Meet Frank and Carmen

Our Joni and Friends Greater Philadelphia team has been working with Calvary Chapel Philadelphia, so I was glad when Joan and Jerry Borton asked me to speak at Calvary’s Sunday evening service. While at the church, Ken and I were stunned to learn the details behind a tragic car accident involving Frank, his wife, Carmen, and their daughter Theresa. It was less than a year ago that Carmen was in the passenger seat reading Joni and Ken: An Untold Love Story while Frank was driving. Suddenly another car hit the side of their vehicle and it rolled over several times. Although his wife and daughter virtually walked away from the accident, Frank sustained a high-level spinal cord injury which left him a quadriplegic. In tears, Carmen kept repeating to Ken and me how God used our book to prepare her – prepare them both – for the new challenges of ‘life with a disability.’ Please join us in praying for Frank and Carmen (and we can’t wait to get them to a Joni and Friends’ Family Retreat)!