Uganda End Time Evangelistic Outreach

One of our Doulos Training School (DTS) graduates, brother Grace Okurut (pictured left), is traveling across Uganda with a team of around thirty-four gospel ministers (at it's peak size), preaching the gospel with an end time message. The reception has been excellent. 

They are going into villages, towns, homes, markets, streets, street corners, and churches, and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. Many scores of people are coming to Christ as a result. Here are some testimonies from the campaign with accompanying photos.

Photo Album

October 14, 2025

Conserving the harvest is really a priority now; water baptism, baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire, and discipleship. This should be done in places such as Otucopi, Odokomit, Nakatunya, in Soroti; then Mbale, Kampala in 2 locations, Otuboi in Kalaki, Ongole,and Awaliwal, Ojukot in Kalaki.

We need to appoint elders and pastors in these areas for the churches urgently. I consider moving to these locations with a smaller team of 6. Yes, brother, there will be many congregations.  

Brother Len, what God has put in your heart about the new congregations is exactly what we had been talking about as a mission's team, we thank God for the confirmation. What you have shared with me is very very right, urgent and timely!

We thank God  dear brother for  His grace, guidance, 

God bless you, 

Bro Grace. 

October 10, 2025

Hi dear brother Len, 

It has been a 3-day, door-to-door evangelism here in Kalaki, 55 km away from Soroti. My friends, the children, who introduced me to their parents, gathered with their parents after door-to-door evangelism, and embraced the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior! In attendance were more than 50 people, in a village that has many street children doing a lot of burglary, breaking into people's homes, theft, murders, etc. It's now a transformation with a lot of thanks to the Lord God!

Today we had to organize for a fellowship meal together with the children and some parents, thanking God for what He is doing! This has never happened in most of these villages, and has turned out to be a big children's fellowship; pray with us, as we plan to have these kind of arrangements once in a while as the Lord enables. 

Thank you.

Blessings, brother. 

Bro Grace

October 8, 2025

Yesterday we had all-day interacting and sharing the gospel here in Kalaki. Several people came to the Lord. However, there was much rain, and at night, we had some man brought to us who ran mad. It was a deliverance night till 6:00 AM in the morning of today when violent Fred was delivered! I think this is my first time to be involved in this kind of heavy demonization deliverance; the man was violent, kicking, etc.!! But we thank God.

Today we had children's ministry where we were preparing children in this village to meet the Lord soonest. We have mostly violent street children in this village; tomorrow is when we shall be sharing again from the Bible and having a meal together.  

Blessings. 

Grace. 

October 6, 2025

On Saturday, October 4th, brother Grace was sick with fever, chills, body aches, and headache, so I (brother Len) called him and prayed for him. As I did so, I could feel the presence of the Lord upon me. The power of God fell on him, tears were streaming down his face, and it was too much for him to contain, as he received a mighty touch from the Lord and all the pain he had throughout his body, including the headache, completely left him. He testified as to what happened and said, "I'm healed." He was praising God profusely. Hallelujah!

Today the 6th, brother Grace testified, "Dear brother Len, today, I thank God for the gift of life and His hand of healing upon my life! When you prayed with me, too much power from the Lord came upon me, I spoke in tongues with yelling, tears, and much joy. I'm completely healed. Every symptom is completely healed, my brother. God is great! At least I'm able to travel and preach the gospel."

He continued with an update on today's outreach saying, "We enter churches, streets, markets, villages, etc. You can see people repenting with tears as we share the gospel, with the return of the Lord; this happened in one of the local churches."

"You may be aware that children are wonderful friends and partners in the gospel. They open doors for their families to be evangelized. They are my best friends. Jesus said, 'The Kingdom of heaven belongs to these little ones!' This has happened in Ongole village of Kalaki district. I testify today that we have met these children fetching dirty water for domestic use (see photo album), We interacted with them and they have introduced us to their parents. I will have a sharing with their parents tomorrow. They asked us to pray for clean water for their community. God bless you." 

October 3, 2025

Dear brother Len, 

Today saw numbers of people giving their lives to the Lord in a trading center called Cornerstone;

We thank God

October 2, 2025

Praise the Lord brother Len, 

We thank God for today's harvest that brought about 10 people to the Lord! This was along Soroti Lira road.

However, we were interrupted by rain and had to stop before  time.

The people received us with joy,and asked us to go back. They gave us their telephone contacts for follow up.

You may have a look at some of the pics (in album at link above)

Praise the Lord! We are really aware of the signs of the Lord's coming, and the season; and it's not sin at all for people to prepare for the Lord's return! This is the time my life has so changed, we have preached and won souls more than any time in our life!  

We are in the season of the Lord's return and He wants His bride to be aware and ready like the five wise virgins. In fact everywhere the people who love the Lord are eagerly awaiting; it's like people are tired of the world and NEVER want to be caught up in the Great tribulation. We have experienced here, even the non believers are sensing this season!!

We love you!!

Br Grace. 

October 1, 2025

Greetings dear brother Len, 

It was another wonderful day experiencing God at work in the lives of His people!

I had never felt led to preach the gospel in this Nakatunya environment, until today when I felt a very strong urge within my spirit to do so! When we approached the venue I started feeling a deep love for the people and every negative view of the community immediately vanished!

We shouted, "Hallelujah, Amen!" with almost all the people in the business center repeating the words!

Our mobile speaker worked and sounded great to that effect more than we have ever experienced before!

During open air meeting after door to door, I normally minister last after my team members have done so. 

Today was amazing! At the time of concluding the preaching, 3/4 of the people lifted up their hands confessing Jesus Christ as their Lord. We give glory to Him!

September 30, 2025

Hi dear brother Len, 

Today we had an evangelistic campaign in Malinga Cell in Soroti, it was just 50 meters away from a Catholic stronghold Church. It was another exciting day with salvations. In this place we have one of our mission's team mates who holds a house fellowship. To my surprise a greater number that turned up were Catholics with their rosaries around their necks! I had a sharing in the morning, and we took two, who came to the Lord, for baptism a hotel 5 km away with a swimming pool. 

After returning from baptism at 1:00 PM, we found the people gathered as you can see in the pic, many gave their lives to the Lord after the Word of repentance was preached, preparing the Church for the Lord's return. 

After that, one brother called Samuel invited us to travel to his place, miles away, called Amuda. We pray the Lord helps us to travel to that village.

Glory to the Lord!

Br Grace. 

September 29, 2025

Hi dear brother Len, 

We thank God for His grace upon us, and His unfailing love; He enabled my wife Dina, with the team to travel to her ancestral village to warn the communities of the imminent rapture; a message of repentance was preached in the Alitimon trading center. As a result she has received some invitations from some families, and established Bible study in two locations.

