April 2003

 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Seeing Doors Open!

            The Lord moves in mysterious ways!  And sometimes it’s hard to see exactly what he’s doing until after it’s done.  Since moving here in August of 2001, I’ve been through many dangers, toils, and fears.  I’ve seen works started, and then destroyed.  I’ve been blessed with souls saved, and two baptized.  I’ve be able to travel all over this country and get out tracts and Bibles.  I’ve also had the opportunity to preach the Gospel to countless hundreds, yea even thousands.  But I’ve yet to do what I came here to do, which is to plant a local New Testament Church.

            I tried twice to do just that in the villages of Magdalena and Colomoncagua, but meddling Catholics destroyed the one while “Charismaniacs” stole my people from the other.   I tried to start one in my house in the village of La Esperanza, but the adults would not come, and this turned into just a “Children’s ministry” instead of a Church.  Eventually, I began to look at “new fields white unto harvest” and prayed about moving as it seemed nothing was happening here.  I visited the town of Trujillo on the Northern Coast of Honduras and found what I thought to be God’s will, but had the doors slammed shut on me there.  In it’s place, I found many doors opened unto me here in La Esperanza where I live, and in the capital of Honduras - Tegucigalpa. 

            Recently, my Children’s Ministry has started back up again on Saturday’s.  The children have returned, and are beginning to listen.  Please pray for them, as there are two older kids who are a real hinderance, and are leading the younger children the wrong way.  All I can do is pray and preach to them their need to be born again.  And even though they are a real pain at times, I’m thankful to have the opportunity to put up with them so that they might hear the truth. 

            Also on Saturdays, I’ve been asked to start teaching in a local Bible Institute here.  I’ll begin in May teaching for one hour on the subject of “Roman Catholicism.”  Please pray for this endeavor.

            A door of Bible Study has opened up also, as twice a week now I study the Bible with my neighbors who are very excited about it.  I’ve also been teaching English to those who are interested, and have a small class coming on Saturday.  But my heart is in planting a church here.  Nelson and Zenia both desire the same thing, so the end of this month we found a small building in the area where they live (in Tegucigalpa) and rented it to begin holding services.  It is a long drive from my house (three hours each way), but it is worth it.  These two are the best converts I’ve got and I’m enjoying working with them.  I’ll be traveling there every Sunday to preach and then on Monday I’ll teach them Bible.  Please keep this in your prayers.

            I remember while on Deputation that Bro. Danny Farley in his Mission’s Conference in Houston, Texas said that the city is where Missionaries should go, as that is where the people are.  I’ve never forgotten that, and it looks like God is steering me that way - to the big city of Tegucigalpa (of over one Million people).  If that’s where he wants me, then that’s where I’ll go.  Our building is in a very populated area, and we have already done some visitation and given out many tracts.  Please keep this in your prayers, as we’d like to see a good sound Bible Believing Church started in that area.

Souls Saved!

            April has also been a month of some fruit.  One Sunday afternoon, my children came by and asked me to go with them to the Baptist Camp behind my house.  They have services there every Sunday for children also.  I went, and had the priviledge of leading three young people to the Lord afterwards through faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ!

The Scriptures!

            While just trying to do right, preach straight, and contend for the faith, I’m starting to get some feedback in relation to the Scriptures in Spanish.  It seems I’m number one on the “Fundamentalists hit list” when it comes to the Spanish Bible.  Most “Fundamentalists” use the corrupt 1960 Spanish Bible.  (It reads along with the very corrupt Westcott and Hort Text on many occasions, and is not true to the Textus Receptus nor the King James).   

            Before coming to Honduras as a Missionary, I studied the Spanish Bible Issue in detail and wrote a book entitled “A Brief History of the Spanish Bible.”  Since then, I’ve seen it put on the Internet, and have been getting many responses from people who want the true words of the Living God in Spanish.  Because I’m standing against the 1960, and for a purer Bible in Spanish, one Mr. Calvin George (A self-made “scholar”) has accused me of “attacking” this Bible, and has put me down as Public Enemy number one on “the Anti-Fundamentalists list” in the topic of the Spanish Bible.  But my desire is only to see the Spanish Speaking people get the pure words of God in their language.  The 1909 revision is much better than the 1960, and the 1865 revision of the Spanish Bible is even better than them both. 

