Dear Friends,
Greetings once again in the glorious name of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ. It has been my desire to send you all a prayerletter every month, even when there is not much to tell. Well, there is not much to tell about the month of February. But, I did want to keep you informed.
God has been good, and my support level is continually increasing. However, it’s hard to know how much I have. It varies from month to month. Last month I got over my full support! This was due to the kindness and generous offerings of others which gave me much more than usual. But, this month I only received about 75%. I’m praying that the support will continue to increase, and reach the level I need to go to the field, and then remain steady. I’m planning on this year as the year that I’ll be able to go to Honduras. I have already begun work on my Residence Visa papers, and upon completion, I’ll be able to send them to the Honduras Consulate. Please pray with me that they’ll be approved in a few months, as it is my desire to go to Honduras around August, (or possibly before).
I intend to go to the village in the mountains that I told you about when I do get to the field, and see if the door is still open there to start a work. Also, it’s my desire to go to a Language school for about six weeks as well, and learn more spanish, and more about the customs of Honduras. I have checked into different Language schools down there, and there is a good one in the Capitol city of Tegucigalpa. They will test me, and then place me in the class I need to be, in order to accelerate my learning. I just want to be able to preach better in Spanish, and I know the Honduran people will appreciate it more, and enjoying listening.
Most of the month of February was spent on the telephone setting up more meetings. In March, April, and May, I’ll be in Wyoming, Colorado, Washington state, Idaho, and Montana with meetings, as well as in North and South Dakota. I’m looking forward to these meetings and hope I can get my full support quickly.
Also, this month, the Lord blessed me with a new laptop computer, and I was able to give my old one to a missionary friend of mine named Abraham White, who is going to Zambia, Africa. I’m very thankful for it, and I know it will be a help to me on deputation, as well as on the field.
So, that’s about it for the month of February. Thanks again for all your prayers and support.
Because He shed His blood for me,
Robert Ray Breaker III
Missionary to Honduras
I’d like to leave you all with the following poem that I found in my third great grandfather’s newspaper called “The Confederate Baptist,” which ran from 1861-1865. I believe this ought to be our prayer!
USE ME
Make use of me, my God!
Let me be not forgot;
A broken vessel cast aside —
One whom thou needest not.
I am Thy creature, Lord,
And made by hands divine;
And I am part, however mean,
Of this great world of Thine.
Thou usest all Thy works —
The weakest things that be;
Each has a service of its own,
For all things wait on thee.
Thou usest the high stars
The tiny drops of dew,
The giant peats and little hill
My God, O use me too!
Thou usest tree and flower,
The rivers vast and small
The eagle great, the little bird
That sings upon the wall
Thou usest the side sea,
The hidden little lake
The pine upon the Alpine cliff
The lily in the brake.
Thy [cattle] in the vale
The sand grain by the sea,
The thunder of the rolling cloud,
The murmur of the bee.
All things do serve Thee here—
All creatures great and small,
Make use of me, of me, my God,
The weakest of them all.
— Unknown
