October Update -- 2021

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 September, our son Christopher, who is sixteen and in his high school junior year (grade 11), was accepted to the technical college program for which he applied, called Career and College Promise (CCP). It's a two-year program for qualifying high school students that is conducted primarily online. The certificate he is studying to obtain is called the Technical Support and Services A+ certificate. His first class is Introduction to Computers, and it began on October 14th. Please pray that he will do well in the CCP program.

Faith has become proficient in her new job, and now just needs to improve her speed at it. But her employer is only giving her a couple days a week on the schedule, so let's pray she gets scheduled for more hours each week.

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

On Wednesday, September 15th, our dearly loved brother, Dr. Andrew Stenhouse transitioned into his heavenly home. As you know he was one of our board members, and Len's closest friend, about whom he had recently written a biographical book called A Willing Heart to Please the Father. He will be dearly missed. In October, Len wrote a loving epilogue to that book, called Homegoing. Plus, here is a special tribute made to him in his home town's local news. Please pray for the Lord to comfort Andrew's daughter Andrea.

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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 nine nations including Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, South Sudan, India, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

In September, brother Max in Uganda, who is one of our new students, sent the following testimony to Len:

"Praise the Lord, I am so thankful that I graciously joined the DTS. Since I started reading and studying the first lesson of Theology, Foundations I, and Discipleship, my desire for knowing the word of God is increasing each day. Reading the word of God is becoming a [way of life] for me, especially in the LTG group. Being accountable on the five questions and praying through the guidelines. This helps me to reflect on my life each day to see if I have some sins to confess and repent from those ways to completely turn to God as the Holy Spirit helps me. There is much more refreshing understanding on being born again. [Regarding] the selflessness of living for God...there things at home that I could respond to, which would look like "to win". But now because of the Discipleship teaching, I am learning to respond with understanding of Scriptures to hear from Holy Spirit, so I can live for God, not to myself even at [home] in the family.

I am praying that the Holy Spirit will lead me throughout this course, so I can have more of what He will have me learn. Thanks DTS, Thanks servant brother Len."

In September, Len received the following testimony from brother Max's wife Rebecca, who is one of our new students in Uganda:

"Praise the living God, I am so privileged to have joined DTS. [Regarding] Theology 1-Who is God?: This topic is so rich with biblical definitions of who God is. Before, I only had bits & bites, but studying this has enriched me, and I am applying them to address my condition daily. For example, confessing that God is holy helps me to be holy in all my dealings. In God bids us to come, I have learnt to come to God in prayer to reason with Him things which concern my life(Isaiah 1:18). In Faith Alone, [I learnt that faith] is complete confidence in what God is capable of doing. I am now exercising complete faith, not partial faith. [In my] LTG, sharing the word, prayer and confession [of sin] is restoring hope to all of us as a team. With these testimonies, to God be the glory."

Brother Jimmy in Uganda is doing well and testifies that God is using him through the knowledge he obtained from the DTS. He says that all the Church ministers in Northern Uganda are wondering where he got the training from.

Brother Tom's ministry is receiving more grace for reaching out to the unreached with the help of the vehicle the Lord that brother Dan in his church dedicated to the Lord, which we wrote about in last month's newsletter. 

Brother Justus is seeing an increase as more people are joining the Church; this has been possible due to DTS. 

In October, Len received the following testimony from brother John in India:

"My dear brother Len,

Greetings to you in His precious name. 

The Articles that I come across in our first quarter of the DTS are very useful to my spiritual understanding of the Word of God...These are really extending my spiritual knowledge...I will present the real impact of LTG more clearly soon. I love this course. Thank you, brother Len. 

John"

In September, sister Hannah in Nigeria finished her three years of training in the DTS. What an amazing accomplishment that was for a wife and mother of two. During her time in the DTS, she became engaged to brother Deji (now one of our graduates and the Facilitator for Nigeria), then eventually became married to him, and later she gave birth to their two children. She continued in her DTS training throughout all of this, by the grace of God. 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 through all the 3 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, my understanding was enlightened. I have started to practicalise the teaching on how to heal the sick on others and my family. A neighbour here complained of serious back pain. I lay my hand at his back and prayed for him. A few days later, I asked him about 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"

Praise the Lord for what He has done in and through sister Hannah's life. She will continue with her current LTG for a period of time, and is expected to graduate in September 2022, Lord willing, once she makes up for missed time doing her practicum.

We received a wonderful testimony in October about brother Richard Balikalaba's LTG member, Bogere Bakali. Bogere's wife has been touched in a tremendous way through the DTS, even though neither she nor Bogere are students in the school. Since her husband has been meeting weekly with our DTS student brother Richard for LTG, she has begun helping to unite women in Church who will soon be forming their own LTG groups for discipleship. Praise the Lord! This is another great example of how the Lord is using the DTS to multiply disciples.

