Feed The Women

The third monday of each month a handful of women in Mexico City get together at Ora Hernandez's home to cook a hot meal for 200 poor elderly women. The volunteers represent as many as ten different countries, including Greece, The Netherlands, India, Thailand, The Phillipines, and of course, those of us from the good old US. After cooking the meal, we take it over to a Catholic church and serve the hungry women. Ora has been organizing this effort for the past twelve years.

After the meal, every woman who has had a birthday during the month is honored with a small gift and cake. Everyone sings "Las mananitas", the official birthday song of Mexico. (Ora is the lady in the white apron.)

Meet Perla. Although she speaks only a Phillipino dialect with very little English and no Spanish, she comes every month and can out-work any of us. She also crochets six coasters for every single woman in our church unit (ward) for their birthday. And she is the first to volunteer her famous Phillipine noodle dish when somebody needs a meal brought in. She is my hero!