Orphan Grain Train Partners with Mission Mules for Texas Flood Relief
Orphan Grain Train is working with Mike Toberer, trail boss, President and CEO of Mission Mules of Harmony, North Carolina to bring disaster relief to the outlying areas affected by the flooding of the Guadalupe River. Mike partnered with OGT to deliver insulin to the remote hollers of N.C. during and after the great floods and mudslides of N.C. His mules went where machines couldn’t, bringing food, medical supplies and encouragement to desperate people deep in the Smoky Mountains. On Saturday, August 16th, he left at 4am from Norfolk, Nebraska with Orphan Grain Train’s Dodge Ram and a Teardrop camper headed to bivouac in Ingram, Texas. After comparing notes in Norfolk with OGT officers, he made camp at the flood region area near Ingram. Mike’s chore in Texas is to visit the most remote areas to share hope and recovery fencing and drywall with the forgotten folks.
Pictured: Pastor Ray Wilke, President OGT, Mike Toberer, Brent Kummer, Director of OGT Logistics and Grant Schmidt, Vice-president of Operations OGT make the “Mission Mule Muscle” as they help prepare Toberer for his trip to Texas.
Categories: Disaster Relief, Floods
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