by Lulu Stories | Dec 4, 2017 | Happenings in Sierra Leone, Uncategorized
By Mommy Emily We arrive in the evening, after 24 hours of flight. We arrive to the roar of a motorboat taking us across the waters to the mainland of this west African country founded by former slaves. We’re ushered into the country by boys who scramble to...
by Lulu Stories | Nov 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Post by By Erica Hale, VP of The Lulu Tree I sweep pie crumbs from the counter into my open hand, wipe the sticky remains of cranberry sauce from the table. We’ve spent this week in thankful fellowship, the sound of laughter rising up above the warm scent of...
by Lulu Stories | Nov 20, 2017 | Happenings in Sierra Leone, Uncategorized
By Mommy Emily It’s like a long pencil-streak, this road I ride. A strip of ruler-straight asphalt, drawn past fields of wheat and canola. Sometimes I see deer with white tails, leaping through blades of wheat. Sometimes I hear frogs. Once, I saw a moose taking a swim...
by Lulu Stories | Oct 16, 2017 | Happenings in Sierra Leone, Happenings in Uganda, Uncategorized
I have spent my whole life trying to be successful. I thought it was what we were supposed to do. Worse than that, I thought success was the mark of a blessed Christian. If God loves you he’ll bless you, says the prayer of Jabez and North America’s favorite verse,...
by Lulu Stories | Oct 2, 2017 | Happenings in Uganda, Uncategorized
(a post by Mommy Emily) Her name was Solange. She was as thin as an extinguished matchstick, sitting there in the dark in her parents’ living room where she’d been confined to the corner for life because she was blind, and mute, and a disgrace to her people. They...
