Honorable Couple Travels to Norfolk with Quilts
Marilyn and Gerald Bohling, both in their 90’s, traveled to Orphan Grain Train Norfolk to deliver ten boxes of quilts. The quilts were gathered from the Fremont. NE area and Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hooper, NE. Thank you, to all the women who sewed the beautiful quilts and shared them with OGT. Thank you, Marilyn and…
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“Servant Road Trip” Leads to OGT Norfolk for Two MN Youth Groups
On Tuesday, June 23, the spark that began in the mind of Ted Stroming was shared with Chris Brown and together the two men lit the flame of a “servant road trip” to Nebraska. Both men are Directors of Christian Education (DCE) in their home churches. Stroming, from Good Shepherd Lutheran in Glencoe, MN and…
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Thank you, AWG for Sharing Your Extras
Orphan Grain Train Norfolk delivered 34 pallets of donated food from Associated Wholesale Grocers to Black Hawk, SD. In the early morning hours, OGT Logistics director, Brent Kummer, picked up the load from the Norfolk AWG location and delivered it to the Native American Heritage Association in Black Hawk. Thank you, AWG for continuing to…
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OGT Water Purification System Continues to Bring Clean Water to Parottee, Jamaica
Orphan Grain Train’s state-of-the-art water filtration system is still being used in Jamaica. The system is set up in Parottee, Jamaica, in St. Elizabeth Parish, on the southwest coast of the island. Andre and Andrew., two local residents, are still maintaining the large blue high-volume desalination system. They said that they are handing out the…
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North Wisconsin LWML Donates Kits and Quilts to OGT Wisconsin at Convention
North Wisconsin LWML women gathered in Marquette, Wisconsin for their biannual convention. Pete Gnan, Orphan Grain Train field work director, was at a booth sharing about OGT. The 260 attendees brought in kits, quilts and sleeping mats from their area churches. These were donated to Orphan Grain Train Wisconsin to be used in future shipments….
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Loading Hay in Iowa for Delivery in New Mexico
A second load of hay was delivered to Las Vegas, New Mexico in early June. Lowell Krieger delivered a load from Larry and Tracy Stetzel, Casey, Iowa. This is the second load that was donated by the Stetzels. The first load was taken to Western Nebraska after the devastating fires in March. New Mexico has…
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Alla from Ukraine Shares a Letter with OGT
This is a letter that was recently sent to Orphan Grain Train from Alla of Bible Orphan Ministry. OGT with the support of donors is actively involved in assisting nine orphanages in Ukraine with the Adopt-An-Orphanage program. There is a hope for adding more orphanages. OGT also sends regular containers of aid to Bible Orphan…
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God’s Promise Spread Across the Sky in Hyannis
God’s rainbow promise appeared after the rain shower in Hyannis, Nebraska yesterday, June 9th. DeWayne Erickson, one of the seven Orphan Grain Train team members who has been in Hyannis replacing fencing that was destroyed by the Morrill and Minor Fires, took a photo of the complete rainbow in the sky. Thank you, Lord for…
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Two More Loads and a Crew of Seven Bring Support to Hyannis
The Orphan Grain Train fencing team began putting in new fence posts today in Hyannis, Nebraska where the Morrill and Minor fires blazed through the Sandhills only a few months ago. The crew, which left Norfolk on Monday, June 8th, delivered a load of hedge posts and a load of treated posts, which were distributed…
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