In Love and War
PORT ORCHARD, Washington (AP) --
A Washington state soldier has married the Iraqi woman he met and fell in love with while in Baghdad.
Robert Hall, 23, says he knew within a month that he would marry Vivian Mansour, 21, of Baghdad, even though at first neither spoke a word of each other's language.
Hall, an Army reservist who earned a Bronze Star for meritorious service during his one-year tour, said he's never been happier. The two were married here Saturday.
"I never in my life saw this coming," he said.
For them, cultural differences are offset by a shared Christian faith. Mansour is a Kurdish Christian -- a population that makes up just 3 percent of Iraq's 24 million people.
"It's such a learning experience," Hall said. "Our cultures are different, but the way we look at it is, we're both children of God."
*Sniff, what a great story, finding something precious in the place of chaos and violence.
*Find God, find Love.
A Washington state soldier has married the Iraqi woman he met and fell in love with while in Baghdad.
Robert Hall, 23, says he knew within a month that he would marry Vivian Mansour, 21, of Baghdad, even though at first neither spoke a word of each other's language.
Hall, an Army reservist who earned a Bronze Star for meritorious service during his one-year tour, said he's never been happier. The two were married here Saturday.
"I never in my life saw this coming," he said.
For them, cultural differences are offset by a shared Christian faith. Mansour is a Kurdish Christian -- a population that makes up just 3 percent of Iraq's 24 million people.
"It's such a learning experience," Hall said. "Our cultures are different, but the way we look at it is, we're both children of God."
*Sniff, what a great story, finding something precious in the place of chaos and violence.
*Find God, find Love.
1 Comments:
At 10:41 AM,
Anonymous said…
aww thats so sweet.
maybe i should go to Iraq to find my husband in that 3%. haha jk.
-crystal
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