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 June, we went to the beach for three days as a family. While we were there, we walked along the ocean shore, enjoyed beautiful sunsets, and took the ferry. We visited the North Carolina Aquarium as well.
Meanwhile Joseph completed his ninth grade, followed by the Iowa exam, and continues with his locksmith training.
Ministry: As we continue to administer our
discipleship training school (DTS), now in its ninth 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 three nations including Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda. In May, Len received the following email from one of our students in South Sudan named Amani, who is in her first year:
"In July, Len received the following email from one of our graduates in England named Catherine:
Dear brother Len and sis Jennifer.
On Thursday last week, Sue and John and a few others went street witnessing in the afternoon. Three Muslims got saved. They all said they believed Jesus was a prophet. We explained Jesus is the Son of God and he died for our sins and he is the Savior of all mankind. We explained the Trinity and the baptism of the Holy Spirit. They want to learn more so they are coming back tomorrow afternoon.
Two young girls and a Mother who were on drugs got saved thank and praise our Lord. And they want to join the Church.
Les, Doug and Andrew said some eight students got saved too. We hope to help them more tomorrow afternoon.
Our Lord told me that revival is coming to many countries soon, and the Rapture and the seven-year Tribulation is nearer, and it's so urgent to witness to the lost. The harvest is plenty, but the laborers are few. So I am fasting and praying more.
At the Evangelical Church I joined, they had a special service on Saturday as twenty people had gotten saved and joined the Church, eleven were teenage college students and nine were adults. Thank and praise our Lord.
Bless you all.
With love in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Sister Catherine."
Praise the Lord! We rejoice at the way the Lord is using our sister Catherine in England through her prayer and gospel outreach ministries.
In July, Len received word from brother Henry, one of our graduates in
South Sudan that he had been attacked late at night by unknown gunmen in
his home, who spent two hours there searching for things to steal like
his cell phone, and they stole almost everything, even stole his mattress right off of his bed.
The
thieves were preparing to rape his wife, but the Lord spoke through one
of the robbers telling the others not to do so. During the robbery,
they were severely beaten with handguns, and his wife sustained painful
injury to her back, as well as emotional trauma. He wrote:
"Dear bro Len,
I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I am so grateful to God for the gift of life and divine protection, my family was attacked by gun men, who robbed almost everything, but didn't touch life. I give God all the glory, and above all I thank God for people who are receiving Jesus Christ in South Sudan. There's a great work that God is doing in this country through the knowledge acquired from DTS.
Bro Henry."
We took up an offering through a GiveSendGo campaign for brother Henry online, and if you would like to contribute, you may still do so at the following link.
Please pray that the Lord will restore everything that the enemy has stolen from brother Henry and his wife, that He will heal his wife from her emotional and physical wounds, and that He would always protect them from harm in this dangerous mission field that they are serving in for the sake of Christ and His gospel.
Sister Marina from Bulgaria contacted Len in July to update him about a recent missions trip to Turkey she went on. She met a Christian Iranian refugee family at the church there, whose twelve-year old son is suffering from deafness. He was born hearing, but his hearing declined over the years, so that he needed hearing aids. But now the hearing aids are no longer helping him. So we prayed for him over the phone for a miraculous healing.
In our May newsletter, we asked you to pray for brother Grace, one of our graduates in Uganda, for the Lord to heal him from the injury to his lower back. Not long after that he reported that his back was feeling better. Praise God for healing him. He wrote to Len in July saying:
"Good afternoon dear bro Len,
Praise the Lord!
I really thank God for what He is doing in my life and ministry! Through what I learned from DTS, God has opened a wide door of like minded people coming together to evangelize our communities for Jesus Christ.
I always go out with our team of men and women. Lots of people are giving their lives to Jesus Christ every week, plus many healings [are happening], glory to God!
Be blessed brother,
Your bro, Grace."
Hallelujah! Keep praying please for our students and graduates like brother Grace that the Lord would continue t multiply disciples through them like this.
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:- For giving us a few days off together at the beach.
- For protecting brother Henry and his wife from being killed or seriously harmed by the robbers who attacked them.
- For the testimonies of sister Catherine and brother Grace about the souls being saved and people being healed..
- For healing brother Grace's lower back.
- For the opportunity to assist each of our students in becoming disciples of Christ and fulfilling their callings.
- 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:
- For the Lord to help our son, Christopher, to find an excellent, well-paying job in the IT field.
- For the Lord to provide for all the needs of our DTS students and graduates.
- For the Lord to continue using sister Catherine in healing and evangelism, and heal her from stomach pain.
- For the Lord to continue multiplying disciples through all of our students and graduates.
- For the Lord to give us wisdom and assist us with the administration of the Doulos Training School (DTS), as well as develop through it many disciples who multiply disciples.
- For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
- For the Lord to open new doors of ministry opportunity.
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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