Trail of Faith honors group persecuted in Italy

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>> WE FIND HIM IN BURKE COUNTY.

SCOTT MASON IS IN VAL DECEMBER

AND THE TRAIL OF FAITH.

>> Reporter: LONG AGO, A GROUP

OF PEOPLE MADE A TOUGH JOURNEY

FROM THE ALPINE VALLEYS OF

ILLITY HERE TO BURKE COUNTY.

A JOURNEY THAT TODAY IS

COMMEMORATED BY A TRAIL OF

FAITH.

AND YOU'RE IN ITALY.

>> I'M IN ITALY RIGHT NOW.

COME AND JOIN ME.

>> Reporter: WELCOME TOO THE

WALDENSIAN VALLEY.

>> THERE'S 15 EXHIBITS.

>> Reporter: THE BUILDINGS ARE

REPRODUCTIONS.

>> ONCE THEY ACCEPT JESUS

CHRIST THE HOLLY SPIRIT JUST --

HOLY SPIRIT JUST RULED THEM.

>> Reporter: SOME BELIEFS

CONFLICTED WITH THOSE OF THE

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

THE CHURCH FELT THREATENED BY

THEM AND BUZZ OF THAT, THEY

WERE OFTEN BURNED AT THE STAKE.

>> SEE THEIR HANS UP ALWAYS UP.

THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

>> Reporter: THE ILLUSTRATIONS

ARE HAUNTING.

THIS WAS IN ANCIENT TIMES A

TIME OF TORTURED.

>> A INDIVIDUALS WHO WANTED TO

READ GOD'S WORLD FOR

THEMSELVES.

THAT WAS OUR ONLY FAULT.

WE WANTED TO READ THE WORD.

>> Reporter: HE IS A DESCEND

ENT OF THESE PRAYERFUL PEOPLE.

>> EVERY LOCATION ON THE TRAIL

OF FAITH IS SPECIAL IN SOME WAY

OR THE OTHER.

>> Reporter: THE CAVE.

>> THIS IS WHERE THEY HAD TO

HIDE TO WORSHIP.

>> Reporter: THE CAVE WAS

DARK.

BUT FOR A CRACK IN THE ROCK AND

A STREAM OF LIGHT.

AS IF IT WAS MEANT TO BE.

>> THE PASTOR COULD READ

GODDITIES WORD -- COULD READ

GOD'S WORD.

>> THEY KNEW THEY WOULDN'T LIVE

MORE THAN TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY

WERE CAUGHT OR TURNED IN BUT

YET THEY WOULD GO.

>> Reporter: EVENTUALLY THEY

WOULD GO INTO COMPILE.

FORCED FROM THEIR HOMELAND IN

ITALY.

>> THAT'S THE KILL PATH.

WHERE THEY WERE COMPILED.

MOST DIDN'T HAVE SHOES.

WALKING IN THE SNOW WITHOUT

SHOES.

THEIR FAITH WAS ALL THEY HAD.

>> Reporter: BUT IN TIME THEY

HAD THEIR FREEDOM.

THEY CAME TO AMERICA.

TO NORTH CAROLINA.

>> TOTAL STORY OF FAITH.

>> Reporter: AND HIS FAITH IN

BUILDING THIS TRAIL IN BURKE

COUNTY THE TOWN OF VALDIZ WHICH

IS TAKEN FROM THIS NAME.

>> FELT LIKE IF WE DIDN'T DO

THIS IT MAY NEVER BEEN.

>>> HAS YOUR FAITH BEEN

STRENGTHENED BY THIS STORY?

>> MOST DEFINITELY.

>> Reporter: IT'S A REMARKABLE

STORY GIVEN THEIR SACRIFICE.

AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION.

THEY WERE THE FIRST TO

TRANSLATE THE BIBLE INTO A

LANGUAGE COMMON PEOPLE COULD

READ.

>> GUESS WHAT BIBLE GEORGE

WASHINGTON PUT HIS HAND ON TO

BE SWORN IN.

IT WAS TRANSLATED ON THAT ROCK

TABLE.

>> Reporter: OUR FAITH IN GOD

IS ALL WE HAVE.

>> WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OUR

FAITH AND IF WE DON'T STAND UP,

THIS CAN HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> AND IF YOU ARE INTRIGUED BY

THE STORY THE TRAIL OF FAITH IS

OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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