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 | 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 | Aug 29, 2022 | Lulu Mamas, Lulu Tree Updates, Our Vision, The Lulu Tree philosophy, Uncategorized
By Emily Theresa Half the sky is held up by women. – Chinese proverb I’m on a road trip with my family, driving through the Canadian prairies, and the pale land stretches like a long, flat face stubbled with corn and wheat. We pass tired old grain elevators that once... 
by Lulu Stories | May 30, 2022 | Lulu Tree Updates, Our Vision, The Lulu Team, The Lulu Tree philosophy
The Lulu Tree Retreat in Texas, May 2022 by Jeanne In 1888, Ernest W. Shurtleff wrote the powerful warfare hymn, Lead on, O King Eternal. It begins with this verse: Lead on, O King Eternal, The day of march has come; Henceforth in fields of conquest Thy... 
by Emily | Jan 11, 2021 | Happenings in Liberia, Happenings in Sierra Leone, Happenings in South Sudan, Happenings in Uganda, Lulu Tree Updates, Sustainability, The Lulu Tree philosophy, Transparency of Funds
HOW IT ALL BEGAN But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” ~ 1 Corinthians 2:9 Seven years ago, this month, I took my first plane ride to Uganda. Seven... 
by Lulu Stories | Oct 26, 2020 | Equipping Pastors, The Lulu Tree philosophy
We’re Telling His Story by Joanne Viola, Lulu Tree Treasurer It was on an early morning in August that I sat looking out at the water, which is perfectly still and calm. At first it was like a sheet of glass, then the little ripples began to gently slosh against the...