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    A Christmas thank-you
    Doug Brendel
    • Dec 24, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    A Christmas closet?
    Doug Brendel
    • Dec 21, 2014
    • 2 min

    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...
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    Your love, multiplied
    Doug Brendel
    • Dec 21, 2014
    • 1 min

    Your love, multiplied

    Just three photos, but I think you’ll like them… Thanks for journeying with us! Much love, Doug Brendel
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    Loud and clear
    Doug Brendel
    • Nov 8, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    If you get sick
    Doug Brendel
    • Nov 4, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    They’re safe now
    Doug Brendel
    • Nov 3, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    You sent the love … Here it is!
    Doug Brendel
    • Nov 2, 2014
    • 1 min

    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. ...
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    What’s a “Domik”?
    Doug Brendel
    • Nov 1, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    How she spent her birthday money
    Doug Brendel
    • Oct 29, 2014
    • 1 min

    How she spent her birthday money

    Please widen your browser to enjoy the pix fully. Thanks for journeying with us! Much love, Doug Brendel
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    Kristina blows up Belarus
    Doug Brendel
    • Oct 29, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    She’s off!
    Doug Brendel
    • Oct 14, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Did we find the foosball table?
    Doug Brendel
    • Sep 30, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    How do you spell “foosball” in Russian?
    Doug Brendel
    • Sep 23, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Doug Brendel
    • Sep 18, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Here it comes!
    Doug Brendel
    • Sep 15, 2014
    • 1 min

    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,...
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    You did it!
    Doug Brendel
    • Sep 2, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    The long, hot summer
    Doug Brendel
    • Aug 28, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Exactly
    Doug Brendel
    • Aug 20, 2014
    • 2 min

    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...
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    Doug Brendel
    • Aug 14, 2014
    • 1 min

    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....
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    6 babies
    Doug Brendel
    • Aug 5, 2014
    • 1 min

    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...
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