So, as you can see, I have been back from Kitale for almost a week and I'm just now writing this post. I'm sorry. But is it not true, my mind's time was better spent in Kitale than on my blog?! Looking back at my last post- I think I was delerious.
There are so many things I could say about Kitale.
I could say that is it one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.
I could say, Christian or not, God has his hands placed on the people of that town.
I could say that I fell in love with the street children.
I could say that I wanted more time.
In the few weeks that I spent in Kitale, my heart broke in ways that it had never been broken before. If you didn't already catch on the last three weeks of my life have been spent in Kenya. The first in Nairobi. The second in Kitale with a team of 10 Americans and 10 Kenyans. And the third just Allison and I and 30 humans I had never met before. The last week was given solely to Oasis. Oasis of Hope is a center for street children to go and just be kids for four hours out of their day. Their main goal is to feed the kids, but they also provide an education and a safe place to be for a few hours of their week. Over the past couple of years, Oasis has become home to 22 boys and a mean of survival for about 100 street children. I don't know what else to say about this place, except for that it stole my heart. Our days were filled with happiness and our nights were filled with green grams and chapati. Posting my 700 pictures on both here and facebook would kill me so either check out my facebook or read Allison's blog of our full three week stay here:
http://kenyakenyakenya.blogspot.com/
Thank you thank you thank you for all of your support. I love you guys and want my two worlds that I love to combine so I can be apart of them both every day.
Nakupenda sana sana (I love you VERY much).
Hope fully the next time I write on this blog it will be in preparation for my next trip to Kenya.
Tuonana baadaye! (See you later!)
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
I don't even know what day it is.
HELLO!
I am so sorry I have taken so long to let you know how I have been doing. This trip has been just so incredible. I'm telling you- God really does have to take me all the way to Kenya just to tell me a years worth of lessons. Right now I'm sitting in the dining room of my home for the next week. There are about twenty college students staying here with a family from Saddleback church in California. I really only know my small group leader Allison- and for the next week she will be my bunk partner.
The past two weeks have been crazy. Our first day here we met with our Kenyan team in Nairobi (my roomate's name is Daizzy). We spent a full week doing some of the hardest serving projects I have yet to encounter. We were back at the school in the slums that I loved so much last year called Chamrecc. We went to a children's orphanage in the slums called Joy Valley. We visited the stinkin cutest babies ever at a baby home called New Life. We went back to Chamrecc to help run a service for the kids. I kissed a giraffe and I didn't like it.
The second week, we traveled to Kitale on Sunday after church. It was the longest 7 hour bus drive I've ever been on. I would love to sit here and write for an hour but I would like to sleep after returning to Kitale after dropping my team off last night in Nairobi.
As Allison would say, here in Kitale storms a brewin'. Write to you tomorrow.
Nakupenda.
I am so sorry I have taken so long to let you know how I have been doing. This trip has been just so incredible. I'm telling you- God really does have to take me all the way to Kenya just to tell me a years worth of lessons. Right now I'm sitting in the dining room of my home for the next week. There are about twenty college students staying here with a family from Saddleback church in California. I really only know my small group leader Allison- and for the next week she will be my bunk partner.
The past two weeks have been crazy. Our first day here we met with our Kenyan team in Nairobi (my roomate's name is Daizzy). We spent a full week doing some of the hardest serving projects I have yet to encounter. We were back at the school in the slums that I loved so much last year called Chamrecc. We went to a children's orphanage in the slums called Joy Valley. We visited the stinkin cutest babies ever at a baby home called New Life. We went back to Chamrecc to help run a service for the kids. I kissed a giraffe and I didn't like it.
The second week, we traveled to Kitale on Sunday after church. It was the longest 7 hour bus drive I've ever been on. I would love to sit here and write for an hour but I would like to sleep after returning to Kitale after dropping my team off last night in Nairobi.
As Allison would say, here in Kitale storms a brewin'. Write to you tomorrow.
