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With your help, we have delivered 460 instruments across 60 countries.

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Here is a beautiful song to help you through the rest of your day...music really can give joy! #givejoy #giveinstruments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgHrNNM23p8

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Thank you Denice Heatherly for donating this Trombone and to Bandwagon Music & Repair for repairing it. Pedro was raised at the Casa de Hogan Children’s Home and upon turning 18 left to go to University to study to become a teacher. He is now back at Casa de Hogan Rio Bravo in Mexico on Staff as a Math and P.E. teacher. He has a heart for worship and currently plays the trumpet but is widening his musical skills. He is excited to have a new trombone to learn and practice to become proficient to play. #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you to Joel & Debbie English for funding this guitar purchase! It was delivered to 16 year old Brandon in Mexico. He has been playing the guitar now for over 4 years. He is self taught and now takes lessons in the Prepatoria to better learn sheet music and theory. He has had to share the guitar with the other students at the school and is excited to have a guitar of his own to play whenever he likes. Brandon says he finds peace and calmness when playing the guitar. Brandon also plays guitar in the school’s Friday Chapel service. #givejoy #giveinstruments

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We are so honored and excited that Phil Keaggy will be playing our benefit concert on March 6th! Check out this video of this incredibly talented musician: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRyYBuuqI0A
#givejoy #giveinstruments

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Guess what?! Tickets are on sale NOW for our Instruments of Joy Benefit concert featuring Phil Keaggy, Audrey Assad, Buddy Greene, and Jeff Taylor! Don't hesitate- buy your tickets today...you won't want to miss it. Plus the ticket proceeds go to funding the purchase of instruments to help aspiring musicians in need. https://www.facebook.com/events/555391435014931/
#givejoy #giveinstruments

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Instruments of Joy exists to equip aspiring musicians in need all over the world with quality musical instruments. As we begin 2020 one of our goals for the next year is to send out 200 instruments. How can you partner with us to make that goal a reality? #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you John Sheffield for donating this quality guitar and Craig Standridge for preparing it for delivery! It was given to a group of students in Arua, Uganda in the To Move Mountains teaching program. These students are originally from Sudan and many have not seen a guitar before. They immediately began learning and after only a day many had began to attempt worship songs. It is a tremendous opportunity for them to learn an instrument! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you to Denise Manning for your donation! This guitar was delivered to EJ in Dominica. EJ enjoys being helpful around the church and has a strong interest in music. He is a talented guitar player. Last year some missionaries gave him with a nylon stringed acoustic guitar which has helped him progress in his guitar skills. However, the guitar doesn't project much volume and the desire was for his music to be heard more clearly when playing for groups of people. He had a huge smile on his face when he received this guitar! It will make a profound impact on the community. #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Happy new year! You can start out the new decade by making a difference and giving yourself a night of music to look forward to on March 6th! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Guess what?! We are having a benefit concert on March 6th and we we would be so excited if you were there! All proceeds go to helping to equip aspiring musicians in need. You can get all the details and purchase your tickets here: www.facebook.com/events/555391435014931/
#givejoy #giveinstruments

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A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Instruments of Joy Team!! We hope you are spending the day with loved ones. We appreciate each and every one of you! You are making deliveries like this one happen all the time. #givejoy #giveinstruments

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A HUGE thank you to our repair partner Bandwagon Music & Repair! They make sure our instruments are in quality condition and encourage people to drop off donations at their store to support us. If you are in Bellevue definitely check them out! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Great news- we have sent out over 140 instruments this year! Check out this video update from Joshua MacLeod: https://youtu.be/rTJZVcTZA8U. We are so incredibly grateful for your support! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you to Scott Mabry, Latoya Riley, and the IOJ Crew for donating these 3 instruments that were delivered to the Bruski family in Romania. They will use the 3 instruments that were delivered in a couple of ways including in a church plant and in homes for at risk girls called Homes of Grace. Girls come to live in these homes to have the opportunity to be safe and flourish. These instruments will be deployed into these homes so girls could learn how to use otherwise hidden talents. The instruments will have a tremendous impact on this community! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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If you missed hearing the Founder of Instruments of Joy Joshua MacLeod's interview on City Current take a listen here:
www.citycurrent.com/blogdetails/2272/Nashville-Radio-Show-Instruments-of-Joy
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Thank you to Lauren Hazard for donating this Flute! It was delivered to 15 year old José Armando Escobar Osorio and the Por Los Ninos school in Honduras. It is one of several instruments that we have facilitated sending out to start their music school. Por Los Ninos has several programs that help children and their families with the goal of preserving the family. This Flute will be used by students for years to come! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thanks to the IOJ Crew for funding this guitar! It was delivered to Pastor Freddie in Honduras who is an itinerant evangelist who goes from church to church in the mountains encouraging the people. The Honduran people are among the poorest in Latin America, so he wouldn't have be able to afford an instrument. He really appreciates this guitar! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you to Hollyn for donating this instrument! This Ukulele was delivered to Juan Alberto Perez Padilla - 14 years old and Moisés Antonio Padilla Oliva - 11 years old and the Por Los Ninos school in Honduras. William Guevara is the principal of the school and the music teacher. He is excited to see how the art of music is changing the minds of the children. Many children are now motivated to start playing a certain instrument which has lead to creating a school of music. The music program occurs 3 days a week. The team and volunteers will make sure that the school of music is a space where children will develop their musical skills. They are very thankful! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Giving Tuesday is TOMORROW! Join us in giving joy to more aspiring musicians. It makes a tremendous impact in whole communities and can instill hope for a new future for the recipient(s)! Go to instrumentsofjoy.org/donate to contribute either a monthly or one-time gift. #givejoy #giveinstruments #givingtuesday

