March 2001

Dear praying friends,

    

            As you all know, history moves from East to West.  And, that is exactly how my deputation has gone.  I started with many meetings in the East Coast, and have moved slowly to the West.  My support has been at a little over 80% now for a month or so, and I am hoping it will rise soon.  I would sure love to be able to go to Honduras this summer, so please pray with me that this would be a reality, as I travel all over the Western states looking for support. 

            The beginning of March was spent at home on the telephone setting up more meetings, as well as doing some work on the house and our bulkhead that is slowly rotting away.  I’ve enjoyed being home, and doing what I enjoy most - working!  It helps me to work off those extra pounds put on by deputation.  I also spent some time in my yard planting various plants, and trees, as well as cutting down a few old ones.  Work to some is a four-letter word, but to me, it’s something I enjoy, and even miss on deputation.

            While at home, on the 2nd of March I went to a revival meeting in Pensacola, and on the way there, I met a man at a gas station who approached me, and began telling me his problems.  He saw the Bible bumper stickers on the side of my car, and knew that I was a Christian, and thought I could help.  He told me he was from California, and came to Pensacola for work, but couldn’t find any.  He was broke, and had his luggage stolen along his way.  When I met him, he had been in Florida for three days with no place to stay or food to eat.  He said he had been sleeping out in front of the bus station, and knocking on doors during the day to see if he could do some odds and ends jobs.  He said that all he wanted to do was earn enough money for a bus ticket to go home.       

            So, to test his sincerity, I invited him to church with me that evening, and he came.  Then, afterwards we had a cup of coffee, and talked.  He said that he was saved, and realized that he had been missing too much church, and thought God must have been doing this to him, to show him he needed to get back in church!  He had a good testimony, but was just down and out.  So, I bought him a bus ticket home, and sent him on his way with a little money for food. I also gave him some tracts to give out, and several Christian books to read on his way.  He was very appreciative.  I counted it a privilege to help him, as this is what a Christian should do.

            In March I began work on my Residence Visa, as I began collecting all the necessary papers to send into the Honduras government.  I’ll send the paperwork off in the end of April after I get a physical from a doctor.  Then, I’ll have to wait for the papers to come through in order to go to Honduras.  I don’t know how long it will take, so please pray with me that they will go through quickly, and there will be no problems.   I have put the requirements on the back of this letter that the Honduras Consulate requires so you will know what is needed in order to establish residence in Honduras.

            Also, in March I’ve been busy setting up a website.  I have much information on it as well as several commentaries and books I have written.  Also, there’s a book on it that I wrote about the Spanish Bible that I ask you all to check out.  If you are interested, the address to the site is www.robertbreaker.com/honduras/honduras.htm  [THE SITE NO LONGER IN SERVICE.  My website now is www.rrb3.com]

            Well, that’s all for now.  God bless you all, and may you continue steadfast in the faith!

 Thanks again for all your prayers and support. 

Because He shed His blood for me,

Robert Ray Breaker III

Missionary to Honduras

 General Requirements To Obtain a Honduran Residence

 Application for residence visa must be made at a Honduran Embassy or Consulate outside of the country.  The following documents are required:

  

1.  A medical certificate of good health (from a US Doctor).

2.  A certificate of good conduct from police authorities in prior places of residence

3.  A sworn statement that the applicant does not support doctrines which are contrary to those espoused by a Democratic country

4.  A valid passport

5.  Two photographs

6.  A certificate of marriage (if applicable)

7.  Birth certificate (if US or other citizenship)

8.  A letter from the employing business or agency if applicant intends to work in Honduras; a letter from the appropriate institutions if applicant intends to study in Honduras

9.  In case of a retired person or persons who do not intend to work in Honduras, certified statements that reflect income from institutions outside of Honduras, from children residing outside of Honduras, or from any other source located outside of Honduras

The price to process this Residence visa application is $570 dollars U.S.  

