pastor donte hickman joins me now. thank you for being with us.en you got there the next morning -- you were there that night. but when you saw it in the daylight, still smoldering, you and i met that day, there was still smoke coming up. what went through your mind when you saw that? >> i was devastated. it was a surreal moment for me. i couldn't believe that it all had come down to rubble and ashes. >> you've been working, for, what, six years to build that? >> actually, eight years, envisioning, seeking funding, seeking partners that would invest in it, acquiring the property, cutting through the red tape. and finally, we were seeing our vision come into fruition. >> and do you -- i mean, even the night it happened, you were on our broadcast, and you were talking about rebuilding. you were talking about even in the depths of did he say pare, you had not given up hope completing this. >> we had been overcoming obstacles all the way for this entire eight years. it started off as a concept in a small row house, and is morphed into a 4,000 square f

i'm joined by pastor donte hickman of baltimore's southern baptist church. so this has been a roller coaster of emotions and reality for you, pastor, losing your center and now being told you have a chance to rebuild it. >> absolutely, chris. we are excited about what we believe by faith would take place, that as we have sown in tears we would reap in joy. what was negative is being turned into a positive. we were already told by our developers and general contractors that we would be able to restart the building. we already had an architect in place. but to hear the news coming from hco just helps us to continue to further the development that we were doing down the street from the church, building 75 more affordable town homes in the community. >> i want to show you this tape for your benefit and the audience's right now, pastor hickman. here is that emotional of you on the local abc affiliate. >> you believe in miracles? >> i believe in miracles. i believe by faith. >> you want to experience one right now? >> absolutely. >> we're going take you live to in

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