive in, and let's move forward by faith, not letting 00:14:20.893 --> 00:14:22.228 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% fear control us. 00:14:22.228 --> 00:14:24.731 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Let's find the freedom that is ours in Christ. 00:14:24.731 --> 00:14:26.466 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Randy: So J.J., no fear? 00:14:26.466 --> 00:14:28.134 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% J.J.: No sir, no sir. 00:14:28.134 --> 00:14:30.603 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: But wisdom, you don't go out there throwing, you know, 00:14:30.603 --> 00:14:31.938 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% chum in the water. 00:14:31.938 --> 00:14:33.539 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Jameson: No, we don't hand feed sharks. 00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:36.309 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% We have a--we met a friend, Manny Puig, who is an 00:14:36.309 --> 00:14:43.116 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% unbelievable, like waterman, and he's done some crazy things, and 00:14:43.116 --> 00:14:45.551 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% we've met him through this, and he's a strong believer now, and 00:14:45.551 --> 00:14:48.688 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% he's just said, "Man, you know, I don't know that I would ever 00:14:48.688 --> 00:14:50.890 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% be able to go back in the water, doing all the things that 00:14:50.890 --> 00:14:52.225 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% I've done." 00:14:52.225 --> 00:14:57.396 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so we've learned so much, yet at the same time we're still 00:14:57.396 --> 00:15:01.267 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% exploring, still learning, still finding kind of just that 00:15:01.267 --> 00:15:04.437 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% childlike faith and childlike wonder that Jesus calls us 00:15:04.437 --> 00:15:05.805 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% to have. 00:15:05.805 --> 00:15:07.140 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Blynda: And shouldn't we all have it? 00:15:07.140 --> 00:15:10.409 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I mean, I look at you and I think if you can at your age, 00:15:10.409 --> 00:15:16.182 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% ten at the time, face fear like that and really overcome it 00:15:16.182 --> 00:15:18.384 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% with faith it, can't I? 00:15:18.384 --> 00:15:20.520 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Is there anything in my life that's too big 00:15:20.520 --> 00:15:24.357 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that I can't hand over to the Lord and just say, okay, I 00:15:24.357 --> 00:15:25.992 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% don't wanna hold on to fear anymore? 00:15:25.992 --> 00:15:29.362 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I just feel like if that's you right now, if you're watching, 00:15:29.362 --> 00:15:33.699 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and you're like I'm so gripped by fear, today is the day you 00:15:33.699 --> 00:15:36.402 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% don't have to hold on to fear anymore. 00:15:36.402 --> 00:15:40.606 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% What overcomes fear is faith, and I've always said this, 00:15:40.606 --> 00:15:44.243 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy, that when my son would come, and he would bring all of 00:15:44.243 --> 00:15:47.580 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% his kids, all of his friends from high school, and they'd all 00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:49.849 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% want me to feed them, because I was the house that would feed 00:15:49.849 --> 00:15:52.151 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% everybody, so they'd all come, and I would always say, well, 00:15:52.151 --> 00:15:54.120 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% they come to the house where they're fed. 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:56.989 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You know, in a lot of ways fear and faith are the same thing. 00:15:56.989 --> 00:15:59.325 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% The thing that you feed will grow, you know? 00:15:59.325 --> 00:16:01.894 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so we have to remember we have to feed our faith through 00:16:01.894 --> 00:16:06.465 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the word of God, that you, the foundation, but if we don't feed 00:16:06.465 --> 00:16:08.434 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% our faith, fear can grow. 00:16:08.434 --> 00:16:10.002 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% But I'm so proud of you. 00:16:10.002 --> 00:16:11.337 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% J.J.: Thank you so much. 00:16:11.337 --> 00:16:13.105 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Randy: Yeah, so what do you say? 00:16:13.105 --> 00:16:18.110 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Because you're getting a lot of unique opportunities, whether 00:16:18.110 --> 00:16:22.849 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% it's a secular television show or working with other amputees, 00:16:22.849 --> 00:16:27.086 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you know, people that have been through difficult times, what-- 00:16:27.086 --> 00:16:29.188 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% two-part question for you. 00:16:29.188 --> 00:16:31.824 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% What do you think about the platform that God has given you 00:16:31.824 --> 00:16:34.026 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% as a family, as a minister? 