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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Naath of South Sudan
2025 Status Update
“Open
their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion
of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance
among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.”
(Acts
26:18)
Baptist Convention of South Sudan. Five are
in South Sudan. Eleven are in Ethiopia along the border with South Sudan. These
churches range in size from about 40 to 100 believers who regularly gather for
worship and Bible study. Believers in both Ethiopia and South Sudan are
actively sharing the gospel with the Nuer.
Prayer Requests
- · Pray that these churches remain faithful to
study God’s Word and make disciples.
- · Pray for Nuer believers to boldly share
their testimonies and the gospel.
- · Pray that more Nuer repent and trust Jesus
as their Savior and Lord.
Praise God for His Faithfulness and Protection from the Last Week
18th May- 07th June 2026
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Week
We Praise God for:
- Traveling Grace:
- As the Herrons traveled in and around Jinja this past two weeks.
- James travels to Kyindi Landing Site 01st June
- James travels to Kampala on 28th May and 02nd and 04th June
- We thank God for the church planting effort of Pastor Odongo and his ministry team.
- The Pastor Odongo and the ministry team weekly visit to spiritually develop new churches on Sigulu Island
- We thank God for Pastor Odongo and the Hasusuni Baptist Church for their commitment to the reaching and discipleship of the those who accepted Christ during the last mission team.
- Thank God for the progress James and Sonya has made in completing several reports this past week.
- Praise God for Jeremy and his family as they adjust their return to the USA after being in Germany for three years.
- We thank God as Madison adjustment to her classes at Rift Valley Academy in Kenya.
Pray
for the Herron’s This Coming Week
08th–14th
June 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 as we continue planning for the next mission team from O’Fallon First Baptist Church in late June-early July.
- Planning Organizational Meetings with Pastor Odongo and the associational leaders next for the coming mission teams.
- Pray as we work with the team leaders in America as we plan for their coming in June, July and August.
- Pray for our efforts to have two mission teams this year:
- O’Fallon FBC has desire to reschedule their arrival because of Eboli threats in Congo, pray fully we will be able to have them come in august or October.
- South Reno Baptist Church scheduled 20 July—01st August. Pray as we prepare for food distribution to 313 families in Uganda and ministering to 400 plus children and youths.
- Pray for our request for additional personnel in ministering to the peoples of the islands of Lake Victoria.
- 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 that the Herron would be salt and light 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, his wife Jennifer, and his three children, Kim, Colie, and Cy as he serves in the Army in stationed Kansas.
- Babra and her husband Dr. Christin Hoffman.
- Madison as she continues term three of this school year.
- Pray for our siblings, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews 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)
