1 00:00:18,977 --> 00:00:21,813 Before the baby box rings 2 00:00:23,607 --> 00:00:25,234 It's sort of like heaven. 3 00:00:25,984 --> 00:00:29,279 It just feels good and nice. 4 00:00:29,655 --> 00:00:32,074 The children here are together just having fun. 5 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:35,077 But when the baby box rings, 6 00:00:36,578 --> 00:00:42,125 it changes from a place where angels are walking around. 7 00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:49,591 the atmosphere of the house just changes abruptly. 8 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:53,553 Like a car accelerating out of nowhere. 9 00:00:53,553 --> 00:00:56,181 It's horrifying. 10 00:00:56,181 --> 00:00:56,932 So 11 00:00:58,267 --> 00:01:01,395 at that very moment, it becomes a war. 12 00:01:02,980 --> 00:01:05,482 A war in heaven. 13 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:41,852 Lord, thank you. 14 00:01:49,192 --> 00:01:51,028 Oh my goodness, she's so beautiful! 15 00:01:51,486 --> 00:01:53,113 She's not a down syndrome baby, is she? 16 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:54,573 No, no she isn't. 17 00:01:58,744 --> 00:02:00,078 Dad, who is it? 18 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:02,706 Dad, who is it?!? 19 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:03,623 Dad! 20 00:02:04,041 --> 00:02:05,792 Isn't there a letter? 21 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:07,127 There isn't a letter of anything! 22 00:02:09,379 --> 00:02:14,634 Why don't you go to the front and see if there is a bag at least. 23 00:02:21,558 --> 00:02:24,227 Is it a baby, dad? 24 00:02:44,206 --> 00:02:46,166 It's a sad fact. 25 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:51,630 Hundreds of babies are abandoned on the Streets of Seoul, South Korea, every year. 26 00:02:51,630 --> 00:02:53,423 Many of them do not survive. 27 00:02:53,423 --> 00:02:55,258 There is a thing called "the baby box." 28 00:02:55,258 --> 00:02:57,761 If you're going to throw away your newborn baby, 29 00:02:57,761 --> 00:03:02,599 a church built a box so the baby won't die from the cold. 30 00:03:02,599 --> 00:03:05,769 There is a controversy forming around this "baby box." 31 00:03:09,856 --> 00:03:12,943 Many more babies are being discarded as soon as they're born. 32 00:03:12,943 --> 00:03:18,490 The number of abandoned children has doubled in the past two years. 33 00:03:21,576 --> 00:03:26,748 The mothers say they abandon the babies because it's a hard life. And because of unwanted pregnancies. 34 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:33,547 This tragic loss of life moved a pastor to set up a way for saving unwanted babies. 35 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:05,662 This is 36 00:04:05,662 --> 00:04:08,832 where we found the body of the baby. 37 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:14,838 We found the baby wrapped in cloth. 38 00:05:36,461 --> 00:05:44,844 I am the pastor of Jusarang Community Church, Jong-rak Lee. Thank you. 39 00:05:49,599 --> 00:05:55,063 My hometown is Geochang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do. 40 00:05:55,063 --> 00:05:59,776 It's in the mountains, where the air is fresh and the water is clear. 41 00:05:59,776 --> 00:06:04,489 At the time, if you didn't starve, you were living in a wealthy family. 42 00:06:04,489 --> 00:06:07,200 I was brought up with love. 43 00:06:09,578 --> 00:06:15,166 I used to carry a guitar that I couldn't even really play. 44 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:18,461 When I played the guitar and sang, 45 00:06:18,461 --> 00:06:23,508 a lot of people would come and watch and sing with me. 46 00:06:24,175 --> 00:06:27,929 Since I was a decent singer and liked playing, 47 00:06:27,929 --> 00:06:29,055 how do I say this? 48 00:06:29,681 --> 00:06:31,725 Girls, 49 00:06:31,725 --> 00:06:33,351 they started following me. 50 00:06:33,977 --> 00:06:42,986 In a small town, the rumors of those relationships spread quickly. 51 00:06:43,278 --> 00:06:45,905 I was so embarrassed that I could not stay in town. 52 00:06:46,156 --> 00:06:51,578 So I decided to run away to Seoul. 53 00:06:53,747 --> 00:06:57,876 While I was working there, 54 00:06:57,876 --> 00:07:02,047 a relative told me he had this "good friend." 55 00:07:03,923 --> 00:07:06,927 We first met because 56 00:07:07,302 --> 00:07:12,057 my friend, his relative, introduced him to me. 57 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:15,143 Before he met me 58 00:07:15,685 --> 00:07:19,356 He was just skin and bones. 59 00:07:19,356 --> 00:07:23,109 So when I first saw him, because he was so skinny 60 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:26,321 I thought he wasn't my type. 61 00:07:26,321 --> 00:07:31,868 My brothers told me, "She doesn't look good," because she was short. 62 00:07:31,868 --> 00:07:35,830 "You two don't really match." 63 00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:44,798 So since I'm their younger brother, they wanted me to meet a better woman. 64 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:55,266 I told them, "It doesn't matter. I love her." 65 00:07:57,686 --> 00:08:05,276 I met him at 26 and married him at 27. 66 00:08:05,276 --> 00:08:15,245 This picture is from when Pastor Lee graduated from seminary. And we've been doing this work 67 00:08:15,620 --> 00:08:17,997 here for thirteen years. 68 00:08:17,997 --> 00:08:20,583 If you look at the pictures from 4 years ago 69 00:08:20,583 --> 00:08:22,669 and the ones now, 70 00:08:22,669 --> 00:08:24,379 so many things have changed. 71 00:08:24,379 --> 00:08:27,173 It must be because we are raising these children. 72 00:08:29,217 --> 00:08:31,845 Both of us have gotten so old. 73 00:08:32,137 --> 00:08:34,347 Pastor Lee looks like a grandpa. 74 00:08:34,806 --> 00:08:38,727 And I look like a shrunken grandma. 75 00:08:38,727 --> 00:08:42,856 So I keep asking Pastor Lee to groom himself. 76 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:44,733 And dye his grey hair. 77 00:08:44,733 --> 00:08:49,571 We're not trying to look younger for ourselves. But because of the children, 78 00:08:49,571 --> 00:08:51,406 we feel the need to be younger. 79 00:08:51,406 --> 00:08:55,952 So we tried it. I wanted him to lose 10 years. 80 00:09:03,918 --> 00:09:06,171 So for our children 81 00:09:06,171 --> 00:09:07,797 we still have a lot to do. 82 00:09:07,797 --> 00:09:11,217 And it's a long road ahead. 83 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:14,596 It's not like we can do this for a thousand years. 84 00:09:14,596 --> 00:09:16,264 But we'll do as much as we can. 85 00:09:18,558 --> 00:09:24,439 Today, Pastor Lee and his wife run a home church called Jusarang, or "God's Love" Community. 86 00:09:27,609 --> 00:09:33,490 Jusarang is known by many as Korea's home for the abandoned and disabled. 87 00:09:42,499 --> 00:09:45,960 Jusarang Community was founded because my son, 88 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:51,841 my son Eun-man was in the hospital for 14 years. 89 00:09:52,926 --> 00:09:58,181 And children who were abandoned at the hospital started to come to us. 90 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:03,853 That's when the children started coming. 91 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:11,444 When Eun-man was finally discharged after 14 years, Pastor Lee and his wife had adopted 4 more children with disabilities. 92 00:10:13,238 --> 00:10:19,828 But soon after settling down, people began bringing babies right to their door. 93 00:10:20,411 --> 00:10:25,834 Visual: YOUNG RAN JEONG 94 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:31,548 Hanna lived six years, and went to heaven. 95 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:36,010 She was born with a disability. 96 00:10:36,010 --> 00:10:40,473 Because her mother consumed drugs while having her. 97 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:44,060 And it was more serious because she was a minor. 98 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:50,233 The mother, the mother of Hanna was in middle school. 99 00:10:50,233 --> 00:10:54,487 The grandfather brought Hanna to Jusarang. 100 00:10:59,909 --> 00:11:04,914 Hanna had first degree encephalopathy (brain disease). 101 00:11:04,914 --> 00:11:07,792 And she had to breathe through her neck. 102 00:11:11,254 --> 00:11:12,839 It took her 2 hours for a meal. 103 00:11:13,172 --> 00:11:16,342 Because she had to eat through her nose. 104 00:11:16,718 --> 00:11:20,513 Pastor Lee and his wife went through a lot of trouble taking care of Hanna. 105 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:24,559 However, they were heartbroken when she went to heaven. 106 00:11:34,444 --> 00:11:37,572 Hanna lived a beautiful life and left us. 107 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:40,074 Because of Hanna, 108 00:11:40,783 --> 00:11:43,161 many felt peace in their hearts. 109 00:11:43,161 --> 00:11:46,414 And there were people who thought 110 00:11:46,414 --> 00:11:49,375 "There is a child living like this. I should not live my life so carelessly." 111 00:11:49,792 --> 00:11:55,423 When we look at the photo, we often say, "Hanna, let's meet in heaven." 