I Can Only Imagine

This video brings tears to my eyes. If the joy of these people who have physical and mental disabilities can be so great on this earth that is under the curse, imagine how great their joy will be in Heaven when they are given new bodies and new minds, when the earth will no longer be under the curse!

How inspiring and amazing the hope and fun this opportunity allows! Thank you for your contribution to so many. God Bless, Shayna

I can only imagine what God has in store for me at Twin Rocks FR...can it really be 20 years ago when I hesitatingly approached the registration table to please sign in 'mystery guest'?And where those 20 years have taken me - adventures and opportunities, pressed down, over-flowing, above and beyond what I could EVER ask, think or imagine. Thank you Joni and Friends staff for your committment, your vision, your awareness, your flexiblity, your outreach: 'at the end of your hand'. Thanks too, for the faithful folks who help provide scholarships so that ones that might not otherwise be able to attend receive the miracle gift through your giving. Blessings to each at Joni and Friends.

i just love the song if i can only imagine. i am disabled. i used to struggle with my disablity with having cerebral palsy on my right side. i relearned how to walk, talk, and do every thing with my left hand. and now i am struggling with the issues of the fact that am going to be in a scooter. i just can not imagine this, but it's god will and i got to except it. I am having some major issues with my lower back crushed disk and balged disc as will and i have chronic pain now and my left hip, my muscles, are deteriating and so are my bones deterirating as will i also have chronic pain there too. i have asked god why me, why now, but i got to listen to him and be strong in his word. and remember that god, jesus is always by my side. you, joni and friends, have have given me hope and dreams right along with very few of my freinds. i hope to when jesus comes i too will be with jesus and none of us have to suffer any more. your friend natalie

thank you joni for touching my life.God has used you to inspire me. I have started an organization called the seeddream inspired by my precious little girl who has downs syndrome.You made me realize that people with disability are seeds from God and they come to our lives to potray the glory of God.

god bless you an husband joni a powerful and alsome woman of god through your faith and believes in gods power it makes me stronger g od does not sleep nor slumber nor is hand to short that he can not reach downan as we humble our self before him he will exsault us in due season god bless you an all that your doing its not in vain love you all

I just want to share about our first time experience at family retreat at Twin Rock Oregon. My experience with the family retreat has changed my view about life. Before I went to the retreat, I was in the state of frustration with so-called Christian religious stuff around me, but I had seen the real deal Christianity at the retreat. “ I have seen JESUS”. In the books of Gospel, we read about Jesus walked among the blind, deaf, lame and people who are suffering with all kind of disabilities and they were rejected by the community. Jesus touched them, healed them, and made them to be accepted. I had seen that picture at Twin Rock. I did not see Jesus in person or physical healing, but I saw all STMs with Jesus hearts . They had made those families living with disabilities felt accepted and they gave them love and joy. I would never forget 9:00 am worship services. It was not about the songs or the order of the program of the worship. I had seen people worshiping from their hearts, specifically from their humble, broken hearts. It was the worship service where parents did not have to worry what if their autistic children did something inappropriate for the worship atmosphere. It was real deal ! I pray that we will be able to serve again next year and I pray that our family will be able to minister families with disabilities in our community. Esther

I have been serving at family retreat for the last ten summers and for the last number of years both weeks at the Maranatha camp. I have been spending half of the year in Florida first taking care of my dad and now my mom. My dad went to heaven a year and a half ago and there was not one minute of the training and experience wasted at family retreat that was not used to help me care for my dad as he got more and more immobile and finally left this earth at age 95. I love being at family retreat and look forward to another year.

Dear Joni, I just returned from my first experience as a STM at Bonclarken! What was it like? It was the closest thing to being in Heaven that I have ever experienced! Imagine no prejudice, hatred or selfishness! A place where I was seeing God the Father being glorified everywhere you looked, Jesus seen in every smile and kind act! That's what it was like! I must say, I didn't want to come home, I'm addicted! What a priviledge to be there, I wasn't the missionary, those disabled ones, they are the real missionaries!Thank-you Joni for being so faithful to your calling! Thank-you for dying to self and being a living sacrifice for Jesus! I am praying for your healing and swift recovery! Love in Christ, Marie

Being an STM is one of the greatest blessings EVER!