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Getting kicked out
Hello again from Belarus! I think this photo report will be really interesting to you. Some surprising new twists in the homeless...
Doug Brendel
Sep 30, 20151 min read
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The kids are safe now
Greetings from Belarus! I’ve been so busy visiting the places you’re helping, I haven’t had time till now to start posting photo...
Doug Brendel
Sep 28, 20151 min read
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7 little photos, 2 huge trucks
Greetings from Karl Marx Street! I didn’t even get to Minsk and there was already stuff to report! Check out this tiny photo story about...
Doug Brendel
Sep 21, 20151 min read
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When a world-class photographer comes to America…
Here’s a brief photo report, just for fun, featuring America through the eyes of our Belarusian photographer Oleg. I’ll return to Belarus...
Doug Brendel
Sep 11, 20151 min read
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Meanwhile, in the kitchen…
I’ve been keeping you posted on Oleg & Luda’s adventures in the USA … but meanwhile, the generosity of friends like you keeps making an...
Doug Brendel
Sep 5, 20151 min read
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Welcome to America!
Sometimes you take a break from the work of compassion in order to celebrate the people who make the work of compassion possible. Here...
Doug Brendel
Aug 30, 20151 min read
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Oleg & Luda coming to Arizona!
Big news for all New Thing friends and supporters in Arizona: You can meet our friends from Belarus, Oleg & Luda, at an open house on...
Doug Brendel
Aug 14, 20151 min read
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You did it! They’re here!
It’s like a miracle! Oleg & Luda, our devoted friends who live year-round in our flat on Karl Marx Street, have arrived for their...
Doug Brendel
Aug 14, 20151 min read
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Phenomenal news: They’re coming to America!
For 23 long years, since Kristina first traveled to Belarus, we and our dear friends Oleg & Luda Yarovenko have longed for them to be...
Doug Brendel
Aug 5, 20151 min read
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At the halfway point…
At the midpoint of the year, here’s what your generosity has accomplished among the needy ones of Belarus, in the former USSR: “The Great...
Doug Brendel
Jul 16, 20151 min read
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