by Emily | Oct 12, 2020 | Happenings in Liberia, Happenings in Sierra Leone, Happenings in South Sudan, Happenings in Uganda, Lulu News, The Lulu Tree philosophy, Uncategorized
by Mommy Emily It all happened one evening as the apple blossoms were beginning to flower and the cicadas, to hum. I sat, wondering how to make this Harvestime theological training accessible to pastors in the remotest of villages who had no printers, who sometimes... 
by Emily | Apr 13, 2020 | Happenings in Liberia, Happenings in Sierra Leone, Happenings in South Sudan, Happenings in Uganda, Lulu Tree Updates
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] By Mommy Emily I’m driving to my in-laws’ farm. It’s after supper and the gravel roads are empty,... 
by Lulu Stories | Jan 27, 2020 | Happenings in Sierra Leone, Lulu News, Lulu Tree Updates, The Lulu Tree philosophy
The Long Winding Roads of Africa (Emily’s Trip, Part 4) By Mommy Emily It’s night in Kamassaralie Village, and the ants are crawling up my legs. They’re tiny and red, and apparently they like white skin. I discreetly try to rub them off my calves while sitting on the... 
by Lulu Stories | Dec 16, 2019 | Happenings in Liberia, Happenings in Sierra Leone, Happenings in South Sudan, Happenings in Uganda
The Long Winding Roads of Africa (Emily’s trip part 2) by Mommy Emily It hits me at random times, this living with my heart in two worlds. It hits me as the plane slices through grey clouds touching down in Canada, and all I see is the white of snow like one... 
by Lulu Stories | Dec 9, 2019 | Happenings in Liberia, Happenings in Sierra Leone, Happenings in South Sudan, Happenings in Uganda
The Long Winding Roads of Africa (Emily’s trip, part 1) by Mommy Emily Chimpanzees line the highway, babies clinging to their mothers’ fur, as we sit in the back of a white van taxi headed back to Uganda. I’m seated with my friends from Uganda.... 
by Lulu Stories | Nov 18, 2019 | Happenings in Liberia, Happenings in Sierra Leone, Happenings in South Sudan, Happenings in Uganda
By Mommy Emily I’ve wrapped up 18 gifts from the thrift store for my kids to open, one for each of the days I’m gone. I’ve snuggled and wept. I’ve had a slumber party with dancing and games and too many stories, because tomorrow I will say...