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Off to Mongolia

4/25/2016

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Dear Praying Friends,

Doug is set to leave tomorrow - Saturday 23 April, 2016, for the second Mongolian teaching module this year. He will be accompanied by Pastor Dave Sincock and Charles (Chuck) Moehring. They will be teaching all week in the TRI-M sessions and then teaching on the following Saturday in the Baptist Bible Institute/ Seminary of a few of the "students".  Most likely the three will also be preaching at least once that next Sunday as well. A busy schedule but good one.

Please join us in prayer for 
1) safety during the travel both in the air and on the ground between teaching modules for both us the teachers and the "students" coming in for the training.

2) God's grace to be evident for the Mongolian students' families who also sacrifice to allow the men to leave them for a week for the training.

3) Protection and encouragement for the teachers' wives and families as we travel half way around the world from them. 

4)  Also Doug is hoping to begin working with a select group of the Leaders and Organizers on orienting them in teaching the Mongolian curriculum themselves to new future groups. Truly the Mongolian field is white unto harvest and the laborers (Leaders) are few. But more are being called and trained to train others 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray that this will be a good first step towards the Mongolians becoming a permanent part of this teaching.
 
5) Preparation for a new Tri-M teaching module in an Asian country a few weeks after Doug returns from Mongolia.

Thanks for praying for God to receive the glory through all of this!
 
Striving to Serve Christ,
Doug Boisvert, D. Min.
Tri-M Eastern and Central African Director
sent out by Springville Baptist Church, PA


 
"To this end I also labor, striving according to His working..." (Colossians 1:29)
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Boisverts Update - Home Again

3/2/2016

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Greetings brethren, 

We desired to update and let you know that I have returned from Mongolia yesterday. In answer to your prayer support, the teaching module went very well. The Mongolian Leaders chose a new location for this teaching module in order to expose this type of training to a new area. We are over half way in the training cycle of this second group of Mongolian Church Leaders. Being at this new location provided a great way to prime the pump for a third group to expand outside the major area of the first and second group of students if Jesus does not return before. The training seemed to go very well and local Pastors were very encouraged that we were there doing the training. Most of the students had to travel greater distances but they still came and were delighted to be there and support the expansion of TRI-M type training to new regions in Mongolia. Pastors Ron Berrus and Drew Fenstermacher were great in teaching their course material and connecting with the Mongolian Church Leaders (students) even with the challenges of the language barrier..

Also it was exciting to see God open the door for actively planning these Leaders to move towards taking on some of the teaching responsibilities. I will be meeting with them on next trip to discuss aspects of teaching these type of courses to Church Leaders and by the following teaching module we will plan on one or two of them co-teaching sections of my course to the Mongolian students. This is major step forward for these leaders and real answer to your prayer investment in these teaching modules. Thank you for praying GOD's will be done!

Doug also had a great meeting in a scheduled airport layover to connect and speak with a Church Leader representing a more sensitive country about future training. Amazingly even though we both were in route somewhere, we were able to connect in the airport and share time together discussing what God might open up for us to work together.    

One more item  I would desire to mention. The Mongolians have requested a Cam-recorder (possibly digital) in order to record the lessons being taught. Not all recorders would be practical as there would be need to copy and distribute the recorded sessions and the students hoping to use the recording may not have a way to play it back. It was suggested that this would expand the local training that the students could bring back to their Churches fro each teaching module. Also a MP-3 recorder would be a great addition for those without the technology for video playback. 

If anyone would have a Video recorder that they could donate, please let us know the details and we can discuss if that would fit their need. Our time frame is seeking to secure something by mid-April. Thank you for considering this matter.
 
Striving to Serve Christ,
Doug Boisvert, D. Min.
Tri-M Eastern and Central African Director
sent out by Springville Baptist Church, PA


 
"To this end I also labor, striving according to His working..." (Colossians 1:29)
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On The Road Again...

1/7/2016

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Dear Praying Friends,

We trust you were able to continue celebrating Christ during these holi-day season of Thanksgiving and remembering Christ's first coming to show us God, and to die in our place.

