One Little Boy Needs Our Help….

June 7, 2015June 23, 2015 Linny Saunders3 Comments

Dear Friends, I am writing this from my heart. Bear with me. Anyone who has been hanging around here any length of time, knows that I am a passionate advocate for the orphan, for the vulnerable and for special needs. You also know that I am convinced that God has an amazing plan for…

ONE Daring Challenge – “JUST ONE”

May 3, 2015June 23, 2015 Linny Saunders6 Comments

So there’s this thing that has really been on my heart lately. We could safely say that it’s been almost consuming me. Most days I’ve been thinking about it off and on all day. It’s not a new idea, but I’ve been praying: “Lord give me a different approach because the old one is…

Throwing Out A Few “Bones”

April 28, 2015June 23, 2015 Linny Saunders3 Comments

Around the world treasures are waiting for families. Many are actually praying for one! Can you imagine? Desperately longing for a family but absolutely no ability to just go out and get one?? Not one chance to find one! Yet they wait. Day after day. Week after week. Year after year. Just wanting to belong….

Their Faces

April 26, 2015June 23, 2015 Linny Saunders9 Comments

They once were just a file. Now they each have a face. Look at them!! The adorable little girl with hydrocephalus. The precious little guy who uses a walker. The ever vulnerable little girl with designer genes. The handsome little boy who is deaf. The little one with spina bifida. The treasure whose hands and…

Your “Thing”

January 19, 2015 Linny Saunders4 Comments

Several years ago I was talking to a friend. She is a very beautiful woman. We talked every now and then. We even hung out some. Anyway, this particular day she had begun telling me about a “cause” that she was being stirred up about. Kind of ranting and raving she was… And no,…

Please, Would You Be Willing to Help?

November 12, 2014 Linny Saunders2 Comments

Let me introduce you to… Penelope, Spencer, Landon, Eli, Preston, Grace and Adaline Recently I received a precious and very passionate email from their mommy, Jessica. She had a question and wondered if I would help them with something. Well, I readily admit that the minute I began to read her email I felt…

A Poem: Two Little Fellas…

October 17, 2014 Linny Saunders2 Comments

Walking through The Gem Foundation one day…. A little fella was a’screaming away. Nap time should be kinda quiet ya’ know, But Caleb had something he desperately needed though…. Both legs in casts and unable to move, twist or bend, Oh me. His head by-golly needed to get to the other end, Scream, scream…

Where’d Ya Go?

October 7, 2014 Linny Saunders26 Comments

When I began writing our Place Called Simplicity, I meant it to be a journal to my family. Just a place to share my thoughts about the people I love, the miracles we have seen God work and the things I am most passionate about. Never would I have dreamed, not even in a…

From The Gem with the Real Gems

October 6, 2014 Linny Saunders2 Comments

A snippet from Africa!! I flew under the radar and arrived at the Gem in the wee hours of morning. The craziest most awesome Memorial Box story coming soon about the trip! Wow!! What a crazy miracle-working God we serve!! Seriously, still giggling at how much God loves us and how He delights in causing…

Yup, I’m Wrecked….

October 1, 2014 Linny Saunders7 Comments

So I was sitting here looking over the faces. Each with a little blurb written about them. Most faces with a smile. Some looking a bit scared. Others laughing till their eyes are squinting shut. And suddenly I spot her. I gasp! I know that face!! I can’t believe it!! I would know her anywhere….

Linny Lee Saunders

Place Called Simplicity

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