It all started with a dream...

On the first day of the new year I had a dream in which I was standing in front of a background of a map of the U.S. talking to Alan and telling him that although it would be hard I had to move and that it was the Lord and I must obey His call on my life. At the time I had no idea the total significance that dream would have on my life, I thought that maybe I would be moving to another state, not out of the entire country!!! A little while later I had a dream in which Lou Engle (a spiritual father to me) was driving a car and I was in the back seat and we were headed to L.A. and he was inviting me into his lifestyle of prayer and fasting. Again I had no idea the total meaning of the dream. Then in the very beginning of March stuff started moving very rapidly.

I had been just working the last several months and seeking the Lord as to the next step in my life and what it was to look like. All of a sudden I got a lot of answers. Alan and I were at a friends house and he showed us this show he had taped called "Over Ireland", (Now I have always had a heart for Ireland and wanted to go minister there, but I knew that it would have to be in the Lord's timing and it wouldn't be alone.) So as we watched this video it became apparent to me that it was having more than a passing effect on Alan, as he was literally on the edge of his seat the entire hour and a half!!! For the next several days it was all he could talk about, I began to seriously think that maybe the Lord was working us in that direction. Up to this point Alan's heart had been set on just working his career and serving the Lord through that for about the last 6 months, so to hear him talk like this I knew it must be the Lord.

We didn't have the slightest idea of where to start or who to talk to but we had the burning in our heart. As I was seeking the Lord for direction I remembered that the Jourden's (an awesome family who runs Generation Won a ministry based out of L.A. which helped make more sense out of the dream with Lou!!!) had been to Ireland the year before, and were possibly going back sometime this summer last I had heard. I had not even talked to them since July of 07 however and had no means of contacting them. So I began trying to hunt down their information. After a couple days I got their e-mail and hit them up with a little info. They wrote me back that same day and I called them up later that night. At this point I was excited but not quite sure what to expect. I told them somewhat of what had been going on and what our heart was and found out to my amazement that they had just sent out an e-mail a few days before announcing their plans to travel back to Ireland for the summer and asking people to pray about coming with them. Not only that but they felt like the Lord had promised them two men to stay over in Ireland full time and help run the base they are going to plant in Belfast this summer!!! Well from that point on all my doubts about whether or not this was totally the Lord's will were totally relieved, and since then it has just been a matter of how and not if!!! due to their connections over there we will be able to get by with only raising a combined 1200-1500 dollars a month, (Lord willing) which is really not that much at all to be full time missionaries. the Lord has continued to give us little affirmations and signs that we are on the right track, and open up doors that only He can, but I will not go into all of those little details right now, I am sure you guys have a pretty good reader's digest type idea of what is going on right now!!! And I am sure there will be more to follow, so thanks for reading and please be praying!!! If you would like to know more about the details or have any questions please feel free to contact us at rediggingthewells@gmail.com

Be blessed,

Evan