Ruby’s Miracle Continues – Memorial Box Monday

May 6, 2013 Linny Saunders27 Comments

It’s the first Monday in May, which means that it is Memorial Box Monday. Our Memorial Box is a wooden box that is displayed in a prominent place in our home. It is filled with tangible little items or trinkets, each a symbol representing a story of a way we saw God’s handiwork in…

Thoughts From My Heart

April 25, 2013 Linny Saunders28 Comments

The April 2013 GO Team had the privilege of going to the Nile last week. Most of our teams end up there. It is always such an exhilarating sight for my soul, personally speaking. There is something about knowing that the great prophet and leader of the Jewish nation, Moses, once lay in a basket…

Meet This Little Treasure

April 16, 2013 Linny Saunders9 Comments

Today we had the privilege of going to Jjinja and spending the day with some of the most precious treasures in the world. One was a teeny-tiny girl who reminded me so much of our Ruby-girl that I actually gasped when I saw her. Isn’t she so beautiful? Her name is Irene. I was able…

Another Ruby Miracle

April 9, 2013 Linny Saunders43 Comments

I really should be packing to leave tomorrow {eeeeek} but I just had to stop and share another Ruby miracle with you, our friends! For real, this Ruby-girlfriend is astounding all who know her up close…. I tell Dw that I am the “Ruby-whisperer” since I am with her 24 hours a day and I…

Ruby’s Miracle Story Continues

February 15, 2013 Linny Saunders75 Comments

An extra sweet miracle story to tell this Valentine’s Day 2013… Please do NOT skim… or you might miss the most important elements of this story…. As Ruby’s story continues to unfold, I share the details of our lives so you, too, can rejoice, celebrate the miracle of adoption and praise our Almighty God with…

MBM: Ruby’s First Friend

October 15, 2012 Linny Saunders20 Comments

In the Old Testament God told the Isrealites to take stones and pile them in a specific place to remember the story of how God rescued them. They were to then tell their children the story over and over and over each time they saw the stones. At our home we have a big box…

Ruby’s Accomplishing the Miraculous!

September 19, 2012 Linny Saunders48 Comments

One year ago today Emma and I were speeding toward Africa and I was anticipating meeting my precious baby girl, Ruby Grace, for the first time. Doctors in Uganda that had seen her CT scan didn’t think Ruby would ever be able to do anything. Nothing. Ever. BUT GOD. He had a plan…

Ruby’s Friend, Miss A.

September 5, 2012 Linny Saunders17 Comments

Miss A came today for Ruby’s therapy and was she ever surprised! When Miss A first came to our home {a few months ago} she was smitten with our little Ruby Grace. She liked her so much she said fell in love with little Ruby she said she was going to request being able to do…

The Miracle of Ruby – Part 2

June 15, 2012 Linny Saunders68 Comments

Part 2 As I begin this very, very vulnerable post let me first please emphasize, again, what I mentioned in Part 1: Out of respect for our openness and vulnerability, if you have not read Part 1 in it’s entirety, then please do so thoroughly before reading this Part 2. Some may wonder why it…

The Miracle of Ruby – Part 1

June 12, 2012 Linny Saunders70 Comments

This powerful story is lengthy, so I have decided to divide it into two parts. It is a vivid reminder of the mighty hand of God. But it is also a very personal and private story. A sacred story, if you will. A story that I do not share lightly. I have literally spent months…

Linny Lee Saunders

Place Called Simplicity

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