John McCain: "Christian Guard at Hua Lo Prison", "helped me understand power of my faith"

amazon.com ^ | December 2005 | John McCain

[freedomdefender]

In Part Four of his new book, "Character is Destiny," McCain writes about his role as chaplain for Christmas service in his Vietnamese prison, and about a guard who snuck in at night to loosen the ropes that bound McCain, and then snuck in in the morning to tighten them before other guards could notice.

The guard said nothing while performing this kindness, but one time, in the yard, "I became aware of him as he walked near me and then, for a moment, stood very close to me. He did not speak or smile or look at me. He just stared at the ground and then, very casually, he used his foot to draw a cross in the dirt. We both stood looking at his work for a minute until he rubbed it out and walked away."

[BellStar]

McCain would not risk his mortal soul by fabricating a story about a Guard at Hua Lo Prison drawing a Cross. We were all taught that early Christians greeted each other this way so as not be killed or persecuted. Not to unusual in radical and dangerous times of any day to use that Ultimate Symbol of our Faith.

McCain was Raised Old High Church Episcopalian he knows the consequences.