What an incredible man. A snippet from this CBS News article:
On President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday, his Secret Service detail reflects on the assignment of a lifetime
Even after he was no longer fit to teach, Carter regularly attended services, his wheelchair positioned next to the front pew as his lead agent sat behind him in a folding chair.
"One Sunday in particular, the sermon was talking about making the world a better place," Don Witham recalled. "And [the former president] very quietly, put down his head and said, 'I've tried,' to himself. And I reached forward with both my hands and put them on his shoulders, and I said, 'And sir, you've succeeded.'"
"That moment was special for me, because as a 98-year-old man, he's still questioning whether he's done enough," Witham continued. "Even though he's been to Africa and eradicated diseases. He's built homes for people that didn't have them. He's fed those that are in need of food. He did all of this " yet he's still questioning at 98 years old, whether he's done enough."
"He was so convicted," Steen said. "In his faith and in his desire to make the world a better place."
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