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."