0:00:02 > 0:00:03SEAGULLS CALL
0:00:08 > 0:00:11HORN BLOWS
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Chaplains are modern-day disciples.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20- Ta-da!- Yeah!
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Excuse me, are you Jewish? Have you got any Jewish pals here?
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Salam Alaikum.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26They take the word of God
0:00:26 > 0:00:29out of the church and into the places we work and play.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is what Christ did. He came and
0:00:32 > 0:00:34walked and talked and lived amongst people
0:00:34 > 0:00:37and this is really what a chaplain does.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41They're employed in our hospitals and universities,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44at the football ground, on the street.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47We're here to help everyone who's vulnerable, right?
0:00:47 > 0:00:49- We are very vulnerable. - LAUGHTER
0:00:49 > 0:00:50SIREN BLARES
0:00:50 > 0:00:53I think all chaplaincy is front-line ministry
0:00:53 > 0:00:57and it means you're actually out where it's happening.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Tonight, the chaplain praying for a homesick student...
0:01:01 > 0:01:03..and you know how he's feeling.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07..on patrol with the street pastors...
0:01:07 > 0:01:09We are part of the church out on the street.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11LAUGHTER
0:01:11 > 0:01:16..and the mother whose baby faces his 10th operation.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21He's gone through so much, you know, he's got some willpower.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26We're following chaplains in the city of Liverpool,
0:01:26 > 0:01:30the work they do and the people's lives they touch.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36HORN BLOWS
0:01:47 > 0:01:50At Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52head chaplain, Dave Williams,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55is doing one of his regular ward rounds.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59God bless you, little fellow. ..Hasn't he got a lovely smile?
0:01:59 > 0:02:03200,000 young patients are treated here every year.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07The chaplains offer support to anyone that needs it,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09whether they're religious or not.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12I think this is very definitely where Jesus would be,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15amongst the sick and amongst those who don't know him.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17That's where Jesus would be.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20So you fell down the stairs from a whole flight of stairs?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- A full flight of stairs. - And you're weak on one side?
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Yeah, and I also hit, like, my neck and everything.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- We'll have a little pray together, is that OK?- Mm-hm.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Father, just thank you, and ask your blessing on her,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35that she may be well and strong and whole.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38In your precious name, we pray. Amen.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Bless you. Take care, love.- Bye. - Good to see you, see you soon.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47I must be the clergyman with the cleanest hands in the diocese, I reckon.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51'We meet all people here.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54'It's what I value about this job more than anything,'
0:02:54 > 0:02:56I think, that we meet people who aren't churched,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59but have suddenly found themselves in a situation,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01which is a crisis, if their child is in here
0:03:01 > 0:03:03and suddenly feel that, maybe,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06there's more to the world than just what we see here, you know,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09so it's good to be in that situation with them.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Are you going to sleep? Eh?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Is that you're tired?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- Eh?- Kirsty Harris's son Carson
0:03:21 > 0:03:23was brought here shortly after his birth.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30He's now 18 months old and he's been here ever since.
0:03:30 > 0:03:37He was born at 27 weeks, weighing two pounds five. Very small.
0:03:39 > 0:03:45And this is one of Carson's first nappies,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48which was too big and we had to fold over.
0:03:48 > 0:03:55He actually fit in my hand, that is how small he was. Scary times.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01He's had a bleed in the brain, which was quite a big bleed,
0:04:01 > 0:04:06he's also got brittle-bone disease, um, he's got a heart defect.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12He's got chronic lung disease, um...
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- he has eyesight problems, hearing problems... - MACHINE BEEPS
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- SHE TURNS IT OFF - He has a cleft palate.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21He has spina bifida occulta
0:04:21 > 0:04:25and he has a tracheostomy fitted, because, during the night,
0:04:25 > 0:04:27he doesn't breathe at all for himself.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31He'll never be able to feed normally through his mouth, um...
0:04:31 > 0:04:35I think that's it. I think I've covered everything.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Kirsty's been told many times that Carson won't make it
0:04:43 > 0:04:47and he's always proved the doctors wrong,
0:04:47 > 0:04:52but his future is still uncertain and he's going to need more surgery.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Get off them wires.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00I think the kids have got special spirits
0:05:00 > 0:05:03and I think the way that the parents just alter their lives
0:05:03 > 0:05:05to cope with huge bits of news,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09that they've got long-term treatment, I think they're amazing.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I never cease to be amazed the way parents cope.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24Every weekend, thousands of partygoers head for Liverpool's clubs and bars.