00:16:34.026 --> 00:16:38.497 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But also what do you say to people who are stuck in the why 00:16:38.497 --> 00:16:44.403 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and the how do I go through this and how do I deal with the fear? 00:16:44.403 --> 00:16:45.738 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% What do you do with those? 00:16:45.738 --> 00:16:48.774 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Jameson: I love and struggle with that question, because I 00:16:48.774 --> 00:16:56.249 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% know it's the right question, and yet sometimes it changes the 00:16:56.249 --> 00:16:59.785 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% way that I deliver that when I'm looking at somebody's eyes, 00:16:59.785 --> 00:17:04.023 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% because, you know, where they are in the depths and in the 00:17:04.023 --> 00:17:06.492 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% throes of that fear really matters. 00:17:06.492 --> 00:17:10.496 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I don't ever wanna just be like preachy and just kind of like 00:17:10.496 --> 00:17:13.366 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% here's just a pat answer, because everyone's going through 00:17:13.366 --> 00:17:18.404 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% something deeply personal, deeply wounded, and so--but 00:17:18.404 --> 00:17:22.241 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% what we always believe is that there's 8 billion people who 00:17:22.241 --> 00:17:25.011 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% have one thing in common on the planet, and that's hurt. 00:17:25.011 --> 00:17:27.647 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% It's the human experience to hurt. 00:17:27.647 --> 00:17:31.817 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Out of that hurt, we all desperately search for help. 00:17:31.817 --> 00:17:35.121 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% But what often is found is what we call the hype cycle. 00:17:35.121 --> 00:17:38.524 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% The world gives us this version of do more, try harder, do more, 00:17:38.524 --> 00:17:41.427 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% try harder, but Jesus says here's the hope and healing. 00:17:41.427 --> 00:17:45.531 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% "Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give 00:17:45.531 --> 00:17:46.999 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% you rest." 00:17:46.999 --> 00:17:48.834 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And I know that was true for us in that moment. 00:17:48.834 --> 00:17:52.238 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We just needed the Lord to just put his arms around us as 00:17:52.238 --> 00:17:58.377 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% parents, as a whole family, and just hold us until we can learn 00:17:58.377 --> 00:17:59.745 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% to walk again. 00:17:59.745 --> 00:18:03.816 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I mean that quite literally as he learned to walk again, as 00:18:03.816 --> 00:18:09.021 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I learned to be a dad of an amputee, of a young man that 00:18:09.021 --> 00:18:12.224 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% said I'm not not gonna let things hold me back, I'm gonna 00:18:12.224 --> 00:18:13.592 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% move forward by faith. 00:18:13.592 --> 00:18:16.662 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Dad, I need you to walk and run with me when I'm ready. 00:18:16.662 --> 00:18:22.835 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so we know that this book that mom and I wrote that you 00:18:22.835 --> 00:18:26.739 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% are all in, and it's all about you, it's all about the Lord, 00:18:26.739 --> 00:18:29.542 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% but what do you say, Jameson Jr., what do you say to people 00:18:29.542 --> 00:18:33.412 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% when we say you gotta face your fear? 00:18:33.412 --> 00:18:35.181 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% How do you tell them that? 00:18:35.181 --> 00:18:38.184 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% J.J.: I say if I can face my fear and return back 00:18:38.184 --> 00:18:42.288 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% to the reef, then you can find a way and face your fear too. 00:18:42.288 --> 00:18:43.656 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Blynda: It's beautiful. 