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It's a new day!
Greetings! It’s a new day for the homeless at our soup kitchen in Minsk! GUESS WHY! For the answer(s), check out a few heartwarming...
Doug Brendel
Feb 11, 20201 min read


Cold feet
Greetings to all who support or follow New Thing in Belarus! I visited our soup kitchen — with our new “boutique” full of clothes donated...
Doug Brendel
Feb 3, 20201 min read


Say your name
Greetings from Karl Marx Street in Minsk! I’ve just had a truly extraordinary experience, and I want to share it with you: The boarding...
Doug Brendel
Jan 28, 20201 min read


Здравствуйте! Hello!
No, this isn’t a picture of me radically transformed by my Belarusian experiences :-) This is our beloved photographer Oleg, who will be...
Doug Brendel
Jan 21, 20201 min read


Oh, the 20s!
Greetings! On January 20, in the year 2020, celebrating 20 years of compassionate work... I’m heading back to Belarus! If you’re on...
Doug Brendel
Jan 15, 20201 min read


20 years and counting...
It was 20 years ago this week that I first set foot in Belarus. Kristina had already been visiting the country for 8 years. I hated...
Doug Brendel
Jan 7, 20201 min read


Look what you did!
Happy New Thing Year! Here’s a quick, fun look at what love looked like in 2019, thanks to friends like you! (Widen your browser to...
Doug Brendel
Jan 3, 20201 min read


The best 390 seconds of the year
Merry Christmas! I just got this 6-1/2 minute video from the Children’s Village in Kobryn, Belarus. This is the multi-home center for...
Doug Brendel
Dec 24, 20191 min read


Christmas 25 times a year? Yup
I’m so happy to report that 18 households gave generously to provide new toilets and sinks at the boarding school for children with...
Doug Brendel
Dec 17, 20191 min read


This will look funny under the tree!
Greetings to all who support or follow New Thing’s work of compassion in the former USSR! Take a look at the beautiful children in...
Doug Brendel
Dec 10, 20191 min read
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