0:05:24 > 0:05:30Out there, keeping the streets safe are the police and the church.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43The street pastors are the city's new frontline ministry,
0:05:43 > 0:05:47a group of Christian volunteers who offer practical help
0:05:47 > 0:05:50and a listening ear to anyone that needs it.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53DANCE MUSIC
0:05:56 > 0:05:58SIREN BLARES
0:05:58 > 0:06:03It's Saturday night and over 250,000 people are out clubbing.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Carol is on patrol again
0:06:05 > 0:06:09with fellow pastors Hazel Dickens and Dave Collier.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- The church needs to be on the streets.- Yes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Out in the community and this is what we're doing.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19We are part of the church out on the street.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22There's no good us sitting in church expecting people to come to us,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- because they're not going to come.- No.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28So we go to them and that's what we're here for.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30CHEERING
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Come on, hard-core.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38We are off to Stanley Street
0:06:38 > 0:06:41and then we'll go into Matthew Street, which is usually manic.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46- On the way back.- On the way back. I love Matthew Street and all.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- You just go for a wander, sort of thing?- BOTH: Yes.
0:06:48 > 0:06:55See if we can find anybody who needs us. Homeless...vulnerable people.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58People who just want a chat.
0:06:58 > 0:07:04One of the best clubs in Liverpool there, man. Oh, what.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07I fell down them stairs that many times.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- The oldest and friendliest club? - Love that club.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Best club in Liverpool!
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Picking up empty bottles is a simple way of making the streets safer.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25- What did you pick the bottle up for? - Um, because it's a potential weapon.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31Or...they can smash it and cut their feet on it.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34I'll find a bin and put them in it when I find one.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40BOTTLES CLINK
0:07:40 > 0:07:42So we just walk around and, obviously,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45you see some of the same people each time you come out
0:07:45 > 0:07:50and they just get to know us and they're more trusting then, you know.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54They know that we're not "Bible bashers". We're here for them.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09At Alder Hey Hospital, when Kirsty Harris gets
0:08:09 > 0:08:12a rare moment away from her son Carson's bedside,
0:08:12 > 0:08:15she heads to the room that's become a home from home.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Ronald McDonald House is
0:08:20 > 0:08:24a place where parents can stay while their children are having treatment
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Have you got my bag, Paul, please?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Thank you.- There you are, dear. - Thank you very much.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31'When you first come, it's very strange.'
0:08:31 > 0:08:35We've been here quite a long time now, so we...
0:08:35 > 0:08:39It is like a second home now. We know all the staff pretty well,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42we have a good relationship with the staff.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50We call it the house that never sleeps,
0:08:50 > 0:08:51because there's always somebody,
0:08:51 > 0:08:56no matter what time of day or night, coming and going and lots of noise.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Kirsty's family have been separated by Carson's illness.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05While she lives at the hospital, her other children
0:09:05 > 0:09:09are back home with her partner and mother.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11This is my room.
0:09:13 > 0:09:21Yeah, so on the wall here we've got Layton, and Ethan, Lewis and Chloe.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26So...they're always with me.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29It just makes it a bit more homely.
0:09:29 > 0:09:36It's been very hard to deal with the guilt of, um...
0:09:36 > 0:09:40splitting yourself in two and you can't physically do that.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Father, we just thank you for this time
0:09:44 > 0:09:47to come together and to take time out of a busy day,
0:09:47 > 0:09:52just to come rest in your presence, and to worship you and to give thanks
0:09:52 > 0:09:57and give to you all the little ones and young people in this hospital...
0:09:57 > 0:09:59VOICE ECHOES AND FADES
0:10:01 > 0:10:06Kirsty isn't a churchgoer, but from the start,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09the chaplains have helped her through the darkest times.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Are you looking up there?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Alder Hey's Catholic chaplain, Caroline Ferguson,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21has always been there to give Kirsty support.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I couldn't agree with you more.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28'As a chaplain at Alder Hey, we do get to know some of the patients
0:10:28 > 0:10:32'very well, especially the ones that are in for a long, long time.'
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Just so wonderful, when I walked in to TCU the other day,
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- and there he was sitting there upright on his own.- Yeah.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47- It was just brilliant. He's done so well recently.- He has come on, yeah.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Come on in leaps and bounds.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52'To begin with, we wasn't keen speaking to Caroline.'
