The Dixons are Moving Back to Congo and We Need Your Help

We are about to make some big changes. Change is not always thrust upon us. Sometimes it is a decision. Our decision to change was made because we have begun to understand our calling more clearly. Years ago we sold everything and moved into the Jungles of Central Africa. People thought we were nuts. They were right. While we were there we made a lot of mistakes. Mistakes that were obviously not intentional but purely out of ignorance. Within 1 year we had to return to the United States, honestly with our tails between our legs. Our time spent there bore great fruit that is reproducing even to this day, but because we didn't understand some basics about bringing the Kingdom and sustaining a solid family we had to leave.

For the last five years we have had some of the greatest life experiences and some of the greatest teachers that we could have ever hoped for. Our marriage has grown strong, our faith has grown leaps and bounds, our understanding and love for HIM has increased, and our understanding of His call has become clear. Every day we are bringing more of the Kingdom of Heaven into the lives of those the Lord gives us, in some of the roughest neighborhoods in the Atlanta area. These are not people that come to our church, but people that we go out and find. Tumors have dissapeared, incurable deseases have been healed, families have been restored, disciples are beeing made; truely the Kingdom is touching and transforming lives.

Not only are we understanding our calling more, we are now putting what we are learning into practice and proving the will of God right where we are, in Atlanta. Soon we will be taking the step back into an area of the world where we know our calling is among the strongest, into the heart of Africa. Unfortunately most missionaries don't return to the field after they leave. This usually happens because of the overwhelming bad experiences they previously had there. We saw clearly how this can happen and now we know what changes to make. My (David) last trip into Congo was this year and it was a blast. You can read more about it HERE. We are ready to make those necessary changes in Africa and are looking forward to it.

Our vision:
The Pygmies
This group of people is largely neglected by the church at large and especially by their own country-men. They are some of the poorest people on the planet. They are treated like animals by many and are considered sub-human by their Bantu neighbors. They also have a reputation of being theives and liars. Their daily lives are immersed in animism and witchcraft, worshipping the "creator of the forest" but truly not knowing who HE really is.
Recently this group of people has thrown open their arms to the Gospel when it is preached but unfortunately the laborers are few and few make the sacrafice to take this Gospel to them.

Children, widows and orphans
Whether because of disease, famine, flood, or just selfish human nature, many many Africans are left without parents, husbands or family. It is our goal to reach out to them, show them a Father who loves and cares for them, provide food and help to widows and homes for children. We want to extend our hand and bring the love of Christ to these hurting people.

Our strategy:
We will be moving into a village to set up a base of operations to reach pygmies living in 5 (five) different countries. From a strategic place in the Republic of the Congo we have access to four surrounding countries where different tribes of Pygmies live. It is there we are considering to have our base. Short term missions has failed to produce the long term fruit necessary to bring these needy people into the Kingdom of God. By establishing ourselves in a central location we can effectively reach a large population of these people on a daily basis. We have access by roads (if you can call them that), water ways like rivers and creeks, and a local airport where we could own and operate a small bush plane.
We have a big goal in mind: To bring the Kingdom of heaven to these people in such a tangible way that it changes their lives and the lives of their children forever.

Time frame:
In April of 2009 I (David) will be making a trip into Congo to make preperations for our move. We need papers from the government, land to build a house on, and a place to stay while our house is being built. None of these things can be done without someone being on site.
In June of 2009 we (as a family) will be attending Iris's School of Ministry in Mozambique. If you are not familiar with this ministry, Iris has had explosive growth in the last few years and is having one of the greatest moves of God to hit Africa since John G Lake came in the early 1900's. In a very short amount of time they went from a struggling 4 churches to now well over 7,000 churches in one of the poorest countries on the planet. Rolland and Heidi Baker head up this ministry, and Heidi has been called the Mother Thereasa of Africa. Thousands are being saved daily. We want to learn as much as we can from them.
The school lasts for three months and after we return we will be moving into our place in Congo.

Our needs:
Obviously a lot of prayer!!! None of this can be accomplished without supernatural intervention. We covet all the prayer we can get.
We also need financial support. To undertake something this big takes a lot of money. Money doesn't save souls but it enables us to be able to move and stay where souls can be saved. For many that are not familiar with the normal cost of missions the amounts may seem staggering. We have more detailed information on our support page. This page will answer questions like "What will be your standard of living?" "What exactly will you need in monthly support?" "Where will the money be going?"
Just click on this link for more information regarding support and FAQ's.

http://zionjudah-support.blogspot.com/

We will need close to $90,000 to be able to make the move and then another 6,000 a month in regular support.

In the mean time:
Right now we are in the process of planting a satellite church in Jonesboro Ga, just south of Atlanta. Our time is spent evangelizing, pastoring, and discipling new believers in the roughest neighborhoods we can find. Even though I (David) own a small business, most of our time is spent in Jonesboro. The need has been so great and the number of people we are consistantly ministering to has grown so that it is necessary to be there a good portion of the week. To read more about what is going on in Jonesboro and some of the awesome miracles click HERE.
We also need regular support to help supliment our income while we are ministering in Jonesboro.

Please be praying for us. God is truly moving in an awesome way and we are trying to keep up.
What an awesome problem to have!!!!!