Glasgow Saturday

Despite our late arrival to Lapwing, we managed enough set-up on Friday night to stay on schedule for Saturday. That afforded us the opportunity to venture into Glasgow for the day. Even though many of us have been to the city before, it is always enjoyable to walk around, take in the sights, and the people walking the streets.

We started the day at the Glasgow Cathedral -- which took about 500 years to build. As Tom noted, "can you imagine that building campaign?!" The structure shows the wear of a building that's been around for centuries, but it's beauty still comes through.

Outside the cathedral is a statue of the famous Scottish missionary, David Livingstone.

After the cathedral, we were released in the City Centre for a few hours to explore the city on our own and do some shopping. Some enjoyed a nice lunch at the Willow Tea Room. (One pastor is believed to have ordered coffee and chili. Sources say he tried to order a corn dog too, but they were fresh out.)

After our free time in the city, we boarded our van and headed over the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum near Glasgow University. The Kelvingrove boasts an array of art and objects covering 22 themes. Among the many exhibits is Sophie Cave's Floating Heads installation which makes quite the impression in person.

The Kelvingrove is also home to some works of the masters, including these two pieces:

Rembrandt's A Main in Armour, circa 1655 or 1659

Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross, circa 1951

All that art left us a bit peckish, but luckily we had reservations at Cafe Salma, our tour guide, Harry's favorite Indian restaurant. There, we enjoyed some great appetizers of chicken tikka, fried vegetables, and lamb kabobs. The entrees were a combination of chicken and vegetable curries served family style, rice, and nan. After dinner, we enjoyed a glass of Moroccan tea which smelled like melted Doublemint gum.

After dinner, we came back to Lapwing and met up with the team from Potter's House and enjoyed some time of prayer and worship in preparation for camp. We prayed for the campers who are coming that they would experience freedom from the chains that bind them and hold them back from what the Lord has planned for them. We also prayed for our new camp assistants who have graduated from "camper" and on their way towards being counselors in the coming years. We prayed that they would not believe any lies that they are "disqualified" from serving this week because of anything they've done in the last year, months, weeks, or days. The Lord loves them and has a task for each of them this week. We prayed that the Lord would speak through Mason Tanner this week and that the Lord's words would penetrate the hearts of these students. Finally, we prayed that the students would dream dreams this week ... for themselves and for their nation!