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Brother Fredrick in South Africa shared the following testimony with Len in October:

"Greetings to you all, brethren, in the name of God,

I would like to thank the DTS. As for me personally, I have been a blessing to my group members of the LTG (Life Transformation Group) through sharing personal life issues affecting brethren (such as distancing themselves from God, which leads them to disobedience). But ever since, we regrouped [into an LTG], and [began] drawing close to the teachings, and reading the Scriptures on a weekly basis, asking ourselves how transformed we have been through the Holy Spirit, I was overwhelmed when one of my LTG partners, Mr. Riaan Cobus, received God as his personal Saviour and repented and declared himself a son of God. And praise be to God, because now he's influencing his family, too, through his behaviour at home, hence living an example life of a true way a Christian should. Hallelujah. Amen and we glorify the Almighty."

In September, brother Martin in Uganda sent an email to Len about what the Lord is doing in his life so far through the DTS. Here are some excerpts from it:  

"Doulos Training School (DTS) is one of the biggest blessings to my

life and my LTG!

During the past first week of Doulos Training School, my internet connection was very poor, but now it’s working better for me. I thank God for this.

So far I have learned as a disciple of Jesus, I am required to be reading Scripture daily. A good guideline is to read through at least 25-30 chapters in the Bible each week.  Keeping a daily journal [and] using the LTG Bible reading format is a very big help to me, as I abide by and share even more with the lost souls around me.

I thank brother Len, for offering me the opportunity of joining DTS as well through my Life  Transformation Group (LTG). I am also studying my Foundation 1 and Theology articles, which are all amazing to me.

Thanks

Brother Martin"

In September, Len received the following report from sister Catherine in England:

Dear Brother Leonard and Sister Jennifer,

With the studies I have learnt from, they have brought me much closer to the Lord, and as I have surrendered to the Lord more on a daily basis, I have grown closer to our Lord. Especially the article "Hearing the Lord's Voice." 

When I read Hebrews 2: 1-3. it says, "Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.  For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard."

I found that the more I read God's word, the more he guides me and brings what he has taught me to remembrance when I need it, and he continues to speak through my conscience daily, especially when I pray and have a quiet time with our Lord.  I shall continue to study, to grow, and to be more of a service to our Lord and to others.

Thank you for such a valuable Bible study course.

From Sister Catherine"  

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Len received the following testimony from brother John in October:

"Greetings Bro Len! 

Hope all is well with you and [sister Jennifer]!

I thank you for your well-researched and well-explained information on [the Holy] Trinity. I am glad to have come across this topic, which confuses most people! But now I have read it keenly and understood well that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit exist as one Triune God. The Father, Son, and The Holy Spirit all exist personally though they operate in trinity! I am really blessed. We thank God for this DTS.

Bro John"

Brother Peter in Kenya wrote to Len in October saying:

"Hey brother Len,

It's been good, just seeking the Lord and appreciating His Almighty presence. For some time now, I've been fasting and making prayers to God for the church and the many things I've been aspiring the Lord to accomplish. The Lord says to wait patiently on Him and He will come at His appointed time. 

I've been trusting God to expand my business and to bless me indeed. 

In short, I have quite a testimony. I went to a certain school for a certain business proposal. I wanted to be offered a job to design logos for their school uniforms. Without knowing that they had a big need! In that, they were looking for someone to make them a full supply. As we are talking now, I have been sent the logo to design and to be sent the money, to start supplying all of their uniforms. I give God all the glory for His working and for the many blessings to come."

Moreover, brother Isaac in Uganda is doing very well in his DTS training. He reports the training is helping him with knowledge of God's Word. He has also formed an LTG with two men, one being a former Muslim whom he led to the Lord, whose Christian name now is Joseph.

Brother Deji, our DTS Facilitator in Nigeria, has turned a backslidden Christian student in the university from the error of his way and started an LTG with him. In September, brother Deji wrote to Len: "I sent him the LTG card. He read it, and I think he is impressed with the LTG as a medium for accountability. He selected 1st and 2nd Corinthians as our weekly Bible reading for this week." Praise the Lord that this new believer is hungry for the Word of God and open to accountability.

Resources: 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 the Lord letting Christopher's enrollment application be accepted by the college, and helping him to begin his training in October.
3. For the Lord's faithfulness in helping sister Hannah to finish her three years of DTS training despite all the other things she had going on at the same time, as well as the way He is using her in healing the sick.
4. For the wonderful testimonies of the students and the wonderful things He is doing in their lives.
5. For the way He is multiplying disciples through brothers Martin, Isaac, Richard, and Fredrick. 
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.

Next steps and prayer needs:

1. For the Lord to heal our daughter Charity from asthma and restore full lung capacity.
2. For the Lord to provide for all the needs of our DTS students in the hardships they're experiencing due to the lockdown, especially those in dire need in Uganda. 
3. For the Lord to assist all our DTS students in any life challenges they may be experiencing.
4. 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. 
5. 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), and help them finish all their course work for the current quarter by the end of this month. 
6. For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
7. 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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September Update -- 2021

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 September, the boys returned to their homeschool education. Christopher is in his junior year of high school (grade 11), and has applied for a Career and College program. If he is accepted, he will be taking college courses in the IT Technical Support program. Please pray that he will be accepted and be able to begin on October 14th, when the next quarter starts. There is only one seat left in the class he needs to take first. 

