Annie Armstrong Easter Offering 2026 – Week of Prayer Day 3
To look at Will Buchanan now—wearing his Sunday-best suit and preaching from a traditional-looking pulpit in a traditional Southern Baptist church—no one would ever guess what he used to be, back before he met church planting missionary Fred Weymouth. “I was so lost in addiction,” Will says. “But Fred took me under his wing, and God radically changed me. Now I don’t even look like the person I used to be.”
WHERE THERE’S A WILL
TAPPAHANNOCK, VIRGINIA
Will Buchanan cleans up well.
Every Sunday morning, Will, the pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Hanover, Virginia, shows up wearing his best gray suit. He’s definitely not what he once was.
“Will’s like an altar of remembrance. People see him and say, “Wow, look what God’s done in his life—I know he must have a purpose for me too.” -Fred Weymouth
“I used to be lost in addiction,” he says. “First it was pills, then heroin. And if I could’ve found anything worse, I would’ve done that too. But then God radically changed me, and now I don’t even look like the person I used to be.”
Will is one of Fred Weymouth’s favorite success stories. They met when Will was at his drug-addicted worst, not long after Fred, along with his wife, Casey, started The Fix, a church plant and residential recovery program aimed at reaching people who are struggling with homelessness, drug addiction, and alcoholism.
“We spend a year with people,” Fred says. “We walk them through recovery, we teach them about Jesus, and now we also make sure we introduce them to Will. When he came here, God made him a new person. Our students see him pastoring and can know God has a plan for their lives, too.”
NAMB, AAEO, Tappahannock, Virginia
Pray for…
- God to thoroughly equip Will so he can lead his new church well.
- The men and women at The Fix to discover the gospel purpose God has for their lives.
- Fred and others at The Fix to build witnessing relationships with people who need healing and hope.