The Lord continues to bless our work as we are entering 18 years of doing and supporting Chrisitian Ministry throughout the world both at home and abroad. We began our ministry before the OGT began in 1992, shipping 45,000lbs of flour to the Lutheran Hour ministries project in Riga, Latvia after the fall of the Soviet Union. There was a multitude of hungry people especially in hospitals, prisons, and orphanages. We then sent several containers of flour in Christian missions in the Ukraine. We have shipped to India after the tsunami. In Liberia, Africa we have developed a Lutheran Church, Christian Day School, Orphanage and Medical Clinic. Domestically we have supplied food and clothing to four native reservations in ND. We have delivered thousands of boxes of food throughout drought areas in ND.

During the past year, 2009, we shipped a container to Liberia. Just previous to our container, Norfolk had sent one also and they both got held up at the Monrovia port on a technicality and it was finally released. We delivered three loads of clothing to a Chrisitian mission on the Spirit Lake Reservation. We loaded a semi load for China, which had to be diverted to the Ysleta Lutheran Mission in El Paso, TX. We are presently planning on a container to a devasted area far inland to China. This may be a challenge but Kirk Rosin sees opportunity for ministry amid a group of Christians.

As I write I hear the news of the quake in Haiti and the disaster it left. I spoke to our office in Norfolk and they have near one half million meals of food that are ready to ship as soon a port clearance in Haiti is received with more shipments to follow as we learn of the needs. We have a Chrisitian distribution point in Haiti from where we have been doing minstry in the past. This is being carried out in faith and we will be asking for contributions of cash to continue this aid.

The records of the total OGT shows that due to a host of volunteers and good stewardship we are nearly 97% efficient. This allows us to reach a multitude of hurting people around the worldwith a host of items in ministry. We pray that God will open doors and bless our efforts as we continue to meet most weeks at the warehouse processing clothes, blankets, school supplies, etc.

North Dakota Orphan Grain Train