"Louise Perrotta. Visiting the Caribbean's poor and seeing life from their
perspective can be very challenging for a First- ... The experience compels you to
reevaluate your life and priorities. Am I taking God seriously? ... Do I look forward
to prayer as an intimate time of sharing with my Father, or has it become just an
empty routine? ... stories in this book, we meet the poor and also the heroic men
and women who serve them. .. ..."
"After a dramatic religious experience in 1976, Ferdinand Mahfood began laying the groundwork for Food For The Poor, an international non-profit Christian aid organizaiton. Mahfood began shipping supplies to the poor in 1982, wanting to serve Christ in the poorest of the poor. Today Food For The Poor has shipped more than $550 million in food, medicine, educational, and small business supplies to 33 countries in the Caribbean and Latin A ..."