112 00:11:55,673 --> 00:11:59,510 And outside there is a tree dedicated to Hanna. 113 00:11:59,510 --> 00:12:03,973 We always think of her when we see this tree. 114 00:12:12,607 --> 00:12:17,820 So one morning the child just stopped breathing. 115 00:12:20,198 --> 00:12:23,534 "Pastor! Pastor!" "There's something wrong with Hanna." 116 00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:29,248 So when I went to check, she had already passed away. 117 00:12:29,248 --> 00:12:37,507 I cried out loudly. "God, if this happens again I really don't want to do this job. 118 00:12:38,508 --> 00:12:39,092 God? 119 00:12:40,218 --> 00:12:42,595 Can you please make her live again?" 120 00:12:44,389 --> 00:12:49,644 I frantically tried CPR and called the ambulance. 121 00:12:49,644 --> 00:12:52,438 But she didn't come back. 122 00:12:56,192 --> 00:13:00,613 So we buried her ashes here. Hanna is with us every day now. 123 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:03,825 As I sent her away, I made a commitment again. 124 00:13:03,825 --> 00:13:08,121 "God, I will die for these children." 125 00:13:08,746 --> 00:13:14,043 In 2007, I officially started working here as a missionary. 126 00:13:14,293 --> 00:13:18,798 After a couple of years, 2008 or 2009 127 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:22,176 Pastor Lee started noticing children being abandoned on the street. 128 00:13:23,761 --> 00:13:28,307 Not only were these children being abandoned, 129 00:13:28,683 --> 00:13:35,315 but they would die before anyone found them. 130 00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:38,943 At the time, to be honest, we didn't even think about having something like a "baby box." 131 00:13:39,569 --> 00:13:41,487 We just knew that we needed something. 132 00:13:41,487 --> 00:13:45,324 Then someone told us there is a "baby box" in the Czech Republic. 133 00:13:45,783 --> 00:13:47,493 Someone showed a video to us 134 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:51,706 While watching the video, we thought we could make something like it. 135 00:13:51,706 --> 00:13:54,542 In Europe, some 700 years ago 136 00:13:54,542 --> 00:13:57,378 impoverished mothers would sometimes abandon infants, 137 00:13:57,378 --> 00:13:59,172 and something called a "foundling wheel." 138 00:13:59,422 --> 00:14:03,885 It was a kind of revolving crib or an opening, a hatch in a church wall, 139 00:14:03,885 --> 00:14:07,638 behind which there were nuns and monks waiting to rescue the child. 140 00:14:07,638 --> 00:14:10,183 And in the Czech Republic it has been five years 141 00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:12,477 since a special facility was set up for women 142 00:14:12,477 --> 00:14:14,687 who give away their newborn children. 143 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:18,483 The so-called "baby box" has brought protest, though, from clergymen and even doctors. 144 00:14:18,483 --> 00:14:23,988 Basically they've created this door beside the E.R. service entrance. 145 00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:26,407 There's a bassinette there. 146 00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:31,204 And if a mother feels like she has no other choice but to leave or abandon her child, 147 00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:34,123 she has the ability to do that. 148 00:14:34,373 --> 00:14:35,416 And it's a hole in the wall. 149 00:14:35,416 --> 00:14:37,627 It's like a bread box with a sensor. 150 00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:44,050 This is a baby box installed in the wall of the maternity hospital of the southern Russian city of Sochi. 151 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:47,678 Over 100 babies are abandoned in Sochi every year, 152 00:14:47,678 --> 00:14:51,099 and three baby boxes have been installed across the city. 153 00:14:51,099 --> 00:14:55,895 When a hospital in Japan opened a so-called "baby hatch" where mothers can leave their unwanted newborns, 154 00:14:55,895 --> 00:15:00,399 it provoked a national debate about family values in this socially conservative country. 155 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:04,403 We tried to save the lives of those babies because we felt they were precious to God. 156 00:15:05,321 --> 00:15:10,701 We put the baby bin in the church wall in order to allow the mothers to be anonymous and 157 00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:13,788 so that they would stop dumping the babies where they had been dumping them 158 00:15:13,788 --> 00:15:15,331 and they would bring them to the church. 159 00:15:15,331 --> 00:15:17,917 A lot of people say that they will encourage 160 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:20,753 irresponsible parents to dump their kids. 161 00:15:21,003 --> 00:15:27,552 So at the end of the day, do baby boxes protect or harm babies? 162 00:15:28,636 --> 00:15:32,932 So in December of 2009, the baby box was installed. 163 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:38,604 After the story appeared in the news, a lot of people showed their support. 164 00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:42,400 The baby box gained attention and we were interviewed. 165 00:15:42,733 --> 00:15:44,443 On cable TV. 166 00:15:45,027 --> 00:15:49,198 The cable channel asked people if they knew about the baby box. 167 00:15:49,198 --> 00:15:51,492 But they never thought it was for saving babies. 168 00:15:52,201 --> 00:15:56,080 They thought it as "A box to collect baby clothes." 169 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:00,293 At the front gate of our Jusarang community 170 00:16:00,293 --> 00:16:02,670 before the baby box was made 171 00:16:02,670 --> 00:16:06,132 people would often abandon their kids in front of their doorway. 172 00:16:06,132 --> 00:16:09,260 If they can't afford to raise the baby, 173 00:16:10,178 --> 00:16:17,476 they leave the baby in front of someone else's house and run away. 174 00:16:17,476 --> 00:16:19,562 It's common practice. 175 00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:23,566 And on the streets 176 00:16:23,566 --> 00:16:25,735 We saw so many babies 177 00:16:25,735 --> 00:16:28,362 Abandoned under any condition. 178 00:16:28,362 --> 00:16:31,782 We were so heartbroken seeing them. 179 00:16:31,782 --> 00:16:35,077 And we thought to ourselves, "What's the best way to save these lives?" 180 00:16:35,077 --> 00:16:37,747 We thought about this for many years. 181 00:16:37,747 --> 00:16:42,335 That's why we made the baby box. 182 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,545 I had a realization. 183 00:16:44,545 --> 00:16:46,881 If I don't do something to protect these children 184 00:16:47,256 --> 00:16:50,927 I could be picking up 185 00:16:50,927 --> 00:16:52,887 Their dead bodies at my gate. 186 00:16:52,887 --> 00:16:57,516 The standard height of a newborn baby is 52cm. 187 00:16:57,516 --> 00:17:00,519 So Pastor Lee measured the box considering this fact. 188 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:02,897 And Pastor Lee is like.., 189 00:17:02,897 --> 00:17:03,940 MacGyver. 190 00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:04,982 He does everything well. 191 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:07,527 So the Pastor designed it. 192 00:17:10,404 --> 00:17:12,240 After I installed it, 193 00:17:13,491 --> 00:17:16,077 I didn't expect any babies to come in. 194 00:17:16,661 --> 00:17:21,958 I prayed, "God, please don't let any baby be abandoned in the world." 195 00:17:21,958 --> 00:17:27,088 Only if the child's life is being threatened. 196 00:17:27,088 --> 00:17:31,008 Or if the baby box is their last hope. 197 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:33,678 Then Jesus, open up the door for these children. 198 00:17:34,637 --> 00:17:37,306 When a baby is put in the baby box 199 00:17:38,808 --> 00:17:40,476 The box makes a sound. 200 00:17:40,977 --> 00:17:43,271 The bell goes, "Ding Dong. Ding Dong." 201 00:17:46,148 --> 00:17:49,652 During dawn, when it's quiet, 202 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:52,154 imagine hearing this sound. 203 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:59,829 Thump, thump, thump. With my heart beating fast, I run down. 204 00:17:59,829 --> 00:18:02,290 I take the baby out. 205 00:18:02,873 --> 00:18:07,795 "Thank you, God. For saving this child's life. 206 00:18:08,879 --> 00:18:13,217 Allow him to meet good parents, and allow him to live with you." 207 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:17,596 I pray like that and hug him in my arms. 208 00:18:19,890 --> 00:18:20,850 My heart drops. 209 00:18:22,059 --> 00:18:24,312 When I hear this sound, my heart just drops. 210 00:18:31,569 --> 00:18:35,197 So this is here to protect valuable lives. 211 00:18:36,699 --> 00:18:38,326 Take a look at how this works. 212 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:44,665 "For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in." (Psalm 27:10) 213 00:18:44,999 --> 00:18:50,671 So we installed the box with God's heart. 214 00:18:51,547 --> 00:18:55,259 God loves life more than the world. 215 00:18:55,885 --> 00:18:59,722 He sent life to earth for His glory. 