The ministry of government and Justice in Honduras has jurisdiction over the granting of permanent resident status in Honduras, the services of a local attorney are usually required, as well as services of local attorney to obtaining such residence.  Attorney’s fees run between $250.00 dollars to $1000.00 dollars, depending on the complexity of the case.

            So, you see it will cost a pretty penny to get this Visa, but I know God will provide. 

February 2001

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

December 2000 - January 2001

Dear Brother and Sisters in Christ,

            Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!  I hope this letter finds you all in perfect health, and walking with the Lord.  Well, it’s the year 2001 already.  Time is just flying by!  God has been good in the year 2000, and it’s hard to believe it’s over.   It just went by so quickly!   Well, let me tell you about what happened toward the end of last year and the beginning of this one.

            In December of 2000, I had to have four wisdom teeth removed which were beginning to ache terribly.   Two of the teeth were still under the gums, and one was growing under another tooth instead of up.  They put me on IV and knocked me out and I didn’t feel a thing.  What was funny was that when they woke me up, I was so out of it, that I couldn’t speak in English!  They kept asking me questions, and I’d answer only in Spanish!  They’d ask louder because they thought I didn’t understand, and then I’d answer louder (In Spanish).  We were both frustrated because we couldn’t understand each other.  It was quite humorous as I thought about it later!  I guess I’m doing better on my Spanish than I thought!   The surgery went well though and they did a great job.  However, it did take me about two weeks to recouperate.  The reason being, that I got the medicine confused.  And, instead of taking one Demerol pain pill and three antibiotic pills per day, I did the opposite by mistake.  Well, needless to say, I didn’t feel much pain!

            After resting up at my Mom’s house in Oklahoma, I came back home to Florida the end of December to schedule meetings for the year 2001.  As, I began, I was invited to South Carolina to preach in the Spanish church there, that I’ve written to you about before.  I went, and preached there two Sunday mornings in a row.  Also, I had a door of opportunity opened unto me to preach in an all Honduran church in downtown Beaufort.  I really enjoyed it.  I felt like I was back in Honduras! 

            While in S.C., we did a lot of personal work.  And, one night on visitation in the many Mexican Trailer complexes there in Beaufort, I was able to take a Mexican man named Augustin through the Spanish Scriptures, and after about 25 minutes, he made a profession of salvation, by faith in the precious blood of Jesus Christ!

            Also, I had the opportunity to lead a young man about 14 years old named David to the Lord after the English service one Sunday night.  I took him through the Bible and showed him the engrafted word which is able to save one’s soul.  Afterwards he trusted in Jesus Christ as his Saviour!  It was a fruitful trip and I enjoyed it a lot.  Now begins the tedious work of calling for more meetings for this year.  Please pray for me that I’ll get some meetings and that maybe this will be the year that God gets me to the field of Honduras!

                       

            I’d like to close with this.  In my November prayerletter, I told you all about my great great great grandfather Jacob Manly Cantey Breaker, and how I’ve been looking for information about him, and found out that he was a Baptist preacher in the 1800’s.  Well, in my free time there in South Carolina, I found one of the churches he pastored, and went to see it.  On the back of this letter is a picture of me standing in the same pulpit in which he preached the glorious gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

Thanks again to everyone for all your prayers and support, and I look forward to serving God together in this new year of 2001. 

Because He shed His blood for me,

Robert Ray Breaker III

Missionary to Honduras

Me standing in the Pulpit of the Baptist Church of Beaufort where my great great great grand father Pastored from 1854 - 1859.

November 2000



Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

            November marks the two year anniversary of my being accepted by the mission board back in 1998.  However it wasn’t until August of 1999, after absolving my Landscape and Lawncare business,  that I was able to start deputation full time.  So, it’s been a year and three months so far on the deputation trail, and God has blessed with 65% of my support!  I’ve seen many other blessings along the way, and I’m looking forward to seeing what God has in store for the end of this year and the beginning of the next!  Below are some of the highlights of the month of November.

