by Emily | Oct 7, 2019 | Happenings in Uganda
ebenezer noun eb·e·ne·zer | \ ˌebə¦nēzə(r)\ plural -s Definition of ebenezer 1usually capitalized : a commemoration of divine assistance One of the greatest things we can do as Christians on this long journey home is to “raise our Ebenezers” —...
by Lulu Stories | Sep 9, 2019 | Happenings in Uganda
How to Care for the Jajjas By Mommy Emily “The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help…” ~ 1 Timothy 5:5 We almost miss her, a whisper of a silhouette leaning against the tree, but...
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...
