The Chronology of My Discovery

When I first wrote up the 'Chronology of My Discovery' in December, 1992, it was at a time when I had no idea who the religious woman would be who I would eventually team up with to complete what I call the 'Revelation 11:3 roster'. In my first write-up of this 'Chronology' in December, 1992, the last entry read:


December, 1992 to present -- Looking for the female Witness


A few days after I reconciled with Denise on July 10, 1993, I went to the same printer who made up the first version and I made an additional entry for the date of July 10, 1993, as shown below. I am adding several more entries for this blogger.com version of my 'Chronology', as denoted by an asterisk (*).

I would use a 50% reduced copy of this two page write-up and include it as an attachment in my four page mass mailing letter dated April 16, 1998 to the embassies and U.N. missions of 175 foreign nations in Washington, D.C. and New York City.

Much of this chronological listing of events in my life is described in much better detail in my narrative (blog) entitled, 'My Unique and Unusual Life Experience'. Needless to say, after one reads either narrative, they can probably understand why I am very grateful that it is impossible to go back in time and relive past life experiences.


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The Chronology of My Discovery

*February 25, 1950 -- My parents marry.

*December 21, 1950 -- My sister, Diane, is born.

June 11, 1954 -- My near death at birth (my lungs collapse during a traumatic delivery). My mother dedicated my life to be a Catholic priest, if I survived and if I wished.

*September 19, 1955 -- My brother, Chris, is born.

*April 12, 1957 -- My sister, Rochelle, is born.

*November 24, 1960 -- My sister, Angela, is born.

1962 -- I become an avid amateur astronomer at age 8.

*May 15, 1963 -- The flight of Gordon Cooper's 22 orbit flight of Faith 7 (when I was one month shy of being 9 years old) directly led to my intense love for America's manned space program and I SO earnestly hoped that America would beat the Soviets to the moon. This was the sixth and final one-manned space flights of the Mercury program.

November, 1963 -- As a Catholic, I hear, for the first time, Matthew 24 and Luke 21 read aloud (by Father Leo Buhman during mass at St. Mary's Catholic church in Shelbina, Missouri) on an annual basis during the 1960s on back-to-back Sundays (the 24th and Last Sunday of Pentecost followed by the First Sunday of Advent) in late November/early December with my natural focus being on Christ's statements recorded in Luke 21:25a, Matthew 24:29-30a, and Matthew 24:36a.

*February 23, 1964 -- My sister, Alicia, is born.

1964 -- After much contemplation, in conjunction with Christ's statement recorded in Luke 21:25a, I understand that Matthew 24:29 can only be explained by a special total solar eclipse and a significant meteor shower close together in time, after considering what was known in the state of knowledge in the sciences of astronomy and physics at this time.

1965 -- My sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Ann Therakeld, spoke of a meteor storm in 1999 with a 33 year periodicity, strongly raising my suspicions that this 1999 meteor storm might fulfill the celestial event described by Christ in Matthew 24:29 of "the stars will fall from the sky."

*ca. 1965 -- During the course of casual conversation, my mother tells me of the circumstances of my birth, her prayer of my becoming a Catholic priest (if I wished to become one) should I survive my traumatic birth. My immediate reaction was one of being terrified as I had a great fear of priests plus I greatly abhorred public speaking (which continues to this day, though I have explained my interpretation of Matthew 24:29-30a to so many people since 1992, that I actually have done it in my dreams). Also, I was the greatest thief among my parents' six children, especially of soda pop, and, sometimes, as I drank my ill-gotten goods on the back porch, as I was looking through the back porch door window, I would think, "Okay, God, wait until after I'm 33 (in 1987, it would turn out) and then I'll start doing the 'right thing'." I would recall this childish and what I thought was a meaningless prayer at the age of 34 on January 7, 1989 during what would be a very remarkable time and personal situation for me. (I arbitrarily chose age 33 as I learned from a Catholic nun during religion class (catechism) that this was believed to be Christ's age when He died.)


*October, 1967 -- The St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series over the Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3, the first Redbird Championship for my brother, Chris, and me.

*July 20, 1969 -- The first manned landing on the moon. Neil Armstong, then about 20 minutes later, Buzz Aldrin, are the first and second humans to ever walk on the moon, with Michael Collins doing stationkeeping, alone, in the Apollo 11 command module in orbit around the moon.

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1972 -- My sister, Angela, fulfills Revelation 11:17a as a fifth grader with her essay, "What Easter Means to me."

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1972 -- I named Jesus Christ as my idol in my high school paper senior interview.

1972 -- Graduated high school valedictorian of my senior class of 18 students at Madison C-3 High School, Madison, Missouri, pop. 528.

May, 1976 -- Earned B.S. Agricultural Engineering, cum laude, with a 3.80 cumulative G.P.A. (out of a perfect 4.00) for all four years, at the University of Missouri--Columbia.

*May 10, 1976 -- I begin my engineering career as a GS-5 Agricultural Engineer with the Soil Conservation Service (renamed the Natural Resources Conservation Service in 1994), USDA, in Warrensburg, Missouri. My starting salary is $11,607 per year.

*June 5, 1976 -- I marry Mernell on Mernell's 19th birthday. Also, my maternal grandmother, Beryl, married on this day in 1921, which happened to also be Beryl's 20th birthday. Also, the Teton Dam in Idaho failed on this day, my wedding day.

*1979 -- I watched the movie, "The Late, Great Planet Earth" by Hal Lindsey.

I clearly recall that at the time when I watched this movie [that spelled out the popularly taught--and accepted, by many millions of Christians (including myself, up until the end of 1991)--End Times scenario of Antichrist, Armageddon, Seven Years of Tribulation, Rapture, Revelation 13:18 ('666'), etc.], that the historic Camp David Peace Accords establishing a peace treaty between the nations of Israel and Egypt had just taken place, which I thought, at that time, was an interesting happenstance.

