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Overcome with emotion
Jenny Munoz is overcome with emotion as Freddy Munoz's bus pulled away from the Brainerd National Guard Armory April 26, 2011. MPR News followed the Munoz family for much of 2011 as they dealt with Freddy's deployment.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) (Story by Jessica Mador
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Praying
Teens and twenty-somethings make up the majority of the congregation at Urban Jerusalem in Minneapolis, Minn.
MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) (Story by Nikki Tundel
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Overcome with emotion
Jenny Munoz is overcome with emotion as Freddy Munoz's bus pulled away from the Brainerd National Guard Armory April 26, 2011. MPR News followed the Munoz family for much of 2011 as they dealt with Freddy's deployment.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) (Story by Jessica Mador
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Feeling the stress
Jenny Munoz paused in her kitchen while preparing a meal for her daughters Nov. 11, 2011. Although Jenny said she does better when she's busy, she often feels the stress of raising two children on her own. MPR News followed the Munoz family for much of 2011 as they dealt with Freddy Munoz's deployment.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) (Story by Jessica Mador