L.O.V.E.

Alpha Omega Company Update.

To whom this does concern. I am halfway through my rotation and will be returning home soon. I always seem to run into the most interesting, or if it were you probably the weirdest people you will ever meet. This Iranian man was in the temple praying for his family and friends when I walked in and startled him. He stood up and ran! He came back about 3 minutes later with some water, bread, and a pillow to sit on. Even though the temple was crumbling around him, this priest was not going to give up on that church. No matter how many holes were in the walls. Well it turns out he knew how to speak English and we started conversing. This man who lived off of 2 dollars and 75 cents a week was supporting his family and everyone who came to the temple to pray. I found out that he had bought the bread and water (which I was eating) with his weekly wages.

How could it be that in America and Canada we can barely find time to talk to our own families and care for them but than somehow a priest halfway around the world would show more love and respect to a complete stranger that I do with most people I know. This was what made this all so interesting. When I asked him what drove him to do what he does, he gave me one word...LOVE. He said it stood for Living Our Victories Everyday...

You see to this man caring for a church wasn't about the holes in the walls or the money he didn't have. It was about caring and loving others first to get the victory in Christ no matter what the cost. His church was the people in his community and abroad, flesh and blood bound to an eternity in either heaven or hell. His greatest joy and passion in life was gaining those small victories everyday. I find that you will not get to where you want to go unless you walk, and walking takes small steps. Well Heaven is kinda the same way, you have to make the small victories along the way or else you wont get to where your going. Sometimes I wish I could talk to you in person because there is so much I want to say but this paper is only so long...

I love you all and I will be back soon, Lord permitting...

Lt. Kevin Dilts