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Hello , my name is Chaplain Darius

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Holland . And I'm gonna answer 3

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questions for you . One , I want to

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talk about how I got into ministry . 2 ,

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I want to talk about how I came to be

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an army chaplain . And 3 , I want to

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tell you my favorite chaplain store . I

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came in the ministry because simply , I

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knew that . I wanted to do for others

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as what Christ had done for me . When I

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knew that I could be new , a new

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creation in Christ , man , it changed

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everything . I , I went from being the

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person that was , um , filled with

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shame and filled with regret to a

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person filled with joy and happiness .

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And so that was my desire to share what

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was done for me . And I came in the

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army chaplaincy because of the fact

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that I found out that my , my dad and

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my brother , who were all in the

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military , uh , didn't have someone to

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talk to . And a friend of mine came up

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to me and said , Man , I think you'd be

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a great army chaplain . As I went and

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talked to him , I found out that there

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were many people who needed someone

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with my unique store and my faith to

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help them walk through the difficult

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times of life . I'll give you an

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example . I had a CSM , a command

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sergeant Major , who had gone through

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many different things . And over the

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course of our time together , he was

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just not a person of faith . Um , he ,

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he didn't see the need . And over time ,

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just being , uh , whether it be

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training , whether it be , uh , things

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that he needed or or things I could

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just provide for him , he realized that

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I cared for him . And in turn , he came

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to me one day and said , Man , I , I

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want to be baptized in the Jordan River .

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Man , it was , it was an exhilarating

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day . And that's what I think the Army

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chaplaincy can . do for those who serve

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and those who are actually the family

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members that we can care for and take

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care of . So my invitation to you is to

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share your story . Can you tell me why

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did you come into the ministry ? What

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was your reason for joining the Army

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chaplaincy ? And more importantly ,

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what's your favorite chaplain store ?

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My name is Chaplain Darius Holland ,

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and this is my chaplain store .