ER INTERNATIONAL

Monday, September 8, 2008

Joey had his 3rd birthday party Sunday. He had fun, loved the cake and presents, but he was terrified of his pinata. It was a character from the cartoon on discovery kids, Backyardagins, he loves the show, but freaked out about the pinata.

I cannot believe he is 3, he was just a tiny baby in my arms, seems like 6 months ago, it kinda makes me sad that he is growing up so fast, sometimes i wish i could put everything on pause just to slow things down just a little bit.

Please pray for the continuation for his adoption to keep going smoothly. We are still pursuing the adoption and not substitute family, and with that we need his mothers consent, and they are working on getting that right now, yes they found his mom, for those of you that don't know, and so please pray for Gods will in this situation, and for peace. I know in my heart he is ours, but sometimes your mind gets the best of you and you say just what if, but I know my God is bigger than all that. I am still believing that by the first of the year he will be ours legally, and we can travel with him to the states, so get ready to meet Joey sometime next year.

Thanks to you all, and God bless. Thanks for your prayers.

Keeping the faith,
Robyn

Sunday, August 31, 2008

New House

It's Sunday night, the day before hurricane Gustav is supposed to hit, and my prayers are with you all in the LA, TX, and FL-AL, areas. I am believing that this storm will just be a tropical storm, with little, or no damage at all. Remember GOD IS IN CONTROL OF ALL THINGS!

I just wanted to share some pictures with you of the new house we live in and the latest of Kathy and Joey, they are growing up so fast, and i am not believing that Joey is almost 3 in Sept, and Kathy 4 in Oct, wow. I always say if you blink you will miss something.

Take care and God bless you all. I'll have another update very soon.

Robyn

Friday, August 15, 2008

House for girls and babies finally opens!

Well the time has finally come, we moved to the girls home property, in the staff house we built, and we moved in our first girls with their babies, in their house, Praise Jesus! It took quite some time to get things squared away to open it and bring the girls in, but it happened, it's always about Gods timing, not ours. We are having a blast. There are four mothers with their babies. Amber - 29 with David - 7 months, Roxanna - 18 with Nicole - 1 yr. Lucita - 10 with Jonathan - 6 weeks, and Maria 13 with kevin - 3 months. There is a slight language barrier, but Praise God that i can speak a little Spanish, and Roxanna speaks a little English, so we are getting by just fine. I am putting my Eng/Span dictionary to good use. We have room right now for two more pregnant girls, and or girls that have already had their babies, but i know again it's all about God's timing, right now we are just getting into the groove of things. Thanks to all of you that have helped to make this dream finally come true, either by your prayers, financial donations, other donations, or all of the above. Thank you and God bless you all.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Epic Team from Florida

Two weeks ago we had one of our dear friend's, Charles Young, the youth pastor from Bayside community church in Bradenton, FL, here with a team of 14 young people to experience the mission field for a week. According to most of them it was an awesome experience, and they will never be the same. They went and did outreach to the local community, they cleaned up the streets of Zambrano, helped clean up around the ministry, and many other things.

Thank you to the team, you all are missed, and were a huge blessing to the staff here at Jimmy Hughes Ministries.

God bless you all.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

New Mexico Team

At the end of June we had Ernie's sister Debbie and her husband, Randy, here with a team from their church out of Farmington, NM. It was a 22 man team, and we kept them busy. They were a huge blessing to us all. They brought school supplies for the school kids at the children's home, they brought diapers for the babies, medicine for the children and of course medicine for the adults as well, for those occasional headaches form time to time.

They brought with them a puppet stage and the puppets, with the skits, and we went to different villages to share the gospel by using the puppets and by giving out candy, and other food items. My Bro-in-law preached a little bit, it was awesome. We took them into the women's prison, were Ernie cooked and they shared there with the women. They had a great time.

One of the team members led an elderly lady, i want to say she was like 90 something, to the Lord right here in Zambrano, you never know how and when God is going to use you, but we need to be ready at all times.

Thanks to all of those that came on this trip, and also to those that were praying for them while they were here.

God bless.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Missions team visit

We had a visit today by a team from Mississippi. They were brought here by Pastor Luis, which is the ministry that we go and do the cooking and feeding for every Sat. They brought mini beach balls for all the kids, they gave them cool bracelets that they made, they did a puppet show, and they did face painting, the kids had a great time. This was the first team for the summer to come and visit. Now that school is out for the summer I'm sure we will be getting lots of visits from teams from the U.S., and also here locally in Honduras. Our kids love when we have visitors, it makes them feel special, and they get lots of attention from more than just us. What a blessing!!

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.