October Update -- 2022

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

Family: In October, we celebrated Jennifer's birthday with cake, cards, gifts, and prayer for her.

In October, Christopher successfully completed the college course he is taking on the topic of "Windows Single User", which means he only has one more course left to take in the spring semester.  

Meanwhile, Charity got a new part-time job at a nearby Christian bookstore, as well as another part-time job at a grocery store produce department. Praise the Lord! Both jobs are new fields for her that she has not worked in before, so these are great opportunities to learn new skills and gain new experience. But please join us in praying the Lord will help her come up the learning curve, and that she will have the strength to handle both jobs at once.

We mentioned last month that we as a family have been distributing the Jesus Film DVD and some gospel tracts, as well as Len's salvation testimony and his book, A Willing Heart to Please the Father, throughout a nearby community. We finished that outreach in October as expected. Pray that the Lord would water the seeds of the gospel that we have been planting and continue to plant. 

Our Treasurer Dave Wenrich had kidney surgery again recently and needs our prayers for a smooth recovery, as well as a complete healing.

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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. By the grace of God, we currently have disciples in eight nations including Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South Sudan, Zambia, Ghana, India, and the United Kingdom.

In September, one of our students in Nigeria named Hannah graduated. We had a ceremony to make it official, in which her husband Deji was present. Brother Deji presented to her the DTS certificate of completion and her transcript. We sang and praised the Lord, had a time of testimony, and prayed for her. Sister Hannah is now our eighth graduate. Here is her testimony:

"I want to thank God for the opportunity to go through the coursework. It has imparted in me godly virtues. I want to appreciate the board members of DTS for all the coursework, how to heal the sick videos, Fire books, and all the practical sessions I needed to do throughout the three years training I did. Sometimes I wish to go through the fire book and read it all over again. Thank you for all you have done. I appreciate it. God bless you sir.

There are some biblical teachings I was grounded into during the training, and some [in which] my understanding was enlightened. I have started to [put the teaching on how to heal the sick into practice] on others and my family. A neighbour here complained of serious back pain. I laid my hand at his back and prayed for him. Few days after, I asked him of the pain. He said it has vanished. I was happy that God healed him through me.  

I am grateful to God that I went through the training. During the program, sometimes I was discouraged, but the Holy Spirit encouraged me and he saw me through.

Thanks

Hannah"

Len received the following email in October from brother Charles, one of our DTS graduates, who is a pastor in Uganda. He wrote:

"Praise the Lord, Bro. Len:

I praise God for His goodness and mercies over our life at such a time as this. It's a joy to hear from you and be able to share this testimony of God's protection over me...

On 25th July, I was traveling from Soroti to Lira where I stay in Uganda. I had come from Karamoja (North-Eastern part of Uganda) to visit some families who were experiencing famine and acute hunger. On our journey from Soroti to Lira, our taxi was knocked (head-on) by a [truck], and the vehicle overturned four times. Eleven people died (7 on the spot), including the driver. I only broke my collar bone, but God is too merciful that he preserved my life to give glory to His name. 

I would like to say thank you to God for the life He has given me, and to also thank you brother Len, Doulos Mission International School, and partners for the knowledge of the Word we acquired during the training program. I am very sure God still wants me to preach His Word, and I vow that I will continue to do so to the last breathe of my life.

Attached are pictures of the wreckage [that] I came out of alive. To God be the glory for the life He has given me. Please continue to pray for me that I recover well.

God bless you all

Bro Charles L Okello

Uganda, East Africa"

Praise the Lord for sparing brother Charles' life through this horrific motor vehicle accident. Please join us in praying for his complete recovery. You can see photos of the accident wreckage here (note that they drive on the left side of the road there like in England).

DTS Photo Album.

Brother Grace, who is one of our graduates and facilitators, and a pastor in Uganda, suffered a severe heart attack in October, but is recovering by the grace of God. Afterward he had to travel to his village garden due to a dispute over his boundaries. He wrote

"Dear brother Len, 

Me and my wife received an abrupt call from the clan leaders over our land boundary with the neighbours who have been blackmailing us. So we went and rested for 2 days and had to face it all with them today. They wanted so much part of our land, trying to move the boundary inside our land, but we thank God who was on our side; its resolved once and forever. 

We are back home to continue with my rest for two weeks."

He added:

"The enemy has lost despite his many attacks. By the way, before we went {to the village], I saw the Lord's angel joined us in the disputed land boundary and was on our side and wasn't happy with the other people. Once more thanks for your spiritual coverage of us! And my health has greatly improved!"

Praise the Lord! Brother Grace has still been having problems with his smartphone freezing up on him when he is trying to use it. He needs the phone to conduct his ministry as our DTS National Facilitator for Uganda, so please pray that the Lord would resolve this problem.