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Just we had a lot of other things going on, um,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58but as she started coming around more often,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01our conversations got longer and more in depth
0:11:01 > 0:11:05and it was just really nice to have somebody to speak to, um,
0:11:05 > 0:11:09that wasn't medical, that wasn't telling me how sick Carson was.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12She was actually asking how I was feeling,
0:11:12 > 0:11:16how the family was doing at home, and it was really nice to have that.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26'Carson is a very sick little boy
0:11:26 > 0:11:31'and Carson and Kirsty have been in Alder Hey for a very long time.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35'One day, Carson will go home, but he'll keep coming back to Alder Hey'
0:11:35 > 0:11:38and she'll be there for him and I'll be there for her.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46If he can do what he's done, then we can get through this,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49and we WILL get through this, and we will become, hopefully,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52a stronger family unit because of this.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06University is a time when many young people
0:12:06 > 0:12:09lose touch with the religion they've grown up with.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14At Liverpool, chaplains are working hard to keep faith alive on campus.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Today, Anglican chaplain, James Harding,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24is meeting up with students who need his help.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26'I want to be there for those Christians
0:12:26 > 0:12:29'who're away from the home for the first time
0:12:29 > 0:12:32'and they want to just let loose
0:12:32 > 0:12:36'and experiment and see everything that life's got to offer them,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39'but I am not the religious police.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44'I cannot, because of my own experiences say, "Though shalt not do that."
0:12:44 > 0:12:48'That is not my job. I believe that's the job of the Holy Spirit.'
0:12:53 > 0:12:57I choose to spend all my expenses
0:12:57 > 0:13:03on buying coffee, cakes and drinks for the students that I meet,
0:13:03 > 0:13:06because I believe that's Christian hospitality.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11I believe that Jesus was a generous person and I want to be like that.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22Dan is a first year student looking for a new church in Liverpool
0:13:22 > 0:13:27and he's about to discover there's no such thing as a free lunch.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32So, Dan, I'd really like to invite you to my church, because...
0:13:32 > 0:13:35because we've got a real need for a musician like you.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41You know, I think you would be just perfect in the worship teams,
0:13:41 > 0:13:46because, last year, we had a great guitar player and he graduated,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49so really, we've got a hole that we need filling there
0:13:49 > 0:13:51and I think you'd be a great person to do that.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55If you want to come and play guitar for me, that's fantastic
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- if you want to do that.- Definitely, mate, I'll come and give it a try.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Yeah, I think it is the best way to find out
0:14:01 > 0:14:05whether you want to be involved or not, because if you don't try,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- you don't really know, so... - Yeah, that's true.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- Thanks, mate.- Thanks a lot, mate, see you soon. Bye.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13'I really think that Dan's the kind of guy that I can support'
0:14:13 > 0:14:17and disciple and mentor at his time at university
0:14:17 > 0:14:21and he's going to make an excellent contribution to church,
0:14:21 > 0:14:23you know, and that's how he'll feel
0:14:23 > 0:14:27a real sense of satisfaction and fulfilment in his life.
0:14:27 > 0:14:33Dan's now playing guitar, bass, keys and drums at James's church.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42At Alder Hey Hospital, Carson Hartley is
0:14:42 > 0:14:46about to undergo his 10th operation -
0:14:46 > 0:14:51four hours of surgery on his saliva glands.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- Does it ever get any easier?- No, no. A lot of people ask me that,
0:14:55 > 0:14:59"It must get easier after, you know, so many," but no, no.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Every time's the same.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03I think, because it's so unnatural, how he goes to sleep
0:15:03 > 0:15:07and, obviously, it's out of your hands what's happening to him.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11As always, Caroline, the chaplain,
0:15:11 > 0:15:13has come along to give Kirsty support.
0:15:13 > 0:15:21- Thank you.- Hello, little man. Hello! Are you enjoying that? What's this?
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- Oh, that's right. - He says, "Bash Caroline!"
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- Bash Caroline. - Bash Caroline.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- So you're going down to theatre in a little while?- Yes.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36How long's he going to be in for? Have they given you a time?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38No, about four hours, I think, altogether.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45He was here when he first came in, wasn't he? This was his...
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- Wasn't it here? - I think he's had every bed space.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49LAUGHTER
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- I'm sure he has. - This was his first one.- Yeah.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56MAN: Where are we off to, mate?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58THEY CHATTER
0:15:58 > 0:16:03'Obviously, when he goes to theatre, I have little silent prayers.'
0:16:08 > 0:16:13'I do say things in my head, like, "Please make sure he'll be OK."
0:16:14 > 0:16:18'Every day I look at him, he amazes me that he's still here,
0:16:18 > 0:16:23'that he's fighting, he's strong, you know, he's got some willpower.'
