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We’re not even there yet
Greetings! We’re not in Belarus yet, but our team there isn’t waiting around for us. They’re busy doing cool stuff. Here are a few...
Doug Brendel
Apr 17, 20151 min read


Lydia’s leaving too
One more day, and we’ll be gone. My wife Kristina, our daughter Lydia, and I are leaving for Belarus. It will be my 32nd trip to...
Doug Brendel
Apr 17, 20151 min read


3 tons of corn flakes!
Time for breakfast! Our “Response of the Heart” team in Minsk just took delivery of a truckload of humanitarian aid from Germany. * 7...
Doug Brendel
Apr 17, 20151 min read


4 million rubles later…
Hi again! Friends of New Thing were generous in responding to the challenge of buying a new washing machine for the Golotin foster family...
Doug Brendel
Apr 17, 20151 min read


New Thing and AMAZON!
Awesome! Amazon donates to our “New Thing” work in Belarus whenever you shop here … at AmazonSmile … Check it out
Doug Brendel
Mar 9, 20151 min read


One more thing…
One more thing about my visit to that family of 12, with all the foster children, in Belarus…. I told you their washing machine is almost...
Doug Brendel
Mar 3, 20151 min read


Visiting old friends
Sometimes even someone with no home feels like “family.” Here’s my final photo report from this excursion in Belarus. Please widen your...
Doug Brendel
Mar 1, 20151 min read


How many kids would you like?
Greetings from Minsk! Here’s a family that gives “family size” sort of a different meaning. It really gets good when they gang up on Dad!...
Doug Brendel
Feb 28, 20151 min read


Tongue-twister from Brendel
Hi again from Belarus! Let me take you to a place you probably can’t say the name of… I think some of the kids in this school will make...
Doug Brendel
Feb 27, 20151 min read


Where Christmas presents go
Hello again from Belarus! In December, I asked friends of New Thing for Christmas gifts for some children here. Now you get to meet them!...
Doug Brendel
Feb 26, 20151 min read
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