In that place there is a lot of evil; murder, incest, theft, witchcraft, drunkenness, and fights; dominated by a Catholic religion.

I once preached in that community decades ago and a number came to the Lord including Grace, who has become a prominent sister and leader among the faithful. She is now a widow after her husband who also fiercely resisted me in my first mission to the village died a few years ago. These days Christians converge at Grace's home for prayer once a month with God doing great things! Let's continue to pray for her as she faces lack and a lot of persecution from the Catholics, etc. 

It is a place where the gospel is rarely preached because preachers are treated harshly, so this has caused fear to many brethren. My wife with the team boldly preached the gospel of repentance without any harassment or resistance; we give glory to God and thank Him for His care and protection!

God bless you brother Len, 

Br Grace. 

September 26, 2025

Hi dear brother Len, 

Today we traveled to Otubpi township, 45 kms away from Soroti along Lira road. We had a sharing with Church leaders and pastors, planning, encouraging ourselves, reaching out to the harvest for Jesus Christ; seeing that His return is imminent and soon! At the same time, I shared with them about preparing the Church to be pure, waiting for His return. 

Afterwards we went out to the harvest where about 10 people gave their lives to the Lord, some of who you may see in the pics together with myself.

Blessings bro.

September 20, 2025

We thank God for today; 15 people gave their lives to the Lord. Unfortunately yesterday we lacked electricity to charge the phones, so I didn't take photos of the outreach.

September 19, 2025

Brother Grace shared about the soon return of our Lord, and equipped them for the harvest in a nearby Church. It was another day of evangelism with salvations and many miracles! The team went out door-to-door, and about 50 people gave their lives to the Lord today. 

September 18, 2025

Hi dear brother Len, 

The extra team that was in Mbale (see photo) just traveled back; the Lord saved as many people as possible, 58 in total, plus several cases of healing and deliverance. We were hosted in a Church along Butaleja road.

The lady, Alima, pictured in the middle of the photo in album (showing three women with one holding a small child) has been a Moslem, but has now come to the Lord.

We have found door to door evangelism very effective, where we interact with individuals and groups of people and are open to share their life stories!

The boy Sadala (pictured with me in the green garden in photo album) gave his life to Jesus Christ today during evangelism campaign we had today in Soroti. The door-to-door preaching resulted in 37 people coming to the Lord. 

Br Grace. 

September 17, 2025

One of our team members, bro Max P shared the gospel with some youths during their football season (see photo of team wearing blue shirts). A number of more than 10 of them, including Moslems, came to the Lord in Sironko of Mbale, we thank God.

September 16, 2025

Hi dear brother Len, 

It has been another wonderful day here in Soroti, after some days away! We did evangelism in market street today. Our evangelistic team also shared the gospel in open grounds with groups of people. We prayed for quite a number. 

The woman (pictured in photo album) standing with me every one knows she is mad; when we met her after our evangelism in the city of Soroti, the Spirit of the Lord led me; I quickly grabbed her hand, laid on her and prayed for her deliverance and salvation. 

After prayer she sang a song in English, " I have decided to follow Jesus..." I then asked her to preach to the business ladies and men by the road side, she preached, " repent, repent of your sins.....! Every one was amazed! I bought her some ripe bananas, and she was grateful. 

To God be the glory because time back I dreamt I had prayed for the same woman!

Also...the parents of Martha (see photo album) found us preaching in Soroti town; they asked us to go and pray for their sick daughter with wounds in every part of the body, with a flow of blood!

After we obeyed and went, I quickly led her to a confession prayer; her mother and aunt thanked God ;they had been praying for some time that the Lord would save her, we then prayed for her healing trusting God she will get well. I asked the others if they were willing to receive Christ, of which her father accepted, God is great! Continue to pray for her total healing as even we exchanged contacts with them,

Glory to Him!

Blessings. 

September 15, 2025

Hallelujah! It happened again today; many salvations happened. I estimate 20 [people made decisions for Christ], but will find out from the other [team members], as we went door-to-door in different directions.

September 12, 2025

Praise the Lord brother, this (photo in album) is Kampala evangelism today. There is also a video of brother Grace leading people in the sinner's prayer in the streets of Kampala.

Dear my brother Len, 

We have had a successful evangelistic mission today again. The people here were very receptive to the gospel; we prayed a couple times with different people receiving the Lord. There is one called Maria, from a Catholic background who received the Lord with enthusiasm. We rejoice!

There was both open air preaching [as you see in the video in the photo album], and also one-on-one evangelism.

NB Brother, there is a lady called Lilian, an intercessor in the Church in which we are hosted, who didn't know about our evangelistic campaign at all! I saw her for the first time. During prayer the Lord gave her a message directed to me saying, "Tell that man of God, he needs Guidance from the Lord as they do evangelism around!" I'm so amazed, and I thanked God!

Thank you brother! 

Br Grace

September 11, 2025

Dear brother Len, Praise the Lord! A total of over 20 people gave their lives to the Lord today; glory to Him!

We had good time together in the above Church (see photo album of worship meeting) today, encouraging ourselves about the soon coming of the Lord, praying for the harvest before dispersing to different locations fishing. Thank you for your prayers, they are working!

Br Grace

September 10, 2025

By evening the Lord gave us the grace; we went to a Church in Kampala and have been hosted!

The team you see (in the photo album) is part of the evangelism team, as we moved in groups.

September 6, 2025

Praise the Lord, brother Len,

Today our team had to take the number of ten people who had received the Lord for water baptism.

Blessings, 

Br Grace. 

September 5, 2025

Dear brother Len, 

It's been another day of it's own experience, as we preached in the streets of Mbale. 

The Moslems, upon seeing us, stirred up crowds of people to oppose us; I thank God who helped to disperse them; a number of men who listened started cheering up for Jesus, some believed!

I want to testify, a number of us, and a few brethren in the conference who went out with us, [and as a result,] more than 80 people came to the Lord these 3 days, glory to Jesus!!

Thankyou for your support and prayers 

Br Grace. 

September 4, 2025

Dear brother Len, it has been another wonderful day; men and women gave their lives to the Lord in market street of Mbale. I'm wearing a dark blue jacket still. 

Bro Len there was street preaching here and was awesome as we went out in two's preaching. A number of people came to the Lord and possibly winding up [here] tomorrow. We need more of God's grace before moving on, 

Br Grace

September 3, 2025

Dear brother Len, praise the Lord!

