Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Greetings in the precious name above every name-the name of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ! August has come and gone without warning, and I’ve gone through many learning experiences during this time. Probably the greatest was, God reminded me he would never leave me nor forsake me! How wonderful is this precious promise! He also taught me how to offer the “sacrifice of praise” in adversity, and overcome in times of disappointment.
August was a month of travel and preparation for the ministry in Honduras. On August 1st, I left Honduras with missionary Homero Romero and rode for five days in his van with ten other people from his church in San Pedro Sula, to attend a Spanish Bible Conference at Iglesia Biblica Bautista de Gracia (Grace Bible Baptist Church) in Monterrey, Mexico. This is the church that brought me all the cases of New Testaments and Gospel literature last March. They are a real blessing to my ministry! They asked me to be a speaker in their conference, and afterwards preach a week-long Youth Camp in Spanish. This was a difficult task, but God proved to me that I am capable of preaching seven messages in Spanish in five days. Though I still lack much in the Spanish tongue, God blessed, and we had several young people make decisions to serve the Lord in various ministries in their home churches (some by working with kids, others by street preaching or working around the church).
While in Monterrey, I was given the pastor’s van to drive three hours to the United States to buy some much needed car parts for my Chevrolet Suburban which I left in Honduras. It will not start, and hopefully upon my return, I’ll be able to fix it and put it back on the road in service for the Lord! The church also gave me three boxes of Gospel literature, which I’m looking forward to distributing upon my return to Honduras.
After the Youth Camp was over, the church in Monterrey bought me a plane ticket to Touchet, Washington to see Miss Patience Brt. She and I had known each other for more than a year, and had started writing each other. During our correspondence, we decided it was God’s will for us to get married and return to Honduras together. She was to be my Patience Breaker! When I arrived, we were to visit my parents in Wyoming, and then return to Washington. Our plans were to marry there and then go to Florida for the honeymoon, and obtain her Passport. Then we would fly to Honduras to serve the Lord and store up rewards in heaven working in His service.
However, when I arrived in Washington, I received a devastating blow. Things didn’t work out as planned, and I found a wonderful young woman who was not yet ready to make a commitment. My heart had been smitten with this Jewel, who is a true Bible Believer and holds many of the same convictions that I do. But after three days, she revealed to me that she had no feelings for me in her heart, and would not go with me to Honduras. Downcast, I traveled to Wyoming alone to recuperate from this tragic loss.
Although my desire of her helping me on the Mission field was crushed, I learned some valuable lessons that will help me when I get back to Honduras. It’s not easy being a single missionary, and loneliness can discourage a man at times. However, I’ve learned that I’m never really alone because my Saviour is always with me! What a marvelous comforter is our Lord Jesus Christ!
A very wise person once said, [It was Patience’s Dad], “Discouragement is the highest form of selfishness!” This is so true. God showed me that even though things don’t always go the way we like, we must give thanks in everything and rejoice, for this is the only way to win the victory. He also taught me that to overcome disappointment we must forget “those things which are behind...and press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus!” (Phil. 3:13,14).
I also learned more about the power of the blood of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 9:14 helped me immensely when it states:
How much more shall the blood of Christ … purge your conscience from dead works TO SERVE THE LIVING GOD?
Thank God for that precious blood of Jesus Christ! It not only washes my sins away, but helps me to forget the past and continue forward in his service! Thank you all for allowing me the privilege of serving Him who is always with me, comforts me, teaches me, and helps me through all of the mountain tops and valleys.
Thanks for your continued prayers and support. Please pray for me, I know nothing else to do but continue serving the Lord on the field of Honduras! I plan to return the beginning of October, after I attend a Spanish Bible Conference in Haines City, Florida and the Blowout in my home church in Pensacola.
Heartbroken but not finished,
Robert Ray Breaker III
1 Samuel 12:24!
