Holli: Touched by an Angel

PASADENA—Holli, age 9, who attends Pasadena NewLife Fellowship, will appear on television’s T ouched By an Angel, tentatively scheduled for March 2, in a lead guest-starring role. Holli started acting when she was 4. Her biggest role to date was as the lead child in the Paramount film B less the Child with Kim B asinger. She has done more than a dozen commercials and more than a dozen theatrical roles, including appearances on Judging Amy and Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman. She will be on ER sometime in March.

Last spring Holli was flown to Bulgaria with her mother, Doris, to film a movie, Run for the M oney, with Christian Slater, Val Kilmer and Daryl Hannah.

B less the Child came out in Bulgaria the day before Holli arrived there, and as a result, she was a recognized star during her two-month stay. She was on the cover of a national magazine, was host for a children’s national one-hour television program, was interviewed by the television news and was in the newspapers and was host for a children’s English school graduation.

In each case the family was asked what they believed about God. Holli's mother said that it was a thrilling experience for them to share their faith and experience of a living, loving God with people who were oppressed by communism for 45 years and were eager to hear that God is and that he loves them.

Holli started going to the Worldwide Church of God when she was in the first grade, and Kassie, a WCG member, was in her class. Kassie kept asking Holli to go with her to Sonlight Club, but her parents, thought the WCG was a cult. They kept turning Kassie down with various excuses.

Then on Valentine’s Day, the teacher had a class gathering of the parents and students, and each student read a paper he or she had written. Kassie got up and read about how she wanted so badly for Holli to be able to go to Sonlight Club with her. Holli’s parents melted in their shoes and looked at each other and nodded. After the class, they said Holli could go with her the next meeting. Later they told Holli they were going to go along, too, so they could help her understand what was taught and what their family believed and didn’t believe.

The day finally came, and the family apprehensively went to Sonlight Club with Holli. As soon as they saw the materials and met the people there, they knew God had steered them there. It was exactly what they’d been looking for, and praying for, for Holli—an extracurricular group that would teach her the Bible and Bible verses and Christian values like Holli’s mom had been taught at that age. Holli has been going ever since, and loves every minute of it.

TAKING A BREAK—From left,
executive producer Jon Anderson,
Roma Downey and Holli.

FILMING—Holli (center) with Roma Downey (left)
filming Touched By an Angel in Salt Lake City, Utah, in
December. [Photos by Holli's mother]

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