DMI Newsletter

Monday, March 15, 2021

March 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 March we celebrated Len's fifty-fifth birthday with cake, cards, and prayer for him.

Charity got a new job working at a popular little hot dog restaurant here locally that's been around since the 1970's. That's been going very well for her. Praise the Lord! Hope's new job at the barbecue restaurant was going very well, except that they were not in compliance with state law with regard to smoking being prohibited on the premises, so she left due to the unhealthy conditions and is searching once again for another job.

Hope has had some limited opportunity to use her recently earned TESOL certificate to teach English online to those speaking it as a second language. However, at this point, it's not a viable source of income yet.

Jennifer's finger is still causing pain and discomfort, and needs continued healing.

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

In February Len received the following email from brother Shadrach in Nigeria:

"Please brother, I want to apologize for my sudden silence. I couldn't reply to any of your emails again because of academic workload which by God's grace has been handled. thanks for your prayers and support to get me established in Christ. I couldn't reply with a testimony due to the same reasons, but I must say God has been faithful through articles, and all I have learned from DTS. My stay on campus has been to the Lord and to him alone."

Praise the Lord for helping brother Shadrach complete his exams at the university, and for the way the Lord has been faithful to him through the DTS training.

On March 1, three more students successfully completed the three-year DTS training. Their names are brothers Grace and James in Uganda and brother John in Nigeria. This was a huge accomplishment for them, and their graduation ceremony is planned for later this month. Praise the Lord for helping them complete the training. Brother Grace will remain on (volunteer) staff as our DTS Facilitator for Uganda, as we previously reported.

Len received the following email from him upon his completion of the DTS as he starts his new role as a facilitator:

"Praise the Lord! I am very grateful for the course and your sincere heart, love, and tireless efforts towards helping God's people particularly me attain this level of study. I am never the same, and can now minister God's Word with confidence, love and passion.

I am also grateful to you for the opportunity to be a facilitator for my country; I know at this time in particular God requires much from me.Thanks, dear brother, for your love.

Blessings, Grace."

When Len asked Grace if he has now met the goal he had for himself when he first enrolled in the DTS three years ago, he replied:

"Oh yes! DTS has helped me greatly! My ministry work has grown dear brother! Having learnt from DTS, the truth of God's Word and the testimonies have changed our Church members; preparing to meet the Lord, we were able to start prayer meetings where we minister counselling, healing and deliverance. We are seeing Salvation s and people are increasingly coming to Church. Brother Len, DTS has helped to shape me for my vision of nations. It is this time that I am beginning to have deeper insight into ministry. It's because of this training that today I am able to be training ministers in our Church. Personally I am transformed and my family as well has benefited a lot. I will be sharing more with you with time.

Blessings,

Grace Okurut"

Len received the following testimony via email from brother Stanley, one of our First Year students in Kenya, who just completed his first quarter.

"Praise God, brother Len.

I thank God for giving me the strength and the ability to do this coursework. My LTG is going on well though for the two weeks my my partner have traveled but all is well...

This coursework has been helpful for me it enabled me to understand in details who God is, and also everything we do is for His glory alone (Sole de Gloria). Nevertheless, we are called to be disciples of Jesus, not only believers, in that we should doers of the word of God.

Also the knowledge of baptism has been helpful, because different denomination practice different forms of baptism. but the well-elaborated scriptures that you have aligned [have] opened my eyes and also impacted knowledge in me.

To conclude, I thank God for this coursework and this program in general. May God bless you, brother, for this good work. It's not in vain. God will reward you in due time.

Thank you God bless you."

Praise the Lord for what He is doing in brother Stanley's life through the Word of God being taught through the DTS. Len's response to brother Stanley and to all the students who find the DTS beneficial is this brief quote from eighteenth century John Wesley of England: "Reader, if God has ever blessed my word to your soul, pray that He may be merciful to me a sinner."

More DTS Testimonies

Brother Mike in the United States sent in the following praise report and prayer request for his wife Ivy:

"Len, A praise [report] for me has been the experience so far with our LTG. [My LTG partner and I] both participate in a Men's Bible Study at church and then stay afterwards for our LTG. Our fellowship is growing as we discuss what God is doing in our lives, as well as talk about His Word. I know the challenge of not just 'knowing about God', but really KNOWING God is a life changer.

