Phenomenal news: They’re coming to America!
For 23 long years, since Kristina first traveled to Belarus, we and our dear friends Oleg & Luda Yarovenko have longed for them to be...
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Doug Brendel
Jul 16, 20151 min read
At the halfway point…
At the midpoint of the year, here’s what your generosity has accomplished among the needy ones of Belarus, in the former USSR: “The Great...
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Doug Brendel
Jul 15, 20151 min read
America makes its mark!
A very small photo report, with a very big heart. Yours. America makes its mark. Thanks for journeying with New Thing. Much love, and a...
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Doug Brendel
Jun 8, 20151 min read
If you had a dozen children…
Well, it was a very happy day, for one family in Minsk, when your love came along to help! Here’s a very brief photo report. (Widen your...
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Doug Brendel
Jun 1, 20151 min read
A ton of toys … literally!
A ton of toys is only the beginning! Here’s a truckload of love for the people of Belarus…. To enjoy this brief photo report fully, I...
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Doug Brendel
May 5, 20151 min read
Wash and dry
Just a note to say thank you to all the friends who gave generously to provide for the kids (who do their own laundry!) at the boarding...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 29, 20151 min read
Doing the laundry
Greetings! I told you about the 100+ sick children, ages 7-15, at the boarding school in Glussk, Belarus. (You can see the original...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 23, 20151 min read
“Disabled” is not the end of the story!
Heartwarming photos from a very special boarding school in Belarus. Widen your browser to enjoy this report fully. Thanks for journeying...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 23, 20151 min read
Just for fun!
There’s a small playground in the backyard of our building on Karl Marx Street in MInsk. Kristina and Lydia Charlotte can’t resist the...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 22, 20151 min read
An umbrella can grow
Greetings from Belarus! We built an umbrella, and it grew…. Check out the photos, and pretty amazing news, here. Thanks for journeying...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 21, 20151 min read
Puppet show!
Greetings from Minsk! Here’s a fun little photo report (complete with puppets) from the children’s shelter at Zhodino. (I suggest you...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 21, 20151 min read
Going first
Greetings from Karl Marx Street! We’ve arrived safely in Minsk, and our 13-year-old Lydia is already out ahead of me on photo reports. ...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 17, 20151 min read
Good news out the door
We’re getting ready to leave for Belarus, but good news caught us before our departure! A generous couple in California saw my photo...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 17, 20151 min read
We’re not even there yet
Greetings! We’re not in Belarus yet, but our team there isn’t waiting around for us. They’re busy doing cool stuff. Here are a few...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 17, 20151 min read
Lydia’s leaving too
One more day, and we’ll be gone. My wife Kristina, our daughter Lydia, and I are leaving for Belarus. It will be my 32nd trip to...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 17, 20151 min read
3 tons of corn flakes!
Time for breakfast! Our “Response of the Heart” team in Minsk just took delivery of a truckload of humanitarian aid from Germany. * 7...
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Doug Brendel
Apr 17, 20151 min read
4 million rubles later…
Hi again! Friends of New Thing were generous in responding to the challenge of buying a new washing machine for the Golotin foster family...
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Doug Brendel
Feb 12, 20151 min read
Never too late … for the children
Greetings from Belarus! You’re invited to Zhodino … to visit a wonderful children’s shelter with me. Let me suggest that you widen your...
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Doug Brendel
Feb 10, 20151 min read
“New Thing” by the numbers
Greetings from Minsk! I’ve arrived at Karl Marx Street safe and sound. First stop: our “Response of the Heart” office, for an “official”...
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Doug Brendel
Feb 1, 20151 min read
No missing out!
Someone you love might be missing out on our “New Thing” photo updates! I leave for Minsk today (Saturday, February 7th), and I’d love...
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