Month: April 2014

Any Ideas?

Linny Saunders55 Comments

 It was a long week. A really, really, really long week. So this is a first for me, I think.  I have a question for you guys. We have recently painted our kitchen a soft taupe color with our white updated cabinets, which Dw totally did {and did a dang-tootin beautiful job, I might add}….

Crazy Love in Action

Linny Saunders3 Comments

Some days doesn’t the simple love of a child put into action just steal your heart away? Yesterday a precious letter arrived from an orphan-loving young girl named Ariana. Inside the letter was a check for $22.50. The letter said, “Dear Linny, My friend Faith and I did a face painting  fundraiser to raise money…

One Missing Paper

Linny Saunders7 Comments

The freshest of stories… and oh-so-wonderful to see God’s hand  up close and personal, always at work in our lives… Because although God never changes and His promises are the same yesterday, today and forever, somehow we so easily forget that part. But really, if He worked miracles 2,000 years ago… Why is it we…

Hope Kids

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Hope Kids is a ministry that encourages and offers Hope to families who have a child with a life-threatening  illness.   After an application process we were granted the beautiful privilege of being part of it all because of our sweet Ruby. Hope Kids  has basically weekly events that are hosted for FREE…. from Diamondback…

It’s His 8th One

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When he joined,  we secretly hoped the four years would quickly pass and home he would come. And somewhere in there someone in the know told  Dw and I “it will get easier with each depl*yment”. Those words are actually the farthest  from the truth, this being his 8th one, trust me in this… there…

“He Just Busy?”

Linny Saunders9 Comments

A couple of months ago, as Nehemiah lay on the couch, terribly sick, I laid my hand on his forehead and began to pray with passion. He’d heard me praying off and on over the hours since he had first got sick, however, this time when I finished he weakly questioned, “Why God not do…

Can We Do This Together?

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Miss Ruby-girl has been making sure Mommy really is home…. Each night she has been getting up at 3:15am ‘ish’  to double check.   Endearingly she strokes my hair, then gently rubs my arm… Sigh. All is well in Ruby’s heart,  Mommy really is home. I remind her that it was just a visit and…