One of the JOYS of this life is the gift of friendship and love with special Christian Families. Special families that know the Lord Jesus, and who are not of the world, but are the Lord’s people in the world. People that fully understand what we are doing here on earth…..and that is telling others about our dear Lord Jesus….
November 17th, 2021 was a special day here at the Lord’s Mission Central! It was the day that we had the honor and privilege of welcoming Rev. Brad Birtell and Rev. Rempfer and their students from St. John Lutheran School at rural Columbus, Nebraska. This group of young people were some of the best students that we had the privilege…
Two very NOT NORMAL people came from Knoxville, Iowa and stopped here at Mission Central, not expecting to find old Missionary in his office. To their surprise, Old Missionary Gary, was indeed in his office, and we had a time specially appointed, for Missionaries Roger and Cindy Todd to make their “walk in” tour happen. What a real JOY to…
For over 25 years the Honorable Dr. David Reddel, Executive Volunteer Webmaster, Video Director and Ariel Photographer has been such a HUGE blessing here at Mission Central. Dave and his family live in Omaha, and who would be willing to drive to Mission Central on a Sunday afternoon to work for 4 hours compiling a historic video and taking…
As soon as this couple arrived at Mission Central, I could tell Immediately that they were NOT NORMAL! Who would drive all the way from Hanover, Kansas to see an old set of farm buildings??? MISSIONARIES KEN AND JAN HEUER would do it!!! They are farm people and they are truly NOT NORMAL!!! They enjoyed their tour and I know…
Some normal people just come to visit Mission Central, and then they “been there done that”, and it’s years before they come back. But that sure wasn’t the case with the wonderful NEW Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church of Boone, Iowa. Yes, the Missionary Pastor Jess Heimer in just a couple of weeks came back to visit a SECOND…
The Lord continues to send new missionaries here to HIS Mission Central! They seem to arrive at “just the right time”, and what a JOY to meet so many of the people that come here, that the Lord sends. Yes, that sure was the case on November 5th, 2021, on that Saturday the Lord sent Rev. Phil and Rachel Jaseph…
What a JOY to see how the Lord works. It was a day that old Missionary had some time to do his office work and get caught up on important contacts that needed to be made that was on laying on his desk in his office. A car drove by, and then that car turned around and stopped at the…
What a blessing and JOY to welcome four special NOT NORMAL missionaries to the world-famous Lord’s Mission Central on November 2nd, 2021! Yes, Missionaries Dr. Richard Hildebrand, Patty Fundum, Susan VonMinden and Sallie Book came for a special personal tour of the facilities. With them, this special group brought four (4) wonderful turkey’s to be used at Mission Central. What…
FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERAN SCHOOL AT SPENCER, IOWA PROVIDES A MIRACLE! What a blessing to have the privilege of speaking in both services and the Bible Class at the very “mission minded” First English Lutheran Church at Spencer, Iowa. However, what a SHOCK, when at the end of the services the representative of the Lutheran School there at Spencer came forward…
All of the special missionaries that attended the Fall Rally of the Iowa District West LWML will never, never forget the special speaker for the Fall Rally. Yes, all the way from the Czech Republic, the Honorable Missionary Chelsea Irwin came and totally “blew the socks off” all of the people that heard her presentation! Here you see this SUPER…
What a blessing to welcome the Iowa District West LWML Fall Rally at the world-famous Lord’s Mission Central on Saturday the 23rd of October! The attendance was just perfect, and President Jane Morris did just a super-excellent job of leading the meeting. Here in these photos you will see the NOT NORMAL LWML District Counselor, the Honorable Rev. Merle F….
