Keep Walking: One Man's Journey to Feed the World One Child at a Time

by Larry Jones

In an uplifting memoir, the founder of Feed The Children tells the story of his organization and its remarkable, life-affirming work, both here and abroad.

In 1979, Larry Jones was ministering in Haiti, where he was approached by a young boy who hadn’t eaten all day. The child asked for a nickel to buy a roll. Recalling the wheat surplus back home in Oklahoma, Jones soon started Feed The Children, initially a wheat-exporting outreach that grew into one of the world’s largest and most respected charities. Year after year, it efficiently distributes food and other essentials to impoverished families throughout the United States and much of the rest of the world.

In Keep Walking , Jones describes his journey from a childhood as the son of two barbers in America’s heartland to a career that takes him to war-torn countries and areas devastated by natural disasters—as well as into the halls of Congress and the offices of foreign governments to solicit support and funding. Rich in moving stories, Keep Walking offers vivid insights into the faith that moved Jones to do God’s work and shows readers that they, too, can make a difference.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2007

Reviews

[Mark Holencik · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title is fitting. If you believe in what you are doing, no matter if you can see how it will materialize or not, you just keep walking to the destination. I try to live with this faith. Like Larry sometimes you just heard yourself promising something you can not believe you promised. But you know that God is prompting you to go in that direction. So you just keep walking.

[Christi Brewster · Rating 4 out of 5]

Larry Jones lives here in OKC and has worked so much abroad and locally. He inspired Anna when she was 5 or 6 to raise money for the Afghani children to have shoes. He is a man with integrity and a heart for suffering.