October has been a very long and tedious month. Most of it was spent traveling all over the country trying to get things situated and in order. The first of the month I went to Puerto Cortez to get my car as it was coming on a boat from the states. What should have been a two day ordeal at the most, dragged on for over a week. It seemed like everything that could go wrong did.
When my papers for the car came, there was a problem with the Bill of Laden. That took several days to correct. Then a hurricane came and set me back a day or two. Then when we went to the office of the administrator for his signature, he told us that he didn’t feel like working that day, and to come back tomorrow or the next day. What a thing! But, I’m learning that such are the ways of Honduras. Everything is slow here, and to be a missionary in this country, one needs patience.
Even though things didn’t go as planned, I can rejoice because 76 year old Gerald Bush accepted Christ as his Saviour while I was there! After streetpreaching in the park there in downtown Cortez, he asked me to speak with him privately. I sat next to him, and he began to talk to me in English. He said, “My wife is a Seventh Day Adventist, and has been trying to get me to get baptized in that church for years. But, I keep telling her that I’m a sinner, and if I get baptized, I’ll just get wet, and then I’ll be a wet sinner! There must be more to it than that!” There sure is! And for the next 30 minutes or so, I told old Gerald the gospel. After accepting Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour and his precious blood to wash away his sins, he looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, “Tell it to me again! It’s such a wonderful story! How much love he had for me!” What a blessing not only to see somebody get saved, but to see them appreciate it as well. That makes even more worthwhile!
After securing my car, and finally getting it out of customs, I had another problem. The pastor that is helping me in Tegucigalpa called me and told me that he was going out of town for a week, and that he couldn’t help me move into my new place there until he got back. That gave me a whole other week to wait. So, I decided to redeem the time. Rather than sit around and do nothing, I decided to go and visit missionary Earl Howell in the island of Utila in the hope of gleaning some of his years of experience on the field. My visit went well, and I learned a lot from him. I also had the opportunity to preach there on the island of Utila for Pastor Julio Cordon. I preached on “Obedience,” and he said that was just what they needed.
After my trip to the island, I drove to Santa Rosa de Copan to pick up my belongings from missionary Ronnie Doss, who had been holding them for me. They came to his place on a container, and were there waiting for me to pick them up. It took two trips, but finally I got all my stuff, and was able to move into a new place. I’m renting a room from a family here in Tegucigalpa. They are very nice, and are taking care of my needs. I hope to stay here til the middle or end of December (after I finish some more language school), and then hopefully be able to move closer to Colomoncagua.
I still plan on going there every weekend as before and visit and try to start a work. But, please pray for this as I have been gone to so many other places this month, that I haven’t been able to go there for three weeks. Now that I’m situated, I plan to begin the task of visiting every house and preaching to everyone the glorious gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Please remember this in your prayers and pray that God will bless and that souls will be saved.
Also, please pray for my Residence Visa as I only lack one more paper. I’ve been here two months now, and am only allowed three on my passport. So, if I don’t get my Visa soon, then I’ll have to leave the country and then come back to have another 90 days.
Thanks again for all your prayers and support!
Because He shed His precious blood for a sinner like me,
Robert Ray Breaker III
Missionary to Honduras
