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...
10
Jan
8
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...
6
Jan
A New Thing
Happy New Year from all of us at Joni and Friends! We have much to celebrate, and it all centers around our ministry theme for the year, Isaiah 43:19...
6
Jan
Losing Your Life
When you get a vaccine, there’s something about it that’s counterintuitive; it goes against your intuition. Like… injecting a dead virus...
3
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.
30
Dec
New Opportunities
The New Year spreads out before us like uncharted territory. That could make you nervous, but Joshua chapter 1 tells us to “be strong and courageous...
27
Dec
Sending Love and Support to Families with Disabilities
Natalie Jean seemed to be a healthy baby. But her parents, Brittany and Ryan, could tell something was wrong by the time Natalie was just four months old...
26
Dec
Empowering Families and Restoring Hope for People with Disabilities
In 2024, Joni and Friends Illinois served 145 families struggling with disability at Family Retreats, and 12 couples living with disability...
24
Dec
Christmas Eve
Imagine walking through your front door and inhaling the mouth-watering aroma of Christmas turkey roasting in the oven...
23
Dec
A Lesson From Mary
In the Christmas story in Luke chapter 2, just look at what Mary does. After the shepherds came racing to the stable, hands waving, all...
