What a blessing to welcome Rev. Kurt Kaiser and his two sons here to Mission Central on August 28th, 2023. These 3 pastors were a part of the installation service for Rev. Steve Schulz. For a father to have two sons as pastors is such an encouragement and blessing…..and here you see from right to left, Rev. Seth Kaiser, from…
What a blessing to welcome five of our St. Louis-based LCMS co-workers to Mission Central on August 28th, 2023 to help with the installation of Rev. Steve Schulz. They helped tell the whole Synod this good news, and you can see some of their efforts here: Schulz Joints Staff of Mission Central. Here in Gary’s Office you see Rev. Schulz…
On August 28th, 2023 a special event was held at the Lord’s Mission Central. This HISTORIC EVENT will always be remembered as a time when one of the largest gatherings of pastors occurred, when nearly 30 pastors came to help install Rev. Steve Schulz as Assistant Director of Mission Central. A huge number of people attended this event and as…
It truly was a very, very special day, when Missionary John Wolf and his two sons came to report on their work in East Africa and West Africa. John is a special missionary that assists the churches and pastors with special projects, and he is our project supervisor for all of Africa. John gave a special report and showed some…
What a blessing to have the privilege of welcoming Jacob and Jonathan Schulz, the son’s of Rev. Steve and Sue Schulz to come and provide an amazing Musical Concert on Friday Evening August 18th, 2023. Here you see these professional music preformers, as they presented a special program in honor of the birthdays of Jacob Schulz and Old Missionary Gary,…
When old missionary got the call on the morning of August 9th from Missionaries Rev. Henry and Ruthie Witte of Sioux City, Iowa….they said, “Gary, this is a day we would like to bring Ruthie’s dear brother the Honorable Bob Friedrich to see the world-famous Mission Central!!! I said, “YOU MUST COME IMMEDIATELY” because I’m booked tight in the afternoon….!! They…
Well, what a blessing to welcome a special couple on their 52nd Wedding Anniversary to Mission Central, where they got up and drove over 2 hours to arrive for a surprise visit at the World-Famous Mission Central. Yes, Jim and Darnell Kinzie came for a tour and what do you know? We had people from Kansas, Nebraska and we were in…
It was truly a special Tuesday the 8th of August, when our special friends from Kearney, Nebraska arrived for a special tour. Yes, Gary and Linda Helms came for a time that they will never forget. Here you see Gary and Linda in our office at Mission Central with our Boss in the background. They enjoyed a full tour.
What a JOY to welcome back to the Mapleton, Iowa Community the former pastor of St. Matthew Lutheran Church! Yes, Rev. Charles Adams and Laura returned to visit Mission Central from their home in Kansas! They wanted their grandchildren who live in Elkhorn, Nebraska to see Miracle Mission Central. Here you see the Adams Family in Gary’s Office, with their…
On Monday the 7th of August we had 2 special guests come to see Mission Central for the very first time. Our friends, Dr. Tom Wyatt and his son Benjamin came for a special tour. They enjoyed the tour of the facilities and museums here at the Lord’s Mission Central. Here you see these guests in the office. It was such…
What a blessing to have some very special guests who are members at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Sioux City, Iowa. Yes, Paul and Cindy Fleckenstein wanted to celebrate their 58th Wedding Anniversary and so they made an appointment and came for a personal tour of the Lord’s Mission Central. Here you see this special couple in our office at Mission…
Many times people ask, “Gary, how can you go 15 to 18 hours a day when you are 81 years old?” The answer to that is very, very simple….”It’s because God sends special not normal people here, who really, really GET IT!” These folks are such an encouragement!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s what keeps us going! That was the case on August 4th,…
It was truly a special day. We had special visitors today from Asia that came and appeared at Mission Central. Part of the action was the fact that Rev. Merle F. Mahnken and his dear wife Chris from Schleswig, Iowa visited and with their friend Old Gary, they all dressed in the garments of their special visitors from Asia, who came…
It was one of those special days, that the Lord allowed us the privilege of hearing a FIRST HAND report on the work of Rev. David and Rachel Baker and their family in the area of Asia! This veteran family came to our facilities to report on their work, and what a blessing. This family has been in Asia working…
What a joy to welcome a special gift from the Rev. Carl Hanson and his family from Seoul Korea! This dear family sent a set of wedding clothing for a couple from Korea!!!!! We wanted our tour groups and guests to see this beautiful wedding….so we found a couple who would be able to stay here at Mission Central and…
What a special blessing to have the Good Lord provide a new bridge at Mission Central on Friday the 28th of July! Yes, it’s a beauty, with a bridge that we can use to cross our county road ditch in front of our office at Mission Central. This bridge was planned and arranged by Jim Thies and his family and friends….
