Remember April?
From April, back then ... to almost-July, right now ...
Lots of changes, right?
You could talk about the weather. Or graduations. Or ... plenty of other changes.
For the orphans and their beloved house-parents at the Children’s Village in Kobryn, Belarus...
The changes have been FANTASTIC.
The new urgently needed mega-sofa, provided by generous friends of New Thing just this past April,
replaced a wretched decades-old monstrosity.
The kids (and the grown-ups) are celebrating!
(Here’s my original post about the situation, from April.)
But there are 8 homes in the Children's Village, housing up to 10 orphans each.
So 7 homes still have old, ragged, broken-down sofas — repeatedly re-upholstered over multiple decades.
The rest of the kids are hoping for new sofas too.
Maybe it feels like “old news” to you and me?
A friend has offered to match every gift given for this specific project
So I hope, in the midst of all our summertime fun, we can do this.
A single massive sofa — designed for the unique space of a Children’s Village house,
and for the wear-and-tear of dozens of children, each one spending their whole childhood in this house...
...would cost $5000 in the U.S.
In Belarus, even with inflation, the cost is only $2000.
So $1000 becomes $2000 — and we put another sofa in another home at the orphanage.
Would you please take a moment out of this fun-filled summer season
Any gift you can give, large or small, will make twice the impact.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank you for journeying with New Thing! God bless you.
Much love,
Doug Brendel
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