St. Peter’s Men Recondition Indiana Bikes on ServeColumbus Day
Sunday afternoon a group of men from St Peter’s Lutheran Church in Columbus, Indiana came to Orphan Grain Train Indiana branch as part of ServeColumbus day of service. They worked on donated bikes to ready them for Manna from Heaven’s Christmas gathering and giveaway. Bikes were also set aside for future OGT Indiana international shipments….
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Everlake Life Insurance Sponsors and Prepares Mercy Meals in Lincoln
Everlake Life Insurance Co. sponsored eleven employees in Lincoln, Nebraska to prepare and pack 5,184 Mercy Meals for two hours on Nov. 5. Many thanks for helping feed God’s children physically and spiritually. These fortified meals can be shipped both domestically and internationally. Well done, Everlake!
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Clean Water for Jamaica
The water purification system has been set up in Great Bay, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. Each person coming to receive fresh water, walks away with two 2.5-gallon containers of fresh drinking water. We are grateful to all our donors who made it possible for Orphan Grain Train to purchase this state-of-the-art Aquifer 4000 high volume desalination…
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Volunteering Brings Joy!
Volunteering brings joy! St. Paul, Schaller, Iowa confirmands came and worked on November 7th at Iowa West Orphan Grain Train. Pastor Lyons brings the confirmands at least once a year to work with the branch for a couple of hours. Another 19 youth from St. Paul, Ida Grove, Iowa came and volunteered on November 5th….
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Wisconsin Shares 320,000 Pounds of Potatoes
Orphan Grain Train Wisconsin shared over 320,000 pounds of potatoes in the last month. That’s eleven loads to nine different locations: Cornerstone Children’s Ranch, Ysleta Mission, Latin American Lutheran Mission, Salvation Mission, NAHA, Pavilion, The Way Community Center, Manna from Heaven and Operation Sharing. Two of the recipients received two loads. A note and photos…
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Castle Rock Sends Two Containers to Latvia
Nineteen Orphan Grain Train Castle Rock volunteers loaded 1,282 boxes of clothing, 30 bicycles, and medical equipment for their second shipment to Latvia in the past two weeks. Not pictured in the group photo are Joy Jensen, Nancy and Ron Snyder, Sarah, Katherine, and Matthew Bretz and their friend Skyven. Thank you to all the…
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Mercy Meals and More to Zambia
Orphan Grain Train Norfolk volunteers loaded for Zambia on Thursday, November 6th. The recipient, Gospelink Zambia – Chifundo Rural Health Center in the Rufunsa District will be receiving 661 boxes of Mercy Meals with 216 meals per box. The load also contains medical equipment, schoolbooks and ten bicycles. Thank you, to all the donors, volunteers…
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Rosin Brothers Travel to Ukraine
Kirk and Brian Rosin left for Ukraine on Wednesday, Oct. 29 and have already traveled to Lutsk and Kyiv. They are now in Zhytomyr as drone missiles are exploding around the area. They are meeting with Alla of Bible Orphan Ministry and hoping to secure a place for beginning a new Hanna House Ministry in…
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A Journey for Jamaica
Brent Kummer, Director of OGT Logistics and Bob Schleppenbach, OGT Logistics Driver left Norfolk on Tuesday to drive to Miami with a water purification system that can process 4,200 gallons of water per day. The state-of-the-art purifier along with 800 water buckets, gas cans, two pop-up tents and a generator will be delivered to an…
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