            Lately, there has come a revision of the Spanish New Testament by a Church in Monterrey, Mexico that is based upon the Textus Receptus, the King James, and all versions of the Bible in Spanish before 1602.  It is called the 1602 TR (Textus Receptus), and the purest Spanish New Testament to date.  If you are interested in this ever growing “Spanish Bible Issue” and desire more information, please visit my website at:  www.robertbreaker.com/honduras/honduras/html.   Please study this issue for yourself, as God’s pure words are the most important thing in the universe, and it’s important that all Christians know and have the truth in their language!

            Thanks again for all your prayers and continued support as I’m trying to serve the Lord Jesus Christ in the midst of ever growing peril, ignorance, and apostasy!

            Because of Christ Jesus our Lord,

            Bro.  Robert Ray Breaker III



This is Mr. Calvin George’s Website accusing me of “Attacking” (While he attacks others on the list).  Apparently I have my own group.  And I didn’t even know it! (See the bottom line).

I sure hope they don’t start calling people who refuse to use the corrupt 1960, “Breakerites!” 

That’d be just plum awful!

The following is a quote from one Mr. Jose Flores, a consultant to the 1960 Spanish Bible revision committee, in his book “El Texto del Nuevo Testamento,” published by CLIE, 1977 page 232, concerning the 1960:

         “ONE PRINCIPLE ADDED TO THE FIRST LIST OF THE REINA-VALERA 1960 REVISION COMMITTEE WAS THAT WHEREVER THE REINA-VALERA (1909) VERSION HAS DEPARTED FROM THE TEXTUS RECEPTUS TO FOLLOW A BETTER TEXT, WE DID NOT RETURN TO THE RECEPTUS. POINT #12 OF THE WORKING PRINCIPLES STATES: IN CASES WHERE THERE IS A DOUBT OVER THE CORRECT TRANSLATION OF THE ORIGINAL, WE CONSULTED PREFERENTIALLY THE ENGLISH REVISED VERSION OF 1885, THE AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION OF 1901, THE REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF 1946 AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL COMMENTARY.”

March 2003

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

            March was a month of sickness, sadness, death, and disaster.  It seems like everything that could go wrong did.  But God, as he always does, comforted me and helped me to look on the bright side of things, and patiently endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

            The first two weeks of March I was sick with what felt like Bronchitis.  I was so weak I could hardly move, and the more I did, the worse I felt.  But I pressed on.

            The children’s ministry went bust around the first week of March, as the children became so rowdy, and misbehaved, that I had to send them home.  They took this as an insult, and said they would not be coming back to services.  A few days later, one of the little girls that had been coming had an eighteen-year-old brother die in a car accident.  Care to guess who they came to for help?  How sad it was when I visited their home and found the poor mother crying in the corner uncontrollably.  On the wall above the coffin were about six pictures of “Mary” and one tiny picture of a Catholic Jesus.  How awful it was to see this religion offered no hope whatsoever in life or in death! 

            Afterwards I prayed with the family, and gave them the Gospel and some Gospel tracts.  Please pray for their salvation.

            In Tegucigalpa, I received news the end of March that Zenia had lost her baby.  She seems to be taking it well, and they are both witnessing more for the Lord.   Nelson is now discipling another couple which is a real blessing.  They have decided not to move to Olancho, and want me to start a church in the suburb of “El Carrizal” where they live.  Nelson has been visiting house to house in his neighborhood, and many people have asked him where his church is located.  He told me that if we started one, he was certain people would come.  We are now looking for a place to meet that we can rent for cheap.  Close to his home is a small house for rent at 1000 lempiras a month (about 60 American dollars).  That doesn’t sound like too bad of a deal!  Please pray for this endeavor.

            Thanks again for all your continued prayers and support.          

            Because He suffered for me on that old rugged tree,

            Robert Breaker III

            Missionary in Honduras

            1 Sam. 12:24!

February 2003

Dear Fellowlabourers in Christ Jesus our Lord,

            Greetings once again from Honduras!  Things are beginning to pick up here, and I’m finding that there is more than enough to do to keep me busy.

            I’ve just begun Bible Studies in my home on Tuesday and Friday nights with my neighbors.  They are really enjoying it.  We are studying a sixteen lesson discipleship course, and afterwards I plan to teach them verse by verse from various books of the Bible.

