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!

Ice Storm Pics

As promised, here are a few pics of the snow and ice storm. It looks like the temps should get up to the high 40's tomorrow, so we might finally be able to see our driveway again. If you haven't done so already, read our last post for an update.


Yes, that's wood trim we're burning...times were tough...



The Seminary campus...absolutely beautiful!!!


Just one of the local roads. Ahhh...4 wheel drive

On the way to buy a generator...we ran out of trim...

The Pathy isn't moving any time soon...

Ice Storm '09

After spending one night in front of the fire, running out of firewood, driving to Nashville to buy a generator that was too small, buying a bigger generator, selling the small generator, and burning some wood trim and random 2x4's, we're still hanging in there. Actually, God blessed us tremendously last night and restored our power through the endless work of all the power crews. As you've probably heard, there are still countless families in Louisville and all of Kentucky that still do not have power. Continue to pray for them as it appears we may have another storm coming Monday and Tuesday. Despite all the hassle, this week was an awesome blessing. Kristin and I have been so busy lately that it was very refreshing to have a break from travel and school to simply hang out with each other. It's the closest to camping I can get Kristin, so secretly I enjoyed it. She was perplexed and a little agravated when we arrived home to restored power only for me to be disappointed...I'd spent $643 on a 5000 watt generator the night before...I REALLY wanted to play with my new toy. Nevertheless, we're very thankful that God's blessed us with power, as so many still do not have it and will probably not have power for several weeks.

We've been visiting a new church in town that we've fallen in love with. Our desire has been to find a church a little closer to Kristin's school so that we can bring any students that express interest in going to church with us, as this has previously not been an option because our churches have been over an hour away. We'll update soon as God continues to lead us.

We're also getting ready to send out resumes and begin the search for a position post-graduation. While I've always felt that God was leading me to pastor, He has grown that desire in both of us even more so during the last several months. We're so excited to discover where He's leading us. Continue to pray for us in that matter.

Eden Noel Myers is continuing to grow, as is Mommy. Hopefully, we'll be having 3D ultrasounds soon and will post them for everyone to gloat over. Kristin is doing great, with very little sickness. Continue to pray for Eden and that God will prepare her parents to be the biblical parents we should be. And feel free to reply with some parenting tips...as we surely need them!!!

We'll post some pictures from Ice Storm '09 over the next couple days, so be sure to check back soon. And please continue to pray for our fellow Kentuckians during this recovery and for the safety of all the crews working to restore power.

Lots of updates...

Well, where do I start? It's been forever since an update...we're going to get much more regular with this now.

Since my last post, we found out that Kristin is pregnant! Awesome right?! Well, today we found out it's a girl!!!...she'll likely be named Eden Noel. The ultrasound was truly awesome!!!..she was moving around a lot...we got to see her stretching, yawning, hiccupping, trying to find her thumb to suck on it, and then finally finding the thumb and sucking away. She is a little camera shy...tried to run from the camera quite a bit. Here's a couple pics...

She'll kill us for that last pic one day! We're both soooo excited! It's become so real now! Kristin is starting to feel a lot of movement, and now that we've seen distinguishable pictures, reality has set in. I'm trying to figure out how to keep all the boys away!!! She's due May 15...same day as my Seminary graduation...we wanted to wait until I'd graduated to start a family...doesn't God have a sense of humor!!!

On another note, our plans in regard to moving to Newfoundland, Canada have changed. After much prayer, we were never given a sense of peace that God was leading us to move there. We do love the team on the field there, and will partner with them through prayer and support, but for now, our plans do not involve moving there.

As for what our plans are...??? I'll be graduating May 15, and we're not sure where God is leading us after that. We'd love to be closer to our families in GA. God has also been growing in me over the past couple years an overwhelming desire to pastor a church...shepherding His flock. We're constantly praying for His guidance in these decisions, and asking Him to prepare us for the position He already has for us.

How can you partner with us in ministry? Please pray for God's guidance in regard to a position following graduation. We want to be in His will, wherever that means, and we're committed to following Him. Also, pray with us for preparation for our other coming ministry as parents. Kristin and I are committed to raising our child(ren) in a God-honoring way, and are asking that God prepare us to be the Godly parents He so desires.

Check back often for updates, as they will come much more frequently now. Our plan is to update at least once per month...possibly more as we're increasingly excited about Eden Noel's growth and arrival!

Busy, busy, busy

Wow! It's been a while, yet again, since I've updated this. Kristin and I have been extremely busy. Just today, I turned in 3 final papers for a J-term class (1 seminary class in 1 week). Christie and one of her friends (Jenn) are up visiting with us for the weekend, and we plan to go to the Creation Museum and then the Bodies Exhibit at the Cincy Museum tomorrow (Saturday). We're then heading to Gainesville Sunday afternoon to meet up with Kristin's parents and head by train to Washington D.C. for the week for a much needed vacation. In the next 5 weeks, we'll be in D.C. for a week, I have 1 more J-term, we'll be in Hilton Head (vacation with my family) for 1 week, and in Newfoundland for 1 1/2 weeks. That's a lot of travel! July 30th is when we'll be heading to Newfoundland, Canada...this will be our first time in Canada, and we're really looking forward to meeting the team currently in the field, and getting to know their ministry and where we might fit into it. Pray for us as we travel, and especially as we prepare for the trip to Newfoundland.

I wanted to include something that's been on my heart lately. I've been reading through Evening by Evening by Charles Spurgeon lately, and the read for today was a great one. In the past several weeks, I've had several friends and laypeople in our church make comments about my position in ministry, referring to the work that "pastors" do. The reading from today was based on 1 Corinthians 7:20 which says "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called." In this study, Spurgeon says "Some people have the foollish notion that the only way in which they can live for God is by becoming ministers, missionaries, or Bible women." He goes on to say "Fill your present sphere to His praise, and if He needs you in another, He will show it to you." Spurgeon has a great way of teaching truths so easily. It's so important that those believers not in ministry realize that the job of ministry and of evangelism falls not onto the shoulders of only pastors and ministers, but on all believers. If the work falls only to the paid church staff, we will not make a single dent in fulfilling the Great Commission. The church, as a whole, must work together to tell a lost a dying world the beautiful truth of Christ's death and resurrection. We must all be ministers.