Our team set out from Soroti and arrived here in Mbale late afternoon today;

You can view myself wearing a dark blue jacket holding a microphone preaching. To our amazement there was a good response from the streets of Mbale as people chanted, "Hallelujah! Amen!"  I majorly received resistance from a Moslem man, whom you see seated with a red shirt.  At the end of my preaching he came heckling me. I prayed for the crowds and pledged to return tomorrow. Of course there are many streets and villages to reach.

It turned out to be very late wondering where to sleep and have the meals. God does miracles, we went to a nearby Church, "City Victory Church " that is hosting a conference; here we are being accommodated and taking our meals!!

We are most likely to finish 3 days here going out to the harvest and returning to the conference venue for evening sessions. We thank God for His guidance and provision where to sleep and take free meals!!

By the way we met a long time Pastor friend of mine from Pallisa with his wife; the wife invited us to go visit their Church after Mbale; just asking the Holy Spirit to lead us.

Blessings to you 🙏, 

Bro Grace. 

September 2, 2025

Dearest my brother Len, praise the Lord!

Our God is so good; I received a call yesterday during a pastors meeting that I was asked to preach in a Crusade today; I thank God for His plans! Just in line with our missions program! More than 50 people gave their lives to the Lord. 

Bro Grace. 

September 1, 2025

Dear brother Len,  

we are here as Pastors and received a team from Mulinde John (pastor) confirming the urgent call from the Lord to prepare the Church for His imminent return. I shared with them about the return of the Lord and most are returning to their communities to equip the Church ready to evangelize the world.

One pastor lady by the name Helen is crying [that] she wants to join our mission team. She says, "Grace, do not leave me dying!" We have accepted her into our team of 10, now making 11.

You may see the pics; I'm wearing a light blue shirt.

God bless you brother, 

Bro Grace. 

August 29, 2025

Hi brother, a number of people gave their lives to the Lord today; it was all wonderful!

I was able to reach out with my team, and there was unexplainable joy during our preaching, the people danced for joy!

We are now heading to Tubur to meet leaders and reach out to the harvest together. 

God bless you greatly brother!

Bro Grace. 

August 26, 2025

Dear bro,

This lady named Betty with the striped white-and-black blouse gave her life to the Lord; she got healed of knee pains and back pain. she is very happy.

August 23, 2025

Dear brother Len, 

This one especially has astounded me; I'm totally surprised at what the Lord is doing!!!! This is our 3rd day here discipling and reaching out to the communities for the Lord. 

As we started sharing today and at the time of prayer, welcoming the Holy Spirit, He really came upon the Church of over 60 in attendance, including women and men. 

As we were laying hands on people, the Lord led me to lay a hand on a lady called Sarah. Sarah didn't know the warning message of the Lord's coming back I came with; she is new and newly filled by the Holy Spirit! Immediately she burst into tongues, cried with a loud voice and tears rolling. After that intense prayer, Sarah testified, "During the prayer she received too much power come to her, and she saw men who were wearing very white clothes. She then found herself with 10 others and the men in white caught up to heaven. This vision burdened her, so she asked the Lord, "Why is it we were many in the Church but only 11 were taken to heaven with the men in white!!!!?"

Then the Lord showed her this vision, "The people who were left behind appeared to her each with strings attached to their fingers, and some of the strings on the men's fingers were connected to women, while some of the women's strings were connected to men; others were busy with money doing their businesses, others were swimming in the water, and all people were busy in the things of the world!"

The voice told her, "Jesus is coming back very soon and the Church is not ready!!!"

I'm emailing this to you with Sarah's photo. I wanted to have taken a video of her testimony but she is shaking, not able to speak well because of the things she saw! This is exactly what you have communicated (see article on September Rapture), and I'm busy traveling to different places with my team and will get back to you again,

Be blessed my brother, 

Bro Grace. 

Author's Note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also like to read Nigeria End Time Evangelistic Outreach. Also see the Home page of this blog for more testimonies. You are invited to view my collection of blogs at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?

If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe. 

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org. 

Pastor Shocked Upon Receiving Baptism with Fire

The writer of this blog was led by the Lord to call brother John Abugieye in Nigeria (pictured left), a pastor who is one of our Doulos Training School (DTS) graduates, and is our DTS Facilitator for Nigeria, who is currently conducting an end-time evangelistic outreach there. I prayed for him over the phone on Friday evening, September 5, 2025, to receive the baptism with fire, and he received mightily! As I prayed for him, I could feel the presence of the Lord very strongly upon me. 

Afterward, brother John said that as I prayed for him, he felt the presence of the Lord, as well as a powerful tingling throughout his body like electricity, but it did not hurt. It caused him to experience five involuntary jolts, as if he was being shocked, and he felt a lightness and joy afterward -- such happiness. Glory to God!! 

Immediately following this experience, he headed off to an all-night prayer meeting that he was leading. During our 30-minute phone call, I had instructed him how to impart the holy fire to others, and asked him to start doing so that night at the prayer meeting. So at the prayer meeting, he testified to the people about how the Lord had baptized him with holy fire, and then after explaining to them the baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire from Scripture, he imparted to those who wanted to receive.

Later upon returning, he sent me the following testimony of what happened to each of the people to whom he imparted holy fire:

Brother John's Testimony

"Hello Brother Len,

These are the testimonies with evidence from our first Friday prayer. As you prayed for me and asked me to also pray with my people, here is what they shared about their experience of the baptism of holy fire:

1. Rose:

According to Rose, the moment I started praying for her, she saw a white bird. Then a shining rainbow circle appeared around her head and also around her legs. The white bird came and perched within the rainbow circle on her head, and the rainbow transformed into a single line in her palm. She noticed that the red color was thicker than the others.

She then heard a voice giving her a message for a certain pair of twins: 'Go and tell them that anyone who is ashamed of Me, I will also be ashamed of that person.' The voice also instructed her to speak to their mother.

When I asked if she felt any physical sensation, she testified that she experienced something like an electric shock twice on her head.

2. Sylvia:

Sylvia testified that as soon as I began praying for her, she saw a ball of fire descending from heaven and falling into her hands. Immediately, her hands began to burn with intense heat, like real fire. She also saw something like a star drop onto her hands.

3. Brother Damian:

This brother testified that the moment I started praying for him, he felt something like an electric shock on his shoulders. Immediately, fire sparked in his hands and then moved straight into his right leg (the leg that often pains him). He began to feel strong and intense heat in that leg — which I personally witnessed.

He further explained that he felt as though air was lifting him up, and suddenly his ears and eyes opened very clearly. He saw a pure crystal-like water shining like light, coming down from heaven and pouring over him. He felt the coolness of the water, which made him feel light and completely free.

