Lynda and Edward first met in high school. They fell in love, got married, started a family, and have been together for 56 years. Edward was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease and was on dialysis for four and a half years. Doctors told him it could take another four to six years to recieve a kidney.

When you are young, happily married and a mother of three, you have your whole life in front of you. Or do you? For 29-year-old Wendy, her life as she knew it, had come to a sudden halt, when she learned at the age of 26 she had an enlarged heart.

When Gabriel House opened in April 2011, its mission was to provide affordable, temporary lodging for those coming to Jacksonville for either an organ transplant or cancer treatment. That remains our core mission.

There is nothing stronger than the unconditional love of family. It is unbreakable, determined and fearless. It’s what has gotten June’s family through the past 2 years. June was a 25 year old, biology graduate student when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoma.

Bobby proudly served our country for two years rising to the ranks of SP5 in the U.S. Army Helicopter Aviation branch. As with many of his fellow soldiers and those living in Vietnam, he began to develop health complications years after the war ended.