216 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:16,822 Eun-hye's dad came to Seoul. 217 00:19:17,406 --> 00:19:19,992 She has down syndrome. 218 00:19:20,242 --> 00:19:23,496 Before they decided to bring her here, 219 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:27,750 her parents thought about abandoning her. 220 00:19:30,252 --> 00:19:33,631 When we sing praise during worship services, 221 00:19:34,382 --> 00:19:37,301 she goes out to the front and dances. 222 00:19:37,593 --> 00:19:40,513 She's full of grace. 223 00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:45,267 She lives a graceful life like her name. 224 00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:52,525 And there's Je-eun Lee. 225 00:19:55,486 --> 00:19:58,280 His name means "the Lord's grace." 226 00:19:59,782 --> 00:20:04,453 Next one is Nathan Lee. 227 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:08,082 I named him. 228 00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:11,627 He is visually impaired and has brain lesions. 229 00:20:11,627 --> 00:20:15,464 People call it "no-brain disease." 230 00:20:15,464 --> 00:20:18,968 He can't even swallow food easily. 231 00:20:19,468 --> 00:20:23,264 He wears diapers like a little kid. 232 00:20:23,264 --> 00:20:24,640 "Nathan" 233 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,101 He's a gift from above." 234 00:20:27,101 --> 00:20:29,562 That's what God told me. 235 00:20:29,562 --> 00:20:31,897 Next one is Sarang Lee. 236 00:20:32,273 --> 00:20:35,651 Sarang has scoliosis. 237 00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:39,739 She's healthy and cheerful and she's doing well now. 238 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:44,535 She doesn't have a specific dream yet. 239 00:20:44,535 --> 00:20:46,704 But she say she wants to be 240 00:20:46,954 --> 00:20:52,126 A doctor or nurse to treat sick people. 241 00:20:52,126 --> 00:20:55,838 She's very smart and pretty. 242 00:20:56,255 --> 00:21:00,593 On-ew was put in front of my gate. 243 00:21:00,968 --> 00:21:05,431 I didn't expect her to walk, but now she is able to walk. 244 00:21:07,141 --> 00:21:11,145 I believe she'll also be able to talk soon. 245 00:21:11,145 --> 00:21:13,355 Next one is Da-on. 246 00:21:13,814 --> 00:21:16,025 She was born as a premature baby. 247 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:23,073 Everyone who visits Jusarang says she is so beautiful. 248 00:21:27,536 --> 00:21:29,955 Next one is Pyong-gang. 249 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:31,332 When I ask him what he wants to be, he says, 250 00:21:31,332 --> 00:21:32,416 "I don't know. 251 00:21:32,416 --> 00:21:33,792 Maybe a soldier... 252 00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:35,878 or president 253 00:21:35,878 --> 00:21:38,047 or kindergarten teacher." 254 00:21:38,047 --> 00:21:40,966 He was born without a right hand. 255 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:45,805 Ga-ul came to the baby box in late fall. 256 00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:48,599 So I named her Ga-ul (Autumn). 257 00:21:48,891 --> 00:21:51,185 Fall is an abundant season. 258 00:21:51,185 --> 00:21:53,187 It is the season of joy. 259 00:21:53,187 --> 00:21:55,314 It's the season of blessing. 260 00:21:55,814 --> 00:22:00,486 Also, you know how beautiful fall foliage is. 261 00:22:01,195 --> 00:22:04,657 I wanted her to have a beautiful life. 262 00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:09,703 How long has you been volunteering? 263 00:22:10,621 --> 00:22:16,001 We started early last year, and it has been about a year. 264 00:22:16,710 --> 00:22:20,548 What do you think of the children? 265 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,219 At first, I pitied them. 266 00:22:25,219 --> 00:22:30,391 But now I look after them like a mom would. 267 00:22:32,101 --> 00:22:36,772 The Pastor takes the children and rears them like his own. 268 00:22:36,772 --> 00:22:40,609 As this was my first experience, 269 00:22:40,609 --> 00:22:42,903 I was very shocked when I first walked in. 270 00:22:43,279 --> 00:22:48,409 I couldn't even imagine this many babies would have been abandoned. 271 00:22:50,744 --> 00:22:52,413 My heart hurt a lot. 272 00:22:52,413 --> 00:23:01,547 [Music] We fall. We fight. We ?? be better. 273 00:23:01,547 --> 00:23:08,846 Oh Safe and well to other ties, 274 00:23:08,846 --> 00:23:17,980 'cause love is all that binds us here. Oh 275 00:23:46,342 --> 00:23:50,429 The sound is coming from inside of you. 276 00:23:53,849 --> 00:23:59,939 It's drowning out the past in our own hands. 277 00:24:00,189 --> 00:24:01,607 Where are we heading? 278 00:24:01,899 --> 00:24:03,233 Fish 279 00:24:03,233 --> 00:24:03,776 Fish? 280 00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:06,528 To seeto see fish. 281 00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:10,407 Poseidon's palace? 282 00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:13,285 We're going to the aquarium. 283 00:24:14,745 --> 00:24:15,704 Say hello to the camera. 284 00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:18,624 Nathan? 285 00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:24,588 Are you happy, Pyong-gang? 286 00:24:25,673 --> 00:24:28,592 I went to go see fish once. 287 00:24:28,592 --> 00:24:29,343 Ahyou did? 288 00:24:30,135 --> 00:24:31,178 With mom and dad. 289 00:24:36,141 --> 00:24:37,976 She's On-ew. On-ew Lee. 290 00:24:38,435 --> 00:24:41,647 She's why we made the baby box. 291 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:44,108 The drop box was made because of her. 292 00:24:44,441 --> 00:24:49,113 She was left in a box in front of our door when it was cold. 293 00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:52,074 And because that could be dangerous, Pastor Lee 294 00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:56,453 Thought that these lives could be saved in a safe place. 295 00:24:56,453 --> 00:24:58,914 That's why the drop box was made. 296 00:25:00,708 --> 00:25:06,213 On-ew! Show them. We made the baby box because of On-ew! 297 00:25:11,427 --> 00:25:17,224 So this girl managed to get connection with our Seoul counselor. 298 00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:19,309 She found us on the Internet. 299 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:21,979 She found our website, and 300 00:25:21,979 --> 00:25:26,942 she came very, very badly beaten 301 00:25:28,736 --> 00:25:32,281 just bruised-I mean she couldn't look at me in the eyes 302 00:25:32,281 --> 00:25:34,241 she was so she kept trying to cover her face because 303 00:25:34,241 --> 00:25:35,993 her face was just covered in bruises. 304 00:25:35,993 --> 00:25:38,245 And then she showed me also on her body 305 00:25:38,245 --> 00:25:42,958 all these scratches and bruises and red welts all over her body 306 00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:47,880 because she had been beaten by her father and her grandmother, 307 00:25:49,048 --> 00:25:50,883 and had made her way to us. 308 00:25:54,094 --> 00:25:55,721 I mean she was beaten up so badly 309 00:25:55,721 --> 00:25:58,474 that she couldn't see out of one eye 310 00:25:58,474 --> 00:26:01,935 from her relatives... 311 00:26:02,811 --> 00:26:05,564 pounding her head on the cement, she said. 312 00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,858 She really wants to keep her baby, 313 00:26:07,858 --> 00:26:12,696 but of course her family is really pushing her to give her baby up for adoption. 314 00:26:13,030 --> 00:26:14,740 They couldn't get her to abort the baby, 315 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:19,119 so they are now trying to force her to adopt out the baby. 316 00:26:20,287 --> 00:26:24,208 Her relatives, one of her relatives found out about the baby box 317 00:26:24,625 --> 00:26:29,755 and actually told her mother about the baby box. 318 00:26:29,755 --> 00:26:32,716 And so since that day, every single day, 319 00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:36,762 her family has been pressuring her 320 00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:39,890 and saying the adoption process is taking too long. 321 00:26:39,890 --> 00:26:42,601 Just go and dump him at the baby box and come home. 322 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:54,822 (Mom) 323 00:26:57,825 --> 00:27:00,452 They say before the drop box existed 324 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:02,788 this issue was not a public issue. 325 00:27:02,788 --> 00:27:06,959 But, there was no other similar attempt in our country 326 00:27:06,959 --> 00:27:13,799 And it is true the country was quiet about these things happening secretly. 327 00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:17,344 Even the mothers or parents who are capable of raising babies, 328 00:27:17,344 --> 00:27:19,930 if the child is disabled, 329 00:27:19,930 --> 00:27:21,557 they abandon them. 330 00:27:21,557 --> 00:27:24,893 The box could encourage abandonment. And the baby's human rights 331 00:27:24,893 --> 00:27:27,229 and lives would not be protected. 