And Then He was EIGHT

February 16, 2012 Linny Saunders164 Comments

Birthdays abound at our home from just days before Christmas until the end of March. And there is a period of 7 weeks where 6 of the kids have birthdays. Well this little guy, that many of you prayed home, has now turned EIGHT {where in the world have the last four years gone?}. On…

OUR Little Guy is FIVE…

January 28, 2012 Linny Saunders134 Comments

Where in the world has the time gone? He is our quiet guy. The one who doesn’t say much, but is always thinking and when he speaks – no doubt, we all listen. He is very wise! He is extremely funny and loves to tease us all. He was named after the…

Elizabeth Mercy

January 1, 2012 Linny Saunders124 Comments

Over at our home we are celebrating a very special day. New Years may be cause for celebration, BUT not nearly the celebration as the birthday of our Elizabeth Mercy If you haven’t read her story, slide over to “Special Posts” and read the 7 part story of the miraculous save of her life by…

A Chick-Fil-A Surprise….

December 10, 2011 Linny Saunders18 Comments

Last week we took off to do a little exploring. We ended up a ChickFilA {I know, shocker!} The sweet girl who was a PR rep for Chick-Fil-A was bringing us the food after ordering. She asked about how many kids we had?? I said, “11”. She got all excited, “Do you have those…

Our Only Blue-Eyed Princess

September 20, 2011 Linny Saunders120 Comments

It is early morning in Colorado…. September 20th… One of our most favorite days of the whole year… The day we got a phone call from Aunt Beulah already 22 years ago Aunt Beulah called to tell us, Mary, her neighbor, had had her baby…. It was a girl. I had secretly longed for a…

An 18th Birthday No One Could’ve Imagined…

July 23, 2011 Linny Saunders114 Comments

Yesterday, July 22, 2011 was Emma’s 18th Birthday {our Uganda-bound, Orphan-loving, World-changing girl, who blogs about her love and passion for serving orphans here} We had planned for months a big birthday bash: complete with turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and all the trimmings. And what Emma had wanted most was for all the kids {and…

That Sweet Daughter-in-Love of Ours

May 13, 2011 Linny Saunders30 Comments

The post that I was just about to publish was to tell you all that May 11th was Liberty’s birthday and yesterday {the 12th} was our sweet daughter-in-loves birthday. Two days in a row we get to honor two precious girls. Yesterday morning, Sarah had skyped me just to visit. So fun to have coffee…

Liberty Anna

May 11, 2011 Linny Saunders82 Comments

We are taking a moment from Africa stories to honor one of our many treasures…. Our girl is 12 today! Someday I will write and tell the story of Liberty coming home to us because it is, indeed, a Memorial Box Monday story – we are so humbled and honored that the Lord would allow us the…

Dw’s Birthday {Complete with a Trip to the ER}

April 2, 2011 Linny Saunders66 Comments

Wednesday was my Whitey’s birthday. BUT since Wednesday was a day of Prayer and Fasting for Kirill and Evan and Baby J… we decided to celebrate his birthday Yesterday. But the day didn’t turn out quite like we had planned. To say the least. We went out for a cup of coffee….. and a bit…

Sweet Sixteen!!

February 14, 2011 Linny Saunders95 Comments

Sixteen years ago this past Friday {February 11th} I woke up and began to have a few contractions. About lunch time, my contractions got even stronger. Dw and I took a long walk around the Matthews, NC subdivision we lived in. I could not wait to meet the treasure I had had the privilege of…

Linny Lee Saunders

Place Called Simplicity

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