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 09th —16th September
2019
Thank
the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Three Weeks
We Praise God for:
o We thank God for safety as we traveled around Jinja during
the past week
o Madison travel to and from school the last week
o James and Austin on the islands Wednesday—Friday
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We thank God for the
three-day training we had for our pastors to prepare them in preaching the
Baptist Faith and Message.
o We thank god for the eleven pastors who attended the
training
o We are thankful for their commitment to growing deeper in
the Word of God and being prepared to properly proclaim the Word of God to
their congregation and their village/island
o We praise God for the pastor’s desire to learn and grow
in their knowledge of Christ
·
Leadership Team
desire to faithfully serve Christ and the people of the islands
o Their commitment to reading the Bible as a ministry team
to be able to mentor and assist our pastors spend more time in the Word of God
o Their desire to lead our pastors in preaching the Baptist
Faith and Message to better understand with the Bible say and to build a
foundation to reaching and teaching the peoples of the islands
o There desire in teaching and training our pastors and
leaders to understanding and applying God’s Word to the lives of the island’s
believers
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We thank God for Sonya’s
mother continual recovery for surgery last month.
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We praise God for
the safety of our youngest son, Jeremy, and his family as they were displaced
by the hurricane and return home without any damage to their property.
· We thank God for His faithfulness, provisions and
protection in our lives during the past
week
16th—22th
September 2019
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Pray for our travel
in Uganda this week
o
Our travel in and
around Jinja during this week
o
Madison’s travel to
and from school this week
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Pray for our plans
to work on structuring sermons outline from the Baptist Faith and Message for
the island pastors.
o
Pray for Austin and
me preparing lessons this week that we will present next week to our Zone Leaders
next week
o
Pray that we are led
by the Holy Spirit as we teach our leaders
o
Pray that they will
be able to transmit what they learn to the pastors and other church leader
·
Pray for our
regional Leaders who will be searching for prospective leaders to mentor in
each congregation
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Pray for our
families in the USA
o
Our three sons and
their families
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Continue to pray for
our oldest son.
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Our youngest son,
Jeremy and his family, as they return to their home and adjust after having
been evaluated from their home for one week
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Sonya’s mother,
Mary, who is making progress I
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 as
she recuperates from surgery last week
·
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)
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| Serinya Baptist Church, Serinya Island |
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| Medical Team Traveling to work on an Island-July 2019 |
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| Traveling on the Lake after a day's work |
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| Patients waiting to be seen by the doctor |
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| Sonya and one of the patient seen at Wakikere Baptist Church-July 2019 |
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| A Patients waiting to be seen in clinic Wakikere Baptist Church-July 2019 |
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| Alen and a chapati maker on Bugaya Island |
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| Many ready to be seen in clinic at Lwazi Baptist Church-July 2019 |
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| Pastor Training September 2019 |
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
