Staff
Noah Tullay
- noah.tullay@wordmadeflesh.org
- Country
- Sierra-Leone
Noah Tullay was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in 1980. He grew up with his father, his father's two wives and their children. Noah is his mother's only child, and he never knew her. When Noah was 10 years old, his father died, and Noah went to live with his aunt and uncle. When his uncle died, Noah dropped out of school, stopped going to church and lived with various friends or on the street. In 1997, he received Christ after hearing a group of missionaries speak. After that, Noah returned to school and graduated from a Bible school and secondary school.
In 1999 - in the midst of Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war - the rebels invaded Freetown, and thousands of people fled to refugee camps. The elders from Noah's church decided to help in displacement camps and in one of the poorest areas of Freetown, called Kroo Bay (the same community where Noah lived). They wanted to share the gospel with the kids in this area, so they created the Kroo Bay Good News Club. After a while, most of the church volunteers stopped helping, and Noah found himself alone in Kroo Bay, struggling to feed and teach more than 200 kids every week. One week, a friend brought Jared and Julie Landreth, the first WMF Sierra Leone staff, to Kroo Bay. The Landreths began to care for the health of these kids, treating their illnesses, infections and sores.
Shortly after this, Noah decided to bring Remie, a boy from the street, into his home to live with him. Noah saw himself and his history in Remie - growing up alone, moving from place to place. Noah knew that Remie needed care and schooling. Word Made Flesh came alongside Noah, and helped him to provide for Remie's basic needs and schooling. Later, Noah brought in two other boys, Mohamed and Saidu, and WMF and he care for them as well. While being a ministry partner and the field advisor for WMF, Noah is currently studying accounting and business in college. He had the opportunity to attend the WMF Field Forum in Sri Lanka in March, and everyone who attended appreciated his presence, unique insight and contribution to the forum.