The Lord blessed Faith with a job as a hostess at a restaurant. She got the job without ever going for an interview or meeting the manager. It was all done over the telephone without them ever having met her in person! Coincidentally, she is being trained by another hostess whose name is also Faith. She likes the people she is working with, so we thank God for opening this door for her.

In September, as Len was encouraging Charity from the Scriptures at the dinner table, she felt like the Lord was standing right behind her almost as if He had His hand on her shoulder.

On Wednesday, September 15th, Dr. Andrew Stenhouse  transitioned into his heavenly home. As you know he was one of our board members, and Len's best friend, about whom he had recently written a biographical book called A Willing Heart to Please the Father. He will be dearly missed. Please pray for the Lord to comfort Andrew's daughter Andrea.

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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 nine nations including Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, South Sudan, India, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

In August we accepted several new students for enrollment, who will begin in September. The new ones include brother Henry (Uganda), brother Isaac (Uganda), sister Rebecca (Uganda), brother Max (Uganda), brother Martin (Uganda), sister Rebecca (South Sudan), sister Linda (South Sudan), brother John (India), brother Patauli (France), and brother Fredrick (South Africa). We are very grateful to God for sending them to us to train them, and we look forward to serving them over the next three years. We would like to highlight the salvation testimonies of a couple of them. 

Brother John from India, a fifty-two year-old pastor, who holds multiple masters degrees, gave this testimony of coming to Christ in 1999:

"I come from a Christian background family. I love God’s Word, because that is the only light for people living in darkness. To save my faith in Christ, I left a secure job. God blessed me with a gift of teaching and preaching and serving. I believed no one in the world could redeem me, except Jesus.

Nothing gives me more satisfaction than preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So I love to preach His life-giving Word. I love Jesus. Jesus is my personal Savior. For my cause He shed His precious blood and redeemed me. I believe this is my responsibility to preach this as many as I come across. This is my burden."

He also said, "His Gospel touched my life and encouraged me to preach to all the needy." His reason for enrolling is that "This course will be helpful to increase my understanding about some of the spiritual truths, so that I can touch many hearts for Christ, and they can be saved."

Here is the salvation testimony of sister Linda from South Sudan, who got saved in 2010:

"It was in a vision while I was asleep that I received a message on my phone, but couldn't read it, because it wasn't English nor my mother tongue. So I gave up on that message. Later I received the same message the second time. While still wondering [about this], [the thought] came to my mind to scroll down, so that I might find the sender and the name written in English. [So I scrolled down], and indeed it was! This is what was written: "SENDER: JESUS". It was a shock to me! I started crying.  JESUS had sent me a message, but how could I understand it?  

But [then] something happened! I saw a strong light from above to the extent [that] I fell with my face down. For that light was too strong to the extent [that] I [could not] stand it. And a strong voice spoke to me with authority saying, 'Linda, you must be born again!' And I woke up! But though I opened my eyes, they were still [hurting from the light].

This is how I gave my life to Christ, [even] though I [had already been a very] religious [person]." 

Praise the Lord for her testimony. She also shared the following about how she received the baptism with the Holy Spirit:  

"The first time I spoke in tongues was on my sick bed after an operation, when a man of God came to visit me early in the morning in the hospital. While he was praying, the doctor entered the ward for the routine morning round. On finding the man God praying, he touched him on his shoulder and said, please go out. You will come and complete your prayer after I finish my ward round. 

According to the man of God, the moment the doctor said these words, he saw the whole ward covered with a cloud! And this was what happened. He rebuked the doctor with authority saying: 

'I did not come here with your permission! Neither do I need permission from you, because I came here by the command from above! You are treating, but the healer is God! When He says YES no one can say NO!'

(On hearing those words I received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It was my first time to speak in tongues.)

And slowly without another word, the doctor went and waited [outside the room] till the man of God concluded his prayer. Then he entered and apologised to man of God."

What a powerful testimony that was. Praise the Lord!

Sister Rebecca from South Sudan testified how the Lord saved her soul in 2014:

"I was always not peaceful with the life I used to live, but could do nothing about it until one day I came across a man of God preaching...about Jesus Christ the author of peace. I decided to accept Him and my life [has been] changed to now."

She is enrolling because, "I thirst to know the truth in the Lord and also let others know what I know."

Brother Henry from Uganda, who is thirty-two years old, says this is how he came to Christ in 2012:

"In my life [before Christ] I loved football too much, so in the process of playing I sustained an injury. As I was struggling with treatment, I had a friend who kept on preaching to me, and later she invited me to their church, [which] was a born again church. When I went there I got a word that was encouraging about Jesus Christ. I was touched when they called [for] those who wanted to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savour. I went [up] and gave my life to Christ."

He is enrolling because he says, "I have a desire to be a disciple of Christ, to win souls to Christ, and also to make disciples for our Lord Jesus Christ."

