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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Busy Day at Mid-Atlantic Sees 30 volunteers Accomplish Great Things
Gorgeous fall weather and three dozen apple cider donuts energized 30 volunteers to come to the Mid-Atlantic Branch warehouse on loading day, Wednesday, October 29, 2025. The team filled a container for Lativia, sorted and packed donations, and stuffed envelopes for our annual Grant Match Drive – a busy day! In all, 880 boxes of…
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Gathering “leftover” Coats to Warm the Community
Sacred Heart Parish in Norfolk, Nebraska recently finished a coat drive that ended in October. They collected almost 300 coats. On Sunday, November 2, people were invited to come to the church and choose a winter coat for themselves or a family member. Pat Leavell, a member of Sacred Heart, suggested that any coats leftover…
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Castle Rock Loads One of Two Loads to Latvia
Orphan Grain Train Castle Rock has been busy loading the first of two containers both headed to Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pampali, Latvia. The first container holds 30 bicycles, 287 boxes of blankets and linens, men’s, women’s and children’s clothing and medical equipment. Thank you, Castle Rock volunteers for your great enthusiasm and energy. “Being…
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Central Nebraska Sends to New Recipient in Dominican Republic
Orphan Grain Train Central Nebraska loaded for a new recipient in the Dominican Republic on October 20. The Iglesia Evangelica Pentecostal Defensores de la fe #6 in Mao Valverde will soon receive 178 boxes of Mercy Meals and over 200 boxes of linens and blankets. Along with bicycles, school kits and medical equipment, many boxes…
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