Here , a hot meal on a warm bus. There , new mattresses and bunkbeds for an overnight shelter. Wherever our “Response of the Heart” team can meet the needs of people who have no homes... That’s where your love goes. Thanks for journey with New Thing. More adventures to come! Much love, Doug Brendel (Photo by our friends at League of Good)

The first question that comes to mind is: What happened? But this little guy isn’t looking back. In a second or two, the kitty in the doorway will be jumping out of his way. He’s on the move. He’s going forward. He’s in a hurry. He’s not bogged down by the injury — or the illness — or the birth defect. His big question is: What’s next? As friends of New Thing, we have the joy of going with him. Cheering him on. Helping him get there. Wherever he’s going. And celebrating what

Look at the ones whose parents are gone. What do you see? The ones who have no home ... the ones with disabilities ... the ones who are sick or injured.... They might be easy to miss. But you’re keeping an eye on those in need, in Belarus. Thanks for journeying with New Thing. More adventures to come! Much love, Doug Brendel

What a great way to start the New Year! 18 generous households responded to the need of the caregivers in Rudensk... Kitchen workers using battered, broken, decades-old equipment to prepare and serve 400+ meals a day for 130 orphans, many with disabilities. You gave so generously, you’ve provided all of the following: industrial 1400-liter refrigerated cabinet industrial 700-liter freezer 50-liter boiler with work surface electric bread-slicing machine electric meat-grinder e

The orphans at Children’s Village in Kobryn, Belarus, send you best wishes for a Happy New Year! So do the orphans at Rudensk, the homeless of Vileyka, the children with disabilities in Osipovichi... And many, many others touched by the compassion of the New Thing family this past year. God bless those who have given so our “Response of the Heart” team can help people in need all over Belarus. Thanks for journeying with New Thing! More adventures to come! Much love, Doug Bren

Just a note to thank you for journeying with New Thing this year. I speak for all the orphans, foster families, children with disabilities, the homeless and poor, the sick in hospitals... ...the caregivers helping them, and our “Response of the Heart” team working every day to help them. Not many are even looking in the direction of Belarus, but you are, and I’m grateful. In this season of celebration, I wish you a wonderful week of joy, of health, of peace. More adventures t

We say “Oh, just whip something up,” but cooking isn’t always that simple. Especially if you’re feeding 130 kids... Using ancient kitchen equipment and supplies. So friends of New Thing are trying to provide new kitchen gear as a Christmas gift for the dedicated caregivers in the boarding school at Rudensk, Belarus. They’re feeding 130 orphans 3 meals a day (sometimes more, depending on a child’s unique medical condition). Total need: $5400. I’m grateful to report that as I w

I imagine you would love the orphans at Rudensk, in Belarus. All 130 of them. But you wouldn’t want to feed them. You couldn’t. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, multiplied by 130 ... so we’re up to 390 meals a day. And some of the kids, because of their medical conditions, have to eat 5 times, not 3 times, every day. But there’s a small, dedicated team of (camera-shy) workers at the boarding school... And this is their life’s work. Sadly, they’re laboring with decades-old equipment

You know how it is. Today your little one is learning numbers. Before you know it, you’re wiping your tears at graduation. It’s the in-between years when love does its good work. When we first started helping the orphanage at Rudensk, this little fellow wasn’t even born yet. But when he lost his parents, there was a place of love and safety waiting for him. Thanks in part to generous friends of New Thing. God bless all who respond with such compassion to those in need in Bela

Just a quick note to sincerely wish you a beautiful Thanksgiving. I often say “Thanks for journeying with New Thing,” and I mean it literally. Journeying isn’t always easy or fun. Journeying means staying on the path regardless. I’m truly grateful for so many friends willing to stick with this journey. Whether you give to a project or not, whether you’re inspired by a project or not... I’m thankful that you’ve kept going, kept looking and listening, to see what comes next . T