September 2026

It’s been an amazing year serving as a missionary with the USA Canada Region helping young adults to serve as mission interns and discover God’s call on their lives.

My time has been spent in development of resources to make The Cause Missions Interns program a reality: manuals, promotional material, logistics, financial plans, giving links, trainings, emails and more emails. And of course, speaking engagements at district assemblies and local church Faith Promise events to share what’s happening on the Region.

One of my main responsibilities is to choose great host sites for developmental opportunities for interns for 8 weeks up to 11 months. You can see the approved sites here, but more are coming.  

https://nazarene.org/the-cause/usa-canada-region/ 

These churches or Nazarene Compassionate Ministry Centers have vibrant ministries to their multicultural community: serving needs in housing insecurity, food insecurity, community outreach events, sewing ministries, garden ministries, teaching, workshops, etc, etc. etc. 

In May, after 7 weeks of training, a group of 9 young adults aged 18-28 traveled to three sites to serve for the summer.  El Paso, TX, Clearwater, FL and Indianapolis, IN.  These students had an amazing time serving, learning, growing, and adapting to a new place, new culture(s) and new ministries. They were well-received, mentored and cared for by the host sites. It was a huge success! One intern is still on site until the end of November and more are going out in February!

Seeing these young ladies in action in Clearwater, Florida was a highlight of my summer. Two are from Michigan, two from Ontario, Canada, one from Connecticut and one from Memphis.  They made a great team.

 This married couple from Mount Vernon Nazarene University worked hard in El Paso, TX.

 

A missions intern from California serving at Shepherd Community in Indy.
 

Developing a new missions workshop called Explore has also been on my plate. This training is for those who are interested in missions in the Church of the Nazarene and want to learn some basics. This training will be available online but also face to face at the district level by trained facilitators. Learning about God's mission and how to participate in it is an important first step. Watch for this training coming soon! 

The Cause missions interns is a year-round program around the world. For the USA Canada Region it will be most active in the summer when students have the time and opportunity to serve. Who knows how many will be sent Summer 2027?  Maybe 20, maybe 30, maybe more???  

On a personal note, our grown kids are going well. Joshua lives in Corvallis, Oregon and works with Oregon State University Alumni Association. His girlfriend Jenna is studying for her PhD in Geography.  

 

We are pleased to announce that Kayley and Matthew are now married! We had a wonderful time in New York on the Keuka Lake for the wedding. Matthew and Kayley live in Austin,TX. Kayley works as an Occupational Therapist for a school district and Matthew is a computer programmer.

David walked Kayley down the aisle and then turned around and officiated the service!

Thanks for your support and prayers. 

https://give.nazarene.org/pledge/webb 

Shelley

swebb@usacanadaregion.org 

 

 

 

 

February 2026

Hello One and All,

A few highlights since starting my new missionary assignment with the USA/Canada Region and The Cause in January 2026:

1.     So much to learn, feeling overwhelmed

2.     Great to spend time with old and new friends from around the world in Kansas City in February. It was cold!

 

3.     Transitioning out of some church responsibilities to have time to serve

4.     Interviews with intern candidates for The Cause

5.     Helping to build curriculum for the Pre-deployment training for interns

6.     Planning the new Explore events (cross-cultural and missions information step 1)

7.     Zoom calls, zoom calls and more zoom calls

8.     Talking with current and future missions sites

9.     Building a handbook for sites

10.  Continuing with my other part time gigs: Lazarian World Homes and the School of Ministry for the South Texas District.  

Been just a little busy, but it’s all wonderful things to be a part of.

In case you don’t know about The Cause, check out this link: https://nazarene.org/the-cause/

There you can see some of the opportunities in the USA and Canada Region and around the world!  

If you would like to see my new missionary profile, click here: https://give.nazarene.org/category/region/usa-canada/webb

 

Until next time,

Shelley

 

 

Time has flown by since our last post more than two years ago. Here is an update of some of what has happened in that time.

1.     Ministry at Mid-Valley Naz in Weslaco, TX: God allowed for the construction of the new building which was badly needed, and we celebrated the one-year anniversary in August. God provided the funding to complete the building without debt. That is amazing and unheard of, but our God does great and wonderful things!

If If you have a few minutes, check out this overview video of the construction process.

Mid-Valley Naz Construction

 

The church continues to grow steadily. We have served here for 4.5 years. We started with 19 people and now there are between 50-65 each week. On Thanksgiving we had 82 in attendance! We don´t know how, but the turkey planned for 65 fed us all.

 

2.    Family: Joshua lives in Columbus, Ohio and works with a digital marketing company that specializes in helping custom home builders. His girlfriend is Jenna, and we finally got to meet her at Thanksgiving, and yes, we approve!  

     Kayley lives in Austin, TX and currently works with a school district as an Occupational Therapist. She enjoys her work, especially with the special needs kids at the high school. Her fiancé is Matt and he is a good match for Kayley. Again, we approve!

