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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55 in 5 Status Update
Northern Teke of Gabon
2025 Status Update
“The times of ignorance
God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he
has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom
he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from
the dead.” (Acts 17:30-31)
Challenges We’ve Faced
Many
Teke churches in Gabon are teaching the good news of salvation in Christ. These
churches are active in evangelism and have planted new churches in unreached
places. God has been working here through Protestant missionaries for almost
100 years. However, false gospels and African Traditional Religion’s idol
worship remain serious obstacles to the healthy growth of the believers in
Gabon, and Teke in more remote areas still do not have access to the gospel.
How You Can Pray
· Praise God for how the Teke have come to
know the name of Christ.
· Ask God to raise up Teke people who will
lead and teach faithfully.
· Pray for the Teke to reach all their
villages with the gospel.
Praise God for His Faithfulness and Protection from
19th
May—01st June 2025
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past two Weeks
We Praise God for:
- Traveling Grace:
- James and Sonya traveled around the Jinja area during the last two weeks without problems.
- James travel to Kyindi Landing Site and taking new boat to Sigulu Island a 4:44 minutes boat ride.
- As the Herrons prepare for several ministry opportunities this week:
- Sonya’s Tuesday Bible Study and her On-Line Prayer Ministry
- James is preparing for a mission team from Nevada in August. abama this week, traveling to the islands to deliver supplies for the team.
- James traveled to the islands with the mission team 30th April-04th May
- We thank God for our travel from Kiyindi Landing Site to Hasusuni Village, Sigulu Island as we delivered boat and two motors to be used for ministering to the people of Sigulu Island District.
- We are thankful for the continue outreach on Sigulu Island and our ability to assist with helping for transportation to area where there are new churches which need spiritual assistance.
- We thank God for Madison’s readjustment to being in boarding school for the third term.
- We thank God for Pastor Odongo and the Hasusuni Baptist Church for their commitment to the reaching and discipleship of the those who recently accepted Christ during the last few weeks.
Pray
for the Herron’s This Coming Week
- Pray for our travel this week:
- As we travel around Jinja this week.
- James and Sonya as they drive in and around the Jinja area during this week.
- Pray for God guidance as Pastor Odongo has access to a boat and motor to minister to the villages of Sigulu Island.
- Pray for Pastor Odongo and his team as they assist with the training and outreach efforts to develop new believers.
- Pray for God’s provision for the coming months as the Herron’s has many opportunities to expand their work to different islands on Lake Victoria.
- Pray for the Herron as meeting scheduled concerning the Upper Buvuma Island Baptist Ministry in furthering opportunities in reaching different villages on the islands.
- Pray for the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of the Herron’s.
- Pray for Bro, John and Hamal as they continue to do research of the different tribes and languages on Sigulu Island
- Pray that God will give the Herron’s insight and spiritual wisdom in making wise ministry decisions as they engage in ministering on Buvuma and Sigulu Islands.
- Pray for the Herron’s ministry tasks we have this week.
- Pray for preparations for the mission team scheduled for early August.
- Making plans for securing the food that is to be distributed.
- Training on Sigulu Island for the teams that will be discipling the new believers.
- Pray that the Herron would be light and salt to the people they meet this week.
- Pray that the Herron’s 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 Madison as she continues her studies and complete midterm break and is now preparing for the last term.
- 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, Kim, Colie, and Cy as he serves in the Army in stationed on Stuttgart, Germany.
- Babra in Heidelberg, Germany as she prepares for critical examinations in June.
- Madison as she study in Kenya until mid-July.
- 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)
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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