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Hi, I am Dave and I am in the US Army. I was living an athiest life and it even said "No religious preference" on my dogtags since I didn't believe. As a kid I grew up in the church, active weekly in a program called "The Royal Rangers". Heard of them? Well, after I was 13 or so, I kinda stopped going and never went back until now. During that time, I was married and divorced twice, and am now on my 3rd marriage. Not a very Christian way to live. In 2005, my current wife convinced me to go to church with her and I did. It was a Pentacostal bible thumping kind of church that held several hundred people at once. I mean BIG. This was in Lakeland, FL. She joined the choir and became an active member. I just went with her to church to support her, but it didn't work for me. I still didn't buy into it. I liked the pastor alot but still, nothing managed to get me excited about it. Eventually I stopped going, convinced people talking in tongues, running up and down the aisles, was all for show. Fast forward to May 12th, 2008. I am doing Army training in Ft. Polk, LA with my unit. One night, as I sat in my barracks area, getting ready to sleep, I noticed a Chinese soldier reading in English (not very well) out of a book called "The Scroll that the Lamb Opened" I believe it was. While I was watching this go on, it occured to me that he was reading about walking in the footsteps of God, and about His 6,000 year management plan. Something came over me that I can only now explain as God's work through this wonderful Chinese soldier. He was trying so hard to read the best he could in English to one of my soldiers about God. Right then, something prompted me to seek out my Chaplain. He was just starting a nightly Bible study group. I sat in and told him that a Chinese soldier reading in broken English was ministering to my soldier. My Chaplain told me God has a way of working through people. The Chinese soldier, Simon, had come halfway around the world, joined the US Army in San Francisco, and gave me a sign to better my life, religiously and otherwise. Ever since then, we meet several times a week to read from the book. Not only is he getting better at his vocabulary, but I am filled with love, happiness, and joy I never before realized. On June 22nd, my Chaplain is going to Baptize me. My wife is blown away. I did a total 180 in my life and feel great! Not sure how this happened but it feels right. I am so happy to tell people what I think about Jesus! In fact I was so happy, I had a vision to do more. I started a store called mlchristian at cafepress.com to spread His word even further! Man, I am going to be busy spreading God's word! I would like however, to have anyone pray for me to never stray off the path to Him ever again. Thanks for praying for me and I love this site! Feel free to PM me or email me. Support and bless the Troops!
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