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Doug Brendel
Feb 23, 20241 min read
If you had told me...
If you had told me, in the year 2000, as I arrived in Belarus in the dead of winter, that I would still be serving there a...
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Doug Brendel
Feb 16, 20241 min read
How long is love?
If you get sick in Belarus, up near the Russian border, here’s where you go... And guess what you find there! Here’s a brief photo...
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Doug Brendel
Feb 9, 20241 min read
Scrape a knee, and here comes LOVE!
Some children with disabilities have been feeling your love for a long time. So long, in fact, some aren’t even children anymore! Here’s...
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Doug Brendel
Jan 26, 20241 min read
Love goes BOOM!
Here’s a very brief, very fun photo (and video) report from the orphans we love in Belarus! Thanks for journeying with New Thing! Much...
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Doug Brendel
Jan 19, 20241 min read
An orphan's Christmas is a beautiful Christmas!
Greetings! I think you’ll love this brief glimpse of the Christmas celebration for orphans at the Children’s Village in Kobryn, Belarus!...
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Doug Brendel
Jan 12, 20241 min read
You missed Christmas?
No, you didn’t miss Christmas. In fact, Christmas came again last Sunday, on January 7th, and you didn’t miss it then, either. In...
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Doug Brendel
Dec 31, 20231 min read
Memories...
Farewell, 2023. We all lived it together, but each of us will have unique memories. Here are some of mine: I’ll remember Christmas in...
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Doug Brendel
Dec 29, 20231 min read
What some folks do
Some folks like to give something extra at year’s end to charities, ministries, non-profs, good causes they feel strongly about.... If...
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Doug Brendel
Dec 28, 20231 min read
On this Christmas Eve...
On behalf of every sick child you’ve visited ... every abused or abandoned child you’ve comforted ... Every homeless person you’ve fed...
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Doug Brendel
Dec 15, 20231 min read
Santa claws?
I confess, I never really liked “Giving Tuesday.” A lot of good causes benefit, but ... it feels a little like “clawing” to me. Anyway,...
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