Success Stories - Paul Weaver '98
A Life of Service & Missions
We appreciate the many graduates who dedicate their lives to full-time service on a mission field. Some of the UBCS graduates who are serving or have served in many areas of the world are Barbara Wooler in Central African Republic-1978 graduate, Daniel Suleiman in Australia-1980, Joy Pattison in Bolivia-1985, Jared Vanning in Japan-1996 and Becky Stoltzfus in Spain-1984.
One of our more recent graduates, Paul Weaver (1998) has been busy working at Camp Lukenya outside of Nairboi, Kenya. He is the Camp Director. He was born there in Kenya and feels the Lord has called him back to work in full-time missions there. He graduated from Northland Baptist Bible College in 2002 with a Pastoral Studies degree. Paul then worked at the WILDS in North Carolina for a year for some camp training.
Paul considers Coach Josh Beers to be the greatest influence on his life at UBCS. Coach Beers gave a balanced perspective on living the Christian life.
A major praise for Paul and his parents, Joel and Mary Ann (who have been missionaries also to Kenya since 1978) is for their water well at the Camp. Paul wrote on his weblog www.lukenya.blogspot.com that “we began digging our new well. We began to get worried when we passed 100 meters with no sign of water but we finally hit water at about 148 meters. We then went on to 160 meters - so we have a well over 500 feet deep but at least we have water. We are running the cables and pipes this week and hope to test the output by the end of the week.”
Paul and his friend Jake are thankful for God’s safety as he and his friend were attacked while riding their bikes in Kenya before Christmas 2005. Not only were their bikes and other items stolen, but they also had to deal with the Kenyan courts and authorities. Paul has seen many blessings from his work and life in Kenya. He recently writes that "we had a great 3 and 1/2 weeks of camp in November and December with great decisions made.
We really seemed to get great opposition during this time with our well going dry and then the attack the day after the camps were done. The whole process was a miracle – to think that less than a week after the biking incident, one of the thieves was put in jail, most of our stuff was returned, and both of us were on the road to recovery (Jake – physically and me emotionally).
This past Christmas we both praise God for life." Paul does request prayer as he will be without his parents over the summer as they go on furlough. He prays also that he can raise more support along with some funds that are needed to purchase a new vehicle. New government regulations now require a purchase of a van for transportation purposes. Paul was just recently in the Sudan and you can read about his visit on his weblog.