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FOUR BRAND NEW MISSIONARIES COME TO MISSION CENTRAL FOR A SPECIAL DAY OF TRAINING!

  What a wonderful day for training 4 of our NEW missionaries!  Yes, on October the 8th, 2024 the entire day was devoted to the training, orientation and discussion about the responsibilities for these amazing young missionaries going to Romania, the Dominican Republic and Taiwan!  We were able to help with their training of Power-Point presentations and detail for helping…

WONDERFUL LWML FALL RALLY AT MISSION CENTRAL ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2024!

  One of the highlights of the year is our Annual Fall Rally at Mission Central for the Iowa District West LWML.  This year it was held on September 28th, 2024 and the attendance was excellent.  What a blessing to have the privilege of welcoming these mission minded ladies here.     Here you see these special guests in the barn,…

FAITHFUL FRIENDS BRING ANOTHER SPECIAL MIRACLE TO MISSION CENTRAL

  The Lord has continued to send special friends at just the right time.  We were all out of beef here for our volunteer cooks to use at Mission Central to cook for the 52 bus loads that came this past year!   Then we received word that our dear faithful “meat suppliers”  Jim and Cindy Nelson had a quarter…

DEAR, DEAR “NOT NORMAL” FRIEND COMES ALL THE WAY FROM ST. LOUIS TO VISIT HIS “NOT NORMAL” FRIEND AT THE LORD’S MISSION CENTRAL!  

  Yes, it was one of those special days, when the Honorable Missionary Dr. Ken Ohlemeyer, Executive from Concordia Publishing House (CPH) in St. Louis, Missouri made the effort to stop and visit his old Missionary friend, Gary.   What a JOY to have the privilege and honor of having this dear Christian friend come and spend time at the…

VERY SPECIAL EVENING TOUR EVENT AT MISSION CENTRAL!

  The Lord truly “calls” people at all times of the day and night to come and see what the Lord has done at this MIRACLE PLACE!     Yes, Sunday the 22nd of September was another example of how the Lord sends HIS people to be here at Mission Central!  Yes, after speaking at Waco, Nebraska on Saturday and then…

AMAZING DEAR MISSIONARIES DRIVE ALL THE WAY HERE FROM MISSOURI!

  It was again one of those days that the Lord arranged to have some of His dear and special missionaries come to see this MIRACLE PLACE called Mission Central.  Yes, all the way from Cape Girardeau, Missouri we see here in our office, from left to right the Honorable Petra Meraz and Judy Peetz!  Only those people who “really…

SPECIAL MISSIONARY CELEBRATES SPECIAL BIRTHDAY!

On Wednesday, August 28th, “Old” Missionary Gary celebrated his 82nd birthday. He received so many cards, emails, and text messages from so many of our Mission Central friends. We want you to know how much you are all loved and appreciated, and we thank you for your kindness in remembering Gary on his birthday. We celebrated with a special birthday…

SPECIAL FRIENDS ARRIVE FOR SATURDAY TOUR FROM LINCOLN, NEBRASKA!

What a special blessing to welcome our new special friends from Lincoln, Nebraska that drove over on a Saturday afternoon on August 24th, 2024!   Our dear friends, Richard and Diane Plock made a special trip to see what the Lord has done with an old set of farm buildings in the hills of Western Iowa!  Yes, it was another…

GRANDPARENTS BRING GRANDCHILDREN TO SEE THIS MIRACLE PLACE!

What a blessing it was to have dear friends of Mission Central, Marty and Marcy Delperdang, stop by for a visit and a tour on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.  They brought two of their grandchildren along to show them the Creation Theater and the Barn Museum.  Some of the items in our Barn Museum have special significance because they were…

WHAT A JOY AND BLESSING TO WELCOME ALL THE MISSIONARIES FROM GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH AT FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA AND OTHER MISSIONARIES FROM IOWA AND NEBRASKA!

It was truly one of those VERY, VERY SPECIAL DAYS, when the Lord Jesus sent some very, very NOT NORMAL people to come to spend the day at Mission Central. A full busload of missionaries came all the way from Grace Lutheran Church in Fairbury, Nebraska under the leadership of the Honorable Missionary Pastor Glen Emery! We were so blessed…

REV. CHARLES ADAMS AND FAMILY ARRIVE AT MISSION CENTRAL!

  What a blessing to welcome the Rev. Charles Adams and his family to the Lord’s Mission Central!  Here you see this family with their grandchildren and daughter.  It was such a blessing to have them come for an afternoon visit as they wanted to see the tractor collection of Old Missionary Gary.     Our friendship has lasted for so, so…

LET’S TALK ABOUT A REAL “MIRACLE SUNDAY MORNING”!!!!

LET’S TALK ABOUT A REAL “MIRACLE SUNDAY MORNING”!!!!   This story started on November 9th, 2000!  Yes, 24 years ago Old Missionary Gary had the privilege of meeting the Honorable Missionary John Nikodym who was from Red Cloud, Nebraska at that time!  Yes, Missionary Gary could tell IMMEDIATELY that he was truly “NOT NORMAL”…He was in the world, but not…

20 YEAR VETERAN MISSIONARIES COME TO VISIT MISSION CENTRAL!

What a JOY and blessing to welcome Veteran Missionary Teachers Andrew and Noel Schaff to Mission Central on July 23rd, 2024! Yes, these dear folks came and were willing to make a WONDERFUL PRESENTATION on their work at Concordia Middle School in Taiwan. At this Lutheran School we have 2100 students and 90% or more of those students are Buddhist…

Preus family at Mission Central

On Tuesday afternoon, July 9th, Pastor David Preus, Regional Director for Eurasia, shared some of the exciting things that our Lord Jesus is doing on the mission fields in this part of the world!  Such wonderful stories and amazing pictures of people whose lives have been changed by hearing the Good News about Jesus!  The harvest is indeed plentiful, especially among…

COOKIE LADY AND HER HUSBAND ARRIVE AT MISSION CENTRAL!

God sends all kinds of people to help with HIS work at the Lord’s Mission Central. Yes, on a special Sunday, the Honorable Volunteer “Cookie Maker” from Orange City, Iowa, The Honorable Volunteer Missionary Debra VandenBerg and her dear husband Scott VandenBerg delivered hundreds of cookies for our volunteer cooks to use to feed the thousands of people that come…

Everyday is Always an Exciting Adventure at Mission Central!

You never know what the Lord has in store for you each day at Mission Central, but you know it is always going to be a blessing. What a joy it was to welcome Ken and Diana Armknecht on Tuesday morning, June 4, for an unexpected – but truly wonderful – visit as they were traveling home to Nebraska from…

FORMER MISSIONARY FROM KOREA MAKES SPECIAL TRIP TO THE LORD’S MISSION CENTRAL!

  On Monday the 3rd of June, the Honorable Missionary Rev. Dr. Hans Trinklein from Seward, Nebraska came for a special visit to Mission Central with his daughter, Abi, and what a JOY to see this family again.    Rev. Trinklein served many years in Seoul, Korea, where he taught at the University and Seminary there.  Hans served for a number…