What a JOY and BLESSING to announce to everyone that on August 28th, 2023 we will have the INSTALLATION WORSHIP SERVICE AT 1:30PM for the Installation of our new missionaries at Mission Central, the HONORALBE REV. STEVE SCHULZ AND HIS DEAR WIFE SUE! Please mark your calendar, as this will indeed be a very special event! Pastor Schulz and Sue…
What a joy it was to welcome some of our dear, dear friends to Mission Central on July 22nd, 2023 from Faith Lutheran Church at Holstein, Iowa! This group came to have the honor and privilege of hearing the in-person report from the Rev. Michael Paul and his wife Irene from Taiwan. Also, they were able to hear the report…
It truly was one of those special days at the Lord’s Mission Central! Yes, we had the honor and privilege of hearing in person reports from our Missionary Teachers, Andrew and Noel Schaff, who teach at Concordia Middle School and you will see their picture attached in our office with our Jesus and also these folks presenting to a large…
What a blessing to welcome Pastor Mitchel Schuessler and some of the members of his flock there at St. John Lutheran Church at Clarinda, Iowa. This group of NOT NORMAL people came to personally deliver a special gift of love that will help TWO of our most needy missionaries going to Tanzania and Latvia. Here you see this group by…
Well, we sure know that down at the little church at Harbine, Nebraska is located they have a special congregation there. On July 22nd, 2023, a group from that little church all came and spent a day for a tour, meal, and they were able to hear a report from 2 of our dear missionaries from Taiwan, and enjoy and…
What would you do celebrate your 70th birthday? Well, many of us would say, “I want my family at our home!” But, not the NOT NORMAL family from Cambridge, Nebraska! No, Missionary Volunteer Typist, wanted something very different….Joy Deterding, long, long, long time volunteer typist for the Lord’s Mission Central wanted her entire family to travel all the way from Western…
It was one of those days when I was working in my office and no appointments were scheduled. Then this strange car appeared in our parking lot. Special NOT NORMAL people arrived unannounced all the way from Bremen, Kansas to see this MIRACLE PLACE! Yes, July 19th, 2023 was special and we gained new friends by the names of Oren…
It was a blessing to have Rev. Steve Oliver and his family from Taiwan come to visit the world-famous Mission Central for 4 days! We had a special day on the 15th of July, when the Oliver Family gave their report on their work for the Lord Jesus in Taiwan. The Family also gave a wonderful musical selection provided by the…
What a JOY and BLESSING to welcome our Volunteers for a very, very special day to thank them for kindness in volunteering their time, efforts and help at the Lord’s Mission Central. In the attached four pictures you will see the group of some of the 23 volunteer typists that work in their homes to type our thank you letters,…
Yes, what a day it was for all of us at the world-famous Lord’s Mission Central on July 13th, 2023, when the FULL DAY of training took place for Missionaries Rev. Bryan and Deaconess Keah Payne and their children Serenity and Dalton, heading to teach at our new seminary in Tanzania East Africa, to train pastors and evangelists! What a…
When the telephone call came from Rev. Bill and Roberta Hilgendorf on Monday the 10th of July…it was the only day the entire week when I would be available and in my office! All the way from Fredonia, Wisconsin the family was driving on Highway 30 by Cedar Rapids, Iowa and they said, “Gary, would you be available today to see…
It was one of those truly SPECIAL DAYS, and what a JOY to Welcome our dear missionaries that are working in the country of Tanzania in East Africa. Yes, Rev. Jonathan Clausing and his family came to present the story of the work that God has called them to do in the land of darkness. Yes, three of their 9…
What a JOY and blessing to welcome some very, very, very “NOT NORMAL” people to Mission Central on July 8th, 2023 from Rock Rapids, Iowa. God sent LeRoy and Verla Fick, our special volunteer carpenters and helpers in 2003, which was 20 years ago. Yes, when old Missionary Gary spoke at the Lutheran Church in Rock Rapids, there the Lord…
It was another special day at Mission Central. We had such a huge amount of mail that came into our office and God blessed us so that we could get the mail recorded and done before our special guests came on July 3rd, 2023. The Lord’s special missionaries who came for a full tour of the facilities were the Honorable…
The new fiscal year here at the Lord’s Mission Central on July 1st, we were so blessed to have some very, very special friends that planned a tour of the entire facilities here where God calls special people from all over the world and the entire United States. Here we had the honor and privilege of welcoming dear friends from…