332 00:27:27,229 --> 00:27:28,814 In order to relieve pressure, 333 00:27:28,814 --> 00:27:31,149 he says he made a box in the wall. 334 00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:36,029 Because they don't put babies in unless they can be anonymous 335 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:43,829 The problem with the baby box is that the birthmothers leave the children without detailed records. 336 00:27:43,829 --> 00:27:50,502 One of the reasons given on the media is that because there is no trail or record 337 00:27:50,794 --> 00:27:52,629 of when that child was born, 338 00:27:53,797 --> 00:27:57,718 who the mother is, the birth mother, and when the child gets adopted, 339 00:27:57,718 --> 00:28:00,304 when he wants to seek that birth mother, 340 00:28:00,304 --> 00:28:02,180 there is no way to trace them. 341 00:28:02,931 --> 00:28:06,935 The reason why the babies are coming to the baby box through anonymity is that 342 00:28:07,311 --> 00:28:14,610 In Korea birth mothers are required by law to register their babies. 343 00:28:14,860 --> 00:28:20,824 Because of this fear, they try to hide their identity through the baby box. 344 00:28:20,824 --> 00:28:22,492 But what they do know is 345 00:28:23,118 --> 00:28:25,621 if I need to give my citizenship number, 346 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:31,335 if I go to an adoption agency, if I go somewhere to a hospital, 347 00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:34,796 I'll have to give my citizenship number, and if that happens, 348 00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:38,342 then somebody will find out. 349 00:28:38,342 --> 00:28:42,763 If there is an unwed birth before marriage, 350 00:28:42,763 --> 00:28:47,309 the society will view her as a promiscuous woman. 351 00:28:47,309 --> 00:28:49,811 They are an easy target in school. 352 00:28:49,811 --> 00:28:52,356 That's another thing. In Korea, still, 353 00:28:53,231 --> 00:28:57,027 regardless of the fact that the National Human Rights Commission 354 00:28:57,402 --> 00:29:01,073 told schools they can't do this, a lot of high schools will kick the girls out 355 00:29:01,073 --> 00:29:02,991 when they find out the girls are pregnant. 356 00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:05,827 So again, they really feel like they have no choice. 357 00:29:05,827 --> 00:29:10,040 It is really tremendously hard for the birth mother 358 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,168 to raise that child in the Korean society. 359 00:29:13,168 --> 00:29:15,837 The peer pressure by her friends, 360 00:29:16,129 --> 00:29:20,342 non-acceptance by her family members on either side. 361 00:29:20,842 --> 00:29:26,890 Under these conditions, for them to leave an official record of the birth 362 00:29:26,890 --> 00:29:31,603 can be a very fearful thing to follow, given the government's required registration. 363 00:29:31,937 --> 00:29:35,482 And these girls, when they contact us, 364 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:38,860 every single one, they're suicidal. 365 00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:41,113 That's their first thought.Their first thought is, 366 00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:42,489 "I'm just going to have to kill myself," 367 00:29:44,032 --> 00:29:45,701 because she cannot tell her parents (if she has parents), 368 00:29:45,993 --> 00:29:49,746 she cannot let anybody know. She can't let her friends know. 369 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:55,293 She's just deathly afraid, deathly afraid that she will have no support, no future. 370 00:29:55,544 --> 00:30:00,716 One of the mothers told me, "Pastor, I have poison to kill myself and my baby." 371 00:30:01,091 --> 00:30:01,883 Through the phone I said, 372 00:30:02,592 --> 00:30:03,969 "What? What's wrong?" 373 00:30:05,012 --> 00:30:08,432 "Pastor Lee, I went to every institution possible. 374 00:30:09,099 --> 00:30:11,476 I went to all the institutions I could. 375 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:14,312 But there was nowhere to send this child." 376 00:30:16,690 --> 00:30:17,899 And so 377 00:30:18,692 --> 00:30:23,030 she said, "If my parents find out, 378 00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:24,865 my life will be over. 379 00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:27,200 If my school finds out, my life also will be over. 380 00:30:28,994 --> 00:30:33,749 Either way, my life will be over, so I want to kill myself and my baby." 381 00:30:34,458 --> 00:30:36,418 I said, "You can't. 382 00:30:37,085 --> 00:30:39,254 In order to save yourself and your baby, bring him here." 383 00:30:40,964 --> 00:30:44,301 That's the only way I could save them, right? 384 00:30:46,053 --> 00:30:47,637 Many of the babies came to us 385 00:30:48,472 --> 00:30:49,347 in this way. 386 00:30:58,273 --> 00:31:04,321 This area that you see is where a baby wrapped in cloth was discovered. 387 00:31:04,321 --> 00:31:05,906 And over there, 388 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:09,326 from his apartment a witness heard what he thought was "a cat crying." 389 00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:12,162 Here, he found the baby 390 00:31:12,162 --> 00:31:13,455 and reported it to us. 391 00:31:13,789 --> 00:31:15,957 In this specific situation, 392 00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:24,466 because the abandoned baby was immediately found by someone, 393 00:31:24,466 --> 00:31:25,258 the baby survived. 394 00:31:26,176 --> 00:31:28,637 If it had been a little later, 395 00:31:29,930 --> 00:31:32,974 the baby could have died from the cold. 396 00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:46,196 The Metropolitan Children's Welfare Center estimates that a total of 204 infants were abandoned in the city of Seoul in 2013. 397 00:31:48,615 --> 00:31:51,076 This isn't Gi-ri's first visit to the hospital, right? 398 00:31:51,618 --> 00:31:53,328 Of course not. 399 00:31:53,328 --> 00:31:59,251 At first, in the heart surgery they said his heart was very deformed. 400 00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:03,088 The procedure failed, so after waiting a week at the hospital, 401 00:32:03,088 --> 00:32:05,090 he had another surgery, an open cardiac one. 402 00:32:07,134 --> 00:32:11,596 They also told us tha the needs 2 or 3 more heart surgeries. 403 00:32:12,806 --> 00:32:18,353 He has a lot of health issues, so when he goes to the hospital he visits 5 departments. 404 00:32:18,812 --> 00:32:20,522 It's overwhelming, isn't it? 405 00:32:40,458 --> 00:32:44,838 Please give us the name and signature of the guardian. 406 00:32:46,006 --> 00:32:47,966 It doesn't matter if you put yourself as the mother, right? 407 00:32:49,176 --> 00:32:50,093 Put me as father. 408 00:32:51,303 --> 00:32:52,888 It would be host. 409 00:32:52,888 --> 00:32:54,764 Wait, we can't do that? 410 00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:58,310 Then put me as guardian. 411 00:33:01,062 --> 00:33:02,022 He's feeling good. 412 00:33:05,108 --> 00:33:07,110 Gi-Ri says he feels good. 413 00:33:10,697 --> 00:33:12,908 Abababababababa. 414 00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:15,744 Abababababababa. 415 00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:21,958 The parent who left him wrote a letter. 416 00:33:22,792 --> 00:33:26,296 She probably had her baby checked while at the hospital. 417 00:33:26,963 --> 00:33:30,550 We thought the baby was premature because he was so small. 418 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,136 When I looked, there were a lot of needle marks. 419 00:33:33,553 --> 00:33:37,098 So I think the parents knew he was a premature baby and gave him treatment at a hospital, 420 00:33:37,098 --> 00:33:39,893 but gave up when it became too much of a burden. 421 00:33:41,436 --> 00:33:47,859 We receive these letters whenever a baby comes in. 422 00:33:49,236 --> 00:33:51,988 They're all sad stories. 423 00:33:51,988 --> 00:33:54,783 Miserable stories. 424 00:33:55,909 --> 00:33:58,662 I can't read them all here, 425 00:33:59,663 --> 00:34:01,706 but I'll read you a few letters 426 00:34:02,624 --> 00:34:06,253 from these mothers. 427 00:34:07,045 --> 00:34:08,922 "Hello, Pastor Lee. 428 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:12,092 I'm asking you to take my son. 429 00:34:12,092 --> 00:34:13,885 I, as a minor, 430 00:34:14,344 --> 00:34:17,681 can't live with him. 431 00:34:17,681 --> 00:34:21,643 I didn't know what to do by myself alone, 432 00:34:21,643 --> 00:34:24,688 but I came to know about you by chance. 433 00:34:24,688 --> 00:34:27,524 I thought that if it was you, Pastor Lee, 434 00:34:27,524 --> 00:34:31,987 my baby would be raised very well. 435 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:35,448 Eun-chong is his birth name. 436 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:39,953 Pastor Lee, I want his name to stay the same 437 00:34:40,537 --> 00:34:42,998 so that many years later 438 00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:47,544 I will still be able to recognize my son." 439 00:34:52,966 --> 00:34:56,052 Another mom wrote, 440 00:34:56,052 --> 00:34:57,637 "I am so sorry. 441 00:34:57,637 --> 00:35:00,181 I just can't raise my baby. 442 00:35:00,181 --> 00:35:02,392 I ask you to take my baby. 443 00:35:04,311 --> 00:35:06,563 The baby has a disability. 