"We're Diving-In": June 2021

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

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“It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees.” (Deuteronomy 17:19 NIV)

Pray for the Suba of Tanzania

Many Suba people claim Protestant Christianity, but it is a religion they practice, not a relationship with God. They are less than two percent evangelical, and there is no missionary activity among them.

Fishing and boat building are the traditional occupations of the Suba, who number approximately 226,000. They were also renowned hippo hunters before it was against the law to kill wild animals. Today farming is growing as an occupation, and cattle are kept mainly to provide for the payment of bride price.

Since the Suba language is very different from other languages in the area, it came to be considered inferior. In recent years the Suba have developed a strong interest in preserving their culture and language. A vital step in this direction was to make Suba a written language, along with providing written Scripture with the hope of strengthening the existing church. Today, various Bible translations are available to the Suba.

Pray

For the Father to call out people to evangelize and disciple the Suba. Ask Him to give Suba who are evangelical believers the courage to reach out to their own people.
For God to protect the few true believers among the Suba from false teachings.
For God to use His Word, which is already available in a translation the Suba can understand, to draw many people closer to Himself.

Praise God for 16^th May—27^th June 2021

Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Five Weeks

We Praise God for:

For traveling grace for the Herrons during the past month as we:

Safely raveled in and around Jinja
Madison traveled to and from school during this time
Travel to Kampala twice during this time
James traveling to Kiyindi Landing Site twice
James’s travel to the islands twice during this time

We also praise God for keeping us in good physical, emotional and spiritual health and the adjustments we have make to our return to Uganda.
We thank the Lord for allowing James to teach a two-week Old Testament Bachelor of Theology class at Uganda Baptist Seminary
We praise God for the work that continue to be done on the island and the people who are coming to know Jesus.
We thank God for our ministry partners who work with us who serve the Peoples of the Islands of Lake Victoria.
We thank God for how the islands Pastor are working to minister to the people of their communities and continue the work of reaching lost people for Christ.
We praise God for the improvement in George Smith’s medical condition.

Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week

28^th June–04^th July 2021

Pray for our travel this week:

James’s travel around Jinja this week.

Pray for the people of Uganda who are affected by the increasing numbers of persons contracting and dying from COVID-19.
Pray for the Uganda as we are affected by the second lockdown and are unable to travel outside the districts where we live.
Pray that God will continue to provide the insight and spiritual wisdom we need in making wise ministry decisions as we begin engaging in ministering on the islands.
Continue to pray for the many people of the islands who have been affected by the rising waters of Lake Victoria, and a second lockdown scheduled to last until late July.
Pray for our families in the USA

Our three sons and their families

Our youngest son, Jeremy, and his family as he serves in the Army in Ft. Stewart Georgia as he has been deployed to South Korea until 07^th July 2021
Pray for God’s direction as he has great responsibilities as a lead officer