~Another Warrior has gone home~

~Leonard Sankey / "Dad II"~

I was just eleven when I first met Leonard Sankey!!

Then my brother married his girl, making us "family!" 

A more humble, kind, godly man you won't find...

I have so many memories running through my mind. 

In 1986, I was the new kid in his SCCA school.

I knew no one; new teachers, new kids, new rules.

Bro. Sankey became a good friend and would visit us everyday,

Showing all of us students that he loved us, with his kind ways.

My Andrew lovingly called his Father-in-love "Dad II!"

So, even though I wasn't really family, I called him that too! :-)

Through the years I always loved seeing him at my Beloved IHC!

He always has been, and always will be, "Mr. IHC" to me!

Then God called us to be missionaries to 2 different fields.

So we gave it our all, Trusting God his work to build!

Many were the emails that to South America flew,

Filled with advice, Scripture, prayers, and news from HOME, from Dad II!

This A.M., I read Ps. 51:17 --His life verse, which he lived out so well!

Which, when I read it, I didn't know he had already for HEAVEN, set sail!

My Mary asked me, "Who will take His place?"

I said, "We all will try"... while tears streamed down my face!

But then she replied, "I MEAN, CALLING OUT THE STATES AT IHC?"

No one can take his place; But knowing that my kids got to know him, means the world to me!!

I cannot imagine his JOY as he is now bowing at our Savior's Feet!!

But, Oh, How we will MISS HIM!!!  Heaven is getting even more sweet! 

                                                                                         ~Heather~ July 23, 2024