It is interesting to think that there was a conversation between a professor at UC Riverside and me in 1974 and I told him my goal was to understand how to build software that I could build other things on. I suggest this concept was the start of ShofarNexus. At that time the people I worked with were involved in secure communications for WWIII, but only two other people there were seriously interested in electronics, and only me when it came to basic communications and cryptography. After over 40 years, the course for me has been the same.

While ShofarNexus itself, under the name of ShofarMedia, really started in 1998, it has been used by many over the years, but has not yet hit a wide market. The big change has been that for really the first time I am working with someone else who is doing the marketing and fundraising, and doing so with diligence. Rapid OnSite is simply ShofarNexus with some added customization to interface with gas pumps and store controllers. There has been a serious effort by the larger players to keep us out. I relayed some of this that was expressed when Nirav was in Greensboro meeting with Gilbarco long ago.

But large companies make things complex and the individuals in those companies have a vested interest to keep it that way. Perhaps we are finally breaking though this roadblock. While that may make life easier in the coming months, my focus is still to protect the little guy, those who own one store. I do this because as I have matured as a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, no other option is set before me. I must diligently pursue love, even when it costs me.

In the same way I will diligently pursue pointing out to our kids the real Lord and the joy, cost and value of following seriously in His ways. I will also proclaim loudly that I have been, remain, and commit to do so for the rest of my days, married to one, and only one lady. I will proclaim the command and the joy of reconciliation until my last breath. I think you know this is true.

This flawed man is continuing to pursue his wife. Please lower the barrier between us, and let’s follow the Lord that I thought we shared together. I love you!