Hands of Mercy -- Yambio, South Sudan

     With its shipment to South Sudan, Orphan Grain Train--Michigan included a portion of goods earmarked especially for Hands of Mercy, a care ministry bringing the tangible love of Jesus Christ to those in need in South Sudan especially those with disabilities and to help those who have been marginalized in their community.

     Supported by the body of Christ, the Church, Hands of Mercy works to give those with disability marketable skills to sustain and improve their lives.

Even the empty Orphan Grain Train boxes are precious.

     Since 2006 Hands of Mercy has been guided by Deaconess Pat Nuffer as a partnership with the ELCSS/S (Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Sudan).

     Deaconess Nuffer wrote to us, “We unloaded several boxes of scrap fabric and I would have collapsed the boxes and put them in our dug out trash pit.  But oh, no!  The people of Hands of Mercy each wanted an empty well-worn box.  So we loaded each person up on their own three wheel bicycle with a box and they were THRILLED.”

OGT Michigan Loads Ukraine Shipment

Video of Orphan Grain Train--Michigan on August 23
loading a container marked for Ukraine relief.

 A 40-ft high cube container was loaded at Orphan Grain Train--Michigan in Sebewaing Friday morning, August 23.  Filling the container was completed in under two hours.

     Destination for this shipment is the Open Door Foundation,  at Odessa, Ukraine.  The container will travel by rail from Detroit to New York and then by container ship through the Mediterranean and Black Seas to eventually unload at the port of Chornomorsk, Ukraine.
     Godspeed these goods into the hands of those Christ loves.  May the current distress in war-torn Ukraine soon be relieved and the peace of God in Christ be theirs.

Alley side Facelift

 Our thanks to Dave Wiltse, one of our dedicated volunteers who is given a much-needed freshening to the back exterior wall of our Orphan Grain Train--Michigan Center.