            At two o’clock in the afternoon every Saturday, the kids are still showing up for the Children’s ministry.  We have seen some adults come as well.  (Praise the Lord!)  On February 15th, we had a “Family Day.”  The week before, I took the children on visitation with me to invite whole families to come to services.  We handed out leaflets and tracts.  My kids really enjoyed it!  The following Saturday, we had over 50 people show up for services!  I asked eighteen-year-old Geovanni Galeano to preach and give his testimony (he is the son of the Pastor of one of the local Independent Baptist Churches here).  He did a wonderful job of preaching the gospel, and afterwards, one raised his hand signifying he was lost.  Unfortunately, he put off being saved until another day.  “Almost Persuaded” - Almost, but lost.  Please pray that he’ll get saved.

            Also on Saturday’s, I’ve been asked to teach English.  At four o’clock I start classes.  I began with three students, and have many more coming.  We also have classes on Friday’s at two.  I also started a Chess club here Saturday evenings.

            Bible Studies on Wednesday’s with Nelson and Zenia in Tegucigalpa are going well.  They are coming along, and really growing in the Lord.  They still desire to move to Olancho, but Zenia is pregnant and must stay in Tegucigalpa for at least six more months, as she must visit the hospital every two weeks.  They want me to come with them if they move and start a church in their village.  I’ve been there three times now, and we found several other villages that want us to come and start a church in their area.  That would be a blessing.

             

            So, as you can see, I’m keeping myself busy.  Thank you all for the privilege and opportunity you’ve given me to come here and do something for the Lord! 

       

Because He paid it all for even me,

Robert Ray Breaker III

Missionary in Honduras

            1 Samuel 12:24!

January 2003

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

            Greetings from “The Land of the Lost.”   I am writing a January prayerletter rather than the usual bi-monthly one to inform you what has befallen me here, and to ask for your prayers.

            They say, “The test of a man’s character is how he reacts to adversity.”  And this month I learned more about my character, and just how I would react in a life-threatening situation. 

            On January 7^th, I was in San Pedro Sula with Missionary Homero Romero putting new shocks on my car.  As we were working, two armed gunmen entered the garage and forced us go into the house and sit down.  As one guarded us with his 9mm pistol, the other one began rummaging through all of our things and proceeded to take all we had of value.  As we were seated, I didn’t know what else to do, so I began singing, “Nothing but the Blood of Jesus” in Spanish.  Bro. Homero and his family also joined in. 

            Afterwards, I preached to the robber guarding the window for about 20 minutes and stressed to him his need to be saved.  He listened, but told me to keep my voice down, as he didn’t want anyone to hear us.  My heart was racing about 100 times per second, but I found that the more Bible verses I quoted, the more boldness I received from the Lord.

            Then the overwhelming thought struck my heart, “This could be the day that I’m going home to heaven!”  With that in mind, I decided my last sermon would be my best, so I preached even harder and told him, “If you kill me, I’m going home to heaven to be with my Lord!  And where will you go when you die?  You’ll be in Hell with your buddy if you don’t get saved!  But I’ll be in heaven with my Lord and Saviour!  If you shoot me, you’d really be doing me a favor!” 

            Then I preached about sin, righteousness and judgment.  And concluded with The Lord Jesus Christ and what He did for him as He willingly shed His blood for his sins.  The boy at the window never looked in my eyes.  He kept looking down at the floor when he wasn’t glancing out the window, but I could tell he was listening.

            When the other robber emerged from the bedroom with all that he wanted packed in a suitcase, he took Romero’s cell phone and called for a “get away car.”  As he was talking, we heard him ask his boss, “Should we kill them?”  The reply was, “Yes!”  Obviously they wanted no witnesses.

            The thieves then told us to go into the bedroom and get on the floor.  I kneeled by the bed instead and began praying and telling God how great it would be to see him in just a few short seconds.  But as I was praying, I heard the door slam, and then they were gone. 

            From Bro. Homero, the thieves took his money, wedding rings, cell phone, video camera, family heirlooms and more.  They were completely devastated. 

            I guess I got off easy, as all they took from me was about 70 dollars, my laptop computer, and a few electronic devices.  They wanted to take my truck, but since the tires were off they could not.

            Afterwards, I was very disappointed.  It might sound strange, but it’s the truth.  They had gotten my hopes up to see the Lord, and had even robbed me of that as well!

            Please remember the Romero family in your prayers.  They are doing better, and their church has been helping them.  I’m doing fine, but just a little discouraged, as I was really looking forward to finally looking upon the face of Him, that loved me enough to die for me! 

