What a true blessing and encouragement to have the members of St. John Lutheran Church of rural Pierce, Nebraska come to spend the time for a full day tour at Mission Central! On Saturday the 5th of November, the Honorable Missionary Pastor Jacob Tuma came and brought his family and the members of his parish to spend the day with a…
What a JOY and BLESSING to welcome youth leader the Honorable Missionary Todd Bontrager, and his high school youth from Peace Lutheran in Wall Lake, Iowa on November 2nd, 2022. This group was able to have a full tour of Mission Central with a visit beginning in our little wayside prayer chapel, and then the offices at Mission Central. Then…
It was another one of those “real miracle days” at the Lord’s Mission Central! On October 27th, 2023 we welcomed our dear friend and co-worker the Honorable Missionary John Jackson from J and J Coins in Sioux City, Iowa. We had a gift of love given for the support of our dear missionaries from a family that had a large…
Here at the Lord’s Mission Central, we get to see absolutely AMAZING MIRACLES AND HOW THE LORD CALLS HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE AT “JUST THE RIGHT TIME”. We had recent reports that reported that two of our dear Missionaries were so, so, so short on their support! We begin to pray about this and the Lord ANSWERED our prayers. On Friday…
GOD IS DOING AMAZING THINGS THAT FEW PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT OR HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF MIRACLES HAPPENING! We just received this wonderful news from our dear Missionary Rev. Chris Tiews and his family located in Germany. This family is really being blessed by the Lord as they reach out to so many people in Darkness! We have attached the picture…
The reason the Lord’s Mission Central is able to function is because THE LORD SENDS SPECIAL PEOPLE AT “JUST THE RIGHT TIME”! This has been a dry and windblown year here at Mission Central, and in our old barn museum, this past year we have experienced so, so much wind and dust! How are we ever going to keep all…
The reason we have so, so, so many visitors here at the Lord’s Mission Central is because we have never spent ONE PENNY on advertising at this MIRACLE PLACE! Yes, yes, it’s true….the only kind of advertising we have is what Jesus used…”WORD OF MOUTH”….People tell others about this place in the middle of nowhere and they bring their friends…
On Friday the 21st of October we were so blessed to have a special NOT NORMAL couple come here from Omaha, Nebraska! These dear friends attend Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at Gretna, Nebraska and are active in sharing Jesus with so many of their contacts. Jerry and Pat Schomers are special people who really, really “get it” and being the good…
The years pass so quickly and it only seems like yesterday that Old Missionary Gary was able to speak at the congregation at Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Burnsville, Minnesota! However, it has been over 10 years and there I met a wonderful couple by the names of Dave and Christy Hesser! On Thursday the 20th of October this special…
It was another long, long, long week, with the Lord sending special people to be here at the Lord’s Mission Central. Every single day this week we have had special NOT NORMAL people coming to this place! Sunday was no exception on October 16th, 2022. Missionary Gary had to leave early to get to Zion Lutheran Church at Arcadia, Iowa…
Our Lord sends special people to this MIRACLE PLACE! These things happen, because God puts the right people at the right place at “just the right time”. The first time Old Missionary Gary met Rev. Glen Emery from Fairbury, Nebraska over 25 years ago, he could tell that this man was truly NOT NORMAL! Pastor Emery is very, very special! …
What a blessing to have Veteran Missionaries Mark and Megan Mantey come and speak at Mission Central on October 15th, 2022. However, they were on a special mission also! They were kind enough to pick up 4 boxes of choir robes for the people of East Africa! Here you see these missionaries with the loaded boxes that will be headed…
What a blessing of a day on October 15th, 2022, when we had the privilege and honor to welcome some very, very special people from East Africa here at the Lord’s Mission Central. Veteran Missionaries Mark and Megan Mantey came for a special Regional Event to share the story of their ministry. It was just super, and what a wonderful…
Over the years here at the Lord’s Mission Central we have NEVER SPENT ONE RED CENT on advertising! Yes, it’s all by word of mouth…people come here, and they then become missionaries and invite and bring their friends and family! On Thursday the 13th of October, Missionaries Dale and Robyn Vance of Elkorn, Nebraska wanted some of their close friends to…
Normally, when we have schools come for a tour at the Lord’s Mission Central, they bring one or two grades! However, Wednesday the 12th of October is was DIFFERENT! Yes, the ENTIRE SCHOOL came for a tour! All of the teachers, and ALL the students from the school came. They were able to see the amazing story of the 6th day of…
THE LORD SENDS SPECIAL 96-YEAR-OLD MISSIONARY FROM ALGONA, IOWA AND HER SON TO MISSION CENTRAL! What a JOY to welcome two very special friends who made a trip from Minnesota and Algona, Iowa to visit Mission Central on Tuesday the 11th of October! Evelyn Ruhnke is 96 years old and still working for the Lord Jesus! Evelyn and her late husband…
The very first time old Missionary Gary met the Honorable Missionary Dr. Larry Locher and his dear wife Kate, he knew immediately that they were truly NOT NORMAL! When Gary got the call several days ago that Dr. Locher was going to drive out by himself to Mission Central on Tuesday the 11th of October he was just OVERJOYED to be…
