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The gift of breath
Take a deep breath. Feels good! I invite you to give that — the gift of breath — as a Christmas gift … to a sick child in Belarus....
Doug Brendel
Dec 4, 20182 min read


Sometimes the most boring photos…
Sometimes the most boring photos… …tell the most satisfying story. “The Great Kozovaya,” the wonderfully humble woman who heads our...
Doug Brendel
Dec 1, 20181 min read


Wheelchairs in the night!
HELP IS ON THE WAY! Under cover of darkness, our intrepid “Response of the Heart” team unloads precious cargo from Germany…. Just a...
Doug Brendel
Nov 28, 20181 min read


Surprised? Yes
Greetings! I was recently invited by the government of Belarus to attend a meeting in Washington D.C. The Director of the Dept. of...
Doug Brendel
Nov 27, 20181 min read


Thankful
I’m grateful to be able to send a message to “The Great Kozovaya” in Minsk, letting her know that 16 people stepped forward to help us...
Doug Brendel
Nov 23, 20181 min read


Looking forward to Thanksgiving
Only 2 days to go! I’m very much looking forward to sending a Thanksgiving Day message to “The Great Kozovaya,” telling her we’ve met the...
Doug Brendel
Nov 20, 20181 min read


“Mommy, I feel hot”
A bit of Tylenol … that’s all it would take, to ease that child’s fever. You go to the medicine cabinet, and 5 minutes later, your little...
Doug Brendel
Nov 12, 20182 min read


Lots of presents under the tree?
Thinking about Christmas already? It’s easy … here in the U.S., for the most part, anyway. In Belarus? Maybe not so much. Click here for...
Doug Brendel
Oct 18, 20181 min read


What you did on their summer vacation
I think you’ll love these photos from the awesome SUMMER CAMP experience that friends of New Thing made possible for some very special...
Doug Brendel
Oct 9, 20181 min read


Kids beating radiation!
Greetings! Here are some fun photos of kids who are winning the war against post-Chernobyl radiation. They’re having FUN! (And so is “The...
Doug Brendel
Sep 17, 20181 min read
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