>> today on christian world news digging up history, archaeologist beeve this is the sitof the first protestant church in america and the place where the legendary pocahotas was married. plus the chalnges and joys of adoption. one family's experience of taking 5 orphan children into their home. and this christian couple was forced to close hotel over a politically correct lawsuit. now they are turning their set back into a blessing for others. welcome to chstian world news. i am wendy griffith. heerl in the u.s. archaeologist

in jamestown, virginiabelieve they have made a major discovery. they e digging up what appes to be the original church built back in 160 pocahontas was married and as mark martin shows us, it is powerful evidence of christian's heritage. >> if you kill him, you'll have to kill me, too. >> daughter, stand back!>> i won't!>>pocahtas is legendary best known for saving the life of john ith. smith claimed the daughter came to s rescue after he had been takenprisoner by his father's men. she would later marry john roth. the virginia colony first successful tobacco antar.

nearly 400 years after the historic wedding. where we are standing right now, this is where pocahontas and john roth would have gotten married? >> ll kelso is 99 percent sure he and his team have discovered the 08 church at james fort. he describes the find as a goose bump-moment. >> this was supposed to be lost to erosion. no one could find it. i came out here 18 years ago. i want to give this a shot in this area. sure enoughthe whole fort has been found, all the buildings. now the church -->> colleague danny schmidt. >> things are looking good. we have excavated most of the forts. we can rule out all the other structures we have sn.

this so far matching up precisely with the dimensions they said itould. >> secretary of the jamestown colony reported the dimensions. >> we can look and see how it matches up to the empirical evidenc. >> walls and roof gone. this year archaeologists uncovered deep post holes that supported the church. kelso believes the columns would have been 2 stories high. at the dig site the post holes are marked by purple holes. >> it is very, very deep. >> holes are 12 feet apar matching a 16/10 description of the church >> this would be the supportof the superstructure of a very large building which would have a cathedral ceing. >> very off the charts. >> other evidence found several

graves, the churches chancer. prominent anglicans were buried. >> one there, one over here. >> archologist digging near the center of the fort, is map which was presented to the king of spain in 1608. you can see an x, or per happen as cross where scholarbelieve it marks the church. historians and archaeologists believe it showed the importance of christianity to the settlers and long trip was not just about riches. >> dictions from the virginia company, youcan find gold, silver, do all these thing tha is we want to make money with. if you forget about religion, this is all going to be for not. >> 1608 church important to the coloists for many reasons including aying a key part in the very surval of jamestown. here in june of 1610,

virginia's firsgovernor, sir thomas west addressed the colonist to motivate them to not abandon the fort. >> it would have been anothe lost colony. >> they forged ahead with the church at the heart of the fort. >> what we take away from these stories is our birthplace, our nation, our story. >> the 1608 church lasted about 10 years. in 1617, governor samuel called for a new church and still greets visitors today. another testimony that christianity served not only as a foundation of america, but continued to thrive in a harsh new world of uncertainty. mark martin cbn news jamestown, virginia. thanksgiving is a perfect time of year to reflect on our blessings and things that made

america great. here is author jackie gingrich curbman. it contains 25 documents and speeches jackie says every american should own. why did you choose these particular documents? >> some of them were very easy to choose, for instance, the declaration of independence and constitution you have to have those documents in any book about our untry. to me they have one thing in common, they give us a glimpse in how our national character has been forged over time. >> some of them didn't make a splash at the time such as the gettiesberg address. >> lincoln was invited very close the time of the speech lincoln got up to deliver h short address. by the time he finished the

photographer wasn't le to get a photograph. >> jackie, how are these speeches relevant tay? what n we learn from them? >> i like this think of them as our national stories, religious freedoms, pilgrams, stories about perseverance and hard work and give us visibility and martin luther king's speech he wants people to be judged on their character, not theirskin collar. it is important that we understand are different from other countries, we have a declaration of independce. it is very different to understand we are people who understand how important god is, that god has given us these rights and we have to loan them

to the government. that is a lot of responsibility because when the governnt oversteps, it is our job to stepback in and grab that power back to the government and remind them. >> all right the essential american patriot resource, thank you look forward to this book. up next, meet the family that had 2 biological children and 2 adopted children and what happened when they decided to take in 3 more

>> november is national adoption month. in america 3 out of every 5 families are touched by adoption "700 club" co host, terry meeuwsen knows becae she is one of them. >> adoption is so dear to me.

my husband andy and i had 2 bilogical ildren then we adopted 2 children. i thought our family was complete until god stirred my heart. a couple told me about 3 sisters they met in a ukrainian orphanage. the couple was approved to adopt the 2 younger children. so the older sist offered to stay behind. what type of child is willing to make such a sacrife? i couldn't get it out of my thought. i prayed god bring a family to adopt those girls. little did i know it would be my own. the willingness to embrace another adoption didn'thappen overnight. i already had 4 children. i imagined the chaos of 7. andy and i clearly felt god calling us to become parents to these 3 little girls. i was looking for someone who

would say terry, are you insane? this is adopting 3 girls at once. we should have been concentrating on sending our kids to college. instead we would be back to kids in grade schoo godi don't think i can do this. i just thought i am not big enough for this. this is a huge job. it is too important. if i blow this, are they suffering in the orphanage, yes. wow god. i dot know how to do this. i don'know how to be everything they probably need us to be and, and we are not perfect parents in any way. i felt like god chuckleand said, you are not going to do this, i am going to do thi you are just going to come with me. >> so with god's promise to help, we added 3 wonderful ukrainian girls to our family, sophia 9, zoya 11 and e lisa 12.

