Transforming Lives
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Transforming Lives through
Nearly 1 billion people around the world live with disabilities.
Many of these individuals and their families live in poverty, pain, and despair.
Together we can change this.
We envision a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ.
Become a Luke 14 Project Partner
Provides 1 pediatric wheelchair every year
Provides 2 pediatric wheelchairs every year
Provides 8 wheelchairs every year
Provides 1 wheelchair every month
“Go out quickly...and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame…so that my house will be full.”
Luke 14:21-23
Reach
We reach out to families living with disability with gospel-adorned hope.
Care
We extend gospel-centered care through Community Support, Respite, Retreats and Getaways, and Crisis Response.
Connect
We connect families with Christ-honoring, disability friendly churches where they find a place belong.
Our Impact
News, Stories, & Inspiration
Hard Sayings of Jesus
“On hearing it, many of his disciples said, ‘This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?’ Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, ‘Does this offend you?’”John 6:60-61 Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, never harming, always charming. Is that so? Perhaps it’s the picture occasionally painted in a child’s…
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Tested by Fire
On her 60th birthday, shortly after receiving a Teacher of the Year award, Vicki Zoradi was diagnosed with an innocuous kidney stone. When the kidney stone became lodged between her bladder and kidney, she was rushed back to the hospital 36 hours later in severe septic shock. Medical professionals gave Vicki virtually no chance to…
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Were You There…
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 The cross is a place of peace and power. Just look at this…
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Kneeling
“Come, let us bow down and worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.” Psalm 95:6 I grew up in a little congregation where they read the Gospel, sang hymns from the heart, and kneeled in prayer. Sunday worship was serious business and I learned as a child what it means to bend my…
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The Fountain
“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.” Zechariah 13:1 One hot summer day when I was a little girl, my mother took me to the park. I remember a big fountain just over the hill from the…
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International Family Retreat Supports Missionary Families in Thailand!
Joni and Friends New England came alongside our Thailand International Partners as they hosted our very first Missionary Family Retreat in Chiang Mai. As a result, missionary families living with disability in Thailand are overflowing with praise for the goodness of God! Joseph and Ana are from Mexico but moved to Thailand in 2008 to…
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Sharing the Gospel of Christ Through Our Wheels for the World Program
For over 21 years, Joni and Friends has been serving the people of China and sharing the Gospel of Christ through our Wheels for the World outreach program. Even during the height of COVID-19, we were able to serve and support families living with disability in China through our faithful in-country partners. Despite the increased…
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An Obi of Love
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:12, 14 The Japanese character for love is pronounced “ai” and is pictured with the symbol for a belt found…
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A Riddle Made Plain
“And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.” Luke 12:10 If you weren’t the wiser, this verse could sound like an ancient riddle that raises more questions than gives answers. Questions like, “Isn’t speaking against Christ the…
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Precious Moments
“Make the most of every opportunity.” Colossians 4:5 I read in the papers that the owner of a small original by Van Gogh had put the painting on the auction block in New York hoping it would bring twelve million dollars. When the highest bid climbed only to eight million, the owner withdrew the painting.…
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