05th -11th January Herron's Prayer Blog

 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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Ngongo of the DRC

2025 Status Update

“And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” (2 Timothy 2:2, ESV)

2025 Status Update

A local team has translated Luke and Mark into the Ngongo language and is working on the translation of Acts. The Ngongo people love hearing God’s Word in their language and are eager for the team to translate the rest of the Bible. However, a local pastor explained, “The Ngongo people have suffered so much under injustice and lies that there is much hate and mistrust among them. The message of love needs to be preached to change their hearts.”

Prayer Requests 

• ·       Ask God to intervene amid the injustice, dishonesty, hate and mistrust in this community.
• ·       Pray for the Bible translation among the Ngongo.
• ·       Ask God to draw the hearts of the Ngongo to Himself. 

Praise God for His Faithfulness and Protection from the Last Two Weeks

03^rd 29^th December 2025–04^th January 2026

Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Weeks    

We Praise God for:

• Traveling Grace:
•  The Herons traveled to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to visit Jason our middle child and his family,
• Traveling grace as James and Madison traveled to Uganda on 21^st—26^th December.
• Madison traveled to Johannesburg on 27^th December for Mission Kid Camp und the Madison travel to RVA 03^rd January.
• James traveled in and around Jinja since returning 27^th December.
• Sonya is traveling with family members in Oklahoma City, OK. area during the last weeks without problems or difficulties.  
• We praise God for the church planting effort of Pastor Odongo and his ministry team.
• 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. 
• We thank God for the three men who attended Cross Cultural Ministry Training in Nairobi Kenya late October.  We are thankful for their willingness to utilize what they have learned during the ten-day training. o reaching others with the gospel of Christ.
• We thank God for Bro. John from Sigulu Island and the ministry he is doing among displaced children of Sigulu Island.
• Thanks God as Madison attended the MK Camp and was instrumental is leading one of the campers to receive Christ. begin classes at Rift Valley Academy in Kijabe, Kenya.

Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week

05^th—11^th January 2026

• Pray for the Herrons as they travel this week:
• Sonya as she travels from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Entebbe, Uganda 06^th—07^th January.
• James, is he travels in and around the Jinja area.
•  Pray for Pastor Odongo and his team as they continue to assist with the training and outreach efforts to develop new believers.
• Pray for the Herrons as plans for the coming year as we make plans for the coming year.
• Pray for the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of the Herrons.
• 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 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 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 is near the end of her first term and preparing for her school break.
• 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)