Missionary

Luke + Julie Weaver

The More You Know

Hello, we are Luke and Julie! Along with our 6 kids, we love serving at YWAM Lancaster! We are passionate to see a missions movement come out of Lancaster County and surrounding regions that is birthed out of prayer and revival that will touch the nations of the earth, especially the unreached. Luke serves as the Director and Julie is on the Leadership team. Luke was raised in Lancaster, and Julie is from Colorado. We met through YWAM and lived in Colorado where we worked with YWAM and Solid Rock Foundation Ministries. There God developed a passion in us for worship, prayer, discipleship, and missions. In 2009, we moved back to Lancaster County. We served at Gateway House of Prayer for 8 years, and 4 of those years Luke served as the Director. In 2017, the Lord called us to join the pioneering process for the YWAM Lancaster base, which included training and staffing in Orlando, Florida for 2 years. It has been a miraculous pioneering journey with an amazing team! We are zealous to see young leaders raised up to lead out of a place of prioritizing the presence of God and living missionally in every sphere of society. Thank you for your prayers and partnership!

What is your favorite book of the Bible and why does it hold particular significance to you?

What translation of the Bible do you prefer to use in your missionary work, and how does it help you connect with the people you serve?

What is the most exciting place you have been while serving as a missionary, and what made it so memorable for you?

What inspired you to pursue missionary work? Was there a specific moment or experience that led you down this path?

When did you complete your DTS (Discipleship Training School), and how did that experience shape your perspective on missionary work?

What YWAM bases have you visited throughout your missionary adventure, and how have these experiences impacted your work?

Can you share a story or experience from your time in the field that has particularly impacted you or changed your perspective on your work?

What is your favorite book of the Bible and why does it hold particular significance to you?

Luke

I love Ephesians. There’s so much regarding our position in the Lord and our identity in him. Also love some of the practical instruction pieces.

Julie

James because it has so much practical advice for everyday life.

What translation of the Bible do you prefer to use in your missionary work, and how does it help you connect with the people you serve?

Luke

I prefer ESV. I feel like the literal translation is best when it comes to studying God’s intention, and his word.

Julie

ESV-It is easy to understand.

What is the most exciting place you have been while serving as a missionary, and what made it so memorable for you?

Luke

Papua New Guinea. It was exciting to me because it’s a representation of how the gospel transforms a nation.

Julie

Pakistan-It was incredible to be in remote villages and be able to intercede in prayer for them. I also taught dental hygiene in a kids school which was super fun.

What inspired you to pursue missionary work? Was there a specific moment or experience that led you down this path?

Luke

I definitely felt directed by God as a result of my experience in DTS. Seeing people with no hope of hearing the gospel marked my life.

Julie

I was raised in a Christian home and as a kid I wanted to be a missionary or a pastors wife. We had family friends who had started Ywam Papua New Guinea, so I heard their amazing God stories. The Lord spoke to me to do a DTS, which started my journey of being a missionary/in full-time ministry for most of the past 20 years.

When did you complete your DTS (Discipleship Training School), and how did that experience shape your perspective on missionary work?

Luke

See above 🙂

Julie

I did my DTS in 1999 in Lakeside, Montana. It was such a great experience and my first time overseas! I experience the Holy Spirit in a very real way and the Lord gave me a heart for Asia, as my outreach team went to Nepal.

What YWAM bases have you visited throughout your missionary adventure, and how have these experiences impacted your work?

Luke

I have visited a variety of bases over the years. The one that most impacted me was in Northwest India. It was incredible to see the commitment, sacrifice, and fruitfulness of these Indian believers. You knew that they were giving up everything to go all in for the gospel.

Julie

Ywam Lakeside, Montana, Ywam Orlando, Ywam Nashville, Ywam Lae, Papua New Guinea, Ywam Auckland and Teranga, New Zealand, Ywam Chitwan, Pokhara, Kathmandu, Nepal, Ywam Harpenden, England, Ywam Cimarron, Colorado, Ywam Trinidad, Colorado

Can you share a story or experience from your time in the field that has particularly impacted you or changed your perspective on your work?

Luke

One significant story was when all the YWAM Caribbean leader ship had gathered in Jamaica up at a property called Stones Hope in Mandeville. God broke into our meeting and said that the He wants a new YWAM location near one of the cities of Jamaica. So we began to pray in agreement with what the Fathers wishes. For a new YWAM location in Jamaica. We spent two maybe three hours praying collectively. Then we had a clear sense that the Father through Holy Spirit had heard us and was going to answer this prayer and we could stop praying. Approximately six months later, another ministry offered their 5 million dollar property to us! This is the YWAM Montego Bay, Jamaica campus. It was a major miracle story.

Julie

I remember being at a Hindu temple in Nepal and feeling strongly the oppression and spiritual warfare. I had the revelation that that because of Jesus living inside me just me walking in that area was battling in the spirit realm because of bringing Jesus into a place. I felt I didn’t even have to do anything but just stand there and it was warfare against the enemy. It was a powerful recognition of us carrying the light of Jesus into places and what that does in the spirit realm to break through the darkness!

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