00:18:43.656 --> 00:18:47.360 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Jameson: And we know this platform is a privilege, and we 00:18:47.360 --> 00:18:52.331 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% just want to steward the story, and we believe that everyone is 00:18:52.331 --> 00:18:57.036 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% hurting, as we already said, but your story, wherever you are, 00:18:57.036 --> 00:18:59.972 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% wherever the people are listening, you have people near 00:18:59.972 --> 00:19:04.010 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% you that need to hear your story, and Satan wants you to 00:19:04.010 --> 00:19:06.946 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% believe the keep it private trap, we call it in the back of 00:19:06.946 --> 00:19:08.314 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% the book. 00:19:08.314 --> 00:19:11.283 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% We write a section called "Stewards of the Story," and 00:19:11.283 --> 00:19:14.653 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% everyone that's working through their story, maybe it's not even 00:19:14.653 --> 00:19:16.956 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% through, but you're still in the middle of it, as you mentioned 00:19:16.956 --> 00:19:19.625 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you're either coming out of a storm in a storm or about to go 00:19:19.625 --> 00:19:25.131 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% into one, and in that moment the Lord is with you, and when you 00:19:25.131 --> 00:19:30.036 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% move from a private story to a personal story to a public 00:19:30.036 --> 00:19:33.172 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% story, that's where the power is. 00:19:33.172 --> 00:19:37.510 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Because the truth, when Jesus is greater than your sharks, when 00:19:37.510 --> 00:19:42.014 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the savior's mighty to save, and you begin to speak that, it just 00:19:42.014 --> 00:19:45.017 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% sets people free, and that's what people need today. 00:19:45.017 --> 00:19:48.120 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% They need to be set free, and I believe that the Lord is doing 00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:51.323 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% something in these days that when the people of God bring 00:19:51.323 --> 00:19:55.594 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% words and go public with their faith, it begins to change the 00:19:55.594 --> 00:19:59.565 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% immediate world around them, and then net that across the country 00:19:59.565 --> 00:20:01.901 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% and the world, and we begin to see the Lord do 00:20:01.901 --> 00:20:03.536 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% something miraculous. 00:20:03.536 --> 00:20:04.870 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Randy: Great, I love the power of story. 00:20:04.870 --> 00:20:07.640 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% I thank you for sharing your story so boldly. 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:11.410 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I think though you are a man of faith, that watching your son go 00:20:11.410 --> 00:20:14.213 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% through this has really encouraged your faith. 00:20:14.213 --> 00:20:15.781 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Jameson: It has. 00:20:15.781 --> 00:20:17.316 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Randy: And that's a beautiful thing to see. 00:20:17.316 --> 00:20:19.018 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Jameson: It deeply has. Randy: Yeah, I love it. 00:20:19.018 --> 00:20:20.686 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Okay, listen, there's some people out there right now who 00:20:20.686 --> 00:20:22.254 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% need some encouragement. 00:20:22.254 --> 00:20:25.391 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% They're going through their difficult time, and they need 00:20:25.391 --> 00:20:29.395 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% someone to reach out and rescue them, and we know Jesus is the 00:20:29.395 --> 00:20:32.798 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% ultimate savior, but God has a pattern of partnering with 00:20:32.798 --> 00:20:34.500 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% his people. 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:38.270 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% This is the opportunity for you to partner with God in 00:20:38.270 --> 00:20:40.506 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% alleviating some suffering. 00:20:40.506 --> 00:20:42.508 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Watch this, and you'll see how. 00:20:46.378 --> 00:20:49.849 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% announcer: For some children, life begins in the shadows with 00:20:49.849 --> 00:20:53.119 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% challenges most people will never have to face. 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:57.456 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% Born with physical disabilities, their days are filled with pain, 00:20:57.456 --> 00:21:02.161 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% limitation, and silence, not because they lack courage, it's 00:21:02.161 --> 00:21:05.331 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% because their body stands in the way of their dreams. 