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	<description>Celebrate disability as a unique ability.</description>
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		<title>jean-more than I could imagine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cerebral Palsy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dear friend recently sent an email, sharing with me how her week serving at a Family Retreat had touched and changed her life. I asked Jean if I could share her experience with our readers because it shows how deeply someone can be affected by a little boy who happens to have a disability.
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		<title>The Family That No One Expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 05:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending 35 days in Ghana, it’s been difficult trying to figure out how to get my thoughts and feelings written into stories. Each night while in Africa, I would try to journal about our days activities  but with all that we were experiencing, it would literally take me hours to express what was churning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How God Uses Sam to Change an Entire Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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How God Uses Sam to Change an Entire Church (and a 12 year old girl)
Story Submitted by Nancy and Anne Meador
Edited by Kara Ferris
Nancy- Our forever connection to Joni and Friends Family Retreats began when our daughter, Anne was 12 &#8211; almost 6 years ago. I was looking for ways for us to serve as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>robert-seen as a gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Down Syndrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor- I had an incredible opportunity to interview an amazing young man on the phone!  Once again, a friend posted a video on facebook which was wonderful!  It was of Robert Pio Hajjar, speaking to a crowd in a large auditorium.  Robert was animated, full of life, dancing on the stage, arms raised and clapping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>james- bringing out the best</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Lives Changed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Carolin
My mother-in-law told me a story one time that I found down right frightening, &#8220;Sarah told me that when she was a little girl she wanted to write with her left hand.  Every time she picked up a crayon or a pencil she was drawn to use her left hand.  Every time she tried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When God Speaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 05:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Justin’s mother, Debbie
When God Speaks 
About 10 years ago, as a young mother of a toddler with severe mental disabilities, I was struggling with how God could love my son (and me as well). It was very evident that Justin could sin but I don’t think that He understood repentance. How would he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>justin-a much needed reminder</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 05:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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When our families come to Joni and Friends camp, they are given a buddy for each person with a disability.  That buddy is called a, Short Term Missionary or STM for short.  The second time Justin, his mother and sister came, we partnered Justin with an STM who had come to camp several times with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>evan- teaching us how to love</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[evan
Written by Evan&#8217;s mom, Nancy
In the past several months God has been showing me the contrast between my current circumstances and those of my friends with teens.  So many friends and family have teens who cause them such heartache and act unkind and disrespectful.  These teens cause their parents such sadness and fear.  Drugs, alcohol, sex, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where It All Began</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2004, I attended my first Joni and Friends Family Retreat.  I went as a  volunteer, also called a Short Term Missionary, being a buddy to a person touched by disability at a camp which served the entire family for five days.  I had written on my application that I was active [...]]]></description>
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