by Lulu Stories | Jun 5, 2023 | Biblical Training, Equipping Pastors, Orphan Spirit, Our Vision, Sustainability, The Lulu Tree philosophy
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee… ~ Isaiah 43:1 “They came to kill me at my home.” He says this around a bite of banana stew. His name is Simeon. Dressed in a purple shirt with a priest’s... 
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... 
by Lulu Stories | Dec 12, 2022 | Biblical Training, Equipping Pastors, Happenings in Guinea, Our Vision
By Emily They stare into a labyrinth of tubes and wires, a straggle of boys in rags and bare feet, here in Kindia, Guinea. They circle the hood of the car that has carried us from Sierra Leone through multiple checkpoints, where police peered into our windows, ignored... 
by Lulu Stories | Jun 13, 2022 | Equipping Pastors, Happenings in Uganda
Fishing for Souls in Buleebi – Emily’s & Erica’s Trip to Uganda, 2022 by Mommy Emily “Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of... 
by Lulu Stories | Mar 28, 2022 | Equipping Pastors, Happenings in Uganda
by Erica Hale It’s Springtime in the Rockies, time to plan and plant a garden. And I’m thinking about seeds. How each year, it seems a miracle that you can plant such a small thing and harvest such an abundance, year after year after year. The Lord came...