Sunday, March 31, 2019

01-07 April Herron's Prayer Letter



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 for 25th–31st March 2019

Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Two Weeks

We Praise God for:


o   We thank God for safety as we traveled around Jinja

o   James travel to Kiyindi Landing Site twice this week

o   Madison’s safe travel to and from school this past week

·         We thank God for two organizational meeting we had Saturday. 

o   We thank God for the plans developed with our Ugandan partners for meetings we have next week

o   We thank God for meeting to assess the positive and negative of our most recent mission team  

·         Thanks for your prayers for our oldest son, Keith, who has been discharged from the doctor and will start working Monday 25th March after five months of physical rehab.

·         We thank 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


01st—07th April 2019

·         Pray for our travel in the Uganda this week

o   Our travel in and around Jinja during this week

o   James travel to Kiyindi Landing Site on Saturday

o   Madison’s travel to and from school this week

·         Pray for the pastors and church leaders who will disciple these new believers

o   Pray that these new believers will come to the meeting we are scheduling at each clinic sites to start the discipling process

·         Pray for visitors from America we will have in Jinja this week

o   Pray for our visitor’s safety as they travel to and from Uganda

o   Pray for our meeting Thursday and Friday

·         Pray for our regional Leaders who will be searching for prospective leaders to mentor in each congregation  

·         Pray for our families in the USA

o   Our three sons and their families 

§  Continue to pray for our oldest son, Keith as he returned to his job last week.

§  Our youngest son, Jeremy and his family, as he complete studies at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas and prepare to move to Georgia in May

§  Sonya’s mother, Mary, who was hospitalized last week but has been released

o   Our five grandchildren

o   The Sutton Family

o   The Dempsey Family

o   Stribling/Herron Family   

o   Our siblings and their families

o   Sonya’s mother who is in the hospital for an UTI and continual her treated for cancer in Cleveland, Ohio

·         Pray for our language teacher that he may come to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior

Thanks for your prayerful support.

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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