Today and tomorrow we will honor the life of Dana Jean Jacobs. She was a loving momma to all of the babies at the Africa Gospel Church Baby Centre. She spent time recording each one as they arrived. Provided updated photos for the sponsor program when needed. Celebrated with them at a Birthday party for Jesus at Christmas. And really celebrated when they went home with their forever family! Dana will be dearly missed, but her love for the orphaned and abandoned babies of Kenya will live on in the continued ministry of the BC.
"Religion that God our father continues pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress. And to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
James 1:27
Dana's Obituary:
Dana J. Jacobs August 24, 1967 - January 13, 2017
Dana Jean Jacobs, age 49, of Goshen, was promoted to Glory on Friday, January 13, 2017 at Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya, East Africa. She was born August 24, 1967 in South Bend to Leslie and Beverly (Miller) Selig. Dana was a graduate of John Adams High School. On July 27, 1991, she married Daniel Jacobs in South Bend. Dana served at the Africa Gospel Church Baby Center alongside her husband Dan under World Gospel Mission. Dana's love for her own children and for the Children of Africa meant more to her than everything even though she had been through many years of trials with her health, and in the end truly gave her all for God's purpose. She will be loved, missed, and never forgotten. Our pain is only comforted by the fact that we know she is now with her Heavenly Father completely healed. All those around her knew how much she loved her husband and the rest of her family. She was a godly woman and a biblical example of what a wife and a mother are to be. She touched many lives around the world and her absence will be truly felt. Prior to becoming a missionary, Dana was a stay at home mom and home schooled her children. She was a member of the Nappanee Missionary Church. Surviving is her husband, Daniel Jacobs; son, Carson Jacobs, Taylor University, IN; daughters, Talia (Bryson) Bauer, Goshen, Hope Jacobs, Ngata, Kenya; stepchildren, Nathan (Tiffany)Jacobs, Granger, Andrea (John) Garnett, Mishawaka; grandchildren, Elisabeth Mathis, William Garnett, Miriam Garnett, Audrey Lilly; parents, Leslie and Beverly Selig, Mishawaka; sisters, Debbie (Bill) Cook, Wakarusa and Dawn (Terry) Powell, Dowagiac, MI. Born: August 24, 1967 Place of Birth: South Bend, IN Death: January 13, 2017 Place of Death: Bomet, Kenya
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