by Lulu Stories | Aug 19, 2019 | Happenings in Uganda, Lulu Brothers and Sisters
Hope in a Hospital Ward The ward is long and narrow with shafts of bright Ugandan sun falling on the beds of men and women stretched out in pain. It smells faintly of lye and unwashed skin. Outside under a mango tree are dozens of colorful woven grass mats where loved...
by Lulu Stories | Aug 5, 2019 | Happenings in South Sudan, Happenings in Uganda
by Mommy Emily Pastor Santos was born somewhere out in the bush under an actual lulu tree — the shea nut tree that grows in the villages of South Sudan. His mother went into labor while gathering firewood and couldn’t make it home. “I don’t remember how I got back to...
by Lulu Stories | Jul 22, 2019 | Happenings in South Sudan, Lulu Tree Updates
A Smile as Long as the Nile (Heading to South Sudan’s Camps) By Mommy Emily “In Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another…” Romans 12:4 As I write, a cool breeze carries the purr of a neighbor’s lawn mower, the smell of laundry on the...
by Lulu Stories | Jul 8, 2019 | The Lulu Tree philosophy, Uncategorized
Robins, Finances, and Lessons on Waiting It was a beautiful morning with the sun brightly shining, the trees budding, and the robins busily hopping about on the front lawn. I watched as a robin carefully took teeny pieces of twigs and flew away. A few minutes later,...
by Lulu Stories | Jun 24, 2019 | Happenings in Liberia, The Lulu Tree philosophy
A Tree Planted in Liberia By Emily Wierenga Through Dreams & Visions “This connection, I want it to remain until Christ comes…” The soft, kind voice on the other end of the audio message is a new one, the voice of a man I’ve never met. It’s the voice of Pastor...
