June 2017 Update

Greetings 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 June, Jennifer traveled to West Virginia to participate in the celebration of her parents' fiftieth wedding anniversary. Since that was her first time back in West Virginia in around ten years, and she hadn't been there or seen her brother or sister since we have returned from the mission field, it also served as a wonderful family reunion. She was able to drive up there and spend the weekend, which was a blessing for both her and her family.

While she was there, however, her mother needed medical attention and became hospitalized with what was determined to be a heart attack; but after receiving prayer and spending a few days in the hospital, the doctors could not find any significant heart blockages that would warrant treatment, so she was released to home. Praise the Lord.

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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. Currently we have nine students in six nations including Nigeria, Kenya, United Kingdom, Mali, Liberia, and Germany.

One of our students in Nigeria named Deji wrote to Len about his desire to start another Life Transformation Group (LTG), since the one he originally started is no longer functional. He asked that the Lord would provide him with an LTG partner who desires intimacy with Jesus. Let's please pray that way for him together.

Dr. Theophilus Ayodelle

As you know, we have two medical students in the DTS, both named David. And we also have a DTS student named Theophilus, who is a medical doctor serving in the military. He has been away for the past six months due to his military training, where he has had no access to phone or internet. However, he wrote to Len in June to say that he has finally completed boot camp, and has received his commission as a lieutenant in the Nigerian Army. He also called and spoke with Len briefly by phone, to discuss his plans to resume his DTS training in July. Please pray that he will be able to do so as he intends.

We also continue to get positive feedback from those who are reading Len's articles, as well as people reaching out to us for help in the form of prayer and counseling. One brother who is a police officer in Zimbabwe, Africa contacted Len in June stating:

"Greetings in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ.  

Thank you for allowing the Lord to use you so mightily for His service on the site Eternal Destinations.  I have been very much blessed reading the posts on this site...God bless you."

In his email, he explained that although he is serving the Lord as a police officer, he heard a shocking report from some testimony (on another website, not ours) that essentially his profession is not pleasing in God's site. He pleaded with us for help because he was confused and in a quandary over what to do. By the grace of God, Len was able to send him some articles that helped restore peace to his soul. We give God all the glory for that.

We also received a contact from a fifteen year-old girl in South Africa named Thelma, who is demon possessed and lives in an area that she claims is dominated by satanism. She said that even her parents have been initiated into satanism, and now they are continually trying to kill her. So we have counseled her, sent her articles, and ask you to join us in praying for her to be delivered from evil.

Another young woman in Nigeria in her upper twenties contacted Len asking for help, because her parents with whom she lives are pressuring her to get married as soon as possible. She was feeling rather desperate. Len encouraged her to wait upon the Lord for the man that He wants her to marry and not to be in a rush or get married for the wrong reasons. Please join us in praying for the Lord's will to be done in her life concerning marriage.

Lastly, one of our board members named Gino has been on a missions trip in Romania since the end of May. He is there with a Hungarian brother who lives next door to him in Australia, who is originally from Romania. This is about their third year going together on mission to Romania with the gospel. He wrote to Len from Transylvania in early June saying, "We have been blessed so far here in Romania with opportunities to help people and tell them about the gospel. For the next four weeks we will be in a city called Hunedoara, and will be thankful for your prayers for the people in this village. God bless you, brother, and talk soon." Let's pray for the Lord to use Gino and Frank mightily as they help people and give them the gospel in Hunedoara, Romania.

"Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness." (Ps 115:1)

Resources:  This month we would like to suggest some articles Len has recently written called The Lord will Rescue You, Maintaining Your Healing, Claire Andoun Solomon's Encounter with Jesus, and The Home Going of Sister Claire Andoun Solomon.  Len's latest articles are all available at Old News That's Still Fresh - June 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 Jennifer to celebrate her parents' wedding anniversary in West Virginia.
2. For healing Jennifer's mother's heart.
3. For the opportunity to assist each of our students in becoming disciples of Christ and fulfilling their callings. 
4. For the Lord's leading, guidance, and help administering the Doulos Training School (DTS), and for the progress the students are making.
5. For the lives being touched for Christ around the world through our writing ministry.
6. For the words of encouragement we have received from the people being touched. 

Next steps and prayer needs:

1. For the Lord to grant brother Denis our bookkeeper a miraculous healing in his kidney.
2. For the Lord to deliver sister Thelma in South Africa from evil.
3. For the Lord to enable brother Theophilus our student to resume his DTS training in July.
4. For the Lord to use brothers Gino and Frank mightily as they help people and give them the gospel in Hunedoara, Romania.
5. For the Lord to provide brother Deji with an LTG partner who desires intimacy with Jesus.
6. 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. 
7. For the Lord to help all of our DTS students to find LTG partners (another Christian to meet with weekly for discipleship in a Life Transformation Group).
8. For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
9. 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. 
10. 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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