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DALLAS, Dec. 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- Feed The Children is currently the eighth-largest charity in the world and provides food, medicine, clothing, and other necessities to children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty, or natural disaster. Yet few know the story of the man behind the mission. In KEEP WALKING: One Man's Journey to Feed the World One Child at a Time (Doubleday Religion; December 4, 2007; $23.95), FTC founder Larry Jones tells his remarkable, inspiring journey from humble beginnings to global humanitarian as well as the life-affirming work of his legendary organization.
Born to modest means as the son of Bowling Green, KY barbers, Jones had a typical Midwestern childhood centering on sports, newspaper routes, and a devotion to his faith. He felt his spiritual calling at the age of seventeen and thus pursued a life in the ministry. After years of preaching in Oklahoma and across the country, Jones made a national name for himself due to his crusade against pornography in the 1970s.
After speaking at a church during a sweltering Haitian night, Jones' thoughts were interrupted by a small boy who simply asked, "Do you have a nickel for a roll?" Jones engaged the child in conversation and learned that he would purchase a roll with butter – his first and only meal of the day. Jones' mind began to race: he had filled an immediate need but who would feed the child tomorrow? Or the next day? Jones began to wonder how many other children in the world were hungry and what he could do about it. He recalled a surplus of wheat rotting in silos back home in Oklahoma. The injustice of nourishing food going to waste – when it could feed countless children in Haiti – caused Jones to leap into action.
In KEEP WALKING, Larry Jones reveals the inner faith and single-minded belief in his cause that have helped him overcome nearly insurmountable threats and trials, and he does so in a highly readable, personal narrative that is compelling, often humorous, and inspiring.