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Brother Max in Uganda, who is thirty-five years old, has this testimony of God's saving grace in his life back on December 25, 2005:

"I was such a religious person who didn't understand salvation. But at the age of twenty, I was shared to about Jesus Christ. And after understanding, I believed and prayed to receive Jesus as my personal Saviour. Now I am so glad that I am 'born again'. And when I turned twenty-three, I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and I spoke in other tongues from then up to date. I thank God."

Praise the Lord! He says he is enrolling "To learn more on how to train disciples for Jesus."

Brother Martin in Uganda is another new student who enrolled on September 1. He has an amazing salvation testimony and life story about how he was an orphan, forced to be a child soldier on the front lines of combat in Sudan. It's called Former Child Soldier Delivered from Alcohol. He now has a ministry called Children of the Light through which he and his wife Rita minister to women and children refugees in Uganda. He says he is enrolling in the DTS "to learn more from DTS to help me grow more spiritual in Christ." We hope you will take a moment to read the short article Len has written about him at the link above.

Sister Catherine in the UK gave the following testimony after reading Len's article on the Laying on of Hands:

"This awesome article about the laying on of hands showed me that this wonderful gift for the healing ministry is just as important as when the Church began in the second Chapter of Acts in the New Testament. 

When the laying on of hands is for the healing of the sick, it is also with the anointing of oil. The laying of hands is also used to pray for the baptism of the Holy Spirit for new Christians. The laying on of hands is also used to bless a qualified leader for a specific Ministry to bless others in the Church. 

But I found that in the Church I was in, when I preached about the laying on of hands and the gift of healing, the elders of the Church rejected this part of the gospel. The Lord showed me Luke 9: 3-5, as for those who do not receive you, shake the dust off your feet and leave. It is so sad that so many Churches in the UK, don't accept the gift of the laying on of hands and healing. 

I went to a conference a few years ago and the Leader taught of the power of the laying on of hands and the gift of healing. The Leader asked me to pray over his thumb that was cut to the bone by accident. I know very little about the healing ministry, but I decided to just obey the Lord, so I put my hand on his thumb and prayed for Jesus to heal it, 'in Jesus name,' and it was healed. 

Then a lady came up to me to pray over her as she had stomach cancer and only three months to live. So I put my hand on her stomach and prayed in tongues in the Holy Spirit and afterwards she said, "I didn't know you could speak Spanish," I said, " I don't speak Spanish, the Lord spoke through me, so what did he say to you in Spanish?" She said, "Jesus said, "Now is the time for you to accept me into your heart and be saved and I will heal you." So I prayed over her for her salvation then I prayed again over her stomach and she was completely healed. [Afterward] I gave testimony about the healings on stage before the conference ended. 

So our Lord heals today, as the scripture goes, Hebrews. 13:8, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." The laying on of hands is so valuable for the Church today. I only wish the Churches in the UK would accept it and teach it. Maybe they will in the future.

Thank you.

Bless you.

From Sister Catherine Atherton"

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In August, Len received the following testimony from sister Juliet in Uganda:

"Praise the Lord brother Len.

Greetings to Jennifer and the entire family. I am...sending in my testimony of what the Lord has done for me during my DTS first quarter. I've had phone problems, [but] I've just got my new phone today!

I bless the Lord for DTS that has opened me up to living a new life. A life of faith. The Lord saved me from covid19. My roommate was first diagnosed with covid, and I too got sick with a heavy chest, difficulty in breathing, and cough. But within two weeks the Lord healed me!

I was later given two days to leave the house where I was staying. The little money that I had [in my possession] had also been stolen, the phone was taken, and I was left at a crossroads. But thanks to God that at such a time I had gone through the topic of Foundations I [and had studied the four-part series] By Faith Alone! I am happy that God blessed me with a very beautiful house where I am staying. 

So happy that my LTG produced two more LTGs that are active in street evangelism, [as well as] door-to-door evangelism, and souls are being won every week since we began this. Some of the members would love to join DTS. 

Thank you."

Praise the Lord! What an amazing testimony. And the multiplication of disciples like she is doing is exactly what our goal is through the DTS and is the vision we are seeking to impart. 

Brother Tom, one of our students in Uganda who is a pastor, sent the following amazing testimony to Len in August:

Dear brother Leonard,

My third year in this great Bible school is not in vain. My testimony goes like this:

Immediately once I was enrolled in my third year, everything about me changed, especially my communication of the gospel. Within the shortest time of the lockdown, I managed to form five different home cell fellowships. They study scriptures together, meditate, pray for one another and the nation(s).

One greatest testimony that kept everyone in total surprise was when all the five cells wrote down the prayer request of what they want God to do for them, and one Christian by the name of Dan, who was struggling financially, appeared last Sunday with a new car to be dedicated to God.

