After morning training and lunch, the Govan team spent some time walking around Govan initiating conversation and doing some narrative mapping. Narrative mapping is the act of building a physical and spiritual "map" of a certain area based on conversations and observations of the culture. We specifically were given the task of concentrating on spiritual mapping by engaging people we encountered in conversations and asking questions regarding what they viewed as the religions represented in the area, what they believed personally and if they believed in God, and other similar questions. As a group of 4 we made it a goal to engage 10 people in conversation, which we accomplished. We were better able to understand the spiritual atmosphere and give the workers living here some more information.
After mapping, we headed to our favorite local cafe, Cafe 13, to do the simple church Bible study method and then made our way to TJ and Deena's home to do some babysitting! One of our favorite Quest traditions is letting the parents have a fun night out while we watch the kids, and Trevor, Kayla, and Kyle had a great time watching their 5 year old boy and 7 week old girl. Chef Kyle make an awesome stir fry for dinner for everyone and we all enjoyed playing games with Eli. It was a long, fun day and after a great team debrief we all crashed.
The Partick Team broke off after lunch and headed to the main road "Dumbarton" to prayer walk. We then took a car ride out of the city to visit an older believing couple named Brian and Isabelle in the town of Blanefield. It was great getting to hear their stories of faith and to see how God has worked in their lives. Brian was from Edinburgh and Isabelle grew up right in Goven. Their faith was encouraging and it gave us a larger perspective on how God works on a global scale.
After this we traveled back to Patrick and Erin's home to babysit for this and give them a date night. While they went out to spend some quality time together, team Partick watched (and sang along to) Tangled. It was a low key night, but not all forms of service are super spiritual and it was a blessing to have the chance to "wash the feet" of Erin and Patrick.
Wednesday is our last day of work before heading to Stirling on Thursday. Pray for energy to finish our work faithfully. Pray for members of our team as they share their faith with local students.
With Love,
Team Scotland