25 April-1 May Prayer/Praise blog

James and Sonya Herron, IMB Missionaries

Uganda East Africa

Fishers of Men (Upper Buvuma Islands)

The vision of the International Mission Board is to see a multitude from every language, people, tribe and nation knowing and worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ

Praise and Prayer Request for the Week 25^th April—01^st May     

Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Week 18^th –24^th April

(Praise God for)

• Traveling grace as the Herrons traveled to on the waters of Lake Victoria and around Jinja Town Uganda the past week
• Praise God for Kiko Church which was damaged and the work they have done to restore the church 
• Thank God for the six pastors/Church Leaders from Upper Buvuma Island Baptist Ministry who graduated from UBS sponsored Bible School on Saturday 
• Praise God for safety traveling more than eight (8) hours 8 hours on the lake
• Praise God for keeping the Herrons as they traveled over four hours g on the roads to and from the landing site and around Jinja town
• The three regional Discipleship Training conducted the past week 
• There where over 95 persons were trained 
• The people appeared to have a better understanding and commitment to learning and applying what they have learned into practice.   
• The churches in Regional I organizing themselves for evangelism, discipleship and church planting on Buguya Island 
• The showing of the Jesus Film on Kyanja 
• Commitment on the part of our church leaders to prepare the congregations to discipling new believers 
• The continual spiritual growth and cooperative from our associated congregations 
• The utilization of discipleship training on the islands

Pray for the Herrons This Week

25^th—01^stMay  

• Our continual efforts to secure US VISA for Madison 
• Pray for site visit on Bweema-Sub County, Buvuma Island and Bugaya Sub-County for medical and ministry possibilities Monday—Wednesday (25^th-27^th  April) 
• Pray for Uganda Baptist Seminary as they complete this term Saturday  
• Pray for the students as they return home to apply what they have learned to their ministry field 
• Pray for God’s provision for the students who have left wives and children as the study at UBS for this month   
• Pray for the students as they learn and proclaim Christ throughout East Africa 
• Continue to pray for the pastor and congregation of Kiko Baptist Church which suffered damage to their facilities after a strong storm last month
• Pray we are sensitive to the Holy Spirit direction how we as a ministry can assist this congregation in their time of need
• The implementation of ministry plans for 2016
• Mission teams we will have in May
• Our preparation to receive the teams 
• Pray for the Ugandans who will be exposed to the Gospel as a results of our teams from America 
• Pray that many will receive Jesus as Lord and Savior 
• Pray that a number of small group bible Studies will results of our mission teams (We would love to see at least five new groups from our teams in May)
• Traveling grace as we travel to around Jinja and on the islands this week  
• Pray for our continual language learning  
• Our commitment to sharing Christ in Luganda this week 
• Our witness to our Language teacher

Thanks for your prayerful support.

In HIS service

James and Sonya Herron

A view from the boat near Kyinda Landing Site

One of our Pilot Yokobo

A Picture of One Tree Baptist Church

Some Kids on One Tree Village

More Kids on One Tree

Other kids on One Tree Village

Kiko Baptist Church

Pastor Tom of Kiko Baptist Church

Traveling to Discipleship Conference

 "...before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language...." Revelation 7:9 (NIV)