Another praise happened last Sunday morning. My wife woke me as she was in a great deal of pain. She thought she was going to die. The Holy Spirit kept me calm enough to get her to the hospital. Our prayers were answered in that it was JUST a kidney stone. Yes, it is painful but not life threatening. I'd appreciate prayers for the stone to pass or miraculously disappear. In two weeks, she is scheduled for a procedure to remove it should it still be there.

Mike"

Brother Daniel in Nigeria, who recently resumed his training with us, wrote, "Am really happy to be part of DTS once again, and I thank God for all: He has been good to me, His Love for my soul, and am also praying that God should use me..."

Brother Sam in Uganda is feeling much better, and continues to make steady progress. To God be all the glory.

Another new student enrolled in our DTS in March. Brother John is a fifty-four year old servant of the Lord serving in the Pentecostal church of Arua, Uganda. He was referred to us by brother James, who recently completed the DTS training. Brother John says he enrolled, "So that I can have more knowledge about God to rightly divide the Word of Truth." Please welcome him along with us, as we begin our journey together. We look forward to serving him over the next three years.

Our DTS Facilitator for Nigeria, brother Deji, has returned home from a special evangelistic outreach to remote locations Iboko and Ishashi in March. We look forward to getting an update from him soon on how that went in answer to our prayers. Sister Hannah, his wife, who is one of our students, is expecting to deliver her baby girl on April 6th. Please join us in praying for a healthy pregnancy and a safe delivery.

Len sent out his monthly edition of Old News That's Still Fresh in March to pastors, elders, and laborers in the harvest in the US, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia.

Resources: We invite you to read the following articles that Len has written recently, and others found on the Old News That's Still Fresh: The Throne of God, Servants and Slaves in God's Kingdom, and The Cult of Mormonism -- Part II. 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:

For enabling us to celebrate Len's birthday.
For the testimonies of brothers Stanley, Shadrach, and Grace.
For providing Hope some opportunities to teach English.
For providing a job for Charity.
For bringing brother John into the Doulos Training School (DTS).
For the opportunity to assist each of our students in becoming disciples of Christ and fulfilling their callings.
For the Lord's leading, guidance, and help administering the Doulos Training School (DTS), and for the progress the students are making.
For the lives being touched for Christ around the world through our writing ministry.

Next steps and prayer needs:

For the Lord to heal Jennifer's finger.
For the Lord to heal Faith and to heal Len from eczema as well as neuropathic pain in his back, left leg and foot that is coming from his spine.
For the Lord to provide Hope with a job.
For the Lord to provide for all the needs of our DTS students, particularly brother Ibrahim who is trusting God for a financial breakthrough and gainful employment.
For the Lord to heal brother Mike's wife Ivy from a kidney stone.
For a safe delivery for sister Hannah of her newborn at the appointed time in April.
For the Lord to help brother John in Uganda to achieve his DTS training goal.
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.
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.
For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
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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Monday, February 15, 2021

February 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 February we celebrated Joseph's twelfth birthday with cake, cards, gifts, and prayer for him. We also celebrated our twenty-fourth wedding anniversary, and Len's thirty-fifth year since coming to know the Lord.

We mentioned last month that Charity and Hope lost their jobs. The good news is that Hope has since found a new job at another restaurant. Praise the Lord for that. Please join us in praying the Lord will bless her in her new job and that Charity will also find employment.

Our daughter Hope has completed her training to teach English as a second language, and earned her TESOL certificate, which is the culmination of several months of study. She would like to use her new skills to teach English to foreigners online. Please pray the Lord will make a way for her to do so.

Jennifer's finger is still causing pain and discomfort, and needs continued healing. However, the good news is that the other finger that had become infected has now been healed. So only the finger that originally was infected in August, on which she had emergency surgery, is the one that needs to be healed.

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

One of our students, brother John in Nigeria, who is finishing up his third year this month, wrote the following email about his overall experience in the DTS:

"Good day brother Len.

I sincerely wish to thank God for helping me come across your school of discipleship. I must confess to you that I'm richly blessed right from the beginning till the end. Testimonies are much appreciated and the only thing I would have regretted is not to enroll when you were asking me to do so. I have learnt simplicity, holiness, righteousness, truth and many more throughout my journey in discipleship. I have been exposed to the primary, core and basic root of Christianity (the ancient path and the ancient word). Now I can stand and preach Christ in His entirety without reservation if I'm called because DTS has helped me to do so. The teachings and training in DTS are simple and understandable to every heavenly-minded believer who approaches the teachings with an open heart that loves the truth. There is nothing I will say here that qualifies what has been deposited in me in DTS.

