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.
Ministry: As we continue to administer our discipleship training school (DTS), now in its tenth 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 four nations including Kenya, South Sudan, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Since our last update, three of our graduates in South Sudan, Uganda, and Nigeria have continued their evangelistic outreaches to various communities across their respective countries, and the Lord continued to bring in a harvest. You can read the details and see photos of what happened at the following links:
Uganda Highlights
Our brother Grace in Uganda has seen the Lord doing amazing things. In one village they saw many children and parents come to Christ as a result of their preaching. He wrote:
"Hi, dear brother Len,
"It has been a 3-day, door-to-door evangelism here in Kalaki...My friends, the children, who introduced me to their parents, gathered with their parents after door-to-door evangelism, and embraced the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior! In attendance were more than 50 people, in a village that has many street children doing a lot of burglary, breaking into people's homes, theft, murders, etc. It's now a transformation with a lot of thanks to the Lord God!
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Thank you.
Blessings, brother.
Bro Grace"
Brother Grace is also having water wells dug in three different places within Kalaki, where the children have been going out with jugs to fetch dirty, ground water for domestic use.
At Len's suggestion, he and our teams in the other two African countries are transitioning now to conserve the harvest that has been reaped. Brother Grace wrote in part:
"Conserving the harvest is really a priority now; water baptism, baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire, and discipleship. This should be done in places such as Otucopi, Odokomit, Nakatunya, in Soroti; then Mbale, Kampala in 2 locations, Otuboi in Kalaki, Ongole,and Awaliwal, Ojukot in Kalaki.
"We need to appoint elders and pastors in these areas for the churches urgently. I am consider traveling to these locations with a smaller team of six. Yes, brother, there will be many congregations.
"Brother Len, what God has put in your heart about the new congregations is exactly what we had been talking about as a mission's team, we thank God for the confirmation. What you have shared with me is very, very right, urgent, and timely!
"We thank God, dear brother, for His grace and guidance,
"God bless you,
Bro Grace."
The Lord also miraculously healed him of a nasty flu on one occasion, when he had fever, chills, headache, and body aches, which were preventing him from conducting the ministry. That amazing story is at this link: Nasty Flu Miraculously Cured. Praise the Lord!
South Sudan Highlights
We also enrolled a new student in South Sudan, brother Benson (pictured left), a 41-year old brother, who is already getting so much from the Lord since he began his process of applying for enrollment. He got baptized in water by brother Henry, and immediately afterward he was wonderfully baptized with the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!
Brother Henry has continued to see the Lord do equally remarkable things in South Sudan.
A number of people got saved out of a cult, one of whom was a man named William. The cult members were so angry about his salvation that they came with logs and beat him around the face and head, causing significant injuries and swelling that required medical care at the hospital. They also used an old loan that had been given to him three years ago, which he was never told he would have to repay, as an excuse to have him arrested and detained by the authorities. But the Lord enabled brother Henry to negotiate his release on bond. Later William's boss fired him, when he resisted working on Sundays. This new brother in Christ needs our prayers, especially for healing from his head injuries, and for a new job.
On another occasion, during an outreach, an old man got saved and delivered from alcohol. He asked brother Henry to come to his home, where he had family members, relatives, and others from the community gathered in and around his home, including some under a shelter outside. Brother Henry preached to them and many got saved.
Then on October 10th, one lady was saved and delivered from Marine spirits. Brother Henry wrote:
"She was saying she is the queen of the sea, and she fought much during deliverance, but at last I had a revelation about the necklace she was wearing. I removed it from her neck, and the battle increased greatly, but she was delivered totally, and surrendered her life to Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior.
"On Saturday night, October 11th, I got a dream that my home in Uganda was sinking, and everything was being destroyed, including the latrine, plus lives lost. I told this to my team to enter into prayers seriously, and I also called my mum in Uganda, and told her to enter into prayers, because God revealed to me an attack.
"On Sunday, October 12th, she was also in prayers and fasting with us. At around 9:00am, my daughter got attacked with severe coldness on the same Sunday we had started the fasting. She was rushed to hospital, and she was put on an IV drip. I called and prayed with her on the phone. They discharged her at around 2:00pm the same day. Then at 3:00 PM, a strong lightning struck the house, and the lights were all broken from the inside of the home to outside. One side of the house got a crack, because it went deep into the ground and caused a trench. The tree next to the house was split into two and dried immediately. The house inside was all full of fire. What is amazing is that my mum and children, plus others, were inside the house, but none of them were affected. They are all alive, except that my mum felt a small pain in her left leg.
"I am still in prayers, and God is doing amazing things in my missions. I thank God, because the devil won't manage to weaken us in any way. I count it a great gain when I see people giving their lives to Jesus!"
Glory to God! His sick daughter is now well. Please pray with us for brother Henry for his continued protection. Now he will need to have substantial repairs done to his home in Uganda following this demonic counter attack against him. He concludes, "Let's remain cheerful in our faith in Jesus' name. More testimonies are coming, as the Holy Spirit is our Helper." You can see photos of the damage to his home near the end of this photo album.
Here is his stated reason for enrolling in the DTS:
"I have come through an encounter with bro Henry, a missionary preaching in South Sudan, and I was touched by his zeal for the gospel. I felt like receiving the same grace for the gospel, because South Sudan is under much persecution. Most preachers don't preach the truth. I approached him, and asked how I can do what he's doing. He said first I should give my life to Jesus, and secondly he will recommend me to DTS that transformed his life for the gospel."
Nigeria Highlights
On one occasion, brother John in Nigeria rode with brother Stephen through the rain on a motorcycle until their bodies were shaking from the cold. They spent time evangelizing, preaching, and praying for people. The responses and acceptance of Christ by their hearers gave them great joy.
"Today's outreach to Karu was successful. The community is giving me great joy because of the attention and openness they are showing in receiving the message of our Lord Jesus Christ.
"Right now, we are engaging in house-to-house evangelism. On the last weekend of this month, we will be holding a three-day program in the community until God's light begins to shine brighter and brighter there."
Praise the Lord!
Len sent out his monthly edition of the Old News That's Still Fresh in October, as he usually does each month. We hope you'll take a moment to read the content that he has published.
"There is still some problem with using the device. The external part won't stay in place properly, possibly due to less than complete healing from the surgery. So they are taping it as well, so that Sina can use it, which he is doing and trying to get used to.
They will be seeing the doctor again this week, I think, so let us pray that everything will be sorted out."
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 enabling us to celebrate Jennifer's birthday together.
- For all the many amazing testimonies of brothers John, Grace, and Henry.
- For bringing to us another new student to train, brother Benson in South Sudan.
- 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:
with love from all of us,
The Lacroixs
- For the Lord to give Jennifer a safe and enjoyable trip to West Virginia this week, and a blessed visit with her parents and other family members, whom she hasn't seen in a long time.
- For the Lord to help our son, Christopher, to find an excellent, well-paying job in the IT field.
- For the Lord to continue using our brothers Grace, John, and Henry as they transition to conserving the harvest from their evangelistic campaigns in their respective countries, and that the Lord would provide for all the ongoing ministry that is necessary to do so.
- For the Lord to provide for brother Henry to have his home repaired following the demonic counter attack, and to provide him with a motorcycle for ministry.
- For brother William in South Sudan, who was beaten in the head with logs. He has improved greatly, though sometimes he feels some headache and he takes pain relievers orally. Let's put him in our prayers for a new job, because that brother of his in cultic ministry influenced his boss to fire him, when he resisted working on Sunday.
- For the Lord to restore the hearing of Sina, the 12-year-old boy in Turkey.
- 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.
with love from all of us,
The Lacroixs
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