SIGHT

            On November 9th, I had LASIK laser eye surgery on both eyes to do away with glasses.  My biggest concern was that my glasses would break or get lost in Honduras, and that I’d be stranded without being able to see.  There are no Optical stores on every street corner like here in America. (Or at least not where I’m going to be).  But, now, Praise God,  I’m glasses free!

SEEDS

            Also, in November I attended a Missions Conference in Ft. Myers, Florida hosted by ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization).   It is a Christian organization that desires to help missionaries worldwide with seeds, information, and products that will help the people better their standard of living.  Their main thrust is dispersing seeds.  I thought it would be a wonderful thing to take seeds to the people and distribute them, and use that to preach about the seed of the word of God!  I could take a physical thing and use it to expain the spiritual new birth.  I’m excited about that, and look forward to using those seeds to spread the gospel!

SALVATION       

            Toward the end of November I went on visitation with a friend of mine in McKinney, Texas and was able to lead a Catholic young man in his mid twenties to the Lord named Nick.  I asked him if he was saved and he said, “I’m Catholic.”  I asked him if I could show him some verses and he said, “Yes.”  So, after going through Hebrews 10 and many other passages, he realized the Catholic church could not save him, and he trusted Jesus Christ as his Saviour!  We also gave him a Bible.  Please pray he’ll read it and grow.

STUDY

            Also in November, I had a Missions Conference in Houston, Texas.  I had a great time, and was looking forward to going, because that is where my father and grandfather were born, and I was hoping to find out more about them and my heritage.  I spent some time in the Library tracing my family back and found out some interesting news.  My great great great great Grandfather was a Baptist Minister!   His name was Dr. Jacob Manly Cantey Breaker, and he pastored the First Baptist Church there in Houston, Texas in the late 1800’s.  I thought that was really great.  I’ve got someone else to look forward to seeing in Heaven!!!

            So, that’s it for the month of November.  Please keep me in your prayers.  And, may God continue to bless you as you continue to serve Him!

Because He shed His blood for me,

Robert Ray Breaker III

Missionary to Honduras

October 2000

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

          Thank you for your continued prayers and support!  The month of October took me through fifteen different states.  But, it was worth while as I had 3 new churches take me on for support.  And, I saw my support level raise to almost 65%. 

         

          October also brought some ups and downs.  First, the down.   During the first week of October, I had a slight fender bender in Pennsylvania, but the Lord took care of me, and I was unhurt, and had no damage to my truck what-so-ever.  However, the other man’s bumper and hood were dented up pretty badly and had to be fixed. 

          The Lord does make good things out of bad though, as Romans 8:28 is still in the Bible.  Even though my insurance went up,  I was spared a ticket.  And, because it was not serious, the officer called it “a non reportable accident” and sent me on my way.  Plus, I was able to give both the man I rear- ended and the police man that responded to the accident both tracts! 

    

          Now for the up.  In a church in Missouri, I was able to lead a 19 year old boy to Christ after the church service.  His name is Matt Graham.  I heard that he was a visitor, and after the service I asked him if he was born again.  He looked at me and said, “Well, that’s really the reason I came today, I wanted to find out more about it, and how to be.”   So, I took him through many different Bible verses, and about 20 minutes later he trusted Christ as his Saviour!   Please remember him in your prayers.

          So, that’s about it for October.  Please pray for me in November as I have meetings in Minnesota, Florida, and Texas. 

          May God continue to bless you all, and may you keep looking up!

 Because He rose again,

 Robert R. Breaker III

Missionary to Honduras

September 2000

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

            Greetings once again in the name of our glorious Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!  I hope your month of September went as well as mine!  Most of it was spent on the deputation trail, traveling all over this great land of ours.  I had meetings in Maryland, Pennsylvannia, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, West Virginia and Virgina. I drove several thousands of miles, but it was worth it as two more churches took me on for support and 3 families as well!

