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It truly was another “MIRACLE DAY” at Mission Central on October 22nd, 2026! We received a special request from Mike Bechtel and Jack Boyson from Fremont, Nebraska that they come and visit this miracle place on this Thursday! They wanted to take their cycles on this beautiful fall day. These men both received our special picture “Jesus with 5…
On this special Wednesday, the Lord arranged to us to be here, and who should arrive, but special “NOT NORMAL” friends, Gary and Lillie Luettgens. They came with no appointment and brought a nice gift for one of our new missionaries that just spoke at their congregation! They received a full tour in all of our buildings and…
What a blessing to welcome our special group of volunteer cleaners that come twice a year to clean our entire Barn Museum, that holds all of our artifacts from around the world. This group of special people that God has called to volunteer their time to come and completely clean the barn museum from top to bottom. They bring their…
On Tuesday, October 13th, we were privileged to have guests from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. President Tom Egger and his wife, Tori, along with Rev. Joel Fritsche and his wife, Clarion, took time out of their VERY busy schedules to come visit us here at Mission Central. Dr. Egger and Pastor Schulz served together in the same circuit here…
What a special day it was on Wednesday, October 7th, when youth and adults from St. Paul Lutheran in Batte Creek, IA came to visit us here at Mission Central. We were so blessed to have these attentive young people come for a complete tour of our campus, and they were all “sworn in” as missionaries for the rest of…
What a special, special day on this Friday in the hills of Western Iowa at the world-famous Mission Central!! We were so blessed to have this “non-denominational” Christian public school come and have a complete tour of the Creation Theater, the Barn Museum, the Ministry Center. Here you see the group in the Creation Theater, and in our Barn…
What a blessing to welcome our Latin American Business Managers Stan and Dana Stigdon who live in the Dominican Republic. They arrived here at the Lord’s Mission Central on September 19th, 2026 and gave an excellent program on their work in ALL OF LATIN AMERICA. Their pictures were just excellent and they were able to show people, congregations, and…
What a JOY AND BLESSING to welcome these new friends that came all the way from Gleason, Wisconsin because of an LWML lady told Linda and Al Krahn about the stop that she made here at Mission Central. Yes, it’s all about “word of mouth” ministry here at this MIRACLE PLACE. We have never spent 5 cents on…
Here is the link to the September 16, 2026 Meyer Minute: September 16, 2026 Meyer Minute
What a blessing to have our dear friend, Rod Husman drive down from Cherokee, Iowa and spend some special time for a long visit. Rod is interested in going on a “short term” mission trip and needed to get the contact information with our Director of Short Term Mission Trips, Erin Alter in our Offices at the Office of…
What a blessing and joy to again have special missionary friend, the Honorable Missionary Margaret Schroeder from Worthington, Minnesota bring her dear daughter, Kerry Sauer of Lismore, Minnesota here for her first visit. Yes, it was 17 years ago that Margaret came for her first visit and she NEVER FORGOT her trip here! Margaret was totally shocked to see…
SIOUX FALLS CONGREGATION BRINGS BUS LOAD FOR TOUR AND SENDING OF MISSIONARY ASHLEY LEHR!!! On Saturday the 22nd of August we were so happy to welcome a bus load of dear folks from Sioux Falls, South Dakota and here will see their action and activity! Here you see the group in front of our sign at Mission Central and…
LONG, LONG TIME MISSIONARY SUPPORTER BRINGS HER DAUGHTER FOR TOUR TO MISSION CENTRAL. Our long, long time missionary friend and supporter, Betty Bielstein from Denison, Iowa wanted to make sure that her daughter had the privilege of seeing what the Lord has done here at the World-Famous Mission Central. Betty’s daughter Peggy Bielstein from Chandler, Arizona was totally shocked…