We do want to let you know that with the New Year, the travel once again begins. Doug leaves this Friday for an exciting time of graduations in Tanzania. One graduation is at a new place that the Tanzanians themselves have done all the teaching up until this week! They are spreading out and planning on continuing the training concept of TRI-M in many villages settings throughout Tanzania. The Tanzanian Leaders requested Doug's presence at both graduations to show TRI-M's approval of these training sites and methods. This seems to be our "fading out" of regular teaching in Tanzania as the Tanzanians assume much of the responsibilities even opening new venues at their fellow Pastors' requests. 

So please join us in prayer for 
1) safe and timely travel - especially to a new village area for Doug.
2) The graduates will use their training to stay true to God's Word and disciple others, especially Church-Planters to send out trained and grounded in truth.
3) Wisdom for Tanzanian Leaders and Doug as they discuss the Tanzanian's plans and expansion of this training throughout Tanzania.

Please also pray for TRI-M Annual Meeting that will be going on 11-16 January. The Boisverts are not able to attend because of the scheduling conflict with this crucial Tanzanian teaching trip. However many significant decisions are being discussed and decided upon for the future of TRI-M. Please pray for God to bring each member together under the mind of Christ and  sense His clear leading. 
 
Striving to Serve Christ,
Doug Boisvert, D. Min.
Tri-M Eastern and Central African Director
sent out by Springville Baptist Church, PA


 
"To this end I also labor, striving according to His working..." (Colossians 1:29)
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Prayer Update

10/27/2015

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Greetings friends,

This is just to let you know that Doug leaves for a teaching module in South Sudan on Wednesday. There is always a question of who can attend the training due to the great instability and poverty this newest nation on our planet is currently facing. THe unrest has not been in the area he is traveling but the economic disaster the country faces is very much present there. 

Please join us in prayer that we (Doug and the Sudanese Church Leaders) can all gather together around the teachings of the Word of God, that hearts would be encouraged to look past their current situations and into the gracious hand of our LORD and Savior Jesus! Also that transportation can be found for each one to come; food secured for the families left behind during this coming week; and the Sudanese teachers and Dr. Doug will be sensitive to the Holy Spirit's leading and emphasis as we teach God's Word. 
 
Striving to Serve Christ,
Doug Boisvert, D. Min.
Tri-M Eastern and Central African Director
sent out by Springville Baptist Church, PA


 
"To this end I also labor, striving according to His working..." (Colossians 1:29)
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Prayer Request

7/8/2015

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Dear Praying Friends,
The Kenyan training program we are working with in Western Kenya is Christ Army Mobile School Of Ministry or C.A.M.S.O.M.  Doug and Cheryl have assisted in getting this school established under Pastor Thomas Odari's vision to "Release an Army of trained men to start Churches for the villages of Western Kenya"!

Pastor Thomas has expanded this training to include a Satellite Campus and added 3 other Pastors to assist him in teaching TRI-M courses we have provided for a full training program. Interesting these 3 Pastors expressed great doubts about being able to train men for ministry in a Modular and b\village setting. Now after graduating the first group of men,  these same Pastors are enthusiastically teaching as a part of CAMSOM.

We are excited to hear that Pastor Thomas has also added an internship to the training program. He has taken another Pastor under his wings and influenced him to plant a new Church in another village setting of Shibuli that has no Gospel outreach. It is far enough away from CAMSOM that transportation is costly for the CAMSOM students. However, it is close enough to take day trips if the students had funds for transportation. Cedar Creek Bible Church in Michigan has raised fund to assist these 14 students to be able to travel one week of the month for 6 months to spread the Gospel in this area. They will go door to door 3 days of the week and then devote one day to disciple those who have come to Christ.
 
PLEASE PRAY with us as they will be starting this outreach 9th- 14th July 2015!  Please pray for...
1) Safe Transport for the Church Planter, CAMSOM Students, and Pastor Thomas each month.
2) Bold and Creative outreach in sharing the Gospel of Christ.
3) Souls to respond to the Gospel in the village of Shibuli.
4)  The Village officials to remain friendly to this outreach.


Thank you for supporting God's work in prayer through TRI-M, the Boisverts and our African brethren!
 

