UPDATE

The building of Eddy Reber Memorial house in Katogwe Uganda is going great! If you would like to give it is tax deductible and you can give on-line follow the link below. Please make reference to Katogwe project as House Of Friends have many projects.

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Eddy Reber Memorial House

 

Eddy Reber Memorial House : Abba House Children’s Home Katogwe Uganda

Well, That’s Eddy, He’s watching you as your looking at him. Right now he is in heaven having the time of his after life. The scripture tells us we are surrounded by a great cloud of witness’s , I believe Eddy is among them. My name is John Gross and I had the pleasure of leading Eddy to Jesus, and His brother Jerry baptised Him, but all of us watched Eddy be transformed before our very eyes. I have never seen such a change in one person, period. Eddy had cancer and suffered much pain and gave us all a perfect example of how to finish well. I love Eddy, he was truely the greatest friend one could have…

Eddy Reber

EDDY D. REBER DEC. 29, 1958 – JUNE 10, 2008

Eddy Reber was diagnosed with Cancer in the summer of 2006 and survived until June of 2008. He was only 49 years old. He went through 4 brain surgeries in the same spot over the course of 2 years. He had tried everything and anything that would help cure his cancer, or at least put it in remission. The cancer he had was the worst kind, it was metastatic cancer which means that it would spread to other parts of the body rapidly. Eddy never smoked but had lung cancer at the end of his battle. At first he had a brain tumor and had that removed. He was told he had 6 months to live. Eddy was a fighter he refused to believe that this was it. So for the next 2 years he got closer to God and completely turned his life around. He didn’t take anything for granted after that. He was the nicest, most caring person anyone could know. Always giving, laughing, and spending time helping people he thought were less fortunate than himself. He just brought so much joy and love to so many people. He is greatly missed.

Eddy has two grandchildren, two children and three siblings who will be adding comments in the coming days.

Several weeks ago while at work “where I had spent ten years with Eddy” I was reflecting on a miracle that had to do with Eddy. You see I have been involved with mission work in Uganda east Africa since 2001. Eddy had planed on going with me for a short term trip, but that old cancer got in the way. I was in the middle of trying to make provisions for the building of a house for orphaned children in Uganda when Eddy took a turn for the worse. I was very stressed during that time as the money was not coming in. At the same time dealing with the sorrow I felt watching Eddy slip away. I was with Eddy about an hour before He passed away. On the way home with several friends who gone with me to say their good-byes, a ladder fell off of a truck in front of us. Sparks were flying every where and cars were swerving around. Some how the ladder caught the trailer and was being drug down the highway until the guy got it pulled over. With a sigh of relief we joked around saying Eddy must have sent one of his angels to save us.

When I got home I received the phone call Eddy had gone on to be with the Lord. The funeral was the 17th of June and was as full of joy as funeral could be. After the funeral I was speaking to Eddy’s son Josh and found out he and his wife felt a call to missions and asked if he could go with me and take his dad’s place. Yes ,Yes, sure, wow, I knew Eddy was winking at me as he always did. When I got home, I had a phone call with the news that a special Lady from Texas a real angel had sent the whole cost of our first house. The kids in Uganda had their $17,000 on the 17th now tell me that miracles don’t happen today.

Well back to the story The first house is now finished. A great ministry from Atlanta Georgia has now sponsored the 2nd house. The idea just dropped down, the next house has been paid for it’s time for phase two. In Katogwe district in central Uganda resides pastor Valentine. He and His wife have two small children and have taken in 9 orphans all living in a 12×12 dung hut.  We have begun construction of a house in memory of my great friend. It will provide care for many more orphans. That would complete what Eddy wanted to do, plus give a place for his family to connect with for generations to come.

That is the plan, would like to help. We have a 5013c so your gifts are tax deductible, information will be below along with web address’s for our ministry and a link to pictures of the house that is currently being built. Thank you for your prayers and open heart.

Make checks payable to House of Friends

adding a note “Eddy Reber Memorial House”

Send donations to House of Friends,

PO Box 228, Alma, MO 64001. If you would

like more information call 660.674.2222

or email: info@houseoffriends.org Family and friends will be adding stories and even some music video’s are coming so keep checking back for updates.

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Eddy Reber was my brother, He was the youngest of four, and we never would of dreamed he’d be the first to go to meet our Savior.  He was diagnosed with melanoma brain cancer in July, 2006, and only given 3-6 months to live.  However he fought it by his faith in the Lord Jesus and  he lived almost 2 years with a pretty good quality of life. My sister Donna and I would take him to all his treatments and physician visits, and he’d, tell everyone, “If I could survive my sisters Donna’s  frequent wrong turns, and Inez’s running stop lights, I could surely survive cancer.” He was so much  fun to be with, we’d laughed about dumb things until we cried, he just had that affect on you. He was awakened in the middle of the night approximately one year after he was diagnosed , with a vision of starting a ministry at church that would be all about supporting and encouraging other people with various deseases or life threatening illnesses. He was often upset with the negative support given by the medical establishment, and wanted the ministry to be a place where a person could receive information on what alternatives that are out there, like nutrition to improve your health, etc. Eddy wanted people to walk away from the class feeling encouraged by prayer and support of others. That class is in the process of getting started thanks to him.  He supported the missions in Uganda, Africa and planned as soon as he was able to join his friend John Gross on his next mission trip. It would be an honor for our family to have the next house built, dedicated to Eddy. My brother Jerry, Donna and I miss him terribly, he was a great testimony in how to keep the faith in all circumstances.  Thank you for letting me share my heart ,  Love in Christ,,, Inez

Eddy and sister Inez