by Lulu Stories | Apr 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Erica Hale, VP of The Lulu Tree The van lurches over ruts cut deep into red earth by the rainy season’s downpour. It’s Palm Sunday, and we’ve driven to the villages past the road that runs through Jinja, edged by dusty boys with wide smiles selling fistfuls of palm...
by Lulu Stories | Apr 9, 2018 | Happenings in Uganda, Uncategorized
Post by Norah Kennedy, Executive Director of the Edmonton Pregnancy Care Center, who recently traveled with Emily and Erica to Uganda It’s early in the morning on Monday and I’ve been awake for a while contemplating Africa. I cried all the way from the...
by Lulu Stories | Apr 4, 2018 | Happenings in Uganda, Uncategorized
By Mommy Emily There’s a road from Kampala to Jinja and it’s called Kampala Road when you’re driving to Kampala and Jinja Road when you’re driving to Jinja. We are driving to Jinja. Past lush green tea plantations and long lines of potted flowers. Past school students...
by Lulu Stories | Mar 21, 2018 | Happenings in Uganda
By Mommy Emily I’m standing in the middle of Costco with a cart full of things we really don’t need surrounded by people pushing carts filled with things they really don’t need in a warehouse lined with shelves stacked with things we’re all convinced we can’t live...
by Lulu Stories | Mar 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Mommy Emily I spent the greater portion of my life trying to be successful. I thought it was what we were supposed to do, as humans. But worse than that—I thought success was the mark of a blessed Christian. If God loves you He’ll bless you, says the Prayer of...
by Lulu Stories | Feb 26, 2018 | Happenings in Sierra Leone, Uncategorized
Post by Jeanne Damoff, Lulu Tree Board Director I live in a comfortable home in a nice neighborhood in a big city in the United States of America. I drive a dependable car and shop at grocery stores that sell organic coffee beans and roasted sea-salt beet chips. I...
