Tuesday, October 2, 2018

1-7 October 2018 Herron 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


 Prayer Requests and Praise for 01st–7th October
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Weeks
(We Praise God For the past Week)
o   Travel to the islands this past week
§  Kyanja Baptist Church Buziri Island
§  Kiziba Baptist Church Bugaya island
§  Kiruguma Baptist Church, Bwema Island
§  Kibibi Island
§   Lwazi Baptist Church, Bwema Island
§  Muti-Omu Baptist Church, Bwema Island 
·         Traveling over seven (7) hours on the lake this past week to the above-mentioned villages/Islands
·         Praise God for traveling grace in and around Jinja during this past week
·         We thank God for travel grace for Madison’s transporting to and from school the past week  
·         We thank the Lord for the 13 students, pastors and church leaders, male and female students who attended the Island’s Bible School conducted Sunday 23rd September -Friday 28th.    
o   We are thankful for the Pastors and Church leaders who attended the Bible School learning how to effectively make disciples who would be obedient to the teachings of Christ
o   We praise God for the leaders who are being developed we assisted in conducting the discipleship training
·         We thank God for the five churches/villages we visited this past week to encourage and challenge them to be faithful to Christ command to “…Go make disciples of all people….”
·         Ugandan pastors and church leaders who all contribute in ministering to the Peoples of the Islands  
·         We praise the Lord for providing and caring for our family in Uganda and in America
·         We thank God for His faithfulness, provisions and protection in our lives
Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week
01st–07th October         
·         Pray for our travel in the Uganda this week
o   A trip to Kampala to renew my Uganda Work Permit Monday 01st October  
o   James travel to Kiyindi Landing Site on Tuesday 2nd October  
o   Madison’s daily transport to and from school
o   Our travel in and around Jinja during this week
·         Continue to pray for our Pastors and Church Leaders who will be implementing T4T training in their individual churches and teaching their congregations how to disciple new believers who will be obedient and committed followers of Christ
·         Pray for our regional Leaders who will be searching for prospective leaders to mentor in each congregation  
·         Pray for the pastors and church leaders as they are encouraged to implement the T4T Training in the churches as they reach people with the Gospel and disciple new believers  
o   Pray that we will see new Bible Study Groups emerge in the future from the training
·         Pray for our families in the USA
o   Our three sons and their families 
o   Our five grandchildren
o   The Sutton Family
o   The Dempsey Family
o   Stribling/Herron Family in the home-going of Georgia Herron Stribling
o   Our siblings and their families
·         Pray for our language teacher that he may come to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior
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)   
 Ziiru-Muto Baptist Church
Island Bible School September 

Manuel Herron at Serinya Baptist Church  

Kiruguma Baptist Church on Bwema Island

Kiruguma Baptist Church

Island Bible School 

Pastor Break Through Meeting  

T4T Training Kyanja Baptist Church Buziri Island 

Sonya and Madison Family Picture Day Horizon International School

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