The Camp David Accords
The Framework for Peace in the Middle East
Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, met with Jimmy Carter, President of the United States of America, at Camp David from September 5 to September 17, 1978, and have agreed on the following framework for peace in the Middle East. They invite other parties to the Arab-Israel conflict to adhere to it.

The Israel-Egypt peace treaty was signed in Washington on March 26, 1979. It contains nine articles, a military annex, an annex dealing with the relation between the parties, agreed minutes interpreting the main articles of the treaty, among them Article 6, the withdrawal schedule, exchange of ambassadors, security arrangements and the agreement relating to the autonomy talks. The latter issue was contained in a letter addressed by President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter.

*June 15, 1981 -- My son, Johnathan, is born.

October, 1982 --  The St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series over the Milwaukee Brewers, 4 games to 3.

*May 11, 1985 -- My daughter, Holly, is born.

*December, 1986 -- I wrote my first inspired piece of writing, my 'Time Capsule Letter' to Johnathan.
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* 1987 -- I have a brief visit with Lisa in the lobby of her college dorm.

*June, 1988 -- My 12 year marriage ends in divorce.

July 10, 1988 -- I read of Denise Rauls, age 22, in my newspaper. This newspaper was 'The Daily American Republic' located in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 25 miles from where I was living in Ripley County near the town of Doniphan. This front page article of Denise had the headline, "Area Woman Waiting For Heart-Lung" and, in this article, Denise stated her belief that God would provide a new heart and lungs for her 'at the right time'. This article also had a photo of Denise, a photo of an attractive young woman. I wrote a one page letter of encouragement to Denise (in which I conclude this note by writing, "You seem to be a person that this world needs to have around as long as possible.") and I also included $50 for her trust fund.

August 13, 1988 -- I met Denise Rauls, religious woman.

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September 3, 1988 -- Denise receives heart-lung transplant miracle.

January 1, 1989 -- Denise's Dedication. Someone tells her, "God has someone special picked out for you and it's going to be a big surprise."

January 7, 1989 -- I recall my near death at birth. I dedicate my life to support Denise. (I also recall my childish prayer of telling God that I would do the 'right thing' after I turned 33. I am about age 34 1/2 at this time. I would eventually look back on that rather silly childhood prayer as my asking God to give me a 33 year 'sabbatical' in starting out my life.)

January 10, 1989 -- I learn of August 11, 1999 total solar eclipse in central Europe, Iraq, and Iran (I learned of this from the article entitled, 'Eclipse Prospects for the 1990s' in the February, 1989 issue of ASTRONOMY magazine that arrived in my mail that day). I have a good prophecy. (This would turn out to be the most shocking moment of my entire life, a life with a few shocking moments in it.)

March, 1989 -- I first read Chapter 11 of the Book of Revelation.

Revelation 11:3 states in my Bible of Discovery (that I purchased on November 22, 1988) the following: 
 
“I will commission my two witnesses to prophesy for those twelve hundred and sixty days, dressed in sackcloth.”

ca. June 1, 1989 -- I believe that Denise and I are probably the Two Witnesses of Chapter 11 of the Book of Revelation.

August 11, 1989 -- Denise rejects me because I am a Catholic, or, more specifically, Denise indicates to me that she could only be in a committed relationship with a man who was a member of her church denomination, which is The Church of God -- 7th Day, later quoting Amos 3:3 in a letter to me, which says, "Can two walk together, unless they be agreed?"

*August 21, 1989 -- In a true act of serendipity, while scanning through the April 1--June 30, 1954 microfilm roll of the Hannibal (MO) Courier-Post newspapers at The State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia, MO on the University of Missouri campus, about a dozen headlines from these newspapers 'jump out at me' as they were incredibly unusual coincidences at this time in my life.

September 12, 1989 -- I inscribe my Bible of Discovery, 100% certain that I am in Revelation 11:3.

September 18, 1989 -- I associate Boris Yeltsin with an automobile license plate with '666'. (Revelation 13:18)

September 21, 1989 -- I recognize myself in Revelation 12:5.
(For a full explanation of my self-recognition in Revelation 12:5, see 'NOTES' at the end of this 'Chronology'.)

October 3, 1989 -- I issue an earthquake premonition by calling 911 three times.

October 4, 1989 -- I seek validation from a psychiatrist. My doctor assures me, "What will be, will be. The medicine should not matter."

October 17, 1989 -- San Francisco earthquake, postponing Game #3 of the 1989 World Series.

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October 18, 1989 -- Discharged from hospital, drugged and feeling terrible from the side effects of the medicines.

*ca. November 3, 1989 -- I place myself in the storyline of Chapters 11 and 12 of the Book of Revelation for a second time. (I would later realize that I was in a psychotic state of mind at this time.)

*November 9, 1989 -- The fall of the Berlin Wall.

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November 11, 1989 -- I admit myself back into the hospital to seek validation again. My doctor refuses again. I refuse medicines for 2 or 3 days. I concentrate on 20--30 very unusual coincidences over and over again while lying in my hospital bed until my mind hurts so terribly badly that I beg for medicine from my psychiatrist the next morning.

November, 1989 through February, 1990 -- I take medicine with horrible side effects.

May, 1990 -- Serendipitously, I asked my doctor, very angrily, "WHY....was Revelation WRITTEN?!" He replies, "It was written for certain persons to interpret."

June 7, 1990 -- I have adrenaline rush. (Acts 2:3) I suspect that I might have been correct all along.

June 8, 1990 -- I corner my doctor at the hospital and I make an observation, firmly. My doctor asks me, "If you are this person, what are you worried about?" I can't think of anything (except for the scene described in Revelation 11:7-13, scripturally due to occur around March, 1996). That question turns the key. (This is the second most shocking moment of my life.)