Let me take a little survey for my last quarter in DTS, I learnt a lot from ESCHATOLOGY IV (visions and revelations), DISCIPLESHIP 5, in fact, all my course work in this quarter has impacted me positively and the most remarkable one is learning how to heal the sick which I have practiced with four persons and sees instant results.My wife has not received the baptism of the Holy Spirit but this evening (27/01/21), I followed the instructions I watched from the videos with my wife and she received the baptism in less than 15 mins. I'm trusting God for His more Grace that will enable me to whisper His heart beat to the world."

Praise the Lord for that wonderful testimony of what the Lord has done in his life through the DTS, especially how his wife got baptized with the Holy Spirit and how the Lord is using him in healing. He states that he did meet his original goal when he enrolled in the school, which was "to be discipled, to gain insight into God's truth, knowledge, understanding, wisdom and God's instruction." Glory to God alone.

In January, Len received good news about brother Solomon, who is one of our students in Kenya. Sister Collete wrote: "Good news! Br. Solomon got a job offer last week as a Probation Officer probably starting work on February 1. To God be all the glory."

Another new student has enrolled in the DTS, and this time it is our first student from the United States, whose name is Mike. Nearly twenty years ago, Len used to work in the corporate world with Mike, who has since come to know the Lord, and wants to go further with his discipleship training. Here is how he came to Christ in his own words:

"While I was a church attender as a child and I have always believed in God, my true acceptance of Christ as my Lord and Savior occurred in 2006 when I started attending church as an adult, realizing my sinful nature, and accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I wish I remembered the exact date, but I don’t. Ever since then, I have passionately pursued knowing the Lord. The 'how' was a clear explanation of the Gospel and my acceptance by raising my hand and praying at the altar."

Here is the reason he gave for enrolling in our school:

"I love the Lord. I enjoy learning, reading, and studying as part of worshiping Him with my mind. I’ve been familiar with the DTS school for several years, and have [also] completed an in-person church Disciple School in 2018, which changed my life. I know there is so much more for the Holy Spirit to reveal to me. With my kids getting a bit older, I’ve had more time to spend in the Word and memorizing scripture. I don’t want to just 'know about' God, I want to know God more deeply."

Praise the Lord! We're glad to have Mike join us, and we look forward to the next three years of his training.

More DTS Testimonies

In February, Len received the following testimony from brother Grace in Uganda:

"Praise the Lord brother Len! I thank God for what He is doing through DTS! I have just been sharing with our Christians on the subject of head covering for some good time, and this has yielded fruits. And as I share now, most women in our Church pray with veiled heads. As I share now at the time of sending this testimony, I am going through "Discipleship VIII," [which includes the article on] "a woman's hair her head covering." with women. The Lord has done it, and His glory is manifesting in the Church as a result of obeying this command. I bless the Name of the Lord for this.

Blessings dear brother Len.

Grace Okurut."

We received the following email in February from brother Ibrahim in Kenya:

"Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Thank you for your email. I am doing well myself and I just wanna thank God for everything he has done as I pray for a financial and job breakthrough.

Keep me in your prayers.

Be blessed and stay safe.

Yours in Christ,

Br Ibrahim Ambale"

Our DTS Facilitator for Nigeria, brother Deji, informed us that he is preparing to go on his first missions trip in March. He wrote:

"Dear Brother Len,

It is with excitement and joy that I'm sharing this with you sir. My church, the campus church, initiated an outreach to a rural place. The regional overseer of my denomination has approved it and we are getting every support we need.

The Lord is touching the hearts of people to get involved. We created a team that will be in that area for about one week to pray, fast, do morning cries, personal evangelism before others will join few days after for the crusade.

Please join us in prayers to break the hold of the devil over that area, and for a bounty harvest of souls.

This is the first mission trip that I will be involved in. Please share with me any useful informations in getting a bounty harvest in outreaches like this...

We believe the Lord is leading us to these places and we are trusting Him for harvest of souls and deliverance from the territorial spirit in that region. Please we cover your prayers sir. We will be going on the 9th of march and return on the 14th of march.

The Lord bless you sir.

Bro Deji"

Please join us in praying for brother Deji and his team before and during the trip. It's a mostly Muslim area with deeply entrenched strongholds of darkness.

We are also pleased to report that brother Stephen in Nigeria has started four Life Transformation Groups (LTGs), only one of which he is a member of. Praise the Lord! This is the kind of multiplication we pray for from our students, and we trust that in due time the Lord will bring that to pass.

