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Last fall, dateline nbc began following three middle class families as they confronted poverty for the first time. here is part of lester holt's interview with one of those families. >> looking at the unemployment check here and looking at the bills here, and this check doesn't add up to these bills. he's got to find a job. >> needing every penny for rent, joyce puts on a brave face and heads to the sister carmen food pantry. >> i can make banana bread. that's not too bad for my kids. >> to make the experience more dignified for its clients, sister carmen designed the space to mimic a supermar...

Pick what i want to eat. i want to feed my kids what my kids will eat and not have to worry about okay, but this is all we've got. >> each time you come here, you're praying it's the last? >> yes. i don't want to have to come back yet i know in two weeks i'll be here again. >> christmas is only days away as joyce wraps the presents that sister carmen donated to her kids, she struggles to keep up the facade that everything is okay. >> i'm trying to stay above water. i'm trying not to drown and not to sink. >> joyce doesn't realize it yet, but a storm is coming. >> lester holt joins me now. that...