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Name: Ryan
Country: United States
State: North Carolina
Metro: Greensboro
Birthday: 3/15/1980
Gender: Male
Interests: Things I really like: Girls with short bangs....that play in rock n roll bands....or that wield samurai swords, Driving in a 72 Dodge Charger across Oklahoma while listening to The Darkness, going to Pow wows with friends who drive across the country to visit and don't tell you their comming, learning language and connecting with people in their mother tongue, recieving gifts that people have to know you REALLY well to get you, getting on a plane to go to a new adventure, eating pizza on the balcony of ones 13th floor condo in Rio de Janeiro two blocks away from Copacabana.....and much much more.
Expertise: Selling you on why mini-disc is better than Ipod, Hip-hop production, doing the entire Dane Cook comedy routine.
Occupation: Artist
Industry: Hospitality
Message: message meEmail: email me
AIM:  casteelsprings
MSN: ryan_kee
Member Since:
3/17/2004
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| Hey guys,
Well, I am going to North Dakota with my family for 1 month for some family vacation time. It will be great to unwind, shoot guns, fish with my dad and brother, walk around the prairie, ride horses, go to pow wows, and other wild things.
I live literarly in the middle of nowhere, 26 miles from the nearest town, so there is nothing more exciting than to receive mail. Feel free to go back to the old school and send a hand written mailed letter. Also, any mix cd's are also welcome. Here is the address:
Ryan Kee
5575 15th St. NW
Garrison, ND 58540
USA
If you write me I promise I will write you back, and may even put a little bit of north dakota in your letter...i.e. soil, a grasshopper, a grouse feather, some dried sage, a bullet casing, or something else terribly exciting from the wild west. I leave this Saturday, but if you want to can send even now. There will be a fantastic prize for the most creative correspondence. Love you guys.
Ryan
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| Ok guys. I haven't posted in forever, but if there is ONE Xanga post you read this year...it better be this ONE.
Dear Friends,
Many of you
know me, some of you may not. Either way, you definitely know Maida and Magdy. I
am writing this message on their behalf. More than likely we know them from
having been under their discipleship in a DTS. I know for me, Maida was the
school leader of my DTS. During my DTS I realized the power of her words,
lifestyle, and influence to disciple me in the most amazing ways. Looking back
now, and having been both of their friends for quite some time I realize that I
learn so much from both of them just by watching their lives, their intimacy
with God, their desire for Jesus.
I am writing this guys, because I
know we have all been touched by them in our lives. There is something that in
just being who they are they have imparted to our spiritual walk. I love
talking to Magdy about his passion for Egypt and seeing the burning for
Jesus in his eyes. I love his laughter that fills a room. I love the way Maida
smiles with her eyes closed. The way she says “You’re in trouble you man”, but
most of all the way that she counsels me to grow and press into God. Perhaps
you have been affected, changed, blessed, or loved by these two wonderful
people.
Maida and Magdy have been serving
the body of Christ for years and years. They have raised money in different
ways over the years, but have never had a very strong base of supporters. This
past year I felt the Lord put it on my heart to support Maida and Magdy
monthly. When I talked to them about it they were overjoyed about it saying
they had been praying for supporters for quite some time. Just a few months ago
God put it on my heart to be a voice for them to past students, communicating
their need for supporters. I talked to Maida and she was very touched saying
that she had been praying for quite some time that someone could come along to
help communicate their need.
You might ask “Why don’t they
communicate their need themselves?”. There are 2 reasons: 1)In their Middle
Eastern culture such a direct asking for financial support is an idea that is
very hard to swallow. They will be the first to tell you that they are taking
efforts to step out in this area, just this past year they sat with a handful
of potential donors to talk about supporting them. However, it is a challenging
process that they are working through. 2)Maida and Magdy are definitely in the
21st century, but they are probably not as technological as most of
us. Things like xanga, mass update emailings, databases, etc are concepts they
are just learning how to utilize to keep up with supporters. I offered my
services because I know how to use these tools to get the word out about them a
lot faster than they would know how to use it at this point.
Here’s
the challenge friends, would you pray and ask God if you should financially support
Maida and Magdy? Here is our chance to pour back into the lives of 2 people
that have poured so much into ours. Want an even bigger challenge? Ask God if
you should partner with their ministry and become a monthly supporter! I know
what a lot of people are thinking “I don’t have a lot of money myself, how can
I monthly support someone else?”. Guys, Jesus said that the poor woman who gave
her 2 cents at the temple gave the best offering, because she gave out of her
lack. Its not about HOW MUCH money we give, its about obedience. Asking God “Do
you want me to give, and if so, how much?” and then obeying. It doesn’t matter
if its $10, $15, $25, $50, or even $100 a month. What’s important is are we available
to ask Him if we should be involved, and if so how much does He want us to
give?
If God is calling you to give, here is the info you need to know:
1- Please make your checks out to " UofN Kona Foundation". Address your envelope to the following address:
Cashier; University of the Nations
75-5851 Kuakini Hwy # 256
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, 96740-2199
USA
2- Do not write our name anywhere on the check . IRS regulations require that we return the check to the donor if a name is written on it. You can write a separate note has our name and our mission account number is 5107 and mail it to UofN Kona .
3- Each month you will receive a receipt for the previous donations along with a return envelope and statement to return with your next month 's contribution .The statement has our name and our account number (5107).
Ok guys, so there it is. Stop right now...I promise you have 3 minutes in your day to stop RIGHT now, pray and ask God "Should I give, and if so how much". Love you guys, I will post again...about ME, I promise.
love,
Ryan
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| Man, its amazing. When I just write a couple of sentences I get LOADS of feedback. Howevever, when I used to write "epic poetic biblical analogies" I would get good feedback too...so I guess its the same.
Heres a calandar of my recent life:
April 21-28 New Wave Tour with Loren Cunningham in Spain....freakin amazing, I fell in love with Barcelona and despertly desire to move there. The kids there are so cool, and it almost seems like they don't even try.
May 26-28 Intercession Weekend in Paris....harrrrrd, but good time. Learned a lot about spiritual warefare, esp in Paris.
June 22-28 Week of Vacation in Ireland....killer...stayed at Port Stewart on the North Shore...north of Belfast....cliff diving, surfing, golf, sailing, rugby, Guiness, Anna, Neal, Jacki, Matt.
July 15-30 Summer of Service Paris....two weeks on the street, hip hop dancing, fire throwing, martial arts, break dancing, short films...all to reach people and show them who Jesus really is.
Life is Good, God is Good.
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