February Update - 2023

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 February, we celebrated our twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. We took the day off and spent the day together, including a walk in the park and dinner out. We also received lovely anniversary cards from our children with kind and thoughtful blessings inside.

The photo above was taken during our walk in the park together on our anniversary.

We also celebrated Joseph's fourteenth birthday in February with homemade cake, cards, gifts, and prayer for him. On that same day Len celebrated his thirty-seventh spiritual birthday in the Lord. Praise the Lord.

More Photos

Ministry: 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 five nations including Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South Sudan, and the United Kingdom.

In February, brother Stanley, one of our students in Kenya, sent Len the following testimony:

"Shalom brother Len, 

The Lord has been so great for me, and I will praise Him forever, because he has done me well. After a long period of financial constraints, the Lord this year has done me a favour, and I am now employed permanently by the government of Kenya. 

I don't take this for granted, but am grateful for what He has given me. It is through your prayers to God that this has happened. Everything we do in Christ is indeed not in vain."

We give God all the glory for what He has done in brother Stanley's life. He is a school teacher who has recently relocated to an all-Muslim village, where he is the only Christian.  Please pray for the Lord to help him share Jesus with these people, so that eventually one of them will become an LTG partner for him. Pray also that the Lord would reveal Himself to these people through dreams and visions, as He is doing with countless Muslims, many of which are documented on morethandreams.org.

DTS Photo Album.

Len received the following email in February from brother John, one of our DTS students, who is a pastor in Uganda. He wrote:

"Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ! Am here to testify that am getting more and more established in the truth of the Word of God! I am so grateful to God for the lessons I am learning through the DTS. There were a lot of controversial issues, especially in the area of tattoos, the enemy seeking blood in initiating that, worldly music, the sabbath, etc. But with the lessons here, much has been clarified to my understanding. I thank God.

Bro John Uganda"

Praise the Lord for what He is doing in brother John's life and ministry. On another note, his court case is finally going to take place on February 15th. This has been a severe trial for him in which unfaithful brethren have filed two lawsuits against his church and are believed to be bribing the judge. It has dragged on for months, but now it is about to conclude. Please join us in praying for a great victory in Jesus' name for him.

In February, Len received the following testimony from brother Max in Uganda, who is one of our students there and a minister of the gospel:

"Praise God forever more.

Brother Len, I am thankful to God for the wonderful things He has done, and His grace to continue with our LTG group; morning readings day by day and weakly readings of chapters have made a good practice in my life.

In our ministry we launched the preaching of the gospel, and many prayed to receive Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior with six baptisms, which has opened us [up] to this year for more. 

I also testify to the Glory of God for giving a new job [to] my wife Rebecca; and we truly thank God for DTS and all the stakeholders. God richly bless you!"

We give thanks and praise to God with brother Max for the great things He is doing in his and his wife Rebecca's life and ministry.

More DTS Testimonies

In fact, Max's wife Rebecca, who is also one of our DTS students in Uganda, later wrote to us her own testimony, in which she stated:

"Praise God bro Len.

I am thankful to God for DTS where I am challenged every day to study the Word of God, This has kept me focused in my journey with the Lord Jesus Christ. I was recently diagnosed with appendicitis, but I thank God for his healing (the pain has greatly reduced).

I have been a volunteer in many organizations for 12 years now, [and recently began serving] with Compassion International, [which was an answer to prayer]. I give glory to God.

My LTG members are growing stronger in the Word of God and prayer. My DTS Facilitator is a great encouragement to me, and I bless God for him.

All glory goes back to God."

We give God the praise for what He has done in sister Rebecca's life. Let's pray the Lord completely heals her from appendicitis.

For those who've been praying, we still have not heard from sister Rebecca in South Sudan (not the same as the other Rebecca in Uganda). She has completely lost touch with us. Please pray she will resume contact, as we are concerned something may have happened to her.

Note: Some words in the recorded testimonies above may 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 blessing us with a wonderful twenty-sixth wedding anniversary.
2. For blessing Joseph with a happy birthday.
3. For the amazing testimonies of God's work in the lives of our students.
4. For completely healing us all here in our family from the sinus cold/flu.
5. For the positive impact our National DTS Facilitators are having on our students in their respective countries.
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, wisdom, and help administering the Doulos Training School (DTS), and for the progress the students are making.

Prayer needs:

1. For the Lord to heal sister Rebecca from any remaining appendicitis infection that is continuing to cause her pain.
2. For the Lord to give brother John victory in the court case.
3. For the Lord to help sister Rebecca in South Sudan to get back in touch with us.
4. For the Lord to provide for all the needs of our DTS students.
5. 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. 
6. 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).
7. 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

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