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Remembering the Great Kozovaya
With great love, and great sadness, we remember today the beautiful, devout, humble woman I affectionately called "The Great Kozovaya,"...
Doug Brendel
2 hours ago1 min read
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A lot of Спасибо’s!
I’m delighted to report that 25 households gave generously to help surpass the $3550 goal and release a $5000 Matching Challenge. This...
Doug Brendel
4 days ago1 min read
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Update on the orphans
Greetings! Just a quick update on our effort to provide Life Starter Kits for the 15 Belarusian orphans going off to school this fall.......
Doug Brendel
Apr 111 min read
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The last thing a teenager wants
The last thing a teenager wants is to be sat down for a serious group photo. But it had to be done! These are the orphans soon to...
Doug Brendel
Apr 41 min read
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From and To
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...
Doug Brendel
Mar 211 min read
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Every child deserves a childhood
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...
Doug Brendel
Mar 72 min read
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The joy of fooling around
7 kids (after the littlest one gets in there) ... 3 photos... 1 common denominator: joy . Look at those eyes. Those smiles. Even the ones...
Doug Brendel
Feb 281 min read
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Finally, a happy ending!
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 ...
Doug Brendel
Feb 211 min read
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Worth looking back at
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...
Doug Brendel
Feb 141 min read
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What no child asks for
No child asks to be born into poverty. No child requests one form of government or another. No child chooses abandonment, or disability,...
Doug Brendel
Jan 311 min read
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