One of the real challenges at the Lord’s Mission Central was the fact that every time it rained at this location the water washed mud along the sides of the sidewalks and then the mud would run out and cover our parking lot. This was a MAJOR problem! However, the Lord again sent one of our special volunteers to help…
Friday the 26th of May was indeed a special day. It was a day of training, Sudanese Education, and education of power-point development and program preparation. Yes, our Iowa District West wants to develop a new program and project for securing funding for the support of our Sundanese Pastor Rev. Danie Mapur and his family that will allow Rev. Mapur to…
On May 20th, 2023 the Lord sent an entirely new group of people from Immanuel Lutheran Church at rural Hooper, Nebraska. Upon arrival this group met in the little Wayside Prayer Chapel, and to their surprise the entire group was sworn in as missionaries for our Lord Jesus for the rest of their lives!!!! Then the group toured the Office…
It was a very busy day at the Lord’s Mission Central on May 18th, 2023 as we held our annual Ascension Service! What a blessing to welcome Rev. Dan McMiller and his son, Rev. Tyler McMiller. Pastor Dan McMiller was the Executive Director of LCMS International Mission Department in St. Louis and former Missionary to Latin America. He was the…
Yes, Mission Central is indeed a real MIRACLE PLACE! People ask this question, “How do you get thousands of people to visit Mission Central when you folks haven’t spent 5 cents on advertising?” The answer is very, very simple! God calls His special people and THEY bring their friends and relatives! Good Missionaries bring other missionaries. That’s what happened on…
What a blessing to welcome the students and adults from Zion Lutheran School at Pierce, Nebraska for a day tour at the world-famous Mission Central! In the pictures you see Old Missionary Gary swearing in all of the guests as real Missionaries for the rest of their lives! It was truly a special day, and one that the group will…
It was 29 years ago that Old Missionary Gary met Rev. Steve and Sue Schulz! Pastor Schulz had just been placed at his first call at Fenton, Iowa! From there Pastor was called to Grace Lutheran Church at Storm Lake, Iowa. Then he and his family were called to Fargo, North Dakota. Our friendship has been an example of “divine…
What a special afternoon on May 8th, 2023, when the Honorable Missionary Rev. Cory Kroonblawd, brought his Confirmation Students to the World-Famous Mission Central! These young missionaries did such a great job of being attentive and “soaking up” the information from their tour. They enjoyed their full tour of all of the facilities, and also enjoyed the special tour to…
The Lord provides the right things at “just the right time”!!!! Yes, this past week our dear friends, the family of Daryn Glover of South Sioux City, Nebraska came and brought a special gift that the family worked on. It will be a new addition to our Ministry Center, and this statue of our dear Jesus will welcome the thousands…
It was such a JOY to welcome the members of Our Savior Lutheran from Newton, Iowa! They came a long, long distance with other visitors from several locations. This group had the privilege of hearing the Rev. Micah Wildauer Family from Belize and also Rev. Tyler McMiller family, our new missionaries establishing new congregations in Italy. Theses families gave excellent…
What a blessing to welcome our long time missionary friends from Italy. Yes, Rev. Tyler McMiller and his family arrived at Mission Central on Friday the 5th of May and what a JOY to visit with the family that are the first missionaries we have placed in the dark country of Italy. Rev. McMiller has made wonderful contacts with so many…
Yes, it was one of those days that was supposed to happen. It was one of those days that was the only day that I had open for two special visitors that the Lord was going to send! Out of the blue a call came just a couple of days ago….Missionary Reid Rogahn called from Sumner, Iowa and said, “Gary,…
What a blessing that the Lord has sent us Missionaries Warren and Glenda Hoesing to help on a HUGE, HUGE job of improvement here at the Lord’s Mission Central. The Lord sends special people at “just the right time” to help here at this Miracle Place! One of our major problems at this location was the fact that every time…
It was one of those very, very special days that the Lord used to bring a large group of young missionaries from Manning, Iowa. This group was led here by Rev. Jonathan Conner, the pastor of Zion Lutheran Church at Manning, Iowa. This group of young missionaries were so interested and what a JOY to have them come and hear…
What a blessing to welcome a group of 13 people from Faith Lutheran at Sioux Falls, South Dakota….led by their dear pastors, the Honorable Missionary Rev. Cory Akers and the Honorable Rev. Jason Rensner. It was a special day and at 10:00AM this group of special people arrived for a day tour. It was a wonderful treat to have them…
Saturday the 15th of April of 2023, will be a day we will long, long remember here at the Lord’s Mission Central. We had some of the most NOT NORMAL people come to spend the day! Yes, the dear members of First Lutheran Church at Plattsmouth, Nebraska came with a group of their members headed up by Missionary Barb Morehead and…
What a blessing to have Rev. Neil Wehmas bring his confirmation students from St. Paul Lutheran Church at Ida Grove, Iowa. These young people were so interested in the Lord’s Creation Theater and the Barn Museum! We began with a prayer in the wayside prayer chapel and then moved to the other locations. Here you see this special group at…
