I graduated from Wasson in 1970 and attended El Paso Community College until January 1972 when I was accepted at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa. I was a miserable music major but pursued an intensive German Language Summer course and attended Goethe Institute, Iserlohn, Germany for two months during the fall semester of 1972. I traveled throughout Europe for a month especially visiting my birth city of Salzburg, Austria. I returned to Oral Roberts for two more semesters as a German Major but failing in my optimism for school I moved home in December of 1973. Following a “friend” in January of 1974, I moved to Fort Worth, Texas where I became part of the staff of “the Cornerstone”, an evangelical youth ministry.
The coffeehouse became an Interdenominational church in 1981 where I currently serve as an Elder and part of the worship team. I continue to play piano/organ for worship service(since 1975) and play acoustic guitar, bass, a little banjo and accordion. I have directed choir(thank you Mr. Schleuter), toured with and led worship at church and with ministry teams over the years.
We celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary in March and last year spent 11 days in Northern Scotland. Marsha is a four time cancer survivor(Hodgkins)and has been in remission for 11 years as of this year. I have worked in audio tape manufacturing, estimated commercial drywall/paint/flooring, worked in aircraft tool manufacturing and now am a Calibration Planner for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics where we build F-16’s, F-22 and will build the newest F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. My Business Degree finally arrived in the mail in 1992 thanks to being laid off in 1991.
I am grateful for all of you. We probably affected or afflicted each other more than we will want to admit.…..May the Lord bless you all! Ray