Striving to Serve Christ, Doug Boisvert, D. Min.
Tri-M Eastern and Central African Director
sent out by Springville Baptist Church, PA

  "To this end I also labor, striving according to His working..." (Colossians 1:29)
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Boisvert Update

5/11/2015

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Dear praying friends,
We had hoped to get a prayer letter out before this however the need to assist with all that surrounded Cheryl's mom death (and promotion to heaven through Jesus) has delayed that. We have been working out of upstate New York and had limited access to internet and office. We have been back a little over a week in Kokomo,Indiana now trying to get caught back up. Thank you again to ALL who so encouraged Cheryl & myself in the emails and cards sent during this time!

Doug now leaves tomorrow, Tuesday 12th May, for South Sudan while Cheryl heads back to Up State New York to continue assisting there with her dad.

I would ask that you join us in prayer for
1) Cheryl as she drives the long trip by herself and returns Memorial Day Weekend.
2) That Cheryl can continue to minister to her 91 year old dad.
3) Doug as he flies with stops in 5 countries before reaching South Sudan to teach 3 courses himself. Traveling alone.
4) Our Sudanese brethren that are facing extreme inflation and shortages of everything. The country is suffering greatly from fighting. Doug will be in the most peaceful province of country and there are no reports of fighting near them. 
5) The extra demand to teach in both groups as the school is expanding and the leadership there are working hard to take on all the teaching. Yet there are areas they need me to to complete the curriculum. Both exciting but challenging to keep the momentum going string in spite of the countries struggles.

Thanks for praying with us. You are a significant part of this ministry. Heb 6:10 applies to you as you support us in prayer and financially!

Striving to Serve Christ, Doug Boisvert, D. Min.
Tri-M Eastern and Central African Director
sent out by Springville Baptist Church, PA
 
"To this end I also labor, striving according to His working..." (Colossians 1:29)

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Sorry for Limited Contact and 1 Request

5/1/2015

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Dear praying friends,
This past few weeks have been a very emotional and hectic time for our family. Cheryl's mom went home to be with the LORD Jesus last week quite unexpectedly. This has limited our communications and availability. If you have tried to communicate with us and not received a response PLEASE email or call again. We have returned to our Kokomo home and office now and will be able to once again respond properly to any of your requests.
 

Our prayer updates will be coming to you soon Lord Willing. Until that time we do have a request of you. Last year we had many respond to our request for GRADUATION ROBES and CAPS. This year we could again use more for the expanding ministries in East Africa and Mongolia. 

If you have a graduate this year, first Congratulations! Many schools, both High Schools and Colleges, require you to purchase the robe and cap. If you have no other use for these, we could use them to pass on to the training programs overseas for their graduations. Many of these Pastors and wives have not had the privilege of education programs being available to them. To graduate with a robe gives the program and students visible credibility to the community and promotes the training program. Would you be willing to donate that robe to us. Black and red are the most useful ones for these programs.  

If you do not have a graduate, you might still be able to help. Last year some of you contacted High Schools or Colleges in your community to ask if a box could be set out and announcement made at practice ceremony to have them collected at the close of the ceremony and sent to us. If you could do that again or consider doing it this year your brethren overseas (& us as well) will be very grateful. 

Any questions do not hesitate to call 765-398-0342 or email us about this. Thank you for your love of Christ that extends to us, the Boisverts and our TRI-M overseas Partners!  

Striving to Serve Christ, Doug Boisvert, D. Min.
Tri-M Eastern and Central African Director
sent out by Springville Baptist Church, PA
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He Is Risen!

4/3/2015

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PRAISE THE LORD HALLELUJAH (Hebrew - Praise Yahweh);
ALLELOUIA (Greek LXX not translation but transliteration of Hebrew letters into Greek letters :-)


YES, HE IS RISEN INDEED - however you express it! But express it we must! Of course we are to live out the truth of Jesus' resurrection every day of our life, even into eternity, if we are born again! (Romans 6:9,13; 8:1ff) But this week of all weeks we are to sing out His praise in both amazement over Jesus' suffering and death and joy over His resurrection and exaltation above every name as expressed in Romans 15:9-11. 

