///////////////// My Summer (May 17-August 1, 2009) /////////////////
My summer in Nicaragua was life-changing. It was nothing like what I expected. I went down there with all these plans to do all these things, and like I said to my church one Sunday, God’s plan was to jerk a knot in my butt, in the spiritual sense. I really realized a lot of things I wasn’t giving the Lord dominion over in my life. I had made Jesus my savior, accepted what he did for me on the cross, but I hadn’t made him my Lord, I hadn’t given him complete and total control of my life.
All summer, the Lord kept chiseling away at the old Evan, showing me ting after thing in my life he wanted me to give to Him. I began to realize that the summer was less about me doing anything for the people in our village, and more about the Lord bringing me to a place where he could truly do a great work in me. And that, he did, and is still doing.
////////////////////// MY FUTURE PLANS //////////////////////
After much prayer and discussion, I am planning to take Spring semester off from UNCC and return to Nicaragua. This means leaving sometime shortly after Christmas and returning in May, or possibly as late as August.
/////////////////// WHAT I WANT FROM YOU ///////////////////
First, I want an opportunity. I want an opportunity to share with you what the Lord is doing. If you would like for me to come talk to you, your family, your Sunday school class, your small group, your baseball team, your church - your ANYTHING, please ask. I
Second, I want your money. If you’ve read this far, obviously you have some sort of interest in what i’m doing, and I am very grateful for that. I have felt the call to go back to Nicaragua for a longer length of time. God is using New Song Mission Nicaragua to do amazing things for his Kingdom, and he is calling me to be a part of it.
You can help me by…
/////////////// committing to sponsor me for $15/month ///////////////
Starting in November. The concept behind this is 50 cents a day, less than they charge to add cheese to your burger at most places. This is an amount I know most families can afford, and it will actually benefit me more to have a bigger number of small sponsors than a smaller number of big sponsors, for several reasons. First, with this economic situation, if I have 30 sponsors, and a family can’t afford to send in their money one month, it’s not going to kill me. Second, the more sponsors I have, the more people that have personal involvement with what I’m doing, and I like that. I will be sending out monthly updates and pictures (in the mail) to anyone and everyone who decides to sponsor me.
/////////////////// If $15 isn’t right for you ///////////////////
Send less, send more. Doesn’t make any difference to me. Do what you can. I will love you the same, i promise 
/////////////////// HOW TO SIGN UP ///////////////////
For now, if you are interested, just shoot me an email at evan@evandixon.com. Include your preferred email address, mailing address, telephone number, and a general idea of how much you would be willing to support me with on a monthly basis.
Love you guys, and thank you for reading.