So have we. My mom, our brother-in-law Tom, a daughter-in-law’s grandpa, other cousins, an Aunt…. It seemed like there needed to be a way to honor them all.
Below is a way you can honor a loved one you’ve lost in this past year or two.
This will be the first Christmas without both of my parents, they lived into their 90’s so their losses were sad but not tragic. They will be missed.
One of the things they were passionate about was helping people globally. As children and teens, my brothers and I met dozens of missionaries around our dining room table and at the events we attended.
One country which stands out for me was Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). We met many folks who served there, and I specifically remember my dad arranging projects for Zimbabwe. Jim and Joyce Frasure, Ziden and Helen Nutt, Dale Marshall, Dennis Pruett, the Pembertons, Bob and Rosella Reeves, became friends in my parent’s home.
In Zimbabwe, there is a hospital that is so remote that many staff must travel 100 miles (5 hours in that region) to find quality appropriate housing. They are building Staff Housing Accommodations and naming the facility in Memory of FAME’s first Executive Director Bob and Rosella Reeves – so why not fully fund this housing with memorial gifts?
So, my brothers and I have partnered with my parent’s church Central Christian Church Fort Smith Arkansas and FAME to send some help and hope to Zimbabwe this year. In Zimbabwe, the Mashoko Christian Hospital is in dire need of staff housing. This Staff Housing Gift through FAME will be in Memory of Harv and Marilyn Coon by Central, our families and WHOEVER YOU CHOOSE to honor!
You can watch a video about this project HERE or read about it here – Zimbabwe-Project-sheet-Housing.pdf
If you are interested, you can join us in this memorial Hospital Staff Housing by going to www.fameworld.org/donate and as you give choosing the Reeves Project Fund- Sustainable Projects, place their name in the Memory/Honor of section and write Mashoko Memorials in Comments. In January we will email a special edition of FAME’s E-News which will share those Memorial Gifts!
You may have lost a dear family member or friend this year, their memory can live on at this hospital where people are treated in the name of Jesus and hear a message of hope.
Jeff Coon
Director of Development