Yes, it was one of those very, very, very special days, when on August 15th, 2026 a wonderful group of NOT NORMAL people came to spend the day at the Lord’s Mission Central! Look at the group in the barn and ministry center. We were so blessed to have our veteran missionaries Rev. Bryan Payne and his dear…
It was a truly glorious day on August 8th when we welcomed a group of folks from Glenwood, Iowa to hear the exciting mission update from Missionaries Britt and Micah Odemba, who are serving Kenya. We also were blessed to have members from our Sudanese Lutheran Church in LeMars, IA (and other area Sudanese congregations) lead us in a hymn…
What a JOY to welcome groups from Kansas and from Rochelle, Illinois came for full tour of the facilities at the world-famous Mission Central. This group of special ladies came on August 4th, 2026 and enjoyed their tour and several ladies said, “Hey, we had NO IDEA it would be this totally and completely amazing….NO IDEA AT ALL!” …
It was another “real miracle day” at the world-famous Mission Central! A wonderful group of NOT NORMAL people came on Thursday, the 30th of July, and what a JOY to have them come from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Milford, Nebraska. Yes, what a special blessing to welcome our dear, dear friends the Honorable Missionaries Rev. Mark and Carol Weber, the…
SPECIAL, SPECIAL FAMILY COMES TO VISIT THE WORLD-FAMOUS MISSION CENTRAL It truly was such a special honor and privilege to have a wonderful family from Loup City, Nebraska come for an extra special tour of the entire facilities on July 28th, 2026. The family was Les and Tatiana Glinsman and their 9 year old son, Benjamin. This dear family…
It was again one of those SPECIAL DAYS when we are able to thank our volunteer staff at the World-Famous Mission Central. Each year we have a very, very special catered meal and this year again we had a wonderful chicken and beef meal with all the trimmings as a way of expressing our thanks to all of our…
Yes, it was again one of those special times when Dr. Bill Foster and his wife Sandy came from Nebraska to visit and tour this “miracle place” on July 23rd, 2026 and spend time having these dear, dear friend witness what the Lord Jesus has done here in the middle of nowhere. We were so blessed to have…
What a wonderful blessing to welcome Missionaries Jim and Cindy Nelson from Shannon City, Iowa a 2.5 hour drive on July 20th, 2026. They have been such wonderful long, long time friends here at Mission Central. Here you see Jim and Cindy down in our Wayside Prayer Chapel and standing by our Welcome Sign. We were so happy…
The Lord Jesus sends special people to help with HIS work at just the right time! On this special day our dear Jesus sent Allen Stuhr and his family to come and deliver a wonderful Memorial gift of loving memory of Yvonne Stuhr who was called to our real home. Allen and his family came all the way…
It was another example of how the Lord Jesus sends just the right people at the right place at just the right time! This group of special families from these two areas wanted so badly to come in person to see what the Lord has done here at HIS Mission Central. Yes, on Wednesday the 15th of July in spite…
What a JOY and BLESSING to welcome the long, long time veteran missionaries Matt and DeeDee Wasmund from Seoul, Korea and their dear daughters, Lilly and Olivia who came to have their photo taken in our “trade-mark” location in our office with our Boss in the background! Yes, our friendship has continued for over 30 years, and we…
It was one of those very, very, very special days at Mission Central on July 11th, 2026 when the Lord sent not just ONE MISSIONARY FAMILY….BUT, THREE FAMILIES….TO REPORT ON THEIR CALLINGS FOR THE LORD JESUS! One of the largest gatherings came together to pray for these 3 families. Yes, all of the people gathered together and put…
What a blessing and JOY to have Jamielynn Tinkey Flores and her family come and report in person at the world-famous Mission Central! Here you see this wonderful family and their two little girls and also, Rev. Flores who reported on his work. It was such a great honor to have this family come.
What an excellent presentation of God’s calling to this dear Missionary who is the Entire Regional Director for all of our missionaries in Africa!!! Yes, this was provided for a huge crowd of people at Mission Central on July 11th, 2026! What an amazing missionary that God called to this special work for Jesus!