Maybe it’s just not my time yet to go home.  The other Missionaries here keep telling me that God has a plan for me and that’s why he spared me.  That might be, but I’ve found new meaning in Paul’s words in Philippians 1:21, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.”  How much better it would be to go on home to heaven than stay down here in this ungodly world of sin!

            Although all of this was a terrible tragedy, and I haven’t been able to sleep very well for several weeks afterwards, I do believe some good came out of it.  We did give tracts to the robbers before they left.  (And I ask you to join me in praying that they will get saved).  We also handed out tracts at the Police Station to both the officers and those in jail. 

            A week later, a Television Reporter from channel 63 News interviewed me in Tegucigalpa.  I told him what happened, and what I preached to them, as he recorded me on video.  A week later I learned that it aired the day after at 6:00 P.M.  So praise be to God!  I was able to preach the gospel via T.V. to all in Tegucigalpa! 

            Even though I miss my laptop computer, which was a real blessing to my ministry here, I felt it was worth the trade to be able to get the gospel to Policemen, prisoners, and ultimately all of Tegucigalpa.  God knows what he’s doing, and sometimes it’s hard to see at the time why God allows certain things.  But looking back, I see that it did “work together for good” (Romans 8:28), and God used it to get the gospel to many who otherwise might not have heard.

            Thanks again for all your prayers and support.  Part of me wants to ask you to quit praying, as maybe if you hadn’t been praying they would have shot me and I would be at home in heaven right now!  But your prayers are keeping me here and allowing God to use me to get the Gospel to hundreds and thousands of people here in Honduras.  For this I am truly thankful, no matter what the cost. 

Yet, I find myself selfishly thinking how great it would be to be up in glory in my mansion of pure gold, rather than living here in this house of adobe.   No, I’m not suicidal, just saved and looking forward to going home!  But until then, I’ll keep busy trying to take as many as I can with me!

             Because He suffered for me on that old rugged tree,

            Robert Breaker III

            Missionary in Honduras

            1 Sam. 12:24!

November - December 2002

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

            Psalms 91:1 says, “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord!”  And I’m learning to give thanks in both the good and the bad.  Sometimes things don’t always go the way we want them to, and it’s in these times that it’s easy to get discouraged.  But, I’ve learned that the more I give thanks in everything, the more the Lord seems to do, and this lifts my spirits and help me to continue on joyfully in his service.

 

Preaching

In November and December I had many opportunities to preach here in Honduras.  On Thanksgiving Day, I preached for Bro. Homero Romero on “The History of Thanksgiving.”  This is a new holiday in Honduras, and many don’t know what it’s all about.   But I explained to them the greatest reason we have to give thanks is our freedom to worship the Lord without persecution!  For it was for this freedom that the Pilgrim’s fled Europe.

On December 3rd, I had the opportunity to enter the Navy Base in Puerto Castilla on the Northern Coast and preach to the Navy men there and give them all Gospel tracts.  I even toured the ships and gave a tract to each sailor.

December 5th, I preached the 15^th Anniversary service of Bro. Perfecto Erazo’s church in La Ceiba.  I also preached several services for Missionary Santos Ortiz in the mountains outside of La Ceiba.

The end of December I preached in Olancho for several days from house to house.  We did not have services on Christmas day, as many of the people were too afraid of the drunks to leave their homes.  So I went to the Cantinas and preached to the drunks and gave them tracts.

We also visited the village of Aguas Blancas, and I was able to preach the gospel individually from house to house and put a Bible in each home.

Praise

Praise be to the Lord Jesus Christ!  And thank God he’s still in the saving business!  In November Nelson Corrales, my convert, led two souls to Jesus Christ by himself!  Their names were Jose and Gloria.

            On December 15th, I had the privilege of leading three children to the Lord in my Children’s ministry after preaching a message from John 11:25,26.  Their ages were 13, 10, and 9.

 

Problems

The work that I had started in Magdalena, was destroyed by meddling Charismaniacs from the “Santidad” (Holiness) church.  They told everyone that “Baptists” were wicked, and that I was there “to start a work of the devil.”  Now no one will come to services as most of the town is related and most of the families go to the Santidad Church.  Although it hurts to see a work destroyed that I tried so hard in starting, I can give thanks for the two souls that were saved during my time there. 

