44 years November 7 2019 (from November 7 1975) – that was fast

My wife and I first dated November 7 1975, both in high school…44 years ago…wow..that happened fast Sometime back I started measuring wisdom instead of age…I am 18 now with 43 years experience July 1969, wanted to be Neil Armstrong My parents and my scoutmaster leaned hard on me until I completed becoming an Eagle Scout at 13..never regretted doing that Went to work at Gulf States Utilities in 1977 as a co-op intern Full time upon graduation in 81 Discovered what telecom was by rebuilding 55 hops of analog microwave paths Learned about broadband high speed relaying on 500 kv systems that used 500 KHz of analog signaling to achieve 4 millisecond-clearing time upon fault detection Designed a regional two way radio trunking system Redesigned a 5 parish nuclear emergency alerting system, and inadvertently activated all 92 one afternoon….a difficult after action report with the senior vp… Designed a containment distributed radio system in a nuclear plant Started rebuilding the early 1980s. analog microwave system to digital As a consultant redesigned a transcontinental pipeline microwave system from 2 GHZ to 6 GHz digital Numerous scada systems… 22 years a consultant.  What a career, what experiences….I am blessed to do what I enjoy technically.

Now 5 years into working for the co-ops I know well.

April 4 1984,  Joshua Blake Hargrove (joshuahargrove.org ) was born and my life changed forever.  He became the center of our life.  He was a joy.  June 22 2002 at 1250am a car accident took him at 18 years 2 months and 13 days of life.  This forever changed our lives.  I did not do well for several years.  I managed,  but was a zombie like person,  I stumbled through each day, burying myself in work, church, and youth ministry.  Leisa and I are now ordained ministers under World Ministry fellowship of Plano TX.  We operate a house church based Bible study that is a continuation of the Bible Study Joshua started in our home in the early spring of 2002.

Next year the Bible study will surpass in longevity longer than Joshua lived on this world.  I think about these things.  I am glad that Jesus is my savior and He has brought me this far,  He received Joshua at the moment of death at 1250 am and is my hope for the future.

Thank you Jesus.

2 Cor 5:7