In Uganda, brothers James, Jimmy, Tom, and Humphrey recently traveled together on a missions trip to a refugee camp to evangelize the people living there. Brother James is still awaiting the Jesus Film Projector, which has not been granted yet by the Jesus Film Project, and he had to complete yet another form for that recently. We are still hopeful he will receive that soon, in order to help him be more effective in his ministry to the unreached people groups. On February 14th, he informed us that he lost his dear mother, so please pray for the Lord to comfort him at this time.

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:

For enabling us to celebrate Joseph's birthday and our anniversary.
For the testimonies of brothers John and Grace.
For helping brother Solomon to find a new job.
For providing Hope with a job and helping her to earn her TESOL certificate.
For bringing brother Mike into the Doulos Training School (DTS).
For the opportunity to assist each of our students in becoming disciples of Christ and fulfilling their callings.
For the Lord's leading, guidance, and help administering the Doulos Training School (DTS), and for the progress the students are making.
For the lives being touched for Christ around the world through our writing ministry.

Next steps and prayer needs:

For the Lord to heal Jennifer's finger.
For the Lord to heal Faith and Len from eczema.
For the Lord to provide Charity with a job, and Hope with an opportunity to teach English.
For the Lord to provide for all the needs of our DTS students, particularly brother Ibrahim who is trusting God for a financial breakthrough and gainful employment.
For the Lord to help brother Deji in his upcoming evangelistic outreach in March, so that he and his team would reap a great harvest of souls.
For the Lord to help brother Mike to achieve his goals for discipleship in the DTS.
For the Lord to comfort brother James in Uganda in the loss of his mother.
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.
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.
For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
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

Friday, February 12, 2021

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Saturday, January 16, 2021

January 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: First of all we want to wish all of you a Happy New Year! In January, both Charity and Hope lost their jobs. Without going into detail, it is related to the government mandates associated with the Covid. Please pray the Lord will provide them will new employment that will be even better than the jobs they lost.

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 five nations including Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa.

In December, Len received the following email from brother Grace in Uganda, which he wrote to Len immediately after reading the December DTS newsletter:

"Praise the Lord! It's wonderful to know all what God is doing through DTS in these nations! I also want to use this opportunity to testify about the Lord's saving power and love. A week after a Muslim gave his life to the Lord, as I had testified two weeks a go, his brother came around, and after sharing the Word [with him]....etc., he gave his life to the Lord, too.

This year we have seen more salvations, healings, and deliverances more than ever. We praise the Lord for this and will testify more and more by God's grace.

Blessings,

Grace Okurut"

In December Len received an email from brother Charles Okello in Uganda, who is one of our DTS students and a pastor there. Here is an excerpt from that email:

"Good Morning Bro Len,

I am sorry I have replied this email late. I received a call from Bro Grace in Soroti, Uganda and he requested that I check my email for your communication.

I had travelled to visit my extended family members in the upcountry/village and you know there is no internet connection there. Actually precisely about two hours and some few minutes after talking to Pr Grace, the vehicle I was traveling in overturned three times and to God be the glory God found it faithful that we live to serve Him.

I must testify that after the impact caused by the accident, none of us died except for minor injuries. We consulted with the doctors and the medical examinations have declared us out of any danger or after effects of the accident. For sure God is true to His Word, and indeed He is our shield and protection.

Right now am still in the hospital for more checkups, but traveling back home tomorrow.

My regards to all, and please also help our ministry in prayer because the hall we are using currently we hire [rent], and the land lord wants it back. So we are believing God for divine direction and also for a hall/land at a strategic place. We are also believing God for provision for this project.

My regards to the family, partners and friends. God bless you and have a glory filled Christmas Celebration. Tell the family that my wife and Children greet them. God bless you and thank you for being a blessing to the body of Christ.

Kind Regards,

Charles Okello"

Praise the Lord for protecting brother Charles and his fellow travelers who were in that car that rolled over three times. Let's pray for divine direction and provision, in order to find a new building on a strategic piece of property, so that they will be able to continue to meet as a church there in Lira, Uganda.

More DTS Testimonies

Len had sent an email to brother Tom in Uganda asking if the article on reaching Muslims was of any help to him during his ministry trip to the refugee camp to the South Sudanese people, who are mostly Muslim. He replied in late December:

"Dear Len,

Many blessings from Jesus Christ our Lord to you. Your article 'How to Reach a Muslim for Jesus Christ' was of great help to me, because I used the right approach to minister to them easily. May you keep on updating us as Christ leads you.

