Our southern Oregon Family Retreat scheduled for August 15-19 is in serious need of additional volunteers (short term missionaries). We have 35 volunteers signed up, “but we really need about 75,” ...

All of us at the IDC agree – we love the fresh, young, eager faces (and passionate hearts) of our summer interns. Recently we enjoyed having Meredith who attends the University ...

Early Thursday morning, the 14th, Ken and I will be flying to Fort Worth Texas where I will be speaking at the national convention for Premier Designs – Andy and ...

Whenever someone from out of town drops by to visit our International Disability Center, I always try to make time to greet them (and usually, I come away the one ...

When Alicia broke her neck several years ago in an accident, a deep, angry depression overwhelmed her. This teenager wanted nothing to do with Family Retreats. Finally we persuaded Alicia and her ...

This week we welcomed Jim Daly and his team from Focus on the Family – they came for a tour of our International Disability Center and to record several interviews ...

Ken and I enjoyed a wonderful 29th wedding anniversary last week-end; we spent the time reminiscing over a few wedding photos – click on the video to enjoy a few!

We received this e-mail from our Joni and Friends team serving this week in West Africa (where Islam is strong): "We just held our conference for 25 pastors representing 12 ...

School is out, July is here, and – yippee! – it’s time to go swimming, pack a picnic, head to the beach, sleep in the backyard, or play ball until ...

After I came home from my PET scan yesterday, I was so touched to see so many comments and encouragements on my blog – thank you for praying for me, ...