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Stuff? Not entirely
On a recent wintry day in Minsk, our “Response of the Heart” team took delivery of humanitarian aid from Germany and quickly shared it...
Doug Brendel
Feb 7, 20231 min read


Sweet dreams...
It’s hard to be homeless, anywhere. But for a few people living with homelessness in the capital of Belarus, you just made it a little...
Doug Brendel
Jan 30, 20231 min read


Too late for Christmas?
I think you’ll like this! Here are a few fun Christmas photos from the Children’s Village orphanage in Belarus! Thanks for journeying...
Doug Brendel
Jan 24, 20231 min read


How love works
It was exactly 5 years ago that Kristina visited Old Borisov, a town in the north of Belarus with a boarding school for children at risk...
Doug Brendel
Jan 17, 20231 min read


For peace
A New Year. We can’t know what lies ahead, for ourselves or for the people of Belarus. All we can do is keep caring for those who need...
Doug Brendel
Jan 3, 20231 min read


For every one of them...
For every orphan in Belarus every foster family every homeless person every child or adult with a disability every patient, young or old,...
Doug Brendel
Dec 27, 20221 min read


Sticking with it
In a shelter for abused and abandoned children, you never want to see the same child twice. But in the shelter at Zhodino, where New...
Doug Brendel
Dec 20, 20221 min read


Now I lay me down to sleep...
In the north of Belarus, almost to the Russian border, you’ll find a district called Shumilina. Even before Covid, the hospital that...
Doug Brendel
Dec 13, 20221 min read


Where were you 10 years ago today?
She was sick. She was in the hospital in Ushachi, Belarus, near the Russian border. (No hospital gowns there. You wear your own clothes.)...
Doug Brendel
Dec 6, 20221 min read


Cold feet?
Here comes December. Cold where you live? By the end of this week, the overnight low in Belarus will be 12 degrees Fahrenheit. The high...
Doug Brendel
Nov 29, 20221 min read
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