In Honor of Church’s 75 Year Anniversary, 75 Quilts are Sewn and Donated by Couple
Rod and Helen Mathers from St Paul Lutheran Church in Weeping Water, Nebraska celebrated their church’s 75th anniversary by making 75 quilts that they donated to Orphan Grain Train Lincoln. Thank you, Rod and Helen for celebrating St. Paul Lutheran’s anniversary in such a meaningful way.
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Larsen Celebrates 90th Birthday by Requesting Collection for OGT Lincoln
Carol Larsen celebrated her 90th birthday on December 20, 2025, with family and friends at the Cordova Community Center. Cordova, Nebraska is a village in the southwest corner of Seward County. Orphan Grain Train Lincoln volunteer Bob Geisler brought the OGT trailer to Cordova at Larsen’s request to collect clothing donations and monetary gifts. Happy…
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Roberts Family Build “Thanksgiving Day” Kits for OGT Phoenix
The Orphan Grain Train Phoenix Branch is blessed to have Steve and Gayle Roberts as volunteers. They believe in giving back. During Thanksgiving they drove to California to visit their adult children and grandchildren. They took with them the necessary supplies to make 24 hygiene kits and 10 backpack school kits. The family gathered and…
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Lincoln Lutheran Middle School Packs Over 10,000 Mercy Meals
At Orphan Grain Train Lincoln, 50 Lincoln Lutheran Middle Schoolers, three teachers and nine Orphan Grain Train volunteers packed 10,800 Mercy Meals on their service day December 17, 2025. Thank you, Lincoln Lutheran students for your great enthusiasm!
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Schell Celebrates 80th Birthday by Requesting Gifts for OGT and MM
Gwen Schell recently celebrated her 80th birthday with friends. Instead of presents, Schell asked for monetary gifts to support Orphan Grain Train Lincoln and Mercy Meals. God Bless you for helping to feed God’s people physically and spiritually. Happy Birthday, Gwen!
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OGT Castle Rock Displays “Quilt of the Week”
Do you recognize this quilt? We do! We know it was donated to Orphan Grain Train Castle Rock Collection Center in Castle Rock, Colorado. Every quilt has a story. Many beautiful and unique quilts are shared with Orphan Grain Train, but not their story. Quilts are sewn into the history of Orphan Grain Train. Quilts…
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Ladies of St. Marks in NY Share 35 Quilts with OGT New England
Orphan Grain Train New England received a donation of 35 handmade quilts from the Ladies at St Marks church in Churchtown, NY. A wonderful gift that will be loved by those receiving them. Thank you, ladies of St. Marks of Churchtown for these colorful quilts. Such a gift! “Those who are wise will shine as…
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OGT Lincoln Shares Mercy Meals and Peanut Butter with Food Bank
Orphan Grain Train Lincoln recently loaded out three pallets of Mercy Meals and four pallets of peanut butter for the Food Bank of Lincoln. The food bank staff was very happy to get the extra supplies to help with their inventory for local distribution. Thank you, OGT Lincoln for sharing this with the community.
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Schmidt Finally Finds “Christ”mas baby in King Cake
Missionary Expediters, a freight forwarder that Orphan Grain Train frequently works with, sent their wonderful king cake to the Norfolk office for Christmas. The king cake is an oval shaped delicacy decorated in purple (justice), green (faith) and gold (power). These colors resemble a jeweled crown honoring the Wise Men who visited the Christ Child…
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