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Alabama United States: Meet NickeyMeet 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 LornaMeet 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 United States - IllinoisMeet 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 BarbaraMeet 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 MorMeet Mor
In 1975, war and famine forced Mor from the hills of Laos to a refugee camp in Thailand.

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Minnesota Hunger stories - United States (St. Andrews)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 JasonNEW! 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 Hunger stories - United StatesMeet 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 JimMeet 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     West VirginiaMeet Jennifer
In rural Boone County, West Virginia, Jennifer Massey (pictured left) and her neighbors began to experience unusual illnesses.

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ELCA Domestic Disaster Response

State Story
Iowa AnthonyMeet Anthony
Anthony had lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, through the floods of 1993, and the water had never touched his home.

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Louisiana

LouisianaMeet Elwood
Almost four years after Hurricane Katrina, Elwood, his daughter, and his grandson were still living in two FEMA trailers outside of their home in New Orleans.

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Minnesota United States - MinnesotaWhen Rushford, Minnesota, received 17 inches of rain in less than 24 hours, the streets were flooded with five feet of standing water.

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