Current Update & Prayer Needs:

Prayer Update - August 17, 2026

Josue's recent update was primarily focused on the recent mission trip that took place from July 24 to August 6. Such a wonderful time was spent together. Here are some of the highlights:

On the Saturday after arrival, the team travelled to Come to attend a women's conference with 142 women. Two of the team members shared, encouraging the women to keep doing the hard work they've been doing.

Sunday July 26, attending church, worshipping and praising God together, with the opportunity to meet Christian, the pastor. 

Over 3 days in Hevie:

• Spoke to 212 women and 42 pastors at the conferences - who provided feedback that it was very much needed, to feel encouraged and empowered to continue the mission.
• Spent time with the kids at God's Grace for Kids Hevie teaching English. The kids had the opportunity to learn, but having the team there also created visibility. Many more parents want to send their kids to school in September.
• Medical outreach taking care of 419 people, playing with the kids, and sharing the gospel --> 127 people gave their lives to Christ!!!
• Evening Crusades --> 27 people gave their lives to Christ!!!

Attended another church on Sunday August 2nd, witnessing the blessing of a young couple getting engaged!
Monday to Wednesday before leaving:
Worked with 51 students attending the English camp at God's Grace for Kids Cotonou. Josue reports this was "awesome"!
Having the opportunity to visit markets, a trip to Ouidah (the location of the slave trade), and seeing the school Josue may be taking over to open a second location in Cotonou.

Josue is hoping to host more teams to continue these activities and the impact they are making on the people of Benin. These teams coming also makes a great impact on the Benin ministry team, encouraging and motivating them to continue to serve.

Josue faced several health challenges during the trip: an infection in his thumb requiring 3 days of IV antibiotics and his blood pressure was high and not stable. Praise God both the infection has cleared and his blood pressure has stabilized. There were other health issues and family issues faced by the team while in Benin. We are grateful to God to everyone who prayed!

Pray for:

*The ministry team in Benin, now shifting gears to the school year starting September 7th. They are working hard to get everything ready for school to resume. Pray for new teachers to be recruited. Pray for Prisca and Dieu Donne as the head administrators of the schools. Dieu Donne was given 2 weeks of leave to take care of himself and his family before school begins. May this be a time of rest and renewal of energy.

*Pray for the right person to come along for Josue to hire as his personal assistant. Josue is extremely busy with all the ministry activities. May this person be a blessing and help alleviate some of the work.

*Pray for the right person to be recruited to lead the student sponsorship program in Benin, especially with an expected increase in student enrollment.

*Pray for Isaac as he is starting back to school in Texas next week; for Gedeon starting Grade 12 September 7th; and for Glory. She received her Bachelors, but is undecided on what to do next, possibly pursuing her Masters??

Prayer Update - June 29, 2026

As we continue to mourn the passing of our dear Pam, we are grateful to know she is now in the presence of her Savior, Jesus Christ. And we are so incredibly thankful for the many prayers, kind messages, and donations that have been made to Truth Unleashed Ministries in Pam's memory. 
As of this writing, we do not yet have service details. Once those are completed, I will send an update.

Josue is understandably shaken by the news of Pam's death. He wanted to personally express his deepest gratitude to all of you for supporting this ministry, and he is grateful for the commitment to continue what Pam and Dave started. Josue expressed thanksgiving to the Lord for bringing this ministry so far, and he strongly believes that with all of us together, we will move mountains, reach people, and give the chance to those who have never heard about Jesus.

Last weekend, Josue had the privilege to attend and speak at a crusade in Cotonou. 16 people gave their lives to Christ! All of those people have since joined a church and are now attending discipleship classes. The team is looking forward to these 16 new brothers and sisters becoming agents in God's hands.

Josue had friend connect him to the Maclellan foundation. This is an American foundation that promotes discipleship and leadership development. They want to plant 4 churches in Northern Benin, while also organizing for basic medical needs, animal clinics, and provide for those in the area. May God bless this opportunity to minister to those in the North.

God's Grade for Kids Cotonou received the results of the 6th grade national exams. 18 students challenged the exams with 17 being successful. God's Grace has previously had 100% success, but is still so grateful to the Lord for these results. They are currently awaiting the results of the 9th grade exams.

Hope for Youth and Truth Unleashed Ministries continues to have the goal of establishing 10 schools in 10 remote villages in 10 years, with the continued vision of raising leaders for the nation. Josue has received an opportunity from one of the schools in Cotonou to take over the location. Josue is hopeful the tuition from the 2 Cotonou schools will help fund the village schools, along with student sponsorships.

Prayer Requests:

*Continue to pray for the summer mission team who will be travelling to Benin in a few weeks. Josue is grateful to have 3 Truth Unleashed board members on this trip. Pray for protection around the team, for the evangelistic outreach, medical clinic, children's camps, conferences, and that the Lord will open the hearts of those the team will encounter.

*Josue is continuing his 21 day fasting that he began on his birthday, June 11th. May God continue to strengthen Josue, and provide guidance and discernment. 

*Pray for Pam's family and friends in the United States, Africa and around the world. Pam touched many lives and she will be greatly missed. Pray for Truth Unleashed and Hope for Youth, that we will be able to continue these ministries and honor the legacy of Pam and Dave.