Sunday, November 6, 2016

7-13 November Herron's Prayer Blog


James and Sonya Herron, IMB Missionaries

Uganda East Africa

Island Ministry team (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 07th—13th November       

Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Weeks 

(We Praise God For)
  • For traveling grace for the Herrons as they travel last week:
    • Around Jinja Town, Kyinda Landing Site  
  • Kyanja Church as they work on constructing a facility for their church 
    • The planning of a Bible School sponsored through Uganda Baptist Seminary in February 2017 
    • We praise God for the enthusiasm of our Pastors and Church Leaders to involve their congregation with the Bible School 
    • The desires of our Pastors and Church Elders to learn and teach the Word of God
  • We thank God for the crusade conducted on Wakikere Baptist Church, Bugaya Island and the discipling of those who professions of faith and the planting of a new congregation 
  • We thank God for our Ugandan leaders we have working with us in reaching then islands with the Word of God 
  • We praise the Lord caring for our family in Uganda and America
  • Our continual improvement in language learning Luganda  
Pray for the Herrons This Week
01st—06th November  

  • Our continual efforts to secure US VISA for Madison (They are now processing applications from September 2015) 
    • Pray that we will soon receive information concerning her immigration hearing 
    • Our need to travel to the US for this hearing
  • Pray for three days of discipleship training, “The Growing Disciple” Monday-Wednesday 
    • The three islands we will visit 
    • The pastors and church leaders in each region may learn and apply what they learn in their churches/villages/islands 
    • The results will be spiritually stronger believers
  • Pray for disaster relief effort in Pallissa District because of drought and crop failure 
    • Pray as we organize the relief efforts 
    • Pray for Eastern Uganda as we are suffering for a one year drought 
    • Pray there are many opportunities to share the Gospel and many will come to Christ as a result of our assistance
  • Pray for our family in the USA 
    • Our three sons and their families  
    • Our five grandchildren 
    • The Sutton Family 
    • Our siblings and their families
  • Pray for our continual efforts to provide follow-up work in assisting our pastors/church leaders start new Bible Study Groups in their churches and also in their homes of members 
    • The Ugandan Children/Youth Ministry members who were trained to begin to applying what they learn in their respective village/islands and we see new Bible groups develop 
    • Pray that the training results in new Bible Study Groups in the near future 
    • The discipleship of the 50 new Christians who received Christ over the weekend
  • Our commitment to 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
 "...before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language...." Revelation 7:9 (NIV)

Traveling to the Islands

Discipleship Training Class

Kambo Baptist Church


Training at Kyinja Church


Leaving Kyinja with Pastor Terry

Pastor receiving tools and Seed

Sonya Barbra and Madison

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