The children’s ministry here in my home has been up and down.  Sometime the children come, sometimes they don’t.  I found out recently that the Santidad missionary’s wife up the street has been visiting them, and persuading them to go to her services instead of mine.  She gives them “stuff” to lure them to come.  I don’t have “stuff” to give, and am only interested in giving them the Bible.  Although they are rowdy and try my patience regularly, I am glad to have the opportunity to preach to those few kids that are still coming and tell them the “Wonderful Story” of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Prayer Requests

            Nelson and I are talking about the possibility of working to together in his home village of Guanko in the “departmento” (state) of Olancho.  In December, I went with him and preached to the villages around the area.  I’ve been several times now, and we have seen many people come out to hear the preaching.  It appears to me that Olancho is wide open to the Gospel.  The people are a hard bunch and most of the men carry pistols.   It’s sort of like the Old West in America.  But the people know they are sinners, and are willing to listen to what God has to say from His Holy word.

With the work destroyed in Magdalena, I’ve been praying about moving.  If God does lead me to Olancho, I’d like to be closer than the six hour drive that it takes me now from where I live.  So the end of November I visited Trujillo (two hours from Olancho), and spent a week there passing out tracts and checking the place out with the possibility in mind of moving there.

Please pray the Lord would give me direction in what to do.  My desire is to preach the gospel, and plant churches, then train men like Nelson to do the same.  I moved to where I currently live in La Esperanza to be closer to the villages of Colomoncagua and Magdalena.  However, it seems those works have fallen through.  It now appears a door might be opening in Olancho or possibly Trujillo.  Please pray God would show me where he’d have me to go. 

Thanks again for all your prayers and support!

Because He loved even me,

            

Robert Breaker III

Missionary in Honduras

1 Samuel 12:24!

September - October 2002

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

 Greetings from “The Banana Republic” of Honduras!  I arrived here safely on Tuesday, October 22nd after a short three hour flight from Miami.  Missionary Homero Romero picked me up at the airport, and in the evening I attended services with him at the home of one of his church members for their mid-week preaching and prayer service. 

The next day Homero drove me home to La Esperanza and helped me work on my Suburban that hasn’t been running since July.  We changed the distributor cap, rotor, sparkplugs, carburetor, fuel pump and more.  It still would not start!  We racked our brains trying to figure out the problem, but could come up with nothing.  Finally we checked the fusebox and found that the ignition fuse was faulty (It’s always those little foxes that spoil the vine it seems!)  We replaced it and now the truck runs fine. However with the climbing gas prices reaching close to three dollars a gallon, it looks like I’ll be taking the bus more often in an effort to save money!

Upon my arrival home in La Esperanza, I found the house and yard in a mess.  Yet with a little elbow grease, I was able to fix some leaky pipes, clean the house, mow the yard and get things in order.  Unfortunately, we are having water problems in the neighborhood where I live and water is becoming scare.  I’m having to adjust to this.  But this is life in Honduras. 

On my first Saturday here, my kids showed up for services.  I was so busy getting the house in order that I didn’t have time to visit them before then, but they saw my truck as I drove into town for supplies.  They knew I was back and to them this meant it was time to hold services again.   At two o’clock in the afternoon, sixteen youngsters arrived and showered me with flower petals and danced around me ecstatically, telling me how glad they were to see me back.  We held services and the children were very excited about some field trips we are planning to make in the next couple of weeks.

The end of October I went to Tegucigalpa and tracked down Nelson.  He has moved into another house and found a new job.  After calling his mother-in-law, I found out where he was working and went to see him.  He was happy to see me.  He told me that he has started streetpreaching since I left and is really enjoying it.  What a blessing to hear!  He is also very anxious about starting our Bible studies again and doing visitation. 

So things are starting to get back to normal here on the field.  I’m glad to be back.  Thank you all for your continued prayers and support.

Through His Blood,

Robert Breaker III

Missionary In Honduras

P.S.  Back in September, I bought a cassette tape duplicator that copies tapes in less than two minutes each.  I obtained 300 Spanish preaching and teaching tapes from a church in Mexico, and I plan to use the duplicator to make copies and give preaching tapes to the illiterate people here in Honduras.  But Cassette tapes are expensive here in Honduras (almost a dollar apiece), so if there are any old tapes you might have (60 or 90 minute), that you can spare, please send them to me at my field address below in Honduras.  I have a tape eraser and could copy over them and use them.  These would be a great help, and you’d be helping the Honduran people to get the gospel!

August 2002

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 1^st, 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!



