March Update 2017

Greetings from North Carolina in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ!  We're pleased to share with you what the Lord has been doing in our lives and ministry.

Family: In February, Christopher wrote a poem called Great is His Faithfulness, which is excellent. You can find it at the link above. Indeed we have seen the Lord's faithfulness in our lives.

In March we celebrated Len's fifty first birthday. We enjoyed a delicious pumpkin pie, which has been all eaten up already. He received cards and blessings from the family, and also received some encouraging birthday wishes from loved ones back in New Hampshire and West Virginia.

More photos.    

Ministry:  As we continue to administer our discipleship training school (DTS), we'd like to update you on the good things that God is doing with it. We began a new quarter on March 1.

One of our students named Tilia in Liberia was under a lot of persecution recently, so she was unable to finish her third quarter on time. When she was given the grace to finish during the current quarter, she was elated. She wrote in March:

Tilia in Liberia

"God bless you so much, Brother Len,

I am so happy, bless God for DTS. I can now freely go through my studies again.

Meanwhile, I have a testimony: the Lord has placed me into Leadership in my Church to help coordinate His people through True praise and worship.

God bless you once again, Tilia"

Another one of our students in Mali, Africa shared a testimony in March. Sister Colette wrote:

"Dear brother Leonard,

The following testimony is [regarding] my son. My son got into the wrong company and was arrested with hard drugs and a stolen motorcycle. He stayed in the police remand for 23 days.

Later was taken to court for plea where he admitted the offence and was taken to the prison remand to await his sentence. He didn't have a lawyer. He spent another 3 weeks before sentence. Meanwhile I kept praying for his deliverance and he on his part repented with a contrite heart asking God for mercy.

Collete in Mali

Last Tuesday the 7 March he was sentenced to 7 months, but God did a miracle on Wednesday 8 March. The day after the sentence, the same court sent a Letter to the prison to release him that they had made a mistake. He was released and he is out promising to serve God. End of testimony. All glory to the Lord.

Stay blessed,

Sister in Christ, Collete"

Praise the Lord for these wonderful testimonies from our students. By the way, sister Collete has not yet been able to go to Niger and Burkina Faso on those business trips we mentioned with her new consulting business due to delays in getting a visa.

In March we received word from David O. in Nigeria, another one of our DTS students, notifying us that he finished his exams in medical school that we had asked you to pray for in February. Thank you for praying.

Len also received this interesting comment in March on his article, called The 311 Moment. A reader commented: "Last night I was woken with a dream and the number 311. That is how I found this article by searching for answers to 311 in the Bible."

Len continues to write articles, and in February sent out his usual monthly edition of Old News That's Still Fresh to pastors, elders, and laborers in the harvest in Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, and USA. He received the following comment back on his March edition from one pastor in Uganda:

"Greetings Pastor Len in Jesus' name! I am blessed by your articles and ministry. It is long and I am asking you to pray with me always. I am going through serious persecution because of ministry work.

Blessings,

Pastor Grace Okurut,
Uganda"

Let's agree together in prayer for the Lord to deliver brother Grace from his persecutors, which he explained is denominational persecution.

We also received a comment from a Jewish reader named Deborah regarding one of Len's articles on his Yeshua Messiah blog, called The Brit Chadashah is Jewish. She was critical of the article and scoffed at the gospel message found in the New Testament. She accused Len of fooling people, so he responded to her with an article called, Harmony Between the Brit Chadashah and the Tanakh. You are welcome to check it out if you like.

"Lord, You establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished You have done for us." (Is 26:12)

Resources:  This month we would like to suggest some articles Len has recently written called Alabaster Jar and The Glory of the Lord Revealed. Len's latest articles are all available at Old News That's Still Fresh - March 2017. His entire collection of his most popular blogs are at Writing for the Master.

In closing, we have much to praise God for, and many opportunities for you to join us in prayer.

Praise the Lord with us for the many answers to prayer:

1. For allowing us to celebrate Len's fifty-first birthday.
2. For the excellent poem that Christopher wrote about God's faithfulness.
3. For helping brother David O to finish his medical school exams.
4. For giving grace to the son of sister Collete, leading him to repentance, and giving him a second chance.
5. For giving sister Tilia the opportunity to lead worship.
6. For the opportunity to assist each of our students in becoming disciples of Christ and fulfilling their callings. 
7. For the Lord's leading, guidance, and help administering the Doulos Training School (DTS), and for the progress the students are making.
8. For the lives being touched for Christ around the world through our writing ministry.
9. For the words of encouragement we have received from the people being touched. 

Next steps and prayer needs:

1. For the Lord to assist us with the administration of the Doulos Training School (DTS), as well as develop through it many disciples who multiply disciples. 
2. For the Lord to help all of our DTS students to find LTG partners.
3. For the Lord to grant sister Collete help in getting the visas she needs to pursue the opportunities the Lord has given her in Niger and Burkina Faso with her new consulting business.
4. For the Lord to water the seeds we have planted and bring conviction for guilt with regard to sin, righteousness, and the coming judgment in the hearts of those in whom we have planted seeds in our own community, including those who oppose us here.
5. For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
6. For the Lord to send His angels with Len’s written messages to those who need them, and for an open heaven over them when they receive his messages. 
7. For the Lord to heal Len from sciatic trouble, causing chronic pain. 
8. For the Lord to move mountains to raise up new faith partners, including those who would sponsor our students, and for Him to provide for all our needs -- not only ours personally, but also those of the ministry -- as He releases a financial miracle.

Thank you so much for your partnership in this ministry.

with love from all of us,

The Lacroixs

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