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.
In September, we went to Virginia Beach for two days. We had good weather and a pleasant stay, despite some challenges. While we were there, we went for walks along the beach at non-peak times when there were much fewer people, and walked with our feet in the water. We also went bicycling along the board walk, enjoyed seeing the sunrise over the ocean, having fellowship together, quiet time with the Lord, and family devotions.
While we were there, Len had the opportunity one evening to witness to a young lady from China named Rebecca at a gift shop, and then to a man from Turkey named Nuri at an ice cream place, both of whom were employed at these places. They listened very well to the gospel message that Len presented to them. Praise the Lord for giving us that great opportunity, as this was the first time they heard the gospel. Let's pray they both come to know the Lord.
Unfortunately, Christopher was unable to join us at the beach due to his work. Regarding the injury to his fingers that we previously reported, the Lord has healed the deformation of the fingertips and he is noticing progress in terms of the pain lessening when they are touched, as well as improvement in normal sensation there, so please continue to pray for a full restoration with no pain or loss of feeling.
Joseph is in his ninth year of homeschool (i.e., high school freshman), and is taking a course in carpentry with a brother in Christ we know named Derrick, who has his own business as a handyman. His first project was to help Derrick build a set of shelves, which they installed in someone's home. Their next project is to build a small house.
Ministry: In August, Len traveled to Manchester, New Hampshire on ministry for a few days. Here is Len's testimony of the trip:
Coincidentally, on my next flight from Baltimore to Manchester, I was sitting next to an off-duty flight attendant, named Megan. Since she was very open to the gospel, I witnessed to her throughout the entire one-hour flight. I shared the full message of the gospel with her, and answered all her questions. She said she was willing to surrender her life to Jesus Christ. But when I asked if she was ready to invite Him to come and live inside her heart to be her Lord and Savior, she hesitated a bit. So I gave her a gospel tract and suggested she count the cost first, then make a decision for Christ as soon as possible. I also gave her my business card and encouraged her to read my blogs, listed on the back of it.
The next day, I met with Henry Demers at Harmony Home, which is his ministry to the homeless in Manchester. He wanted to receive the holy fire, so I prayed for him to receive it, and he did in a wonderful, powerful way that lingered for hours afterward. He introduced me to Sunshine the immigration attorney, her daughter and paralegal assistant, and Fouad, another paralegal. Sunshine said she had just been praying three weeks ago about this. She had told the Lord that she speaks in tongues, but wasn’t sure if she was baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire. So she asked the Lord to send someone to pray for her to receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire. When she met me that day as I arrived, she didn’t know anything about me, but later in the office, when she found out I was praying for Henry to receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire, she asked for me to pray for her, too. Only afterward did she reveal that she had been praying recently for the Lord to send someone to pray for her to receive these gifts from God. She had a wonderful experience as well, and so did her daughter and Fouad. They testified about it afterward briefly on video, which I later posted on my Youtube channel.
I also discovered that I knew Fouad, and have spoken to him in the past. I knew his parents, Jacob and Dekra, from Iraq, who live in Manchester. I have been to their home and they have eaten at my home years ago before we went to Hungary as missionaries. This was another one of many divine appointments that happened during the trip. We also prayed together as a group in that same room, and then upstairs in Sunshine's law office.
In the evening, after dinner, I ended up witnessing to two Mormon missionaries downtown on Elm Street, who tried to capture me into their cult, but they did not seem open at all to the gospel, as is usually the case with Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses.
I met again the next afternoon with Henry Demers at Harmony Home, and ministered deliverance to a little girl (name omitted for security reasons) who was hearing voices telling her to do evil things. She was listening to them and doing what they told her to do. After leading her to pray and give her life to Jesus, I then cast out the demons, and prayed for her to receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit. Then I led her guardian (name omitted for security reasons), to pray and give her life to Jesus, since she wanted to do so publicly. Afterwards, I prayed for her to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, which she did, which was glorious as she spoke in tongues aloud. I also imparted holy fire to her guardian, who received in a very powerful way, experiencing heat all over her body. She felt wonderful and refreshed, and even later as we were sitting and talking about it, she said she felt a cool breeze wafting over onto her from my direction.
She said that she had been praying that same morning that the Lord would send someone to Harmony Home who could minister to the little girl. Then she saw that Henry had posted my photo on the Facebook Messenger Group for Harmony Home, and mentioned what he experienced yesterday after I prayed for him. So she texted him asking if he thought I could pray for the girl, which I immediately agreed to do. So the fact that the Lord sent me on this day in immediate answer to her prayers for the girl is amazing. After I prayed for the girl, the Lord gave me a word of knowledge that her parents were involved in witchcraft. I discovered that they are Satanists, and that the girl herself has been practicing witchcraft, casting spells. So I led her to pray a renunciation prayer, then broke all the curses off of her.
We then went with a large group of volunteers to do street ministry in several local, city parks among the homeless poor. I shared the gospel with a few people, handed out tracts, and handed out food and clothing in Jesus’ name. I had a very good conversation with a homeless man named Brandon and his girlfriend Kirsten, who seemed ready to get saved.
