A Warrior's Path to Faith Through Ancient Prayer

I did two stints in Lebanon in the security zone at an observation post that we maintained. There were 14 of us. All the terrain up there was considered hisbollah controlled. We had artillery support and air support. We were on high alert. We couldn't take our shoes off if you were changing your socks. Hey, I'm changing my socks. We had about enough water to take a shower once a week. It was just very operational. And then we were up there for 4 months. And there was an American kid there. He begged me to put on to fillin. And I had these to fill in from when I was bar mitzvah, but my synagogue didn't even teach us how to put it on. So this guy like begged me to put it on. I was like, "Was he Labavich by any chance?" and he begged me, "Please just put on tip to fill and say the shama and take it off. It'll take you 2 minutes. Please just do that for me. I'll sleep better at night." And then and after a while, I'm like, "I'm not going to stop. If it ain't broke, I'm not going to try and fix it. I'm going to keep doing it." I just kept doing it. When I joined the Marine Corps, I told the guys, "Hey, wake me up 10 minutes early. Tiger might fill in.