23rd -29th March 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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Borgu Fulbe of Togo

2025 Status Update

“The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.” (Psalm 98:2 ESV)

Some Borgu Fulbe families are responding to Bible stories, especially the stories of Abraham and Joseph. One family has listened to all the recordings of Bible stories an African believer gave them. It’s challenging, however, that the African believer doesn’t speak the Borgu Fulbe’s heart language. But they say God speaks to them in their dreams.

Prayer Requests

• ·       Ask God to raise up leaders among the Borgu Fulbe who can make disciples in their heart language.
• ·       Ask God to continue to reveal Himself to the Borgu Fulbe.
• ·       Ask God to open the hearts of the Borgu Fulbe to the gospel.

Praise God for His Faithfulness and Protection from the Last Week

16^th–23^rd March 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.
• James and Joseph traveling to Entebbe Internation Airport 16^th March to return the Gardendale FBC Mission Team to EBB for their return trip home.  
• We praise God for the Farming God’s Way Training on Hasusuni and Villages.
• We thank 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 Tools and Seeds Distribution last Friday and Saturday with the team from last few weeks. 
• We thank God for the two men from Acacia Community Church 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.
• Pastor 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

23^rd –29^th March 2026

• Pray for the Herrons as they travel this week:
• James and Sonya as they travel in and around the Jinja area this week. 
• As Madison travel from Kijabe, Kenya to Entebbe, Uganda and Jinja, Uganda. 
• Pray for James and Sonya as they pick Madison up from the airport on Saturday 28^th March.  
• Pray as we prepare to send a survey to the Gardendale FBC Mission Team concerning their experience in Uganda.
• Pray for the fifty-seven (57) believers from the Tools and Seeds Distribution last week
• Pray for the new believers from Hasusuni and Sikinga villages, Sigulu Island.
• Pray that these new believers are incorporated into the local churches and are discipled.
• Pray as we begin planning for the next mission team from O’Fallon First Baptist Church in late June-early July.
• Pray as we work with the team leader in America as we plan for their coming in June.
• Pray for the construction of the latrine on Sigulu
• 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, 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)   

Borgu Fulbe Lady Carry a Load  

Borgu Fulbe Lady

Preaching the Gospel to the People 

of the Islands of Lake Victoria 

The Building is not Completed, but the People Come

to Hear the Gospel of Christ 

Teaching on Sigulu Island

Approaching a Village on Sigulu Island

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

 

09th -15th March 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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Northern Teke of Gabon

2025 Status Update

“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.

22^nd February—08^th March 2026

 

Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Two Weeks    

We Praise God for:

Traveling Grace:

•  As the Herrons traveled in and around Jinja this past two weeks.
• James and Joseph as they visit Sigulu Island to prepare for the Gardendale FBC Mission team this Wednesday, 11^th March.
• Joseph, Nathan and James traveled to Sigulu Island to deliver the Tools and Seed for next week’s mission team. 
• We praise God for the Farming God’s Way Training on Hasusuni and Villages.
• We thank 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

09^th—15^th March 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, Joseph, Nathan and the team from Gardendale FBC are traveling to Sigulu Island for
• Tools and Seeds Distribution 12^th –15^th March.
• Pray for the mission team sate journey as they travel from the USA to Entebbe, Uganda Tuesday and Wednesday 10^th—11^th March 
• Pray for Pastor Odongo and his team as we go through election time and prepare for Farming God’s 
• 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 for the work the team will be doing during this week that many may come to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.
• Pray for the discipling of the new Believers who accept Christ during the mission team visit.
• 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, 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 a wedding in April.
• 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)   

Boda-Boda Drivers Receives 

Supplemental Food 

Leper Community Listening to 

a Gospel Message

Ministering to People on

Sigulu Island Village

Several Volunteers from the USA

Ministering on Sigulu Island

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

19th -25th 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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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

12^th-18^th 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 13^th--18^th 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

19^th—25^th 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)   

Mission Team Activities Buvuma Island

Children Being Taught The Word of GOD

There are Children Everywhere 

Some of the Leaders of Upper Buvuma Island Ministry

Leadership Training Event

Approaching an Island-Buvuma District

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

12th -18th 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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Zande of South Sudan

2025 Status Update

“Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” (1 Timothy 1:15 NIV)

2025 Status Update

We’ve discovered that the 860,000 Zande in South Sudan—farmers who practice a mix of African Traditional Religion and Christianity—are engaged by thriving Episcopal churches and other evangelical partners. Local partners are evangelizing, making disciples, and training leaders. The full Bible has been available in their language since 2007. The Zande can also access God’s Word through audio recordings and the Jesus Film.

Prayer Requests

 

• ·       Thank God for the churches that are working among the Zande.
• ·       Ask God to reveal the lies of African Traditional Religion and turn people’s hearts toward him.
• ·       Pray for solid biblical discipleship throughout this people group.

Praise God for His Faithfulness and Protection from the Last Week

05^th-11th January 2026

 Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Weeks    

We Praise God for:

• Traveling Grace:
•  Sonya traveled from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from visiting Jason our middle child and his family she returned to Jinja 09^th January.  
• James as he traveled around Jinja and to Entebbe this past week.
• James traveled in and around Jinja since returning 26^th December.
• 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. 
• Thanks God as Madison begin a new tern at Rift Valley Academy in Kijabe, Kenya.
• We thank God for being with us as we visited with our son, Jason and his family from 07 November 2025 until 06 January 2026 and seeing us back to Africa without many problems.

Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week

12^th—18^th 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 the Herrons and the Jinja Mission Station as we are preparing for election days 14^th-17^th January.
• 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 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.
• Madison as she begins a new term.
• 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)   

Island Children Church During Mission Team

Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ 

Children actively involved in Bible Lesson 

Sharing the Gospel to an Island Village 

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