444 00:35:06,563 --> 00:35:08,273 It's down syndrome. 445 00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:12,527 The baby needs continuous care. 446 00:35:16,031 --> 00:35:18,408 Please don't try to find me. 447 00:35:18,408 --> 00:35:21,494 I'm scared and sorry for my baby. 448 00:35:21,494 --> 00:35:24,706 I'm suffering enough pain." 449 00:35:24,706 --> 00:35:28,126 At 3 in the morning 5th November 2010, 450 00:35:30,211 --> 00:35:32,922 this is a letter from Gi-ri's mom. 451 00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:35,133 "Pastor Lee, 452 00:35:36,092 --> 00:35:38,887 I'm sorry that I had to do this to you. 453 00:35:39,638 --> 00:35:43,266 This baby has congenital face malformation. 454 00:35:43,683 --> 00:35:48,605 This baby seems to be visually impaired and hearing impaired. 455 00:35:49,606 --> 00:35:52,067 Please look after this baby. 456 00:35:52,067 --> 00:35:54,027 Please don't try to find me. 457 00:35:56,446 --> 00:35:58,198 Please forgive me. 458 00:35:59,449 --> 00:36:01,701 I am so sorry." 459 00:36:11,795 --> 00:36:14,798 Why did you name him Gi-Ri (Victory)? 460 00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:20,720 Since his condition was so bad when he came, I wanted him to be victorious 461 00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:23,848 and overcome physical illness. 462 00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:28,103 I was very worried for him, as he had anesthesia as an infant, 463 00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:30,855 because he was so small, 464 00:36:31,314 --> 00:36:34,234 but then he overcam easily and woke up. 465 00:36:34,651 --> 00:36:36,611 He had anesthesia 4 times. 466 00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:40,365 Gi-ri, you are victorious! 467 00:36:40,782 --> 00:36:42,617 You're Gi-Ri Lee! 468 00:36:43,159 --> 00:36:45,620 Victory! Victory! 469 00:36:48,331 --> 00:36:50,291 Bo, bo, bo, bo. 470 00:36:50,959 --> 00:36:54,295 Try it! Bo, bo, bo, bo, bo, bo, bo, bo. 471 00:36:55,797 --> 00:37:00,343 See, he listens to everything. We thought he couldn't. 472 00:37:02,262 --> 00:37:08,268 Yeah, it's in English, too. 473 00:37:08,268 --> 00:37:09,310 Wonderful. 474 00:37:11,187 --> 00:37:12,397 Say hello to her. 475 00:37:14,482 --> 00:37:15,984 He speaks English. 476 00:37:15,984 --> 00:37:17,777 Give Grandma a kiss! 477 00:37:27,662 --> 00:37:32,083 Your institution is almost as old as myself because I was born in 1954. 478 00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:33,376 Really? 479 00:37:34,669 --> 00:37:37,964 I was born in 1935. 480 00:37:38,631 --> 00:37:41,843 Wow, you were? You look so healthy for that age. 481 00:37:41,843 --> 00:37:43,970 Yeah, I work out every day. 482 00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:46,931 And I've had ginseng people give me. 483 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:48,349 Yeah, you should. 484 00:37:48,349 --> 00:37:53,313 I'm not healthy. I have diabetes and high blood pressure. 485 00:37:53,313 --> 00:37:58,401 I went to the hospital today and my blood sugar was 460. 486 00:37:58,401 --> 00:38:05,033 They say I should probably be hospitalized if it doesn't get better soon. 487 00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:10,455 You need to be very healthy because you're taking care of children here. 488 00:38:12,832 --> 00:38:14,584 I guess that's when my health started to go bad. 489 00:38:18,379 --> 00:38:20,173 I lost my health. 490 00:38:20,173 --> 00:38:23,551 Are you worried about Pastor Lee's health? 491 00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:27,639 It worries me a lot, 492 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:31,351 because right now, for this job there's no one else but Pastor Lee. 493 00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:35,855 Although it is something that someone should step up for, 494 00:38:35,855 --> 00:38:39,359 no one has yet shown up and said they'll do this job with passion. 495 00:38:41,110 --> 00:38:46,824 When I first met him, he weighed as much as a girl. 496 00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:50,495 I even called him fish bones" when I first met him. 497 00:38:50,495 --> 00:38:55,208 After a few years, he gained some weight, 498 00:38:56,251 --> 00:38:58,837 so he wasn't able to fit into the clothes he had when we were married. 499 00:38:58,837 --> 00:39:00,839 Those are expensive ones, but he wasn't able to. 500 00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:05,802 He was sort of heavy even a few months ago, around 155 pounds. 501 00:39:06,427 --> 00:39:08,763 But now that he has lost a lot of weight, 502 00:39:09,305 --> 00:39:12,100 it's painful to look at his body. 503 00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:16,896 Looking at his face, it's gotten smaller, like the old days when he had the nickname "fish bones." 504 00:39:22,819 --> 00:39:25,864 The biggest problem right now is his lack of sleep. 505 00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:29,951 But for now, there is no one willing to stay up all night 506 00:39:29,951 --> 00:39:33,204 to look over the baby box. 507 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:37,083 Since there is no one to do this right now, 508 00:39:37,584 --> 00:39:39,460 it worries me a lot. 509 00:39:41,462 --> 00:39:44,549 This week, in total, how many babies came in? 510 00:39:46,134 --> 00:39:49,721 Only this month there were 8 so far. 511 00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:53,224 This month, today is the 8th, right? 512 00:39:53,641 --> 00:39:57,312 So you can say there was 1 per day. 513 00:39:58,062 --> 00:39:59,981 My name is Molly Holt. 514 00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:03,860 I am presently chairperson of Holt Children's Services. 515 00:40:03,860 --> 00:40:08,156 Our organization has a 50-year-old institution, 516 00:40:08,156 --> 00:40:11,993 Right now we have all disabled residents. 517 00:40:12,368 --> 00:40:16,164 Right now we have all disabled residents. 518 00:40:16,164 --> 00:40:19,834 I remember once I had a baby, 519 00:40:20,335 --> 00:40:23,254 and I dashed down to see how she was doing, and she died. 520 00:40:23,588 --> 00:40:27,467 The nurse was holding her up and she was dead. Oh. 521 00:40:28,009 --> 00:40:29,844 I snatched the baby away, 522 00:40:29,844 --> 00:40:31,012 took her back up to the room, 523 00:40:31,012 --> 00:40:33,431 gave her more oxygen and gave her CPR, 524 00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:35,141 and there wasn't anything I could do. She died. 525 00:40:35,642 --> 00:40:39,437 The next day-this was at Pusan, when I was working at ??, 526 00:40:41,230 --> 00:40:43,608 the next day the director of the hospital, a lady, 527 00:40:43,608 --> 00:40:45,526 she called me in and she scolded me, 528 00:40:45,526 --> 00:40:49,113 "You took that baby away from our nurse. When a baby comes to our hospital, 529 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:50,657 it's our responsibility, not yours." 530 00:40:50,657 --> 00:40:53,201 I said, "Didn't you know the baby died?" 531 00:40:53,701 --> 00:40:55,953 She didn't know about that. 532 00:40:56,746 --> 00:41:00,375 And then I was weeping. I always cry when I'm angry. 533 00:41:00,625 --> 00:41:04,337 And she said, "Why are you crying? It's only an orphan." 534 00:41:22,021 --> 00:41:29,278 What happens to the babies after they come through the baby box? 535 00:41:31,531 --> 00:41:34,575 That's another thing that makes my heart hurt. 536 00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:39,664 The baby is initially separated from its mother. 537 00:41:39,914 --> 00:41:42,417 The mother gives up the child. 538 00:41:43,042 --> 00:41:44,794 Then it comes in the baby box. 539 00:41:45,086 --> 00:41:48,131 Then the police are informed. 540 00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:51,634 Then the district hall takes them. 541 00:41:52,427 --> 00:41:57,181 Then they take them to the hospital to get examined. 542 00:41:57,181 --> 00:42:00,309 And then they go somewhere called a temporary shelter. 543 00:42:00,309 --> 00:42:04,522 And then when spaces open up in the nurseries, 544 00:42:04,772 --> 00:42:08,067 that's when they are sent there. 545 00:42:08,401 --> 00:42:15,074 There are 7 administrative and institutional steps. 546 00:42:15,074 --> 00:42:17,869 You can't know how large of a wound that leaves. 547 00:42:19,370 --> 00:42:23,791 I went out because the bell rang around 2 a.m. 548 00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:28,129 But by the time I got there, the parent had disappeared. 549 00:42:28,129 --> 00:42:32,592 I never met the person, but what I know for sure was the person was a teenager, 550 00:42:33,217 --> 00:42:41,142 and this child had been born only 1 or 2 hours ago. 551 00:42:43,936 --> 00:42:48,065 The baby was dropped in the baby box as soon as he was born. 552 00:42:48,608 --> 00:42:51,652 It was like a blob of blood. 553 00:42:53,321 --> 00:42:56,282 They didn't even clean him. 554 00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:03,664 The baby had his umbilical cord still attached. 