Opening Lines for Short in Height, Tall in Courage

 

Thank you, Jeremy Sams for this beautiful artwork. One cannot create art such as this without God's inspiration and the spiritual gifts accompanying it.

 

     Note: a valuable lesson for those in this caustic culture. Do not judge what you see or read so critically. Just as in the last post on my blog here, you do not know the background for Leah's stinging display. As Christians, we must be a shining example of Jesus Christ in controlling ourselves, in order to show others the error of their rush to judgement. We must be a steadfast example of Jesus Christ to encourage and appeal to our youth that we are so in danger of losing our grip on. Love you all!

     I do not write for money or fame. I write to hopefully be a positive factor in our great commission from our Lord: to bring disciples to him. Furthermore, I focus on the youth because they are an endangered group of Christians. I seek to show the youth what attracted me to use such desperate and covert methods to get into the Vietnam War and, eventually, to write for our Father instead of fame and money. That attraction is the driving force to so many of our youth - excitement, adventure, and danger. I lived for those three items in my younger years, and, to a certain extent, now. God never disappointed me in my quest, while other man-made pieces of life left me despondent and bored. 

Opening lines of Short in Height, Tall in Courage the story of God's African Special Forces Unit

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Chapter 1

Who Is This Little Man?

 

     The sound of the C-130's engines drowned out any voice not shouting. After what The Team had just experienced in Mogadishu, Somalia, nobody felt like talking anyway. All but one sat staring into nothing with a well-practiced stoicism, suppressing outward emotions. That one was Samuel, Little Brother, who sat with his Somali robe covering his entire body and sobbing quietly underneath. The Hercules leveled off at low altitude in an attempt to not be detected by prying radar beams that might be searching for us as we headed homeward to Yei, South Sudan.

     Laid carefully out between the two rows of The Team were two body bags filled with two of the finest men to ever live. Our casualty rate was much lower than expected due to the previous experience of the U.S. Army with Operation Gothic Serpent in '93, but still brought pain and suffering.

     Aboard the second C-130 were the rescued Nigerian school girls and one seriously wounded Muslim local who most likely gave his life to save Christian strangers. That plane was en route to Abuja, capital of Nigeria, for a reunion of hostages and families and a trauma center for the wounded Muslim.

     On this day, plutonium and hostages had been seized from the hands of Al Qaeda and a Russian working for Iran. Little did we realize at that time how our Somali Mission would impact the world. The news of this long and dangerous day would instill fear into terrorists around the world and hope into many Christian and Jewish people being persecuted by those terrorist organizations. A mission of this magnitude by a Christian military unit had previously been only a dream. Now, If the world didn't know before, this small but powerful quick-strike unit of who-are-theys are not myths or fake news. 

 

 

One of my favorite passages from my book

     Suddenly Mabior whispered, "Shadows to the right."

     The shadows were bent over as they made their way to the door. I could hear the sound of the locksmith tools as they noisily fiddled with the two-door locks. I stood there thinking, "Are these misfits the best you could muster to send against us? Finally, they were in. The door creaked loudly, causing the two men to hit one another in a Laurel and Hardy slapstick move. I'd had enough. I tapped Samuel beside me as our signal.

     Samuel yelled in Farci, "Get on the floor, now! We won't hesitate to kill you. Hands behind your back! Do you speak Hebrew?"

     I flicked on the lights.

     The two men began to shake at Samuel's shouted commands. The insurgents had their hands and feet shackled with bags placed on their heads in a smooth action. The lock-picker man, probably the leader, asked, "Are you Jews? We do not speak Hebrew, sir. Please, don't hurt us. We just came to burgle the place."

     Leah stepped in front of Samuel commanding the man, "Shut up! We Jews are in charge here. We will ask the questions!!" I could tell she delighted in saying those words, and I kind of delighted in them, myself.

     Samuel resumed, "Are you alone?"

     The lock-picker said nervously, "Yes, sir."

     Samuel asked, "Who sent you?"

     The lock-picker answered in a stammer, "Nobody, we are just common thieves, sir."

     Leah stepped in for good this time, yelling in Farsi, "No thief, common or otherwise, would attempt to burglarize such a place as this. Do you think we are idiots? We captured the other six comrades of yours. They are already giving us information." Leah bent down and turned the lock picker's head to make sure his ears were focused, "Yes, we are Jews. Does it bother you that you will be transported to Israel to have a long conversation with our Mossad burglary specialists? We Jews don't particularly like to be burgled. Especially if those burglars are Iranian military. Jewish and Persian friendships go back thousands of years. They are good people, but the tyrants who rule them are pure trash. Let's get them out of here. I'm sick of talking to these terrorists."

 

 

The Real Heroes!

 

 

 

     My new book is dedicated to the millions of persecuted Christians and Jews around the world who bend but do not break. They are the real heroes. 

 

It's time to take a stand for the living God of Israel. When you take that stand, you stand for morals and its foundation, for truth and life; Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. 

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