Tag: Friends Forever

He’s The Same One

Linny Saunders33 Comments

Recently my paths crossed with an old friend, Dave.  We went to school, youth group and graduated together.  We hung around in the same group of friends. Not too long ago Dave was given a grim diagnosis – 1% chance of survival without a bone marrow transplant, 60% with the transplant. My heart has been…

From My Heart

Linny Saunders7 Comments

Two years ago today we experienced one of the most profound touches  from our Heavenly Father that we have ever had. Our now son-in-love, Karl, was on his way to pick up our Autumn for church and an 87 year old man pulled in front of him. Karl was going 55-60 mph on that rural…

Any Therapists Out There?

Linny Saunders23 Comments

Although I’ve always had an appreciation for therapists – physical, occupational, speech, sight, etc., I never really grasped all that they do on a regular basis with each of their clients. Until Ruby. And then every bit of past appreciation mounted into heaps of gratitude and joy… Each of Ruby’s three therapists have helped us…

Miss Ruby Turns 3

Linny Saunders105 Comments

Yes, it’s a miracle day for our family. Dw said he couldn’t think of a better day to coincide with Father’s Day – Miss Ruby Grace’s 3rd birthday… The princess started the day as any princess should begin her day – breakfast in bed – next to the best daddy in the world {since it…

In the Pile

Linny Saunders9 Comments

Last night I decided to tackle the “pile”.  Or more appropriately, the “piles”. The piles were choking me and I couldn’t stand it anymore. {I despise piles.} So the big kids, Dw and I popped in a Jeanette Oke movie {oh, it was sooo good!} I went to all the places I stash papers and…

How Many Was That Exactly?

Linny Saunders11 Comments

Our sweet friends came to visit for a few days… {they are pastors and moving to the Chicago area}.. They love the orphan, love large families, love Uganda and love God… {not in that order} And between us we have quite a few treasures So let’s see… There’s  {our}  Elizabeth Mercy  and {their}   Hope…

Two Things…

Linny Saunders5 Comments

First off…. When I led the team last month to Uganda, part of it was made up of someone we had known when we were pastoring  our third church. Well they have been driving across the country as a family and we coerced them into stopping by for a  bit of a visit. We had…