by Lulu Stories | Aug 26, 2019 | Happenings in Sierra Leone, Lulu Brothers and Sisters, Lulu Tree Updates, Uncategorized
Solomon Shepherd, and a Mass Wedding in Massaralie Village by Erica Hale “I’m going to start calling you Solomon Shepherd,” I tell Pastor Sonnel as we eat breakfast around the farmhouse table in the village of Massaralie. “Because you have the wisdom of Solomon, and...
by Lulu Stories | Aug 19, 2019 | Happenings in Uganda, Lulu Brothers and Sisters
Hope in a Hospital Ward The ward is long and narrow with shafts of bright Ugandan sun falling on the beds of men and women stretched out in pain. It smells faintly of lye and unwashed skin. Outside under a mango tree are dozens of colorful woven grass mats where loved...
by Emily | Aug 12, 2019 | Happenings in Uganda
Sometimes life is a holy begotten moment. Like everything around you pauses — all the humdrum of everyday living — and the glory of God drops like a microphone and everything you struggle to believe is not only plausible but the realest thing you could...
by Lulu Stories | Aug 5, 2019 | Happenings in South Sudan, Happenings in Uganda
by Mommy Emily Pastor Santos was born somewhere out in the bush under an actual lulu tree — the shea nut tree that grows in the villages of South Sudan. His mother went into labor while gathering firewood and couldn’t make it home. “I don’t remember how I got back to...
by Emily | Jul 29, 2019 | Happenings in South Sudan, Happenings in Uganda
by Mommy Emily Dearest Prayer Warriors and Partners with The Lulu Tree… How can I thank you for standing in the gap? For holding up my hands as I held the hands of our brothers and sisters? For carrying my children in your prayers as I carried other...
by Lulu Stories | Jul 22, 2019 | Happenings in South Sudan, Lulu Tree Updates
A Smile as Long as the Nile (Heading to South Sudan’s Camps) By Mommy Emily “In Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another…” Romans 12:4 As I write, a cool breeze carries the purr of a neighbor’s lawn mower, the smell of laundry on the...
