by Emily | Jan 28, 2019 | Christmas, Happenings In Katwe, Happenings in Uganda
by Jeanne Damoff, Secretary of The Lulu Tree At the top of the lined sheet of paper, the words are written in red ink: “Those who got Jesus as Savior 20th, October, 2018.” There are twelve names written on the page. Twelve souls brought out of darkness and into light....
by Emily | Jan 21, 2019 | Christmas, Happenings in Uganda
I’m seated with dozens of other mothers under a pink jasmine tree in the Pearl of Africa. The air is sweet and sticky, like toffee melted in the 95 degree sun, and we’re hunting shade by the long wall that circles this two acres of school dorms. Pink feathered...
by Emily | Jan 14, 2019 | Christmas, Happenings in Uganda
It’s been a dream of mine, this bringing of my husband and children to a land I fell for five years ago, head over stumbling heels. A land of fresh avocado and shoe-less children, of wide smiles and giggling babies and mothers that can’t sleep for their...
by Lulu Stories | Dec 31, 2018 | Happenings in Uganda, Uncategorized
Post by Erica Hale, VP of The Lulu Tree It’s hard sometimes, living in two worlds. Here, in the United States, a skiff of snow dusts the ground and the frozen grass pokes stiffly through. In the waning light, Christmas lights start to blink on one house at a...
by Emily | Dec 17, 2018 | Christmas, Happenings in Uganda
Hi dear friends. This is Emily. Since founding The Lulu Tree four and a half years ago, my husband (Trent) and children {Aiden (9), Kasher (7.5) and Aria (3.5)} have patiently put up with my coming and going to Africa, with my tears and my sleepless nights and my...
by Lulu Stories | Sep 19, 2018 | Happenings in Uganda, Uncategorized
By Mommy Emily Mum loved blankets. I could always find her curled up in one, in the corner of the living room, sunlight pouring like honey across her light brown hair, glasses sliding off her nose while she slowly lifted a spoon to eat her yogurt, a Bible or gardening...