This is what he said with tears rolling down his cheek: "I didn't expect anything like this in my life, since I have been surviving on begging and almost left the church because of great Poverty." He sold his land that has taken years for the buyers to surface. [He then bought a car with the money, as well as another big piece of land for his residence]. [After he was] given time to express his emotion, he concluded by dedicating his vehicle to the church for any ministry service like evangelism, crusade, prison ministry, hospital ministry, and pastoral work.

This should be a very big lesson to us: When we have taken a step of faith to serve God, that is when God begins moving in a very special way to meet our needs (Mathew 6:33).   

I encourage all our students all over the world to reach every community for Christ. May God prosper us in our ministries as we gather knowledge from DTS.

Be blessed."

Praise the Lord! We give all the glory to God for what He has done in brother Tom's life, transforming his ministry and helping him establish five house church groups. It's truly amazing!

In Nigeria, a married couple in our DTS by the name of Stephen and his wife Daniel, are doing very well with their training. Not only are they progressing well with their coursework, but they have both grown their LTGs to the point where they have both multiplied their original groups into two groups. So brother Stephen's original LTG is now two groups and sister Daniel's LTG is now two groups. You may recall that before they moved to the village recently to begin pastoring a church, they had likewise been multiplying LTGs in their previous location where they had lived before. So the Lord is truly using them to multiply disciples. Praise the Lord for the growth! Pray that He will continue to use them that way and that all of our students will catch the same vision and follow suit.

In September, brother John from Uganda sent the following testimony to Len:

"I am so grateful to God for the opportunity to be in this DTS! For sure I am no longer that one who can be tossed here and there by every wind of doctrine! Now I can handle some serious doctrinal truths better than before! And it has helped me to pose questions on our WhatsApp platforms that have made the group excited more than before. Every time they see my post on the platform, many become active in participating in the Bible discussion. This has really lifted my spirit and capacity! I can't thank enough. The joy and blessings [I have] gotten, have [led] me to bring more [students] on board to this DTS. I would like to thank Len and wife, my facilitator, brother Grace, who tirelessly checks on my progress, all the partners supporting this program, and all the students and others praying for this DTS program! God bless you all abundantly in Christ Jesus.

Brother John"

Moreover, one of our newest students in Uganda, brother Isaac, is twenty-seven years old, was saved at age twelve in 2006, and loves to sing. He wrote to Len with this testimony only thirteen days into his training:

"Good morning. My life testimony since I began my DTS: My spiritual life has changed and this training has helped me to time myself on a daily reading of the word. It's also helped to learn that we should not take the glory to ourselves but [give it] unto the Lord. It has changed my prayer life daily. It's taught me how to live the life of a minister of the gospel."

We give God all the glory for the work He has already begun. Brother Isaac has already identified three prospective LTG partners and is praying for them to join him.

Len received the following email from brother Humphrey in Uganda:

"Hello Brother Len,

Greetings, I hope the Lord has kept you and the entire family well. We bless God for this far he has brought us amidst unprecedented times occasioned by COVID19. It has been and is still great being part of DTS. I have learnt a lot.

[I] am perfectly sure [the DTS] offers me a lifetime opportunity as a minister of the Gospel to review, upgrade and correct views previously held in false or partial understanding due to lack of correct teachings. I am glad I am able to rightly divide the word of truth now.

Thank you for allowing this to happen through you .

Brother Humphrey" 

Praise the Lord!

Resources: 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 providing Faith with a job so quickly and easily.
2. For giving the boys a great summer vacation and helping them to resume their home school education.
3. For the Lord's tangible hand upon Charity while Len was encouraging her.
4. For all the new students from around the world who enrolled in the DTS and began training in September, and for helping brother John to refer most of them to us.
5. For brother Grace and sister Florence's help in referring new students to us.
6. For the wonderful salvation testimonies of the new students.
7. For sister Catherine's testimony of healing through laying on of hands, for healing sister Juliet from covid, for using brother Tom to start five home fellowships, and the amazing story of the Lord's provision for a man named Dan in one of those fellowships.
8. For the way He is multiplying disciples through brother Stephen and his wife Daniel in Nigeria, as well as the work He is doing in the lives of brothers John and Humphrey.
9. For the opportunity to assist each of our students in becoming disciples of Christ and fulfilling their callings. 
10. 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 enable Christopher's enrollment application to the college be accepted, so he can begin training in October.
2. For the Lord to help Faith learn her new job and become proficient in it.
3. For the Lord to comfort our brother Dr. Andrew Stenhouse's daughter Andrea in her loss of him.
4. For the Lord to provide for all the needs of our DTS students in the hardships they're experiencing due to the lockdown, especially those in dire need in Uganda. 
5. For the Lord to assist all our DTS students in any life challenges they may be experiencing.
6. 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. 
7. 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), and help them finish all their course work for the current quarter by the end of this month. 
8. For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
9. 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

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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August Update -- 2021

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 July, we celebrated Faith's graduation from high school with a formal cap and gown ceremony, an official diploma, cake, cards, gifts, and prayer. The Lord blessed us with wonderful fellowship and a beautiful sunny evening for it. Thanks to those who prayed with us for good weather. And most of all, we thank the Lord.