DEAR, DEAR SPECIAL FRIENDS FROM DES MOINES COME TO VISIT FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH BABY BELLA! What a special and wonderful blessing to have some of our closest friends come to visit Mission Central. The Lord placed some special helpers in our lives in this journey. From Des Moines, Iowa we were so blessed to have Ben Young and…
October 6th , 2022 was a very, very, very special day. Here at Mission Central the Lord sends people who are truly NOT NORMAL. We had one of the most interested, attentive, and eager to hear groups we have ever had visit the Lord’s Mission Central. These 8th graders were like a bunch of hungry hogs at the trough! Yes, they…
In this journey we call life, I’ve found that our dear Lord sends “just the right people at just the right time”!!! Yes, our Jesus does CALL HIS SPECIAL “NOT NORMAL” PEOPLE AT THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME! A very, very special Bible Study group came all the way from Urbandale, Iowa and spent Thursday the 6th of October, and we were…
ONE SPECIAL FAMILY AND ONE SPECIAL MAN CAME TO VISIT ON SATURDAY THE 1ST OF OCTOBER! Here you see the Matt Wood family and Rev. Charles St. Onge from Canada that were guests for the day on October 1st, 2022. It truly was a special day, and a wonderful group of people spent the day here enjoying a special tour…
The only kind of people that come to visit Mission Central are people who are truly NOT NORMAL! Yes, normal people do not come to this place! What a JOY to welcome the SECOND tour group from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin! Yes, the second group…and here you see some of these folks with their special motor coach, and they are gathered…
It was one of the very, very special days on the 27th of September when the Honorable Super Star Missionary Tirzah Krey arrived at the world-famous Lord’s Mission Central. Missionary Nurse Tirzah Krey gave an excellent report on her “calling” in the area of Latin America, where she works in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. She is reaching out to…
What a blessing to welcome the members of the Iowa District West LWML for their Fall Rally at the Lord’s Mission Central. This event was held on Saturday the 24th of September, and what a wonderful turnout. Special guests came and what a JOY to have as our special guests Hispanic Missionary Rev. Lopez and his wife and in the Photos,…
What a JOY and blessing to welcome on the 21st day of September 2022, a very, very special group of pastors and laypeople who are all retired church workers for the LCMS from all over the United States to this place in the middle of nowhere. Yes, under the leadership of the Honorable Rev. Robert Riggert and his wife Diane, they…
It was over 20 years ago when Missionary Gary visited St. Mark Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska! Yes, and at that time he met his special missionary friend the Honorable Missionary Helen Oldenkamp. The years have passed so quickly, and Helen is now 93 years old and she wanted to come one more time and see Mission Central and she…
What a blessing to welcome to the Lord’s Mission Central a very, very special group of people from Estherville, Iowa. We have known Father Kelly for about 5 years ago, when he came for the first time to Mission Central. On Tuesday the 20th of September Father Kelly brought another Catholic Priest and 3 other friends so that they could…
On the 14th of September two special friends came from Battle Creek, Iowa to deliver 16 dozen of home-made cookies that the ladies of St. John Lutheran Church LWML provided for the people that come to visit Mission Central. Helping to deliver these cookies was our friends Don and Sue Schultz farmers from Battle Creek, Iowa. It was so good to…
We have the JOY and blessing of welcoming people from all over the world to this MIRACLE place called MISSION CENTRAL! We have so many missionaries come here from all over the world and our tour groups are now coming from all over the United States! We have never had anyone come from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and yet today the…
What a blessing to welcome some long, long-time friends from Sioux City, Iowa and Moville, Iowa on Monday the 12th of September for a special personal tour of Mission Central. Yes, this brother and sister team came for a special tour because they had never been to the world-famous Mission Central. Missionary Gary had known the Klaus family from Ute, Iowa…
What a JOY to welcome all of the students from Trinity Lutheran School from Madison, Nebraska to the world-famous Lord’s Mission Central! This special event happened on September 8th, 2022! These young students were “officially sworn in as missionaries for the rest of their lives” in the Lord’s Creation Theater! They will never forget this special event, and when…
With our busy schedule each and every day, we are just absolutely “swamped” with people here at Mission Central all the time… HOWEVER, the Lord knows all about our schedule, and HE is the one in charge at this MIRACLE PLACE. That was the case here on the 8th of September! The Lord sent very, very special people “at just the…
What a blessing to welcome a former missionary from the jungles of Papua, New Guinea, the Honorable Joyce Rehman, who served in this country from 1962 to 1967! Yes, Joyce came and brought her special friends Jan Worth and her daughter Sarah Worth. These dear friends wanted to come and deliver some special items from Papua New Guinea to increase…
Another one of those real “MIRACLES” happened on Friday the 2nd of September, when a dear family from Watertown, Wisconsin “just dropped in” to these old farm buildings in the middle of nowhere here in the hills of Western Iowa. Gary was just finishing a very important meeting with Rev. Brad and Christy Birtell of Columbus, Nebraska. The family of Rev….