More DTS Testimonies

In October, Len received the following testimony from brother Pascal in Uganda, who recently resumed his training with us:

"Praise king Jesus!

I am grateful for what God has done throughout this week in my life. I want to testify that my knowledge of God is increasing, and I experience God closer to me than before. I have the boldness to share Jesus with the lost. I see people confessing Jesus as their Lord and personal Saviour. Reading the Scripture, praying, and fasting every week has become part [my life] of each week, I thank God the people I was praying for [to] be saved are drawing closer to me, [in order] to ask about Christ. I feel like [there is a] fire burning inside me each day when I am studying the Word. I appreciate this course so much. Thanks! 

Bro. Pascal"

Brother Deji, one of our graduates in Nigeria that we mentioned earlier in this newsletter, wrote the following testimony in October:

"Dear Brother Len,

Calvary greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

I want to testify to the glory of the Lord for many things. 

1. The Lord's voice that continually guides us in my family; we are very grateful.

2. The successful completion of Hannah's discipleship training with DTS. Interestingly, we prayerfully chose seven teenagers for both online and physical discipleship in our church at the same time that you were planning to have a graduation ceremony for Hannah. So we feel like the Lord purposely had it that way so that we can know that after "certification" is "intentional service". We really were not planning this kind of coincidence but we know that there's no accident with God.

3. We also thank God for souls that respond to the gospel through us. May the Lord keep them.

Blessed be the name of the Lord. Thanks

Ayodeji"

We received the following email from sister Catherine, who is one of our Second-Year DTS students in England. We had called her the previous day and prayed for the Lord to heal her ear that has been buzzing for two years since her flight back from France, and for her stomach which has been hurting her for almost a year now. She wrote:

"Dear brother Len and sis Jennifer,

Thank you so much for your call last night.  It was wonderful to hear from you both. And thank you so much for your prayer over me for healing. Thank and praise our Lord for healing my ear. It's amazing.  The pain has gone now, and the buzzing has gone away; and the pain in my stomach is a lot less painful, but not gone yet. I keep getting heat in my hands. So I am praying for our Lord's guidance in the healing ministry and witnessing...

With love in our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Sis Catherine"

Praise the Lord for His healing touch upon her. She has also recently republished her book, A Flickering Light Becomes a Glow, which is available for sale online. The Lord has also been opening doors of ministry for her to speak at Churches and help women.

Len received the following testimony from brother John in India, who is a second-year DTS student and a pastor there:

"I am very glad and thankful to brother Len, because the topics/Lessons I come across -- like Happy Hunters on Fire, The End has Come, Judging Visions, Revelations, and Prophecies, Holy Fire Baptism -- are very helpful in my ministry. All the topics are reflective and touching me. I thank brother Len and feel happy, and it is a privilege to be a student of the DTS. Brother Len, Greetings in His name.

Humbly,

John Sobhan"

Len also sent out the Old News That's Still Fresh in October to pastors, elders, disciples, and laborers in the harvest in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. We encourage you to read it also.

Note: Some words in the recorded testimonies above have been changed to correct the grammar and spelling, and to enhance their clarity and readability. This was done without changing the meaning.

Resources: If you'd like to be encouraged today, please read Angelic Encounters. We would like to remind you that Len's 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 Jennifer's birthday together.
2. For blessing Charity with two new part time jobs.
3. For protecting brother Charles during the fatal motor vehicle accident he was involved in.
4. For the amazing testimonies of God's work in the lives of our students and graduates, and their brethren in Christ.
5. For healing sister Catherine's ear and further healing her stomach.
6. For helping us to continue with our evangelistic outreach to another community nearby.
7. For the opportunity to assist each of our students in becoming disciples of Christ and fulfilling their callings. 
8. For the Lord's leading, guidance, wisdom, and help administering the Doulos Training School (DTS), and for the progress the students are making.

Next steps and prayer needs:

1. For the Lord to heal Faith and Len from eczema.
2. For the Lord to heal Charity from insomnia, to help her come up the learning curve at her new jobs, and to give her the strength to do them both
3. For the Lord to completely heal brother Charles in Uganda from his broken collar bone that he sustained in the motor vehicle accident.
4. For the Lord to give brother Dave our Treasurer a smooth and complete recovery from kidney surgery.
5. For the Lord to complete the healing in sister Catherine's stomach.
6. For the Lord to water all the seeds of the gospel that we are continuing to plant through our evangelistic community outreach with the Jesus Film DVD.
7. For the Lord to provide for all the needs of our DTS students.
8. 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. 
9. 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).
10. For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
11. For the Lord to raise up new faith partners, and for Him to provide for all our needs -- not only ours personally, but also those of the ministry.

Thank you so much for your partnership in this ministry.

with love from all of us,

The Lacroixs

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