There is something grand and uplifting to the soul about the Resurrection Day singing that lifts me higher than the Christmas Carols sung throughout the "holiday season" in December. Of course it was such a revealing tine when Cheryl and I could truly connect Christmas and Resurrection Sunday celebration. 
We hope you are able to lift your hearts and, Lord Willing, your voice in praise to God for His glorious plan and purposes even when they involve temporary "light momentary afflictions preparing for us an eternal weight of Glory beyond all comparison" 2 Cor 4:17. Rejoice with the angels above and marvel in Jesus' gift of eternal life this week and forever my friends. 
I want to share a quote from Spurgeon's Sermon - Holy Song from Happy Saints -you can find the sermon at http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols61-63/chs3476.pdf  - 

"There is no engagement under Heaven that is more exalting than praising God—and however great may be the work which is committed to the charge of any of us, we shall always do well if we pause awhile to spend a time in sacred praise. 
We don’t sing enough, my Brothers and Sisters! How often do I stir you up about the matter of prayer, but perhaps I might be just as earnest about the matter of praise! Do we sing as much as the birds do? Yet what have birds to sing about, compared with us? Do you think we sing as much as the angels do? Yet they were never redeemed by the blood of Christ!"

Thank you for joining with us in serving our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ through TRI-M Africa and Mongolia! It is all because He Lives and we continue to seek to represent you well as we serve Him throughout East Africa and Mongolia.  

HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY!!!
 

Striving to Serve Christ, Doug Boisvert, D. Min.
Tri-M Eastern and Central African Director
sent out by Springville Baptist Church, PA
  "To this end I also labor, striving according to His working..." (Colossians 1:29)
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Doug to Tanzania

3/12/2015

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Dear Praying friends,
Doug is off to Tanzania Thursday (tomorrow). Cheryl was suppose to go this trip but hurt her knee back in November and has not improve since then. We are concern that she gets treatment before it gets any worse. So we cancelled her ticket with a medical excuse and hope after the 6 weeks of treatment she will be able to be back traveling and teaching with Doug. Please join us in prayer for full healing for Cheryl knees.

Doug will be traveling with Dr Erskine Dodson to Tanzania. He will be teaching with Doug and examining the TRI-M Ministry approach as well. Please pray as Dr Dodson considers God's leading in this. 

We will be attending the installation service for one of the Tanzanian Pastors that is involved in the TRI-M training. He will be installed as the Vice Chairman of the Tanzanian Baptist Convention. Then we are teaching a week in the village area of Turiani and off to a graduation for a second group that was mainly taught by Tanzanian Pastors themselves using TRI-M Curriculum. It will be a full schedule and lots of miles (KM) on dirt roads. Please pray with us for transportation safety and endurance. 

It is an honor to represent you before our Tanzanian brethren. Thanks for praying with us. 

Striving to Serve Christ, Doug Boisvert, D. Min.
Tri-M Eastern and Central African Director
sent out by Springville Baptist Church, PA
 
"To this end I also labor, striving according to His working..." (Colossians 1:29)
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Travel Update

1/20/2015

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Doug and Cheryl will be leaving Tuesday (Tomorrow) 20 Jan., LORD Willing, for Uganda and Kenya, East Africa. We will be having a graduation in Stage Jesus, Kenya for both the men and women at the end of this trip. It is exciting to see the training programs blossom into full swing with local teachers sharing the teaching load. 

Please join us in prayer for:
  1. God's Wisdom from on high as we make arrangements to purposely "fade out" of the teaching programs and the local Leaders take on the teaching load.
  2. discernment in how to encourage our African coworkers in fulfilling their calling to train others while still bearing many responsibilities and pressures to even just feed their family!
  3. that God would raise up a women to assist Pastor Odari in Kenya in continuing the training of the women.
  4. timely travel and connections made both in the air and on the ground (with airlines and public bus/taxi schedules), and especially stamina. 
  5. our brethren in Mali and Niger, West Africa as they are seeking to deal with the loss of Church buildings and attacks on them as 
  6. Dani,our youngest daughter, as she starts a new semester at IUPUI.
 We will be returning just in time for celebrating God's love for us on Valentine's Day, as well as my beautiful Godly wife of almost 40 years!



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