On Tuesday the 11th of April 2023, we were so happy to welcome Dr. Louis Evans and his entire 5th grade class from Immanuel Lutheran School from Columbus, Nebraska. This group pictured at our sign at Mission Central spent from 10:00AM to 1:00PM for a tour of the entire campus of the world-famous Mission Central. The students enjoyed seeing all of the…
What a JOY and blessing to welcome Rev. Samuel Bobby and his family to Mission Central for an all day training session and tour. It was such a special day, and we also welcomed another family that came and spent time here visiting with the Bobby Family, as this family provided a gift of corn to help support and send…
What a blessing to welcome the youth from St. Paul Lutheran Church of Schaller, Iowa for a wonderful afternoon tour at the Lord’s Mission Central. Rev. Dave Lyons and helper, Nancy Ploeger arrived with 12 youth and what a blessing to have them on Good Friday! We were able to tour the entire facility with a beginning prayer in the…
What a JOY and blessing to welcome two very, very special friends to the Lord’s Mission Central. On Good Friday the 7th of April we were so blessed to have the Honorable Missionaries Dr. Dylan Teut and his soon to be wife, Rachel to spend some time here! We had never had the privilege and honor of meeting Rachel and we…
On Saturday the 1st of April, it was a wonderful way to start off the month. We had a huge group of folks come for a tour that special day from Iowa and South Dakota. In that group, however, was two special NOT NORMAL people who came for the very first time to visit the Lord’s Mission Central from Cherokee, Iowa!…
The ONLY reason we can continue the Lord’s mission work here at the Lord’s Mission Central….is because the Lord calls people here to “encourage us” to keep on going and going for our dear Jesus. It was very cold, the snow had fallen overnight, the forecasters all said that there would be ice and bad roads! Who would come out…
What a blessing that the Lord sends special helpers at “just the right time”. On Friday the 31st of March 2023, we welcomed 13 special people to help here at the Lord’s Mission Central. Every 6 months in the Spring and Fall, we have the group that comes and cleans the Barn Museum! There are so many artifacts that need to…
On Monday the 27th of March we were so blessed to have our Executive Volunteer Driver, the Honorable Missionary Dr. Edward Bohlman arrive at Mission Central on this special Monday. Rev. Park has been serving as a missionary in Taiwan and wanted to make a special visit to Mission Central. Rev. Dr. Tom Park arrived for a four day tour of…
It all started about 20 years ago! The Lord sends special friends at “just the right time” and that was the case so many years ago, when Pastor Jerry Doellinger was pastor at the congregation of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Newton, Iowa! Pastor Doellinger said, “Gary, you can come and report at our congregation!”…..and that was the beginning of…
Many people ask, “hey Gary, how can you keep on going and going and how does all this computer stuff keep on working?” Well, the answer to that is very simple, because God sends helpers here at just the right time to keep us going. For a number of years Missionaries Ron and Nancy Maurer from Cherokee have been so…
What a blessing to welcome a very, very, very special friend to all of us here at the Lord’s Mission Central. Our friends Ronna and Harvey Westphalen from Schleswig, Iowa were just about 9 miles from Mission Central. They lived on their farm in the hills west of here and it was always a blessing and Joy to visit with…
What a blessing on March 14th, 2023 to welcome the new pastor from Zion Lutheran Church at Denison, Iowa. Pastor Bill Wrede had never been to Mission Central and what a JOY to share with him what the Lord has done here in the Middle of Nowhere. It was so kind of Pastor Wrede to spend time and see the…
We were so blessed to have a very, very, very special missionary come to visit Mission Central on Tuesday the 7th of March! Yes, this new missionary has been called by our Heavenly Father to serve as the entire Asia Regional Business Manager and will be living in Taiwan. The Honorable Missionary Sam Borgwardt drove all the way from St. Louis,…
On Saturday afternoon at 1:30PM a wonderful group of students all made a special trip to Mission Central for a tour, because so many of the students had not ever seen what the Lord has done here at this place in the middle of nowhere! The students all enjoyed their time in the little wayside prayer chapel, the barn museum,…
Here at the Lord’s Mission Central we have all kinds of MIRACLE stuff that goes on here! February 18th, 2023 was no exception!!! We had a young couple that came from Concordia University at Seward, Nebraska with a tour group, and at the end of the tour, this young couple wanted to be in the little wayside prayer chapel alone. …
Yes, we won’t forget February 17th, 2023 here at Mission Central! The Lord calls HIS special people at just the right time to help with our work here at HIS Mission Central! We have some very, very dear friends near Ocheyedan, Iowa and just when we were about out of meat to feed our thousands of visitors at this Miracle…
