Stewart vs. Adam

Stewart was born in Scotland and then moved to England. As a 16 year old, Stewart was very musically talented (which I got to witness as he played guitar for us). He worked for the Shakesphere theature in England and got to meet famous bands that came through to play there. He even got to use his guitar skills to play for Queen once. At age 24 he joined the Scottish army.  While in boot camp he was selected to be part of the Black Watch– A special forces unit that is the toughest of the tough. After the Vietnam war, Stewart and his black watch brigade went into Vietnam to rescue P.O.W.’s  In the process he has been shot 4 times. Once in the knee, ones in the side, once in the rear and one that grazed the top of his head. He said he has had to kill women and children and still has nightmares from it. He doesnt even remember how many men he has had to kill and has even killed a man with is bare hands ( by ripping out the other man’s throat). They eventurally succeeded in saving 6 american  P.O.W.’s . He  got  to meet president Nixon and recieved a purple heart.  There was even a movie made about the rescue his brigade did called “Uncommon Valor.” O and he has also got to fly those G-Force army planes that take off by lifting straight and go faster than the speed of sound. CRAZY. As I sat in amazement at this man’s story he then started to talk about the effects it all had on him. He talked about his depression and post-war syndrome. The weight of not being able to talk to anyone about what he did or experienced becasue of the contract he signed with the Black Watch and the  CIA.  While in the army his wife cheated on him and then divorced him and tried to  take him for all his money. While in court, Stewart got custody of their twin children but at age 12 his X-wife kidnapped the kids and ran off. It was all too much for Stewart to handle and he resorted to drugs. At one point he overdosed and was pronounced dead for 4 hours. They were able to bring him back to life where he then remained in a coma for 16 days. After the incident, Stewart cut back on drugs and decided to look for his children. It took him 12 years to find them (they were then at age 24). They wanted nothing to do with him and said that he was a murderer from being in the war and killing so many people. They has also resorted to drugs and when he tired to father them and pursuade them to do otherwise they never spoke to him again. As he was telling this story you could tell that it still weighed very heavy on his heart and he even asked if we could not talk about that part anymore.  AMAZED??? I know I was when I heard his story. He was one of the most interesting men I have ever talked with. When talking about God he said that he is a believer and talks to God all the time. However, he has hopelessness and does not feel like he has any self-worth. He is also very alone and still hurting. 
                                            

                And then there is Adam. My talk with him was completely differnt than my conversation with Stewart. Adam lived in his own world. He believed himself to be a protector of aristocrats. He lives in a castle in Sydney and is only staying in the home for an “undercover” job that he is not aloud to tlak about. He is married to Marylin Monroe’s sister, or Jennifer Aniston-depends on his story at the time. His son is the boy off the movie Richy Rich. He has flown George Bush around acting as his private pilot and will be a brittish prime minister when he turns 90. His family lives in England where they are all part of the royal family and have lots of money. When I asked him about the rings on his hands he annouced proudly that they were all for very important reasons. One was from President Obama, the other from prince william. The ring that said “ramones, NYC..Hey Ho Lets Go!” enabled him to get into the Amerian embassy.  While listening to all of Adam’s outrageous, yet entertaining stories, I tried to figure out where this guy was coming home. I believe he legitimately believed himself and had put himself deep into a fantasy world. Lauren and I offered to help him clean his room. While folding and hanging up his clothes he asked if we wanted to see old pictures of him. He then pulled out a magazine and showed us pictures of “himself” on every page…playing golf and rugby, modeling, swimming, acting, dancing. Lauren and I had to avoid eye contact at times so we wouldnt laugh. We then asked him if he believed that Jesus died for him. After looking at his hands for a long time he said “Nope, not for me, but for others yea.” We then told him well he did becasue he loves you and he died for me AND for you.  He looked puzzled and just started making up poems about the trees and clouds and how the holly spirit lived in the sky. Then he said how God gave him powers to reincarnate people just like Jacob and Joseph in the bible. When we tried to explain to him that God didnt give those powers to Jacob and Joseph he just looked even more puzzled. Even though we felt like sharing God with Adam was a hopeless cause, I hope it planted some sort of seed for him.