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Renovation of Church in Lincoln Blesses OGT With Pews to Share

Norfolk Warehouse • Branch Updates

Norfolk warehouse received 72 various sized pews from Capital City Christian Church in Lincoln, NE. The church is renovating their sanctuary and hated to send them to the landfill. What a great group of volunteers to remove & load all the pews! Many congregations will be blessed with these pews – thank you!

5th Anniversary Celebration

Michigan • Branch Updates

‘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…

War Continues in Ukraine

Norfolk Warehouse • Current Relief Efforts, International Aid

Orphan Grain Train received these heartbreaking pictures below from one of our recipients in Ukraine. Charitable Foundation Swedish Help Centre is assisting Ukrainians that have been traumatized from this horrific humanitarian crisis. OGT has shipped several containers of aid and food into Ukraine with more planned in the future. Please continue to pray for all…

LWML Ladies Delivered 52 Hygiene Kits to Help Those in Need

Wisconsin • Branch Updates

LWML group from St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Forestville, WI made 52 hygiene kits that were delivered to OGT’s Wisconsin Branch in Westfield. Thank you, ladies, for your servant hearts and all that you do for OGT & those in need worldwide!

Wonderful Volunteers Joyfully Load Aid Destined for Peru

Wisconsin • International Aid

ODP Jesuitas del Peru in Peru is anxiously waiting for 154,440 Food for Kidz meals, diapers, hygiene supplies, Bibles, quilts, school kits and other needed items to share with families living in extreme poverty. Thank you, Wisconsin Branch donors & volunteers!

Liberia Looking Forward to Receiving Aid

Central Iowa • International Aid

Christ Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church (CMELC) in Liberia will soon be receiving quilts, sleeping mats, clothing, pillowcase dresses, shoes, hygiene kits, medical equipment, bikes, books, stuffed toys, teacher desks, student chairs & classroom tables. Thank you, volunteers and donors at Central Iowa Branch in Clemons! What wonderful gifts!

Endowment Fund Presented Donation

Lincoln • Branch Updates

Kathy and Jim Carter presented at St John Lutheran Church, Clarinda, Iowa on the OGT ministry at adult Bible Study and the children’s Sunday School. LWML and St. John’s endowment fund presented checks to support the ministry and organized a delicious potluck after worship.

Items Delivered Will Help Many

California Arizona Nevada • Domestic Aid

OGT’s Steve Rice with California-Arizona-Nevada Collection Center delivered 300 boxes of new underwear and socks from an “Undie Sunday Collection” for Lutheran Border Concerns Ministry. Ramon Contreras shared the needed items with churches, breakfast centers & children’s homes along California and Arizona border region. Thank you donors for helping many families and children along the…

Local Organizations Receive Aid To Help Those in Need

Ohio • Domestic Aid

Ohio Collection Center volunteers delivered clothing, disaster buckets, household items, medical equipment and other goods to several locations that help families in need. Some of the goods will go to families that were effected by recent tornadoes in Ohio. Thank you, donors and volunteers!