5 seconds to get from here to a smile. Check out the photos. Thanks for journeying with us! Much love, Doug Brendel

Greetings! Friends of New Thing funded woodworking equipment for students at the boarding school in Bogomol, Belarus. Director Valery...

The woman we lovingly called "The Great Kozovaya" was taken from us by Covid-19 one year ago today. Our grief is still fresh. So is our...

I am so happy to report that we made the goal! 25 friends gave generously to provide Life Starter Kits for the orphans at Children’s...

Graduation Day is fast approaching. Ceremony, celebration, kids leaving home, heading off to college. But for these 10 orphans at the...

What happens after you miss the shot? Here’s one possible answer.... It was a year ago this month that Covid took our beloved Great...

Sometimes you do a good deed, and then you discover it was a crucial deed. That’s what happened with the “Life Starter Kits” that friends...

Greetings! This won’t even take a minute ... but I think you’ll agree, it’s pretty great. Last fall, we learned that the workers at...

The good news keeps coming! Friends of New Thing got to be the fungus-fighting heroes this week, for the disabled children at Rudensk! I...

Sometimes, there’s a hero lurking in the wings. (Someone like you!) I think you’ll enjoy this brief photo report! Thanks for journeying...