June 11, 1990 -- Lithium affecting my thyroid, causing me to be very light-headed and disoriented. I admit myself back into the hospital.

ca. June 25, 1990 -- I tell my doctor, "I still have my thoughts, to confirm your suspicions." My doctor replied, "Your thinking is much better."

*August, 1990 -- I apply for disability retirement as my mind is too 'frazzled' and consumed by my scripturally pre-ordained destiny as described in Chapters 11 and 12 of the Book of Revelation to be able to concentrate on my engineering job, with my reckoning of the 1,260 days mentioned in Revelation 11:3 to take place, approximately, between September 22, 1992 through March 20, 1996.

August, 1990 -- I tell my doctor, "All you can do is diagnose my symptoms." My doctor replied, "That is correct."

*October, 1990 -- My disability retirement is approved, ending my 14 year career as a civil engineer, with my income greatly reduced from $40,000 per year to $15,000 per year, giving new meaning to me of the concept of "taking a vow of poverty."

November, 1990 -- I associate the February, 1999 transposition of Neptune and Pluto with the last event described in Matthew 24:29. I now have a lead pipe cinch prophecy.

December 13, 1990 -- I mail a letter of warning to the Kremlin in Moscow and I also mail a copy of that letter to The Wall Street Journal, destroying the Antichrist myth.

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*February, 1991 -- I talked with a Catholic priest in Poplar Bluff, Missouri who claimed to have already heard of my interpretation of Matthew 24:29-30a. After I sheepishly admitted to this priest that, "I went to a psychiatrist to try to get a piece of paper saying that I was one of the Two Witnesses (in Chapter 11 of the Book of Revelation) but I didn't get one," this priest gently pointed out to me that, "None of the prophets had a piece of paper," which greatly stunned me. (This is the third most shocking moment of my life.)

*February, 1991 -- I gain the insight that I possess the same intrinsic ability that every person possesses in that I have potential influence with others, except, in my case, I apparently was meant to exert what influence that I possessed on a worldwide scale.

*May, 1991 -- I wrote in a letter to the late Dr. Carl Sagan of Cornell University, "I guess it took me long time before I realized that no one is going to walk up to the boy in Revelation 12:5 and say, 'Hey, you are the center of Revelation.'"

*May, 1991 -- I make up what I call a Matthew 24:29 montage of articles onto an 8 1/2" by 11" sheet of paper with the Matthew 24:29 scripture verse in the upper lefthand corner, the article of the August 11, 1999 total solar eclipse in Iraq and Iran from the February, 1989 issue of ASTRONOMY magazine in the lower lefthand quadrant, a description and history of the Leonid meteor storm from Guy Ottewell's '1989 Astronomical Calendar' which mentions the anticipation of a Leonid meteor storm in November, 1999 in the upper righthand quadrant, and an article from, I am thinking, 'The New Solar System' which mentions that Pluto will once again become farther from the sun than Neptune in Spring, 1999 in the lower righthand quadrant.

*June 8, 1991 -- I moved from Doniphan, Missouri to Hannibal, Missouri. (After I have lived in Hannibal for a few years, whenever I am asked whether or not I like living in Hannibal, I usually reply, "I don't like living in Hannibal. I love it.")


June 19, 1991 -- My last visit with my doctor to determine med needs. He prescribes 5 mg Navane, a very mild med. I told him, angrily, "A year ago, it dawned on me that no one's going to tell that boy (in Revelation 12:5) who he is!!" My doctor gently replied, "I think you're right." And my doctor looked up at me twice from his notepad. (The circle finally closed.)

September, 1991 -- I mail the Matthew 24:29-30a prophecy to the United Nations and to the embassies of the Mideast nations in Washington, D.C. (for the first of many, many times to the latter).

*October 21, 1991 -- I finally begin to grasp the full significance of the double glance that my psychiatrist gave me near the end of my final session with him on June 19, 1991 as meaning that it was likely his way of letting me know that I had finally gained an insight that I was woefully ignorant of when we first met in October, 1989, which is (and I would not be able to fully express this in words until 1998):

'If any person is ever born into this world who has a genuine, scripturally pre-ordained destiny from God, that no human being is going to tell that person that he or she does, indeed, have one.'

However, at about this same time, October 21, 1991, I also began to gain the understanding that even when this is true for such a person, that there really is no way that he or she can prove or demonstrate to others that this is the truth in 'The Great Scheme of Things', thus leaving me feeling completely impotent in being able to get anything accomplished towards this end.

*October 30, 1991 -- Madrid Mideast Peace Conference
LETTER OF INVITATION TO MADRID PEACE CONFERENCE

The breakup of the Soviet Union and the Gulf War reshaped the basic
political order of the Middle East. In an attempt to take advantage of
this change, US Secretary of State James Baker made eight trips to the
region in the eight months following the Gulf War. The Madrid
Invitation, inviting Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the
Palestinians to an opening conference represents the result of this
shuttle diplomacy.

*ca. November 26, 1991 -- Ten months before Revelation 11:3 is scripturally due to begin in Fall, 1992 (by my reckoning), to 'get myself off of my duff' (as I am usually very poor at being a self-starter), during a moment of great clarity, I perform a thought experiment in which I assume that I will be the only Christian astronomer who will conduct a letter-writing effort to those in the highest positions of power and authority and influence during the upcoming eight years (and beyond, if necessary). My next thought was then wondering if I would stick to it and not get discouraged. I would eventually recall a scripture that I would use to guide me in my writing but I would not be able to locate it in the Bible until many years later, in January, 2005: Matthew 10:19-20, which says:

From 'The New Catholic Study Bible -- St. Jerome Edition' (1985)

"When they bring you to trial, do not worry about what you are going to say or how you will say it; when the time comes, you will be given what you will say. For the words you will speak will not be yours; they will come from the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."


