OGT Fish Boil in Le Mars has Great Food and Turnout
Grace Lutheran Church in Le Mars, Iowa hosted another fantastic Orphan Grain Train Fish Boil last Sunday, April 19th. Thank you members of Grace for another year of amazing desserts and hospitality. We heard several people say that the food was exceptional. Thank you, also for your incredibly generous support of Orphan Grain Train. This…
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Hazel Green, Kentucky Receives Shipment from Maryland
Orphan Grain Train Maryland announced to all volunteers the successful load that was delivered to Hazel Green Food Project. (HGFP). in Hazel Green, Kentucky. HGFP sits in one of the poorest counties in all of Appalachia. Volunteers loaded winter and summer clothes for men, women, and children; plus-sized clothes; linens including those marked specifically for…
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OGT Michigan Responds to Christ’s: “I was hungry and you fed me.”
Responding to God’s Word: “I was hungry and you fed me” Matthew 25:35, Orphan Grain Train Michigan sent out their 17th international shipment on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Their first load of OGT Michigan-made Mercy Meals went out on this load to Foundation of the Blind in Romania. There were 10,000 fortified meals on this…
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Peanut Butter for the Philippines!
Orphan Grain Train Norfolk’s container to Ryan Tormentar and Christian Mission Baptist Church in Negros Occidental, Philippines reached its destination safely. These are photos that were shared with OGT Norfolk. There were ten cases of peanut butter on this load, and the food was very well received. The Philippines has experienced several super Typhoons that…
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OGT Missouri West Gathers Items and Delivers to Norfolk
Orphan Grain Train Missouri West volunteers Ken and Ida Schroeder left Concordia, Missouri early Tuesday morning to bring a trailer and van load full of valuable items to OGT Norfolk. After an eight-hour journey they arrived in Norfolk at 4:00. Thank you, to all the generous volunteers who gathered these items at different churches in…
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OGT New England Continues Support of Items to Gbarnga Lutheran Mission
Orphan Grain Train Announces Assistance to the Gbarnga Mission in Liberia On April 20, Volunteers for the Orphan Grain Train’s (OGT) New England Branch, located at 33 South Main St. in Terryville, Ct. delivered a Box truck load of items to a warehouse in Providence RI to go on a shipment to the Gbarnga Lutheran…
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LWML Norfolk Zone Springs Ahead in Faith
At the Norfolk Zone Spring Ahead in Faith Event, Saturday, April 18, 2026, hosted by Mt. Olive-Norfolk, Pastoral Counselor Rev. Jacob Tuma provided a lively Bible Study based on the theme verse from 2 Chronicles 15:7 “Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work will be rewarded…” Kamryn Green…
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Fence Posts Delivered to Western Nebraska
Orphan Grain Train driver, Bob Schleppenbach, left for Farnam, Nebraska this morning to deliver a load of treated fence posts to the area. Another OGT driver, Dan Pollack, after picking up a full semi-load of barbed wire out of Oklahoma will also be taking his load to Farnam. The western Nebraska fires began in Morrill…
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Colorado West Prayerfully Looking for New Warehouse
Dear LCMS Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Greetings! My name is Daryl Meske, and I am Coordinator of the Colorado West Division of a Christian ministry organization called Orphan Grain Train, a Recognized Service Organization of the LCMS, headquartered in Norfolk, Nebraska. Orphan Grain Train (OGT) is a Christian volunteer network that ships donated food,…
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