Delivering Turkeys for Texas and Nebraska
Orphan Grain Train Norfolk sent out two trucks with frozen turkeys, peanut butter, potatoes and squash, and other food to be prepared for Thanksgiving. Danny, OGT Logistics driver, left this morning for Trinity Klein Church in Spring, Texas. He carried grocery items for the Trinity Klein food pantry. 100 turkeys were on this load to…
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Norfolk Loads for Guatemala with Many Meals
Orphan Grain Train Norfolk loaded this week for Guatemala. The recipient, Vine International will receive a full container of Mercy Meals packaged by Milbank, Siouxland, Hastings, Lincoln and Norfolk. That is 1,188 boxes of fortified meals with 256,608 meals. Thank you, to all the faithful volunteers who packaged the Mercy Meals and to the jovial…
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Repurposed Pallets Create Order in Lincoln
Orphan Grain Train Lincoln volunteer, Robert Doetker built two units out of pallets and lumber to house walkers and wheelchairs for easy access and a tidy appearance. This is a great idea and another good use of pallet boards! Thank you, Robert.
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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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