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Thank you to our donors Bonny Clapp, Lauren Hazard, and the IOJ Crew for donating these 3 instruments! They were delivered to the Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary in Kyiv! The school equips and trains leaders and due to a lower average income it can be a challenge for students to afford quality instruments.The students were thrilled to receive 3 instruments, and Oleg (holding the guitar), Inessa (flute), and Sonia (violin) are representative of the many students who will be able to take advantage of these instruments at the Seminary now and in the future. #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you to Patti Mangum for this donation! This guitar and amp were delivered to Manuel Reyes who is a Pastor in Honduras. As soon as he saw the guitar case his eyes beamed and and he had the biggest smile on his face. Just a few months before, the church that Manuel Pastors was broken into and all the instruments that the church had were stolen. In El Reparto, a poor area in the mountains, drug crime and gangs are common so there is a lot of theft. For the small church, the loss of their instruments was devastating, and they had no idea how they were going to replace them. This guitar is a priceless gift and Manuel is so grateful! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you to the IOJ Crew for funding this guitar! This is Pastor Olvin Franco of the Los Conchas de Yao in Honduras. This is very poor community where they could not afford an instrument on their own. They were very excited to receive this guitar! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you to John Sheffield for donating this guitar and audio equipment! It was given to a rural church named Mala Laja in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. They have been wanting to start a worship band, but needed instruments. In the picture, new worship band members Carlos and Eduardo stand with Paco, the music teacher. Carols & Eduardo are eager to learn. They are very excited for this opportunity! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Meet Asha! He is from the Dominica and while he was visiting TN we met for coffee. We are excited to send a guitar with him back to his home to give to a youth that loves to play music that doesn't have his own instrument. #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you Robert Miller for giving joy and to Bandwagon Music & Repair for making sure this instrument was all ready to go! This Flute was delivered to Duvan Prieto. He’s 19 years old and lives in Fusagasuga, Colombia. He studies systems engineering at the local university. He’s very thankful and is excited about learning to play the flute! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you to the IOJ Crew for helping to fund this instrument! This electric guitar was given to Christ the King Church in Krakow, Poland. They are located in the second largest city in Poland and have a strong desire to help the community around them. Pictured here are Mateusz and Daniel- they are both excited to use this guitar and train others how to play! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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We just want to give a special thank you shout out to Craig Standridge for all his support and repair work on some of our instruments! Since the majority of our instruments are donated they are all inspected and repaired to make sure they are of the highest quality they can be before sending out. We greatly appreciate all that you do Craig! Pictured below is one of the many instruments he has helped repair and set up for us! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you to the IOJ Crew! Sofiya is a young worship leader at Christ Fellowship in Lviv, Ukraine. She is in the last year of her studies in the University and plans to transition to Worship School after graduation. The Joy on Sofiya's face when given the guitar could not be exaggerated and she couldn't wait to show her family the guitar! This guitar will help her grow in her music abilities and enable her to make a greater impact on her community. #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Reflecting on this past summer we have had the great privilege of being able to partner with many different teams and individuals to send out instruments and give joy. Shadira was a delivery that stood out to me as she has been practicing on a borrowed guitar and was so thrilled to have her own! Thanks to our donors and delivery partners who help us equip aspiring musicians in need! #givejoy #giveinstruments

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Thank you to Sam Braun for donating this guitar! It was delivered to Pastor Salomon Nsimba also know as "Papa Salomon" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The majority of the population is very young and unchurched. He will use the guitar to share about his faith and and teach young people how to play. He is someone that the youth can look up to. He was amazed, surprised, and grateful when he received the guitar. #givejoy #giveinstruments

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