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5 Choices That a Warrior Makes
#5: Enter the battlefield, even if alone
Dave Eubank had come from a missionary family, but he didn’t feel called to be a missionary. Instead, he joined the military and eventually became an Army Ranger. Dave became a warrior.
After he left the military, though, he received a call. People in the country of Burma needed help — food, medicine, and other supplies.
He decided to help. He proposed to his girlfriend. Then he took a one-way trip to Burma with his new bride. He arrived with the supplies to a war-damaged jungle where people were dying.
“We’re here to help. Everything we have is yours.”
Dave stopped fighting and dedicated his entire life to help the people in Burma. At first, it was food and medicine. Over time he learned they needed more though.
Barely anyone in the world knew about how the people in Burma were struggling. So Dave started documenting their lives. He took video. He kept records. He sent pictures of the Burmese atrocities to the rest of the world. He began helping people and then training those people to do the same.
He created the Free Burma Rangers.
Dave was still a warrior, even if he wasn’t picking up a weapon. You don’t have to be in the military to be a…
