Sunday, March 3, 2019

4-10 March 2019 Heron'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 18th February— 04th 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   Madison travel to and from school last two weeks
·         We thank God for our preparation for mission team from Gardendale, Alabama We are thankful to the Lord for our Ugandan pastors and church leaders who continue to faithfully minister to the Peoples of the Islands.  
·         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
04th–10th March 2019
·         Pray for our travel in the Uganda this week
o   Our travel in and around Jinja during this week
o   James travel to the island Friday—Saturday preparation for mission team arriving on 10th March
o   Our traveling to Entebbe International Airport to pick-up the mission team and transporting them to Jinja that night
o   Madison’s travel to and from school this week
·         Pray for the mission team as they travel from America to the islands of Lake Victoria
o   Pray for safe travel and opportunities to be representatives of Christ as they travel
o   Pray they arrive well and are ready to work and minister to the people of the islands
o   Pray that the volunteers will be safe from injuries or illness during they stay in Uganda
·         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 us and 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, who is recovering for surgery and has been unable to work since November 2018.
§  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 in the home-going of Georgia Herron Stribling
o   Our siblings and their families
o   Sonya’s mother who is being 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.
In HIS service  
James and Sonya Herron

Traveling to the Islands

Traveling to Island Medical Clinic

Pastor Jeremiah and wife with their new born twins 

Ministering on Kibibi Island