In a seat down near the front of the auditorium with my friend Chad next to me, sitting in his wheelchair, a paraplegic due to the complications... [more]

A week before Christmas, I got an email from a gal who will be with us on our team as we go into Ghana in April with Joni’s, Wheels for the... [more]

The campers had gone home, our Joni and Friends staff had packed up our things, all traces of Family Retreat were put away until I walked into the... [more]

Sheila nearly drowned as a small child and now, her muscles at the age of 36, have a mind of their own because of her cerebral palsy.  But that... [more]

My job at Joni and Friends Family Retreat is to coordinate the volunteers (Short Term Missionaries, STMs) and oversee many of the activities.  On... [more]

You can now follow Gianna on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/giannajessen. You can also chech out her website at http://www.giannajessen.com. Gianna... [more]