A humbling Christmas
As Christmas approaches, I am humbled by the generosity of New Thing’s friends. We received generous gifts to provide up-to-date food...
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Doug Brendel
- Dec 9, 2015
- 1 min
Yuri Smirnov, 1960-2015
It grieves me to report that my dear friend and longtime translator Yuri died this evening on his way to church in Minsk. He leaves his...
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Doug Brendel
- Dec 4, 2015
- 2 min
Buckets of food
“Buckets of food” sounds like a good thing … until you realize they’re actual buckets. Old enameled buckets. That’s no way to carry food....
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Doug Brendel
- Nov 25, 2015
- 2 min
For the one
Thank you to everyone who has given this year to New Thing. You really didn’t give to New thing. You really gave to a deaf child in...
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Doug Brendel
- Nov 2, 2015
- 1 min
Here comes the “Island of Joy”!
The orphaned preschoolers at the boarding school for the deaf in Vitebsk, Belarus, will look forward to weekends and holidays now....
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Doug Brendel
- Oct 26, 2015
- 1 min
Deaf orphan preschoolers
Just a note to update you on the situation in Vitebsk. I asked for help to construct an “Island of Joy” for preschoolers who can’t go...
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Doug Brendel
- Oct 26, 2015
- 2 min
Hear the love
A couple weeks ago I posted photos from Vitebsk, to visit a boarding school for deaf children. Most of them go home on weekends and...
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Doug Brendel
- Oct 12, 2015
- 1 min
Almost like home
Wonderful children at the boarding school in Chekhovshchinskaya! Final stop on this Belarusian excursion. Enjoy the photos. Thanks for...
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Doug Brendel
- Oct 12, 2015
- 1 min
Back where we began
Your love is still going strong at the shelter in Zhodino. Check out the beautiful children in these photos. Thanks for journeying with...
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Doug Brendel
- Oct 12, 2015
- 1 min
Where are these children?
They may not be the children you think they are…. An unusual photo report from Belarus Please widen your browser to the maximum to...
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Doug Brendel
- Oct 6, 2015
- 1 min
Hear, hear!
Greetings again from Belarus… What fun we had at a boarding school for deaf and profoundly hearing-impaired children in Vitebsk! I...
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Doug Brendel
- Oct 2, 2015
- 1 min
Give a kid a frog…
Greetings from Karl Marx Street! These photos from the hospital at Ushachi will make you smile. I suggest you widen your browser to the...
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Doug Brendel
- Sep 30, 2015
- 1 min
Getting kicked out
Hello again from Belarus! I think this photo report will be really interesting to you. Some surprising new twists in the homeless...
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Doug Brendel
- Sep 29, 2015
- 1 min
The kids are safe now
Greetings from Belarus! I’ve been so busy visiting the places you’re helping, I haven’t had time till now to start posting photo...
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Doug Brendel
- Sep 21, 2015
- 1 min
7 little photos, 2 huge trucks
Greetings from Karl Marx Street! I didn’t even get to Minsk and there was already stuff to report! Check out this tiny photo story about...
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Doug Brendel
- Sep 11, 2015
- 1 min
When a world-class photographer comes to America…
Here’s a brief photo report, just for fun, featuring America through the eyes of our Belarusian photographer Oleg. I’ll return to Belarus...
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Doug Brendel
- Sep 5, 2015
- 1 min
Meanwhile, in the kitchen…
I’ve been keeping you posted on Oleg & Luda’s adventures in the USA … but meanwhile, the generosity of friends like you keeps making an...
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Doug Brendel
- Aug 30, 2015
- 1 min
Welcome to America!
Sometimes you take a break from the work of compassion in order to celebrate the people who make the work of compassion possible. Here...
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Doug Brendel
- Aug 14, 2015
- 1 min
Oleg & Luda coming to Arizona!
Big news for all New Thing friends and supporters in Arizona: You can meet our friends from Belarus, Oleg & Luda, at an open house on...
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Doug Brendel
- Aug 14, 2015
- 1 min
You did it! They’re here!
It’s like a miracle! Oleg & Luda, our devoted friends who live year-round in our flat on Karl Marx Street, have arrived for their...
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