Celebrate!! He’s FREE!

September 10, 2012 Linny Saunders4 Comments

Many of you will remember back in February when we shared about Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani in Ir*n. A pastor, imprisoned for {now} three years in Ir*n and sentenced to death for refusing to renounce his faith. Many, many of you prayed for him and signed the petition asking for intervention in his death sentence. There…

There Needs to Be Some Sort of Laws

September 10, 2012 Linny Saunders25 Comments

Some days it just is so hard to live far away from big kids. I know lots of you know what I mean. When we were going to bring Nehemiah home forever we needed to tell our three biggest and their spouses. But the problem was that one was deployed and on the opposite side…

And His Name Is…

September 9, 2012 Linny Saunders25 Comments

Disclaimer: Please forgive my long delay in posting his name. I intended to write this and post this morning, but situations wouldn’t allow it. I’m so sorry. And on with the post… We sure have had fun reading all your ideas. Actually many, many, many of them were names that were on our ‘short…

His Name??

September 7, 2012 Linny Saunders112 Comments

Last year, on May 7th, I wrote a post entitled, “Once Upon a Time”. …telling the funny story of how Dw came to find out my name after he invited me on our first date. Since guessing names has been in our family history for over 36 years, we were talkin’ and gigglin’ that it…

“Then I Saw His Face”

September 6, 2012 Linny Saunders75 Comments

Isn’t it crazy how anxious we are as humans to see a face? It’s almost beyond understanding. Think back to when we were young. You hear that a friend has “met someone”…and the only thing we think is, “What do they look like?” I’m right there with you. I remember talking to Lisa about setting…

Itsy-Bitsy Baby Steps

September 5, 2012 Linny Saunders58 Comments

James Dobson {founder of Focus on the Family} once wrote a book, “Parenting Isn’t for Cowards.” Seriously, he wasn’t kidding, was he? Whether these treasures come home through adoption, birth, foster children or anything in between, parenting takes oodles of wisdom. The kind of wisdom that only Almighty God can give. I have to tell…

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…

Memorial Box Monday: Pick It Up!!!!

September 4, 2012June 10, 2017 Linny Saunders6 Comments

Many of you are new to visiting at Our Place Called Simplicity. Monday is a day we often set aside to remember the faithfulness of God. Each story we remember, we place a trinket of some sort in our Memorial Box, that way when we see the small object we are reminded of God’s active…

How in the World Did THAT Happen?

September 3, 2012 Linny Saunders14 Comments

We thought sometime today we would reach the 3,000,000th hit on our Place Called Simplicity. But to our surprise, there were so many hits over the week-end that last night it rolled around. Okay, let me back up a speck. Does anyone remember just shy of a year ago when our Place Called…

Pictures

September 3, 2012 Linny Saunders15 Comments

Today While Liberty made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies {which were scrumptious} Emma attempted to make a homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte with the Espresso machine bought for $1.00 at a yard sale {delightfully yummy} and Jubilee watched her three younger brothers wrestle with daddy again today {Our newest little guy is lovin’ the wrestlin’ with Daddy…

Linny Lee Saunders

Place Called Simplicity

Month: September 2012