VBS Donations Delivered to Orphan Grain Train
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church’s Vacation Bible School (VBS) children had many activities serving those in need through OGT. Some of the children completed 12 School kits with backpacks. Two quilts that were sewn by a couple of ladies from the church and tied by the 5th & 6th Grade VBS class. They had challenges with…
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Beloved Branch Manager has Passed
Orphan Grain Train is saddened by the passing of Dick Troester, Branch Manager of OGT’s Central Nebraska Branch in Grand Island. He departed this life on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at the age of 68. Dick started offering his services as branch manager in 2016. He had a serving heart for the Lord and for…
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Goods Distributed to Those in Need in Liberia
Hope and Care for Children in Liberia was able to distribute some of the goods from a Norfolk warehouse shipment. The children were thrilled with bikes, clothes, and bellies being filled with Kids Against Hunger meals. Girls were relieved and excited to receive feminine hygiene kits. The group Gospel Mailers from Redeemer Lutheran Church in…
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Goods Delivered to Lithuania Helps Many in Need
Sakiai Evangelical Lutheran Parish in Lithuania was thrilled to unload goods and clothing from OGT’s Central Iowa donors and volunteers. A few of the boxes of clothes and shoes were distributed to those in need, more photos to come. Thank you, Central Iowa Branch!
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Lutheran Churches and Schools in Liberia Will Be Blessed By Shipment
OGT’s Maryland branch volunteers loaded aid for Joe Boway with Lutheran Churches and schools in Liberia. They will soon be receiving an altar, baptismal font, pulpit, other church furnishings, bikes, solar lights, school furnishings and sports equipment. So many blessings for students and congregations! Thank you, Maryland donors and volunteers!
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Goods Delivered to 9 Organizations in Missouri and Illinois
During June, OGT’s Missouri-Illinois Branch delivered a total of 8,163 pounds of various foods, hygiene items, children’s toys and furniture, clothes, bedding and other goods to nine organizations in Missouri and Illinois. Thank you, donors and volunteers for helping those in need locally.
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Hygiene Kits Delivered to Help Those in Need
Query and Rankin families and friends from Ralston, Millard, Hickman and Newman Grove, Nebraska assembled and donated 60 hygiene kits to the OGT’s Lincoln Collection Center in part by Thrivent Financial. One of the families had 3 generations helping with this project. Thank you for your time and talent shared with those in need worldwide!
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So Many Grateful for Goods Received in the Philippines
Norfolk warehouse volunteers loaded 3,272 pounds of rice, 142,560 Mercy Meals, children’s PETs (all terrain wheelchairs), an ultra sound, clothing and blankets for the Philippines. Grace with MT. Moriah ministry is grateful for the food and aid. Grace wrote to OGT the following: ‘We are so blessed to be the receiving end of all the…
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Hope and Care for Children Blessed By Arrival of Shipment
Hope and Care for Children in Monrovia, Liberia rejoiced to receive 35,640 Kids Against Hunger meals, blankets/quilts, Gospel Mailers Christian resources, children’s clothing, feminine hygiene kits, bicycles, teacher and student chairs and other aid from the Norfolk warehouse volunteers and donors. The Bibles and Catechisms arrived in time to be shared with pastors attending a…
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