November 27, 1991 -- I write my epic paper, "My Life's Thoughts on the Second Coming" for a college class entitled 'Christian Doctrine' at Hannibal-LaGrange College in Hannibal, MO.

*December 26, 1991 -- Without a single shot being fired, the Supreme Soviet recognizes the extinction of the Soviet Union and dissolved itself, thus effectively ending the Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.

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*January, 1992 -- I purchased a St. Jerome Edition Catholic Study Bible (c. 1985) and discover that the last event described in Matthew 24:29 had been revised from "and the hosts of heaven will be shaken loose" to "and the powers in space will be driven from their courses," shocking me greatly, and indicating to me that Catholic Bible scholars had given their 'imprimatur' to my interpretation of Matthew 24:29-30a. From this point on, I no longer concern myself with the opinions of non-astronomers. (This is the fourth most shocking moment of my life.)

*February 11, 1992 -- I have my first Matthew 24:29 prophecy cards produced on business-sized cards. I give my first prophecy card to an Amish man with a two horse drawn wagon at Collier's Junction (at the junction of Highway 63 and Highway 22, 20 miles north of Columbia, MO) while I am en route to a dance at the SCS All Employees Meeting (for the state of Missouri) in Columbia, sponsored by the USDA agency from which I am retired, the Soil Conservation Service.

Click here for my blog narrative "My Five Versions of Prophecy Cards; 1992-2012"

February 22, 1992 -- My Sanhedrin at Denise's church in southeast Missouri.

*Mid-1992 -- As 1992 unfolds, I begin to fully grasp the reality that extremely few Christians (less than one of every 10,000, I would guess) are either aware of or have ever contemplated Christ's statements recorded in Luke 21:25a and Matthew 24:29-30a in response to His apostles' question recorded in Matthew 24:3 (and Luke 21:7), "Tell us, when will this happen, and what sign will there be of your coming, and of the end of the age?", this exchange taking place a few days before His crucifixion and death, which I began to seriously study and contemplate, myself, at the age of nine in 1963.

*Mid-1992 -- Sometime during 1992, the possibility entered my mind that I can take my place in Scripture (1/2 Rev. 11:3 and Rev. 12:5) plus 27 cents and be able to buy myself a cup of coffee at Hardees, which I initially greatly resist being true as I very much wanted something much more than that in the 'here and now'. However, a few months later, I very reluctantly realize and accept that this is, indeed, the case. I would later see, in hindsight, that after my accepting this reality, that for the first time in a little over three years (when I first opened up the Book of Revelation and discovered Rev. 11:3 for the first time in March, 1989) that I resumed having an extremely 'ordinary-feeling' life, which is priceless and worth more than all of the fame in the world.

September 22, 1992; 1:43 p.m. CT -- Revelation 11:3 begins.

*May 17, 1993 -- In the aftermath of the senseless Waco tragedy involving David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, I begin writing my memoir-type manuscript, completing the rough draft in December, 1993 and is 800 pages (typed and doublespaced) in length when I am finished.

*July 6, 1993 -- I learned that Denise had recently passed away. (From obtaining her newspaper obituary a few years later, I learned that Denise had passed away on June 2, 1993.)

July 10, 1993 -- Fifth anniversary of learning of Denise Elaine Rauls Baker. I declare Denise to be the female Witness of Chapter 11 of the Book of Revelation -- The 4th Person of God, posthumously. (Luke 1:28)

*September 13, 1993 -- Declaration of Principles between Israel and the PLO, brokered by Norwegian diplomats, leads to the much unanticipated and historic handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Rabin and PLO leader Arafat on the White House lawn.

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*October 26, 1994 -- Peace treaty signed between the nations of Israel and Jordan.
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*1995 -- At about this time, about four years into my letter-writing effort to addressees of power, authority, and influence, I learn of the concept of "Delayed Gratification", which entirely took the sting out my disappointment of not receiving any public recognition while conducting my letter-writing effort, which is fulfilling the only meaningful prophecies in the Book of Revelation: Revelation 11:3 & Revelation 12:5.


*March 20, 1996 -- The first day of Spring, 1996, which I determined (in March, 1989) to be the approximate time of the fulfillment of the scene described in Revelation 11:7-13. (When I first read this very graphic scene in March, 1989, I quickly closed my Bible after reading of those Two Witnesses being killed!) By the end of 1991, I was satisfied that this scene described in Revelation 11:7-13 was a departure from reality and, in 1992, I tongue-in-cheekly told a few people that this scene was written in this way to keep most Christian astronomers from volunteering for the job. Ironically, this date of March 20, 1996 did turn out to be an important red letter date for me as I obtained my first clear naked eye view of a comet, Comet Hyakutake, my seeing it from Lover's Leap in Hannibal.

Click here for photo of Comet Hyakutake in late March, 1996

*March, 1997 -- I greatly improve and simplify my letter-writing effort to addressees of power and authority (with special emphasis on the embassies of the Mideast nations in Washington, D.C.) by including copies of editorials concerning foreign policy issues from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper (and, on occasion, from other publications), essentially setting my letter-writing effort on 'autopilot' to a very large degree. (By this time, I am very grateful for the existence of the modern-day photocopier.)

*April 16, 1998 -- I mail a four page letter to the embassies (and a few U.N. missions) of 175 foreign nations in Washington, D.C. and New York City with cc: sent to President Clinton, the U.S. State Department, and the United Nations. (See my blog 'My Formal Completion and Fulfillment of the Revelation 12:5 Prophecy' for the cover letter of this mass mailing.)