ONE OF THE LARGEST GATHERINGS FOR SENDING MISSIONARIES IN THE 32 YEARS AT THE WORLD FAMOUS MISSION CENTRAL OCCURED ON JULY 8TH, 2026. WE WERE SO HAPPY TO HAVE TWO SPECIAL MISSIONARY FAMILIES THAT CAME TO REPORT ON THEIR WORK AND SHOW PICTURES OF HOW THE LORD JESUS IS USING THESE TWO DEAR FAMILIES! HERE YOU SEE THE HUGE, HUGE…
WHAT A BLESSING TO WELCOME OUR SUPER STAR MISSIONARIES FROM OUR CONCORDIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE GOD HAS BLESSED THEM TO TEACH IN TAIWAN FOR 23 YEARS! YES, WE WERE SO HAPPY TO HAVE THE HONORABLE MISSIONARY TEACHERS, ANDREW AND NOEL SCHAFF AND THEY GAVE AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION ON THEIR CALLING THERE TO TAIWAN ON JULY 8TH, 2026! HERE YOU…
WHAT A BLESSING TO WELCOME OUR NEW CHIEF MISSION OFFICER THE HONORABLE REV. DAN GALCHUTT AND OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF OIM, THE HONORABLE REV. BRIAN GAUTHIER TO BE AT MISSION CENTRAL. AlSO, WHAT AN HONOR TO HAVE DEAR KATIE FIENE, THE MISSIONS PROGRAM MANAGER FROM ST. LOUIS HERE YOU SEE THESE DEAR AND SPECIAL FRIENDS IN OUR OFFICE WITH OUR…
That’s exactly what happened today, because a dear friend by the name of Vern Kettlehake from Nebraska told some family members about this MIRACLE PLACE! Yes, on Tuesday the 7th of July 2026…the MIRACLE HAPPENED! A family all the way from Unionville, Michigan, who were traveling from Seward, Nebraska, made the effort to stop and see this place. The…
Yes, the 2nd of July was a very, very blessed and special day. It was another day that the Lord had “prepared in advance” to happen. Missionary Lyle Kruse on the left of the picture and Missionary Ed Bohlman on the right both who live in Omaha, were on a special mission. These men brought the remaining supplies that were…
This past week at Mission Central we were blessed with some amazing gifts and we wanted to share these items with you! Yes, our dear friend Jim Schroeder brought Rev. Schulz and Gary 2 new shirts of the type that you see with our names on them. We got new hats with the wording of “Jesus is my…
Here you see the full group of our newest missionaries gathered in front of our Mission Central sign and we were able to get all of these new missionaries in our little Wayside Prayer Chapel. The last picture is the entire group as they are gathered in our Ministry Center with the statue of our dear Lord Jesus in…
What a blessing to have an entire new coating and sealer for the entire parking lot at Mission Central! This special treatment was applied in order to take care of cracks and weathering on our asphalt parking area. Here you can see this impact at Mission Central Parking Lot to have an excellent area for our thousands of…
Pictured here in front of our sign at the Lord’s Mission Central is the group of 9 special people who drove all the way from Peace Lutheran Church in Hastings, Nebraska for a round trip of 8 hours of driving in order to see this MIRACLE PLACE! This group of NOT NORMAL PEOPLE made this trip so that they…
What a very, very special group of “Home Schooler Moms and their children” from Winterset, Iowa came on May 27th, 2026. An entire afternoon was so, so much appreciated by the entire group. Every single one of those students knew the full story of our dear Savior Jesus. Every one of those students gave such a wonderful profession of their…
Yes, it truly was one of those SUPER SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAYS which included so many, many memories! Rev. Paul Nelson and his dear wife Gena came all the way from Asia and specifically Indonesia AND Rev. Adam and Christine Lehman and their family from Puerto Rico came on this special day to present EXCELLENT pictures of how the Lord…
Each day is such a “BUSY” day at the Lord’s Mission Central! Yes, the Lord does send special people “at just the right time and just the right people”! Over the last 32 years we have witnessed this over and over….just when the right people are needed our LORD JESUS SENDS THEM AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME! One…
What a truly special worship Sunday on May 17th, 2026!! Yes, the Honorable Missionary Pastor Martin Hill brought his congregation from Martinsburg, Nebraska to the World-Famous Mission Central! Here you see pastor Hill presenting the special message and the entire congregation was able to have a special meal and also to have a COMPLETE TOUR OF THE MINISTRY…
What a blessing to welcome the Mock Family to give their full report on their work for the Lord Jesus. Here you see the Mock family in our office and also for the people who prayed for them to send them back to their calling. It was a special day.
What a joy and blessing to welcome a large group of NOT NORMAL people on Ascension Day for our Annual Ascension Day meal and service to commigrate the 40 days from Easter Sunday to Ascension Day that is celebrated every year here on May 14th!!! The Honorable Rev. Richard Snow, President of the Nebraska District of the LCMS…
