Christmas Eve greetings! I am grateful for everyone who has journeyed with New Thing this year in the work of compassion among the people of Belarus. We’ve...

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 Street, you have to ...

Just three photos, but I think you’ll like them… Thanks for journeying with us! Much love, Doug Brendel

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 Much love, Doug Brendel

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 widen your browser to en...

Here are heartwarming photos from the Ushachi children’s shelter, the next stop on Kristina’s visit to Belarus. (I suggest you widen your browser to enjoy t...

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. (Widen your browser...

Preventing child abuse is a good thing. Check out the latest photos from Kristina’s visit to Belarus. Widen your browser to enjoy the photos fully. Thanks ...

Please widen your browser to enjoy the pix fully. Thanks for journeying with us! Much love, Doug Brendel

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 children’s shelter at Zhodino...

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 home with our schoo...

Some fun and heartwarming photos from our Irish friends’ final days in Belarus…. Let me suggest you widen your browser to the max to enjoy the photos fully. ...

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 enjoy the photos full...

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, footwear, children’s bic...

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 3 times!) to help us...

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 Belarus — back on July...

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 now and the Sept. 8th...

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 places. With the death ra...