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A Christmas thank-you
Christmas Eve greetings! I am grateful for everyone who has journeyed with New Thing this year in the work of compassion among the...
Doug Brendel
Dec 24, 20141 min read
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A Christmas closet?
This will take about 60 seconds: What’s in your closet? Let me take you to Glusk. (Say gloosk.) To get there from our flat on Karl Marx...
Doug Brendel
Dec 21, 20142 min read
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Your love, multiplied
Just three photos, but I think you’ll like them… Thanks for journeying with us! Much love, Doug Brendel
Doug Brendel
Dec 21, 20141 min read
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Loud and clear
Kristina’s final photo report, with delightful pix from a school for a deaf in Vitebsk Thanks to all who have made this work possible...
Doug Brendel
Nov 8, 20141 min read
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If you get sick
If you get sick 45 miles from Russia, where do you go? Great photos from Kristina’s visit to Ushachi hospital. (I always suggest you...
Doug Brendel
Nov 4, 20141 min read
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They’re safe now
Here are heartwarming photos from the Ushachi children’s shelter, the next stop on Kristina’s visit to Belarus. (I suggest you widen...
Doug Brendel
Nov 3, 20141 min read
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You sent the love … Here it is!
That huge shipment of aid from Ireland? It’s going to the people who need it. Check the latest photos from Kristina’s visit to Belarus. ...
Doug Brendel
Nov 2, 20141 min read
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What’s a “Domik”?
Preventing child abuse is a good thing. Check out the latest photos from Kristina’s visit to Belarus. Widen your browser to enjoy the...
Doug Brendel
Nov 1, 20141 min read
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How she spent her birthday money
Please widen your browser to enjoy the pix fully. Thanks for journeying with us! Much love, Doug Brendel
Doug Brendel
Oct 29, 20141 min read
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Kristina blows up Belarus
Just now catching up on blog posts from Kristina’s trip to Belarus…. What fun photos Oleg has sent from Kristina’s visit to the...
Doug Brendel
Oct 29, 20141 min read
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She’s off!
Greetings! A quick note to update you on New Thing’s work in Belarus: 1. My wife Kristina left last night for Minsk. (I’m the one staying...
Doug Brendel
Oct 14, 20141 min read
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Did we find the foosball table?
Some fun and heartwarming photos from our Irish friends’ final days in Belarus…. Let me suggest you widen your browser to the max to...
Doug Brendel
Sep 30, 20141 min read
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How do you spell “foosball” in Russian?
What fun! Here are pix of the unloading of the big Irish donation of humanitarian aid at our warehouse in MInsk. (Widen your browser to...
Doug Brendel
Sep 23, 20141 min read
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Pretty fun — the truck has arrived at the warehouse!
Greetings! I thought you’d like to meet our Irish friends who brought the truck of humanitarian aid to Belarus…. (I suggest you widen...
Doug Brendel
Sep 17, 20141 min read
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Here it comes!
Here’s the truck, full of humanitarian aid from Ireland, arriving in Minsk late last night! That’s 8.5 tons of baby strollers, toys,...
Doug Brendel
Sep 15, 20141 min read
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You did it!
I am so grateful. The goal has been reached, before the 9/8 deadline. By the end, more than 50 individuals or households gave (some 2 or...
Doug Brendel
Sep 2, 20141 min read
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The long, hot summer
It seems like it’s been a long, hot summer since I first asked for help to release a truckload of Irish donations to the needy ones of...
Doug Brendel
Aug 28, 20141 min read
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Exactly
Hello! We are exactly 19 days away from the deadline, and exactly $1500 away from the goal. If one friend gives $78.95 each day between...
Doug Brendel
Aug 20, 20142 min read
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Not stranded … by the numbers
Just a quick note to update you on the status of the Irish volunteers’ truckload of donated aid designated for the needy ones of Belarus....
Doug Brendel
Aug 14, 20141 min read
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6 babies
A baby is a treasure. But in a place with more deaths than births, a baby is special cause for celebration. Belarus is one of those...
Doug Brendel
Aug 5, 20141 min read
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