Meet Dan & Vicki

Dan accepted the Lord in his youth but in his early adulthood, he says, he had almost stopped going to church altogether.  He had married Vicki, who had been lead to the Lord by Dan's mother, and moved to Fort Worth, Texas to build a business.

He says he was successful in business but there was a missing element.  The couple began  attending Hallmark Baptist Church where, Dan says, "It felt good to be in church."  He taught Sunday school and was a faithful visitation worker.  Finally, at the age of 32, he could deny his call no longer and he surrendered himself to the Lord.

Attending BBC in Springfield, Missouri, he was called to serve, first as assistant pastor to Robert Terrey at West Republic Baptist Church, and then upon Terrey's resignation, as pastor of the church.  The church has grown in the past seven years from about 40 to 150 and the Weavers were happy serving God in that congregation.

In 1999 the church sent a group of youth to Belize.  Vicki says, "We went with our youth, hoping  that God would Change their hearts.  God worked on mine."  The visit also unsettled Dan.  Though he could not get the people of Belize off his mind and heart, he had questions:  "Things could not be better.  God was blessing.  The church was growing.  Why would God be calling me away during such a time as this?"

Finally Dan and Vicki revisited Belize, this time alone.  They returned with no questions.  God had called them, and though Dan confesses his hurt in resigning his church, he says, "God's call is clear, and I must answer first to him."

(Taken from Baptist Bible Tribune, June/July 2000 Page10)