Friday the 22nd of October 2021 was a special day as it was set aside for the arrival of some very, very special NOT NORMAL friends. What a blessing to welcome these special missionary friends from Bellevue, Madison, Seward and Omaha, Nebraska and also from Clarinda, Iowa. These dear friends came for the very first time to this MIRACLE PLACE…
We love to have youth and adults come to visit the Lord’s Mission Central! However, it’s the YOUTH that are going to be the Christian Leaders of tomorrow. When youth come here to this MIRACLE PLACE they are sworn in as Missionaries the rest of their lives. A special group of youth and adults came here on October 13th, 2021,…
What a HUGE, HUGE BLESSING to welcome Rev. James and Christel Neuendorf of Puerto Rico and Deaconess Kim Bueltmann of Leipzig, Germany to come and present and report at Mission Central! It was truly a day that we will long, long remember. Here you see the collection of the pictures taken this special day at the Miracle Mission Central…
What a JOY to welcome our special missionary friends from Faith Lutheran in Holstein, Iowa to Mission Central on October 9th, 2021! It was such a blessing to have Rev. Scott Neumann and his dear family and members of the Church there come to visit the Lord’s Mission Central. Here you see this special group in the Lord’s Creation Theater…
What a JOY and BLESSING to have the next generation of our churches come and to sworn in as missionaries the rest of their lives. That’s just what happened on the evening of Wednesday the 6th of October, when a group of youth came from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Iowa under the direction of Missionary Pastor Neil…
People who are truly NOT NORMAL will be willing to drive from Rapid City, South Dakota all the way to little old Mission Central in the hills of western Iowa to see this place in the middle of nowhere! Yes, that’s just what Jerry and Pat Jessen did on Monday the 4th of October! They wanted to see the facilities,…
What a JOY to welcome some absolutely amazing NOT NORMAL people all the way from Neligh, Nebraska on September 28th, 2021. This happened because the Lord sent a special Pastor Rev. Noland Bartens and his wife and the Honorable Missionaries, Darrell and Marlene Timm to organize and bring a group of very special people who are in the world, but…
It was a very, very special day, when our dear long, long time missionary friend in Christ, the Honorable George Mack from Algona Iowa came to visit Mission Central. George and Gary have been friends for nearly 50 years, and without God sending special friends like George, old Missionary Gary could NOT have kept on serving the Lord Jesus…
At Mission Central we are always so happy to pray for and send missionaries with our blessings and encouragement. Most of the time we have individual missionaries, couples and families, but on September 25th, 2021 we SENT A RECORD OF SENDING FIVE (5) MISSIONARIES AT ONE TIME! In the pictures of the missionaries seated left to right, you will see…
What a joy to see the cars and bus from Trinity Lutheran Church of Algona, Iowa roll into Mission Central on Saturday the 25th of September! These special friends wanted to come and spend a tour day at this MIRACLE PLACE! In these photos you will see the group at the sign, being fed in the Ministry Center and also…
Two very, very special ladies wanted to visit Mission Central. They only had a limited amount of time…and the only time they could come was early in the morning….and so, at 7:50AM they came to visit the world-Famous Mission Central. Yes, the daughter, Jodi Shull of Hornick, Iowa came to Mission Central with her dear mom, Gloria Wiemer of Seward,…
We have thousands of people that the Lord sends to HIS Mission Central. However, one of the groups that Old Missionary Gary enjoys having more than any ARE THE YOUNG STUDENTS THAT COME FOR A SPECIAL TOUR OF THE LORD’S CREATION THEATER, THE BARN MUSEUM AND THE MINISTRY CENTER. One of the MOST ATTENTIVE GROUPS THAT EVER HAVE VISITED THE…
It was one of those “real miracle days”. It was a very, very heavy schedule day with work and appointments on Saturday morning the 18th of September. There was so much to do and also work had to be done at the end of the day. Old Missionary Gary, was supposed to be there…it was all planned out, when two…
What a JOY to have the privilege and honor of welcoming Pastor Jessten Heimer, and Principal Amy from the Trinity Lutheran School in Boone, Iowa for an afternoon tour. Here you see this special group by the sign and some of the students that were dressed like people from “Around the World” in the barn museum. It was a very…
What a special blessing to welcome the new pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church at Boone, Iowa. Just in the ministry for about 3 months, and this dear shepherd was willing to come and visit our location here at the Lord’s Mission Central! This really touched the heart of old Missionary Gary. Here you see the Rev. Jessten Heimer at the…
What a JOY and blessing to welcome some very special friends from Waterloo, Iowa. Yes, Don and Ann are special friends that cared enough to drive over to visit Mission Central. It would have been so easy to just “pass by”…and not take the time to stop, but, what a blessing to have these friends see what the Lord has…
What a blessing to welcome a very, very special group of youth and adults to Mission Central on Wednesday evening on September 15th, 2021! It was a special group of very NOT NORMAL people who cared enough to spend some time at this NOT NORMAL place, where we tell people about our Jesus! Rev. Jonathan Riggert and his family brought…
FRIENDS COME FROM DESHLER, NEBRASKA! Each day we have the privilege here at the Lord’s Mission Central to welcome truly special people! To make the effort to come nearly 4 hours to visit this NOT NORMAL PLACE…is something that normal people would not do!!! However, on September 9th, 2021 Dennis and Joyce Schmidt of Deshler, Nebraska came for a special…
What a JOY and blessing to welcome a special group that was put together by our wonderful missionary friends, the Honorable Missionaries Bob and Dottie Zink from Omaha, Nebraska. It always takes a special NOT NORMAL couple to organize a trip, and that’s just what Bob and Dottie did on September 7th, 2021! What a JOY to welcome these folks…
One of our long, long time friends, the Honorable Missionary Bonard Christiansen of Schleswig, Iowa brought two of his special family members to come and visit the world-famous Mission Central. They enjoyed the tour of the Ministry Center, the Lord’s Creation Theater and the Barn Museum. It was a special day for these dear friends, and what a JOY to…
What a special JOY and blessing to welcome the Honorable Missionary Pastor Daniel Steeb and the members of his congregation from Immanuel Lutheran Church at Logan, Iowa to Mission Central to enjoy a tour of this MIRACLE place! It was a very special time as the Bible Class wanted to make a “mission tour” and come and see this miracle…
What an amazing 2 cousins came from Vancouver, Washington and Peoria, Illinois to visit the World-Famous Mission Central. Yes, NOT NORMAL people are willing to drive that far to visit Mission Central. On Friday the 3rd of September 2021, we were able to welcome Mike Schallhorn and Tim Peterson to visit Mission Central. Mike Schallhorn is from Peoria, Illinois and…
Longtime friends are special in this journey we call life! For nearly 60 years, the friendship of Retired Airforce Officer, James E. Sands Jr. and Gary Thies has been a blessing.