I have just arrived in my home city today from Palabek resettlement camp.

I am sorry I delayed to respond to your three mails you sent.I lost my smart phone in the camp -it fell off when I was riding a motorcycle...

May you increase in knowledge and wisdom as you minister,

Brother Tom"

Praise the Lord that the article on reaching Muslims was helpful to him.

In January, sister Dorcas in South Africa wrote:

"...I now read my bible more, and I'm enjoying to spend more time in the presence of God. And now I even have the courage to evangelise on the street and people's life are changing.. I really thank God for this ministry. I am so grateful that I joined.. More grace on you and the family, and please pass my love to them."

Praise the Lord for the way He is changing her life through the DTS.

We also have a couple of students who are searching for new employment, brother Solomon and sister Cynthia, both of whom are in Kenya. Cynthia specifically needs to find employment that won't require her to work on the Lord's Day. Please join us in praying for new jobs.

Brother Sam in Uganda is still bedridden and unable to walk due to the disease in his spine. Please join us in praying for his healing.

The students in Uganda are reporting that there is a lot of political hatred, violence, bloodshed, and death in their country right now surrounding the Presidential election. Please pray for their protection and for peace in their hearts.

In December a sixteen year old youth in Massachusetts named Giovaughn contacted Len to get saved. Len shared how to do so, and Gio gave his life to the Lord. The following day he on his own initiative got water baptized. Praise the Lord for another new life in Christ.

Resources: We would like to invite you to read the following recent articles that Len has posted, which include Women Teaching Men, How to Reach a Muslim for Christ, The Truth About Islam, and Three Stages of Christ's Earthly Mission. 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:

For protecting brother Charles in Uganda and his fellow travelers in that serious car accident.
For the testimonies of Grace, Tom, and Charles, and Docas regarding how the Lord is helping them with their ministries and impacting their lives through the DTS, as well as the lives of those around them.
For all of the healing, deliverance, and salvation that brother Grace is witnessing in his ministry there in Soroti, Uganda.
For helping brother Tom to reach Muslims for Christ during his ministry at the refugee camp.
For the salvation of Gio, our new brother in Christ in Massachusetts.
For the opportunity to assist each of our students in becoming disciples of Christ and fulfilling their callings.
For the Lord's leading, guidance, and help administering the Doulos Training School (DTS), and for the progress the students are making.
For the lives being touched for Christ around the world through our writing ministry.

Next steps and prayer needs:

For the Lord to heal Jennifer's finger.
For the Lord to heal Faith and Len from eczema.
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.
For the Lord to heal Sam and miraculously raise him up from his sick bed.
For the Lord to give direction and financial provision for brother Charles in Lira, Uganda to find a new building to rent for the church meetings on a strategic piece of property. Pray also that in the interim, they would successfully transition to house churches.
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.
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.
For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
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

Monday, December 14, 2020

December Update -- 2020

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 November we celebrated Thanksgiving with Bible reading (Ps 136), prayer, giving thanks to God, and a delicious dinner. Both Charity and Hope had to work that day, but they were able to be home in time for our turkey dinner.

Jennifer's finger is still causing pain and discomfort, and needs continued healing.

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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 five nations including Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa.

Len received the following email from brother Tom who is a pastor in Uganda and a Second Year DTS student:

"Praise God. I am brother Tom from Uganda. I am so blessed by this great school. This time has been so powerful for such interesting and anointing courses I have ever taken. I have not remained the same.

May the good Lord keep you and your family well. Blessing in Jesus name."

Brother Tom later informed Len that he was away on a ministry trip, serving at a camp for refugees from South Sudan. He was spending a few weeks there, and found that the article Len wrote on Islam and shared with him was timely, because the refugees are all Muslims. Here is what he had to say:

"Dear Len,

Thanks a lot for your post on How to Reach a Muslim with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

It was a little bit challenging when I began ministering to these Sudanese, because most of them are Moslims. Immediately [after] I got these resources [from you], things normalised.

The only challenge I have is the interpretation of my communication to them -- they speak Arabic. Only one person is helping to translate...

May the Lord keep you safe."

He later wrote:

"Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ. I am remaining with one week [left at the Sudanese refugee camp], and [then] I return home to continue with my church ministry...

