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)
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 Week
08th–14th 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 week.
- 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 Herrons celebrated their 48th Wedding anniversary 11th June.
- 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.
- We praise God for meetings we had last week for planning mission trips from South Reno Baptist Church and our sending church O'Fallon First Baptist Church as we discuss the ministry they will do during their visits in July-August and September-October.
- Praise God for our request made for additional personnels for the Island Ministry Team in 2027.
Pray
for the Herron’s This Coming Week
15th–21st
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.
- James travel to Kyindi Landing Site 17th June
- Pray as we continue planning for the next mission team from:
- South Reno Baptist Church 20th July—01st August.
- Pray as we prepare for food distribution to 313 families in Uganda and ministering to 400 plus children and youths.
- O’Fallon First Baptist Church 27th September –10th October.
- Pray as the team prepare to teach Theological Training and Pastoral Care training
- Planning Organizational Meetings with Pastor Odongo and the associational leaders next for the coming mission teams.
- Pray for our efforts to have two mission teams this year:
- 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 Dr. Christin Hoffman.
- Madison as she continues term three of this school year.
- Pray for our siblings, aunts and uncles and their families.
In HIS service
James
and Sonya Herron
