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"We are rejoicing to be
Poured Out For The Nations!"
Philippians 2:17

Dear Poured Out Disciples of Christ Jesus,

When the Apostle Paul returned from a great mission journey he reported to those who had prayed and supported his Kingdom work. Similarly, I have a lovely report from our very blessed and fruitful Rwanda/DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) mission outreach.

“Now when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had completed. Now when they had come and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.” Acts 14:25-27

In Rwanda I was greeted at the airport by our Watch Therefore Ministries team comprised of Pastor Herman Gatware, my translator Eric, and later met Caleb who is also part of the team. We celebrated their prayerful and diligent preparations for the four days of outdoor events that were about to take place. And, we gave thanks and rejoiced that the Lord had brought me safely to Rwanda.

Our Savior told us to go into the highways and hedges to bring them in:

“Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” Luke 14:23

I preached four days of outdoor events in two small villages. Churches in the area worked together preparing the villages with different forms of advertising that I would be there preaching. They had church choirs, special singing guests, local government officials, and more—it was a King Jesus celebration!

The turnout was a great blessing and in some of my preaching messages—when I gave an invitation to come and receive Jesus as Lord as many as 150-200 came forward to call upon the name of the Lord! I was so overwhelmed with thanks and excitement for our Heavenly Father’s grace and mercy! The Holy Spirit was truly moving in our midst.

The final preaching was in a small room with about 40 precious young people who Pastor Herman had pulled from the streets into a special program he has to deliver them from a life of many troubles. Four of them prayed to receive Jesus as Lord—one being a young Muslim girl in full Muslim dress. She was smiling ear to ear with the joy of her new found salvation in our Lord Jesus!

Donated funds were used to buy 248 Bibles to distribute and some of the new disciples were thankful and blessed to have in their hands the word of the living God. In all, we counted 531 that prayed to receive Christ in Rwanda—now off to DRC.

Bukavu, DRC is just across the border from Rwanda. I had not been there in many years and was thankful to return to Eastern DRC. Our work in DRC was in two churches and was a little different in that it was more discipleship—yet I still preached the gospel and precious souls did pray to be saved. The leadership in these churches is so very special and we have plans for ongoing work together.

These two churches are full of precious souls who fervently worship our Heavenly Father, His only begotten Son Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit. What joy we experienced together! And, this joy sits on the backdrop of a troubled place mired by poverty and many threats including outbreaks of violence. These Christ followers prayed heaven down in weekly prayer and mid-day worship meetings with close to 1,000 disciples of our Lord Jesus in attendance!

They gladly embraced the Watch Therefore message and so many committed to watch and be ready for the imminent Rapture as our Savior takes us home to Himself! In one Sunday morning church meeting 71 lost sinners found grace in the eyes of the Lord as they received Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior!

In all, we saw about 621 precious souls pray to repent and believe upon the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ! How many more received the Lord that we did not see? Only, heaven knows and that is the best part. The fruit of this trip can only be measured by eternity and you who participated are part of that fruit just as much as me!

Discipleship training for the new believers has already begun as we follow the command of our Savior in Matthew 28:18-20 to make disciples. A special thanks once again to Team Jesus Christ who prayed and gave for me to go (praying, giving, going). You can support this ongoing work even now as we support monthly our Watch Therefore team in Africa.

Most of all—may our Savior Jesus be praised!!!

In His service,
Dov Schwarz

"We are rejoicing to be
Poured Out For The Nations!"
Philippians 2:17

Dear Poured Out Disciples of Messiah Jesus,

As I am writing this letter I am preparing to leave for Africa! Lord willing, as you are reading this letter I am already in Rwanda or the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). I want to tell you how thankful I am that our Savior Jesus raised up some of you to help by praying and giving to make this trip possible. Truly, I believe with all my heart that the fruit from this trip will only be measurable by eternity!

