by Lulu Stories | May 1, 2023 | Lulu Mamas, Mama Kits, Our Vision, The Lulu Tree philosophy, World Missions
By Emily Souls. There are billions in the world, but two souls in particular come to mind. The first is a young man, sleeping on the streets of Kampala, Uganda, curled up on a piece of cardboard. He looked much like a comma – barely a pause in the bustling activity of...
by Lulu Stories | Apr 3, 2023 | Biblical Training, North American Church, Our Vision, The Lulu Tree philosophy, World Missions
Post by Jeanne Damoff, Secretary for The Lulu Tree Board He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly. Psalm 147:5 What do you picture when you read those words? I imagine a long-distance runner carrying an important message — sent by a king and with...
by Lulu Stories | Mar 13, 2023 | Happenings in Liberia, Orphan Spirit, Our Vision, The Lulu Tree philosophy
By Emily It’s an epidemic etched on the eyes of Liberia’s street children. They reach into cars at red lights, steal what they can. They steal because they’re taught to. Not by their fathers, but rather, by their fathers’ absence. When we enter the villages with our...
by Lulu Stories | Feb 6, 2023 | Biblical Training, Equipping Pastors, Happenings in Guinea, Happenings in Liberia, Happenings in Sierra Leone
By Emily The band marches, batons twirl, and dignitaries rise as 44 graduating students enter, garbed in black caps and gowns sewn here in Sierra Leone. I know, because a few days earlier I sat on a wooden bench in the tailor’s humble shop, black thread and strips of...
by Lulu Stories | Jan 16, 2023 | Biblical Training, Equipping Pastors, Happenings in Guinea, Happenings in Liberia, Our Vision, The Lulu Tree philosophy
By Emily His name is Gavin, and we’re seated together on the plane from Belgium to Canada. He’s lived in Brussels the past six years but hails from the Congo. When he hears I work with local churches in Africa, he says he used to believe there’s a God, but now he...