Doug BrendelDec 27, 20171 minCelebrating your compassion!You’ll love this party! The perfect way to end the year! Widen your browser to enjoy the photos fully. Thanks for journeying with...
Doug BrendelDec 19, 20171 minBrimming!I am brimming with pride and joy! Generous friends of New Thing have FULLY FUNDED the children’s ward at Shumilina Hospital in Belarus!...
Doug BrendelDec 11, 20171 minWorst beds in the world?I’ve never seen such awful beds, in any children’s institution in Belarus, as I saw in the old hospital at Shumilina (“shoe ME lean uh”),...
Doug BrendelDec 4, 20171 minKeep the children out!Greetings from Belarus! Here are the beautiful children in the “little home” that New Thing built in Zhodino! Widen your browser to enjoy...
Doug BrendelNov 28, 20171 minAwesome news!Greetings from Karl Marx Street! I am thrilled to report that a total of 30 friends gave to provide basic meds for the disabled children...
Doug BrendelNov 14, 20171 minShort of medsHi again! I’m grateful for the 7 friends who have donated a total of $1,025 toward medicines and other basics for the disabled children...
Doug BrendelNov 7, 20172 minFor Thanksgiving … meds?What will we do for Thanksgiving? Same question, every year. What for dinner? Who’ll be at the table? But for me, Thanksgiving isn’t just...
Doug BrendelOct 24, 20171 minWelcome to Planet Summer Camp!Your love is making its mark! Check out these photos from a summer camp for the “children of Chernobyl.” Widen your browser for enjoy the...
Doug BrendelOct 18, 20171 minWhere the kids don’t like meActually, the big kids were OK with me. It was the little kids who were a bit freaked out by the strange American in the beard. Some cool...
Doug BrendelOct 10, 20171 minFavorite, favoriter, favoritest!Hi again! I think you’re going to love meeting the beautiful children from Osipovichi. (That’s oh-see-POE-vee-chee, if you want to...
Doug BrendelOct 5, 20171 minA place at the tableThank you to all who gave to provide chairs for the boarding school at Rudensk! The mentally disabled children, and the workers who are...
Doug BrendelOct 1, 20171 minClosing inWe’re closing in on our goal of providing 30 new chairs for the children’s programs. Giving this gift will really mean a lot to the...
Doug BrendelSep 28, 20171 minThrown-away childrenThe children are beautiful at Rudensk. 130 orphans with mental disabilities. Each one either abandoned or abused by their parents. They...
Doug BrendelSep 21, 20171 minStunned and gratefulI was stunned to receive a message from the chargé d’affaires for the Republic of Belarus in Washington D.C. (standing in for the...
Doug BrendelAug 30, 20171 minHappy birthday to New Thing!Time to celebrate! I never dreamed, when New Thing was officially born 15 years ago this week, that we would have the joy of...
Doug BrendelAug 1, 20171 minLove doing dishes?Greetings to all who follow or support New Thing! You just made some kitchen workers SO HAPPY in the former USSR! Here are a few...
Doug BrendelJul 12, 20172 minCelebrating!Summer greetings! Great news: The government of Belarus bestowed a tremendous honor on our “Response of the Heart” team in Minsk,...
Doug BrendelJun 26, 20171 minGraduation Day for our orphan friends!Remember the orphans of the “Children’s Village” at Kobryn? The ones that friends like you provided “life starter kits” for? They’ve made...
Doug BrendelJun 6, 20171 minHomeless, poor – but LOVEDI’m smiling! I’ve been to our soup kitchen for the homeless and poor, in Minsk. Here are a few photos. They please me very much. (Widen...
Doug BrendelMay 30, 20171 minLaunched with love!Greetings from Belarus…. 10 orphans are very, very happy today! I’ve delivered the “college starter kits” provided through the generosity...