There’s never enough food at home.

“Every night I go to bed hungry. There’s never enough food at home,” confessed the 13-year-old boy caught stealing food from the corner store.

Can you imagine a home without food? It’s unthinkable to most of us. Yet there are thousands of families in our inner cities who must decide every day whether they will try to keep a roof over their heads, or buy food for their hungry children.

The kitchen is the heart of a loving, nurturing home. This was especially true in our home, since Fred and I had seven children. Our children always gathered around our kitchen table to talk and laugh while I was cooking the meals. We sat down together for dinner every night. I loved to cook for my husband, and for our children, and for all our missionaries when they returned to the States for a rest. 

But sadly, mothers here in the inner city don’t have that option. Most of them struggle to survive on a welfare check after they have been abandoned. Little children cry from hunger, and older children steal food from the corner store

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There is still time for you to help me feed hungry children on Mother’s Day. You can call toll free, 1-844-FJM-FOOD. Use a credit card when you call 1-944-FJM-FOOD, or when you donate online at fjm.org. If it’s more convenient, mail your Mother’s Day food donation to me, Willie Jordan, PO BOX 12345, Covina, CA 91722.