            As well as gaining more support in the month of September, I also had several opportunities to witness in many places.  In downtown New York, I passed out tracts for several hours in front of the old Ed Sullivan theater.   I also passed out tracts on the subways as well as in the streets.  The people there were very cold, but many did receive tracts.

            Probably the greatest witness this month was my car.  It has Bible verses all over it, and people can’t help but notice them.  In Maryland for instance, I had a black man come up to me and tell me he liked my bumper stickers.  He said he was a Church of God in Christ preacher, and he began to tell me what he preached in a revival the night before.  He said, “You gotta get saved, and you’ve gotta live it, or you’ll lose it!”  I said, “I disagree!”  Then I began to show him out of the Bible about the doctrine of Eternal Security.  For almost 45 minutes he listened as we looked at many different Bible verses.  Afterwards, he looked me in the face and said, “Hmmm mmmm, I do believe we need to pray!  I’ve been teaching false doctrine, and I do want the Lord to forgive me!”  We had a word of prayer there and he asked God to forgive him for teaching something that was not so, and he asked God to give him another chance to preach the word!  Then after we had prayed, he asked me how I would lead someone to the Lord.  So, I took another 20 minutes and showed him from the Bible.  He said that he understood and that he was going to preach that because that’s what the Bible said, and not what some man or denomination said!  Glory to God! 

            Also in September, I stopped at a gas station in Rhode Island, and met a young man who worked there that said he liked my front license plate.  It said Jesus in big red letters.  I said, “Oh, thanks!  Are you a Christian?”  To the which he replied, “No, I’m a muslim!”  I had to stop for a minute and scratch my head.  Then I asked him why he’d think it was good if he was a Muslim.  He said because Muslims believe the prophets and Jesus was a prophet just like Mohammed.  Well, to make a long story short, I witnessed to him for about 30 minutes and got nowhere.  But, he did invite me to his Muslim Mosque to talk to the head man in charge.  I went with a pastor friend of mine and we talked to them for close to an hour.  They do not believe that Jesus died for anyone’s sins.  They think Allah took Jesus to heaven before he died. (This way they do away with the Blood Atonement.)  Plus, they don’t believe that Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh!  (Thus, they do away with the diety of Christ as well).  We tried our best to learn what they believe, and at the same time tell them what the Bible said.  And, everytime we told them what we believed, they said that that was “unfortunate.”  When we left, we gave them tracts to read.  Please pray that they’d get saved.  The man’s name who took us there was Josef Kattan.  He was a Syrian Muslim.

            So, that’s about it for the month of September.  It came and went so very fast.  Thanks again for your prayers and support!  And, may God continue to bless all of you.

Because He arose,

Robert Ray Breaker III

Missionary to Honduras

Some things the Muslims said to me while I was in their Mosque:

What they said that they believed:

            They do believe that Jesus was a prophet.

            They do believe that Jesus is coming back.

            They do believe that Allah is the only God, and beside him there is no other God.

            They do believe that Mohammed was the last prophet.

            They do believe that all religions worship the same God (whom they call Allah)

            They believe that there are minor sins and major sins.

            They believe that if the minor sins can be forgiven by prayer and washing by water.

            They believe the major sins can be forgiven by repenting and prayer and washing by water.

            They believe in Anti semitism. 

            They are anti Jewish and this guy called the Jews the antichrist.

            They believe there is an antichrist coming... and the Jews will follow him.

            They believe that Jesus is coming again, and will be the leader of the Muslims.

What they said that they didn’t believe:

            They don’t believe that Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh

            They don’t believe that Jesus Christ died on a cross.  They only believe that he was taken to heaven       before he died.

            They don’t believe salvation is by faith

            They believe salvation is by works (praying 5 times a day, washing with water, etc.)

            They don’t believe in the trinity.

            They don’t believe the New Testament, but do believe parts of the old. 

