Michigan Volunteers Send Humanitarian Aid to Lithuania
On June 17, Orphan Grain Train–Michigan completed loading humanitarian supplies for the Lutheran Church of Lithuania. After the loading in Sebewaing and being trucked to Detroit, we anticipate the container taking approximately two months to travel first by rail from Michigan to Montclair, New Jersey for further loading at the Norfolk Pier onto a Latvian…
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Clothing, Care, Compassion
Orphan Grain Train Michigan volunteers loaded clothing, linens, and medical supplies and equipment into a large U-Haul slated for delivery to eastern Kentucky. Dave Wiltse and branch manager Dave Reed delivered the items to Manna from Heaven in Myra, Kentucky. A wonderful crew of people were there waiting to unload the boxes into a warehouse….
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From Michigan to Tbilisi: A Mission of Compassion Rolls Out
Women for Justice in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia are awaiting a shipment from Orphan Grain Train Michigan. A well-organized group of volunteers wasted no time or space to fill the semi-trailer load full of much needed men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, medical equipment, diapers and school backpacks. May the Lord bless the hands that gathered,…
Read MoreDisaster Aid Delivered to North Carolina
Michigan Branch volunteers loaded & delivered 5,400 pounds of various foods, 135 cases of bottled water, pet food, generators, cleaning buckets, 21 OGT Christmas Gift boxes and many other disaster relief items for Restoration Church in Willow Springs, NC. The goods will be shared with many families still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Helene.
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Shipment Destined for Ukraine Will Bless Many
Loading a container at OGT’s Michigan Branch in Sebewaing then heading to Odessa, Ukraine to aid many in desperate need. Praise be to God! Thank you, volunteers and donors!
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5th Anniversary Celebration
‘Happy 5th Anniversary’ to OGT’s Michigan Branch in Sebewaing! On April 23rd, 2019, Michigan Branch volunteers packed their first box to launch the first sustained Michigan branch. Our branch has now completed Christian mercy care shipments to Kyrgyzstan, Panama, Moldova, the Republic of Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Malawi, South Sudan, and Peru. The Volunteer Crew…
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Aid Will Soon Help Many in Peru
ODP Jesuitas del Peru will soon be receiving 1,808 boxes of various aid along with medical equipment from Michigan Branch donors & volunteers in Sebewaing. Thank you for sharing many blessings for families in desperate need.
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Shipment Distributed in South Sudan
Many blessings were shipped to South Sudan from OGT’s Michigan Branch in Sebewaing. Pastor Peter Anibati Abia is Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of South Sudan/Sudan is shown using the pulpit, from the shipment, on Christmas day which arrived Christmas eve. Also included were choir robes, quilts, clothing, medical equipment and other aid. Thank…
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Long Awaited Container for Yambio, South Sudan Arrives
What a Christmas Blessing! The long-awaited container filled with humanitarian and ecclesiastical goods from OGT’s Michigan Branch arrived in Yambio, South Sudan on Christmas Eve! Pastor Peter Anibati Abia is bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of South Sudan/Sudan (ELCSS/S) and was thrilled to receive several boxes of theological books for students of the Concordia…
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