What a blessing to welcome Rev. Jason Rensner and his daughter the Honorable Missionary Hayden Rensner, who is headed to the Czech Republic where she will be teaching, training and equipping people in darkness in this land where nearly 80% of the people are total atheists! Hayden is needed desperately in this land of darkness, and she will bring the…
What a JOY and blessing to welcome the Honorable Missionaries Dr. Robert and Marsha Berndt from Newton, Iowa. This special couple were truly NOT NORMAL… Here you see Bob and Marsha in front of our Boss here in our office at the World-Famous Mission Central. Bob indicated this was a “stop on their bucket list” and they were able to…
Can you imagine that someone would come all the way from South Carolina? To visit a place that was on their “bucket list”. Yes, our friends Ron and Arlys Lupperger from Anderson, South Carolina came to visit and have a tour. They called and said, “We’re coming, because we saw you at the LWML Convention at Lexington, Kentucky”…. What a…
On Saturday evening the 21st of August 2021, we were honored to have a special Mission Service at Mission Central. The Rev. Merle F. Mahnken, Senior Executive Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Schleswig, Iowa and the Associate Pastor, Rev. Kurt Kaiser brought their congregation to the Lord’s Mission Central for a special Mission Service. Pictured are the Pastors and…
When dear Christian friends are willing to ride 5 hours by bus and non-stop to come to a place in the middle of nowhere, and then return to Winona, Minnesota for another 5 hours and do that all in one day…you just have to know for certain that they are truly NOT NORMAL people. What an absolute JOY to welcome…
August 21st, 2021 was a special day, as we welcomed a group of “Laborers for Christ” that came from their assignment at Columbus, Nebraska where they have been working at Camp Luther, where they are making some wonderful building changes at this location. Here you see this special group of NOT NORMAL people that wanted to spend the day at…
What a JOY to have our special friends from the Tilden, Nebraska area come and spend the day at Mission Central. Here you see the entire group that came for a day tour to enjoy the action at this NOT NORMAL place. Yes, this group of special friends enjoyed the complete tour on August 21st, 2021, and were fed, and…
August 21st, 2020 was a very, very special day, as we had our friends from Cordova, Nebraska came and spent the day at Mission Central under the leadership of Missionaries Chris and Gail Effken, who organized the tour group. They enjoyed hearing the report of Rev. David Baker and his family from their location in Asia. It was a special…
We have the privilege and honor of working with some very, very NOT NORMAL families, and what a blessing to have Ron and Doris Rathje from York, Nebraska make a special trip to Mission Central on August 18th, 2021! We are so happy that people make the effort to come and visit this MIRACLE PLACE! Normal people would say, “Oh,…
On August 17th, 2021 a group of Seniors from Lutheran High Northeast from Norfolk, Nebraska to spend a day at Mission Central. Yes, 21 students were sworn in as missionaries for the rest of their lives on this date. Executive Director, Dr. Perry Miller brought the entire Senior Class from the school to see the office, the ministry center, the…
What a blessing and JOY to welcome some very, very, very NOT NORMAL long, long time friends to Mission Central on August 11th, 2021. This amazing couple “just dropped in” and what a JOY that the Lord arranged the schedule that Old Missionary Gary was in his office. And, who should appear?… but Rev. Eugene Ernst and his dear wife…
How would you celebrate your 44th Wedding Anniversary? Well, let me tell you that 2 special NOT NORMAL people wanted to celebrate by bringing their children and grandchildren to come to see the LORD’S MIRACLE MISSION CENTRAL! The NOT NORMAL Missionaries, Dale and Deb Schmidt of Carroll, Iowa brought their family here for a special family tour. The grandchildren were…
What a blessing to welcome our newest missionary family to be sent to teach at the seminary in Riga Latvia. Yes, on August 3rd, 2021 Rev. Cory Rajek and his wife Jennie and their children Emiley and Lexy came for their visit at Mission Central. Here you see this special family in our “trademark” location in our office and…
Who would come out with oxygen, wheelchair and on a day when the temperature is over a hundred degrees? Drive from Columbus, Nebraska and Grand Island, Nebraska…who would do that? Missionaries LeRoy and Sylvia Loeske would do that…and they brought their daughter and son-in-law Devane and Don…and they came because it was a special birthday present for Lee!!! These folks…
Each day we have so many, many wonderful people that God sends to be here at HIS Mission Central. That was the case for Friday the 23rd of July, when an amazing group of very, very, very NOT NORMAL people came to visit. A wonderful group of folks from Our Savior Lutheran Church from Walnut, Iowa arrived about 2:00PM to…
