ER INTERNATIONAL: Carly

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Carly

As you all probably know by now, we have taken in a baby girl, her name is Carly. She came to live with us when she was 8 months, and is now 12 months old. She is from Tegucigalpa. Her mom is Cindy, and she is 18 yrs old. Cindy has spent most of her life in and out of childrens homes, and bouncung around from one place to the other, sometimes living on the street, not having a stable home life. Cindy's mom was a prostitute, and so Cindy didn't grow up in the home with her. After having Carly, Cindy did what she knew, going from one place to the other, sometimes living on the street, staying wherever she could. Cindy has been on drugs, and no telling what else. She did decide though, that she wanted to give her baby a better chance at having a good life, then she had growing up.

Ernie and I, since we have been living in Honduras, have opened up our home to be a place for babies in need of rescuing, and that need to be in a safe place, and also for us to be a transition home for babies that are in the adoption process. So when we got the call to take Carly, of course we said yes! So we instantly became Carly's foster family. It's one of those things where you have no idea how long the child will be with you, could be 2 days, 2 months, 2 years, or forever, we just want to be open to whatever God has for us!

Carly has now been with us for about 4 months, and she has adapted quite well to our family. Originally the talk was that Cindy wanted her baby to be adopted by a good, Christian family, and so we said we would keep Carly during the adoption process. Well, Cindy has decided that she does love her baby, and she doesn't want to give her up, so she is now in re hab, and getting her life together. She is finished with her program in June, but asking for us to keep Carly until October. We are all about God's restoration, and reunification of the family, so our prayer is that this family can be restored, and that Cindy can get her life in order so she and her baby daughter can be a family. We know God is in control of this situation, and we pray that His will is done!

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Since its founding in 2003 by Ernie and Robyn Breaux, ER International has been dedicated to helping disabled children, runaways, and young mothers find hope and support while learning of the love of Jesus Christ. Separately, both Ernie and Robyn had dedicated their lives to meeting the needs of others while located in Baton Rouge. Ernie ran a ministry helping young female runaways struggling with addiction, and Robyn filled her time by offering services to churches and working with a Christian radio station. After Robyn volunteered with Ernie’s mission, the two married and began to merge their volunteer and charity efforts together.

Motivated by their own faith and servants’ hearts, Ernie and Robyn began ER International in St. Petersburg, Florida to help homeless and runaway children living on the city’s streets. It was this initiative that led them to Free the Oppressed, a charity based out of Zambrano, Honduras. After a year of working with the charity, Ernie and Robyn took a leap of faith and moved to Zambrano themselves. Once in Honduras, they began working with Prince of Peace Children’s Home, a home for abandoned, and abused, or orphaned children. Their efforts led them to opening a Teenage Pregnancy Crisis Center and School, furthering their goal to help the world’s youth.

An eventual meeting with the First Lady of Honduras changed the direction of ER International, as well as Ernie and Robyn’s lives, forever. They were asked to take in a malnourished baby boy, and it was this precious infant that convinced the Breaux’s to stay in Honduras indefinitely. Their adopted son, Joey, was later diagnosed with PDD-NOS (a form of Autism), and the Breaux family began to dedicate their efforts to their son and other disabled children in Honduras. They moved to the island of Roatan, where they learned there were no services for Autistic children or those with other learning disabilities. Sad to see children like Joey being cast out for their imperfections, Ernie and Robyn began working with a local school to establish special needs programs for children with learning difficulties, with the eventual goal of opening a therapy center solely dedicated to children with Autism, and other learning dissibilities on the island.

ER International is also tied to the international humanitarian coalition Travel Adventure Group (TAG), as well as Honduran fundraising groups that employ former gang members in raising money for other Christian charities. ER International is able to continue their work on Roatan and throughout the world due to the generous donations and support of churches, businesses and individuals around the world. They are dedicated to continuing their efforts in Honduras and educating children with Autism, and other learning dissibilities.