ink ed ▁type writer ▁increased , ▁covering ▁a ▁vast ▁array ▁of ▁topics ▁but ▁mainly ▁around ▁the ▁areas ▁of ▁culture ▁and ▁religion . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁Leon ids ▁served ▁as ▁editor ▁and ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁the ▁multi - author ▁short ▁story ▁collection ▁Work ▁songs . ▁ ▁National ▁service ▁From ▁ 1 9 3 7 , ▁Leon ids ▁served ▁his ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁national ▁service ▁in ▁the ▁Lat v ian ▁Army . ▁After ▁his ▁basic ▁training ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁corpor al , ▁but ▁even ▁while ▁serving ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁write , ▁publishing ▁over ▁ 3 0 ▁pieces ▁including ▁" Lat v ian ' s ▁prayer ". ▁Selected ▁for ▁officer ▁training ▁in ▁R iga ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁he ▁was ▁joined ▁there ▁by ▁Stanis lav s ▁Rein is , ▁who ▁would ▁later ▁fill - in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Bre ik š s ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁army ▁and ▁during ▁the ▁two - year ▁course . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁Bre ik š s ▁had ▁met ▁Anna ▁Bild ere ▁( b . ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁R iga ). ▁From ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁their ▁friendship ▁developed , ▁marry ing ▁at ▁St . ▁John ’ s ▁church , ▁R iga ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁After ▁a ▁reception ▁at ▁the ▁Lat v ian ▁Rail ways ▁headquarters , ▁they ▁h one ym oon ed ▁along ▁the ▁River ▁O gre ▁close ▁to ▁Vec pie bal ga .