3.    The Latest: Shelley will start working once again with Global Mission as a sponsored missionary. She will be working with a new initiative called The Cause which gives opportunities for young adults to serve in a missionary setting in the USA and Canada for 2 weeks up to 2 years. 

Helping students find their call in life has been an ongoing ministry for both of us, so we look forward to what the future holds. David will continue pastoring the Mid-Valley Naz Church but will be involved from time to time as needed. Shelley will step back from some of her local church responsibilities but will continue with leading music at the church. 

We´ll have more updates as the year progresses. We pray you are well and enjoying life with Christ at the center. Reach out by email. We´d love to hear from you!

Happy New Year,

David and Shelley Webb

davidwebb413@gmail.com

sheljwebb@gmail.com

 

Finally! An update...August 2023

 

It´s been a busy year, so here is the latest.

 

 

We are surviving the intense heat of South Texas and are extremely grateful for air conditioning. We traveled for one week to visit family in Iowa, and when we returned, we were glad to be HOME in the Rio Grande Valley.

 

David´s sister Tina and Mom Virginia

 

 

Shelley´s Mom and Stepdad and two brothers in Iowa.
 

Our work with the church is coming along well, with a congregation of around 50 people from newborn to 97 years of age.  Our building is in poor shape, so a new building is in the planning process, and we are very close to having all we need to start construction. It is our hope and prayer to pour the foundation in late September. Here are few photos of the congregation.

 

                                The newest addition to the church family: Baby Elijah

                                                Prayer over the birthday boy Josiah.

                                                    Some of the men of the church.
 

If you are wondering how you can help, we could really use your prayers for the construction process. We have some good sub-contractors lined up, but we need prayers for all to go smoothly. 

 

We also will need help with interior labor (dry wall, flooring, etc.) once we get to that stage, which we think will be in early 2024. Let us know if you want to break from the cold weather and come to the warmth of South Texas this winter. This is an official project for the Church of the Nazarene under the name Rio Grande Valley Initiative.

 

Although God is providing in many ways for this building to become a reality, we still need more finances to complete the work. We are short at least $50,000 but we know God can do all things, so by faith our little church is moving forward.

 

Our family is doing well with Kayley living in New York working as an Occupational Therapist and Joshua in Columbus, Ohio working with a marketing company for non-profits. We are very proud of them both.  

 

 

Kayley and her boyfriend Matt at Niagara Falls.

                                                 Joshua and David at Wrigley field.

 

Connect with us by email: sheljwebb@gmail.com and davidwebb413@gmail.com

Or by phone: 956 376 1375 (Shelley) and 956 246 3523 (David).

 

We´d love to hear from you!

David and Shelley

 

 

 

 

Making Progress

 

The Webbs Page Update                   January 28, 2023

 

It has been a few months since an update because the process for the construction of a new building here at Mid-Valley Nazarene has been up one day and down the next.  From moments of thinking this is not going to happen, to once again saying, “Whatever you want to do here, God, go for it. It´s all yours.” 

God´s timing is His, and I don´t know anyone who has patience as their top strength, and that includes us.  But praying, waiting, learning, and leaning on Him are good things to do.  And now, we can see the fruit of God´s timing.

During the waiting, the congregation has grown. From about 20 people to a regular attendance of just under 50, we feel God´s leading in it all. We have over 40 people attending monthly discipleship groups, and God is growing us all deeper in the faith. So, as we have waiting, we´ve stayed BUSY! 

Mid-Valley Naz Children´s Christmas program

Christmas caroling at the nursing home.  Most had never been caroling before!

So finally, the City of Weslaco, the architect, and the structural engineers are all on board, and we are ready to begin to see this train move forward!  Here are the next steps:

Step 1:  Wait (yes, once again, patience) for all plans to be completed. Estimated wait is 4-6 weeks, but we are praying for a quicker response.

Step 2:  Request permits with the City and cost out all materials and labor.

Step 3:  Begin construction, starting with the foundation.

Step 4:  Order and receive Fastblocs so that walls can be constructed.  (ICF blocks for form with rebar and concrete for strength).

There are more steps, but our minds can only process so much at a time, so let´s stop there for now. 

Some of you have talked with us about wanting to help construct when the time comes.  We are getting close!  If things go as planned, we should be ready for help with ceilings, interior walls, restrooms, flooring, kitchen, etc and etc…by June.  If you know of workers who have experience in these areas and would be able to come help us complete the project, please share this info. This is an approved Work and Witness project under the name Rio Grande Valley Initiative.

We are working in conjunction with Lazarian World Homes who are supplying funds for part of the construction, but we are still lacking funds to complete the building. If you are interested in sending an offering to the building fund, we would be very appreciative. Every little bit helps!

Mid-Valley Church of the Nazarene

PO Box 902

Weslaco, TX 78599

Blessings to all of you!  Keep in touch even if the miles separate us.

At the church construction site with our missionary friends, Carlos and Ana Salazar.