| Alabama |
 Meet Nickey
On April 27, 2011, severe storms and tornadoes ravaged the small town of Phil Campbell, Alabama. The home of Nickey, Kathy, and their three grandchildren was obliterated; reduced to a heap of splinters and rubble.
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| California |
 Meet Lorna
On any given Wednesday, you can find Lorna sharing food, friendship and respect at My Friends House, a ministry that grew out of Ascension Lutheran Church in Los Angeles, California. "I come to My Friends House when I need to provide for my family."
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| Illinois |
 Meet Jay Iguchi
"I was born in Korea but am now a United States citizen. In 2004, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and at the same time my husband and I unexpectedly lost our business."
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| Michigan |
 Meet Barbara
Barbara, a 63-year-old grandmother from Detroit, Mich., stays home to take care of a big family—15 of her 24 grandchildren.
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| Minnesota |
 Meet Mor
In 1975, war and famine forced Mor from the hills of Laos to a refugee camp in Thailand.
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| Minnesota |
 Meet Venesha
When Venesha, a single mother of six, had to move her family out of her sister’s home; she didn’t know where to turn.
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| Montana |
 NEW! Meet Jason
Jason Williams had fallen on hard times. He lost hope and didn't know where to turn. All that changed after he visited Family Promise – a ministry in Bozeman, Mont., supported by your gifts to ELCA World Hunger.
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| Pennsylvania |
 Meet Walter
It's hard to go hungry when tens of thousands of potatoes are free for the taking each year.
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| South Carolina |
 Meet Jim
Every afternoon for the past 10 years, 88-year-old Jim Freeman hears a knock at the door.
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| West Virginia |
 Meet Jennifer
In rural Boone County, West Virginia, Jennifer Massey (pictured left) and her neighbors began to experience unusual illnesses.
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