July 2002

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Greetings in the precious name of our marvelous Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! July has been a very fruitful season after a small spiritual drought!  Sometimes it seems you get discouraged doing the same old thing over and over, and you wonder if all of your preaching and teaching is accomplishing much.  But in July, the Lord brought to light some things that proved Isaiah 55:11 (that God’s word will not come back void!) and helped to strengthen me here on the field.

            The work in the village of Magdalena, Intibuca, Honduras (about 30 minutes from the El Salvador border) is going well.  I have been preaching and teaching there for over three months now, and the people are anxious to start a Baptist Church.  However, I am a little leery of this, as most of the people come from a “Santidad” (Holiness) background, which teaches that works are essential to get saved or to stay saved.  I have been preaching hard against this, and stressing salvation by grace through faith.  I believe the people are starting to understand. 

On July 3^rd, I led Licandro Argueta to the Lord.  He had been coming to services, but was trusting in his own righteousness rather than Christ’s righteousness to save him.  He gladly accepted the truth after an hour bible study, and trusted solely and completely in the shed blood of Jesus Christ to save his soul, and nothing else!  After he trusted Christ, he told me that the Charismatics had been working on him.  They told him,  “Be careful of those Baptists! They are dangerous, because they teach doctrine!”  Well, thank God for the wonderful doctrine of salvation by grace through faith that still saves souls!

            A week later I received some more great news.  As I was walking into town with Elias Marquez (the leader of the group in Magdalena) I asked him when he was saved. He told me it was the first night that I preached in Magdalena.  He said that was when he first realized that salvation is by Christ, his blood, and what he did, and not what we can do to get to heaven. That night he trusted Christ as his Saviour!  Wow!  What a blessing!  He had been a “Holiness” preacher for 12 years, and for all that time he was preaching works for salvation!  But now he is preaching the Gospel of 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, and preaching it even harder because he realized that he was deceived by that cult church!

            So things are starting to pick up! The rest of the people coming to the services keep pushing me to start a Baptist Church.  They are very excited about this, and enjoy learning the Bible.  However, I have my concerns, as I don’t know for sure if they are all saved.  After some careful consideration, I decided to pull a fast one on them.  I designed a church constitution that had a doctrinal statement that ran more than ten pages.  Each paragraph contains 15-20 Bible verses.  I made it into sort of an over-sized gospel tract, if you will.  And I told them all to read it and look up every verse.   After they do, I will try to get each of their testimonies before organizing as a Baptist Church.  Please pray for them that God would open their eyes and help them to see the truth if they are not yet saved!

            Towards the end of July, I had another extra special blessing.  As you remember, I am teaching Bible to Nelson Corrales in Tegucigalpa. He was out of work for more than a month, and just recently found a job.  Care to guess where he is working?  He is now a security guard for a Catholic Church!  Well, even though Nelson didn’t like the idea of working for the “Great Whore” (his words, not mine), this didn’t stop him from serving the Lord!  Do you know what he’s doing now?  He’s putting Gospel tracts on the cars of those who come to the church for Mass!  He has been witnessing to the other guards, and even preaching to the priests!  Plus, he’s also holding Bible studies with some of the other workers there!  What a “fanatic,” huh?  Praise God for such a good convert!

Near the end of July, Nelson introduced me to a young man training to be a priest.  His name is Saul.  I talked to him for a while, and he related to me his hatred for the Roman Catholic Church.  He said, “the Catholic Church is nothing but a business that is only interested in money!”  He continued by telling me how hypocritical the priests were, and how the Catholic system was full of errors and false teachings.   To make a long story short, I led Saul to the Lord two weeks later in Nelson’s house while we were eating chicken, red beans, and rice! 

            God has been very good in the month of July!  Please continue praying for Elias Marquez and the people in Magdalena, the children’s ministry at my home on Saturdays, and Nelson “the Go-Getter” Corrales.

            Because of Christ Jesus, my blessed Saviour,

            Robert Breaker III

            1 Sam. 12:24!

May - June 2002

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord,

            Greetings once again from Honduras!  Things are going well here and I am keeping very busy.  At times I wonder if I’m not too busy as my health has suffered for it.  Yet, I’m enjoying serving the Lord and being active in his service.

            On Sundays I leave from my house in La Esperanza, Intibuca very early in the morning in order to drive the three hours to the capital city of Tegucigalpa.  There I hold Bible Studies with Nelson Corrales and Zenia.  He wants to start a church in his home, but we’ve gotten off to a rocky start.  It seems that he moved into a house right next door to a Charismatic church, and most of his neighbors go there.  But, that hasn’t stopped old Nelson from preaching and passing out tracts to his neighbors.  Please pray that we may see some of them saved, as we continue to work in this area.