What a joy, blessing and encouragement it was to welcome the Honorable Missionaries Jeff and Diane Koch from Van Meter, Iowa. They are wonderful members of Trinity Lutheran Church of rural Van Meter, Iowa. Jeff and Diane are farmers down in that area of the world, and what a blessing to welcome them for a tour of the facilities and…
On February 1st, 2023 at 6:30PM the bus arrived from Calvary Lutheran Church in Sioux City, with the Honorable Missionary Pastor James Travis in charge of a large group of youth and adults, as they were provided with a special tour of the Lord’s Creation Theater and the Barn Museum. This special group was amazed at the story of the…
On the 26th of January we were so blessed to welcome three wonderful workers for the Lord Jesus. Yes, all the way from Seward, Nebraska’s District Office we were so honored to have these dear friends come and the good news of how the Lord has called the Nebraska District to help not ONE, BUT SIX OF OUR MOST NEEDY INTERNATIONAL…
It was one of those special times at Mission Central, when the Lord sends special people at “JUST THE RIGHT TIME”. We were so blessed to have the honor and privilege of welcoming some very, very special people to spend two days of intensive training on January 23rd and 24th….of 2023 to be here to hear MIRACLE STORIES, and to…
On January 8th, 2023 at 3:00PM a very, very special event took place at Mission Central! Under the leadership of Rev. Merle F. Mahnken and Rev. Kurt Kaiser, the members of Immanual Lutheran Church of Schleswig, Iowa arrived for a tour and meal. One would guess that only a small number would care to get out on a cold, cold…
The Lord truly calls totally “NOT NORMAL” people to come to visit HIS Mission Central and that was totally the case on Tuesday the 27th of December! Yes, what a JOY and blessing to welcome missionaries Nate and Jessie Blackford and their children Vivian, Naomi and Garrett from Westside, Iowa! They came to see what God can do in the middle…
The Lord sends special people at “JUST THE RIGHT TIME”…and that’s what happened in 2000! We needed a special Christian helper here at the Lord’s Mission Central and Missionary Pam Kovarna truly answered that CALLING! Pam has been such a total blessing over all these years, and Mission Central could NOT have grown without the faithful service that Pam has…
What a blessing to welcome the Honorable Missionary Sharon Von Qualen of Carroll, Iowa representing the NATIONAL LWML to Mission Central on December 19th, 2022. Sharon brought in person the gifts that will be helping ELEVEN (11) of our dear LCMS missionaries around the world! Yes, it is real “MIRACLE STUFF” when we saw that gift of $156,000.00 to help…
What a blessing to welcome some very, very special missionary friends all the way from Garden Prairie, Illinois on Thursday afternoon on the 15th of December! Yes, The Honorable Warren and Karen Clausing came for a special visit to the Lord’s Mission Central. Here you see Warren and Karen at our world-famous location in Missionary Gary’s office! Warren and Karen are…
Who would drive 4.5 hours to come and visit a place in the hills of Western Iowa to see something called MISSION CENTRAL? Yes, these folks live in Ohio and they traveled to Minneapolis to be with family and then seeing it was “only 4.5 hours”…they drove to Mission Central to have a tour in this MIRACLE place. That’s what…
AMAZING GROUP COMES FROM MT. CALVARY AT INDIANOLA, IOWA FOR SPECIAL TOUR! It was cold, oh so cold! It was the 3rd of December and who would come out on such a cold morning? Who would get up at 4:30AM and leave for a long trip to a place in the middle of nowhere called MISSION CENTRAL? It was such a…
At the time of THANKSGIVING, we see so many families gathered together to celebrate with the usual turkey and all the trimmings. A special time to thank the Lord for our families and remembering the Greatest Gift ever given to mankind in the form of a little baby in the manger and remembering those dear family members that are waiting…
What a blessing to welcome the family of Robert Hansen from Wakefield, Nebraska….Bob is pictured on the left end side of this family photo in Missionary Gary’s office with our Boss in the background. Yes, Bob is 92 years young, and he wanted to have his family from Redmond, Oregon come to see this MIRACLE PLACE. Pictured are Pastor Jerry…
What JOY and blessing to have the Lord send Volunteer Annual Thanksgiving Mailing Director, the Honorable Missionary Kathryn Sprecher! Yes, 31 people came to help in this huge effort to put stamps on the envelopes, do the stuffing and sealing and send out nearly 9,000 letters! What a real MIRACLE of the Lord sending these dear volunteers at “just the…
What a JOY and blessing to welcome two new missionaries to the world-famous Mission Central. These folks came here to Mission Central on the 17th of November and spent the entire day in training and education! It was such a blessing to spend time with these dear folks. In the picture of the family with two little girls you will notice…
After about 20 years there is a small rural church that has never forgotten! They love missionaries and mission work, and here in the rural farmlands of Nebraska you will find St. John Lutheran Church at Waco, Nebraska! For over 20 years old Missionary Gary has been traveling to this congregation. They are exactly like my REAL FAMILY. Old Missionary…
On Tuesday the 8th of November we were so blessed to have Rickie and Jolene Anderson arrive with a wonderful new supply of cookies for our supply here at the Lord’s Mission Central. We had a busload of folks arrive this past week and we were TOTALLY OUT OF COOKIES for our many tour groups and guests that come to see…