0:16:28 > 0:16:30'It is a miracle. He's brilliant.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33'You know, he's had to come through so much and yet,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35'at the end of it, he smiles every day.'
0:16:46 > 0:16:48In the hospital chapel,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Kirsty's asked Caroline to light a candle for Carson.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57I firmly believe that, when I light that candle now for Carson,
0:16:57 > 0:17:01and in my mind, I'm saying, "Jesus, look after him,
0:17:01 > 0:17:06"take care, make him better, look after him, look after Kirsty,"
0:17:06 > 0:17:11I'm firmly convinced that what I'm saying, with the help of the candles,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14is wending its way up there, somewhere,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16through the golden gates to Jesus
0:17:16 > 0:17:21and I believe that and that's part of my faith.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31I've had a few days where I've just thought, "I can't do this no more,"
0:17:31 > 0:17:35and then I just look at him and I think, "How can I think that?"
0:17:35 > 0:17:37You know, he's gone through so much,
0:17:37 > 0:17:43he's actually going through this, and he can do it, then so can we.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52At the University, Anglican chaplain, James Harding, has had a call for help.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55OK, I'm on my way to meet a student called Tom.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Tom is a Christian, he comes regularly to the chapel,
0:17:58 > 0:18:02so I know him quite well, and Tom is going to go home today.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I'm going to meet him, because I think he's feeling homesick.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10'I'm going to talk to Tom, listen to him, pray with him,
0:18:10 > 0:18:15'but I'll take him to the station as well, so he just knows there's someone that's here for him.'
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- Hi, mate.- How you doing? - Good to see you.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25- Is this the longest you've ever been away from home?- Yeah, it is, it's seven weeks now.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Yeah, so what are you missing?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- I'm missing my mum's cooking, definitely.- Yeah.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- She's a food technology teacher. - Right, so you get well fed at home?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Yeah, I'm looking forward to that. Also, I miss my church quite a bit,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38because I had a lot of friends there.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43I'm always worried about students going home too early.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46I've seen it so many times in my time in universities that,
0:18:46 > 0:18:51if you go home too early before you've made friends and made good new contacts,
0:18:51 > 0:18:55then you can kind of find it difficult to reintegrate.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00How about, just before I take you to the station, I just pray for you?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- I'd really like to pray for you. - Thanks.- OK.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Father God, thank you for Tom, thank you that you've brought him
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and called him to Liverpool...
0:19:08 > 0:19:10VOICE FADES
0:19:18 > 0:19:21'I believe, you know, when the lights go off,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25'and the door closes, and that students are alone in their room,
0:19:25 > 0:19:29'the realities of life hit them then.'
0:19:30 > 0:19:33"There must be more to life than this.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37"There must be some direction and purpose in my life."
0:19:37 > 0:19:41And, hopefully, I'm there to help people through that.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47I mean, my own experience of being a student was very mixed.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51I came to Liverpool to study when I was 18 years old.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54I'd never been away from home before.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59I cut the apron strings and I partied really hard for two years.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04I really pushed the limits of what was acceptable, in terms of drinking alcohol.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09I really pushed the limits in terms of what was acceptable in terms of experimenting with drugs.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20And it was a Christian friend that picked me up
0:20:20 > 0:20:25and cleaned me down and loved me back into church.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- OK, God bless.- Thanks a lot. - Have a safe journey.- God bless. - OK, see you soon.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33'So I want to be there for people that are in that situation.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39'This job is so rewarding and so fulfilling,'
0:20:39 > 0:20:43because I get to share people's lives, share people's journeys,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I get to walk with them a little bit
0:20:45 > 0:20:47and I believe I'm right where God wants me to be.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52It's not a job, it's a calling and I'd I do it
0:20:52 > 0:20:55regardless of whether I got paid or not.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Tom came back to Liverpool and, with James's support,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01is settling into university life.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Carson Hartley is recovering from his 10th operation.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20But the surgeons have given Kirsty some bad news about his future.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25They've said that he's probably not going to speak. Um...
0:21:27 > 0:21:31I was obviously upset. It's not a nice thing to hear.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36Like I said, it's just another thing to add to his list.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40And they actually confirmed that he has moderate hearing loss
0:21:40 > 0:21:42and he's now getting fitted for hearing aids.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48You know, sometimes, when he looks at me, I think, "Why you? Why us?"
0:21:48 > 0:21:51You know, um, and then, when he smiles at you, you think,
0:21:51 > 0:21:56"How can you smile?" you know, "What reason have you got to smile for?"