I have preached to many people within the camp and outside. Many have received Christ as their Lord and personal Saviour. So far the churches within the camp have [grown] to five. One new church is going to be opened next Sunday and a church pastor will be introduced to the members.

To tell the truth, these refugee Christians are so green about spirituality. It takes God's intervention. They are so rude,bitter, easily angered, and wild radically (physical).

My appeal to you Sir: The effort needed in this camp is so big that two or three people cannot manage.

There are a total of up to fifty two NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) running their different programmes, but Pentecostal ministers are very few. If there are people who can help us do this ministry, l request them through you [for them] to come and evangelise in this isolated place.

God bless you."

In November, Len received the following email from brother James in Uganda, a pastor there who is now in his final quarter of DTS training. This was in response to Len asking him to be specific about all the unreached people groups he was engaging. He stated:

Hello brother Len,

Greetings ,am sorry for the delay .This was occasioned by numerous engagements, because I was meeting the Nubian communities. I returned yesterday.

I have reached the Meneng which are more in South Sudan than in Uganda. The Karamojong and Dodoth I have reached, because I speak the same language with them. I have reached and am going to reach the Pokoth this December, too.

I just returned yesterday from reaching the Nubian community in Bombo, Uganda, and seventy-two of them received Jesus Christ .All these new converts need Bibles. I do reach Aringa; so far, one church has been planted in the Aringa community. These are the people we have reached so far. The request [that all of them] keep bringing is they want Bibles. I hope you find these responses satisfying.

Thank you.

Brother James"

Praise the Lord for that good report. Len also put James in touch with the Jesus Film Project here in the US, and he has applied for the projector and other equipment he needs in order to show the Jesus Film in the remote places he goes to bring the gospel to the unreached, including Muslims. The Jesus Film Project is able to give such resources for free to those who qualify, and priority is given to those who are ministering to unreached people groups. Let's pray James will be granted those resources.

Brother Sam Okiror in Uganda is one of our students currently in his Second Year of DTS. In November he requested prayer for a health problem of the spine, as he has gotten an MRI and the radiologist has rendered a diagnosis. He is currently bed-ridden and unable to walk.

We don't need to accept man's diagnosis, because we serve a miracle-working God with whom all things are possible. There is no disease he cannot heal. Please join us in lifting up Sam in prayer for his healing.

In December, Len received the following email from brother Grace in Uganda:

"Hi dear brother Len,

I want to thank the Lord for DTS and the message you just sent of "How to Reach a Muslim for Christ"! Just yesterday a Muslim man came to our altar, and after a lengthy sharing, he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour! Glory to Him!

Blessings

Grace Okurut"

We are pleased to announce that brother Grace, who is a pastor in Uganda and due to graduate from DTS in three months, is now our Uganda National DTS Facilitator. Please join us in congratulating him.

More DTS Testimonies

Len received the following email in December from brother Charles a pastor in Uganda who is a third-year DTS student:

"Hello Bro Len,

Am doing well, sir, and the Lord has been faithful to us. Am grateful that am impacted daily through this course. It has tremendously helped me to have deeper understanding of scriptures.

Have a great week.

Charles"

In December, Len received the following email from brother Stephen in Nigeria (photo below), who is a first year DTS student. He wrote:

"Greetings in Jesus name,

Glory to God one Mr Adamu from Bauchi state Nigeria formally a Muslim gave his life to Jesus, now with me putting him through the Word. Please pray along with him because his family have not known [about] his decision [for Christ]. Now he has two sons he wants to carry along with him to Gombe state where we are now with him."

This is wonderful news! Let's join with brother Stephen in prayer for him about this secret move to Gombe state with his two sons. Hallelujah! There is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don't need to repent!! Glory to God!!

We have also recently enrolled brother Stephen's wife Daniel (pictured above with him). She is twenty years old, and came to the Lord ten years ago after participating in a Bible lesson about the love of Jesus for her. She enrolled in the DTS in order to become a disciple of Christ. Please join us in praying that she will achieve her goal.

In December, our first student from South Africa enrolled in the DTS. Her name is Dorcas (pictured left), and she states the reason she has enrolled in our school is: "I want to have the knowledge of Christ more in my life and I want to serve and I want Him to use me in this end time."

We also had another new student in Uganda named Sam (pictured above) enroll, who was referred to us by brother Grace. He is thirty-eight years old and came to know the Lord seven years ago. Here is his testimony:

"In 2013 there was a crusade in [the] Soroti public gardens. I attended it and got touched by the message of love of our Lord Jesus and I believed."

