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About Joni and Friends

Since 1979 Joni and Friends has committed to reaching and serving people with disabilities with practical help and the saving love of Jesus. The Joni and Friends International Disability Center in Agoura Hills, California serves as the administrative hub for ministry programs around the world. With every wheelchair and Bible delivered, every retreat and respite event held, and every church mobilized to integrate and honor people with disabilities, Joni and Friends follows the call of Jesus found in Luke 14.

10 Jan

Love, Support, and True Belonging at Joni and Friends

By Joni and Friends|2025-01-10T09:28:36-08:00January 10, 2025|International Family Retreats, Internships|

Music fills the room at the opening worship service at a Joni and Friends International Family Retreat in Brazil. Larissa watches...

8 Jan

A Family Found Gospel-Powered Hope at Family Retreat

By Joni and Friends|2024-12-12T09:11:58-08:00January 8, 2025|Family Retreats|

When Oscar and Luindy moved from Nicaragua to the United States ten years ago, they didn’t imagine disability as part of their future. Before their children...

3 Jan

Sophia’s Family Experiences the Transforming Love of Jesus in Brazil

By Joni and Friends|2025-01-03T08:54:23-08:00January 3, 2025|International Family Retreats, Joni's House, News, News & Stories, Wheels For The World|

Meet Andrew, Alba, and their daughter, Sophia... Born with cerebral palsy, Sophia lives with limited mobility and developmental delays. Trapped in a cycle of financial struggle, multiplied by the hardships of disability, for the first years of their daughter’s life, Andrew and Alba felt helpless.

27 Dec

Sending Love and Support to Families with Disabilities

By Joni and Friends|2024-12-23T09:56:00-08:00December 27, 2024|Family Retreats|

Natalie Jean seemed to be a healthy baby. But her parents, Brittany and Ryan, could tell something was wrong by the time Natalie was just four months old...

26 Dec

Empowering Families and Restoring Hope for People with Disabilities

By Joni and Friends|2024-12-23T08:51:06-08:00December 26, 2024|Family Retreats|

In 2024, Joni and Friends Illinois served 145 families struggling with disability at Family Retreats, and 12 couples living with disability...

23 Dec

Family Retreat: Transforming Lives with Love and Support

By Joni and Friends|2024-12-19T14:55:18-08:00December 23, 2024|Family Retreats|

Josiah, who has Down syndrome, started coming to Family Retreat in 2011. His mother, Julie, says, “The rest is history!”...

20 Dec

Family Retreat: Where Families Facing Disability Find Love and Belonging

By Joni and Friends|2024-12-19T14:56:51-08:00December 20, 2024|Family Retreats|

God uses life experiences to impact peoples’ hearts in wondrous ways. God has used disability to do a work in the hearts of Scott, Christina, and...

19 Dec

Be Holy

By Joni and Friends|2024-04-18T09:56:10-07:00December 19, 2024|Daily Devotional|

It was only our high school madrigal choir singing a Gregorian chant. But the beautiful, haunting discords and harmonies in the minor keys swelled my...

19 Dec