"Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."  Ephesians 6:13  

      I began this site with a vision of encouraging those who are going through a storm to "stand."  Marriages and families are under attack today.  But with God, healing, restoration, and  resurrection of hurting marriages and families is possible.

     This is a simple site. It provides links to sources on the web that may help you in your commitment to the Lord and to your family.

    I would love to hear from you.  Feel free to e-mail me with questions, with information you would like to see added, or with links that have been moved or removed. 

"For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise." 
Hebrews 10:36

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Hunger in the United States

In 1999, a year marked by good economic news, 31 million Americans were food insecure, meaning they were either hungry or unsure of where their next meal would come from. 12 million of these Americans were children. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1999

In the same year, some 5 million adults and 2.7 million children lived in households where someone in the household had experienced hunger in the previous year due to a lack of resources. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1999

Seniors make up 16.5% of all emergency food pantry clients, 17% of all soup kitchen clients, 4% of all emergency shelters clients and 17.5% of the clients served by other non-congregate feeding programs such as Meals on Wheels. Seniors, however, only account for 13% of the U.S. population.

According to research conducted by the Urban Institute, 1.9 million seniors must choose between buying food and buying needed medicine.

Approximately 28% of all emergency food clients have missed meals in the past month. Additional research has estimated that 1.1 million seniors have skipped meals because there is no food in the house.

In 1999, approximately 12 million American children were food insecure, meaning they were hungry or at risk of hunger. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1999

Of the more than 21 million emergency food recipients served by America's Second Harvest network, more than 8 million are children (38%). Second Harvest's Hunger 1997: Faces & Facts

Requests for emergency food assistance have risen by 18% in American cities - with more than half of the requests coming from families with children. U.S. Conference of Mayors, December 1999

8,659,000 children in the U.S. live in working poor families. Center on Budget and Policy

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