Lord willing, I will be returning August 22 from this trip that begins August 8. Please do pray for authentic professions of new faith in Messiah Jesus. Also, please be praying for the pastors and churches who will be receiving these “Watch Therefore” messages proclaiming the prophetic Scriptures. These messages certainly tend to facilitate repentance and even revival in the hearts of the Lord’s people who have been lukewarm.

Listen to the words of our Savior Jesus to the lukewarm church in Laodicea:
And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write,
These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness,
the Beginning of the creation of God:
“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot.
I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, “I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears My voice and opens the door,
I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
Revelation 3:14-20

Our soon coming Lord’s warning should concern us more than ever as lukewarmness has spread like a cancer over so much of the modern church. Yet, these messages from the Bible I am preaching in Africa, and on my TV program Watch Therefore, are helpful to open precious hearts to our Savior Jesus.

Please do remember that we have many gospel and discipleship works including monthly TV expenses and monthly support to pastors and others in great need in Africa and India. Upon my return from Africa, Lord willing, I will have testimonies of what our Lord Jesus has done in our midst to glorify Himself and our Heavenly Father by the power of the Holy Spirit!

In His service,
Dov Schwarz

"We are rejoicing to be
Poured Out For The Nations!"
Philippians 2:17

Dear Poured Out Followers of Messiah Jesus,

Truly, the closer we walk with our Savior Jesus the more we think with the mind of Christ that He has given us (1 Corinthians 2:16). The things He cares about becomes the things we care about. His desires become our desires.

Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

Frankly speaking, before coming to Christ Jesus in faith, I only cared about three people. These three consumed my thoughts, desires, and plans. You may have heard of them: me, myself, and I. But now, not only do I care about the welfare of others here and now—I am deeply concerned about their eternal condition—where will they spend eternity.

You see, the desires of my Savior’s heart, who died on the cross and rose from the grave to save precious souls, has become my desire also. The more I delight myself in my Lord Jesus, the more He gives me the desire to see souls saved and given eternal life! And even more, He fulfills those desires by opening doors for me to preach His glorious life saving gospel to hungry souls who will listen and respond to His good news of salvation!

That is why I named this outreach of our ministry Poured Out For The Nations! As I have previously mentioned—one of those big open doors is our summer August 2023 gospel outreach in Rwanda and the Eastern DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). These heavenly plans are coming together quickly now. Our team of pastors and churches in both countries are meeting and working to bring the dear souls together in August to hear the preaching of the powerful word of the Living God!

And, once again, I am asking you to pray. You see, my help doesn’t come from people although the Lord does raise up people to help. Of course, I am so very thankful to our Lord Jesus for the precious partnership of so many dear brothers and sisters in Christ. But look Who the Bible tells us our help comes from:

My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:2

First, please do pray that our Lord Jesus helps us in all our ministry work this summer—especially our Rwanda/DRC Africa outreach this August 8 – 22, 2023.

Regarding this August missions effort I want to remind our partners of the Team Jesus opportunity that is such a great blessing: PRAYING, GIVING, GOING

Lord willing, I will do the going, would you prayerfully consider doing the praying and the giving? We started with a need of $20,000 for this August mission trip. Hallelujah, at the time of writing this letter we have received in hand and by pledges about $8,000! So, we now need about $12,000 more to meet our goal and make final preparations.

Praying, Giving, Going is a great way to work together getting out the gospel of our Savior Jesus!

Along, with preaching the gospel to see souls saved, we will be building up many pastors and churches with pastor conferences and church meetings. The Watch Therefore Message is the theme. Our Savior told us to Watch Therefore and Be Ready as He is coming for His church any moment in the glorious Rapture! We have seen pastors literally weeping over this message of hope and comfort!

“Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Matthew” 24:42-44

“…looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great

God and Savior Jesus Christ…”Titus 2:13

“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

Also, please pray for our other ongoing ministry work and expenses that continue while on this trip:

•Watch Therefore TV Outreach
•Africa and India Pastors and Ministers
•Administrative Team here at home
•Calvary Chapel Watch Therefore Community Fellowship (Church that I pastor)

In His service,
Dov Schwarz