Around the World in 18 Days

September 23, 2025

Grace Fellowship Family…

As many of you know, I am about to embark on a trip to Asia for the ministry that I lead, Man in the Mirror. A little bit of background: I started working for Man in the Mirror (MIM) in November of 2000. I did not feel a specific call to ministry when I took the job. I felt a call to support my family!

I was in a small group at Northland Church in Longwood with a group of men who had walked with me through the failure of a software company I had helped start. It was incredibly di icult, as you can imagine, but my brothers locked arms with me as we met weekly, prayed together, went on camping trips with our kids, and formed a community with our families.

We were reading the book, The Man in the Mirror, by Patrick Morley, and one of the guys in the group knew the author. Pat had started a men’s Bible Study in 1986, and then a ministry had sprung up from there. My friend Jim suggested that Pat might be looking for someone and asked if he could pass along my resume. The rest, as they say, is history.

I joined Man in the Mirror with a shaky marriage, shaky self-confidence, and more relief than excitement about finding a job to support my wife and our two young children. I found a home there, and loved the mission of helping men find meaning and purpose in the gospel. Shortly after arriving, I made the first of what will now be four trips to Asia, meeting with men who were eager to live out their Christian faith in cultures that are antagonistic towards Christ.

This Saturday (September 27), a coworker and I will head out to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is literally on the other side of the world—a 12 hour time di erence. We will spend three days in Malaysia, followed by three days each in Surabaya, Indonesia, and Guangzhou, China. In each city we will meet with Man in the Mirror leaders who are using their workplaces and homes to host Man in the Mirror men’s groups. There are 87 of these groups going on every other week across seven di erent countries, and the ministry is growing.

China will be very interesting and intense. I’ll have the chance to meet some new friends and to encourage them. I’m looking forward to learning about their culture and community.

While I continue on the trip to Seoul, my coworker will fly back to the U.S. South Korea is a new country for Man in the Mirror, and we will help new groups get started and encourage the leaders there.

Finally, I will head to Katmandu, Nepal. Nepal has just undergone (another) revolution, ousting their government on corruption charges and practically starting fresh. They are calling this the GenZ Revolution because the young adults in the country are the foundation of the change. They even elected their new prime ministry through a poll on Discord!

A highlight in Nepal will be going outside of the city to preach at a small church that MIM funded to renovate their building. With just $500 they were able to purchase 20 Bibles in Nepali, add a platform, install a pulpit, paint the sanctuary, and buy their first guitar. They have had no instruments until now. We’ll be giving them a little more money so that they can buy some chairs to replace their stackable plastic patio chairs, many of them broken.

I will leave Katmandu and head back to Orlando, returning on October 14. Whew!

So, how can you pray for us?

1. That we are able to encourage, uplift, and spur the brothers on as we meet with them.

2. For safe travels with no major issues. We’ll be flying six di erent airlines, dealing with customs and immigration in six countries (including the U.S.), and dealing with major time zone changes.

3. Health/sleep – lots of di erent kinds of food, sleeping in a new hotel every three days, and those time zone changes will make sleep crucial, but sometimes di icult.

4. For our wives, especially Kimberly, as we are gone for many days. Kimberly will be traveling a bit while I’m gone as well, so safety and travel mercies for her as well.

Finally, please know that as I go I am not only representing Man in the Mirror, but I am representing Grace Fellowship as well. I am looking forward to bringing your greetings to the brothers and sisters in Asia. Thank you for sending me, for praying for us, and for all of your encouragement.

Your brother in Christ,

Brett Clemmer

Note: You can hear more about the story of that men’s group and how those guys helped save our marriage at the beginning of this podcast episode from Man in the Mirror: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cQNOF2WE24QGmJ0TvEGna?si=c732aca47ad84e07 or, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zl4-NUaN7k&t=6s

For more information on Man in the Mirror: www.maninthemirror.org