555 00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:08,461 I had to cut many umbilical cords. 556 00:43:09,212 --> 00:43:14,967 I cut so many I don't even remember how many I cut. 557 00:43:15,676 --> 00:43:21,015 There have been 354 babies come through the baby box. 558 00:43:22,266 --> 00:43:25,853 Only when there is nothing else you can do. 559 00:43:25,853 --> 00:43:31,025 Only when the situation is dire and urgent. 560 00:43:31,025 --> 00:43:35,404 When I meet the parents, about 60% are teenagers. 561 00:43:35,404 --> 00:43:38,199 The ones who can't do anything, 562 00:43:38,699 --> 00:43:42,703 those people end up here asking to save a life. 563 00:43:43,371 --> 00:43:47,041 So through the baby box, a baby this young, 564 00:43:47,041 --> 00:43:51,212 this baby couldn't have been more than 1-2 hours ago. 565 00:43:51,212 --> 00:43:56,008 It's very cold during this time. The weather was really cold. 566 00:43:56,008 --> 00:43:59,470 If they were just abandoned, they would have surely died. 567 00:44:23,911 --> 00:44:24,996 Where are you guys going? 568 00:44:25,454 --> 00:44:26,247 Taekwondo! 569 00:44:37,842 --> 00:44:40,344 Brother, you're being filmed. 570 00:44:42,597 --> 00:44:44,098 You're going to be in a movie too. 571 00:44:46,934 --> 00:44:48,060 This jacket 572 00:44:48,394 --> 00:44:49,228 This? 573 00:44:49,228 --> 00:44:49,645 Yes. 574 00:44:50,855 --> 00:44:53,608 The taekwondo master gave it to me as a gift. 575 00:44:55,526 --> 00:44:57,361 Among the members of my taekwondo gym, 576 00:44:57,695 --> 00:45:00,197 Ruri has been here the longest time. 577 00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:03,993 He's been here 3 years. He's the 4th grade of taekwondo. 578 00:45:03,993 --> 00:45:08,789 Even though he is missing fingers and toes 579 00:45:08,789 --> 00:45:10,499 because of big surgeries, 580 00:45:10,875 --> 00:45:15,463 he's better at taekwondo than any of the "normal" kids. 581 00:45:15,922 --> 00:45:18,299 And when he grows up, 582 00:45:18,549 --> 00:45:21,218 I really think he's going to have the ability 583 00:45:21,218 --> 00:45:24,388 to teach taekwondo to his friends. 584 00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:28,017 We at my taekwondo gym all love him. 585 00:45:29,310 --> 00:45:29,936 Should I say it in English? 586 00:45:30,770 --> 00:45:31,062 No. 587 00:45:32,229 --> 00:45:33,356 My name is Ruri Lee. I'm in third grade, 588 00:45:34,190 --> 00:45:36,525 which is 10 years old. 589 00:45:36,901 --> 00:45:37,777 Now you know that. 590 00:45:38,778 --> 00:45:42,031 I go to Won-Shin Elementary School. 591 00:45:42,031 --> 00:45:46,494 When I was in third grade, there were tons of new friends. 592 00:45:46,494 --> 00:45:49,956 I was so embarrassed because of my fingers. 593 00:45:49,956 --> 00:45:52,750 It was spring at the time, 594 00:45:53,042 --> 00:45:57,296 and you know those gloves that ventilate air well? 595 00:45:57,296 --> 00:45:58,714 Well, I wore them, 596 00:45:58,714 --> 00:46:01,968 and I did it because if I showed them my fingers, 597 00:46:02,927 --> 00:46:05,805 the kids would make fun of me. 598 00:46:06,514 --> 00:46:09,016 So I used to hide them. 599 00:46:12,770 --> 00:46:16,107 During PE class we were playing dodge ball. 600 00:46:16,357 --> 00:46:19,610 I really didn't want to use my fingers, 601 00:46:19,986 --> 00:46:24,573 but I had to join the dodge ball game. 602 00:46:26,075 --> 00:46:28,744 I was one of the last people left. 603 00:46:28,744 --> 00:46:30,621 I intentionally went forward to get hit, 604 00:46:30,913 --> 00:46:32,289 but they wouldn't hit me. 605 00:46:32,748 --> 00:46:35,167 I asked why they weren't throwing at me. 606 00:46:35,167 --> 00:46:37,169 They said they didn't hit me because I am "a disabled." 607 00:46:37,169 --> 00:46:40,506 They said I wouldn't be able to catch the ball anyway because of my fingers. 608 00:46:40,506 --> 00:46:42,717 "It's no fun, "they said. 609 00:46:44,260 --> 00:46:47,096 So back then I hated going to school. 610 00:46:47,638 --> 00:46:49,223 They teased me, 611 00:46:49,724 --> 00:46:51,225 cursed at me, 612 00:46:51,225 --> 00:46:52,309 and outcasted me. 613 00:46:52,852 --> 00:46:55,479 So I didn't want to go to school. 614 00:46:58,983 --> 00:47:01,444 At the beginning of the second semester 615 00:47:01,444 --> 00:47:04,655 we had a student council election, 616 00:47:15,833 --> 00:47:18,210 and the kids elected me as president! 617 00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:30,056 I asked them why they elected me even though I'm "a disabled." 618 00:47:30,306 --> 00:47:34,185 "You're good at sports and everything else, 619 00:47:34,185 --> 00:47:37,897 so that's why we chose you as our president." 620 00:47:40,983 --> 00:47:45,112 And from that point on, all my bad memories, 621 00:47:45,112 --> 00:47:51,077 my frustrations, my sorrows from the past were gone. 622 00:47:51,077 --> 00:47:53,704 Even to this day I appreciate those friends. 623 00:47:55,664 --> 00:47:58,334 And that's the end of my story. 624 00:48:02,963 --> 00:48:05,424 [Music] 625 00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:13,432 Go on lay your troubles down. Set your feet on solid ground. 626 00:48:13,432 --> 00:48:18,604 Peace deep as I have found. I want to follow you. 627 00:48:19,522 --> 00:48:22,483 Come on all you weak and weary. 628 00:48:22,483 --> 00:48:25,402 Come 'round now if you can hear me. 629 00:48:25,402 --> 00:48:30,616 Poor, sick and God-fearing, I want to follow you. 630 00:48:31,283 --> 00:48:34,370 I want to follow you. 631 00:48:34,370 --> 00:48:40,501 Leave all your trouble, leave all your sorrow. 632 00:48:40,501 --> 00:48:45,923 Set down your burden and come on and follow. 633 00:48:46,507 --> 00:48:52,847 Come on heavy-laden. Don't wait for tomorrow. 634 00:48:52,847 --> 00:48:58,185 Come on my brother. Come on and follow. 635 00:49:01,814 --> 00:49:06,735 I always thought it was only the other children that were adopted, and not me. 636 00:49:08,237 --> 00:49:12,324 The moment I heard it, I was really sad. 637 00:49:12,992 --> 00:49:15,995 I thought I was my mom and dad's son. 638 00:49:17,163 --> 00:49:19,331 But now that I think back, 639 00:49:20,124 --> 00:49:22,042 I'm not that sad anymore. 640 00:49:22,668 --> 00:49:27,381 Although I don't know who my biological parents are, 641 00:49:27,923 --> 00:49:30,551 I think that the parents who have raised me until now 642 00:49:30,885 --> 00:49:33,846 are my real parents. 643 00:49:36,015 --> 00:49:43,105 And about the reason I want to inherit my dad's work, 644 00:49:43,856 --> 00:49:46,775 if I do inherit it, that's okay. 645 00:49:47,067 --> 00:49:51,447 But if I choose not to, all my dad's work would disappear. 646 00:49:51,864 --> 00:49:54,909 So I will be handed the effort my dad put in 647 00:49:56,076 --> 00:49:58,829 and I will add my own effort 648 00:50:00,706 --> 00:50:04,251 and I will eventually pass it down to my own child. 649 00:51:10,234 --> 00:51:13,362 My son's name is Eun-man Lee. 650 00:51:16,782 --> 00:51:19,785 He is 26 years old, 651 00:51:19,785 --> 00:51:22,997 and he has been lying daown his whole life. 652 00:51:26,625 --> 00:51:29,670 In my dream, 653 00:51:31,213 --> 00:51:38,345 someone had two babies wrapped up. 654 00:51:40,764 --> 00:51:47,187 He asked if this one was mine, and he handed me the baby. 655 00:51:55,529 --> 00:51:57,865 The baby looked gorgeous. 656 00:51:57,865 --> 00:52:01,368 I looked at the baby and said, "This is not mine." 657 00:52:06,206 --> 00:52:10,502 I also told him mine's not pretty like this one, but ugly. 658 00:52:11,754 --> 00:52:16,091 Then he gave me another one. This baby looked ugly. 659 00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:27,144 I told him that this one was mine. 660 00:52:30,606 --> 00:52:35,319 Then I woke up and thought that was a strange dream. 661 00:52:49,500 --> 00:52:51,960 Are you speaking with us through your eyes? 662 00:52:52,211 --> 00:52:53,587 Brother! 663 00:52:54,171 --> 00:52:55,130 Look at me. 664 00:52:57,800 --> 00:52:58,550 Look at him. 665 00:53:03,514 --> 00:53:04,181 Ruri. 666 00:53:05,557 --> 00:53:06,266 What? 667 00:53:07,810 --> 00:53:09,895 Your brother. Pray a lot for your brother. 668 00:53:10,562 --> 00:53:11,605 Okay. 669 00:53:14,358 --> 00:53:16,235 I'll pray a lot. 670 00:53:18,112 --> 00:53:20,781 Eun-man, they're asking you to smile for them. 671 00:53:23,075 --> 00:53:24,868 They are asking you to smile once. 672 00:53:28,539 --> 00:53:30,082 You need to smile bigger. 673 00:53:31,750 --> 00:53:32,793 Are you grinning? 674 00:53:34,294 --> 00:53:37,339 Smile once. Grin once. 675 00:53:38,966 --> 00:53:41,760 Give them a million dollar smile. 676 00:53:49,226 --> 00:53:52,146 Until my daughter was six, we had a normal family. 677 00:53:52,146 --> 00:53:53,689 Living happily. 678 00:53:53,689 --> 00:53:56,525 When she was six, 679 00:53:56,525 --> 00:53:58,944 we had Eun-man, my second child. 680 00:53:58,944 --> 00:54:00,821 So when the baby came out and was held up, 681 00:54:00,821 --> 00:54:03,991 he had a lump on his cheek the size of his face. 682 00:54:04,450 --> 00:54:08,745 The lump was dangling from his face. 683 00:54:08,745 --> 00:54:11,790 When I first met Eun-man at the hospital that I work at, 684 00:54:11,790 --> 00:54:13,292 I had seen many patients, 685 00:54:13,292 --> 00:54:19,506 and although I saw many with strange physical deformations, 686 00:54:20,007 --> 00:54:22,885 I was shocked when I saw Eun-man. 687 00:54:22,885 --> 00:54:25,971 I thought to myself, how could a person live with those conditions? 