Mercy Meals Automated Team Celebrate Five Years and 3,270,456 Meals
“Who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14 The original Orphan Grain Train Mercy Meals automated team are celebrating five years of packing meals with a staggering count of 3,270,456 meals produced during that time. As a result of Covid in 2020, Mercy Meals…
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Jonesville Sends Load to Cornerstone
Orphan Grain Train Indiana in Jonesville sent out a shipment of much needed items to Cornerstone Children’s Ranch in Quemado, Texas. The photo is of the three volunteers packing to the ceiling after the pallets were placed inside. It was a nice cool morning to load and all went well. We are so grateful to…
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Minnesota South Packs Mercy Meals During Annual Meeting
Orphan Grain Train Minnesota South Mercy Meal packing crew posed for a group photo on Saturday, Sept. 6 after their annual meeting and Mercy Meal packing event. Twenty-two boxes of Mercy Meals were packed in two hours. That means 792 individual packs of fortified food were made for people in need. Thank you, Minnesota South…
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Disaster Response Trailer on its Way to North Carolina
Orphan Grain Train’s Bob Schleppenbach is on his way to Burnsville, N.C. to deliver a 28-bed sleeping trailer for volunteers. Mary Bates, North American Lutheran Church’s Disaster Response Director is currently in Yancey County coordinating the rebuilding of 6,000 homes destroyed by the September 2024 Hurricane Helene. Bates arrived in the area a few days…
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One Hundred and Fifty Backpacks and Counting!
“150 backpacks—and counting! Edna sewed every backpack, putting love into each stitch. With the generous school supply donations from Zion Lutheran Church members in Morris, MN, 150 school kits are ready to be delivered through Orphan Grain Train to bless children around the world. What a beautiful example of Christ’s love in action! ” Thank…
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A New Dress for Every Girl
This is Lois Coleman from Minnesota. A few years ago, a thought came to her mind to “dress a girl.” At the time, she wasn’t sure just what that meant. She had previously been involved in a local program called, “Dress A Doll.” Volunteers dressed a doll and then the dolls were given to needy…
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Wisconsin Delivers Diakonia to Lithuania
Evangelical Lutheran Diakonia in Lithuania received a wonderful load of men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, 150 boxes of infant and adult diapers, fifty stackable chairs, ten bicycles, and 40 boxes of either school kits, supplies or teacher’s kits. Diakonia is the Greek word for “service or relief.” This shipment, sent by Orphan Grain Train Wisconsin,…
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Indiana Supplies Manna from Heaven
Manna From Heaven in Myra, Kentucky received 14,256 fortified meals along with clothing, furniture, medical supplies and household items from Orphan Grain Train Indiana. In addition, school backpacks, desks and chairs arrived for the new school year. Manna from Heaven will share these items with people in the Appalachian Region. Thank you, volunteers in Jonesville…
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Ysleta Receives Mercy Meals and More from Norfolk
Orphan Grain Train Norfolk delivered 31,752 rice and beans Mercy Meals, School kits and Hygiene Kits to Ysleta Lutheran Mission in El Paso, Texas. Recipients there share these items with several churches in the Rio Grande Valley. Some of the items will also be shared with recipients across the border. Thank you, to all the…
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