Shiv was born with cerebral palsy, a brain injury, and a seizure disorder. He is medically fragile and needs a feeding tube. Shiv’s parents Boopathy and Kavita…
Meet Amoree and her mother, Delasber…Amoree has autism, is non-verbal, and lives with a variety of medical challenges. Over the past year, Delasber, a…
Joanna and Alberto serve as missionaries in South Africa, focusing on prison ministry. They have four children: Ana (25), Isaac (23), Margaret (19), and…
At eight years old, Cathryn was diagnosed with Ataxia-Telangiectasia, a disease that acts like several other life-threatening conditions (cerebral palsy…
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles…
“Joni and Friends has a God-ordained impact on our lives.” Meet Judy and her son David…When David was 23 years old, he was in a near fatal motorcycle…
Our Joni and Friends Nashville team first saw Matthew as he played piano as an opener for a school play. The effects of Matthew’s autism make verbal...
Kate and Laura, a mother-daughter duo, were one of the 113 families that Joni and Friends Pennsylvania got to serve over three weeks of Family Retreat…
At times rejection, exhaustion, and stress have prompted the family to withdraw from social settings. Sarah has often despaired that they would never…
Mike and April’s son Wolfheart (Wolfie) was two years old when his sister, Helena, was born. Soon after Helena’s birth, the doctor appointments began because she wasn’t gaining weight and ...
