The Man Named Evan J.

Well, I made my site.  Now to see where it goes from here.  I am just going to put whatever I want on this site.  I’ll tell you what I think and other things about things.  I suppose I should start with telling you who I am.

I live for the LORD everyday and try to abide by his word. He deserves it all, and that is what I want to give to him. I will bear my cross and follow Him where ever he takes me. He has saved me from eternal condemnation, and he DOES deserve it all. He has blessed me so much in my life, and I know that he deserves all the glory and praise! He suffered, died, buried, and rose again to for me and to save all mankind from Hell. All that he asks us to do is put our trust in him and follow him to the ends of the earth. He gave me a second chance to live when my heart was failing. I was so close to death and he let me come back to be alive today. He saved me from death in life, and the eternal death of Hell. I will follow him all of my days.

I am a big jazz-man. Pretty much, I live for music.  It is my secret passion.  I am single and a hopeless romantic. I love walks in the middle of the night to clear my mind and talk to God. I play music and video games and watch movies. There are many things I like, and I could go on telling you, but I’ll stop talkin’ on that.

When I was born, I had a heart disease called transposition of the major arteries, where my anatomy was really messed up. I had had multiple surgeries to try to correct it, but when I was fifteen, I was told that I would need a transplant. I was admitted to the hospital of December of 2003. I waited for 4 months. I died one night when my heart coded and I went into cardiac arrest. I was, obviously, resuscitated. I did receive a transplant in March of 2004. I have always marveled at how God saved me from death, much as He saves us from Hell. Someone gave their heart, their life so that I may live. I could only take the heart if it was perfect. This man is a prime example of Jesus. Only the perfect Son of God could save us from Hell. He has given me this chance to write this today.  After my transplant, I felt amazing. My body was now working at a capacity it never could before. I prayed to God for deliverance from my suffering, and he granted it to me.

I had seen God give me a new physical life. But I still felt somewhat empty. Not really depressed or ungodly, just without God at the center. God gave me my new spiritual life on a trip down to Zuni, NM in the summer of ‘06. There He worked in me to witness to these three boys. They had never really heard the gospel before. I felt called to witness. It was the most incredible feeling ever! I could see God working in me and those whom, through Him, I had affected.  God has been moving through me ever since.  Even though i still have droughts, God always finds a way to pull me back to him.  In Mexico, God showed me the awesome joy that comes from Him.  It was incredible to see such joy spring from such poverty.

God is incredible. With a B.A. in religion and an environmental science minor,  I hope to better myself as a man of God and make this world an all-around better place.  I am now working and will be heading to the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary in the fall for my M.Div. and become a minister.  Maybe eventually I will go and get a doctorate of theology, but we’ll see.

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