Tag: Emma

Out of 2,500 People

Linny Saunders41 Comments

I had the privilege of hearing an amazing story the other day.  It still has me shaking my head and smiling and giggling.   You are gonna’ love it. Our amazing God. He cares. He works behind the scenes. And He does it in extremely extraordinary ways! Why does He do that? Well, I’m guessin’…

Reflecting

Linny Saunders20 Comments

Thank you, sweet friends, for all the prayers, kind words and sweet love you have shown to me this past week. I can honestly say that God’s grace is sufficient.  In fact it’s times like these that we learn, again, just how faithful He is. Although this past week has been a time of grieving,…

It’s Okay….

Linny Saunders68 Comments

And so it was that yesterday was the official ‘send-off’ for our family – Emma moving to Africa {permanently}. I’ve heard it said that Americans {and probably most of the world} don’t really like to allow time to properly grieve. No doubt, grieving, in any form, can often make people quite uncomfortable. There’s a loss,…

From This to This

Linny Saunders62 Comments

 Three years ago Christmas Eve Emma and I drove down our long lane home.  Finally.  After 2 weeks in Ch*na we were finally home with our precious and long-awaited treasure Jubilee Promise Her middle name is Promise because she was the fulfillment of a Promise from Almighty God that He had whispered many years before….”your…

From Our Home to Yours

Linny Saunders8 Comments

Whatever you do.   Look away. And oh, yeah.  Don’t smile.    The big kids. Doing that serious thing.   Which they clearly can’t hold back for long.   But they can try. {Although Liberty was havin’ a hard time not laughing.}   Forget a kid named Jubilee not being Jubilant…. But they can say they tried. A…

A Visit of the Funnest Kind

Linny Saunders7 Comments

Our little Finn man arrived late Friday for dinner… and can you believe it? Our three boys were getting their jammies on and Abi said,  “Mom, Finn has the EXACT same pair…” so we gathered them together…. Graham refused to put matching jammies on…. such a party-pooper kind of guy {haha} Come on Graham- get…

MBM: Our New Home

Linny Saunders20 Comments

Ahhh, my friends.  Thank you for your gracious love and support when I revealed our blunder.  Yes, Kelly G, we are indeed very, very, very human.   We have made many mistakes over the years and although we were hoping they were all behind us, we are so thankful that God covers mistakes and His…

Miss Emma Joy

Linny Saunders16 Comments

Yesterday I did a post about Mr. Nehemiah and today I’ve decided is Miss Emma’s day. There are so many emotions floating around this silver-haired mama’s heart as the days tick closer to early January. So many changes underway….including circumstances that I cannot quite share yet…and some that I just haven’t been able to bring…