Where have you been? Where are you going? The orphan’s answers are complicated. We can’t change the backstory. It hurts to be left...

I heard this from a wise and good person, years ago: Every child deserves a childhood. For most of the children in our lives, there’s no...

7 kids (after the littlest one gets in there) ... 3 photos... 1 common denominator: joy . Look at those eyes. Those smiles. Even the ones...

Some stories, you don’t realize how long they’re going to be till you start in on them. But the ending finally comes ... and today, it’s ...

Good morning! Ten years ago today  I was sharing the love of friends like you with children in need, and the grownups caring for them. I...

No child asks to be born into poverty. No child requests one form of government or another. No child chooses abandonment, or disability,...

To you and me, they look pretty much like ordinary medicine-cabinet meds and vitamins. But if you’re homeless on the streets of Minsk, in...

Greetings! I think this  brief photo report will make you smile , because... It’s a party! (Also:  good news  about our Christmastime...

Just a brief personal note ... It was 25 years ago this week that I first visited Belarus. Kristina had already been a volunteer with...

Happy New Year! Just a note to thank you again for journeying with New Thing. This past year we had the joy of helping thousands of...