            On Sunday afternoons, we have started going downtown to the Central Park to pass out tracts and preach on the street.  Nelson is a real go-getter.  He keeps telling me that “I need to pass out tracts faster!”  What a blessing!  He has yet to preach on the street, but he keeps saying that he will try it one day.  Please pray that he’ll muster up the courage to do so!

            After spending the night at Nelson’s house on Sunday evening, I leave on Monday’s to head back home.  There I try to study a little bit as Tuesdays I travel to the village of Magdalena.  It is a four-hour bus trip and I have to walk an hour into town in order to make my bus.

            On Tuesday and Wednesday nights I am teaching Bible to the group of about 20 faithful people who gather there in Magdalena.  We have found a bigger building now as we are renting the Municipal Warehouse to meet in.  We are also in the process of organizing into a local church!  I’ve even started teaching English on Wednesday afternoon in the hope that this will bring more people to the services.

            Just before midnight on Wednesday night, the bus leaves for La Esperanza.  It arrives there a little after four in the morning, and after the hour walk home, I try to rest a little bit from my journey.  I usually spend Friday studying and preparing for my teaching classes, or running errands in town to buy groceries or other things.  Then on Saturday at two in the afternoon, I have a children’s ministry going on here at the house!  So as you can see, I’ve been keeping myself very busy here in Honduras!

            Also in June, I had the privilege of baptizing Nelson and Zenia in the little village of Guanko, Olancho, Honduras.  I preached to over 50 people there the night before, and the next morning we had over 60 people show up at the baptism service there on the banks of the river.  I preached a message to them again, and then baptized Nelson and Zenia in front of Nelson’s family, friends, and neighbors.  What a testimony it was to those of Nelson’s village that they too need to come to the Jesus Christ by faith in his death, burial, resurrection, and precious shed blood!

            The very last day of June my car broke down on the way to teach Bible to Nelson.  I lost three days in the process of trying to find a mechanic to get it fixed.  However, it turned out to be a blessing as I was able to lead a young man named Luis to the Lord!

            Also, I would like to thank the KING JAMES BIBLE SOCIETY for sending me 200 Spanish Bibles to give away here in Honduras, which I received the beginning of May.  Also, thanks to the Bible Believer’s Baptist Church Tract Ministry in N. Canton, Ohio for sending me over 6000 gospel tracts as well.  And a special thanks to you all for your continued prayer and support!

            Please remember the following in your prayers:

Nelson to find work (as he was recently laid off).

Lacho (Nelson’s brother) to be saved.

                                                                       

            In His Service,

            Robert Breaker III

            1 Sam. 12:24!

           

March - April 2002

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord,

            “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ!” (1 Cor. 1:3).                   

            I hope this letter finds you all walking in sweet fellowship with God and giving thanks to him always for his oh so abundant mercies and blessings.  He is so good, even when we are not.  And, how can you help but praise him?

            In my last prayerletter, I told you all about some bad news and how that the people of the village of Colomoncauga had rejected the gospel.  As a result, I was heartbroken, discouraged, and walked for a time in the slough of despond, not knowing what to do or where to go with the gospel.  But God picked me up and set me back on my feet, and gave me a whole lot more to do than I could have ever imagined.  Though the door closed shut on Colomoncagua, God opened another in its place.  In fact he opened three of them!

            After leaving Colomoncagua, I prayed and asked God what to do.  Through much prayer, and Bible reading, and the advice of several other missionaries here, I decided to visit my neighbors and invite them to services here in my house.  I visited just about everyone that lives within a mile radius of me, and was able to put a Bible in each house (about 30).  Then I invited them over on Sunday for services.  The first Sunday I had 41 people showed up!  Then the next Sunday there were 42 that came, and two who accepted Jesus Christ as their Saviour after I preached on, “You must be born again!” 

            Well, the next Sunday only children came.  I visited everyone again, but the adults just didn’t seem interested.  Every Sunday since then, I’ve had nothing but children show up at my house.  Every week I’d have anywhere from 13 to 20 young kids.  We play soccer for about 30 minutes beforehand, and then I teach them the Bible.  Right now we are studying the “7 Types of Christ in the book of Genesis.”  Although I’d hoped to reach the adults, and teach them Bible, it looks like now I’ve got a good, steady children’s ministry going.  Hopefully through time, the children will reach their parents, and they will come again.