Nakupenda.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
6.26.11
It's so unreal to me that today at 9 pm I will be on my way to my favorite place on this planet. But I'm SO ready. So incredibly ready for God to show me things, I'm so ready to listen, I'm SO SO SO ready to be an obedient servant. I'm ready to have my core shook again. Today is the beginning to my new beginning and that's so incredibly scary for me to say out loud and look at me I'm rambling on this blog because I'm still thinking about that toothbrush I have yet to pack. I LOVE LOVE LOVE you guys and I can't wait to share everything I'm going through via this blog with you. Mwahmwahmwah.
Nakupenda Milele.
Ryanne
Nakupenda Milele.
Ryanne
Monday, June 6, 2011
Accessory Party!!!
I am extremely blessed to have the people in my life, that I have.
One of them being, Sue Chambers.
I have been babysitting for Sue for almost 2 years and she has one of the most giving hearts of anyone that I have ever met. So one day as a I walked into the house, Byllie (Sue's daughter) screaming for dear life because she knows when Ryanne comes Momma leaves (which let me just also note that she stops about 5 seconds after Sue walks out the door. It's not like I torture her or anything) Sue asked me how I would feel about her putting a fundraiser on for me.
No, Sue, I would hate it if you ever offered to do something like that...Don't ever bring it up again....
OF COURSE! Oh my gosh, and the planning began!
For the past couple of weeks, we have been collecting jewelry, scarves, hats and tons of accessories!
So this Friday night we are having a Accessory Resale Party at her home at 1894 Parkcrest Dr. Costa Mesa, CA 92627. Everything will be in good condition and mostly under $10.
Please come eat, converse, and buy some accessories! & most importantly, support me on my trip to Kenya:)
One of them being, Sue Chambers.
I have been babysitting for Sue for almost 2 years and she has one of the most giving hearts of anyone that I have ever met. So one day as a I walked into the house, Byllie (Sue's daughter) screaming for dear life because she knows when Ryanne comes Momma leaves (which let me just also note that she stops about 5 seconds after Sue walks out the door. It's not like I torture her or anything) Sue asked me how I would feel about her putting a fundraiser on for me.
No, Sue, I would hate it if you ever offered to do something like that...Don't ever bring it up again....
OF COURSE! Oh my gosh, and the planning began!
For the past couple of weeks, we have been collecting jewelry, scarves, hats and tons of accessories!
So this Friday night we are having a Accessory Resale Party at her home at 1894 Parkcrest Dr. Costa Mesa, CA 92627. Everything will be in good condition and mostly under $10.
Please come eat, converse, and buy some accessories! & most importantly, support me on my trip to Kenya:)
6.6.11
HOLY SMOKES! These past couple of months have gone by so fast & I can't believe I'm almost done with high school forever. Kenya can not come soon enough.
I mean, it's not just my emotional excitement anymore, I can feel it in my bones.
My journey this year, has been so so tough. From stressing about grades, to stressing about finances (I'm 17 years old!!! I didn't think this would be my concern until I was well into my 20s.....) Like I said, Kenya can not come soon enough.
So even there's only a few weeks left there are so many ways you can still support me:)
1) You can tell me how much you love me.
2) You can come to my Accessory Party this Friday.*
3) You can pray for me and my team.
4) You can tell me how much you love my team.
5) You can bring money to Mariners Church this Sunday and get some PANCAKES after the 11 o'clock service!
6) OR you can go to www.marinersoutreach.org/fagiving, select Faith Adventure Donation, type in Kenya Summer 2011 & Ryanne Berube.
*I'll write this is a separate post.
I am so great-ful for you even reading this.
Nakupenda Milele.
I mean, it's not just my emotional excitement anymore, I can feel it in my bones.
My journey this year, has been so so tough. From stressing about grades, to stressing about finances (I'm 17 years old!!! I didn't think this would be my concern until I was well into my 20s.....) Like I said, Kenya can not come soon enough.
