Adebola Rayo, Writer, Communication Consultant, Editor

Do Not Hold Back

I said to a friend that when I ask God for stuff, He just gives me work to do. It’s been a time of being stretched. Of being pruned. Of growth.

FaithRayoJune 23, 2018faith, work, life, God, Growth, Isaiah 54 Comments

Mr. Peter's Birds

One morning, from my sleep I can hear birds chirping, and it is so clear it feels like they’re flying above my head, cartoon-style.

TravelRayoNovember 25, 2017Travel, work, Katsina, Ake FestivalComment

I Have Met a Man

I wanted to run around announcing, like that woman, I have met a man who told me all I ever did. And He loves me more than people.

FaithRayoOctober 17, 2017faith, love, Jesus, Samaritan Woman, repentance, joyComment

Windows in the Sky

Our first apartment sat on the cross of Onipan and Ilupeju. We were wide-eyed pretend-adults struggling to have money left at the end of the month.

TravelRayoOctober 2, 2017family, life, love, travel, work, Katsina Comments

Connect the Dots

I usually start each TinyLetter by pooling random notes and half-formed thoughts to find the common thread in my thoughts over a recent period.

TravelRayoAugust 23, 2017travel, life, Gisenyi, Civil War, Rwanda, Kigali, Goree Island, Dakar, Lake Kivu, Lake MuhaziComment

Casting Nets

One would think that after Christ prayed/said this, Peter would have smooth sailing, right? Dude went on to deny him, and then went back to fishing.

FaithRayoAugust 16, 2017faith, uncertainty, Jesus, Peter, PrayerComment

Life, in Retrospect

Love does not die calmly, even when it dies quietly. It is a storm that leaves someone asking whys and your heart skipping.

TravelRayoJuly 21, 2017love, life, travel, selfComment

Moments that Embrace

It is easier to lead people down the path of their own happiness than to explain the questions I have not even answered to myself. Don’t give me sorrow.

TravelRayoJune 24, 2017Lamu Island, Shela Village, kenya, travel, life, love, Manda IslandComment

That's Uncool, God

Often, because I do not see the end, or I assume the wrong end, I am wary of following instructions; however, I’m learning that God knows the end.

FaithRayoJune 15, 2017Faith, God, Obedience, loveComment

Let's Take A Walk

A few weeks ago, E asked, "Why does fun stop for grown ups?” I did not know what to answer. I still don’t know, but I think I’m relearning what it means to have fun.

TravelRayoJune 10, 2017Nairobi, life, travel, NollywoodComment

I Told You

In day time, I'd sit outside and just stare at the parts of the city that looked like hills had climbed into heaven to nuzzle the skies. In the dark of night, city lights shone.

Travel, FaithRayoMay 12, 2017work, change, career, writing, art, faith, musicComment

Floating

I forgot to push my body forward or relax, and so I sank, bending knees in search for floor, hands flailing in panic that he would be distracted and I would drown.

TravelRayoApril 15, 2017lifeComment

Off The Train

I follow random conversations everywhere, and I followed this one out of the mouth of a 77-year-old man and off a train at a random stop to a bar.

TravelRayoMarch 18, 2017travel, culture, history, KenyaComment

The Practice of Love

It didn’t matter what I went to do in the kitchen, and it didn’t matter if the housekeeper was coming. I had to wash the plates and not say a thing.

FaithRayoMarch 7, 2017love, God, emotionsComment

Sunday Sherry

Each photo is accompanied by a short, hand-written description, and I spend a Sunday afternoon after church sipping sherry and chatting with the aged couple.

Travel, FaithRayoMarch 4, 2017books, history, Nervous Conditions, Tsitsi Dangarembga, TravelComment