Sam's stated reason for enrolling is "to have fellowship with others and learn more of God's Word."

We look forward to serving Sam, Dorcas, and Daniel over the next three years.

Len sent out his monthly edition of Old News That's Still Fresh in December to pastors, elders, and laborers in the harvest in the US, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia.

Len also upgraded our ministry website and updated it with new information and photo galleries that we didn't have on our previous site. We hope you will take a moment to browse the site and check out all the pages available through the sidebar on it. The website is still dmiworld.org.

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 be together for a special day of Thanksgiving to the Lord for all His blessings.
For the testimonies of James, Grace, Tom, and Charles, regarding how the Lord is helping them with their ministries and impacting their lives through the DTS, as well as the lives of those around them.
For the new assignment that brother Grace has accepted as our Uganda National DTS Facilitator.
For the new students who have enrolled in the DTS -- Dorcas, Daniel, and Sam.
For the opportunity to assist each of our students in becoming disciples of Christ and fulfilling their callings.
For the Lord's leading, guidance, and help administering the Doulos Training School (DTS), and for the progress the students are making.
For the lives being touched for Christ around the world through our writing ministry.

Next steps and prayer needs:

For the Lord to heal Jennifer's finger.
For the Lord to heal Faith and Len from eczema.
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.
For the Lord to heal Sam and miraculously raise him up from his sick bed.
For the Lord to provide Bibles and a Jesus Film Projector for brother James to use in his outreach to the unreached people groups in his region.
For the Lord to assist all our DTS students in any life challenges they may be experiencing.
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.
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.
For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
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

Saturday, November 14, 2020

November Update -- 2020

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 November we celebrated Hope's twentieth birthday with homemade cake, as well as cards, gifts, and prayer.

We had a power outage when Hurricane Zeta came through our area. It caused an extended power outage and some people suffered property damage. Since the Lord had provided us with a generator, we were able to power our critical items like refrigerator, freezer, cooking burners, and lights for about twenty-four hours until they restored the power. Others in our area remained without power for days. Thank the Lord for providing the generator, so that our food did not spoil or need to be thrown out.

Jennifer's finger is still causing pain and discomfort, and needs continued healing.

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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 four nations including Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana.

Brother Jimmy in Uganda asked for prayer for his wife who underwent a Cesarean delivery, and in answer to our prayers, the procedure was a success. They had a baby girl. Praise the Lord that both mother and baby are doing fine, except that the mother has a flu right now. So we are praying for her healing. Jimmy said on November 14th, "She is improving and I believe by Monday she will be fine."

Len recently asked the students to let him know which unreached people groups are in their area. He received the following email from Brother James in Uganda who is a pastor there and a third year student of the DTS:

"Thank you, dear Len,

I am in contact with them all. I do go to minister to these groups, but because of Covid, we are planning to [resume] next year. We don't have Jesus films and projectors, but I have my teams. We do reach these places, Len...

I have just come back from the Pokot mission, and the Meneng in Kidepo....I am here doing the work already. It's very hard. Sometimes [there is] no food, no water, but [for] the love of souls we are there doing the work.

I just go to them with my Bible, and I go to their homes in the villages. I talk to their leaders who take me to the community. Sometimes I buy them food [or] I give them used clothes just for love, in order for me to pass my message to them. But if I can get the Jesus film, I can reach many [more]. People are getting saved. I need Bibles for some of them.

I have seen many come to Christ, [which] is the reason we keep going back. Next year we want to introduce LTG to them because they are always there for us. We are not there all the time. This will go a long way in keeping them and establishing them in the gospel. LTG is our plan for next year. Our first priority was to win them to Christ (salvation first).

Concerning the Nubian unreached ,we have even planted a Church there. Nubian are more of Moslems. They live in communities dominated by Moslems, and those who get saved are persecuted for getting saved, sent out of home as outcasts [for] denouncing Islam. So this makes them run to Church seeking for refuge. The Church takes responsibility of looking after them in all ways.

Concerning the Aringas unreached. They are too Moslem-dominated communities in Uganda. They are equally persecuted whenever they get saved. So we win them through love."

To see the full question and answer between Len and brother James, see this link.

The Pokot people are actually not considered an unreached people group. Almost half of them are Christian, but only 12% are evangelical. The Meneng are also not technically considered an unreached group, since 15% are Christian, but only 3% are evangelical. However, James is there on the ground in Uganda and sees that these people still need gospel outreach. James also indicated that he needs people who can get him "mission kits" for these outreaches.