00:21:05.331 --> 00:21:07.867 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% But suffering does not always have to be the end of 00:21:07.867 --> 00:21:09.235 align:start line:85% position:50% size:31% their story. 00:21:09.235 --> 00:21:12.638 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% Life Outreach's medical mission partners provide hope in the 00:21:12.638 --> 00:21:14.640 align:start line:85% position:45% size:73% form of corrective surgeries. 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:18.377 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% Skilled hands of surgeons reconstruct twisted limbs, 00:21:18.377 --> 00:21:21.447 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% allowing a child to walk normally for the first time in 00:21:21.447 --> 00:21:22.781 align:start line:85% position:48% size:28% their life. 00:21:22.781 --> 00:21:26.619 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% A repaired cleft lip or cleft palate restores a smile that 00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.953 align:start line:85% position:50% size:35% never existed. 00:21:27.953 --> 00:21:31.490 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% Prayer and a caring, Christ-centered staff is 00:21:31.490 --> 00:21:33.959 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% important to these children's well-being and their 00:21:33.959 --> 00:21:35.895 align:start line:85% position:47% size:53% physical restoration. 00:21:35.895 --> 00:21:37.897 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% male: So, let's pray. 00:21:38.330 --> 00:21:40.332 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:21:52.878 --> 00:21:56.182 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% announcer: This is what it looks like when God uses willing hands 00:21:56.182 --> 00:21:59.552 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% to bring healing, restoration, and hope. 00:21:59.552 --> 00:22:02.454 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% And for the countless numbers of children still waiting for 00:22:02.454 --> 00:22:06.225 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% corrective surgery, it will take willing, compassionate people to 00:22:06.225 --> 00:22:08.227 align:start line:85% position:45% size:73% support this medical mission. 00:22:08.227 --> 00:22:11.864 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% Be a part of restoring and renewing hope for precious 00:22:11.864 --> 00:22:13.232 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% children like these. 00:22:17.102 --> 00:22:18.470 align:start line:85% position:50% size:75% Randy: Ah, look at that smile. 00:22:18.470 --> 00:22:20.239 align:start line:85% position:50% size:70% Don't you love those smiles? 00:22:20.239 --> 00:22:21.574 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% You know, they go-- 00:22:21.574 --> 00:22:22.942 align:start line:79% position:48% size:48% Blynda: The stories never get old. 00:22:22.942 --> 00:22:28.380 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% I know, you see an embarrassment in the deformity, if I can use 00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:30.216 align:start line:85% position:50% size:81% that word, to a smile, you know. 00:22:30.216 --> 00:22:34.019 align:start line:74% position:45% size:73% Blynda: I know, it's amazing to--the transformational, the 00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:37.890 align:start line:74% position:50% size:75% before/afters that you see, the insecurity that turns into 00:22:37.890 --> 00:22:39.858 align:start line:85% position:47% size:53% confidence, you know? 00:22:39.858 --> 00:22:43.696 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% The maybe despair that turns into joy and hope, it's just so 00:22:43.696 --> 00:22:47.199 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% beautiful to see, and these are people who have been affected by 00:22:47.199 --> 00:22:51.937 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% the generous giving of our--of the people watching, but also 00:22:51.937 --> 00:22:53.372 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% we're in such need. 00:22:53.372 --> 00:22:57.176 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% Like, the need is now greater than what we have. 00:22:57.176 --> 00:22:58.844 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% Randy: You know, there's an interesting thing in a lot of 00:22:58.844 --> 00:23:01.313 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% those cultures in Africa, a lot of them are very superstitious, 00:23:01.313 --> 00:23:05.818 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% they have different non-biblical beliefs, and one of them is that 00:23:05.818 --> 00:23:09.021 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% those children who have the bowed legs or maybe the cleft 00:23:09.021 --> 00:23:13.058 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% lip or whatever it is, that they are cursed. 00:23:13.058 --> 00:23:15.594 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% And you know what we say, the before and after? 00:23:15.594 --> 00:23:21.333 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% We say, no, you are blessed, and that's only because of Christ, 00:23:21.333 --> 00:23:25.971 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% and we preach in a gentle and appropriate way to everyone who 00:23:25.971 --> 00:23:28.540 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% comes through there--we just love them in Jesus's name. 00:23:28.540 --> 00:23:31.610 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% And you know what it costs them to have these surgeries that 00:23:31.610 --> 00:23:32.978 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% they can't afford? 