4. Mama Elizabeth:

This elderly woman testified that she saw light descending from heaven and falling between her legs. She became afraid and stepped back. I witnessed her shifting back at that very moment.

These video clips are not bright because of poor small light we were using, but I feel I should share it anyway for you to see that truly I was baptized with fire." 

-------------- [End of brother John's testimony]-------------

Two days later on Sunday, he ministered to more people, including his wife, and he shared their testimonies. One woman felt someone touching her head and shoulders. Then she started feeling a cool sensation flowing from her head down. At that moment, she was shaking. Afterwards, she felt as if air entered her, and she became strong. Another woman felt a force lifting her. Even though she struggled to stand, she could not control it and eventually fell. She also explained that she felt heat in her hands and legs. Another woman said her whole body became heavy, as if a heavy load had been placed upon her hands. Another sister testified that she felt shocks in her body, and tears started flowing from her eyes. And I'm sure there will be many more as well.

Closing Words

Praise the Lord for these wonderful testimonies of God's love for His people, and His mighty power that He has released upon them in this great, end-time outpouring of His Spirit. Brother John's ministry is forever transformed now that he has received the baptism with holy fire. To God be all the glory!

Author's Note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also like to read Uganda End Time Evangelistic Outreach, Nigeria End Time Evangelistic Outreach, Many Revelations Concerning September 2025 Rapture, Holy Fire Baptism, and Testimonies of the Baptism with Holy Fire, which are the testimonies of myself and two of my adult children, who came to the Lord when they were little. Also see the Home page of this blog for more testimonies. You are invited to view my collection of blogs at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?

If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe. 

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

________________________________________________

Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org. 

South Sudan End Time Evangelistic Outreach

One of our Doulos Training School (DTS) graduates, brother Henry Wakiku (pictured left), is traveling across South Sudan with a team of 24 people, preaching the gospel with an end time message. 

Here are some testimonies from the campaign with accompanying photos.

Photo Album

October 16, 2025

Dear bro Len,

Hope this email finds you well.

It was amazing [today]. We had a wonderful time at our ladies secondary school, sharing the Word of God (end time message). Many of the students repented and gave their lives to Jesus Christ, and we also prayed for the candidates. Five ladies and one gentleman were delivered from Marine spirits. Photos are in the album at the link above.

October 13, 2025

Dear bro Len,

I hope you are doing well on that side.

I want to thank God for the great move of the Holy Spirit in our outreach this week. On Friday, October 10th, one lady was delivered from Marine spirits. She was saying she is the queen of the sea, and she fought much during deliverance, but at last I had a revelation about the necklace she was wearing. I removed it from her neck, and the battle increased greatly, but she was delivered totally, and surrendered her life to Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. 

She confessed how she has been initiating people. She said when you are initiated, you are given another name from the sea apart from the normal names you have. She gave us names like Queen Anabel, Queen of the Sea, and others.

We were supposed to set off back (to Juba) on Saturday evening, but unfortunately our transportation vehicles didn't come to pick us up, and there were no means we could use from this side. And if we had managed to get transportation, it would have been very expensive. So we decided to continue with the gospel. We visited homes, and I saw many people yearning for the gospel and giving their lives to Jesus. 

On Saturday night, October 11th, I got a dream that my home in Uganda was sinking, and everything was being destroyed, including the latrine, plus lives lost. I told this to my team to enter into prayers seriously, and I also called my mum in Uganda, and told her to enter into prayers, because God revealed to me an attack.

On Sunday, October 12th, she was also in prayers and fasting with us. At around 9:00am, my daughter got attacked with severe coldness on the same Sunday we had started the fasting. She was rushed to hospital, and she was put on an IV drip. I called and prayed with her on the phone. They discharged her at around 2:00pm the same day. Then at 3:00 PM, a strong lightning struck the house, and the lights were all broken from the inside of the home to outside. One side of house got a crack, because it went deep into the ground and caused a trench. The tree next to the house was split into two and dried immediately. The house inside was all full of fire. What is amazing is that my mum and children, plus others, were inside the house, but none of them were affected. They are all alive, except that my mum felt a small pain in her left leg. 

I am still in prayers, and God is doing amazing things in my missions. I thank God, because the devil won't manage to weaken us in any way. I count it a great gain when I see people giving their lives to Jesus! 

There's one old man who gave his life to Jesus, insisting that he doesn't want to drink alcohol again, and also insisting we should reach his home. When we reached there, it was amazing. The whole family came together and some neighbors to witness the gospel. There was a big number of people in his home, others were under a shelter, and we even had others behind the house. As a result, Jesus won souls there that day. Today, if our vehicles don't come to pick us up, we are planning to reach one secondary school with the end time message, by the grace of God.

Attached are photos (see album) of when we went to that gentleman's home, and the photos of my sick daughter, who is now better, and the attack of the lightning. Let's remain cheerful in our faith in Jesus' name. More testimonies coming, as the Holy Spirit is our helper.

Your servant,

Bro Henry.

October 10, 2025

Dear bro Len, 

You are right [about the need to follow up with the people who've gotten saved through our outreach, disciple them, and plant churches], but I see this as a confirmation to what I have been praying about during my missions.

Many souls have come to Christ that are calling me always, but the distance is big. I have established already a church in western equatorial state, Yambio, and I appointed one elder there by the name Ssenyonjo, though they need much support in everything. 

There is a great need I see in establishing churches. I  have also established a church in Juba, which still has land issues, but programs are running there, and it's getting full due to the new harvest. I oversee it directly.

There is a team I have put in place (called "Rescue Team"), still under teaching and training, whose work is to follow up with our new converts on call and contact.

Am also raising five elders by the grace of God.

Surely the work is huge, a lot has to be done to save God's people from the burning fire of hell.

October 8, 2025

Through the outreaches, numbers of those accepting Jesus are increasing every day, and many are getting delivered by the grace of God. The list of the people waiting for the next baptism service is already increasing. Some people, if we see an urgent need to baptize them immediately, I move to the river and baptize them straight away. I am moving with my team in different places, door to door and in the late afternoon we go for the open air meeting, God is doing amazing things in the people's lives.

October 7, 2025

I give all the glory to God.

Today's open air meeting was fruitful, as we had a number of people give their lives to Jesus. There's also one soldier with the rank of captain, who had some charms in his body. When he heard the gospel of end times, he went, cut his body, and removed the charms from his hand. He confessed that it was given to him for protection when he is in battle at the front line. He then requested me to pray for him, so that only God becomes his Protector. I give all the glory to God.