Faith had applied for a job at a grocery store chain, got hired immediately, although she had no prior work experience, and started her first day on the same day as her graduation ceremony. But she didn't even get to work there for an hour before she had to quit, since they wanted to enforce a policy that we don't agree with. Needless to say, that was a big disappointment, as she had been very excited about starting her new job, and they really seemed to like her. Please pray that the Lord will provide her with a good job nearby.

In August we also celebrated Faith's nineteenth birthday with cake, candles, cards, a few small gifts, and prayer. It had been a beautiful summer day until about an hour before the party. Then a violent thunderstorm came through and knocked out the power. So we had to use backup power and battery-powered lights for the party, but we still had a blessed time together. We are thankful for putting Faith in our lives and giving her another year to serve Him.

Hope continues to work as an English language tutor online, training students around the world how to speak English as a second language. By the grace of God, she has received a rating from her students of 4.9 on a scale of 1 to 5, and is currently considered a "super tutor" by the company she works for. We are thankful to God for helping her and granting her success in her job. Please pray that she will continue to do well and be a light for Christ to everyone she comes in contact with.

Christopher received outstanding scores on his annual standardized tests that he took in June. By the grace of God, he is ranking very high nationally among his peers, and his grade scores correspond to someone in the thirteenth grade or higher, even though he is only sixteen years old and in the tenth grade. Praise the Lord. He also has a very good understanding of the Word of God, and an excellent ability to memorize it. Please pray the Lord would continue to give him and his brother Joseph an aptitude for every kind of learning and make them quick to understand (Dan 1:4).

More Photos

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 six nations including Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

In August we finally held the graduation ceremony for brother Charles in Uganda, who had completed his three years of training at the end of May. The ceremony had been delayed due to illness in our family earlier this summer. 

We experienced technical difficulties with the conference call, but we were ultimately successful. The tangible presence of the Lord was there with us in a very special way, and it was glorious. Here is the testimony that brother Charles shared about the training that he received.

"I want to appreciate God for this great opportunity and this time that He has arranged for us…Praise the Lord! And I am very, very excited. I just don't know what to say, but my heart is just full of joy. I must say it has been three years—a life transforming three years. The transformation--not only in my personal life, but even the lives of others; in the life of the ministry, a lot of things have changed. I’m actually not the same person. The same person that opened the Bible three years ago and interpreted the Bible in a certain way is not the same man who does the interpretation of the Bible today, just because of the impact that this school has had in my life."

"So I'm forever grateful to God for this opportunity. Thank you! I want to appreciate you, brother Len, Jennifer, and all the other staff of the training school, together with all the sponsors, those who have been supporting and making sure that this program goes on. I'm very grateful from the depth of my heart, I want to say that I am very, very excited. And I'm very appreciative of what the Lord has directed you to do…This is a very rare opportunity that some people want to have, but they do not get the opportunity -- and especially an opportunity where the Word of God is being made real to us. I have attended many people who have been doing some preaching, Bible teachings, but this one is completely different. This one is very practical; this one is Christ-centered; this one is based on the Spirit of God. And for sure, from the first day I started on this journey, I just knew that God was up to something in my life. And I am very grateful—very grateful. Because the first day I started reading the notes, I just knew there was something different in this school...it’s so life transforming! You see, it awakens you. It awakens us to the reality that Christ is about to come. And whatever is happening today—the covid and all this—you just begin to see that things are unfolding according to the teaching that we have gone through. You see practically that these things are coming to being." 

"So I really want to appreciate you. And I also want to encourage some of the students who are still going on with their studies, that this is the right place to be—it is the right school for us to attend…It's so wonderful; so wonderful."

After he shared his testimony, Len presented him with his diploma, and we prayed for him. Please join us in congratulating brother Charles on his completion of the training, which was a major accomplishment.

Brother Richard in Uganda reported that he now understands more about the cult of Mormonism and their origin, because of the DTS, and he has more insight in the Word. He and his LTG partner have been doing door-to-door evangelism, and several people have given their lives to Jesus as a result, but the challenge is that communities are facing hunger there, which is a need for prayer.

Len received the following testimony from brother Stephen in Nigeria in August:

"Greetings in Jesus name, I want to appreciate God for introducing me to DTS. Now I understand how God operates and how he relates to us. I will ever remain grateful for this life changing program, just pray for more grace to keep the good work of bringing souls into the Kingdom."

DTS Photo Album.

We received the following testimony of deliverance in August from brother Grace, our DTS Facilitator for Uganda:

"Praise the Lord! The lady pictured with me here is Agnes whom the Lord delivered from madness. She has joined her husband and family. This is one among the many testimonies the Lord has for His people. 

We are very grateful to the Lord for what He is doing for the glory of His Name! I'm also grateful to the Lord for knowledge from DTS, I'm still being shaped and guided through DTS for ministry work.

Blessings to all in Jesus' Mighty Name!

Brother Grace Okurut. "

Praise the Lord for this wonderful testimony. Please pray that the Lord would continue to bless the healing and deliverance ministry of brother Grace there in Soroti, Uganda.

