Monday, November 14, 2022

November 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 November, we celebrated Hope's twenty-second birthday with cake, cards, gifts, and prayer for her.

We've been enjoying the rich colors of the fall foliage this season. 

Charity has been working at both of her new jobs at the Christian bookstore and the grocery store produce department, and she seems to be doing fine learning her new skills. Unfortunately the grocery store doesn't provide training, so she just has to figure things out as she goes along. This has been a bit challenging, but she is handling it well.

Dave Wenrich, one of our board members, who had kidney surgery in October, has recovered and had the stent removed. So thank you for your prayers for him!


Ministry: By the grace of God, we are celebrating sixteen years of ministry, since we founded Doulos Missions International. Praise the Lord! And thanks to each of you who have continued faithfully praying for us all these years, as well as you who have continued faithfully supporting us financially.

As we continue to administer our discipleship training school (DTS), now in its eighth year, 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 six nations including Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South Sudan, India, and the United Kingdom.

In October, brother John, one of our students in Uganda, who is a pastor there, sent the following praise report to us:

"I would like to thank God and Bro Len for connecting me to Jesus Film Ministry to receive Jesus Film equipment. By the grace of God, my equipment arrived in Uganda, and I was able to officially receive it on Wednesday 18th October 2022. 

May the Lord bless you more, Bro Len and Sister Jennifer. For your labour is not in vain in the Lord to see the Kingdom of God business advancing. Hallelujah! Glory be to Jesus our Lord. Love you all. 

Yours,

Bro John Babu"

Len received the following email in November from brother Henry, one of our DTS graduates, who is in South Sudan and Uganda. He wrote:

"Praise the Lord, bro Leonard,

I have acquired land for establishing a ministry, for long I had the vision but always putting it in prayers for the Land."

We rejoice with brother Henry on this answer to his prayers and fulfillment of his vision.


Brother Grace, who is one of our graduates and facilitators, and a pastor in Uganda, went to his daughter Vicky's university-graduation ceremony in October, and had a wonderful testimony. He wrote:

"Vicky got her graduation materials late; the devil tried using some lady to steal them from her, but they were found immediately! Glory to God! 

So we are spending our night here in the Mbale police barracks, where also after entering here [in this town], I prayed for two men to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord. This all happened in a saloon.

After three hours both men -- Remy and Francis -- called and testified the Lord gave them customers and business immediately, and money that has never happened before! Glory to Him!

We are proceeding to Mukono early morning and will get in touch. 

Shalom,
Grace"

Praise the Lord! However, we ask for your continued prayers for Brother Grace's healing, as he had another heart attack in November following the major heart attack he had in October. On a separate note, the problems he had been having with his phone that he uses for ministry as our Facilitator are also mostly resolved. We give the Lord all the praise.


In November, Len received the following testimony from brother Martin in Uganda:

"Hello Brother Len,

I greet you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

DTS online studies…have…help me to learn a lot [about] God's character [and] actions in relation to the universe, particularly [in] relation to humanity…

I’ve also learned that I can only recognize the voice and activity of the Holy Spirit by spending time with Him.

I’ve also learned that the Holy Spirit is active in my everyday life and well-being, when I let Him. After reading and studying the Bible and spending time in prayer, I learned to discern the direction and influence of the Holy Spirit. As I pay close attention and obey, amazing things happen in Jesus Mighty name.

Thank you, Brother Len, for DTS program. May God bless you and your family….

Yours in Him!
Brother Martin"

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.

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 giving us sixteen years of ministry, by His grace, since we founded Doulos Missions International in the fall of 2006.
  2. For allowing us to celebrate Hope's birthday together.
  3. For helping Charity learn the new skills at her two new part time jobs.
  4. For the amazing testimonies of God's work in the lives of our students and graduates, and their brethren in Christ.
  5. For helping brother John in Uganda to get the new Jesus Film equipment.
  6. For helping brother Grace to travel to his daughter's graduation from the university.
  7. For providing brother Henry with the land he needs for his ministry.
  8. For the opportunity to assist each of our students in becoming disciples of Christ and fulfilling their callings. 
  9. 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 completely heal brother Grace's heart and keep him from having any more heart attacks.
  2. For the Lord to provide for all the needs of our DTS students.
  3. 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. 
  4. 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).
  5. For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
Thank you so much for your partnership in this ministry.

with love from all of us,

The Lacroixs

There are two ways to donate to Doulos Missions International. You may either send a check or money order by mail to:
Doulos Missions International
PO Box 5526
Manchester, NH 03108-5526


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