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from the families. A thousand men to minister to means a thou sand family and personal prob lems. So here is another one. I motion to the lad to enter and take a seat, as I move over to sit on the side o f the bunk. Not much room in this stateroom converted to an office! The ship rolls vio lently and papers spew from the desk while the chair evasively slides a cross the desk. One should be adjusted to such con tinuous motion and be more care ful about loose gear. As we pick up the papers and close the desk, he says, “ Chap lain, I want to do what you asked me to do a few days ago.” Then it dawns on me. This boy was one of the 45 or so who had taken communion at today’s Protestant divine serv ice on the mess deck. I had ex plained the meaning of Christ’s sacrifice and how the communion should be not only a time of con templation of what Christ has done for us but also a time of dedication o f ourselves to be more like our Saviour. At our previous session this lad had told me that he had accepted Christ as his Saviour. It was then that I asked him about his purpose in life. That is when he seemed bothered. We should all be concerned about that question. Many live for wine, women and song. How do you get across to these that God has much more in store for Continued, on p. 37
C h a p l a i n , m a y I s e e y o u a m i n u t e ? ” I look up from my desk to see the sailor with an obviously con cerned expression on his face. Through my mind flashes the various problems a Chaplain may encounter with such an introduc tion. It could be that he is both ered by the fact that we are des tined for Viet Nam. It will be many months before we get back to the States. Perhaps he is even afraid that we might not get back. I remember talking with this lad before. There are about 280 men on a destroyer and when we have been out to sea for 22 days, a Chaplain has opportunity to talk with almost all of them, even to hearing the sordid stories of life punctuated with four-letter adjectives commonly used among Navy men. But this lad appears to be a fairly “ square” guy, probably about 19 years old. That is about the average age of all o f the men in the ships in my division. Many of these men have not graduated from high school. Some are just getting used to their first time away from home. Ship life really requires adjustment, for there is no privacy and very little space to call your own. There are those rightly concerned about leaving a pregnant girl friend back home; others are leaving a teen-aged bride. Then there are always the financial problems and the anxie ties o v e r extended separation
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