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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Wolof of Mauritania
2025 Status Update
“Behold,
I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will
make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” (Isaiah 43:19 ESV)
The Wolof follow a mystical form of Islam
known as Sufism. They believe in good and bad spirits, and they consult a local
spiritual leader with supernatural powers to make decisions. Although the New
Testament, parts of the Old Testament, and additional audio resources are
available in Wolof, we know of only one believer among the 64,000 Wolof of
Mauritania. Persecution is high. Even foreigners have lost their lives.
Prayer Requests
· Pray for the Wolof to move away from their
spiritually dark Sufism and be open to listening to the gospel.
· Pray that the few Bible stories that have
reached the Wolof will pierce the soul and spirit (Heb 4:12).
· Ask the Spirit to protect and guide the
hidden believers.
Praise God for His
Faithfulness and Protection from the Last Two Weeks
21st –28th June 2026
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Two Weeks
We Praise God for:
- Traveling Grace:
- James and Joseph travel to Sigulu Island for Mission Team Planning Meeting 25th—27th June
- We continue to thank God for the church planting effort of Pastor Odongo and his ministry team, and the progress that the team are making on developing disciples and leaders on Sigulu Island.
- 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 in March.
- We thank God for the good meeting we had this past weekend and all the work done on scheduling activities for the Food Distribution and Children and Women Ministry activities. n
- Madison adjustment to her classes at Rift Valley Academy in Kenya.
Pray
for the Herron’s This Coming Week
29th
June—06th July 2026
- Pray for the Herrons as they travel this week:
- Pray as we continue planning for the next mission team from:
- South Reno Baptist Church 21st 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
- Creation to Christ Training to be conducted to the pastors and Church Leaders of the Sigulu Baptist Association in two weeks.
- 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.
- 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
"...before me was
a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and
language...." Revelation 7:9 (NIV)
