Are you guys getting tired of hearing about our trip to Kitale yet?
I certainly hope not , cause I’m sure I am not the only one that has a lot more to share about this life changing trip.
We’ve been back for a little over a week and I have already experience a large range of emotions after coming back.
As many of you know, I went to Rwanda in May to teach a group of women how to construct a few items that we are selling on the Platinum site.
That was the trip that first caught my heart of fire for Africa.
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Since May I haven’t been able to get Africa out of my mind and you can only imagine my excitement when Denise told me we were going back to Africa in November.
I knew this trip would be life changing, just as the first one had been, but I didn’t know that it would effect me so much more than the first one.
This trip was way different than the first.
First, we were traveling to Kenya instead of Rwanda and we would be hanging out with kids instead of women.
I wouldn’t be spending my days teaching some of the most amazing women I have ever meet how to sew.
But I did, however, get to spend my days in Kitale with some of the most amazing kids I’ve ever met, that have forever changed my life.
(I even got to teach some of them how to make the DIY doll I shared a while back)
Every time someone asks me about my trip I end up telling it differently. I have been processing our trip everyday since we’ve been back and different things stick out each day.
(This boy melts my heart. Those sad eyes killed me every time I saw him)
I couldn’t get the kids out of my mind this weekend. I have so many things I want to do. I have been braining storming since the second we got home on how to get myself back. I know that Africa is in my future (whether that is long term, or not). I know what I want but now I have to figure out how to make it happen.
Denise is always encouraging others to dream big…and I have HUGE dreams for Kenya.
I don’t know what my future holds but I do know somehow it will involve Africa one way or another.
I love the saying “if your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough” and I’m a firm believer in this.
I can’t wait to see what my future holds, along with MJC’s future with Africa but I hope it’s huge!
I have more to share but I’ll give you guys a few days before I share more.
-Kiara
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I am glad you are so excited…but I truly do not understand MJC putting so much into other countries. There are so many kids who need help here…..there are so many women here who need jobs….yet everything you do now seems to be sending money outside this country. China producing your clothing is a huge insult and to now know that profits will be going to Africa has turned a lot of people off. I guess the days of MJ being a homegrown business, one where it was once said would never be sold online bc you didnt want to get too big and wanted that personal contact with trunk keepers. Words cannot fully express how repulsed I now am to this brand.
I will never get tired of hearing about your trip. I hope to make the same trip some day. How wonderful would it be if MJC could manufacture their clothes in Africa instead of China!
I love your stories too. And the pictures are so heart warming.
Every time I see that picture of you it makes my heart melt. I have no doubt that someday I will be visiting you Kenya!! Keep believing and it will happen! Xo
I adored that you brought some of the dolls you made. They were so cute and what a nice one-of-a-kind gift. I love to make some for you to take on future trips!
So inspiring! Thank you for sharing your dreams with us! Beautiful children!
I could hear about your trip everyday. So inspiring…I am sure you have no idea the positive impact you made on those beatuiful children as well. Keep posting
I love hearing the stories, and seeing the photos! It is inspiring to see dreams become realities.
I think it’s absolutely wonderfull all that you ladies do and will continue to do for others. I love reading your Africa posts and seein the kids don’t stop posting them!