0:21:56 > 0:21:58We've come this far,
0:21:58 > 0:22:02so it doesn't matter if it's going to take another five years,
0:22:02 > 0:22:0710 years, 15 years, we're going to be there 100% behind Carson,
0:22:07 > 0:22:11um, and they are little steps that we have to take
0:22:11 > 0:22:15and each day's an extra step towards, hopefully,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17a better future for him.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22You know, as long as he's here, we're going to be here behind him.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36HORN BLOWS
0:22:36 > 0:22:39DANCE MUSIC
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Here you go, girls. Are you going to put them on?
0:22:49 > 0:22:50At their base on Church Street,
0:22:50 > 0:22:55the street pastors hand out water and free flip-flops.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Oh, yeah, thanks. Thanks for them. Thank you.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Go on, you can put them on now.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03There's nothing worse than staying in heels all night
0:23:03 > 0:23:06when you feel sick, cold, like on a night like this,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10and you want to go home. And you just, you can't be bothered
0:23:10 > 0:23:15walking two miles for a taxi in shoes like that.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Here you are.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21People are coming up now and they are saying to us,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23"Are you the people who sell flip-flops?"
0:23:23 > 0:23:27And we say, "No, we give flip-flops away," so they still haven't
0:23:27 > 0:23:29quite got the message that we're not out to make money.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- LAUGHTER - This is what they did.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42I feel amazing.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44They made my birthday.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46LAUGHTER
0:23:46 > 0:23:51It just shows you how many young ladies walk around with nothing on their feet and, er,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54you might've noticed earlier on, we picked up a few bottles as well.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57The reason behind that was because, you know, they get broken,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59they're walking around with nothing on their feet,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02It's dangerous, you know, for 'em and, also, they can be used
0:24:02 > 0:24:05for weapons as well, of course, so, er...
0:24:05 > 0:24:08if we remove them from the street, it makes it a safer place.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10SIREN BLARES
0:24:14 > 0:24:18It's 3am and the city centre's busier than ever.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21The pastors don't preach, but if people ask questions,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24it's an opportunity to get their message across.
0:24:24 > 0:24:30I believe that Jesus exists, yeah, existed. He's dead now, of course.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Well, he did die, but he rose again.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38- I believe that he taught people how they should live.- OK, that's OK.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43- And for those people to teach again. - Yeah?- That's their test.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47- Well, that's us.- To teach again. - We're used as his disciples.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52- That's a good, that's a good message to portray to the world.- Yeah.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Jesus gave us freedom.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- With respect I've got to go. - Thank you.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01It was amazing, because it was them that were asking all the questions.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- What where they asking you? - Well, asking...
0:25:03 > 0:25:06well, they were asking about Jesus and they were asking about God
0:25:06 > 0:25:09and, you know, what an opportunity
0:25:09 > 0:25:12to, er, answer them and they were ready to listen.
0:25:16 > 0:25:23I was made for this job, because... been there, bought the T-shirt.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27But I haven't been there, got the T-shirt and all that,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29but I still know I'm in the right place
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- and it's not for the same reasons.- No.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35It's because I know there's a lot of lost people out there
0:25:35 > 0:25:38and, yeah, and they're just searching
0:25:38 > 0:25:42and until they find that hole that only God can fill,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45they'll still go on searching in the emptiness.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50There's more to life than this.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54SIRENS ECHO
0:26:07 > 0:26:12Kirsty and her son Carson are still living at Alder Hey Hospital.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16But last summer, before his 10th operation,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19they both got a brief taste of a better future.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Carson was allowed to leave hospital for the first time.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27It's your big day!
0:26:27 > 0:26:29It was only for a few hours,
0:26:29 > 0:26:34but after 18 months in hospital, it was a huge step forward.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39Going home, I think him going into his own house for the first time
0:26:39 > 0:26:44is going to be...amazing. It's going to be brilliant, yeah.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Yes. Seeing his bedroom for the first time.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Hey, are you going to see your bedroom?
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Oh... We never ever thought this day would come ever, um...
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- It means everything. - < It does.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Bye! Say, "Bye-bye!"
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Yes!
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- Yes! - SHE KISSES HIM
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Bye!
0:27:49 > 0:27:54Next time, we join Carson on his day trip home.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Where are we?
0:27:56 > 0:27:59This will be your bedroom.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03What do you think? Eh?
0:28:03 > 0:28:08And we meet Muslim convert Adam Kelwick,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10who tells how a trip abroad changed his life.
0:28:10 > 0:28:16I came back to the UK with a beard, a wife and a dress on, and that's the short version.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd