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10 years ago...
The photo, by our dear friend Oleg Yarovenko, was taken almost exactly 10 years ago. The children were in the shelter for abused and...
Doug Brendel
May 24, 20221 min read


Thanksgiving in Springtime!
Just a note to say thanks, on this lovely spring day, to all those who have helped New Thing provide support for the children with...
Doug Brendel
May 17, 20221 min read


Now I lay me down to sleep
Tonight, chances are, you’ll climb into your very own bed. You’ll know where you are. More important by far, you’ll know whose who are:...
Doug Brendel
May 10, 20221 min read


Not forgotten
Here are just a few of the folks receiving help and hope from friends of New Thing in the past couple weeks. These are overnight guests...
Doug Brendel
May 3, 20221 min read


Good news, and more good news!
I’m delighted to report that we made the goal, and all the graduating orphans at Kobryn will receive Life Starter Kits! God bless all who...
Doug Brendel
Apr 26, 20221 min read


Where will the orphans go?
One of the house moms at the Children’s Village in Kobryn, Belarus, kindly made up a dossier on the orphans who will graduate this...
Doug Brendel
Apr 19, 20221 min read


Here comes good-bye
Every year, we have the joy of providing “Life Starter Kits” for orphans as they “age out” of the Children’s Village at Kobryn in...
Doug Brendel
Apr 12, 20221 min read


More about that little girl
I wrote a couple weeks ago about Alina, a little girl we found at a shelter for abused and abandoned children in Zhodino, Belarus, nearly...
Doug Brendel
Apr 5, 20221 min read


Love and Water
Water won’t stop. Try to stop it, and it will find a way. The Grand Canyon was carved not by human hands, not by massive machines, but by...
Doug Brendel
Mar 29, 20222 min read


What Love Can Do
A child should be loved and cared for. But sometimes they’re not. We began our work of compassion in the town of Zhodino, long ago....
Doug Brendel
Mar 22, 20221 min read
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