Drumchapel, Scotland

     Hello world,
     Kelsie and I are currently in Drumchapel, Scotland. We've been here since Monday evening so today is our fourth full day here. The students and summer staff have been leading a Holiday Club for the local kids aged 5-12 (Holiday Club is the European term for a VBS). During the first half hour of the program the kids participate in worship and watch a skit performed by a few of our students. They also have been learning Ephesians 6.15 by heart, "Wear shoes that are able to speed you on as you preach the good news of peace with God." Matt (our trip leader) and I have been leading the kids in the hand motions for the verse and I have also been leading the kids in warm-ups (which are exercises but more meant to make them laugh than really stretch them). They also have snack time, games, crafts, and a Bible story that all support the story for the day. Today is the final day of our Holiday Club and on Sunday we will be leaving for Govanhill, which is located in Glasgow.
     Scotland is very beautiful and reminds me very much of Ireland as I suspected it might.  Kelsie loves it here and is the only person on our team who has been to Drumchapel previously. The last Royal Servants trip that came here was the EuroQuest team in 2009 when Kelsie was a small group leader. It's a small area but we've performed at the local park a couple of times and our students have shared the gospel with many different people. Some have kept the tract our students gave them and some have torn it up. But as our team learned at training camp, "Successful witnessing is taking the initiative to share Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results up to God." We are merely called to share God's love with the world, not convince them of it. Only God has the power to do that.
     Our remaining itinerary is roughly as follows:
     July 5-15 Govanhill, Glasgow
     July 15-23 Dunoon, Argyll
     July 23-28 London, England
     July 29 Flight Home
Please continue to pray:
- That Kelsie and I would keep moving toward God, and consequently, toward each other.
- For our students to keep pushing on as we have been doing Holiday Club in the afternoons and street ministry in the evenings and that they would not succumb to weariness.
- That Damien, a young Scottish man who has been hanging out with our team and the Scottish Christians here, would know the truth of Jesus Christ. He has a thousand questions and clearly is searching for something to fulfill him but thus far is content believing there is no God.