It was again another real “miracle” when these special guests came to Mission Central and just “popped in” for a good long visit from their farm in Illinois! Yes, Grandpa and Grandma, Warren and Karen Clausing brought their grandson Emil Clausing here for a special stop! What a JOY to have these dear friends stop for a special,…
It was one of those special MIRACLE GROUPS that arrived all the way from Carroll, Iowa, from Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church at LaVista, Nebraska and then the special pastor Michael Barnes and people from Peace Lutheran Church at Des Moines, Iowa! What a JOY to have them come to Mission Central to spend the day! Many of the people…
A very, very special meeting took place on May 5th, 2024 at 2:00PM on that Sunday afternoon at the world-famous Lord’s Mission Central! Yes three VERY SPECIAL OFFICIALS of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League came for several hours to tour the entire facilities at Mission Central! These three Officials of the LWML are working on planning the details…
What a JOY and BLESSING to welcome the “Volunteer Cleaners” to Mission Central on May 3rd, 2024 for their semi-annual help in cleaning the Barn Museum! It was truly a special day! Volunteer Zola Kafton was so kind to prepare a special noon meal for the 13 workers that came and worked so hard to wipe, clean, vacuum,…
MISSIONARY FAMILY OF REV. STEVE AND SUE SCHULZ ARRIVE FOR A SPECIAL TOUR WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND SENT THE LAWSON FAMILY! It was one of those very, very special days on April 27th, 2024! Our dear co-workers Rev. Steve Schulz and his wife Sue, made special arrangements to have their family come from all over the United States…
It was truly one of those very special days on April 20, 2024. Pastor Herb and Markie Burch, veteran missionaries from Belize, came to give us an exciting update on the FOUR Lutheran Churches they have started in that country – with TWO more in the planning stages. What a JOY to see their pictures and hear how the Lord…
It truly was a special Tuesday afternoon that the Lord had especially arranged at “just the right time.” What an absolute JOY it was to welcome Pastor Paul Nelson and his family who are serving our Lord Jesus in Indonesia and southeast Asia, one of the darkest regions in the world where they desperately need to hear the Good News…
Maxine A. Thies 1937-2024 Maxine Ann Thies, the daughter of Ernest E. and Ethel A. (Nielsen) Nutt, was born on April 28, 1937, in Castana, Iowa. She grew up on a farm three miles south of Castana and received her education at Castana Consolidated School graduating with the class of 1955. After high school, Maxine started a career at…
WHAT A HUGE GROUP OF “NOT NORMAL” PEOPLE THAT GOD SENT TO MISSION CENTRAL ON APRIL 9TH, 2024 FROM THE FAMOUS NORFOLK ZONE OF THE LWML! What a JOY and blessing to welcome a group of very, very special NOT NORMAL people to Mission Central on this special Tuesday! These special missionaries came from Battle Creek, Tilden, Norfolk, and…
It was one of those special, special days on Saturday the 6th of April! All the way from St. John Lutheran Church at Yankton, South Dakota a wonderful group of special NOT NORMAL people came to spend a tour day here! Yes, and what a great group led by the Honorable Missionary DCE Joshua Schmitt, who enjoyed a tour and special…
Yes, it was one of those windy, windy days here at the Lord’s Mission Central, but that wind did not take away from excitement of the 3 congregations that came to visit the Lord’s Mission Central! What a JOY to welcome 3 different churches from the little town of Lake City, Iowa! This group was so interested from four…
What a JOY and BLESSING to welcome our veteran Volunteers from Wadena, Minnesta, Roger and Pam Heiden whom we have known for nearly 30 years! They arrived here at Mission Central on Easter Sunday and what a wonderful blessing to have them come on this special day! Roger and Pam have been such an encouragement over all these years, from…
What a JOY and BLESSING to welcome back once again our dear special friends from Seward, Nebraska! Yes, Rev. Dr. Daniel K. Schroeder and Theria Rockemann came for tour and visit on March 19th, 2024. These are dear friends that we have known for over 20 years have been here many times, but wanted to come back and have…
The Lord Jesus actually “sends” people here to Mission Central at “just the right time”!!! What a JOY and blessing to welcome the full busload of NOT NORMAL people from Messiah Lutheran Church from Lincoln, Nebraska on March 19th, 2024! This group was one of the most attentive, interested and NOT NORMAL folks we have had in some time! …
This afternoon, March 16th, 2024, Rachel Krause and Erin Mackenzie shared how the Lord Jesus is working through them to share the Gospel in Germany and Latin America. Such wonderful stories and amazing pictures of people whose lives have been changed by hearing the Good News about Jesus! We had visitors from Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin that…
It truly was a special afternoon that the Lord has especially arranged. Old Missionary Gary was in the office and Mission Central for a meeting that the Lord had all arranged at “just the right time”. What an absolute JOY to welcome the 10 year veteran missionary from the darkest country in all of South America, the country…
What a wonderful surprise it was for us to welcome Karen Maassel, Michael Rachow, and Laurie Rachow as they were passing through on their way home to Fargo, North Dakota. These are dear friends and members of the congregation where Pastor Schulz served before he came here to Mission Central. We gave them the grand tour of our Office, the…
