From Hollywood Starlet to Saving 100,000+ Children: The Extraordinary Life of Sara O’Meara
The Mike Litton Experience
Mike Litton
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Prepare to be inspired. In this unforgettable episode of The Mike Litton Experience, we sit down with the legendary Sara O’Meara — co-founder of Childhelp, author of Healed: Your Miracle Awaits, and a woman whose life journey has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of children worldwide.
From starring in Ozzie and Harriet to rescuing orphans during the Vietnam War, building orphanages, working alongside U.S. generals, and founding one of America’s most impactful child advocacy organizations — Sara’s story is one of courage, faith, and divine purpose.
She shares her harrowing encounter with a deadly typhoon in Tokyo that led to rescuing 11 abandoned children — a moment that changed the trajectory of her life forever. You’ll also hear how Nancy Reagan personally inspired Sara to take on the taboo topic of child abuse, and how that led to landmark legal reforms and the creation of the national child abuse hotline.
Sara also recounts her miraculous healing from terminal cancer and the founding of her Little Healing Chapel in Arizona, where thousands have reported supernatural healing through prayer.
Don’t miss this powerful, raw, and faith-filled conversation about miracles, service, and hope.
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| 0:00.0 | In so doing, that is where we found 11 little children huddled together to fend off the code. |
| 0:09.7 | But they had no shoes on. |
| 0:11.6 | They did not have jackets. |
| 0:13.5 | They were crying and huddled together. |
| 0:16.5 | And we rushed up to them and said, where do you belong? |
| 0:20.6 | Where are your parents? |
| 0:22.1 | Well, they couldn't understand us because we were speaking English and they Japanese, of course. |
| 0:27.0 | But they did say, no mama son, no papa son. |
| 0:32.2 | It's when we went from Tokyo to Japan and all over. |
| 0:36.5 | And we said, we have these children in our room that are, we have to find a place for |
| 0:44.3 | him. |
| 0:44.4 | He said, you have what? |
| 0:46.3 | And when we told him, he said, does anybody know? |
| 0:50.0 | And we said, well, the maids on the floor, they've helped us get food and everything. |
| 0:55.0 | And he said, you've got to get rid of them. |
| 0:56.8 | I jumped up as fast as I could. |
| 1:00.1 | It was like hot oil going through my body. |
| 1:02.7 | It wasn't, of course, but that's what it felt like. |
| 1:05.2 | And I walked down those steps. |
| 1:07.5 | I glided down those steps. |
| 1:10.0 | And I not only didn't have any pain I had |
| 1:13.3 | energy like I'd always had and as I sat down there was the something that happened to me |
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