Emily Compagno

“stronger than any physical torture. And his prayers kept him connected to God. “I was having a type of out-of-body experience, hoping that would ameliorate the pain,” he recalled of one such session. “But I felt comfort in my faith, even from the very beginning. I knew for sure there was a plan, that God was in control of this. And that I may never know the reason why I’m going through this. But I prayed that there might be some value in the pain. And I was quite certain there would be, though I also knew that I might never figure out what that value would be.”
― Emily Compagno, Under His Wings: How Faith on the Front Lines Has Protected American Troops