Ranger Josh (Harrison)

Lt. Harrison arrives in Afghanistan today, I believe, and, according to John, this WSJ article focuses on his destination and the work he will be involved in. You simply must read the article because it is incredible. What makes it even more unbelievable is that there already is a Lt. Harrison assigned there:

First Lt. Michael Harrison, a platoon leader in the battalion's Dog Company, studied law and nuclear engineering at West Point, where he was a minor troublemaker, doing punishment marches for such offenses as keeping a rice cooker in his room. But along the Pech River, the 25-year-old has a fan club of neighborhood urchins -- a counterweight to insurgent propaganda that, the military says, claims the Americans are here to convert Muslims to Christianity and eat their children.

When the lieutenant approaches Patrol Base California, he lowers the bullet-proof window on his Humvee, reaches out and slaps high-fives with the children. "Michael!" they shout as he passes, mimicking his two-finger peace sign.

"Whassup, Hussein? Haircut!" Lt. Harrison says to a close-shaved orphan boy in a dirty-white jersey and loose trousers. He gives a set of baby bottles to a boy whose sister died after giving birth.

When he isn't patrolling, the lieutenant spends much of his time sounding out the locals, listening to their troubles and trying to arrange solutions.

Pretty amazing stuff. You've got to read the whole thing.

I'm sure that Josh would appreciate our prayers, that God would use him to spread the love of Christ in this part of the world.