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*October 23, 1998 -- Wye River Memorandum brokered by the United States between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

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*February 11, 1999 -- Pluto becomes farther from the sun than Neptune, fulfilling "and the hosts of heaven will be shaken loose" or "and the powers in space will be driven from their courses."

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*August 11, 1999 -- Total solar eclipse in Iraq and Iran, fulfilling "the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed her light."

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*November 18, 1999 -- Leonid meteor storm over the Middle East and southern Europe, fulfilling "the stars will fall from the sky." (The peak rate of this meteor storm was 1,688 meteors per hour which exceeds the 1,000 meteors per hour threshold that generally defines a meteor storm.)

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*November 19, 1999 -- For the first time in the approximately 1960 years since Christ spoke the statement attributed to Him recorded in Matthew 24:29-30a, the events described by Him in Matthew 24:29 are now a part of the past, placing the Christian world and, in turn, the entire world in uncharted territory.

*February 7, 2001 -- I write my introductory letter to the incoming Bush Administration

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*September 11, 2001 -- The terrorist attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania.

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*February 8, 2005 -- SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announce a cease-fire, hailing it as a new opportunity for peace in the Middle East.

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November 11, 2005 -- With my mother and me at his bedside at my parents' home, my father passes away at the age of 79 after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer's. It is fitting that he passed away on Veterans Day as my father was an enlisted sailor in the Navy. (A few hours after his passing, I am struck by the fact that my father passed away on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year, noteworthy, as I am one of the Two Witnesses of Chapter 11 of the Book of Revelation.)

In my 2005 Christmas letter, I wrote of my father, "Although my father was not a man of many words, when it came to exemplifying a life of strong character, high principles plus the frequent 16 hour workdays common to family farmers, my father spoke volumes."


*January 26, 2006 -- RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- The future of the Middle East entered a new era of uncertainty as the militant Palestinian opposition group Hamas snatched power from the ruling old guard and made skeptics of many key players in the peace process.

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*June 17, 2006 -- Peres: Israel and Palestinians closer than ever to peace deal

By The Associated Press

Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres said that Israel and the Palestinians were closer to peace than they've been in the past 50 years.

"The distance between us is the shortest it's been for the last 50 years," Peres said at one-day security summit in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan. "The distance is very short, but the speed is very slow."

*June 24, 2006 -- My son, Johnathan, and Carissa marry.


*July 15, 2006 -- Arab League head: Mideast peace process 'dead'

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*August 2, 2006 -- What I believed was likely a false alarm due to a 'nuisance' in the center of my chest turns out to be my suffering a heart attack when I went to the Hannibal hospital emergency room. I am flown by helicopter to a hospital in Columbia, MO where I have a balloon angioplasty done for an artery of my heart which is 90% blocked and I have a stent inserted and, by God's grace, I continue to live.

*October 27, 2006 -- After a 24 year drought since their last World Series championship in 1982, my brother's, Chris, and my favorite baseball team since 1966, the St. Louis Cardinals, shock the baseball world by winning the World Series against the highly favored Detroit Tigers in five games.
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*April 23, 2007 -- Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin (who I associated with '666' on September 18, 1989) dies. Ironically, the man who I believed, at various times during 1989 - 1990, would be the Antichrist between 1992 - 1999 would actually be a champion for democracy for the fledgling Russian nation and shepherded Russia during a very difficult transition between a Soviet authoritarian state to the thriving nation that Russia is becoming today.

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*June 14, 2007 -- Hamas controls Gaza, says it will stay in power

*July 16, 2007 -- Bush Announces Regional Summit on Reviving Mideast Peace Process

*November 27, 2007 -- Annapolis Conference

Israelis, Palestinians Agree on Framework For Peace Talks


*May 21, 2008 -- Israel, Syria acknowledge indirect talks in Turkey

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*August 15, 2008 -- Georgia signs cease-fire with Russia

Russia's invasion into the neighboring country of Georgia threatens to renew a cold war between Russia and the West

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*November 4, 2008 -- Barack Obama is the first African-American to be elected President of the United States

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*January 20, 2009 -- Barack Obama is sworned in as the 44th President of the United States

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*January 20, 2009 -- I mail an introductory letter to President Obama with numerous materials
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*January 22, 2009 -- George Mitchell named special envoy for the Middle East

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*June 4, 2009 -- Obama in Egypt reaches out in speech to Muslim world

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*September 20, 2009 -- My therapist, Dr. Carl Kruse, who treated me between 1992--2007, passes away. See my mention of Dr. Kruse in my 2009 Christmas Letter:
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*December 9, 2009 -- After numerous tests, I am diagnosed to have Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Stage 1. My cancer doctor says that I am in the observation and monitoring stage, with my next doctor's visit in April, 2010.

*April, 2010 -- From my visit with my cancer doctor, my absolute lymphocytes have increased from the 10,000s level to the 11,000s level. My next doctor's visit is in August, 2010.

*May 9, 2010 -- Palestinian leaders agree to indirect talks with Israel

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*August 12, 2010 -- Visit with my cancer doctor and learned that my lymphocyte count improved slightly since four months earlier. My next visit is December 7, 2010.

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "


*August 20, 2010 -- Israel, Palestinians agree to resume Mideast talks

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*September 1, 2010 -- Obama envoy sees 'window of opportunity' for Mideast peace

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*September 2, 2010 -- Mideast peace talks under way in Washington

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*October 2, 2010 -- Palestinians say no peace talks without settlement curbs

Top Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo sets stage for walkout, blaming Israel for obstructing peace negotiations - but Ehud Barak remains hopeful of a last-minute deal.

Israel must halt settlement building on occupied land if peace talks are to resume, a senior Palestine Liberation Official said on Saturday after a meeting of the body's executive committee.

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*December 7, 2010 -- Visit with my cancer doctor and learned that my lymphocyte count worsened slightly since four months earlier. My next visit is April 18, 2011.

