Creating a Community of Care for Families with Special Needs
Daniel and Sarah have three children: Sam (13), Abby (11), and Ellie (3). When Ellie was born, she struggled with breathing and airway issues...
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Jan
Serving with Love: Bringing the Hands and Feet of Jesus to Families in Need
Pal and Julie have been married for nineteen years and have a wonderful sixteen-year-old son named Brady, who has cerebral palsy. Their family was brought...
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Jan
Florida Family Retreat Has Changed Lives for Decades… and It’s Needed Now More than Ever!
Did you know that in 1992 the state of Florida hosted one of the very first Joni and Friends Family Retreats? So rewind to the early 90s…
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Jan
Reconnect and Carry One Another’s Burdens at Family Retreat
Traci knows what it is like to look for rest and hope. When she was two, her left foot needed to be amputated due to multiple birth defects. Over time, ...
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Jan
Reaching Families with the Love of Christ
Two weeks after Gabe was born, this precious family was involved in a terrible car accident. They all had minor injuries—except Gabe...
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Jan
Confidence in God’s Love Grows at Family Retreat
Bryden has Leigh syndrome, cerebral palsy, and swallowing difficulties. He has challenges communicating and requires a wheelchair for mobility...
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Jan
The Ongoing Need for Help and Hope in Jesus
God is faithful to his promises… like the one in Jeremiah 29:11 which says, “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord...
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Jan
Love, Support, and True Belonging at Joni and Friends
Music fills the room at the opening worship service at a Joni and Friends International Family Retreat in Brazil. Larissa watches...
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Jan
A Family Found Gospel-Powered Hope at Family Retreat
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...
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Jan
Sophia’s Family Experiences the Transforming Love of Jesus in Brazil
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.
