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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 … [Read 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 office of the conference center the next morning. My husband and I were staying on an extra week in … [Read 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 the second to last day at camp in June of 2008, it was crazy hair day and a young teenager girl, … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
the LORD will guide you always: he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Isaiah 58:11 God's garden Each … [Read more...]
Kara is a awesome writer and lover of people. [Read More …]
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