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "


*January 25, 2011 -- In Lebanon, protests erupt as prime minister is named

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*January 25 through February 4, 2011 -- Egypt's upheaval and tumult, day-by-day
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*February 11, 2011 -- Egyptians erupt in joy as Mubarak steps down
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*February 15, 2011 -- Libyan civil war breaks out

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*March 15, 2011 -- 2011 Syrian Uprising

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*April 18, 2011 -- Visit with my cancer doctor and learned that my lymphocyte count improved slightly since four months earlier. My next visit is August 29, 2011.

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "


*May 1, 2011 -- Osama bin Laden, the face of terror, killed in Pakistan
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*June 8, 2011 -- I become a first time grandfather when my son, Johnathan, and his wife, Carissa, welcome into this world their first child, Hunter Lawrence Jarboe, at 3:44 p.m. PDT, weighing 7 lbs., 11 oz., and 20 inches in length. Hunter is the fifth generation of "Lawrence Jarboe" going back to my paternal grandfather, Robert Lawrence Jarboe, born in 1896.

*August 25, 2011 -- I met for the first time my first grandchild, Hunter, when he was age 2 1/2 months old.

*August 26, 2011 -- Hunter attends his first Cardinals baseball game with his parents, Holly, and me and we see a Cardinals come-from-behind victory with Lance Berkman hitting a two run homer in the bottom of the 8th inning to put the Cardinals up 5 - 4 against the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cardinals hang on for the win.

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*September 1, 2011 -- Visit with my cancer doctor and learned that my lymphocyte count is still in the same range of the previous nearly two years since my diagnosis of CLL. I also learned that it can fluctuate widely over a short time frame. Also, my doctor detects two new enlarged lymph nodes, one on the right side of my neck in the back and one inside my left arm pit. When I asked my doctor if when he diagnosed my case of leukemia two years earlier that he saw it as something as being "on the back burner" compared to his other cancer cases that he sees, he laughed and replied, "Your case is easy!!" I just hope that Divine Providence continues to allow my doctor to see my case as being "easy" for a long, long time.

My next visit is in January, 2012.

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "

*September 23, 2011 -- Palestinian president requests statehood; Israel calls for talks


*October 21, 2011 -- Gadhafi killed in crossfire after capture, Libyan PM says
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*October 28, 2011 -- To cap off one of the most incredible late season comebacks in major league baseball history, my brother's, Chris's, and my favorite baseball team since 1966, the St. Louis Cardinals, wins Game #7 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers and are the 2011 World Series Champions.
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*July 17, 2012 -- Visit with my cancer doctor and learned that my lymphocyte count has increased significantly increased since my last visit in March, 2012, but Dr. Bari did not consider it serious as my rate of increase is still considerably less than doubling every year. My leukemia (CLL) is still in Stage 1.  My next visit is still the usual once every four months, in November, 2012.

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 --  13,081  "
March 13, 2012 --  13,400 "
July 10, 2012 --  17,700  "

Also, I learned from Dr. Bari that he considers the rate of change of my white blood cell count to be the more critical of my tests that he monitors:

Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):


Aug. 5, 2010 --  14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 --  17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 --  14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 --  16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 --  17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 --  19.7
March 13, 2012 --  20.0
July 10, 2012 --  23.6

*November 13, 2012 -- Comprehensive results of my CLL, Stage 1:

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "


Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "


*April 1, 2013 -- Comprehensive results of my CLL, Stage 1:

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "


Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "

My doctor, Dr. Bari, concluded that I am doing well enough to see me every 6 months instead of every 4 months as I have been doing since late 2009.


*July 19, 2013 --  Sec. John Kerry announces agreement for resuming Mideast peace talks

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*October 7, 2013 -- Comprehensive results of my CLL, Stage 1:

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "
Sept. 26, 2013 --  15,696 "



Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "
Sept. 26, 2013 --  21.8 "

This was a good visit with my cancer doctor with my next visit in April, 2014.  Thanks be to God.
               



*February, 2014 -- Crimean Crisis

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*April 7, 2014 -- My visit with my cancer doctor in which he found a few enlarged lymph nodes on the left side of my neck, resulting in going back to seeing my doctor every 4 months instead of every 6 months.
Comprehensive results of my CLL, Stage 1:

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "
Sept. 26, 2013 15,696 "
March 31, 2014 ----  20,172 "


Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "
Sept. 26, 2013 21.8 "
March 31, 2014--  -- 24.6 "


*April 23, 2014 -- Hamas, Fatah announce talks to form Palestinian unity government
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*May 14, 2014 -- I spent a special two hours in the afternoon at a Moberly, MO restaurant drinking coffee with a high school classmate, Nancy (who is now in her marriage of ~ 43 years), who I have always thought very highly of, despite the fact that we never really knew each other in high school as Nancy was one of those rare women who I always found too difficult to talk to as she always carried herself with such beauty and grace---and she still does.  This is clearly my most special experience with a woman in the past 25 years, when Denise and I went our separate ways in August, 1989.



*July 8, 2014 -- Israel–Gaza conflict See article on wikipedia.com:
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*July 24, 2014 -- I become a grandfather for the second time when my son, Johnathan, and his wife, Carissa, welcome into this world their second child, Kennedy Ellen Jarboe, 7 lb., 1 oz./20.5 inches in length at 2:57 a.m., PDT.


*August 11, 2014 -- My visit with my cancer doctor in which he found a new enlarged lymph node in my left arm pit, but didn't concern him that terribly. Dr. Bari decides that I can go back to seeing him every 6 months instead of every 4 months.
Comprehensive results of my CLL, Stage 1:

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "
Sept. 26, 2013 --  15,696 "
March 31, 2014 -- 20,172 "
August 4, 2014 -- 16,140 "


Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "
Sept. 26, 2013 --  21.8 "
March 31, 2014 -- 24.6 "
August 4, 2014 -- 21.9 "





*February 16, 2015  -- My visit with my cancer doctor which went well and he wants me to come back in 6 months, which is a good sign.

