Fantastic Students Lend a Hand at OGT Norfolk
A group of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and their leader, Pastor Fittje, from St. John’s Lutheran School in Columbus spent the day with Orphan Grain Train Norfolk last week. What a fantastic group! Pastor Fittje led this group in their eagerness for folding fitted sheets.  Thank you, for volunteering at OGT Norfolk…
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Lincoln Receives Donated Fencing Supplies for Western Nebraska
On Thursday April 30, 2026, Orphan Grain Train Lincoln branch manager, Jim Carter and OGT truck driver Danny Pollock, loaded a flat bed of donated disaster relief supplies for western Nebraska ranchers rebuilding after the wildfires. OGT will continue to bring hay and fencing supplies to the western Nebraska area in the next few months….
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Bounty of Blessing from Wisconsin
Orphan Grain Train Wisconsin’s container to Ukraine arrived safely in Lutsk. The food, clothing and bicycles were greatly appreciated. Thank you, OGT Wisconsin for another bountiful load of items that can be shared with so many people in the Ukraine area. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has…
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OGT Loads Many Mercy Meals for Haiti
On Monday, April 27, Orphan Grain Train Lincoln loaded a container for Haiti with 924 boxes of Mercy Meals and 57 boxes of Mercy Meals rice and beans, along with medical supplies, feminine kits, shoes, and bedding and quilts. Thank you, to all the volunteers and donors who sewed the kits, donated the items and…
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OGT Indiana Delivers to Manna from Heaven
Orphan Grain Train Indiana volunteers filled an 18-foot trailer with furniture, preschool chairs, clothing and shoes, 66 boxes of Love the Hungry fortified meals, bikes and blankets. On April 24, Lance, an OGT Indiana volunteer, delivered the trailer to Manna from Heaven in Myra, Kentucky. Thank you, OGT Indiana volunteers for gathering, sorting and filling…
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Carter Receives “Hometown Hero” Award in Lincoln
Bev Sprouse with Modern Woodmen Financial presented Jim Carter, Branch Manager of Orphan Grain Train Lincoln with the Hometown Hero award and a $100 donation to OGT. Congratulations Jim Carter! Thank you, Modern Woodmen Financial!
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Malawi Prison Service Reports Back to Houston
In December of 2025, Orphan Grain Train Houston sent out their first international shipment. The shipment was shared with the Malawi Prisons Service. Reverend Brian Kondowe, Head Chaplain for the Malawi Prisons Service, sent this letter to Orphan Grain Train shipping director, Ginger Beckman. The Malawi Prison Service (MPS) received a significant boost in its…
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Kyrgyzstan Receives Shipment from OGT Wisconsin
Orphan Grain Train Wisconsin received word that the container they put together and shipped out in September of 2025 was received by the recipients in Kyrgyzstan. Photos were sent back from some of the 26 organizations that received either medical equipment, clothing, blankets and linens or bicycles. Some of the social agencies work with disabled…
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OGT Lincoln Delivers Donated Fencing Supplies to Western Nebraska
On April 24, 2026, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rolf from Tarkio, Missouri along with Lincoln, Nebraska friends, Howard and Karon Killion, delivered barbed wire rolls, hedge posts, and steel fence posts to Orphan Grain Train Lincoln manager, Jim Carter, for disaster relief in western Nebraska after the fires. Neighbors helping neighbors rebuild. Thank you, Rolfs…
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