As Christmas approaches, I am humbled by the generosity of New Thing’s friends. We received generous gifts to provide up-to-date food...

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...

“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....

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...

The orphaned preschoolers at the boarding school for the deaf in Vitebsk, Belarus, will look forward to weekends and holidays now....

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...

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...

Wonderful children at the boarding school in Chekhovshchinskaya! Final stop on this Belarusian excursion. Enjoy the photos. Thanks for...

Your love is still going strong at the shelter in Zhodino. Check out the beautiful children in these photos. Thanks for journeying with...

They may not be the children you think they are…. An unusual photo report from Belarus Please widen your browser to the maximum to...

Greetings again from Belarus… What fun we had at a boarding school for deaf and profoundly hearing-impaired children in Vitebsk! I...

Greetings from Karl Marx Street! These photos from the hospital at Ushachi will make you smile. I suggest you widen your browser to the...

Hello again from Belarus! I think this photo report will be really interesting to you. Some surprising new twists in the homeless...

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...

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...

Here’s a brief photo report, just for fun, featuring America through the eyes of our Belarusian photographer Oleg. I’ll return to Belarus...

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...

Sometimes you take a break from the work of compassion in order to celebrate the people who make the work of compassion possible. Here...

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...

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...