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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“In their case the god of this world
has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of
the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” (2 Corinthians 4:4
ESV)
Pray for the Makhuwa Marrevone of Mozambique
The Makhuwa-Marrevone are one of the majority Muslim people
groups along the coast of Mozambique. They were introduced to Islam over 1,000
years ago by Arab traders from the Gulf of Oman. Their ethnographic center near
the town of Moma fell under the influence of a powerful Muslim sultanate. This
influence continues even now, many centuries after the Portuguese colonized
Mozambique.
Since the late 1990s, missionaries from various groups,
including the IMB, have been sharing the gospel and planting churches among
people groups bordering the Makhuwa-Marrevone. IMB missionaries praise God that
there are now some baptized believers among the Makhuwa-Marrevone! We need to
keep praying for the gospel to spread and for healthy, multiplying churches to
be planted among them.
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Pray for the hearts of the Ndengereko people to
be turned toward God.
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Ask for God-called believers to take the truth
of the gospel to the Ndengereko where they live.
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Pray that the hardships the Ndengereko are
encountering in their area will be doors God uses to share His truth with them.
Praise God for His
Faithfulness from 19th
February—03rd
March
2024
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past
Two Weeks
We Praise God for:
- Traveling Grace:
- As James and Sonya traveled around the Jinja area during the last two weeks.
- As Madison transported daily to and from school.
- James and Joseph Wafula traveled to and from Sigulu Island – Nampongwe for Evangelism and Discipleship training for the team who will be evangelizing the people who will receive the Tools and Seeds to be distributed during the coming mission team 19th—23rd February.
- As the Herrons as they traveled in and around the Jinja area during the past week.
- We thank God for Twenty-Five Church Leaders and Five Women Leaders who attended the three-day Evangelism-Discipleship Training 19th—23rd February. and their work with the mission team this past week and their continual work in reaching and expanding the ministry of reaching the lost people of the islands.
- Pastor Odongo and the Hasusuni Baptist Church for their commitment to Farming God’s Way and sponsoring the team from Gardendale FBC.
- The people for the Church at Bugege who were present for the Evangelism-Discipleship Training.
- Their commitment to share what they have been taught to
- Their immediate family members
- Other Small Group members
- Friends and neighbors
- People God put in our path, as we go. In preparation for the coming mission team in two weeks.
- Opportunities for James and believers from the church to witness to seven young men from Hasusuni Village in an area call “The Getto” known for local alcohol use and drug use.
- We thank God for the 25 pastors and church leaders who came for the Iganga Bible Study 09th—10th February, were pastors and church leaders from nine different churches gathered for an introduction of the New Testament Books.
- We thank God for His provision and allowing us to minister to the peoples of the islands.
- We also praise God for keeping us in good physical, emotional and spiritual health.
Pray
for the Herron’s This Coming Week
26th
February—03rd March 2024
- Pray for our travel this week:
- As we travel around Jinja this week.
- Transporting Madison to and from school daily.
- Sonya driving in and around Jinja area during the week.
- Pray that the Herrons would be light and salt to the people they meet this week.
- Pray that the Herrons will be given the words to share to others about Jesus and how they might receive the salvation from God offered through a relationship with Christ.
- Pray for meeting scheduled concerning the Upper Buvuma Island Baptist Ministry (UBIBM).
- Pray for God’s provision for the coming months as the Herrons has many opportunities to expand their work to different islands on Lake Victoria.
- Pray for the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of the Herron’s.
- Pray that God will give the Herrons insight and spiritual wisdom in making wise ministry decisions as they engage in ministering on the island.
- Pray for our families in the USA:
- Our three sons and their families
- Our oldest son Keith in Memphis, Tennessee
- Our middle son, Jason, and his wife Marsha and their two sons Jacob and Joshua
- Our youngest son, Jeremy, and his wife Jennifer, and his three children, Ki, Colie, and Cy as he serves in the Army in stationed on Stuttgart, Germany.
- Babra in Heidelberg, Germany
- Pray for our siblings, aunts and uncles 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)