Here we go again…another MIRACLE STORY!!! The first time Old Missionary Gary spoke at Immanuel Lutheran Church in York, Nebraska many years ago it was obvious that this congregation was truly NOT NORMAL! They had a great, great love for the Lord’s Missionaries and have been such a HUGE, HUGE encouragement for all of us at Mission Central! It was…
Sometimes we think WE are in charge of our schedules each day and we have everything all planned out! On Monday the 26th of June I looked at my schedule and saw that we had a completely clear schedule for the day with no tour groups and visitors! Then it begin to happen….I started getting telephone calls and each of…
The Bible tells us so clearly that “IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL HAVE PROBLEMS, BUT TAKE HEART I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD!” We here at Mission Central were in the midst of a MAJOR PROBLEM. Yes, the county officials said, “You have to remove your bridge”…it is blocking our drainage area and we have to dig in and lower our…
What a blessing to welcome back to the Lord’s Mission Central two special friends. In the photos you can see that Rev. Jaime Kriger and Daryl Seaman came on May 6th, 2013 for the first time in the photo with Daryl in the red shirt and Rev. Kriger in his clerical collar. Then a little over 10 years later they…
What a blessing to welcome Missionaries David, Ben and Abe Tensmeyer all from Cincinnati, Ohio as they made a special appointment and planned a stop so that they could see the World-Famous Lord’s Mission Central! Even though we have NEVER SPENT 5 cents ON ANYTYPE OF advertising people from all over the United States come to this MIRACLE place and…
What a privilege and honor to meet with one of the finest group of Missionaries at the famous Redeemer Lutheran Church in Sioux City, Iowa on Thursday the 15th of June 2023! Yes, Missionary Pastors, Rev. Russ Senstad and Rev. David Zirpel are the shepherds of this special congregation! However, the BEST MIRACLE happened at this evening service when Old Missionary…
What a JOY and BLESSING to welcome all the students and teachers from the Vacation Bible School at St. John Lutheran Church at Galva, Iowa. The entire group was led by Missionary Pastor Paul Egger and what a great group that came on June 15, 2023. As their special tour began, we were able to have the privilege of “swearing…
What a blessing to see such a wonderful group of NOT NORMAL people gather at the world-famous Lord’s Mission Central! This special event was a day we will long remember. Both the members of St. John Lutheran Church also known as “HANOVER” and members of St. Paul Lutheran Church from Schaller, Iowa set aside a special day to come and…
Yes, it was truly one of those special days that we all will never forget! What a privilege to welcome two of the finest Missionary Families that God sent us on this special Saturday the 10th of June! Rev. Dr. Walter Steele and his dear wife, Robyn came all the way from the Matongo Seminary in Kenya East Africa to tell…
June 6th, 2023 was a very special day. We were so blessed on this date, as we had the privilege of welcoming Missionary Jana Inglehart from the Dominican Republic here to Mission Central. Jana gave a great presentation and we had some special guests that were able to hear and see her report, and also helped to pray for Jana…
What a blessing to see our bulletin board filled with a HUGE amount of “WANTED” posters announcing the arrival of so many of our missionaries that will be coming to report on their callings from around the world. These missionaries will be reporting on their work of sharing Jesus with so many people in lands of great darkness! If you…
AMAZING CIMA FAMILY COMES TO VISIT FROM CAMBODIA ON JUNE 3RD, 2023!!!! It was a day we will NEVER forget on June 3rd, 2023, we had the privilege of welcoming Rev. J. P. Cima and his dear wife Aimee to report at Mission Central on their amazing NOT NORMAL work in the dark country of Cambodia! They gave an excellent…
Yes, it was one of those days we will NEVER forget here at the Lord’s Mission Central. Who would have guessed that the Lord would send Darlene Wolfram from Spirit Lake, Iowa to come and see “her missionaries that she prays for and supports”…??? Yes, it was indeed a special day, when Darlene, who will be, God willing 99 years…
What a JOY and blessing to welcome the Ruth Maita Family from Puerto Rico, when Pastor Maita and Ruth and their 2 children come to report to a large group from Lexington, Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska and Spirit Lake Iowa. This special family that we have pictured in Old Missionary’s Office with our BOSS in the background gave and excellent report…
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…