I also conducted another baptism today morning before the open air meeting. The open air meeting will continue through Friday, and on Saturday I have a conference targeting leaders to teach about the end time message. Already the information about the conference is moving, and different leaders are calling me to inform me about their plans to attend. 

I know of some churches following a wrong doctrine. One gentleman came to me after the prayer and told me that in their church the pastor is selling an anointed card at $100 USD, so that people's lives may supposedly change, which I don't agree with. People are perishing in South Sudan, because they have not been correctly taught the truth. But I want to give God glory for my completion of my course with DTS, as my eyes are now open, and God is using me to open many people's eyes to the truth.

I do deliverance after their accepting Jesus Christ, confession and repentance. I do deliverance, and many of them get delivered from these evil spirits.

October 5, 2025

Glory be to God. They are now four who have given their lives to Jesus from a [prophetic cult] ministry.

One came out from there when she was pregnant, and on Thursday of this week, they brought her to me when she was bleeding. When I talked to her, I discovered she has never given birth to a child completely, but she has had five different miscarriages, and it always happens like that. I immediately commanded the bleeding to stop and the baby to remain in the womb until 9 months are over. In five minutes the bleeding had stopped. Yesterday she was in the church jumping and praising the Lord without any problem. I give glory to God.

There's also a family, whom we had planned to reach with the end time gospel since the week started. Yesterday we went there without information, and we found there was a military General in the same compound. I thank God I was given an opportunity to share the end time message, and I saw people raising their hands to invite Jesus Christ into their lives, including the General.

September 30, 2025

Dear bro Len,

Prayers needed, [today] as we were for our outreach, we were attacked by a group of youths, who assaulted one of our brothers. They were beating him on the head with heavy logs, and afterward left with him to a place we don't yet know until now. We later discovered that the person behind this attack is one of his family members, who is a leader in a cult prophetic ministry. They're against the gospel of the truth. They first influenced his boss and [got him] sacked from work, but his zeal for the gospel just grew. I am always with him in my missions, until yesterday when this happened. He is by the name William, a South Sudanese.

I have reported the issue to the security organs, and investigations are on going, as we put his life in the precious blood of Jesus Christ.

Continue to put us in prayers, because the gospel has to be preached, the Lord instructed me to prepare the way for his coming; and the link you shared with me Prepare the Way has really touched me so much, it was a great confirmation to what the Lord told me.

Bro Henry.

September 29, 2025

Dear bro Len,

I give God the glory, and I strongly thank God for DTS. I am going preaching to all places, hospitals, markets, prisons, streets, and many other places, as the Holy Spirit leads us. I have seen many giving their lives to Jesus and continuing to surrender to the Saviour, but there's another thing [that's] amazing. Those who hear me preaching in South Sudan and are already believers, born again, [as well as] others who are even servants of God, they wonder where I get this boldness to preach in such a country like this, speaking the truth without fear. 

There are so many false churches selling water, oil and teaching what people want to hear, but I thank God for the grace to teach the gospel of holiness, repentance and end time. I have many servants of God who have come to me, they want to know the secret, I tell them I was trained from DTS, and in the course of my study, I was filled with the Holy Spirit, [thus] I don't fear to preach the truth, 

September 27, 2025

Dear bro Len, 

The work is still going on and the numbers to be baptized are increasing, we had no bigger means of transport to take all the people, I decided that I will do it in shifts until we finish up, however evangelism is still on going. 

Attached are some of the pics for baptism, also one for one gentleman whose eye had problem but after baptism, I prayed for him to be filled by the Holy Spirit and immediately the eye opened (see photo album).

Glory be to Jesus.

September 25, 2025

Dear bro Len,

I give God the glory, today during our door-to-door evangelism within South Sudan, one gentleman by the name William, a soldier under military intelligence in South Sudan, has given his life to Jesus and his mother and brothers have all followed him. I also visited the hospital, and the sick people gave their lives to Jesus.

By the grace of God I managed to reach the site where the baptism will take place. Attached is the photo when I visited the site.

September 19, 2025

Dear brother Len,

Hope this email finds you well.

We glorify the Lord, this day Friday we shall be heading back. 

The outreach was so fruitful, we shall be doing evaluation this Saturday with my team about the harvest crusade, on Thursday one of our speakers got burnt but we thank God, it didn't stop the massive crusade from taking place.

The recorded (decisions for Christ) were 150, but we have other names, which were not recorded. I estimate the number to be 230 in total.

Yours faithfully,

Bro Henry.

September 17, 2025

Dear bro Len,

More updates about the ongoing harvest crusade in South Sudan, many souls crossing from darkness to the light, today we have celebrated through serious praise after leading a good number of people to salvation by the grace of God. Healing and deliverance still taking place.

One of the ladies who gave her life to Jesus, she came and told me she got a dream when the whole world was in darkness and there's no way of seeing the way, she said she saw a place and in that place she could only see a nail in the foot of someone, at looking at that she was able to find direction.

September 16, 2025

I saw the hand of God in today's crusade. A few people came and said we should not continue (with the crusade0, but God intervened, and the crusade went well with massive deliverance, people receiving Jesus and repentance.

Note from blog author: Brother Henry wrote me (Len) the following message regarding Isaac, one of our DTS students who has been attending the crusade meetings that he is conducting there: "When I saw him (brother Isaac), the Lord guided me to send him with other two people to do door-to-door (evangelism) in an area I know, and (for them to) go back like that...I prayed for him to be filled by the Holy Spirit. To preach the gospel in South Sudan, you must completely accept to lose your life for Christ to the cost of death.

September 15, 2025

It was amazing, I saw people accepting Jesus as their Lord and savior, people getting delivered from demonic forces. One gentleman was under serious deliverance when I was praying for him, and at once shouted after receiving his deliverance that he saw a very strong light that shone towards him from above; and after that it took a long time for him to normalize. Glory be to God! It was a strong visitation of the Holy Spirit. The numbers increased greatly compared to yesterday. Attached are some photos.

Note from blog author: One of our DTS students in South Sudan wrote to me the following comment after reading about this harvest crusade: "This is great. I managed to reach to brother Henry's harvest crusade, but it was very far and was much expensive to reach there. I really saw people giving their lives to Jesus and desperate to repent their sins after his preaching. I pray let God give me the zeal he has given to him because I see him reaching places no missionary can reach for the gospel without fear. Bro Isaac."

September 14, 2025

Forty one people gave their lives to Jesus, many delivered, one woman came with a walking stick but the Holy Spirit touched her and she was jumping praising the Lord. We are now for hospital ministry.

