I await Neil Hethington, director of Toronto Habitat, and a star as Millard always spoke of, to pick me up in Atlanta...a long drive to Americus...to where MIllard will be laid to rest...i look forward to Neils wisdom though one of the youngest directors and named one of Canadas top thirty under thirty professionals...as he has been a good friend for a number of years.. In Long Beach Ca. Millard and Neil and I spoke at a conference...and Neil was always on the cutting edge of leading a great city to know taht substandard housing was unacceptable.
The Atlanta Journal this morning, front page headline...Habitat co founder dies...He had never been sick...he invested his life in Habitat for Humanity a Christian Charity, that has built more than 300,000 homes...look what you and Linda started Millard...no question and again I give Linda as you would most of the credit..she is an amazing woman....shes a good egg Millard....a great egg..
Other thoughts of Millard and Lindas life was the time i met Millard in Paterson when he was speaking...no one knew that his driver led him into an accident and he spoke with three broken ribs and flew to El Salvador that nite....they wrapped the ribs, in pain as he was..and he went on to Sonsonate and other parts of
Or other times he would start speaking swahili at a talk....or french....
Heres to his children, Faith and his daughter and sons, and his grandchildren..they too are heroes for sacrificing so much of their dads time...to other families and their kids....the road will be long...in thirty years millard 300,000 homes.. pray for our next thirty years ...
1000,000 homes, no more shacks..and a world full of love, no pain, no adjustable mortgages, but walls of sweat equity, or safety of Wisdom like that of proverbs..and a world Millard knows now, is part of the
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