"Use Me"

One of my favorite Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir pieces is "Use Me". This week has been quite appropriate for this song.

The following is the chorus from the song:
"If you can use anything Lord, you can use me.
If you can use anything Lord, you can use me.
Take my hands and my feet, touch my heart and speak through me.
If you can use anything Lord, you can use me."

This is really a testimony for my roommate, Ray Wolfgang, on this Kenya short-term missions trip. We've been briefly acquainted before this trip at ACAC through a Sunday school class. Let me introduce you to him (with his permission) and the Lord's use of him on this missions trip. I surveyed our team to describe him. Ray is an adult Boy Scout. It is an understatement to say that he personifies the Boy Scout motto, "Be Prepared". If our team has needed items for construction and other things, Ray had it. Teammates have also commented on his resourcefulness, unassuming manner, and gentle spirit.

Ray and I are a study in contrast. Ray has been at ACAC for three years and this is his first missions participation. For me, I have attended ACAC 25 years and actively involved in missions most of that time. Yet, this is our first missions trip. For Ray it has been a baptism by fire. He has never been on airplane before, and yet think about how far we've come to get to Tenwek and to serve the Bemms, and orphans at Kenduiwo. The Lord has revealed to me through Ray, that we don't have to be a "super" christian to participate in missions. He only asks us to be available.

Today started with rain (discouraging) and it made traveling and walking difficult. "Man plans his ways but the Lord directs his steps". After a short devotion and prayer, the rain stopped and the sun came out. It was wonderful and a lot got accomplished such as painting of pearlings, facia and trusses. The orphan kids appreciated learning the "Hokey Pokey". The women anticipate teaching them another traditional western PA wedding dance, "The Chicken Dance".

Blessings from Tenwek.
Jon Martz