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: In July, Len traveled to Amarillo, Texas on ministry for a few days, where there is a significant homelessness population. He spent time there with a dear brother in Christ he knows, named Raymond Gonzalez (pictured below), a staff member who has served for many years at a rescue mission, known as Faith City Mission (FCM), and is now the Chief Liaison Officer there.
Here is Len's testimony of the ministry trip to Texas:
"I had lunch with Raymond and the leaders of the mission. I later shared with others at dinner about the core of the church and making disciples via Life Transformation Groups (LTGs) as we do in the DTS. At the request of Raymond, I also shared with an FCM graduate and 'missionette', named Mario, regarding LTGs. I prayed for an FCM student, named Andrew, imparting holy fire to him. He also suddenly experienced a great heat from the Lord throughout his body, including his hands, and a tingling sensation on his forehead. I also gave him a copy of my book, A Willing Heart to Please the Father. I also gave a copy of my book to Nathan, the security guard.
"FCM is located in the midst of a depressed part of town where there is a lot of drug addiction and homelessness. While there are hundreds of homeless people there, it is still only a fraction of the thousands of homeless people in Albuquerque, to where I had recently traveled prior to this.
"I went street witnessing a few blocks from the mission with Raymond Gonzalez. There I had the privilege of leading an elderly man named Bradford, who was in a wheelchair, to recommit his life to Jesus. He was so grateful afterward for that and thanked me deeply with a big smile. I also prayed for new knees for Tanya who said she was baptized in water once and knows the Lord. She was in a wheelchair, too. I also prayed with a homeless man named Ray to recommit his life to Jesus. I also prayed for healing for Theodore, a homeless Army veteran of the Iraq war, because he had been severely injured by a wild dog that attacked him in his sleep after someone threw a cup of water on the dog sleeping next to him. I'm very grateful for what the Lord did on this ministry trip to Texas. By the grace of God I am what I am, as the apostle said, and His grace to me was not without effect. I worked —yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me."
Please pray for Bradford and Ray, who recommitted their lives to Jesus, that the Lord would help them remain faithful to Him for the rest of their lives, and for the Lord to heal Brad's arm and Theodore's leg, and Jena Taylor, as Len prayed. Please pray that the Lord would speak to all those who got a copy of Len's book. And pray that the Lord would keep the fire of the Holy Spirit burning brightly in the lives of Angel and Andrew. If you would like to watch and listen to the message that Len preached in chapel at FCM's Ranch, you may do so at this video link.
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 five nations including Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, and the United Kingdom.
"Dear brother Len and sister Jennifer.
This study on Is Obedience Optional? is so vitally important, as without obedience we forfeit our salvation. I read John 15: 10-11 and 1 John 2: 5-6. Then I read Jeremiah 31:3, [which] reminds me of when I met Jesus in Heaven face to face. He showed me so much love that my heart's desire is to obey him...
So with our Lord's help I have a heart to witness to the lost. The trip to Rochdale was a great blessing. We had a morning service, then we went out to witness in the town, near the market and a few people got saved. A single mother of two teenagers was especially keen to learn more about becoming a Christian, and a few other older people got saved.
Thank and praise our Lord. Bless you all.
With love in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Sis Catherine."
Glory to God for saving those people in Rochdale through the street evangelism of sister Catherine and those who went with her. Reaching the lost with the gospel is truly the Lord's heartbeat and burden.
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Brother Henry, one of our students in South Sudan wrote the following testimony to Len in July after reading Supernatural Power for All Disciples:
"Dear bro Len,
All disciples have a right to walk in the supernatural...When you receive the Holy Spirit then you can walk in the supernatural.
I have testimonies about this. It requires faith. I was praying with someone who [was so weak that she had to be] carried. This lady could not even lift up her hands, but I prayed and told her, 'God has already healed you, you are now fine.' But I want to give God all the glory, [because] this lady is now completely fine. In my [region], whoever comes in the area with a [health] complication, the community refers the person to the church that I am leading; and I now believe that when you believe in Jesus, nothing is impossible."
He also testified about what's been happening during his evangelistic crusade:
"There's a girl, around 17 years old, who received deliverance during our open air [crusade]. The mother decided to hand over the girl to the church. After a month's stay...she fell sick. I started taking her to the hospital, but her health was just getting worse to the extent that she couldn't walk or eat, and when she could drink water, she could vomit immediately. I felt a voice inside my heart to separate myself for prayers with this girl, I talked to one of my deacons and we separated ourselves in prayer and fasting. We got serious [spiritual] attacks to the extent that even our Bibles got lost from the room; and demons were talking [about] how we could not manage them. But through the knowledge I acquired from DTS, to be honest I didn't fear at all. The girl now is on her legs walking, eating and very normal."
Glory to God! We are always blessed to hear how brother Henry is practicing everything he is learning in the DTS. Praise God for healing that woman.
Len also sent out the Old News That's Still Fresh in August to pastors, elders, disciples, and laborers in the harvest in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. We encourage you to read it also.
He wrote: "The Lord had let me know that He was strategically positioning me in the university to interface with youths and to bring them to the knowledge of Christ. It's like a mission field for me, and sincerely, I need the help of God to succeed in this assignment. Please put me in your prayers."
"Sir, by God's grace, I would be traveling for a 3-month research and training in China by September. Knowing China to be a country that is strictly against any form of religion, especially Christianity [actually they are against evangelizing or living out your faith], I have been thinking and have started praying to God to help me be a bold witness of Christ."
Please remember brother Deji and sister Hannah in your prayers, as the Lord leads you.
Upcoming Missions Trips
Len is preparing to go on a ministry trip to New Hampshire, the week after this newsletter is published, and Germany in the fall. Pray that the Lord will allow all those plans to materialize successfully for His glory and provide for them.
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 blessing Len's trip to Amarillo, Texas, and touching the lives of those he ministered to.
- For the healing process that is taking place in Christopher's fingers, that there is no apparent nerve damage, that he didn't cut off any of them, and that he had no adverse effects from the antibiotics.
- For the amazing testimonies of all our DTS students and graduates, including the souls saved, the marvelous healings, and the baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire.
- 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.
- For the Lord to help Christopher to find an excellent, well-paying job in the IT field, as well as help him with all of his many responsibilities.
- For the Lord to heal Christopher's fingers completely with no pain or loss of feeling, form or functionality.
- For the Lord to help Deji be a witness for Christ on campus, and on his upcoming, 3-month trip to China in September. And for the Lord to enable Hannah to move to Ibadan with the children to live with him there.
- For the Lord to provide for all the needs of our DTS students.
- 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 lead, guide, and provide for ministry travel, as Len makes plans for the second half of 2024.
- For the Lord to use Len mightily for His glory on his upcoming trip to New Hampshire in August, that there would be a powerful anointing of the Holy Spirit upon him that will result in the Church being edified, instructed, and encouraged, accompanied by signs and wonders following, as well as the multiplication of many disciples of Christ. And for all the logistical aspects of air and land travel, as well as lodging, that they would be safe, smooth-going, and without delay or incident.
with love from all of us,
The Lacroixs
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