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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Northern Teke of Gabon
“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)
2025 Status Update
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.
Prayer Requests
- · 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 the Last Week
12th-18th January 2026
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past
Weeks
We Praise God for:
- Traveling Grace:
- As the Herrons traveled in and around Jinja this past week.
- We praise God for a quit election week where we had no internet services from 13th--18th January.
- There was no major violence incidents in the Jinja area during election day.
- 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 two men who attended Cross Cultural Ministry Training in Nairobi Kenya from Acacia Community Church as they plan to implement what they learn to reach the community around ACC with the Gospel of Christ.
- We are thankful for their willingness to utilize what they have learned during the ten-day training in reaching others with the gospel of Christ.
- We thank God for the repair work being done on the compound and the repairs done on the Herron’s truck.
- We are thankful for partners in the USA as they prepare to minister with us on the island in early March.
- John from Sigulu Island and the ministry he is doing among displaced children of Sigulu Island.
- Thanks God as Madison adjustment to her classes at Rift Valley Academy in Kijabe, Kenya.
Pray
for the Herron’s This Coming Week
19th—25th
January 2026
- Pray for the Herrons as they travel this week:
- James and Sonya as they travel in and around the Jinja area this week.
- Pray for Pastor Odongo and his team as we go through election time and prepare for Farming God’s Way Training after the election session.
- Pray for the Herrons as plans for 2026
- Preparing for our first mission team and March 2026.
- Discussion with prospective mission for the future.
- 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 physical, emotional, and spiritual health of the Herrons.
- Pray for the repairs being done on the Herron’s boat motor this week.
- Pray that the repairs to be completed before the end of the week
- Pray for work plan for the Worker Quarters later this week.
- Pray for preparations needed to be completed for Farming God’s Way Training planned for next 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)