September 13, 2025

Dear bro Len,

I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It was a great day. We started off with clearing the venue of our harvest crusade end time message. And also, by the grace of God, I reached out to the hospital with my team, and I saw people in terrible conditions accepting Jesus Christ. 

I came across a man who was stabbed in a neck with a knife and it's still not removed. He was in much pain but I thank God I prayed for him, and he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. He immediately showed that he is ready to meet Jesus, and many others who accepted Jesus. See photos in album above.

Bro Henry.

September 11, 2025

Dear bro Len,

From the time I arrived [back] in South Sudan, I have been moving up and down getting some staff I needed for my campaign, which will start this Saturday [September 13]. I will keep you updated for prayers. I will be moving with my team [daily] from 8:00am to 1:00pm, [at which time] we shall be visiting the hospitals and prison in different places to preach there, and from 2:00pm [onward] we shall be staging an open crusade, where I will be teaching about the end times with the message of rapture. Serious mobilization is already going on, and people are already desperately waiting for us in their regions. What has delayed us was the security clearance process, but it's now done.

I got the projector, and I also got a small, [personal] PA system. However yesterday evening, I also got information of receiving a bigger public address system at no cost, which I [had previously planned] to hire at 30 USD per day. The gentleman said that after my preaching to him about the end time gospel, [the free PA system] will be His contribution for the gospel. I give God the glory. I plan to use it only in specific locations to avoid huge transport and fuel cost, and then in other places we will be moving with the [smaller personal size] one I acquired.

Your servant,

Bro Henry.

Author's Note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also like to read Uganda End Time Evangelistic Outreach, Nigeria End Time Evangelistic Outreach. Also see the Home page of this blog for more testimonies. You are invited to view my collection of blogs at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?

If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe. 

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org. 

Angel Rescues Children from Doomed Flight Before Crash

Dear Saints,

I remember when this plane crash of TWA flight 800 originally happened on July 17, 1996, in which 230 people died. I recall hearing Rush Limbaugh talk about it on his radio program at that time. Before I give you the link to the article on the crash that had sixteen students on board with five chaperones, let me tell you Neville Johnson's testimony that ties in with the crash. I heard Neville tell this story in person at one of his meetings in Sheffield, England back in 2012.

Neville Johnson's daughter was killed instantly in a car accident at age 26. Before that she had come to him and told him that every prophecy over her life had been fulfilled. The Lord told him that He needs seed for the next generation. Out of each seed come thousands of others.

One day he was praying and his daughter appeared standing next to him. He asked, “What are you doing here?” She said she was on an assignment and thought she would stop by. “A plane is going to be shot down off the East coast of the US and I’ve been sent to get all the children off before that happens.”

She told him, “The Navy will be doing exercises and a missile will go astray. It would go through the aircraft but would not explode.” The next day there was a plane that went down off the east coast of the US and when they pulled it up, they found no explosive material but a hole through the middle.

Neville used this testimony to teach that once you overcome in an area, you will have power over that area and authority to help others in that same area to release others. His daughter had overcome, and though she was killed in a tragic car accident at a young age, she was used by God to help get the children off a plane before it was shot down and crashed into the ocean.

In the article at this link, please skip down to the section on Initial Investigation. You can see how they didn't want to conclude it was a US Navy missile, despite the eyewitness accounts. This may have helped spare the Navy from embarrassment, but it didn't change the truth of what happened.

Closing Words

So Neville's daughter was sent on a mission from heaven to rescue the sixteen children from the doomed flight just before the missile hit, so they would not be frightened or experience the explosion and fall to the ocean. God knew about it before it happened. This demonstrates God's foreknowledge, love, and compassion, and his use of saints sometimes on earthly missions after they enter heaven following their deaths.

It reminds me of two instances where believers I know very well have testified to being helped by a stranger named Paul. One of those was sister Catherine, which I have written about in my post called Teen Dies, Enters Heaven, Meets Jesus -- Catherine's Testimony. The other testimony was brother Henry, whom I have written about in my article, Angel Helps Man to Board Airplane Without Ticket.

Attribution Notice: All Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, used by permission.

Author's Note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also like to read Jesus Appeared to Me When I was a Toddler, How I Came to Know Jesus, The Truth Set Me Free, and My Overflowing Joy in Knowing Jesus, which are the testimonies of myself and two of my adult children, who came to the Lord when they were little. Also see the Home page of this blog for more testimonies. You are invited to view my collection of blogs at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?

If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe. 

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

________________________________________________

Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org. 

Angel Helps Man to Board Airplane Without Ticket

Brother Henry, who is one of our graduates in South Sudan, as well as our National Facilitator there, shared the following testimony with Len in January:

"In 2021, I was invited to preach in a state called Yambio, which is in the western equatorial part of South Sudan. It's a bit far from Juba, so the team that wanted me to go there sent the money for booking the flight to their friend in Juba to book it for me. He communicated the dates and time, but yet he used the money, and didn't book at all. The time came, I went to the airport, and the following day the conference and crusade was arranged. When I reached there ready to travel, my name was not in the list of those traveling. I was confused. I wanted to leave immediately, but in my spirit I said, 'No, let me wait.' 

People started boarding, and after they had all entered the plane, a man came and greeted me. He asked if I was pastor Henry. I said, 'Yes.' I asked for his name, and he told me he is called Paul. I asked if he was working with South Supreme company, and he said, 'Yes.' Then he held my hand and made me to enter. I had not received even the boarding pass, my name is not on the list, and I didn't pay any money. 
We reached our destination, and they started collecting the boarding pass, but I didn't have one. They questioned me how I entered. I told them one person called Paul allowed me in. They checked, tried to call the head office, but they didn't have any worker by the name of Paul. They decided to let me go because I was going for the work of God. 

When I was reading about how angels manifest to us, I immediately remembered this [experience], and I believe that must have been an angel of God that came to my rescue, because everybody was calling me, [asking], 'Are you coming [to the crusade]?', I really give God the glory."

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END OF TESTIMONY

Praise the Lord for sending His angel to help brother Henry board a plane without a ticket and fly to his destination to preach the gospel in South Sudan. That was truly a miracle. 

It reminds me of the angel named Paul that helped our student Catherine in England when she was lost as a youth.  You can read about that here. I sent the link to Catherine's testimony to brother Henry and asked him if Paul looked like the artists depiction of Paul shown in that article. He replied that Paul did look like that, except he had darker skin and African hair on his head. 

I personally believe it was the same Paul appearing in different forms, and most likely Paul the apostle sent on a mission to help brother Henry get to his destination to preach the gospel. As the Scripture says, "Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?" (Heb 1:14).

