http://articles.latimes.com/2005/sep/24/local/me-hollywood24
"Much of that money, according to the affidavit, came from church members such as Rosa Valdez, a widow who invested almost 0,000 through her pastor at Desert Bloom Ministries church in Whittier. Valdez said she decided to invest because a conversation with Pastor Al Forniss Sr., also an investor, made her feel "like God was speaking to her," the affidavit says."