Serving with Love: The Heart of a Volunteer in God’s Mission
The Lord’s call to Deb Butcher came through the radio… in a spot promoting Joni and Friends Family Retreats in her area in 2001. She had been looking for a...
9
Apr
12
Mar
Wings of Freedom: How a Wheelchair Transformed Tong’s Spirit to Soar
In a corner forgotten by the world, Tong's home once resembled a silent ocean, its every moment immersed in waves of stillness...
23
Dec
Family Retreat: Transforming Lives with Love and Support
Josiah, who has Down syndrome, started coming to Family Retreat in 2011. His mother, Julie, says, “The rest is history!”...
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
Mar
God’s Plans at Work Through a Family Living with Disability
When Mel and Joyce had their first son in the 1970s, Joyce felt that something was wrong. And her mother’s intuition was correct. Joyce recalls...
7
Aug
This Family Found Powerful Encouragement at Family Retreat
Andrea grew up knowing about Joni Eareckson Tada. But disability always seemed like something distant, not something she knew firsthand. Nick and Andrea…
13
Jun
A Sixth Grade Class Aims to Change the World One Wheelchair at a Time
Rebecca Pritchett teaches sixth grade teacher at Valley Forge Baptist Academy in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. After meeting Joni a few years ago, Rebecca...
14
Mar
Family Retreat is a Time of Refreshment
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…
22
Aug
At Family Retreat, Special Needs Families Say, “We Are Home!”
Two-year-old Benjamin has complex cerebral palsy. He needs a trach and gets nutrition through a feeding tube. For Benjamin’s family—his parents, Loren and...
14
Jun
Families Living With Disability Need Comfort In The Storm
Dick and his wife Judy encountered Joni and Friends many years ago when they followed God’s call to serve as missionaries in the Philippines...