More DTS Testimonies

One of our students in Uganda, who is a pastor there, had a testimony of the Lord's provision. He had been riding his motorcycle, and when he stopped to take a phone call from someone, the police came and seized his motorcycle for driving after curfew. It was only two minutes after the curfew had started, but the policeman was unwilling to be flexible or show any grace. He impounded it, and the price to get it back was equivalent to seventy-five US dollars. Eventually after a few weeks, a couple of brothers he knows in Uganda shared with him out of their own means so that he could pay the fine to get his bike out of impound. Praise the Lord for His provision for brother Tom. May the Lord richly bless those who gave sacrificially to help him.

Brother Tom has also been blessed to have the opportunity recently to speak for the Lord on a Christian radio program in his area. 

A new student in Kenya named brother Nelson has enrolled in the DTS, after being referred to us by one of our students in Kenya named brother Stanley. Nelson was just recently saved this summer in June. He says, "I was convicted by a prophetic message, and the Holy Spirit came upon me, and I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. After salvation I felt free [inside me] from all the burden of sins." He is enrolling for the stated purpose: "To know more about God and His Word." We would like to welcome him to our school, and look forward to serving him over the next three years.

Meanwhile brother John in Uganda has referred twenty-one prospective students to us in nine countries, including Uganda, Ghana, Sierra Leone, France, South Sudan, India, South Africa, Burundi, and Rwanda. We have sent invitations to them and are awaiting their applications.

Resources: 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 enabling us to celebrate Faith's birthday.
2. For allowing us to celebrate Faith's High School graduation and for giving us beautiful weather for it.
3. For enabling us to celebrate brother Charles' graduation from the DTS and for the Lord's presence with us in the ceremony.
4. For the testimony of brother Richard regarding how the Lord is impacting his life through the DTS.
5. For the salvation of brother Nelson and for bringing him into the DTS.
6. For brother Grace's testimony of the woman who was mad, whom the Lord delivered from demons.
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, 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 provide a job for Faith right where he wants her.
3. For the Lord to provide for all the needs of our DTS students in the hardships they're experiencing due to the lockdown, especially those in dire need in Uganda. 
4. For the Lord to bless the healing and deliverance ministry of brother Grace.
5. For the Lord to assist all our DTS students in any life challenges they may be experiencing.
6. 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. 
7. 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), and help them finish all their course work for the current quarter by the end of this month. 
8. For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
9. 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

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

Donate Online

July Update -- 2021

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 celebrated Charity's twenty-third birthday with cake, cards, gifts, and prayer. The Lord blessed us with wonderful fellowship and a beautiful sunny day for it. 

Faith graduated from High School home education, but the ceremony was delayed due to extended family illnesses. It has been rescheduled until late July, so we're praying for the Lord's presence at the ceremony and for good weather, and would love for you to agree with us together for that.

The boys finished their school year and took their standardized year-end exams.

Meanwhile, we began distributing Len's new book, A Willing Heart to Please the Father: The True Life Story of Dr. Andrew C Stenhouse, MD.  A Christian bookstore called Morning Star, in Nashua, New Hampshire agreed to hand out a few of the free books to customers. One of our board members, Dave Wenrich, who is a pastor in Boston, is also helping to distribute it. And Dr. Stenhouse himself has already handed out nearly twenty-five copies of the book to people with whom he has had contact. If you would like to be involved in helping distribute the book where you are in the States, please let us know, and we will tell you how. It's very simple, easy, and free.

More Photos

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 six nations including Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Len received the following testimony from brother Justus, one of our students, who is a pastor in Uganda. The Lord recently used him to raise someone from the dead. He wrote:

"GOD is good and worthy of praise. Last week June 13, 2021, l was called for a family deliverance in Boke Lira City, Uganda. There was a son born in this family named Odongo Hosman, 13 years old. The boy was paralyzed, could not walk, sit, or turn off to the other side of the bed...

The condition [grew] worse and unbelievable. His parents tried their best caring for and taking Odongo to Hospital, but there was no improvement, to the point where the boy died.

As l ministered to the family from Rev.5:5 the boy began to sweat. Life came back [into him], when I was holding up the boy in my chest.

[A week later] on June 20, 2021, the father gave a testimony through the phone call saying [that] because of the lock down they have gone to the village; and he continued saying that the boy is walking, running, eating and completely healed.

We give God the glory and honor. For in Him (CHRIST) life is complete with all the fullness thereof.....(Col.2:9-10).

Thanks.

Justus"

He later clarified that the parents could not continue taking the boy to Mbale Regional hospital, to which he had been referred by the local doctors in Lira, who had been puzzled at the boy's condition and had referred him to that hospital. As the boy was brought home on June 12th around 9:00 pm, he stopped breathing, his body became very cold, his eyes turned white, and the elders pronounced him dead. The report went to the village where the father comes from, and they were waiting for the body in the village. The following day (June 13th) was when brother Justus was called in to minister to the family, and the boy was brought back to life.