After the street ministry, Henry and I reconvened at Harmony Home with the girl, her guardian, and a sister in Christ named Sarah. I also imparted holy fire to Sarah, who owns a restaurant in Manchester with her husband, and is a volunteer at Harmony Home. She felt a calm serenity inside her heart as I prayed for her. Then we noticed that the little girl had fallen asleep on the chair, and her guardian said this normally doesn’t happen, as the girl usually only sleeps a couple hours each night, and doesn’t fall asleep out in public like this. So we knew that the Lord had delivered her and brought peace to her heart. I also prayed for healing for the little girl's celiac disease, and her guardian's rheumatoid arthritis.
We also prayed together as a group. As I left the building, Mike, a homeless man I had met and gotten to know throughout the evening, said to me, 'I’ll never forget you, Len.'"
To God be all the glory for what He did in New Hampshire. Please pray for the little girl and her guardian, especially for their protection from all harm, for healing from their diseases, and that the demons will not return to the girl. Please also pray that the fire would continue to burn in those who received, especially Henry, Sunshine, her daughter, Fouad, Sarah, and the girl's guardian. You may watch testimonies of their baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire at this video playlist link.
Len also ministered to a brother named Anson here in our home state after returning from New Hampshire. Here is his very brief testimony of what the Lord did for him that evening. Praise the Lord!
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.
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Brother Henry, one of our students in South Sudan, has just finished his three years of DTS training. He has been serving the Lord in South Sudan throughout the entire training period. He and his wife had a serious, life threatening accident recently, but the Lord spared them. They had walked to a certain location to counsel someone, and upon their return home, as they were crossing back over a shallow stream they had crossed earlier without any problem, a huge flood of rushing water suddenly came along and swept them away. They do not know how to swim, but by the grace of God a bystander rescued them. They lost everything they were carrying on them, including his smartphone, which is such an important device needed for his ministry. But the Lord provided for him to replace it. Praise the Lord for saving their lives and providing for a new phone!
When he enrolled in the DTS three years ago, he said he was enrolling because, "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." Now that he has completed his intensive discipleship training with us, Len asked him if he met his goal. He wrote the following testimony to Len in response to that question:
"Dear brother Len,
I always say I am grateful because I have achieved a lot.
By the grace of God, many souls have come to Christ from the time I joined DTS, before I had the desire but it was hard to take a step, but through acquiring knowledge from DTS, the fear went away, I have arranged several open air evangelism and many have given their lives to Jesus, we have seen people receiving healing and also accepting Jesus as their Lord and savior, we have people who accepted Jesus Christ and they're to be baptized this month.
In conclusion, I confirm I have achieved the goal and am still pressing on to bring many to Christ through end time messages, repentance, and holiness.
Yours faithfully,
Bro. Henry."
Hallelujah! God is so awesome. Look what the Lord has done. We are so blessed to see him finish his training successfully and hear how he is putting it all into practice. To God Be all the glory forever. Amen.
"Dear broth Len and sister Jennifer
Some of us (in our LTG) have been to Manchester City Street witnessing…This afternoon, a lady called Heidi got saved while we were street witnessing. Her Aunt had died and she was asking questions about death and where we go in the next life, so I told her and gave my testimony. She wants to meet for coffee next week and talk about joining a Church. Thank and Praise our Lord.
Praying for you all.
Bless you all.
With love in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Sis Catherine"
Praise the Lord for saving Heidi in Manchester, England! The angels in heaven are rejoicing and so are we.
Another one of our students, Rebecca in Uganda, finished her three years of discipleship training in our school. When she first came to us three years ago, applying for enrollment, she said the reason she wanted to enroll was "To learn more on discipleship which will equip me to help others as well, making disciples of all nations."
When she was asked, after completing her training, whether her goal was met, here is how she replied:
"Dear brother Len,
Yes that goal has been achieved, because even as I have been doing the courses, I kept sharing the gospel to others and also discipling some, and by the grace of God I have been appointed to lead the discipleship team for children workers at my work place. I really needed this knowledge and I am trusting God to help me continue doing what I have learnt here.
Blessings
Sis Rebecca."
Praise the Lord for helping her successfully fulfill her goal of being equipped for service to the King.
Len also sent out the Old News That's Still Fresh in September to pastors, elders, disciples, and laborers in the harvest in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. We encourage you to read it also.
Upcoming Missions Trips
Len is preparing to go on a missions trip to Germany two weeks after this newsletter is published. 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 Manchester, New Hampshire, and touching the lives of those he ministered to.
- For our short time at the beach and chance to witness to Rebecca and Nuri.
- 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, especially the souls saved.
- 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 save Rebecca from China and Nuri from Turkey, whom Len witnessed to, as well as Captain Brian and Megan, the flight attendant.
- 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 bless our upcoming graduation ceremony for brother Henry and sister Rebecca with His presence.
- 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 remainder of 2024.
- For the Lord to use Len mightily for His glory on his upcoming trip to Berlin, Germany in September, that there would be a powerful anointing of the Holy Spirit upon him that will result in Him preaching the gospel with great boldness, confirmed 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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