        

 

August 2000

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

                As most of you know I took a three week trip to Honduras in August with two other guys.  One from my local church and another from a church here in Pensacola that knows Honduras very well.  My intention for going was to find out were the Lord would have me to go when I finished deputation.  I also wanted to visit an orphange and a Christian school while I was there to see how they are run, because I’m praying about starting one or the other along with a church.  Well, the trip went well, and the Lord really blessed.  We passed out over 30,000 tracts along the way, and saw over 15 souls saved! 

            During my three weeks in Honduras, there were four main places that I wanted to visit.  They were the villages of Cane, Yuscaran, Tegucigalpa, and San Jose.   Tegucigalpa was the location of the Christian School.  San Jose was the orphanage.  Yuscaran was a village with to my knowledge, no gospel witness. And, Cane was the small town with a Baptist church that had been without a pastor for 3 years.  Glory to God, I was able to visit all these places and more.

            In Tegucigalpa, I worked with Pastor Abel Bonilla for a short time in his Christian school and learned about how to run one.  There Bro. Abel asked me to come and work with him when I returned to Honduras.  I told him I’d have to pray about it.  That certainly sounds like an open door, but I wanted to know God’s will.

            From Tegucigalpa, I traveled to the village of El Paraiso (Paradise in English) and preached in a church there.  After the service two accepted Christ as their saviour!  I praise God for that!  But, while there my heart broke when I talked to a 14 year old girl.  She told me she was the only one in her village that was saved.  I prayed and said, “Lord, is her village where you want me to go?” 

            From El Paraiso we journeyed to Yuscaran and passed out tracts.  There we found an isolated town of over 2000 people with no Independent Bible Believing Baptist work.  My heart bled for this town, as I continually prayed and asked God if this was were he wanted me.    From there we traveled to the village of Cane.  We passed out tracts to every house in this small town and then we found the church.  I wanted to preach there if the Lord would permit.  We found out it was a Southern Baptist Church and they didn’t want us preaching there.  So, that door was shut.  Still I continued praying about Cane because I had a burden for that place.  But, it was a burden, not a call!  I wanted to know where God wanted me in Honduras!

            While in Tegucigalpa passing out tracts and preaching on the street, I had four guys come up to me and ask me for Bibles.  They said they were Lenca Indians and that they wanted someone to come and visit them and bring their people Bibles, as well.  I didn’t think much about it at first, and I gave them some Bibles.  I only had three on me, and there were four of them.  So, one didn’t get a Bible.  Then, they wrote their names on a piece of paper and gave it too me and were on their way.  I stuffed the paper in my pocket and kept on passing out tracts.  Later I looked at the paper and read it.  It had their names, and the city (Colomoncauga) and state (Intibuca) they were from in Honduras.  But, they had also written, “We want someone to come and visit us.”  Then I remembered Acts 16, “The Macedonian Call.”  

            So, after reading Acts 16 again, we packed up all the Bibles we had, and by faith we took a 10 hour bus trip to a place we’ve never been before, to see people that didn’t know we are coming, and not knowing if there will be a place for us to stay when we get there!   To make a long story short, we found a place to stay.  And, in the morning we sat down at breakfast to eat at a comedor (it’s like a cafeteria only in someone’s home), and guess who’s sitting at the table?  The guy from Tegucigalpa that didn’t get a Bible!  Isn’t it wild how God works?

            So, we gave him a Bible, and afterwards in came the other Indians and told us to get the Bibles and come with them.  So, we did.  They took us into a little room with a horseshoe shaped table and then asked Abe and I to sit up front.  Then they began to explain that they were all heads of the different aldeas (or little towns) outside of the city of Colomoncaugua, and that they want to make their community a better place.  They wanted someone to come to them and start a school for their children, and a church!  That was wild!  It was just what I was praying about doing!   After, that I gave all of them a Bible and asked them if I could preach to them about the gospel!  They readily agreed, and I preached for about 30 minutes.  After which all 11 men there made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ!!!  That was too awesome!  I now believe that I know were God wants me to go when I return to Honduras.  They told me that there are 25 different villages in the mountains outside of Colomoncagua and it’s my desire to start a work in Colomoncauga, and then work out to those 25 different villages.

