Yolo didn’t know Family Retreat could bless her family. She first got involved with Joni and Friends by encouraging another family to attend Family Retreat. After hearing the story of Alex’s family and the challenges they face navigating life with his autism, she decided to help raise funds to give them the gift of attending retreat.
Shortly after, Yolo got to know a Joni and Friends employee who learned that she had three children of her own, two with disabilities. and encouraged her to attend as well.
Through blessing Alex’s family, Yolo and her family discovered love and support through Joni and Friends too! Their story embodies the promise: “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38.
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