CAMP BUSHMASTER, Iraq - A U.S. Army chaplain is helping cleanse soldiers fighting in Iraq physically and spiritually, according to the Miami Herald.
Chaplain Josh Llano of Houston has somehow produced a 500-gallon pool of water in the dry desert world near Najaf, where the Army V Corps combat support system is located.
Llano allows soldiers to take a dip in the pool, provided they first listen to an hour-and-a-half sermon in his dirt-floor tent and then get baptized.
'It's simple. They want water. I have it, as long as they agree to get baptized,' he said.
Llano calls himself a Southern Baptist evangelist and goes out each day to round up soldiers.
When word went out that portable showers might be installed soon, Llano was undaunted, the newspaper reported.
"There is no fruit out here and I have a stash of raisins, juice boxes and fruit rolls to pull out," Llano said.
