Stories from The Lulu Tree
All of life is made up of stories. The Lulu Tree is dedicated to preserving our family’s stories, and representing the glory of God in every story we share.
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Mamas from India & Sri Lanka – & Their Sustainable Projects
Dear Friends -- It is so good to meet with you here, again. We love and appreciate each one of you, and how you stand with us so we can serve God's people with radical love. (To learn more about The Lulu Tree's philosophy of ministry, please go here.) We are...
There’s Fire in Our Feet – West Africa Trip 2022
By Emily The band marches, batons twirl, and dignitaries rise as 44 graduating students enter, garbed in black caps and gowns sewn here in Sierra...
The Haunting Cry of Ishmael – West Africa Trip, 2022
By Emily His name is Gavin, and we’re seated together on the plane from Belgium to Canada. He’s lived in Brussels the past six years but hails from...
When the Helped Becomes the Helper – West Africa Trip, 2022
By Emily He steps out of the vehicle, and the children come. In cut-off shorts, in torn shirts, the village children come, from watering holes and...
Broken Down in Guinea – West Africa Trip, 2022
By Emily They stare into a labyrinth of tubes and wires, a straggle of boys in rags and bare feet, here in Kindia, Guinea. They circle the hood of...
Candles in a Liberian Village – West Africa Trip, November 2022
By Emily It’s been a day of riding motorbikes across red dirt roads pocked with potholes the size of ravines. We pass trucks that have sunk,...
Photos from the Trip to West Africa
Emily is on her way back to Canada... by the time this post reaches you, she'll be home and reunited with her family. Thank you so very much for...
Helping the Single Mothers of Sri Lanka
By Emily This summer we fasted and prayed for 40 days, asking God: a) if He wanted the Lulu Tree to continue, and b) if so, where He would have us...
Stories from mothers learning tailoring in India
Dear Lulu Tree Family -- we asked our partners in north and south India if they would share stories from the tailoring centers of the mothers who...
The Immeasurably More
Post by Jeanne Damoff, Secretary of The Lulu Tree Foundation Board “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine . ....