Too late for Christmas?
I think you’ll like this! Here are a few fun Christmas photos from the Children’s Village orphanage in Belarus! Thanks for journeying...
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Doug Brendel
- Jan 17
- 1 min
How love works
It was exactly 5 years ago that Kristina visited Old Borisov, a town in the north of Belarus with a boarding school for children at risk...
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Doug Brendel
- Jan 3
- 1 min
For peace
A New Year. We can’t know what lies ahead, for ourselves or for the people of Belarus. All we can do is keep caring for those who need...
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Doug Brendel
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
For every one of them...
For every orphan in Belarus every foster family every homeless person every child or adult with a disability every patient, young or old,...
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Doug Brendel
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
Sticking with it
In a shelter for abused and abandoned children, you never want to see the same child twice. But in the shelter at Zhodino, where New...
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Doug Brendel
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
Now I lay me down to sleep...
In the north of Belarus, almost to the Russian border, you’ll find a district called Shumilina. Even before Covid, the hospital that...
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Doug Brendel
- Dec 6, 2022
- 1 min
Where were you 10 years ago today?
She was sick. She was in the hospital in Ushachi, Belarus, near the Russian border. (No hospital gowns there. You wear your own clothes.)...
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Doug Brendel
- Nov 29, 2022
- 1 min
Cold feet?
Here comes December. Cold where you live? By the end of this week, the overnight low in Belarus will be 12 degrees Fahrenheit. The high...
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Doug Brendel
- Nov 22, 2022
- 1 min
Blessings Recount Required
Greetings! This Thursday, as you count your blessings, you can add this to the list.... For the dozens of children with physical and...
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Doug Brendel
- Nov 15, 2022
- 1 min
Show me your papers
If you don’t have a passport in Belarusian society, you’re in trouble. It’s like you don’t exist. For the homeless of Minsk, it’s one of...
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