© Datu Wali Mission Foundation
ABOUT DWM
DWM Founding
In
2001,
Dan
began
to
sense
that
he
would
someday
be
actively
involved
in
missions,
and
presumed
it
could
happen
upon
his
retirement
from
Bank
of
America,
which
he
didn’t
expect
for
many
years.
In
2004,
he
married
Aurea
Desaville,
a
Filipina
teaching
at
a
Christian
school
in
South
Korea,
after
bringing
her
and
her
daughter,
Jennifer,
to
the
U.S..
In
2005,
while
visiting
her
home
village
of
Wali,
in
Sarangani
Province,
God
dramatically
showed
Dan
that
it
was
there
to
which
Dan
and
Aurea
must
return
and
minister
to
the
poor
and
tribal
peoples
of
that
impoverished
area.
Upon
returning
home
to
Arizona,
God
poured
out
his
plan
for
the
ministry
that
Dan
still
anticipated
would
follow
his
retirement.
God’s
plans,
however,
were
not
to
be
put
on
the
back
burner.
Six
months
later
–
December
2005
–
Dan
was
unexpectedly
offered
early
retirement
from
the
bank
after
32
years
of
service.
They
spent
all
of
2006
preparing
to
relocate
to
the
Philippines
with
all
of
their
household
goods
and
farm
equipment,
and
liquidating
their
U.S.
assets.
In
January
2007,
Dan,
Aurea
and
Jennifer arrived in Wali as permanent residents.
The Evans Family
Dan
and
Aurea,
and
daughter
Jennifer,
relocated
from
the
Phoenix,
Arizona
area
to
the
Philippines
in
January
2007.
They
live
and
work
on
land
Aurea
inherited
from
her
mother
Lilian,
which
was
part
of
the
family
farm
of
Aurea,
her
parents,
and
nine
siblings.
The
Evans
built
a
road,
home,
and
workshop,
and
fenced
their
approximate
7.5
acres
of
land.
They
converted
the
farm
from
field
corn
to
vegetables
in
2013.
There
is
also
an
abundance
of
coconut
trees,
bananas,
and
other
fruit
trees
on
the
property,
which
is
about
2
miles
from
the coast (Celebes Sea).