Brother John in Nigeria sent the following testimony to Len in November:

"[There are] so many things to testify about. But I will only list out few for the glory of God. Honestly, God is helping me to grow more in the faith through the DTS courses designed for us.

Powerfully, [Eudoxia's Testimony] has taught me something I should not forget in a hurry from one of the revelations of Jesus Christ. This has helped to wake me up and reminded me of the reality of heaven and my need to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, if I want to make it to that glorious place.

I learnt from [her testimony] that so many of our Churches are building structures without putting emphasis on building souls for Jesus.

'The Lord showed her how she and her husband must love each other. There must not even be one little gap of unforgiveness or they cannot be one, or thinking of how he or she looks like, because that leaves an opening where the demons can get a spear into you.' This has really inspired me to close some gaps in my own marriage...

[Her testimony also] taught me something on how to train children in a solitary place [rather] than in public. I love and appreciate your editorial comments on Eudoxia's testimony."

Brother Richard in Uganda, who is a pastor there, emailed the following testimony to Len in November:

"My testimony is full of God's love. I thank the Lord Jesus for his love and light of scriptures that I have learnt from DTS. Always refreshes my life and steady knowledge of the scriptures. Many touching revelations from the fire books have changed my life more in righteousness. Am sure of my destiny in Christ."

DTS Photo Album

Brother Grace in Uganda sent the following testimony to Len in November:

"Hi dear brother Len,

It is great having this day, sharing this brief testimony with you and everyone there!

Since the lockdown, nearly all systems were paralyzed including ministry work. God spoke through the brethren urging us to do ministry work without fear. To me this seemed to be an act of disobeying the authorities; nevertheless we picked up by God's grace, and obeyed the Lord's voice while trying to observe the covid 19 regulations required by the authorities. When this started, security was tipped, and we were threatened. The Lord, however, worked with and within us to carry on His mission; He started and will accomplish it through His yielded vessels.

From that time when things became hard, many with empty stomachs, fears, persecution here and there, many tears, etc, our ministry work is progressing. We are receiving many testimonies that are being shared of what the Lord is doing. It is during this time when we have seen more of the Lord's grace in healing and deliverance more than when we were free.

I am so grateful to the Lord for what He is doing through DTS, especially I am touched the more in the study of Discipleship VII, Taking heaven by Force! This Scripture of Mathew 11:12 , "taking heaven by force" has been fulfilled before our very own eyes! God can NEVER be limited by any situation. In fact, He works best when things seem to be impossible. It is Him who is at work through His children, when we obey and follow His leading! I thank God and glorify His Name for what He is doing!

Blessings,

Brother Grace Okurut"

Len received the following testimony from sister Kevin in Uganda:

"Praise God! I want to thank God for my life. In the month of October I celebrated my birthday. It was a great joy in my heart for me to add one more year. Glory be to God. In the same note, my mother was sick, but through prayers God Healed her. I give glory and honor to our most high God.

As I continue with my ministry many people's lives have been transformed. I have now [a] small group of people with whom I share the Word of God every weekend. Glory be to God."

More DTS Testimonies

Len sent out his monthly edition of Old News That's Still Fresh in November to pastors, elders, and laborers in the harvest in the US, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia.

Resources: We would like to invite you to read the following recent articles that Len has posted, which include Things You Should Never Do, Things God Will Never Do, The "Never" Promises to the Righteous, The "Never" Promises to Sinners, Fully Equipped for Every Good Work, False Prophet Pope Pushing for Mark of the Beast?, and True Freedom. 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:

For enabling us to celebrate Hope's twentieth birthday.
For the testimonies of James, Grace, Richard, and Kevin, regarding how the Lord is helping them with their ministries and impacting their lives through the DTS, as well as the lives of those around them.
For the opportunity to assist each of our students in becoming disciples of Christ and fulfilling their callings.
For the Lord's leading, guidance, and help administering the Doulos Training School (DTS), and for the progress the students are making.
For the lives being touched for Christ around the world through our writing ministry.

Next steps and prayer needs:

For the Lord to heal Jennifer's finger.
For the Lord to heal Faith and Len from eczema.
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.
For the Lord to provide Bibles and mission kits for brother James to use in his outreach to the unreached people groups in his region.
For the Lord to assist all our DTS students in any life challenges they may be experiencing.
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.
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.
For the Lord to fulfill His purposes for us and our ministry.
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