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord for what He has done for this boy and his family. Some people don't believe this is even possible. But Jesus said, "Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father." (Jn 14:12, NIV). For more on this miracle, as well as photos, please see here.

Brother Mike in the US shared the following testimony in July:

"The DTS and my local Christian relationships have helped me focus first and foremost on God during an extended absence from my spouse (visiting family for first time since Covid). While the marriage is the second most important relationship, mine can become too high of a priority. The focus on God during DTS is really helping me ensure priorities are correct.

The DTS has helped with key Scriptures in witnessing to a man who believes a mix of Jesus and Hinduism. I struck up a conversation with him, and he shared his created belief system. I've been sharing Scripture, prayer, and whatever the Holy Spirit tells me. Pray for the veil to be removed and for him to see Christ."

Richard Balikalaba, one of our students in Uganda, has an LTG partner named Bakalu Bogeres that he meets with each week. Bogeres' wife, according to Richard, has positively changed. He now likes reading the Bible with their whole family as a result of the husband's membership in an LTG. By God touching Bogeres' life, it has influenced the entire family. Hallelujah!

DTS Photo Album.

Sister Catherine in England had an accident in early July. She tripped over a hole in the street crossing and broke her wrist when she fell. We are praying for her healing. Here is her testimony:

Dear brother Leonard and sis Jennifer.

...in Blackpool hospital, the x-ray [originally] showed two broken bones, and they put a temporary plaster on. When I read your prayer [in the email], I felt a deep heat, and then I could move all my fingers without pain, (whereas before it hurt to move one finger), although there was still pain in my wrist. Then [during the follow up visit] at the Bolton hospital, the x-ray showed only [a] dislocated bone. No broken bones. 

And the same at the operation, which was very successful. They said they put a bone that was out of place, back into the right position with a small metal plate and two screws. So a Miracle did happen. Thank and Praise the Lord. I patiently await the next miracle later, when my wrist heals up and our Lord makes the metal plate and two screws disappear. I will get back to you soon. 

Thank you so much for your support and prayers. 

I am praying for you all 

Bless you all 

With love in Christ. 

Sis Catherine" 

She also shared the following testimony in July:

"Since The UK lock down, I lost my Job, I prayed for the Lord to guide me to witness.

A friend, John from Church, came asking me to teach him about how to live as a Christian as he got saved but had not had any guidance. So he asked me what causes Christian to miss heaven, as he was very worried about it. I looked it up on the Internet, and I found your amazing article about Heaven; this answered his question. I also saw the information about the Doulos Training School. After texting you, I decided our Lord will show me another way, but all day I could not get the [DTS] out of my mind...So our Lord prompted me to go on the course...I was sure that our Lord wanted me to do [so].

I have a burning desire to witness, and I don't feel equipped, as so many people ask lots of questions, and I don't have all the answers yet. 

I have found the [DTS] Bible study course a brilliant course, very scriptural and clear and helpful. I have learnt what It means to be a true disciple of our Lord, and I have learnt to change things in my life...I  found surrendering more to our Lord daily is vitally important...And as I abide in our Lord, He is changing me to be more fruitful and a witness, giving Glory to God. I am sure I could not have grown without all the help and teaching of this course. I still have far to go...I thank you all so very much. Bless you all.

From sister Catherine"

More DTS Testimonies

Len received the following email from brother John in Uganda, who is one of our first year students:

"Hi Bro Len,

Thanks for the great work you are doing to advance the kingdom of God. May the God Lord bless you more, [so] that there be abundance and no lack in Jesus' name.

I have been doing the reading. Oh my...! My faith and stability is ever increasing in the Lord. Just the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ has raised up my belief in God, that nothing is impossible with God! He can do anything at anytime, and anywhere, so [there's] no need to worry whether you are barren, or whatever situation you are in. God can help you in His supernatural way. I am blessed with DTS lessons. thank you."  

Resources: 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 enabling us to celebrate Charity's birthday and for giving us beautiful weather for it.
2. For healing Jennifer's finger so that she has almost no pain at all in it.
3. For enabling Faith to complete all of her high school education.
4. For the testimony of Justus, and the miracle of the boy who was raised from the dead.
5. For the testimonies of Mike and Catherine, regarding how the Lord is impacting their lives through the DTS, and especially for the miraculous healing of her broken wrist, as well as the successful surgery.
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, and help administering the Doulos Training School (DTS), and for the progress the students are making.
8. For the lives being touched for Christ around the world through our writing ministry.

Next steps and prayer needs:

1. For the Lord to heal Faith and Len from eczema.
2. For the Lord to bless us with his presence for the upcoming graduation ceremonies for brother Charles in Uganda and our daughter Faith.
3. For the Lord to provide for all the needs of our DTS students in the hardships they're experiencing due to the lockdown, especially those in dire need in Uganda. 
4. For the Lord to assist all our DTS students in any life challenges they may be experiencing.
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), and help them finish all their course work for the current quarter by the end of this month. 
7. For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
8. 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

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

Donate Online