At Family Retreat, Special Needs Families are Accepted and Celebrated
Roger and Merry have nine children. Their youngest, Colleen, is 18 years old and has Down syndrome. Merry shared what it was like to have disability...
5
Sep
4
Sep
Resources for Coping with Chronic Pain and Illness
Joni Eareckson Tada often says that chronic pain gives her more difficulty than quadriplegia. Over decades Joni has depended on Jesus to get her through...
3
Sep
God’s Surprising and Redemptive Ways at Family Retreat
Sophia is twelve years old and has a rare metabolic deficiency. She is non-verbal and has a lot of physical disabilities. Just in the past year, Sophia has...
22
Aug
Joni Eareckson Tada, CEO of Joni and Friends, Honored with Inaugural Legacy Leader Award at the 2024 Global Leadership Summit
Recognizing decades of exemplary service and courageous leadership, the Global Leadership Network honored Christian speaker and disability rights advocate...
19
Aug
Joni and Friends Celebrates the Grand Opening of Joni’s House Brazil
Exactly one year after breaking ground on a new state-of-the-art disability center in Campo Largo, the international ministry Joni and Friends celebrated...
14
Aug
God’s Work in a Family’s Life Through Joni and Friends
Don and Sarah and their sons, Jeff and Tim, who has cerebral palsy, have been part of the Joni and Friends community for more than twenty years...
13
Aug
Hope Found in Community at Joni and Friends
Amanda and her family know pain and suffering well. She has three children: big sister Josie and her twin brothers, Dawson and Carson. Like many parents...
8
Aug
Survival to Service: Rachel LeMaster’s Story of Miraculous Healing
Rachel LeMaster has long been familiar with hardship. Born with Turner syndrome, a genetic condition describing females with a missing or malformed...
2
Aug
Ashley’s Wheelchair Changed her Life and Relieved her Mother’s Struggles
Meet six-year-old Ashely and her mother Yolanda, who live in Peru. Ashley has significant disabilities and started having seizures as a baby, forcing Yolanda...
1
Aug
A New Wheelchair is a New Beginning!
If you met twelve-year-old Daisyry (pronounced “Desiree”), you couldn’t miss her contagious smile. One of three siblings, she has a happy, sociable...
