Guinea
Guinea extends southeast in a crescent from the Atlantic coast of West Africa. Its topography varies from coastal plains to inland mountains that account for about 60 percent of the land area. Several of the region’s major rivers, in particular the Niger, Senegal, and Gambia, all originate from these highlands, making Guinea the “water tower” of West Africa.
God Led Us
It’s February of 2021. I know the Lord has told us to enter Guinea — in the same way He asked us to enter India and Kenya, in spite of COVID.
And so I ask Him, as He’s done before, to take me there in the Spirit — to help me pray, to show me the place that I can’t currently travel to, and to give me a glimpse of the man He’s calling us to partner with.
God answered our prayers, and He also made us an answer to the prayers of Pastor Francois Haba, as he shared with me [Emily] through text,
“Oh Mom, HE (JESUS CHRIST) said to me in 2013, I will take care of you Frank. Since that day I was serving my GOD, preaching the KINGDOM (Matthew 6:33, and 1 Corinthians 1:30). It was not easy to find food, sleeping outside, and … now you are about to confirm what GOD said to me in 2013 (I will take care of you). So Mom, I thank God for you in Jesus Christ’s Name.” (read more HERE)
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About Guinea
Guinea, country of western Africa, located on the Atlantic coast. Three of western Africa’s major rivers—the Gambia, the Niger, and the Sénégal—rise in Guinea. Natural resources are plentiful: in addition to its hydroelectric potential, Guinea possesses a large portion of the world’s bauxite reserves and significant amounts of iron, gold, and diamonds. Nonetheless, the economy is largely based on subsistence agriculture.
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The four major geographic regions largely correspond to the areas inhabited by the major linguistic groups. In Lower Guinea the major language of the Susu has gradually replaced many of the other indigenous languages and is a lingua franca for most of the coastal population. In the Fouta Djallon the major language is Pulaar (a dialect of Fula, the language of the Fulani), while in Upper Guinea the Malinke (Maninkakan) language is the most widespread. The Forest Region contains the linguistic areas, from east to west, of Kpelle (Guerzé), Loma (Toma), and Kisi.
The number of non-Guinean residents has increased considerably since the mid-1980s. This community includes Lebanese and Syrian traders; a growing number of French engaged in agriculture, business, and technical occupations; and Liberians, Sierra Leoneans, and Ivoirians, mainly refugees.
More than four-fifths of the population is Muslim, predominantly Sunni. Less than one-tenth of Guineans are Christian, mostly Roman Catholic. A minority of Guineans continue to follow local traditional religious practices.
(Information from https://www.britannica.com/place/Guinea/People)
Ways God is using Pastor Frank:
- One of Frank’s greatest desires has been to go to Bible School. He had started, years ago, but was unable to finish due to his brother getting sick. Since meeting this faithful young man, the Lord has already allowed us to send Pastor Francois funds for a laptop and printer, and the PDFs for the Harvestime theological training.
- God has also helped us provide Francois with a motorbike, enabling him to travel to remote villages like Dogomain to encourage and train up the pastor there, who is continuously harassed by local Muslims and in desperate need of a church building.
- The Lord has also helped Pastor Francois to start up a microloan program amongst the vulnerable in his church, assisting them with their businesses and farms.
What God is doing
in Guinea
Equipping villages with sustainable farming
CHURCH PLANTING & Training
With Guinea being 85% Muslim, and only 7% Christian, pastors face daily persecution and harassment. One of the ways God is working through The Lulu Tree in Guinea is to help plant churches, providing alternatives to the many mosques and the witch doctors. Along with planting churches, God is also spreading solid theological training through Lulu’s Harvestime curriculum, thus training up pastors to better under the Word and pushing back the darkness of false theologies like the prosperity gospel.
Equipping families by microloans
Microloans
Many parents in Africa struggle to make ends meet, not because they don’t work hard enough — they work sunup to sundown, trying to sell fuel or purchasing a few items from the market to sell in their village, or doing neighbors’ washing, or selling whatever food they grow in their garden — but because they don’t receive fair wages or fair opportunities.
In an effort to assist one another with their businesses, Pastor Francois and the members of his congregations have joined together the little they have to help each other through a microfinance program.
Equipping families with affordable education
Caring for the Vulnerable
We are honored to partner with Pastor Francois Haba, a man who, in spite of being desperately poor, gives the little he has, away.
Having been abandoned by his own father when he was young, Pastor Francois has a special heart for the single mothers and widows, assisting them with food, clothing, and shelter, as well as preaching the gospel.
His heart is to see the vulnerable rise up in their true identity in Christ, as God’s sons and daughters.
USA Location
9808 Dolomite Lane, Sandy, UT 84094
Phone
801-651-0189 (US)
info@thelulutree.com