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

.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.