PRESIDENT REV. DR. BRIAN FRIEDRICH OF CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA BRINGS NEW MISSIONARIES TO MISSION CENTRAL! What a blessing to welcome Rev. Brian Friedrich and a group of students who are interested in mission work in their future. It was a joy to have them here for a tour of this MIRACLE PLACE. We wanted to encourage…
Today, we joyfully welcomed 65 students and adults from St. Paul Lutheran School in Arlington, Nebraska! What a wonderful group of people they are, and they asked so many good and insightful questions as we toured our facilities here at Mission Central. They were all sworn in as missionaries for the rest of their lives, and they all enjoyed special…
On this special day the Lord Jesus sent us 5 missionary families to come for a full, full day of training and orientation at HIS Mission Central! Yes, the Lord is still CALLING special people to HIS Mission Fields around the world. These 5 families are the newest missionaries in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod! They are heading for…
Here are the Lord’s Mission Central, we have the privilege and honor of meeting some of the most amazing people. Who would bring a busload of people all the way from Sherburn, Minnesota on a Monday when there are snow drifts 4 feet high and sub-zero temperatures? There are God’s special people that want to hear about how…
What a blessing to welcome Matt Martin, vicar at Remsen, Iowa and his special friend, Daniel, who is doing post-graduate work at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. Daniel comes from the country of Ghana in West Africa, and Matt brought him to visit Mission Central while Daniel was visiting here in Iowa. It was a JOY to hear them both…
It was one of those special days here at Mission Central! Yes, on December 30th, 2023 on that Saturday we had the privilege and honor of welcoming our dear missionary family, Rev. James Sharp and his entire family to Mission Central. It was an excellent report given by Rev. Sharp and his wife Angie and their 4 children! They reported…
What a JOY and BLESSING to see how the Lord sends “just the right people at just the right place at just the right time”. God sent the Rev. Steve and Sue Schulz family to come to work at HIS Mission Central at just the right time, when they were needed so badly! Now, the Schulz family is living down…
It was again one of those “God Things” at the Lord’s Mission Central on December 27th, 2023. Yes, our long, long, long time Missionary friends, Steve and Brenda Martens came from their home in Nashville, Tennessee to meet with Old Missionary Gary and Rev. Steve Schulz. Steve Martens and Gary met for the first time over 30 YEARS AGO,…
(A note from Mark Hofman) As almost everyone knows, Mission Central sends only one appeal letter each year. Made possible by dozens of volunteers and even a donation of the postage, this letter of joy and possibility is eagerly anticipated by all those who want to tell others about Jesus through a personal or group gift. This year, however, just…
It was one of the MOST BUSY DAYS OF THE YEAR being December 23rd, 2023 here at the Lord’s Mission Central! HUGE amounts of gifts of love come at the end of the year. We had a major problem, and the steps to the entrance to the Lord’s Office Building were actually “rotted away”…and what are we going to…
Yes, it was one of those very, very special days on December 16th, 2023 here at Mission Central. So much “history” was reviewed with the arrival of some very, very dear old “aviation friends”!!! Pictured in these 3 pictures are a part of the history of this MIRACLE PLACE. In the picture with the aircraft, you see on the…
It was another one of those “SPECIAL DAYS” that the Lord provides here at the Lord’s Mission Central! On Saturday the 16th of December the Honorable Missionaries, Dr. Joseph Dumba and his wife Sabina came to see what God can do with a place in the middle of nowhere in the hills of Western Iowa! Dr. Dumba and his…
It was the 15th of December 2023 and what a blessing to welcome two very, very special people who are truly NOT NORMAL! Yes, these were special friends that came all the way from Oregon to visit this MIRACLE PLACE! The honorable missionaries Curt and Kristin Fintel came for a special tour and what a JOY to have them come…
What a JOY and BLESSING to gather with the members of the Iowa District West at the home of President Rev. Steve Turner and his dear wife, Darlene, who prepared a real banquet at their home on December 1st, 2023! Here you see the entire group of the Staff of the District and some of the folks enjoying this…
What a special day on Saturday the 2nd of December 2023, when our dear Missionary Rev. Eric Stinnett brought his dear mom to visit and see MIRACLE MISSION CENTRAL. Yes, Rev. Stinnett is our only Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Missionary working at our Seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in East Africa. Yes, what a JOY and BLESSING to have these…
What a glorious day we had here at Mission Central on Saturday, November 18th. We hosted so many friends — old and new — from TEN different congregations in Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. Best of all, we rejoiced to hear about all the exciting work that our Lord Jesus is doing through His servant, Carol Halter, among the Chinese-speaking people…
What a blessing to welcome special missionaries Tammy Martin and Karen Anders here to Mission Central. Tammy’s husband, Matt, is serving as a vicar in Remsen, Iowa and Karen is a special friend from Collinsville, IL. It was a JOY to provide them with a tour of our buildings and museums, and we were also able to pray with them…