So even there's only a few weeks left there are so many ways you can still support me:)
1) You can tell me how much you love me.
2) You can come to my Accessory Party this Friday.*
3) You can pray for me and my team.
4) You can tell me how much you love my team.
5) You can bring money to Mariners Church this Sunday and get some PANCAKES after the 11 o'clock service!
6) OR you can go to www.marinersoutreach.org/fagiving, select Faith Adventure Donation, type in Kenya Summer 2011 & Ryanne Berube.
*I'll write this is a separate post.
I am so great-ful for you even reading this.
Nakupenda Milele.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
4.14.11
I know, I know. I haven't blogged in a while.
So many things have happened with my team too!
For starters:
We had an amazing 18 hour bonding experience together. 18 hours to get away from our busy world and just spend time together. I was also able to spend a copious amount of time "journaling" and I would like to share with you what I wrote about my expectations.
For end-ers:
I have been going nuts over...FUND RAISING!
So far we have a few ideas, a few emails sent out, but nothing set in stone. Every time I add something up and calculate the costs, I feel so defeated. I wanted to do a car wash, but no where will let us have a car wash. Awh man, I hope the heavenly fathers breaks down these obstacles because without any money we have no way to get to the place that he wills us to serve...
Nakupenda Milele
So many things have happened with my team too!
For starters:
We had an amazing 18 hour bonding experience together. 18 hours to get away from our busy world and just spend time together. I was also able to spend a copious amount of time "journaling" and I would like to share with you what I wrote about my expectations.
I am so thankful for my team.My expectations this year, compared to last year, are completely different. I genuinely met Jesus Christ in Kenya last year. I believe that this is the time when I truly fell in love with my heavenly father. I hope that this year I am able to grasp a better understanding of how he wants to work though me. I pray that I am capable of understanding the things that he wants me to hear...Where does he want to do more work in my life? When does he want me to spend time with Him? How can I obey him in my relationships with other people?...I believe it will be the in that time that I truly grasp how much he loves and cares to know me. I want to me immersed with the Holy Spirit........SO that we may have life and have it abundantly.
For end-ers:
I have been going nuts over...FUND RAISING!
So far we have a few ideas, a few emails sent out, but nothing set in stone. Every time I add something up and calculate the costs, I feel so defeated. I wanted to do a car wash, but no where will let us have a car wash. Awh man, I hope the heavenly fathers breaks down these obstacles because without any money we have no way to get to the place that he wills us to serve...
Nakupenda Milele
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Online Edition of my Support Letter
Dear Family & Friends,
For many of you, this may be the second letter you have received from me regarding my favorite country on the African continent; Kenya. Last year, I was completely humbled and extremely grateful with everyone’s support financially and spiritually; thank you. Jesus continued to put Kenya on my heart since my first mission trip to Nairobi, Kenya last July. I was able to learn some powerful things about God’s love for us and have continually shown them through my actions. I hope I have brought a little bit of Kenya back to Newport Beach!
Since then God has done some amazing things in my own life here at home. I was given the opportunity to serve on the High School Ministries leadership, work with Junior High Ministries every Sunday morning, help start a children’s ministry at a brand new church, and in the November of 2010 I was baptized at Mariners Church! In the fall of next year I will be attending Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA. It has been quite the busy year!
In between AP classes, babysitting jobs and being the “in-home nanny” for my brother and sister, I have somehow found the opportunity to be invited back to Kenya. I have been asked, again, by Mariners Church to attend High School Ministries Faith Adventure from June 26 to July 18 as a Student leader. I was so positively affected by my last trip to Kenya that I am going as a servant of God in high hopes to be apart of the students growth with Jesus. For the first half of the trip, I will be serving in Nairobi, just as I did last year, with a group of Kenyan High School Students. We will be traveling to the slums of Kibera to run a Vacation Bible School, visiting internally displaced people’s camps, and traveling to a smaller village called Kitale, to work with an organization called Oasis of Hope. For the second half of the trip, I will return to Kitale, Kenya with just my bible study leader Allison Hibbard. For Allison, Kitale is her second home. We will be living with her friends working more intensely with Oasis of Hope. Ultimately, this will be a completely different experience then that of which I had last year.