688 00:54:25,971 --> 00:54:28,348 They said even if he lives 689 00:54:28,348 --> 00:54:31,351 he will be in a vegetative state. 690 00:54:31,351 --> 00:54:34,605 He would only be able to blink his eyes. 691 00:54:34,605 --> 00:54:38,567 He wouldn't be able to do anything but lie on his bed. 692 00:54:38,567 --> 00:54:42,029 I sold my house 693 00:54:42,946 --> 00:54:45,782 to pay the medical bill. 694 00:54:45,782 --> 00:54:48,035 I didn't have a house at that time. 695 00:54:48,035 --> 00:54:50,746 The hospital was our home. 696 00:54:50,746 --> 00:54:53,832 We, our family of four, lived in the ward. 697 00:54:55,292 --> 00:54:59,338 Eun-man, what is your sister's name? Ji-young! 698 00:55:03,383 --> 00:55:04,927 Eun-man's sister. 699 00:55:06,929 --> 00:55:13,018 So while we were growing up together, there were many sick kids, including Eun-man. 700 00:55:13,018 --> 00:55:18,315 So I had the desire to study. I wanted to study social welfare. 701 00:55:18,565 --> 00:55:23,570 I wanted to help those children, which is why I also studied nursing. 702 00:55:23,570 --> 00:55:24,821 So that's what I'm doing now. 703 00:55:26,240 --> 00:55:30,953 Raising this child, how could Pastor Lee and his wife 704 00:55:30,953 --> 00:55:34,122 adopt more disabled children? 705 00:55:34,832 --> 00:55:36,333 I couldn't believe it. 706 00:55:36,333 --> 00:55:40,254 I am a teacher at a school for children with disabilities, 707 00:55:40,254 --> 00:55:43,966 so I meet children with many different types of disabilities. 708 00:55:43,966 --> 00:55:46,760 But here at Jusarang Community Church 709 00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:50,138 there are children who have much worse disabilities, 710 00:55:50,138 --> 00:55:52,307 and who have 711 00:55:52,307 --> 00:55:55,894 more heartbreaking stories. 712 00:55:55,894 --> 00:56:00,232 Specifically, the work that Pastor Lee does at Jusarang 713 00:56:00,232 --> 00:56:04,736 is taking care of disabled children or babies of single mothers 714 00:56:04,736 --> 00:56:07,990 who have been thrown away or are on the verge of death. 715 00:56:07,990 --> 00:56:10,284 Pastor Lee is working to protect life, 716 00:56:10,659 --> 00:56:13,287 because people don't do this kind of work. 717 00:56:13,287 --> 00:56:17,124 I think what he is doing is very special. 718 00:56:17,124 --> 00:56:22,754 In this dangerous world, if disabled children get abandoned 719 00:56:22,754 --> 00:56:26,717 or the parents can't take care of them, 720 00:56:27,050 --> 00:56:30,679 we try to provide a place where these unwanted babies can be abandoned safely. 721 00:56:30,679 --> 00:56:34,433 Then the doctor called me outside 722 00:56:35,309 --> 00:56:38,604 and told me my daughter had down syndrome. 723 00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:42,024 I was so upset. 724 00:56:42,024 --> 00:56:44,067 Of course I was! 725 00:56:44,484 --> 00:56:47,029 Because we never thought 726 00:56:47,029 --> 00:56:49,197 that this could happen to us. 727 00:56:49,197 --> 00:56:51,783 In today's world, 728 00:56:52,993 --> 00:56:56,246 it's extremely difficult to raise a disabled child. 729 00:56:56,246 --> 00:56:58,874 They get looked down upon, 730 00:56:58,874 --> 00:57:00,334 sneered at, 731 00:57:00,667 --> 00:57:01,710 shunned, 732 00:57:02,085 --> 00:57:03,670 ignored. 733 00:57:03,670 --> 00:57:06,340 If a disabled baby is born, 734 00:57:06,340 --> 00:57:10,928 one of the parents has to stay with that child all the time. 735 00:57:11,261 --> 00:57:14,139 I hope she lives healthily. 736 00:57:21,730 --> 00:57:22,439 Her daddy 737 00:57:26,610 --> 00:57:31,448 I hope she dies before me, 738 00:57:31,448 --> 00:57:34,826 because there is no one to take care of her after I die. 739 00:57:35,827 --> 00:57:36,578 I'm sorry. 740 00:57:43,835 --> 00:57:50,676 There are children who rely on the help of others to survive their entire life. 741 00:57:50,676 --> 00:57:57,516 Many people think it is better for them to go to heaven as quickly as possible, 742 00:57:57,516 --> 00:58:01,645 because life on Earth would be too difficult for them. 743 00:58:01,645 --> 00:58:04,564 But God 744 00:58:04,564 --> 00:58:07,275 sent them to the Earth with disabilities. 745 00:58:07,985 --> 00:58:12,572 They're not the unnecessary ones in the world. 746 00:58:12,906 --> 00:58:15,575 God sent them to Earth with a purpose. 747 00:58:16,743 --> 00:58:18,412 Disabled children teach many people, 748 00:58:18,412 --> 00:58:19,871 change many people, 749 00:58:19,871 --> 00:58:22,499 and help people reflect upon themselves, 750 00:58:22,499 --> 00:58:24,668 which is why they are the educators of society. 751 00:58:24,668 --> 00:58:27,462 Even these deficient, feeble children, 752 00:58:27,462 --> 00:58:29,840 these really weak children 753 00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:32,634 live with smiles on their faces. 754 00:58:38,682 --> 00:58:41,435 While raising Eun-man, 755 00:58:41,435 --> 00:58:43,687 no matter how difficult life gets at times, 756 00:58:43,979 --> 00:58:47,774 we never faced any major troubles in our life. 757 00:58:47,774 --> 00:58:54,531 Whenever we're around other people, we're always happy and cheerful. 758 00:58:54,531 --> 00:58:56,950 When Eun-man was born, 759 00:58:56,950 --> 00:58:59,953 I asked God at that moment 760 00:58:59,953 --> 00:59:01,038 "Why?" 761 00:59:02,289 --> 00:59:04,916 Why did He give me "that kind of baby"? 762 00:59:05,208 --> 00:59:07,544 Why didn't He give me a healthy baby? 763 00:59:08,170 --> 00:59:11,298 That thought immediately came to my mind. 764 00:59:12,466 --> 00:59:16,511 But it wasn't even 30 seconds before I repented, 765 00:59:17,179 --> 00:59:19,973 "God, I am sorry. Thank you for giving him to me." 766 00:59:20,474 --> 00:59:25,228 So step by step, with faith, prayer and His words, 767 00:59:27,022 --> 00:59:28,774 I lived. 768 00:59:29,900 --> 00:59:32,569 That's how I started this work. 769 00:59:34,404 --> 00:59:36,907 There's a voucher system for the bedridden disabled people, 770 00:59:36,907 --> 00:59:39,701 where they send teachers to keep them company. 771 00:59:39,993 --> 00:59:43,622 So these teachers would come 772 00:59:43,997 --> 00:59:46,792 to sing and read to Eun-man, 773 00:59:47,417 --> 00:59:49,961 but now because of the issue regarding the baby box 774 00:59:49,961 --> 00:59:51,505 they completely cut us off. 775 00:59:52,631 --> 00:59:54,633 They stopped everything. 776 00:59:59,888 --> 01:00:08,605 Do you fear that children will die without the baby box? 777 01:00:09,439 --> 01:00:10,357 Of course I do. 778 01:00:11,441 --> 01:00:12,025 If you look at the current situation, 779 01:00:12,818 --> 01:00:14,194 without the baby box, 780 01:00:15,570 --> 01:00:18,865 many children would be dying. 781 01:00:19,825 --> 01:00:21,660 That's a really scary thought. 782 01:00:21,952 --> 01:00:24,329 Sometimes I have nightmares. 783 01:00:25,872 --> 01:00:27,707 The lives of the newborn babies 784 01:00:28,125 --> 01:00:33,380 and the babies that have not yet been born, 785 01:00:33,672 --> 01:00:35,215 if the country could safely protect their lives, 786 01:00:35,507 --> 01:00:38,343 then of course I would take down the baby box. 787 01:00:38,343 --> 01:00:39,511 But if that's not the case, 788 01:00:41,137 --> 01:00:44,266 I'll need to put my life on the line to save these babies' lives. 789 01:00:44,558 --> 01:00:48,687 How could I abandon those babies and take down the baby box? 790 01:00:49,229 --> 01:00:50,647 I can't do that. 791 01:00:51,189 --> 01:00:53,984 We consider the baby boxes are dangerous 792 01:00:53,984 --> 01:00:57,946 because they don't uphold children's rights or parents' rights. 793 01:00:58,530 --> 01:01:03,118 And it will be, I think over time, seen as an ancient practice 794 01:01:03,577 --> 01:01:07,163 that is unacceptable and not really part of the 21st century. 795 01:01:07,163 --> 01:01:08,915 In Westchester County a teenager was arrested 796 01:01:08,915 --> 01:01:11,835 after police say she delivered her premature baby 797 01:01:11,835 --> 01:01:15,463 in her high school's bathroom and threw it in the trashcan. 798 01:01:15,463 --> 01:01:16,840 I responded to a call of a baby not 799 01:01:16,840 --> 01:01:19,050 breathing and I found a young baby wrapped up 800 01:01:19,050 --> 01:01:21,553 in a plastic bag inside of a building, an Albertson's. 801 01:01:21,553 --> 01:01:25,265 In August, a baby girl was spotted in a river in Fuhjo. 802 01:01:25,265 --> 01:01:26,933 She had drowned. 803 01:01:26,933 --> 01:01:29,519 Police say she had undergone an operation 804 01:01:29,519 --> 01:01:32,689 and they suspect she was given up by her parents. 805 01:01:32,689 --> 01:01:35,901 A newborn was found dead in a dust heap in Nanjing 806 01:01:35,901 --> 01:01:37,944 with his umbilical cord still attached. 807 01:01:37,944 --> 01:01:40,030 in an apartment building in Ninwah. 808 01:01:40,030 --> 01:01:44,242 called firefighters after hearing the baby crying in a fourth-floor bathroom. 