            If that wasn’t a big enough blesssing,  after that I also preached in the orphanage in San Jose toward the end of the trip and had one trust Christ as his Saviour!  Then, that night my friend Abe preached, and a 16 year old boy named Luis trusted Christ’s righteousness to save him!

            God was good, and directed my path and showed me where to go back when I finish deputation.  I’m thankful I serve a living Saviour that loves his own and guides them along.  Please continue to keep me in your prayers, that God would help me to finish depuation quickly and get back to Honduras to work with these Lenca Indians. 

Because He lives,

Robert Ray Breaker III

Missionary to Honduras

 



A Brief Summary of the Trip

August 1st 2000            Arrived at Tegucigalpa international airport, and met Pastor Abel Bonilla.  Went back to church with him, and set up a schedule for the trip.  In the evening we went on Visitation, and got out several hundred tracts.

August 2nd 2000           I gave a 15 minute devotion to the kids at the Pastor’s school.  Afterwards we went to the University of Tegucigalpa.  There were people everywhere!  We passed out over 6,000 tracts in less than 5 hours!  I gave away two Bibles!

August 3rd 2000            Went to a public school in Comayaguela and preached to over 300 kids.  After preaching we passed out chick tracts to the kids.  No telling how many accepted Christ as their saviour!  After the school, we passed out almost 1,000 tracts in the main park downtown in Tegucigalpa.  In the evening, we went on Visitation, and I gave away a Bible to a 12 year old boy. 

August 4th 2000            We went downtown in Tegucigalpa and passed out easily over 3,000 tracts in a short time. (Tegucigalpa is a city of over 1 million people).  This is when the Indians came and asked me to visit their village.

In the evening we went to a village called El Paraiso close to the Nicaraguan border.  I preached in the church there, and two accepted Christ as their Saviour!

August 5th 2000            We left the village of El Paraiso and went to the village of Danli.  It’s a small village that needs a church. We passed out tracts there, and then went to the town of Yuscaran and did the same.  Yuscaran is a town of over 2,000 people and the only church in their village is a Catholic church.  They need a gospel witness.  From there we went to 

the Pastor’s house and had what they called “Kid’s club.”  They gathered up the neighborhood kids and preached to them.

That night we went to a church there in Tegucigalpa for the teens night at church.  The Pastor preached a great message.

Afterwards I talked to the Pastor.  He said that the Pastor before him died of Cancer.  He was only 23 years old!  How sad. Honduras needs missionaries!!!

August 6th 2000            Sunday morning church service at Pastor Bonilla’s.  It was a blessing, because one of the people we invited to church on visitation showed up for service.  He even used some of his hard earned money to take a taxi to church!  He had just been saved several weeks ago, and I was able to give him a Bible.

August 7th 2000            Most of the day was spent running errands with the Pastor, and getting out tracts. 

August 8th 2000            We passed out several thousand tracts in downtown Tegucigalpa and then we met up with another missionary named Chester Sheren.  He took us to Comayagua.

August 9th 2000            Awoke to find we had no water.  So, we ate breakfast and then went to the village of Cane.  That’s the village I wrote about in my June prayerletter where there was a church with no Pastor.  We found the church and asked around if I could preach there.  But, we were told it was a Southern Baptist Church, and they wouldn’t allow an Independent Baptist to preach there.  (They would rather have no one there at all, than have someone who wasn’t Southern Baptist).  So, we walked around the whole village and went to every house and passed out tracts.  I was hoping so much to preach there, but now it’s a closed door.  But, that village still needs the truth.

August 10th 2000          Went to the city of La Paz.  We passed out several thousand tracts there.  We even walked into the hospital and handed out hundreds of tracts.  Afterwards, we went back to Comayagua, and handed out anouther four or five hundred tracts.  That night we prayed about going to the Lenca Indians.  After praying, we read Acts sixteen.