I would love to have you be apart of this trip to Kenya with me. There are two opportunities for you to be apart of this journey with me. The first way is committing to keep me in your thoughts and prayers and I go through this journey. Positive thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated for the physical and spiritual safety of my team.
The second way is financially. If you want to help financially, you can contribute online by credit card, using the instructions on the enclosed envelope (we accept Visa, MasterCard and Amex). If you would like to write a check, please write your check to Mariners Church. On the memo line designate (trip Name) and fill out the envelope. We will take donations at any time but are hoping to see the support by (date). Please mail the gift to 5001 Newport Coast Drive. Irvine, CA. 92603. You can also give online by going to "http://www.marinersoutreach.org/fagiving" www.marinersoutreach.org/fagiving . I will see that you have donated but will not know what amount you have given.
I know and understand that these are difficult times, but please know that any amount helps and is greatly appreciated!
With lots of love and excitement,
Ryanne <3
For many of you, this may be the second letter you have received from me regarding my favorite country on the African continent; Kenya. Last year, I was completely humbled and extremely grateful with everyone’s support financially and spiritually; thank you. Jesus continued to put Kenya on my heart since my first mission trip to Nairobi, Kenya last July. I was able to learn some powerful things about God’s love for us and have continually shown them through my actions. I hope I have brought a little bit of Kenya back to Newport Beach!
Since then God has done some amazing things in my own life here at home. I was given the opportunity to serve on the High School Ministries leadership, work with Junior High Ministries every Sunday morning, help start a children’s ministry at a brand new church, and in the November of 2010 I was baptized at Mariners Church! In the fall of next year I will be attending Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA. It has been quite the busy year!
In between AP classes, babysitting jobs and being the “in-home nanny” for my brother and sister, I have somehow found the opportunity to be invited back to Kenya. I have been asked, again, by Mariners Church to attend High School Ministries Faith Adventure from June 26 to July 18 as a Student leader. I was so positively affected by my last trip to Kenya that I am going as a servant of God in high hopes to be apart of the students growth with Jesus. For the first half of the trip, I will be serving in Nairobi, just as I did last year, with a group of Kenyan High School Students. We will be traveling to the slums of Kibera to run a Vacation Bible School, visiting internally displaced people’s camps, and traveling to a smaller village called Kitale, to work with an organization called Oasis of Hope. For the second half of the trip, I will return to Kitale, Kenya with just my bible study leader Allison Hibbard. For Allison, Kitale is her second home. We will be living with her friends working more intensely with Oasis of Hope. Ultimately, this will be a completely different experience then that of which I had last year.
I would love to have you be apart of this trip to Kenya with me. There are two opportunities for you to be apart of this journey with me. The first way is committing to keep me in your thoughts and prayers and I go through this journey. Positive thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated for the physical and spiritual safety of my team.
The second way is financially. If you want to help financially, you can contribute online by credit card, using the instructions on the enclosed envelope (we accept Visa, MasterCard and Amex). If you would like to write a check, please write your check to Mariners Church. On the memo line designate (trip Name) and fill out the envelope. We will take donations at any time but are hoping to see the support by (date). Please mail the gift to 5001 Newport Coast Drive. Irvine, CA. 92603. You can also give online by going to "http://www.marinersoutreach.org/fagiving" www.marinersoutreach.org/fagiving . I will see that you have donated but will not know what amount you have given.
I know and understand that these are difficult times, but please know that any amount helps and is greatly appreciated!
With lots of love and excitement,
Ryanne <3
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