809 01:01:44,242 --> 01:01:47,746 Firefighters attempting to pull the baby out of the pipe failed, 810 01:01:47,746 --> 01:01:52,042 so rescuers sawed away a section of the 4-inch diameter pipe 811 01:01:52,042 --> 01:01:54,002 with the baby still inside 812 01:01:54,002 --> 01:01:55,670 and took him to a local hospital. 813 01:01:55,670 --> 01:01:57,714 We hear the story far too often; 814 01:01:57,714 --> 01:02:00,508 babies abandoned or killed just hours after their birth. 815 01:02:00,508 --> 01:02:02,844 There is a law that gives mothers an option. 816 01:02:02,844 --> 01:02:04,512 While the law is more than ten years old, 817 01:02:04,512 --> 01:02:06,973 its supporters say it needs more attention. 818 01:02:06,973 --> 01:02:08,725 Logos just like this one 819 01:02:08,725 --> 01:02:11,019 can be found at more than 50 fire stations 820 01:02:11,019 --> 01:02:12,228 throughout Fresno County, 821 01:02:12,228 --> 01:02:13,772 along with hospitals. 822 01:02:13,772 --> 01:02:17,234 It means that each location is a safe surrender site 823 01:02:17,234 --> 01:02:19,527 where mothers can surrender their newborns, 824 01:02:19,527 --> 01:02:20,946 no questions asked. 825 01:02:20,946 --> 01:02:23,114 Right, but I think this also brings up the question, 826 01:02:23,114 --> 01:02:26,201 does this encourage then for people to abandon their children? 827 01:02:26,201 --> 01:02:30,747 I think it is especially important to have in mind that women 828 01:02:30,747 --> 01:02:33,917 who feel that they cannot care for their child 829 01:02:34,459 --> 01:02:36,753 need the help of the society, 830 01:02:37,337 --> 01:02:43,218 and just putting boxes somewhere where they can relinquish their child 831 01:02:43,218 --> 01:02:45,261 is not really helping. 832 01:02:45,261 --> 01:02:47,472 We're saying we don't want babies dumped in the river 833 01:02:47,722 --> 01:02:50,433 or in a dumpster or in a stairwell, 834 01:02:50,433 --> 01:02:56,022 but the other part is we need to be a better culture and society that gives women options 835 01:02:56,022 --> 01:02:57,357 and opportunity. I think every church, 836 01:02:57,357 --> 01:02:58,650 to be honest, ladies, should say, 837 01:02:58,650 --> 01:03:00,360 "We will take every single mother, 838 01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:02,070 any girl that is pregnant, 839 01:03:02,070 --> 01:03:04,155 and we will support them for five years." 840 01:03:04,155 --> 01:03:05,323 If there is a chance, 841 01:03:05,323 --> 01:03:07,367 if it's only a chance, 842 01:03:07,701 --> 01:03:10,036 to save babies' lives, 843 01:03:10,036 --> 01:03:11,454 I think it's worth it. 844 01:03:11,746 --> 01:03:15,333 Even one year makes it worth to have a baby box. 845 01:03:15,792 --> 01:03:19,546 It's not only Korea that has this kind of problem. 846 01:03:19,879 --> 01:03:24,759 Globally, there are babies that die due to abandonment. 847 01:03:24,759 --> 01:03:27,595 That's why the baby boxes were made. 848 01:03:28,596 --> 01:03:32,392 People don't feel he presence of this issue 849 01:03:32,392 --> 01:03:36,604 because the reality of child abandonment in Korea is not well known. 850 01:03:36,604 --> 01:03:39,816 I do this because I am experiencing the issue every day 851 01:03:39,816 --> 01:03:42,527 and witness what is happening to the children. 852 01:03:42,777 --> 01:03:46,197 I can't be here and do nothing about it. 853 01:03:46,197 --> 01:03:50,910 And when these things are brought to the surface, there will be some hardships at first, 854 01:03:51,202 --> 01:03:54,998 and there will be looks of worry on the issue, 855 01:03:55,248 --> 01:03:57,125 and there will definitely be people 856 01:03:57,584 --> 01:04:00,086 who will try to misuse this facility. 857 01:04:00,420 --> 01:04:02,172 But I think that 858 01:04:02,422 --> 01:04:04,382 if the public answer 859 01:04:04,382 --> 01:04:07,886 to taking care of abandoned children is not made, 860 01:04:08,136 --> 01:04:11,681 that would mean that society is abandoning its responsibility. 861 01:04:11,931 --> 01:04:15,143 While others may neglect this issue 862 01:04:15,143 --> 01:04:17,937 in which babies are abandoned and their lives are in danger, 863 01:04:17,937 --> 01:04:20,857 he does the work that society is neglecting. 864 01:04:20,857 --> 01:04:24,360 If it's protected by law, the baby box wouldn't be needed, 865 01:04:24,652 --> 01:04:26,613 and we would need to close it down then. 866 01:04:26,613 --> 01:04:28,490 Then it will remain as a symbol. 867 01:04:28,865 --> 01:04:30,575 This is what I want. 868 01:04:31,618 --> 01:04:34,287 The baby box puts the issue on the table. 869 01:04:34,621 --> 01:04:40,085 Before, the public used to only think about the issue superficially. 870 01:04:40,085 --> 01:04:42,212 Yes, because we're talking about people, 871 01:04:42,921 --> 01:04:44,130 people's values 872 01:04:44,130 --> 01:04:46,841 and people's paradigm. 873 01:04:47,092 --> 01:04:49,719 And it's not something that changes easily. 874 01:04:50,303 --> 01:04:54,808 We think that if we just put all of the structures in place, 875 01:04:54,808 --> 01:04:56,476 all the support network in place, 876 01:04:56,476 --> 01:04:58,144 everything will work out. 877 01:04:58,645 --> 01:05:00,146 But it doesn't always work that way, 878 01:05:00,855 --> 01:05:03,441 because this is a matter of the heart. 879 01:05:04,818 --> 01:05:09,948 There needs to be a huge overhaul in our thinking, 880 01:05:10,198 --> 01:05:13,368 in the thinking of our youth, in what life is, 881 01:05:13,368 --> 01:05:14,911 and the inherent value, 882 01:05:15,495 --> 01:05:20,500 because if that inherent value of the baby's life is not there, 883 01:05:20,959 --> 01:05:25,004 there is always going to be babies dumped in the trash, 884 01:05:25,839 --> 01:05:27,882 flushed down the toilet. 885 01:05:30,135 --> 01:05:32,971 People might say, 886 01:05:33,263 --> 01:05:38,143 "Those babies that were abandoned in the baby box by their parents, 887 01:05:38,143 --> 01:05:42,272 they'll probably live miserably. Why not leave them to die? 888 01:05:42,272 --> 01:05:43,982 Is there any reason to do this?" 889 01:05:45,358 --> 01:05:46,526 They may say things like this, 890 01:05:47,152 --> 01:05:48,069 but it's not true. 891 01:05:49,863 --> 01:05:55,493 Because I took care of Eun-man, I'm here now. 892 01:05:56,911 --> 01:05:58,496 I started this job. 893 01:06:00,248 --> 01:06:01,583 Now, look at it. 894 01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:04,544 Through Eun-man, 895 01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:09,424 I learned about the dignity of valuable life. 896 01:06:09,966 --> 01:06:16,139 Through Eun-man, I felt a calling to make these children happy. 897 01:06:16,848 --> 01:06:20,935 What does the "drop box" or "baby box" symbolize? 898 01:06:22,478 --> 01:06:23,354 Life. 899 01:06:24,439 --> 01:06:27,525 The baby box is the protection of life. 900 01:06:28,276 --> 01:06:31,821 Also, just because the children were orphaned, 901 01:06:32,155 --> 01:06:33,781 because they were abandoned by their parents, 902 01:06:34,365 --> 01:06:38,328 that does not mean they will be miserable. 903 01:06:41,414 --> 01:06:43,875 They really can be happy. 904 01:06:44,667 --> 01:06:47,212 They really can succeed. 905 01:06:47,212 --> 01:06:50,548 They really can grow up to be great. 906 01:06:51,049 --> 01:06:59,057 If the Lord raises them, they can become world famous, great, influential people. 907 01:06:59,057 --> 01:07:05,647 Do you think there is a purpose for your older brother's life? 908 01:07:06,022 --> 01:07:08,399 Of course there is. 909 01:07:08,733 --> 01:07:18,910 I believe God made the baby box through Eun-man, so that my dad could save more lives. 910 01:07:19,827 --> 01:07:22,997 It all started because of Eun-man 911 01:07:22,997 --> 01:07:29,879 and the babies that had come to my dad before he created the box. 912 01:07:30,171 --> 01:07:33,258 They basically made the baby box. 913 01:07:38,471 --> 01:07:50,775 So God purposely blessed, not cursed, Eun-man to build the baby box. 914 01:07:59,242 --> 01:08:01,911 Eun-man is, 915 01:08:02,996 --> 01:08:05,915 if you look at it, 916 01:08:06,791 --> 01:08:07,792 my teacher. 917 01:08:09,002 --> 01:08:14,215 Through Eun-man, I learned of life's dignity. 918 01:08:15,008 --> 01:08:17,260 Through Eun-man, 919 01:08:17,260 --> 01:08:21,556 I learned that life is more precious than the world itself. 920 01:11:52,809 --> 01:11:58,397 I never thought that I would have to adopt any of them. 921 01:11:58,940 --> 01:12:02,235 I didn't think about it, nor plan for it. 922 01:12:02,777 --> 01:12:07,823 The reason I decided to become their father was 923 01:12:08,699 --> 01:12:13,704 God has adopted me. 924 01:12:29,804 --> 01:12:33,015 Gi-ri recently had his third heart surgery. 925 01:12:33,808 --> 01:12:36,102 By the grace of God, he was victorious. 926 01:12:37,895 --> 01:12:40,856 Ruri is now in the 4th grade at Won-Shin Elementary, 927 01:12:41,899 --> 01:12:44,318 where he was just elected class president. 928 01:12:45,027 --> 01:12:46,862 Again. 929 01:12:48,239 --> 01:12:51,200 Eun-man is still lying down, 930 01:12:51,534 --> 01:12:54,453 but always finds a reason to smile. 931 01:12:55,580 --> 01:12:59,792 Pastor Lee and his wife are now raising 15 kids. 932 01:13:00,459 --> 01:13:05,965 All of whom have a purpose.