Even Though Oceans Apart

December 11, 2013 Linny Saunders13 Comments

Our Emma has been gone now for almost a full year. And even though she is oceans apart, she is always very near to our hearts… We are so grateful for the ability to Skype on a semi-regular basis {when she has power}. I can’t imagine how missionary families did it not-so-long ago. Recently Emmy…

This December We Will Stop

December 9, 2013 Linny Saunders1 Comment

I felt like the Lord gave me an idea for the month of December. I’m so excited to share with you all. No doubt in November there was tons of public thankfulness flowing with all the ways to ‘Countdown to Thanksgiving”…whether on Facebook, Instagram or a personal blog. It was so beautiful to see…

Get Ready – We’re Coming for a Visit – Updated

November 28, 2013 Linny Saunders9 Comments

Welcome to our Thanksgiving… my most favorite day of celebration {next to Mother’s Day}…. We were invited to Stuart and Jennifer’s for Thanksgiving and overnight. {How fun is that? A sleep over in the same city!} So in no particular order…but here’s their home… Isaiah Skyping with Emma {and LM} Jennifer, one of my dearest…

A Thanksgiving Invitation From Our Home to Yours

November 27, 2013 Linny Saunders7 Comments

Does anyone remember me mentioning that next to Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving is my most favorite holiday celebration? There is something about the lingering together that makes for warm memories that delight the soul for years to come. Soooo, I had an idea… Being an enormous softy for Thanksgiving, I was wondering if my bloggy friends…

Thoughts from a Blue St*r Mom’s Heart

November 11, 2013 Linny Saunders21 Comments

No doubt, most of America notices in some way that it is Veteran’s Day. Many even have had the day off. Stores around the country trying to scoop up the early money for Christmas by advertising their “Veteran Day” sales, remind us what today is. And perhaps there is a flag or two up in…

Fall Is In the Air and So Is a New {Easy} Craft Idea…

October 29, 2013 Linny Saunders2 Comments

My sweet friend mentioned the other day that she was wondering about coming over to make some Thanksgiving crafts with my treasures. {Go ahead twist my arm!} Always looking for new craft idea and always grateful to spend time with my friend we couldn’t wait… After enjoying lunch together around the table, the work…

This Girl

October 8, 2013 Linny Saunders18 Comments

As the time here is drawing to a close, it is with a true pain in my heart that I think of leaving. After the team left there was a night I just couldn’t sleep, much was on my mind. Maybe I was groggy, but every few minutes I would count how many days remained…

Back on the Home Front

September 26, 2013 Linny Saunders6 Comments

I appreciate all of you who have been praying for things on the home front, as well as here, while I have the privilege of spending time with some of the sweetest treasures on earth over here on the other side of the world. Sincerely, thank you. Graham wrote me this morning and sent along…

Only God Could Do This…

September 25, 2013 Linny Saunders22 Comments

This GO Team trip had something happen that has left us giggling from the absurdity of it all. The other day we were out in the village ministering that International Voice of the Orphan has served. So this particular day we had helped do wash, later playing games, had lunch, then had a sweet time of sharing…

Sort of a Cinderella Story…But Looking for the Prince

September 14, 2013 Linny Saunders8 Comments

Recently I was telling one of my little ones that once upon a time Mommy and Daddy would be driving down the street and find something set out for the garbage that was screaming our name. I explained a bit how back in the old days everyone used small metal containers to set their trash…

Linny Lee Saunders

Place Called Simplicity

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