The mom of the family wanted to take her 2 daughters to visit the world-famous Lord’s Mission Central in the hills of Western Iowa! The only day that would be possible was on this special Saturday! They wanted to see, what they had heard about from many others, and so this special family arrived for their entire tour of the…
Have you ever seen such a huge number of hundreds and hundreds of 80th Birthday Cards on the desk of Old Missionary Gary? I have come to understand one of the real blessings in this journey we call life is the special and dear friends we meet along the way! What you see here is a few of the Birthday Cards…
Here at the Lord’s Mission Central the only way we can keep on telling people about our Jesus, is with the help of special and wonderful VOLUNTEERS! Yes, we have over 100 volunteers and none of them get paid, and they have all kinds of “gifts” and they are willing to help. On August 30th, 2022 the Lord sent a…
It was one of those “Miracle Moments” at Mission Central when the Lord had two very, very NOT NORMAL people stop for a “tour” at this miracle place. The Lord told them to “just drop in” as they were traveling through this area on their way to Clive, Iowa from their home in Sioux Center, Iowa! Old missionary Gary “just…
What a blessing to welcome our long, long time special Christian friends here at Mission Central who drove all the way from Clarinda, Iowa. Yes, it was a long trip of over 3 hours, but, Missionaries Steve and Linda Wagoner made the trip because they wanted to see the Lord’s Creation Theater. They had NOT seen this miracle that the…
The world can talk about the World Series in Baseball, or about the Super Bowl in football, BUT NOTHING COMPARES TO THE WORLD FAMOUS “EUCHERE CHAMPIONSHIP” at Mission Central. This year was super special, because it was held in connection with Old Missionary Gary’s 80th Birthday! Never in the history of this world wide event has there been the shouting, yelling,…
Each day at the Lord’s Mission Central is a true MIRACLE! Stop for a moment and ask yourself….”What 91 year old lady would come from Hampton, Nebraska and travel all the way to a place in the hills of Western Iowa to an old set of farm buildings in the middle of nowhere to spend an afternoon…when walking is such…
There are many people who can’t figure out what goes on at this “miracle place” called the Lord’s Mission Central! In fact a man in Mapleton, Iowa, just 2 miles West of Mission Central, when asked by visitors from Michigan said, “Hey, what goes on there at this place out there at Mission Central?”….and the man said, “Don’t you folks…
On August 21st, 2022, it was truly a blessing to welcome Britt Odemba, her husband Michael and their children to Mission Central for a special Sunday morning event. Britt Odemba is working with our 8 Lutheran Schools in Kenya in East Africa, and she gave a great presentation on how the Lord is using her and her family in a…
What a blessing to welcome the Honorable Principal Dr. Perry Miller and all of his Senior Students at the Lutheran High Northeast from Norfolk, Nebraska! It was such a blessing to have them all come and spend the day at the world-famous Mission Central. These Senior Students were some of the finest young missionaries that we have had the privilege…
It was another one of those “miracle days” here at the Lord’s Mission Central. God arranges all things here, and Old Missionary Gary doesn’t do anything. We see God’s hand in all the planning here at HIS Mission Central. On the “spur of the moment” the Lord called two special ladies to come for a tour of this MIRACLE PLACE! …
It was a Sunday afternoon on August 14th, 2022 a little after 1:00PM, when the members of Bethel Lutheran Church of Sutherland, Iowa brought their pastor, the Honorable Missionary Pastor Britt Witmer to see the Lord’s Mission Central for the very first time. These “mission minded” members arranged to come again to Mission Central and they wanted to make sure…
Here you see the Richard and Rita Breuning Family that brought their family from Newcastle, Nebraska in front of our sign at the world-famous Mission Central. These special friends came to spend the day on August 15th, 2022. These long, long time friends were so excited to see this MIRACLE place and spend the day! They had NOT had the…
When the HUGE motor coach from Wausau, Wisconsin rolled into the Lord’s Mission Central on August 10th, 2022 at 10:00AM, it was truly a full day that we will never forget here at this MIRACLE PLACE. The tour of the entire facilities, the time spent in the Barn Museum, the Lord’s Creation Theater and a very, very special presentation after…
The answer to that question is very, very simple! It is because the Lord sends very, very, very special NOT NORMAL people like the family of Tim and Jacquelyn Moser and their family. What an absolute blessing to provide a full tour of the entire facilities here at the Lord’s Mission Central that included the offices, the Ministry Center, the…
What a JOY and blessing to welcome the Honorable Missionaries, dear Tim and Jennifer Dibbern all the way from York, Nebraska, who came for a special family tour with their daughter and her family. These dear friends are members of Faith Lutheran in York, Nebraska and they wanted their family and grandchildren to see this MIRACLE PLACE called Mission Central….
