Christmas Update

Thank you for your prayers! It has been an exciting month to say the least!
We had an addition to our team on December 3 in the form of an adorable little girl: Lydia Ann. She is the namesake of the "seller of purple cloth" in Acts 16 who was the door through which God reached entire region of people in Europe. Lydia weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. at birth and was just over 20 inches long. She is doing great, as is Mommy, and Eden and Karis absolutely adore her!

The first 2 Sunday of the month, I had the awesome privilege of speaking in 2 area churches that are considering partnering with us in Calgary: Westminster Baptist here in Westminster and New Hope Baptist in Seneca. Both engagements went great, and God is blessing incredibly through them both! Both teams are sending mission teams this next summer to help us on the ground in Calgary, and both are helping us financially to get there.
I have several more engagements planned in the coming months with churches who are considering partnering with us in one form or another. Please be in prayer for us!
The amount we have to raise to start a church in Calgary has at times seemed overwhelming, but God is confirming His guidance to Calgary daily. Just last week, I had an elderly lady that used to be a neighbor send me a check for $500, and she said that as she was thinking about who to give to, God brought our family to her mind. We are thankful for stories like that which confirm God is in this.
Again, thank you for your prayers! We greatly appreciate them!

Finally, we will be starting a prayer report in January to update our partners on a regular basis. I will post that newsletter to this blog, but if you would rather receive that newsletter by email, please comment or message me and let me know your email address so that I can shoot it straight to your inbox.

Luke 2:15-18
When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us." They hurried off and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the feeding trough. After seeing them, they reported the message they were told about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

Do come and worship Jesus as the shepherds did...but note that they didn't stop there. Make sure to also go and tell.

"Here I am. Send me." We are following God's call to Calgary, Alberta, CANADA!

Thanks for visiting everyone! We are excited about some things God is doing in our life right now, and we will be back to using this page to keep you up-to-date on some of that.

We have been privileged to lead Corinth Baptist Church in Westminster for the past 4 years! God has done many awesome things in our time there. We have sent mission teams to Tennessee, India, Atlanta, and Calgary, Alberta. We have seen a lot of growth in the people at Corinth, and have grown to deeply love our brothers and sisters in Christ there!

During our time there, God began to give us a greater heart to reach the nations. In our partnership with Calgary, Alberta, we have supported Southwinds Church and Pastor Bo Neal by sending teams there each summer. Over the course of the past 6 months or so, God began to help us see that He is doing more than just leading us to SEND, but to GO. When I (Brett) shared with Pastor Bo at Southwinds in Calgary that we felt God was leading us there to plant, he shared that the leadership of a new community called Mahogany had recently contacted him about starting (planting) a church in their community center (currently being built) when it opens in the Fall of 2014. Mahogany will consist of 30,000-40,000 people. As is the case throughout Calgary, about 97% of the people do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ. The leadership had been praying through that decision and praying that God would send them a person to plant and pastor that new church. The time they were praying that was the very same timeframe that God was solidifying that call on our lives.  

Over the past 2-3 months, God has continued to confirm that call on our lives in incredible ways. This is a huge step for our family. Please be in prayer for our family, for our current church as they send us out to plant and also look for their next pastor, for Southwinds Church as they seek God in how to come alongside us, and for people in the community of Mahogany to whom we are called.

We will be missionaries through the North American Mission Board as church planters in Calgary. Please pray for us over the next several months as we will have to raise most of our financial support from people who want to partner with us in this new ministry. If you would like to partner with us in this exciting new ministry, please contact me and I would be happy to share more information with you about what God is doing through our lives and how you can partner with us.

Updates coming soon...site will be back in use...

We have not been using this blog for some time as we have been posting updates to our ministry on Facebook. However, we are excited to let everyone know that we will soon be back to using this blog to help you keep up to date with our family. Updates will be coming by November 10, so check back then for updates and new pictures of our family. Thanks for visiting our site!