Be The Crazy One

April 12, 2016 Linny Saunders26 Comments

A few weeks back I stumbled upon a beautiful flower bed. Well if you’ve been hanging around here for any amount of time, you know how I love flowers. In fact I’m a sucker for them. I oooh and aahh at just about any flower I come upon. My family would tell you I’m addicted….

Sweet Sunday

February 1, 2016February 1, 2016 Linny SaundersLeave a comment

It’s Sunday!! And that makes it a Sweet day to advocate for the orphan. Okay, okay, okay. I guess I have to spill it… In my humble opinion, Monday is a Marvelous day to talk about the orphan…actually Tuesday is Terrific Too, Wednesday Works Wonderfully, believe it or not, Thursday Thoroughly rocks and Friday is pretty Fantastic, Saturday…

A Pre-Thanksgiving Celebration – 500,000!!!!

November 20, 2015 Linny Saunders2 Comments

Oh such joyous news to report!! Such a Thanksgiving gift!! We have officially passed the 500,000 meals mark at International Voice of the Orphan (aka IVO.Global)!! You all – it’s amazing!! Together – you and IVO.global! Together we have fed over 500,000 meals to orphans, street children and vulnerable treasures! Celebrate that for a minute and…

Is It Just a Fluke? You Tell Me.

October 29, 2015October 29, 2015 Linny Saunders4 Comments

I was talking to a friend the other day about adoption. I found myself choking on tears and struggling for words. Not one word or group of words ever seem adequate enough to express how our personal lives have been changed and challenged over the last 30 years since our first adoption. I can’t even…

It’s Not Too Late!

October 1, 2015 Linny SaundersLeave a comment

Check out these pictures!! Do you see the delight on her face? And look at his pleased grin!! He’s swimming!! And how about this little girl’s kinda’ worried expression – She looks like she’s asking her fully clothed friend, “Ummm, are you gonna’ be okay?” And how about this little patriotic missy and these bubbles!!!…

A Gasper of a Story!!

August 26, 2015 Linny Saunders14 Comments

Hey friends!! Where has the time gone? Can I just say that I’ve missed you!! Yes, I know you didn’t go anywhere! For the record, if you don’t hear from me for a few days, you can be assured that I am beginning to get antsy that I haven’t been able to write!! I’m telling…

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….

Two Very Real Possibilities

March 27, 2015June 23, 2015 Linny SaundersLeave a comment

Happy Friday Friends! Autumn and Everlly arrived a bit ago and we have some fun stuff planned for the week-end with them! We haven’t seen them since they were here for Thanksgiving so we are super excited! This Mimi definitely does not think it’s fun to have her grandtreasures living all over the States. So…

Rock Solid

March 26, 2015June 23, 2015 Linny Saunders1 Comment

Well the Bossman and Liberty have returned home Liberty was gone just about 3 months… the beauty of online schooling!! The kids were thrilled to see her. I mean. They have barely let her out of their sight as evidenced by what it looked like as I sat down to do Bible with them yesterday…

Linny Lee Saunders

Place Called Simplicity

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