Attribution Notice: All Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, used by permission.

Author's Note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also like to read Angel Rescues Children from Doomed Flight Before Crash, Jesus Appeared to Me When I was a Toddler, How I Came to Know Jesus, The Truth Set Me Free, and My Overflowing Joy in Knowing Jesus, which are the testimonies of myself and two of my adult children, who came to the Lord when they were little. Also see the Home page of this blog for more testimonies. You are invited to view my collection of blogs at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?

If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe. 

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

________________________________________________

Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org. 

Jesus Appeared to Me When I was a Toddler

I would like you to take a moment to read this amazing testimony from a sister in Christ I know in Albania. 

Testimony of Sofia Rubati

Sofia writes:

"My testimony is that when I was around a year and a half old, my mom had put me for a midday nap, and as I was sleeping, something shook me, and I woke up. Suddenly there was blinding light in the room and a very big energy came around me. I could not see anything, but I heard a voice speaking to me, 'I love you. Do you accept me in your life?' And I nodded my head for yes, smiling. The reason I said, 'Yes' is because I felt a very big Love that covered me. 

"A prophetic preacher told me the age, because I was not sure. I had asked the Lord many times, and He sent me his answer through the preacher. 

"And then when I was eleven years old, Jesus appeared to me face to face. I could see a shape, and there was a blinding light coming from the head. He spoke to me through the Holy Spirit, and He told me 'One day you will have to give justice.' 

"Those are two of the most powerful moments of my life with Jesus.

Yours in Christ.

Sofia Rubati"

END OF SOFIA'S TESTIMONY

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Video Testimony

When I was in Albania, preaching in the church that Sofia attends, I invited people to come forward for prayer if they wanted to receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire. Sofia was one of several people who came forward, and she was completely set free. She testified that after receiving the impartation of the Holy Spirit's fire (Mt 3:11; Lk 3:16), she felt completely free, and light like a bird, as well as the mighty power of the Holy Spirit flowing through her from head to toe; she felt love, peace, and joy unspeakable, which she said was the most wonderful feeling she had ever experienced. In fact, she said it was so wonderful that she felt like she was floating. Her testimony of that experience is recorded on video, so you can hear her say it in her own words.

Closing Words

I trust that Sofia's testimony has touched your life in a powerful way. 

"This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all." (1Jn 1:5)

Jesus is real. He loves you, too. In fact, He loves you so much that it is as if He loves you more than anyone else, although He loves everyone that way. He wants to have a personal relationship with you. He wants you to know the Father, and to know Him, which is eternal life (Jn 17:3). His love is the only thing that can fill the God-sized hole inside your heart. 

"Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." (1Jn 4:8)

Nothing and no one else will ever be able to fill that hole, only Him. He wants you to be with Him forever in heaven. Yes, heaven is real, and it's an amazingly wonderful place for those who truly know Him and have repented of their sins (Rev 21-22). 

Hell is real, too. It was created for the devil and his angels (Mt 25:41), but all who do not believe in Jesus will be condemned to that place also (Mk 16:16). That is the default destination for everyone on earth, since we are all sinners who have fallen short of God's glory and perfection. That's why God sent His Son Jesus Christ into this world to die on the cross for us to take our place and pay the penalty for our sins, so that everyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. You don't have to go to hell. But the choice is yours. God has given you a free will to decide for yourself whether to repent of your sin, accept His love, to accept Him into your heart as your Lord and Savior and be saved, or to reject the Son and perish. Which will you choose? I urge you to choose life!

"The man who says, 'I know him,' but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.." (1Jn 2:4)

Attribution Notice: All Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, used by permission.

Author's Note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also like to read How I Came to Know Jesus, The Truth Set Me Free, and My Overflowing Joy in Knowing Jesus, which are the testimonies of myself and two of my adult children, who came to the Lord when they were little. Also see the Home page of this blog for more testimonies. You are invited to view my collection of blogs at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe. 

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

________________________________________________

Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org. 

How I Came to Know Jesus

I'd like to share with you the testimony of my oldest son Christopher, who is now nineteen years old (as of 2024). Although I am his biographer, it's his true story of how he came to know the Lord, based on the journal I have kept for all my children since they were born. I hope you enjoy it.

Christopher's Testimony

Three years old

There were various points during my early childhood when I prayed to give my heart to Jesus, beginning when I was only two and a half. Only nine days after that, while I was on the phone talking to my aunt, she asked, "Who's this?"  I said, "I'm Christopher, and I love Jesus."  That was the first time I had ever said that on my own, and that was how I began publicly identifying myself with Christ. On another occasion, when I was three years old, I once again publicly identified myself with God. At a playground, I saw a little 4-year old boy, and ran over to him happily saying, "Do you know God?"

During those tender years when I was just a little child, God continued to reveal Himself to me in various ways through nature, through His Word, and through my parents. For example, I once looked up at the stars in the dark evening sky and said, "Wow! God is in heaven!"

As a result of God revealing Himself to me, I began to desire a relationship with Him. One occasion in particular that stands out to me was on Christmas, when I was three and a half. My father was washing and dressing me and I told him I wanted to pray to give my heart to Jesus. So I did that, as he led me in that prayer, and then he prayed for me to be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

About four months later I told my father that when I grow up, I want to be a man who tells other people about Jesus. A couple of months later, I was preaching to my baby brother in his crib, who was only four months old, saying, "Now Joseph, you need to obey Jesus. You disobey the devil."

On another occasion later on February 4, 2010, when I was almost five years old, my father explained to me at the dinner table about how God is bigger than the sky, bigger than the sun, moon, and stars. But He makes Himself small enough to live inside our hearts.  We also talked about how we don't deserve heaven and we all deserve hell.  But Jesus loved us so much he took our punishment. And because of that, now when we get to heaven, He will give us a big welcome.  That was another one of those times when I invited Jesus into my heart and I committed my life to the Lord. 

About a week after that, my mother was praying for me and my baby brother at bedtime like she usually did, saying "Lord, I pray that they would come to know you as soon as possible."  When I heard her pray that, I said, "But Mommy, I already know the Lord!"

My parents began to see some fruit in my life after that, so once Jesus came into my heart, it definitely made a difference in me. I began praying for relatives to come to know Jesus and being thankful. For example, I said, "Daddy, I appreciate having you as my Daddy."  That was something I had never done before.

One evening I wanted to pray for all my uncles, that they would come to know the Lord. As I was doing so with my mother, I came to pray for my uncle Jeff, and instead of praying for him, I said, "He already knows Jesus."  The Lord must have revealed that to me, because my family and I were living in Eastern Europe as missionaries in Hungary (we lived there for four and a half years) and I didn't really have any contact with my uncle Jeff, who was back in the United States. But it was true that he did know the Lord already.

