“We met Beulah Brown on our first trip to deliver food boxes five years ago. We were a little shell-shocked from some of our other visits because we had not spent much time in the world of poverty before that day. We met people living in dark, depressing places that were literally falling down around them. We met a lady that had clearly just been abused before we knocked on the door. We met a foster mom with a bingo casino in her basement. It was a hard, heavy day. We were not sure what to expect on this last stop. We knocked and a voice just said “Come in!” So we walked in, introduced ourselves and explained why we were there. Then, this woman we had just met welcomed us without question and without reserve into her home and into her life. She became our sister the moment we met her.
Beulah Brown is one of the most vibrant, joyful, generous people you will ever meet. Her love for God shows in every way – the way she loves people, the way she shares anything she has, the way she has raised many children that were not her own, the way she jumps up out of her chair to praise Him when she is overcome with thankfulness. She sings, prays and laughs from deep within her soul.
Beulah grew up in Selma, Alabama during the Civil Rights era, so she knows more than most people what it was like to experience and overcome extreme racism. Yet, she still loves anyone and everyone without prejudice. She goes through life trying to bring people together and show that we should all love one another regardless of where we come from or what we look like. When she was a girl, her mom worked for a white family and Beulah would go to work with her when school was out. All of Beulah’s friends were white. It was normal to her. As she grew older, people started to make fun of her for having white friends and would call her, “white girl.” She embraced it then and still says today, “I’m as much a white girl as I am a black girl.”
Beulah loves her church and her pastor and works hard to lead the congregation in loving one another and taking care of their bi-vocational pastor who sacrifices much to lead their church. She loves to bring people together for old-fashioned gospel singings. Gathering together with other Christ-followers to worship God through soulful, rich music is a truly spiritual experience. Beulah feels emotion very deeply and that comes across in her love of music and singing.
Beulah loves her neighbors. She makes sure she knows everyone on her street and loves to sit on the porch and call out to whoever walks outside. They know her and respect her. She is not afraid to lecture a random kid about manners or to gather up a group of teens standing around outside to talk to them about work ethic. She wants her community to be better. She wants her race to love and help one another. She wants racial relations to be better in Birmingham.
Beulah loves to tell stories with lots of Beulah-invented proverbs. We love these sayings. Sometimes they make no sense to us, but often there is deep meaning behind them and we try to learn from her experience. “Now there’s a lie in truth’s clothing.” “He should have a zipper on his neck.” “Those things on the side of your head are for listening.” “That’s just a country duck trying to be a city duck.” “You wanna go out drinking, fine, but, give me 66 ounces of the TRUTH!” Sixty-six books of the Bible. She loves the Word and truly does want to live by it.
We are grateful Beulah is in our lives, bringing joy, laughter and a song full of Jesus. She inspires us to be passionate about worship and about praising our Father in everything we do. Life is better with Beulah.
Please pray with us for Beulah – she has had health issues and has been in the hospital for a couple of weeks. We pray that she will feel better soon and be back on her feet doing what she does best – loving God and loving people.”
“We met Beulah Brown on our first trip to deliver food boxes five years ago. We were a little shell-shocked from some of our other visits because we had not spent much time in the world of poverty before that day. We met people living in dark, depressing places that were literally falling down around them. We met a lady that had clearly just been abused before we knocked on the door. We met a foster mom with a bingo casino in her basement. It was a hard, heavy day. We were not sure what to expect on this last stop. We knocked and a voice just said “Come in!” So we walked in, introduced ourselves and explained why we were there. Then, this woman we had just met welcomed us without question and without reserve into her home and into her life. She became our sister the moment we met her.
Beulah Brown is one of the most vibrant, joyful, generous people you will ever meet. Her love for God shows in every way – the way she loves people, the way she shares anything she has, the way she has raised many children that were not her own, the way she jumps up out of her chair to praise Him when she is overcome with thankfulness. She sings, prays and laughs from deep within her soul.