Comprehensive results of my CLL, Stage 1:

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "
Sept. 26, 2013 --  15,696 "
March 31, 2014 -- 20,172 "
August 4, 2014 -- 16,140 "
February 9, 2015 --  20,093 "

Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "
Sept. 26, 2013 --  21.8 "
March 31, 2014 -- 24.6 "
August 4, 2014 -- 21.9 "
February 9, 2015 --  27.6 "



*July 14, 2015 -- Landmark deal reached on Iran nuclear program

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*February 16, 2016 -- My visit with my cancer doctor which went well and he wants me to come back in 6 months, which is a good sign.

Comprehensive results of my CLL, Stage 1:

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 15,696 "
March 31, 2014 -- 20,172 "
August 4, 2014 -- 16,140 "
February 9, 2015 -- 20,093 "
August 7, 2015 -- 16,974 "
February 8, 2016 -- 22,950 "

Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 21.8 "
March 31, 2014 -- 24.6 "
August 4, 2014 -- 21.9 "
February 9, 2015 -- 27.6 "
August 7, 2015 -- 21.9 "
February 8, 2016 -- 24.6 "


*May 31, 2016 -- My visit with my cancer doctor due to large lymph node in left side of neck

Comprehensive results of my CLL, Stage 1:

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 15,696 "
March 31, 2014 -- 20,172 "
August 4, 2014 -- 16,140 "
February 9, 2015 -- 20,093 "
August 7, 2015 -- 16,974 "
February 8, 2016 -- 22,950 "
May 26, 2016 -- 12,738 "

Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 21.8 "
March 31, 2014 -- 24.6 "
August 4, 2014 -- 21.9 "
February 9, 2015 -- 27.6 "
August 7, 2015 -- 24.6 "
February 8, 2016 -- 27.0 "
May 26, 2016 -- 19.3 "



*June 3, 2016 --- Chance of two-state solution fading, France says in reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace push
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*August 4, 2016 --- My daughter, Holly, and Dave marry.


*August 16, 2016 -- My visit with my cancer doctor's nurse practitioner:

Comprehensive results of my CLL, Stage 1:

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 15,696 "
March 31, 2014 -- 20,172 "
August 4, 2014 -- 16,140 "
February 9, 2015 -- 20,093 "
August 7, 2015 -- 16,974 "
February 8, 2016 -- 22,950 "
May 26, 2016 -- 12,738 "
August 8, 2016 -- 8,174 "

Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 21.8 "
March 31, 2014 -- 24.6 "
August 4, 2014 -- 21.9 "
February 9, 2015 -- 27.6 "
August 7, 2015 -- 24.6 "
February 8, 2016 -- 27.0 "
May 26, 2016 -- 19.3 "
August 8, 2016 -- 12.2 "

*November 8, 2016 -- Donald J. Trump is elected as the 45th President of the United States

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*December 17, 2016 -- Lisa (who I briefly visited with in 1987 as described in this Chronology) contacts me through social media, beginning a special relationship between the two of us.

*January 20, 2017 -- Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States

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*February 16, 2017  -- My visit with my cancer doctor's nurse practitioner:

Comprehensive results of my CLL, Stage 1:

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 15,696 "
March 31, 2014 -- 20,172 "
August 4, 2014 -- 16,140 "
February 9, 2015 -- 20,093 "
August 7, 2015 -- 16,974 "
February 8, 2016 -- 22,950 "
May 26, 2016 -- 12,738 "
August 8, 2016 -- 8,174 "
November 30, 2016 -- 6, 485 "
February 9, 2017 -- 3,911 "

Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 21.8 "
March 31, 2014 -- 24.6 "
August 4, 2014 -- 21.9 "
February 9, 2015 -- 27.6 "
August 7, 2015 -- 24.6 "
February 8, 2016 -- 27.0 "
May 26, 2016 -- 19.3 "
August 8, 2016 -- 12.2 "
November 30, 2016 -- 13.1 "
February 9, 2017 -- 10.6 "






*August 24, 2017  -- My visit with my cancer doctor and I learn that my medical situation has dramatically improved over the past 1 1/2 years, with the "bad cells" in my blood coming down to within acceptable ranges. Dr. Bari told me that he had never personally seen such an improvement in any of his patients and he made the comment, "Miracles do happen." I told Dr. Bari of my discovery in 1989 and subsequent determination to be the truth in 1991 of my having a genuine, scripturally preordained destiny from God, but I didn't know if that had anything to do with the dramatic improvement in my leukemia (CLL). For the second time, I gave Dr. Bari one of my Luke 21:25a & Matthew 24:29-30a prophecy cards.

Comprehensive results of my CLL, Stage 1:

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 15,696 "
March 31, 2014 -- 20,172 "
August 4, 2014 -- 16,140 "
February 9, 2015 -- 20,093 "
August 7, 2015 -- 16,974 "
February 8, 2016 -- 22,950 "
May 26, 2016 -- 12,738 "
August 8, 2016 -- 8,174 "
November 30, 2016 -- 6, 485 "
February 9, 2017 -- 3,911 "
August 15, 2017 -- 2,136 "

Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 21.8 "
March 31, 2014 -- 24.6 "
August 4, 2014 -- 21.9 "
February 9, 2015 -- 27.6 "
August 7, 2015 -- 24.6 "
February 8, 2016 -- 27.0 "
May 26, 2016 -- 19.3 "
August 8, 2016 -- 12.2 "
November 30, 2016 -- 13.1 "
February 9, 2017 -- 10.6 "
August 15, 2017 -- 8.0 "



*February 22, 2018 -- My visit with my cancer doctor, Dr. Bari, and I find that my CLL is behaving very well and that my "bad cells" are within normal limits.

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 15,696 "
March 31, 2014 -- 20,172 "
August 4, 2014 -- 16,140 "
February 9, 2015 -- 20,093 "
August 7, 2015 -- 16,974 "
February 8, 2016 -- 22,950 "
May 26, 2016 -- 12,738 "
August 8, 2016 -- 8,174 "
November 30, 2016 -- 6, 485 "
February 9, 2017 -- 3,911 "
August 15, 2017 -- 2,136 "
February 14, 2018 -- 2,249 "

Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 21.8 "
March 31, 2014 -- 24.6 "
August 4, 2014 -- 21.9 "
February 9, 2015 -- 27.6 "
August 7, 2015 -- 24.6 "
February 8, 2016 -- 27.0 "
May 26, 2016 -- 19.3 "
August 8, 2016 -- 12.2 "
November 30, 2016 -- 13.1 "
February 9, 2017 -- 10.6 "
August 15, 2017 -- 8.0 "
February 14, 2018 -- 8.3 "



*August 17, 2018 -- My visit with my cancer doctor, Dr. Bari, and I find that my CLL is still behaving very well and that my "bad cells" are within normal limits.

Summary of absolute lymphocyte count:

Oct. 19, 2009 -- 10,248 cells/uL
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 8,917 "
April 18, 2010 -- 10,698 "
Aug. 5, 2010 -- 9,081 "
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 11,707 "
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 9,487 "
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 11,623 "
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 11,441 "
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 13,081 "
March 13, 2012 -- 13,400 "
July 10, 2012 -- 17,700 "
August 21, 2012 -- 18,232 "
November 13, 2012 -- 14,586 "
March 18, 2013 -- 17,100 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 15,696 "
March 31, 2014 -- 20,172 "
August 4, 2014 -- 16,140 "
February 9, 2015 -- 20,093 "
August 7, 2015 -- 16,974 "
February 8, 2016 -- 22,950 "
May 26, 2016 -- 12,738 "
August 8, 2016 -- 8,174 "
November 30, 2016 -- 6, 485 "
February 9, 2017 -- 3,911 "
August 15, 2017 -- 2,136 "
February 14, 2018 -- 2,249 "
August 14, 2018 -- 2,662 "

Summary of white blood cell count (in thousands):

Aug. 5, 2010 -- 14.3
Nov. 30, 2010 -- 17.9
Apr. 8, 2011 -- 14.8
Apr. 22, 2011 -- 16.7
Aug. 18, 2011 -- 17.0
Jan. 18, 2012 -- 19.7
March 13, 2012 -- 20.0
July 10, 2012 -- 23.6
August 21, 2012 -- 21.2 "
November 13, 2012 -- 22.1 "
March 18, 2013 -- 23.67 "
Sept. 26, 2013 -- 21.8 "
March 31, 2014 -- 24.6 "
August 4, 2014 -- 21.9 "
February 9, 2015 -- 27.6 "
August 7, 2015 -- 24.6 "
February 8, 2016 -- 27.0 "
May 26, 2016 -- 19.3 "
August 8, 2016 -- 12.2 "
November 30, 2016 -- 13.1 "
February 9, 2017 -- 10.6 "
August 15, 2017 -- 8.0 "
February 14, 2018 -- 8.3 "
August 14, 2018 -- 7.9 "


*July 30, 2019 -- I become a grandfather for the third time when my daughter, Holly, and her husband, David, welcome into this world their first child, Melanie Jane Garb, 7 lb., 3 oz./21.9 inches in length at 5:50 p.m., EDT.


*January 28, 2020 -- The White House unveils its long awaited plan for the Middle East -- Dubbed "the Deal of the Century" by President Donald Trump
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*August 13, 2020 --  Israel and the UAE establish 'full normalization of relations.'

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*September 11, 2020 -- Israel and Bahrain establish 'full normalization of relations.'

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*October 23, 2020 -- Trump announces that Israel and Sudan have agreed to normalize relations
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*November 7, 2020 -- Joe Biden is declared as being elected as the 46th President of the United States

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*December 10, 2020 -- Trump announces Israel and Morocco to normalize relations
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*January 6, 2021 -- Trump's presidency ends with American carnage with an insurrection in the U.S. Capitol Building

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*January 13, 2021 -- House impeaches Trump for 'incitement of insurrection'

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*January 20, 2021 -- Joseph R. Biden, Jr. becomes the 46th President of the United States

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*February 24, 2022 -- Russia Attacks Ukraine

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*The present day as you, the reader, are reading this -- Awaiting Christ's return to a world very much like it is today (without Antichrist, Armageddon, etc.), my speculation since early 1999 being that Christ will return to earth sometime after the Middle East peace process is successfully completed.

I base my belief that Christ will return to a world very much like it is today on Christ's statement in Matthew 24:37-39 as shown below, also from the Olivet Discourse:

Matthew 24:37-39 (American Standard Version)
American Standard Version (ASV)
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37 And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

38 For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

39 and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.



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*This entry was added in 2005 or later to this Blogger.com version of my 'Chronology'.


NOTES:

My Bible reads in Revelation 12:5, "She gave birth to a son--a boy destined to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod."

From chemistry, the chemical symbol for iron is 'Fe'. Felt pens (with the trademark 'Skilcraft') are in the shape of a 'rod' and have been my pen of choice since I began my engineering career with the USDA in 1976, 13 years earlier. And, lastly, 'Rod' is a 'male name'. Within three seconds of my analyzing 'iron rod' in Revelation 12:5 for the first time on September 21, 1989, I easily saw the following:

Catholic Version
iron rod
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Fe(lt) Pen = Skilcraft
Fe male name = Denise