August 11th 2000          We woke up at 4:30 A.M. and began our day.  We left at 5:30 A.M. on a bus bound for Colomoncauga.  We arrived in La Esperanza at about 9:00 A.M.  There we ate breakfast and got out several hundred tracts.  At 11:00 A.M.  we left for Colomoncaugua and arrived there five hours later.  In Colomoncaugua we passed out tracts and asked around for a place to stay.  Plus we got to give out several Bibles.

August 12th 2000          We awoke at around 7:30 A.M. still exhausted from our agonizing trip.  We sat down to breakfast, and to our surprise sitting at the table was one of the indian guys we met in Tegucigalpa.  He was the one we didn’t get to give a bible too.  So, I gave him a Bible,and he hugged it!  Then the other indians came in and asked us to go with them.  They led me into a room and asked me to sit in front of them.  I gave them all Bibles and then preached and all 11 of them trusted Christ!  I left them with all the Bibles I had and 70 New Testaments.  They said they’d distribute them.

And, they asked me to come back and work with them when I return to Honduras.

August 13th 2000          We left Colomoncaugua on the early morning bus at 3:00 A.M.  We arrive at La Esperanza at 8:00 A.M. and passed out tracts there.  Then we journey to San Jose to visit another missionary.  He has an orphanage and a Bible Institute there and I wanted to learn how he runs them.  It took us 13 hours by bus before we finally got there!

Then that night, we heard him preach a message in the Sunday evening service.

August 14th 2000          His Bible Institute is from eight in the morning until 12 noon.  So we sat in on that.  Each course was one hour long.  And, most of the students were from the orphanage there.  At present he has over 130 kids in the orphanage.  But, to start the Institute, they have to be over 13 years old.  We sat in on the classes, and then in the afternoon helped the missionary haul dirt.

August 15th 2000          Today we took a bus to the see the Copan Indian Ruins of the ancient Mayan Indians.  We passed out many tracts on the way and had a good time.  We also got to witness to some English people there at the ruins.  On the trip back we had to wait til after dark for our bus.  We passed out tracts and stayed close to the night guard as so not to be robbed.  Finally our bus came and we made it back to the missionary’s house.  Not without being scared though by a gun shot in the distance while walking down the road to his house.  Upon hearing it, we ran as fast as we could!

August 16th 2000          We attended one class at the Bible Institute at 8:00A.M til 9:00A.M.  Then, we went with the missionary to the dentist in the town of Florida.  He took about 25-30 kids to get their teeth checked.  While there we passed out over 500 tracts in that town.  We went into the pool halls, the stores, the park, and even into a cigar making factory to pass out tracts and everyone readily received us and asked for them!   After that I preached at the orphanage, and we had one saved, and that night my friend preached the Wednesday night service and a 16 year old boy named Luis accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour!  I preached in the church in San Jose that night.

August 17th 2000          We left the orphanage by bus and arrived again in Comayagua at about 3:45 P.M.  We went that evening to the church with the missionary there and heard a good message.

August 18th 2000          I awoke with a terrible pain in my stomach.  I was sick as a dog.  But I went to town with them anyway and passed out tracts.  I handed out about 200 tracts and then had to go back to the missionary’s house by taxi to rest.  They stayed and handed out several hundred more. 

August 19th 2000          Today I awoke feeling a lot better.  After a shower and shave I ate a light breakfast.  Then we went to Comayagua and handed out more tracts and shopped for souvenirs.  I got to give a nun a tract entitled “Are Roman Catholics Christians?”  That was awesome!  I hope she reads it and gets saved!  We handed out over 500 tracts and then we left by bus for the capital Tegucigalpa.

August 20th 2000          Our last day in Honduras.  I didn’t want to leave!  But, we had to.  We left for the airport at about 9:30 A.M.   Along the way we got out a good amount of tracts.  And, at the airport we got out the last of our tracts.  It was quite a relief to pass out the last one, and to know that you’ve passed out over 30,000 tracts in a three week period!  There is no telling what good came from all those tracts, or how many got saved!  I’m just glad we had the opportunity to do so! 

