Celebrating This Little Chica of Ours

March 21, 2019 Linny Saunders4 Comments

It’s World Down Syndrome Day and over here at our home we are celebrating this little chica of ours! The one whose style is all her own…. The one who hasn’t mastered “Miss Manners” quite yet… The one whose got “schpunk”… and a wee bit of sass…(actually some days a whole lot of sass!) The chica…

Can You Believe It?

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 Linny Saunders5 Comments

Seriously guys. The love you guys show and the encouragement you extend toward the orphan and those who care for them leaves me speechless, humbled and oh-so-teary! I have some joyful reporting to do and a new update to the car fund for Emma and Josh. As most of you know I put out a…

A Ruby Update (3/12/19)

March 12, 2019March 18, 2019 Linny Saunders12 Comments

Friends, thank you so very much for your outpouring of prayers, love and kindness – I couldn’t imagine doing life without you guys. I truly love you all and am so thankful for the love your pour out toward us. I haven’t responded to many of you – please forgive. Ruby is home and once…

A Ruby Update – Sunday 3/10/19

March 10, 2019 Linny Saunders4 Comments

Realizing that many stop by Our Place Called Simplicity but aren’t on Facebook, I wanted to write about our precious Ruby-girl. Friday night I wrote an urgent plea on my Facebook page asking for prayer and I updated throughout the night as my heart’s desire was to get Ruby’s “prayer team” praying around the world…

A Car for Emma and Josh

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 Linny SaundersLeave a comment

First of all, I’m so tickled you all enjoyed Lincoln’s birth story. It was especially comical how many of you were rooting for me to be “the midwife”. But for real, I’m just really grateful that I “didn’t need to wash my hands”. If you didn’t read the birth story, go back a post –…

A Most Wild Story!

March 2, 2019 Linny Saunders9 Comments

There is no doubt that God is always at work around us. He longs for us to see His power, His provision, His protection, His love and His astounding faithfulness every day! So here’s the personal birth story – shared with Emma and Josh’s permission and from Mimi’s very up-close vantage point.. Before booking the…

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In Record Time!

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Linny Saunders6 Comments

Here at Emma’s home, internet is sparse and power is a spotty luxury….so this post was to be published a few days back…but that internet thing and that power thing and here we are…a constant reminder of just how good we have it in the US. Early one morning, just prior to leaving for Uganda,…

We Made It!!

February 13, 2019 Linny Saunders1 Comment

We made it!! Baby is still in the belly and we are here! (Whew!) Elizabeth and I landed late Tuesday night. A couple of really amazing things happened as we traveled here…but that will have to wait for another time. We went to the Gem today and hung out with the sweetest Gems ever. This…

Night to Shine and Shine They Did!

February 10, 2019 Linny Saunders2 Comments

From This: An Orphan with No Family (age: 3.5 years) Waiting and Waiting…at times abused, despised and rejected…(age: almost 8 years) And Waiting in Another City (only to be found years later just before he aged out)… Can you see the sadness in both their countenances as they wait? The reality of having…

The Reminder – Through a Pile of “Homework”

February 7, 2019 Linny SaundersLeave a comment

In the wee hours yesterday (Wednesday) morning I began writing this but soon the kids were up, homeschooling began, Ruby’s new speech therapist arrived followed by both Ruby and Birdie’s Occupational Therapist coming for back-to-back therapy…and the day breezed by. Then as dinner finished Dw and Elijah headed off to church and I sat at the…