            On Thursdays, I’ve been traveling to Tegucigalpa (three hours away) every week to teach Bible to Nelson Corrales (whom I led to the Lord back in November).  He is really growing in the Lord and is passing out tracts like a mad man!  He has even at times gone into the Catholic church here to give tracts to the people there as well as the priests!  When I asked him why he did that, he said, “Because they are deceived and need the gospel!”  Amen!  He’s exactly right.  This young man has got a lot of zeal.  Not only that, he has a whole lot of faith!

            Every time I’d travel to Tegucigalpa to teach him Bible, he would ask me, “When are you going to start a church here in my house?”  I told him that we needed some people to do that, and a bigger place, as his house was nothing but a one room shack.  But, he still wanted me to start a work there.  I told him to pray about it, and we’d see what would happen.  Well one day I showed up at his work to visit him, and he informed me that he’d been visiting his neighbors, and there were over 15 people that wanted to come to his house if we began holding services there.  “But your house is still too small,” I told him.  He replied, “That’s okay, I rented a bigger house to live in, so that we can start a church there!”  Glory!  So I’ve changed our weekly Thursday night Bible studies in his house to an all day Sunday service.  And, I’ve shuffled Sunday services with the kids at my house to Saturday.  Please pray for these two ministries in the making.

            One afternoon while I was at my house, an interesting thing happened.  Pastor Ramon Galeano, one of the Baptist Pastors here in town, came by and visited me.  He told me that a man came and visited him from a town called Magdalena (it’s farther down the road than Colomoncagua, and closer to the El Salvador border).  The Pastor told me that this man had a group of about 30 people in that town who have been meeting every week to read the Bible and pray.  They have decided that they want to become a Baptist Church, and are looking for someone to help them do that.  Pastor Ramon told me that he was too busy with starting a work in Siguatepeque (an hour away), but he suggested that I go there and see if I can help them. 

            That is exactly what I did, as I took the bus to Magdalena.  When I got on the bus, I asked anyone if they new “Elias Marquez” (the man who visited Ramon and asked for help).  They knew exactly who he was and said that he was going to be coming on the bus the same day.  Sure enough, he boarded the bus, and the people pointed him out to me.  We sat next to each other and talked the whole four and a half hour bus trip.  And he told me about how they’d been meeting for over a year and praying that God would send them someone to teach them the Bible and help them to start a work there in the little village of Magdalena.

            “That is exactly why I’m here!”  I told him.  “It’s my desire to start churches and teach the Bible!”  He was very happy about that, and that evening we held services.   I preached on, “What is a Christian?”  The four points were someone who is: 1. Saved, 2. Sanctified, 3. Separated (from the world), 4. and Soon to leave at the Rapture.  The people enjoyed it, and asked me to come back every Tuesday and teach the Bible to them.  They told me, “We want to learn doctrine!”   So every Tuesday (and any other day that I’m free) I’m traveling to Madgalena to teach these folks doctrine, and help them to organize a local Independent Baptist Church.  What a blessing!

           

            Not only is God opening doors for me here, but he’s supplying me with Bibles and tracts as well.  Toward the end of March, Pastor Raul Reyes from Iglesia Bautista Biblica de Gracia (Grace Bible Baptist Church) in Monterrey, Mexico and Missionary William Park and and his family came down to visit me.  They smuggled Bibles across the Guatemalan border to bring down and distribute to churches in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.  I had a wonderful time with them, and was even able to go to Nicaragua with Pastor Raul and another brother named Homero Romero to take a church there a case of Bibles and tracts. 

            Bro. Park stayed with me for a little more than a week, and helped me do some visitation in my neighborhood.  Before they went back to Mexico, they left me with 5 boxes of Booklet tracts entitled, “Como Puedo Yo Tener Vida Eterna?” (How can I have Eternal Life), Three boxes of regular tracts, and 14 boxes of Spanish New Testaments!  I was overjoyed when they gave me this material, and have been keeping myself busy trying to put this material in the hands of the Honduran people.

            So God is taking care of me here.  He is directing my path, and giving me plenty to do.  Thanks again for your prayers, as I’m convinced that those are not only what help to sustain me here, but are what keep the doors opening as well.

            Thanks again for you continued support.  Every little bit helps! (Especially when there is more and more to be done!)

Because He shed His precious blood for a Sinner like me,

Robert Ray Breaker III

Missionary to Honduras