MIA For the Best of Reasons….

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Linny Saunders3 Comments

Over a year ago Graham and Savannah told us that they wanted us to dream and plan a getaway for our 40th anniversary in August of 2018. They had one requirement – it had to be only for fun and it had to be at least 8 nights. Oh guys, twist our arms! (I’m telling…

How Many Exactly?

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 Linny Saunders1 Comment

Well friends I have thoroughly enjoyed all your guesses. Some of you were really close! Others were very ambitious! And one, well I literally laughed out loud – Jackie Egan! Your guess you shared on the FB post was 32,324 and that would have averaged out to 10 posts per day each day for the…

A World Changer

July 22, 2018 Linny Saunders11 Comments

I went back through the archives of our Place Called Simplicity to check and found that it had been years since I wrote a post to celebrate our favorite missionary’s birthday so I knew it was time -after all, today she turns 25!! Twenty-five! Oh how fast the years have flown by! It seems like…

Last Two Days!

July 21, 2018 Linny Saunders13 Comments

Today and tomorrow are the last days to guess how many blog posts I’ve written, both published and waiting in the draft folder. If you missed the post, it’s here. What are we celebrating?? Ten years of writing our Place Called Simplicity!! I seriously can’t believe it’s been 10 years but just had to do…

The Way He Came

July 19, 2018August 8, 2018 Linny Saunders23 Comments

Almost six years ago we shared the joyous news that God in His lovingkindness toward us had brought us a new son. He had come home to our family through the sorrow of disruption. He was already 9 at the time. I’m fairly certain that when some hear of kids coming to a family through…

Memories of the Lasting Kind

July 14, 2018July 14, 2018 Linny Saunders3 Comments

Living across the country from our family was one of the hardest aspects of pastoring. We love our families and missed them every day as we pastored in Virginia, North Carolina, back to Virginia and then on to Colorado. After landing in Phoenix with Ruby, most remember how I never went home to Colorado. After…

Friends That Mean It

July 11, 2018July 11, 2018 Linny Saunders2 Comments

About 10 years ago, new to blogging and looking for people making a difference I found Lovelyn. Over the years she’s added a pile of precious treasures and our paths have crossed in surprising ways. As I’ve watched Lovelyn, she’s modeled Christ in her words and life. Yesterday I was telling Dw something about her and…

Hey Friends – It’s Contest Time!

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 Linny Saunders42 Comments

Thank you all for your kind words about our 10th anniversary of Our Place Called Simplicity. The trip down Memory Lane was too fun not to write about. Of course I didn’t mention all the grands that have been added since we started either but we have surely been abundantly blessed. When I shared the…

Oh My Gracious!! It’s Time to Celebrate!!

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 Linny Saunders10 Comments

This post has been in the making now for almost 2 months. But little Gems went home to be with the Lord and my heart was heavy when I first began to write it. But now – it’s time!! Please come and celebrate with us!! The anniversary date was May 4th, 2018 and it was…

When Friends Love….

June 27, 2018 Linny Saunders2 Comments

Oh how I’ve missed you guys!! Being a writer I seriously think of things I want to share with you every single day – in fact – usually multiple times a day…but so far we’ve driven something more than 3,000 miles and writing wasn’t really possible. Actually many of you probably saw on Facebook that…