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UNTAPPED WEALTH AT EPHESUS (1 OF 15)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-2
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Untapped Wealth at Ephesus (1 of 15)
Series: Ephesians
Donald Cantrell
Ephesians 1:1-2


I - The Fabulous City
II - The Faithful Church
III - The Fantastic Content

Homeless man off the streets after brother leaves him $100k estate

He had spent almost three decades living rough in Salt Lake City, pushing all his belongings in a dilapidated shopping trolley.

But now Max Melitzer is finally off the streets after a private investigator told him he had inherited his brother's entire estate - and promptly took him out for his seafood dinner in 25 years.

It took his cousin, Richard Goldfarb, more than a year to find Max, finally fulfilling his brother's deathbed request.

The down-and-out was left 'in shock' when private investigator David Lundberg told him he stands to inherit just over $100,000 from his brother, Morris, who he hadn't seen in 15 years.

He was discovered wandering around a park in Salt Lake City on Friday, pushing his shopping cart in front of him. Mr. Goldfarb, the Melitzers' first cousin, said he was 'tickled pink' to have finally found Max, 65. He told ''Mail Online'': 'He ate his first seafood in over 25 years when Mr. Lundberg took him out for dinner.'

Mr. Goldfarb, who lives in Ballston Spa, New York, hired Mr. Lundberg two months ago, after searching in vain for Max ever since his brother died in April 2010, at the age of 66.

Max, who originally came from Schenectady, New York, moved to Salt Lake City around 30 years ago. His brother last spoke to him in August 2009, a year before he died, but Max never called again. Mr. Lundberg finally found him wandering around Pioneer Park on Saturday, after receiving a tip from a local homeless centre.

'He'll no longer be living on the street or in abandoned storage sheds,' Mr. Lundberg said, adding, 'He's still in shock. This came out of nowhere.'

For now he is staying with Mr. Lundberg to keep him out of the 'limelight', Mr. Goldfarb said - and because 'all his homeles ...

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