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>> reporter: fred dreams of becoming somebody. >> i pray for this audition and give him the strength to have every line into memorization. >> reporter: first, he must get into college and find money to pay for it. >> stay focused and completely block everyone out. >> reporter: today he's auditioning to get into the drama program. >> good afternoon. >> when ever you're ready. >> i hate you! you know that? you know that? yeah, you, too, because now, you turned your head, you ain't looking at me no more. >> reporter: while fred acts, christie adams it was. christie is the 28-year-old youth minist...

We heard from his teacher and guidance counselor, because of the work he did, he's accepted to kean university. >> reporter: the college also heard from someone else. did you pull strings to get fred into college? >> pull strings? >> reporter: or whatever phrase you care to use, snap your fingers, pick up the phone? >> i picked up the phone to make sure nothing got lost in the sauce and fred didn't fall between the cracks. >> reporter: what's that mean, lost in the sauce? >> fred was not your classic college applicant. and he was not heavily sought after in colleges. fred had academic challeng...

People that if i'm not around, he has people he can really rely on, he can, you know, run to. >> this is the application. what was the s.a.t. >> reporter: christie stepped up as fred's mentor. her church and now his extended family. >> i'm saving the application. >> the key is for someone like christie to leverage our institutional resources and my personal capacity and make it available for the young people who have the desire to grow. >> i want to thank y'all for keeping me on the straight path instead of the other way i could have gone. >> reporter: the church has filled a hole left by fred...

real estate broker. they haven't paid their own mortgage in two years. now, they could lose it all. today, they're headed to a meeting with the housing counselor who's working to save their home. >> do you remember the day you moved in? >> october 12th, 2002. it was rainy. >> reporter: oh, no. oh, no. >> just the messiest day. >> reporter: that's terrible. >> it was sunshine in our hearts. >> reporter: they lived in a 3500 square foot four bedroom home on a corner lot complete with a four car garage for their bmws. >> this is the living room. i'm a girl from newark, new jersey. we gr...

mortgage in two years. now, they could lose it all. today, they're headed to a meeting with the housing counselor who's working to save their home. >> do you remember the day you moved in? >> october 12th, 2002. it was rainy. >> reporter: oh, no. oh, no. >> just the messiest day. >> reporter: that's terrible. >> it was sunshine in our hearts. >> reporter: they lived in a 3500 square foot four bedroom home on a corner lot complete with a three car garage for their bmws. >> this is the living room. i'm a girl from newark, new jersey. we grew up in a one bedroom aftermath, four girls an...