Welcome to the Eli Evans Family website, kind of a behind-the-scenes documentary for Exodus Provisions.  Here you can learn more about the owners of Exodus and what motivates them.  This website is run by Eli's wife, Amanda, and if it isn't updated often enough, she's the one to complain to!

About Us
     Our family began on March 19, 2005 when Eli and I were joined in holy matrimony.  Read the story to find out how that came to pass.  While on our honeymoon we started a list of baby names and we hope to someday have enough children to use all of those and more!  Since those early days, we've been gradually defining a vision for this little unit in Christ's conquering army.  Right now our ideas are only in bud form, but someday, with the Holy Spirit's help, they will mature into ripe and pleasant fruit.  It is our prayer that the seeds of this vision will be planted deep in the hearts of our children and that they will produce luscious fruit of their own.

Our Vision
     But what does glorifying God and enjoying Him forever look like in daily life?  That's what this website is about.  At Exodus we sell books that we hope will help people live the good life, a life full of joy and in service to the gracious Father in heaven.  It sounds grand - much like a pilgrimage to Jerusalem must have sounded to a devout Medieval Christian.  But most of the journey required patience and diligent perseverance, trudging down long, dirty roads even when the air was chill and feet were sore.  In the same way, our pilgrimage is about daily trodding the path laid before our feet: smiling at the baby in the morning when he's ready to get up about an hour before I am, happily loading the dishwasher...again, changing my perfectly planned day to accommodate someone else's need.  It's about enjoying all of God's good gifts - whether it's a hard day's work or a day of Sabbath rest - and then giving Him all the glory. 

     We know that every family is different, but all that are in subjection to the Triune God will have one thing in common: joy.  This will look different in every family, but we pray that the things you read here will inspire you to live out the good life in your own family.

Westminster Shorter Catechism
    Question #1: "What is man's chief end?"
     Answer: "Man's chief end is to glorify
     God and enjoy Him forever." 

Recently Updated Pages:
Photo Album: Amanda's Birthday at Multnomah Falls
Photo Album: Lucy's Six Month Portraits
Photo Album: Lucy Three to Six Months

Eli, Amanda, Joshua, and Lucy
October, 2007

Feel free to e-mail us with questions, comments, or greetings: amanda at exodusbooks dot com.

Special thanks to my brother, Zachary Lyons, for designing this website and always being there to answer questions.

Website designed: December, 2004