Beulah grew up in Selma, Alabama during the Civil Rights era, so she knows more than most people what it was like to experience and overcome extreme racism. Yet, she still loves anyone and everyone without prejudice. She goes through life trying to bring people together and show that we should all love one another regardless of where we come from or what we look like. When she was a girl, her mom worked for a white family and Beulah would go to work with her when school was out. All of Beulah’s friends were white. It was normal to her. As she grew older, people started to make fun of her for having white friends and would call her, “white girl.” She embraced it then and still says today, “I’m as much a white girl as I am a black girl.”
Beulah loves her church and her pastor and works hard to lead the congregation in loving one another and taking care of their bi-vocational pastor who sacrifices much to lead their church. She loves to bring people together for old-fashioned gospel singings. Gathering together with other Christ-followers to worship God through soulful, rich music is a truly spiritual experience. Beulah feels emotion very deeply and that comes across in her love of music and singing.
Beulah loves her neighbors. She makes sure she knows everyone on her street and loves to sit on the porch and call out to whoever walks outside. They know her and respect her. She is not afraid to lecture a random kid about manners or to gather up a group of teens standing around outside to talk to them about work ethic. She wants her community to be better. She wants her race to love and help one another. She wants racial relations to be better in Birmingham.
Beulah loves to tell stories with lots of Beulah-invented proverbs. We love these sayings. Sometimes they make no sense to us, but often there is deep meaning behind them and we try to learn from her experience. “Now there’s a lie in truth’s clothing.” “He should have a zipper on his neck.” “Those things on the side of your head are for listening.” “That’s just a country duck trying to be a city duck.” “You wanna go out drinking, fine, but, give me 66 ounces of the TRUTH!” Sixty-six books of the Bible. She loves the Word and truly does want to live by it.
We are grateful Beulah is in our lives, bringing joy, laughter and a song full of Jesus. She inspires us to be passionate about worship and about praising our Father in everything we do. Life is better with Beulah.
Please pray with us for Beulah – she has had health issues and has been in the hospital for a couple of weeks. We pray that she will feel better soon and be back on her feet doing what she does best – loving God and loving people.”
“We met Beulah Brown on our first trip to deliver food boxes five years ago. We were a little shell-shocked from some of our other visits because we had not spent much time in the world of poverty before that day. We met people living in dark, depressing places that were literally falling down around them. We met a lady that had clearly just been abused before we knocked on the door. We met a foster mom with a bingo casino in her basement. It was a hard, heavy day. We were not sure what to expect on this last stop. We knocked and a voice just said “Come in!” So we walked in, introduced ourselves and explained why we were there. Then, this woman we had just met welcomed us without question and without reserve into her home and into her life. She became our sister the moment we met her.
Beulah Brown is one of the most vibrant, joyful, generous people you will ever meet. Her love for God shows in every way – the way she loves people, the way she shares anything she has, the way she has raised many children that were not her own, the way she jumps up out of her chair to praise Him when she is overcome with thankfulness. She sings, prays and laughs from deep within her soul.
Beulah loves her church and her pastor and works hard to lead the congregation in loving one another and taking care of their bi-vocational pastor who sacrifices much to lead their church. She loves to bring people together for old-fashioned gospel singings. Gathering together with other Christ-followers to worship God through soulful, rich music is a truly spiritual experience. Beulah feels emotion very deeply and that comes across in her love of music and singing.
Beulah loves to tell stories with lots of Beulah-invented proverbs. We love these sayings. Sometimes they make no sense to us, but often there is deep meaning behind them and we try to learn from her experience. “Now there’s a lie in truth’s clothing.” “He should have a zipper on his neck.” “Those things on the side of your head are for listening.” “That’s just a country duck trying to be a city duck.” “You wanna go out drinking, fine, but, give me 66 ounces of the TRUTH!” Sixty-six books of the Bible. She loves the Word and truly does want to live by it.