Six years old

When I was six years old I enjoyed reading Bible stories like the one about Noah and the ark. My favorite one of all though was the story of David and Goliath. By the time I was six and a half, I had read the entire gospel of John. About that time, my father prayed with me one day that I would receive all of the healing that Jesus Christ had for me, so that whenever I would lay hands on the sick they would recover, and that healing and miracles would happen. The videos of miracles and healing that I watched that day really increased my faith.

Soon after that, my family and I watched a video about a girl who went to hell and back, and another girl who saw Jesus. Afterwards we all repented as a family and asked the Lord to forgive our sins.  We asked the Lord to fill us with the Holy Spirit and he did.  I spoke in other  languages at that time, when I received the baptism with the Spirit.

A couple months later, I prayed, “Lord please give me a dream of You!” I then had a dream in which I saw a picture right in front of my eyes. In the picture, I saw the back of myself in a room, facing away and looking at Jesus, who was standing before me, facing me and looking at me.  Jesus did not look like a person, but like a round, bright white light. Behind Jesus in the room were four people, who were rather short. They all had black hair and squinted, oriental eyes like Chinese people.  Two of them were wearing conical, Chinese coolie, straw hats like the rice farmers wear, which are pointed at the top.  Behind the people was a stone staircase without a railing, which ascended to the right, and at the top it turned.  It was a still picture, like a photograph. Even though it was many years ago, I still remember that dream.

Right after that I received the baptism with holy fire when my father prayed for me. John the Baptist said that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire (Mt 3:11; Lk 3:16), and that's exactly what He did for me. It was a tangible experience where I could feel the fire of God on my back, and my hands became hot. Soon afterwards, I began to pray more deeply and fervently than I had ever prayed before. I prayed, "Lord, help us to love you with a whole heart, not half a heart!"

Soon after that, I had a dream from the Lord, in which I was together with my whole family outdoors in a field at nighttime in the dark, discussing the Lord’s glory cloud, like the one that appeared in the temple. Suddenly I looked up, and two white lights flashed in the sky about 10 or 12 feet above us.  They flashed simultaneously like a camera flash.  In the center of one white light, I saw a small, round, blue light.  In the center of the other white flash, I saw a small, round, pink light.  These smaller orbs remained in the sky above us after the white flashes, and there were other such orbs of different colors as well.  They went upward with a sound like a mighty, rushing wind and descended downward toward us.  As they descended, I felt something like a weight of glory coming down on me, upon my head and upper body.  This weight was so great that it caused me to bend backwards at the waist.  That’s where my dream ended. In the morning, I remembered the dream from the Lord clearly and shared it with my family.

I continued to experience God in many ways, and He made Himself very real to me, including through dreams, visions, and encounters with Jesus and his angels. One time at age six, when we had our usual midnight family prayer meeting, I prayed that we would all be baptized afresh in the Holy Spirit. Soon after I prayed that, I felt a gentle wind blowing on my right ear, then on my right hand, and then on the back of my neck.  There were no windows open in the house or fans blowing. It was definitely the Holy Spirit.

Also at age six, during my morning quiet time, I asked the Lord to show me what He wanted me to do.  The Lord first told me, “Obey your parents.”  Then I said, “What else do you want me to do, Lord?”  And the Lord replied, “Preach.”

When I was nine years old, at bedtime I asked my father if it would be ok if I started getting up 30 minutes earlier in the morning, so that I could spend more time in prayer each day.

When I was ten years old, during a Sunday service in our home, two of my older sisters separately received essentially the same prophetic words from the Lord for me about God's mighty calling on my life to preach and teach the truth of His Word.  Afterward my father laid hands on me and prayed for me that I would indeed be a mighty man of God and preach righteousness and love truth. He released the anointing so that I could do so, and as he prayed for me, I sensed the presence of God.

Fourteen years old

As a young teenager, I prayed for the Lord to show me my purpose in life, and I sensed that He said, "street preaching" and "evangelism". Then I seemed to see people coming together from two directions, pairing up in pairs of two and going out together two-by-two. Afterward the chapter I read that day was Mark one, which tells of John and Jesus preaching to multitudes. As I prayed further about it a few days later, I sensed "serving others" was part of my purpose.

I trust the Lord will use my story to encourage you, especially if you already know the Lord. Continue to seek Him and pursue Him. Go deeper in Him than you have before. Ask for the baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire. Believe His promises and receive it. Give yourself totally over to Him to be His servant. Love Him with your whole heart, not half a heart! Ask Him to use you for the purpose for which He created you, and then let Him do it. Doing His will is the most fulfilling way to live your life, but also the most rewarding in eternity.

If you consider yourself a Christian, or if you have been in church all your life, or if you have been raised in a Christian family, let me just say this. None of that will save you. Jesus said you must be born again (Jn 3:7). He said, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." (Joh 3:3, NIV). Many people have been in church all their lives, but they have never been born again. So don't let that happen to you.

God is real, and so is Jesus. Heaven is real, and so is hell. We all deserve hell, because we've all sinned. But by the grace and mercy of God, He has made a way for us to be with Him in heaven for eternity.

If you don't know Jesus yet in a personal way, then I want to say a few words to you. Jesus loves you with an everlasting love, and He died on the cross for you. He took your place and bore your punishment, so you don't have to go to hell, if you repent and believe in Him. He rose from the dead three days after He died and He is alive. 

Eighteen years old

He has a plan for your life that is far greater than anything you've ever experienced. He can set you free from every addiction, break every chain of bondage, fulfill your deepest needs, and love you like nobody else ever could. He'll be your closest friend. I challenge you to repent of your sins and believe in Him right now to save your soul. Ask Him to forgive you for all your sins and come and live inside your heart. Ask Him to be your Lord and Savior, as you commit your life to the Lord. Then be baptized in water and live your life for Him, not for yourself. Then when you get to heaven after you die, He will give you a big welcome, and an eternal reward.

I hope to see you one day up in heaven and rejoice with you there. What a time we will have praising God around His throne with the multitudes of saints and angels. Please don't miss it for anything!

Attribution notice: Scripture quotation taken from The Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, used by permission. 

Author's Note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also like to read The Truth Set Me Free, Saved at a Tender Young Age, Given a New Heart and Sweet Peace, My Overflowing Joy in Knowing Jesus, and Lifted Out of a Slimy Pit, which are the testimonies of myself and four of my other children. Also see the Home page of this blog for more testimonies. You are invited to view my collection of blogs at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.