it is very fulfilling to know you have given a child a better life, christn heritage and a chance to know god. >> tey meeuwsen is with us now, not only has she adopted 5 children herselshe is also the directorof orphan's promise cbn's outreach to orphans and vulnerable children around the world. tell us about these children and the struggles they fa. >> most of them have been in institutios in their countries because something has happened, parents are died or addiction or desertion. they don't know at family is. one of the things we love to do is be able to have an input. it is hard to do this in governme facilities. we work with people that have

existing orphanages. we are in 52 countries in 5-year time. we see the incredible opportunity to make a difference thugh education and spiritually in the lives of children. love covers a multitude of sins. it makes an impact on them. >> earlier, you said that we think thatthere is a lot of kids being adopted. really it is only 1 percent of all the orphans out there. >> this year 146 million orphans in the world and about 1 percent of the children are adopteinto families. that isone of the reasons orphan's prome exists, we looked at the other 99 percent, what happens to them? we are establhing training center, undergurding micro enterprise opportunities, acadic opportunities for these children, safe living environments for them and some

instancefood is a part of what they get. always the message, they are the children of god and they have purpose and meaning. >> among other things, true religion taking care of the orphans. >> exactly. >> what challenges might pares face. you have adopted 5, 3 beautiful girls from the ukraine and 2 boys? >> one of the things that happens, especially with people adopting older children, i consider any child not an infant an older child, we expect they are going to come with grateful hearts and we are going to get our life back. [laughter] i think you have to know these children come with abandonment issues, rejection issues, they have been wounded, sometimes physically aswell as emotionally and psychologically. god wants to use us to be part of the healing process. you can't love that pain out of

them but love them through the process of healing. do you remember the story about a woman that adopted a young boy from russia and at 7 sent him back and said i can't handle him? i understod what she was going through. resources once you adopt a child are pretty im. you are finding more and more opportunitys to get traing and background and understanding. you are not adoptina child who even knows what family is. how are you going to have them easily becoe a part of their family, it is a process. >> what advise, terry, would you give to couples considering international adopti. >> i would say hear from god. it is wonderful to have a heart for children. you need to know what you are getting into and the challenges and hear from other parents. don't be afrai if god is calling you to it,

he'll give you what yoneed to be equipt. be sure god sg calling you into that. >> good advise. thank you for whatyou are doing for orphan's promise. we appreciate it. comi up, how this couple took a set back and turned it into a blessingto their community.

>> earlier this yearwe brought you a story of a couple that lost their hotel, accused of making comments against islam. they are use ugh their building to pride valuable -->> a christian couple that lost their buildingafter tried

have launched a new non profit business to provide valuable services to their communy. >> just over a year ago were horrifid when they were taken to court over a hate crime over a muslim guest complain she was offended the couple made about her religion. >> the court dismissed the case and the main client stopped referring guests and forced ben and sharon to shut down their hotel. >> our business is destroyed. we have been trying to keep going. up until this september, we knew we had to call it a day and stopbuilding up more and more debt, you know. we have lost 10 years of livelihood and 10 years of our future. we would have been happy to

carry on and provide the service for 10 years. >> however they used their building to bless their community by relaunching the site as a community center providing rehabilitation for ex-soldiers, severe elderl, life skills courses and much more. >> we really believe we are going to be able to benefit the community and create jobs for people in lots of different areas. now we are starting with what we got, what we can do. by faith we haven't got any funding at all. we are working on it. they are glad they are able to turn itover to help other >> it is a fantastic

opportunity to provide. it isn't like there is whatsoever in tharea. >> i think the lord is saying help them. i think they are going to come up stronger thn other. >> they are also greatful for the opportunity to serve their community. >> we kept confessing something good was going to come out of all of this. we didn't realize how good it would be and when this whole thing takes off. then it is going to be tremendous beuse so many people are going to be blessed and so many needs are going to be met now. >> as they step out into the new advente, all things working together as good will serve as a testimony who is set to benefit from the services for many years to come. peter wooding for cbn news, liverpool,ngland. >> be sure to check out our

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>> the public display of scriptures in u.s. has sparked debate and legal battls. but in jerusalem, eventhe zoo has a biblical theme. julie stalhas the story. >> reporter: did you know monkeys were among the treases brought to king soloman? the biblical zoo. some 70000 visitors a year also learn there is more to animal life in israel than camels and sheep. >> we want to enjoy the beautiful zoo. we came to see the animals, rielth.

right. >> this 60-acre biblical zoo, many native to israel. others extinct over the years, the zoo is bringing them back to their native land >> that includes animals fought by a young shepherd, david. the syrianbrown bear hasnt exited for more than 100 years. lions no longer prowl the hills of isel. at one time it was common place. >> we think they roamed the land of israel 800 years ago. the symbol of jerusalem and tribe of jah. >> althougelephants are not found in the bible, ivory is mentioned several times as a precious commodity. >> what do you like about a

giraffe? >> some jewish sage believe mountain sheep was a giraffe and job thought to be a hip pot mus. >> you can see them roaming freely, like the new bean eye becks, referred to -- ceremonial horns in the ancient jewish temple. other animals were totally extinct in israel. >> today thanks to a special breeding program, you can see them in many parts of israel in nature. >> there is a noah's ark biblical center preserving animal life.

>> it connects the biblical story to the actualthings we are ing here now. >> the biblical zoo is about more than animals. it is about coexistence in jerusalem. >> thisis one of the best places to spend the time with your children in the afternoon >> we want everybody to come and feel welcome in a place that has a common interest whichis the animal, which is nature, which is conservation. >> julie stall, cbn news, the biblical z, jerusalem. >> scinating. who new all the animals making a come back. that is our report, until next a come back. that is our report, until next week, ne time on... i n tell you, that out of 250 founding fathers there are zero heist in the group. chriians have been here from the beginning, they belong in the public square, ey always have.

this idea that rights come from god to the pele and then out to the vernment, is very critical. next time on...