July 2000

Dear Beloved of God,

            I did a lot of traveling to meetings in July, and spent most of the month in South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Florida.  In between meetings, I spent the first week of July in South Carolina working with a church there trying to help them build a spanish ministry.  We went on visitation in several spanish speaking communties, and distributed tracts, and a few Bibles, as we invited them to church. I also got a chance to do the same thing in Cullman, Alabama in a Mexican apartment complex, and trailer park there.  A brother from the church knew where they were, but he couldn’t speak their language.  So, we went together, and witnessed to them and passed out tracts.  I really enjoy ministering to the Hispanics people, and hope the Lord continues to allow me to do so on deputation.

            Also in July, I was in a missions conference in Tennessee, when the Pastor got word from one of his church members that a lost 73 year old elderly man was in the hospital.  He had just undergone surgery early that morning, and was given only twenty four hours to live.  The Pastor then came to the dorm where I was staying and woke me up and asked me if I’d go and see him and witness to him as quickly as possible!  I readily accepted!  After I took the fastest shower of my life, and got dressed lickety-split, I jumped in my car and sped to the hospital praying the whole way.  All I could think about was that he would live long enough to hear the gospel!  I think I was going a little over the speed limit but, all I knew was that man needed to be saved!  When I got there I walked into intensive care and found him and began to witness.  I took his hand and asked him to just listen and squeeze my hand once for “yes” and twice for “no.”  But, he was too weak to do that.  So, I went through the Bible with him and gave him the gospel.  I asked him if he was a sinner, and he nodded his head ever so slightly.  Then I gave him some verses on Hell, and how to be saved.  Then I asked him if he’d like to get saved, and he shook his head up and down a lot faster!  Right then and there, James Goad trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour as tears flowed down his face.  There was just a totally different look in his eyes afterwards.  Then I went through and gave him some verses on Heaven and how wonderful it’s going to be.  To make a long story short, as soon as I finished reading to him, his family came in.  They told me that his grandkids went to the church there in Tennessee.  Then it struck me.  The night before I gave my testimony about my grandfather, and how he would never listen about Jesus.  I remember saying, “If I couldn’t win my grandpa to the Lord, maybe I could win someone else’s.”  And,when they told me about his grandkids, I realized this man was someone’s grandpa!  Isn’t God good? 

            Toward the end of July, I met up with a friend of mine that graduated with me from Bible School. We decided to take a trip to Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee together and get out some gospel tracts.  As we were walking down the street, a little black boy came up to us and said, “Tip for flip!”  I said, “What?” He said, “Tip for flip!”  Then he explained he’d do a cartwheel for some money.  I asked him if he was hungry, and he said, “Yeah.”  So, we bought him lunch at one of the resturants there, and for the next 30 minutes, we witnessed to him about Jesus.  He didn’t get saved, but it was good to plant the seed.  I hope sometime when he gets older he’ll remember that someone loved him enough to buy him some food and take time to tell him about Jesus.  That’s what being a missionary is all about!

            Finally, I’d like to tell you about streetpreaching in Bolivar, Tennessee.  I was preaching to the cars stopped at a stoplight when I noticed 10 or 15 young teenagers across the street parked at a gas station poking fun.  They laughed and mocked and even yelled back a few vulgarities.  This made me want to preach even harder, which I did!  Eventually, they made it clear they didn’t like me and continued to yell and mock.  So, I marched over to my car, and grabbed a handful of tracts and marched right over there to give them to them.  When they saw me coming they took off!  I’ve never seen anyone run so fast in all my life!  They all jumped in their cars and went 20 different directions peeling out.  What did they have to be afraid off?  There were more of them than there were of me.  I guess it’s true, cockroaches really do run from the light!  And, in this case it was the light of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ.

            Please continue to keep me in your prayers as I leave for Honduras August 1st and return August 20th.

Because He lives,

Robert Ray Breaker III

Missionary to Honduras