00:23:32.978 --> 00:23:35.347 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% Costs them nothing, you know why? 00:23:35.347 --> 00:23:37.583 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Because of people just like you. 00:23:37.583 --> 00:23:41.053 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Right now we have the opportunity to have more before 00:23:41.053 --> 00:23:43.822 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% and after stories, to create more smiles, to have more 00:23:43.822 --> 00:23:49.862 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% children going from that limp to a run if you will participate. 00:23:49.862 --> 00:23:55.134 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% It costs $600,000 to renovate and to expand that facility 00:23:55.134 --> 00:23:58.937 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% right there, because there's a long, long waiting list. 00:23:58.937 --> 00:24:02.441 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Children come from all over, not just Zimbabwe, but many 00:24:02.441 --> 00:24:05.778 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% countries around there, they need help. 00:24:05.778 --> 00:24:07.846 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And our doctors are dedicated. 00:24:07.846 --> 00:24:10.716 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% They are doing as much as they can. 00:24:10.716 --> 00:24:15.521 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Our mission partners on the ground are just the best. 00:24:15.521 --> 00:24:19.391 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% They need us to come alongside them, not literally to go live 00:24:19.391 --> 00:24:22.961 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% in Zimbabwe, though, you know, if God's calling you, go. 00:24:22.961 --> 00:24:25.464 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% They just need us to support them by expanding the 00:24:25.464 --> 00:24:30.102 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% facilities, by offering more surgeries at no cost, and that's 00:24:30.102 --> 00:24:32.137 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% why we're coming to you today. 00:24:32.137 --> 00:24:34.440 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% This is a what we call a one-time project. 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:36.475 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% It's not like the ongoing things with Mission Feeding. 00:24:36.475 --> 00:24:38.110 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% This is a one-time thing. 00:24:38.110 --> 00:24:46.485 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Can you jump in and give 126, 1,026, maybe 100,000, whatever 00:24:46.485 --> 00:24:50.089 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% God has enabled you to do, whatever he's put in your hands, 00:24:50.089 --> 00:24:54.059 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% are you willing to give that back and say yes, I wanna 00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:58.297 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% support those people in the field, I wanna share God's love 00:24:58.297 --> 00:25:01.900 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% and life with people who need to hear the gospel and to 00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:03.602 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% experience it? 00:25:03.602 --> 00:25:06.972 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% I believe we can do it, but I know we can only do it with your 00:25:06.972 --> 00:25:11.043 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% help, so I would invite you into this wonderful work, this 00:25:11.043 --> 00:25:13.946 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% wonderful expression of God's love. 00:25:13.946 --> 00:25:17.950 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Go online, go to the phone, I say make the best gift you can, 00:25:17.950 --> 00:25:20.986 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% but you know, the best gift is the one made out of a cheerful 00:25:20.986 --> 00:25:23.222 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% heart and out of obedience. 00:25:23.222 --> 00:25:25.224 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% If that's you, join us. 00:25:26.725 --> 00:25:29.061 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% announcer: Many children in Africa are born with severe 00:25:29.061 --> 00:25:31.964 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% deformities or suffer life-altering injuries, 00:25:31.964 --> 00:25:35.401 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% conditions like club feet, windswept legs, and untreated 00:25:35.401 --> 00:25:38.837 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% fractures force them to live in pain because help is out 00:25:38.837 --> 00:25:40.205 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of reach. 00:25:40.205 --> 00:25:42.408 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% But you can offer healing today. 00:25:42.408 --> 00:25:46.278 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Our mission partner in Zimbabwe 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