Today, we eagerly welcomed the 7th and 8th Grade students from Trinity Lutheran School in Boone, Iowa! What a wonderful group of people they are! We started with a special prayer in our little wayside prayer chapel where they were all sworn in as missionaries the rest of their lives! Then they enjoyed special presentations in the Creation Theater and…
November 11th, 2023 was a very, very special day. We had the privilege of welcoming the World-Famous veteran missionaries from Puerto Rico, the Honorable Rev. James and Christel Neuendorf who gave one of the most wonderful reports and presentation! What a JOY to have such a POSITIVE report on how the Lord has started 3 new Lutheran Churches and soon…
THE LORD IS STILL “CALLING” PEOPLE AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME TO CARRY OUT HIS WORK OF SENDING MISSIONARIES AROUND THE WORLD! What a JOY and blessing to have the help of special “not normal” people who did come together to help mail out our Annual Thanksgiving Mailing. Yes, here at the Lord’s Mission Central we MAKE ONLY ONE MAILING…
Yes it was indeed one of those very, very special days here at the Lord’s Mission Central! We were so blessed to have our two missionary families from the Czech Republic on November 4th, 2023 arrive to present their stories and pictures on how the Lord is using these missionaries to bring light to such a dark country where over…
November 2nd, 2023 was a very, very special day. Yes the entire school from Christ Lutheran School of Columbus, Nebraska came for a very special tour. The students and adults came for a tour and prayer to start the day in our little wayside prayer chapel where nearly 50 students and adults came in and were sworn in as missionaries…
What a JOY to welcome Rev. Kevin and Tawn Bueltmann to spend time at the Lord’s Mission Central. They wanted to come for a tour of this Miracle place. They came on October 31st, 2023 and Rev. Schulz and Old Missionary Gary provided a special tour for these dear friends. Our friendship with these folks is special because Tawn is…
What a blessing to welcome the Honorable Missionary Verlyn Fick from Port St. Lucie, Florida who came to visit this MIRACLE PLACE called “The Lord’s Mission Central”. Verlyn is the relative of the dear Fick Brothers Lowell and LeRoy who farm in the Luverne, Minnesota area and these dear families have all helped to start Mission Central in the year…
Saturday the 21st of October was a special day here at the Lord’s Mission Central. On that Saturday we welcomed all the way from Leipzig, Germany the Honorable Missionary Kim Bueltmann. Kim is one of our most effective missionaries in all of Eurasia, because God gave her the ability to speak the Farsi Language of the Muslim people of the middle…
It truly was one of those MIRACLE HAPPENINGS again at the Lord’s Mission Central on October 15th and 16th, 2023! Yes, the Lord sent Students from the St. Louis Seminary, being pastoral students and deaconess students! They came for some special training for two days. What a blessing that we had some excellent training materials from the Honorable Missionary…
What a JOY and blessing to welcome missionaries, Ron and Dawn Cech from Schuyler, Nebraska to Mission Central on October 9th, 2023! They came to bring some very nice banners that were used by their rural church that was closing near Schuyler, Nebraska. These banners can be used by our missionaries around the world, and what a blessing! This dear…
PRESIDENT OF KING OF KINGS IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA COMES TO MAKE SPECIAL PRESENTATION! It was one of those special days that help to keep us going here at the Lord’s Mission Central. Without the Lord sending special friends at “just the right time”….we would grow weary and get discouraged. However, the Lord sends special friends to keep us going and…
What a blessing to welcome dear friends from St. Paul Lutheran of West Point, Nebraska, Faith Lutheran in Council Bluffs, Iowa, from Ames, Iowa and from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Tilden, Nebraska on October 7th, 2023. The event was to hear the excellent report from our dear Missionary from Frankfurt, Germany Rev. Gary Schuschke. The tour started at 10:30AM…
The honorable Dr. Perry Miller, Esquire brought all of his Lutheran High School students from Norfolk, Nebraska for their annual Senior Day Trip to Mission Central. It was special because it was Mr. Miller’s 58th Birthday and what a JOY to have this group of special missionaries come for a visit. The first order of business was to “swear in all…
It was truly one of those special days on September 25th! Yes, our dear friends for over 20 years, Gary and Therese Liedtke from Cedar Rapids, Iowa made their very first trip to this MIRACLE PLACE! What a blessing to welcome them for a full tour of the facilities and they enjoyed the chapel, Ministry Center, Barn Museum and even…
Amazing things happen at this MIRACLE PLACE! Yes, on September 22nd, 2023 the entire Mission Committee drove 12 hours to get to Mission Central from Frankenmuth, Michigan from this famous St. Lorenz Lutheran Church! They arrived at 9:00AM on this special day! This group of leadership people headed by the Honorable Rev. Bob Smith, was so excited about spending the…
Yes, it was one of the BEST FALL RALLY EVENT that we have had here at the Lord’s Mission Central! The Event was Saturday the 23rd of September and what a wonderful turn out of well over 100 LWML ladies from all over Iowa District West. What a JOY to welcome nearly 130 special friends here on this special day that…
