India

I can't sit by and watch anymore. God has taken the solitude of the summer to renew a passion in me for the mission He created me for. 


I work for SpringHill because our mission is to create life-changing experiences which enable young people to know and grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. I have never been satisfied with that mission simply being in the Midwest of the United States. Over the past 6 years, God has been opening my eyes to the plight of a  particular group of people in India - the Dalit. 


This December, in a partnership with Granger Community Church, Jay Taylor and I are going to India in order to do help do God's work with the Dalit children of Southern India. Our particular trip is being called "Hopes and Dreams" and our task, as it has been given to us, is to help teach the Dalit children of the village of Kalavai that they are loved and valued by God.





On top of the 13 people we are traveling with to India, we are looking for people who are excited about what we are doing and who are willing to partner with us, both prayerfully and financially. If you would like to partner with us, it is super easy to give. You can go to GCC's Support Page, create an account (very easy), and you're set.  If you'd rather a simpler method, you can use Paypal through THIS LINK.  In either case, you MUST indicate Jay Taylor or Liz Taylor for the funds to be allocated properly.


If you want to find out more about what we are doing while in India, Jay and I would love to talk. The links below also provide information about the need in India.

Dalit Freedom Network - an organization building schools for Dalit children.

Kalavai video - a village transformed by GCC through planting a church and starting small businesses.

Life Mission International - the church planting organization working in partnership with GCC.

National Geographic - a gripping article on the oppression still present in the defunct caste system.

So I've had some time to think. . .

This past summer was an interesting experience for me. Working for a summer camp, I was undoubtedly super busy from May until September, but the part of my job that I didn't expect was that the majority of time was spent alone.

Of course I had training where I was able to spend countless hours training all my little admins.

I was able to travel and visit some of our day camp locations.

And I was able to host dozens of college students at my house for dinners and movie nights along with housing them for weeks of camp.

But the majority of the summer was spent here:

Alone. That solitude gave me a tremendous amount of time to think. Think about life, think about purpose, think about wall colors, think about friends, think about the things I have chosen to pursue in my life. I had time to analyze my job (I have not been working within my strengths). I had time pray.

I have always been a mission-driven person; my mission being that I want people to know God and I want children, especially, to know that they are loved by God. On paper and to the casual observer, I am working fully within that mission these days and yet I realize that I was created to move and act on that mission rather than merely sit and think about that mission. I was made to be with people, not just talk to them on the phone. I began to pray that God would allow me to use the gifts and talents that he has given me to join Him in His work in a tangible way. He answered that prayer in a way I never would have imagined, but details will need to wait until a later post.

Oh my goodness. . .

I haven't posted since May 21st? I fail. Perhaps that is a good indicator of how much time my summer job took this past summer. Well, to jump back into the blogging world, let's look back at the Taylor/Davy Siblings trip to Michigan. Ben, Crystal, Melissa, Ben, Amy, Addison, and Nora traveled through the night and were with us for a weekend. Here are some pictures from that time.

(Pool Time!)

 (Fire crackers on the 4th!)

 (Classy guys, classy . . . )

( The Coolest part of the whole playground. Addie got a ride . . . )

 (Nora got a ride. . . )

 (And the adults all made a try at it!)

 (the Taylor sibling method of choice: note the next three pictures)

(This method had more to do with modesty than efficiency)

 I promise to update more soon - there are some big things coming!


(Oh, and that does not mean I am pregnant)