Missouri-Illinois Attends LWML Convention and Loads the Donated Items
On April 25th, Central Illinois LWML met in Decatur, Illinois for their 81st annual convention. Brad Jackson and Keith Scherer, both of Orphan Grain Train Missouri-Illinois were there to load the many boxes and bags of gathered items brought in by the women and church groups that attended the convention. Thank you Brad and Ken…
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Quilting Group from Minnesota Sends Quilts with Bible Message
“Those Who Sleep Under a Quilt, Sleep Under a Blanket of Love” The Quilting Group of Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Windom, Minnesota have been quilting for over 30 years. The current group has now been together for six years. They have made over 480 quilts for Missions. They mentioned what a blessing it…
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Farm Bureau Credit Union Volunteer at OGT Norfolk
In April, fourteen Farm Bureau Credit Union employees from all around the Midwest visited Orphan Grain Train Norfolk. The group toured the central office and the Servant Center before going into the packing room to sort and pack three bunkers of bedding, linens and blankets. Thank you, Farm Bureau employees for making OGT one of…
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Group of Four Fence in Western Nebraska after Fire
Four Orphan Grain Train volunteers, DeWayne Erickson, Ross Nelson, Walt Rosenbaum and Nick Weber are in Farnam, Nebraska taking out fire damaged fence posts and wire and replacing them with new fencing materials. They completed the west side of the field and are moving north into the sloping tree-filled area. On Tuesday, a refreshing rain…
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Fantastic Students Lend a Hand at OGT Norfolk
A group of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and their leader, Pastor Fittje, from St. John’s Lutheran School in Columbus spent the day with Orphan Grain Train Norfolk last week. What a fantastic group! Pastor Fittje led this group in their eagerness for folding fitted sheets.  Thank you, for volunteering at OGT Norfolk…
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Lincoln Receives Donated Fencing Supplies for Western Nebraska
On Thursday April 30, 2026, Orphan Grain Train Lincoln branch manager, Jim Carter and OGT truck driver Danny Pollock, loaded a flat bed of donated disaster relief supplies for western Nebraska ranchers rebuilding after the wildfires. OGT will continue to bring hay and fencing supplies to the western Nebraska area in the next few months….
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Bounty of Blessing from Wisconsin
Orphan Grain Train Wisconsin’s container to Ukraine arrived safely in Lutsk. The food, clothing and bicycles were greatly appreciated. Thank you, OGT Wisconsin for another bountiful load of items that can be shared with so many people in the Ukraine area. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has…
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OGT Loads Many Mercy Meals for Haiti
On Monday, April 27, Orphan Grain Train Lincoln loaded a container for Haiti with 924 boxes of Mercy Meals and 57 boxes of Mercy Meals rice and beans, along with medical supplies, feminine kits, shoes, and bedding and quilts. Thank you, to all the volunteers and donors who sewed the kits, donated the items and…
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OGT Indiana Delivers to Manna from Heaven
Orphan Grain Train Indiana volunteers filled an 18-foot trailer with furniture, preschool chairs, clothing and shoes, 66 boxes of Love the Hungry fortified meals, bikes and blankets. On April 24, Lance, an OGT Indiana volunteer, delivered the trailer to Manna from Heaven in Myra, Kentucky. Thank you, OGT Indiana volunteers for gathering, sorting and filling…
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