Finding real hope in times of trouble
TEMECULA – The call came while she was on the road racing to see her husband one last time. Sylvia and Charles Hargis of Temecula had been apart for three weeks since he had been hospitalized for complications due to COVID-19. When the hospital called to allow a single visitor, Sylvia Hargis and their children rushed to the hospital to see him, but it was too late.“I won’t forget it; you can never forget something like that,” Hargis said of the sudden loss of her husband.Despite her grief, Hargis’s eyes glimmer with hope when she talks about her Bible-based belief of an earthly resurrection.“I have the hope that I’m going to see him again,” she said, “and that has given me peace of mind.”This spring, Hargis will join millions of Witnesses worldwide invit