Uganda East Africa
Island Ministry team (Upper Buvuma Islands)
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“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the
Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.”
(John 10:14-15 ESV)
Pray for the Yerwa Kanuri of Niger
There are over 170,000 Yerwa Kanuri
living in Niger, out of almost 8 million in the world. The Kanuri are
traditionally sheep and cattle herders who carry sticks to help guide their
grazing animals or to chase them back home. The Kanuri are Muslims and wash
their faces five times a day for ritualistic prayers. Because of this, their
faces always look bright, and the name Kanuri was given to them as it combines
two words meaning “stick” and “light.” The Kanuri do not know that there is a
Good Shepherd who desires to lead them out of the darkness and into the light.
Prayer
Requests
- Pray the Yerwa Kanuri will come to know Jesus Christ as their Good Shepherd, who laid down His life for them and came that they may have abundant life.
- Pray that the Yerwa Kanuri will hear the gospel proclaimed, and that they will no longer walk in darkness but will follow the Light of the World.
- Pray the spiritual veil would be removed from their faces and they would behold the glory of the Lord.
Praise God for the
Weeks 14th—20th September 2020
Thank the Lord with the
Herrons for the Past Week
We Praise God for:
- Traveling grace for the Herrons during the past week as we:
- Traveled around the Metro-East area during the week
- Travel to visit our oldest son, Keith, Tuesday—Saturday
- Our travel to visit our youngest son, Jeremy, and his family in Richmond Hill, Georgia
- We thank God for keeping us strong and in good physical, emotional and spiritual health.
- We thank God for the continual good work Austin is doing in Uganda as he coordinates ministry activities on the islands while we are stateside.
- The work he is doing to maintain the compound and minister to the workers and church
- We praise God for the way our islands Pastor have been able to minister to their communities using different methods.
- We thank God that the Entebbe International Airport has opened and there will soon be flights coming and leaving Uganda.
Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week
21st—27th September
2020
- Pray for our travel this week
- Traveled in and around the Savannah area.
- 27th September as we visit our oldest son, Keith in Memphis, Tennessee
- 28th September we return to Freeburg, Illinois.
- Pray that we have more opportunities to connect with pastors in the savannah area about international missions.
- We pray that for God’s insight and wisdom to make wise decisions to the Island Ministry Team as they engage in ministering on the island again even though I will be stateside until January 2021.
- Pray for the Island Ministry Team as our leadership team as they continue to minister of the island this week.
- That all our priorities are directed by God
- They have insight from the Holy Spirit and our plans to resume ministry
- Continue to pray for Austin as he plans and work with the Island Ministry Team leaders this week and maintain the compound.
- Pray for our families in the USA
- Sonya mother, Mary Sutton, was in the hospital and has now returned to the nursing home in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Our three sons and their families
- Pray for our oldest son Keith, who is being treated for diabetes and that he will be comply to the doctors treating him.
- Our youngest son, Jeremy and his family as he serves in the Army in Ft. Stewart Georgia as he prepares to be deployed later this year.
- Our five grandchildren
- The Sutton Family
- The Dempsey Family
- Stribling/Herron Family (The passing of Johnnie Herron Jr.)
- Our siblings and their families
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)
