August 29-September 4 Herron's Weekly Prayer Blog

James and Sonya Herron, IMB Missionaries

Uganda East Africa

Fishers of Men (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

Praise and Prayer Request for the Week 29^th August —04^th September     

Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Week 22^nd—28^st August

(We Praise God For)

• Praise God for traveling grace for the Herrons as they travel to Kyinda and around Jinja Town and Sonya’s travel to Nairobi Kenya during the past week 
• We praise God for the Overnight of Worship, Praise and Preaching celebrating the ministry of one of our pastor, Pastor Tom, who is returning to Kenya with his family next month 
• The new interim pastor who will be taking Pastor Tom’s position 
• The Evangelistic Crusade conducted Thursday and Friday 
• The people who came to receive Christ during the door-to-door evangelism and the Crusade Overnight Worship
• How the Lord has cared for our family in Uganda and America
• The continual spiritual growth we have seen among our island ministry team 
• Our continual improvement in language learning Luganda  

Pray for the Herrons This Week

29^th August —04^th September

• Our continual efforts to secure US VISA for Madison 
• Pray that we will soon receive information concerning her immigration hearing 
• Our need to travel to the US for this hearing
• Sonya as she receive training in Nairobi, Kenya 
• Her safety as she travel in and around Nairobi
• The training, encouragement and challenges she is receiving   
• Her return trip Thursday morning
• Pray for Madison as she start Primary 1 (First Grade) at Horizon International School-Jinja on 29^th September
• Pray as James continue to prepare this week for two class he will be teaching at Uganda Baptist Seminary 6^th –18^th September
• Pray for our family in the USA 
• Our three sons and their family 
• Our five grandchildren 
• Our parents 
• Our siblings and their families
• Pray for the needed follow-up work in assisting our pastors/church leaders start new Bible Study Groups in their churches and also in their homes of members  
• The Ugandan Children/Youth Ministry members who were trained to begin to applying what they learn in their respective village/islands 
• Pray that the training results in new Bible Study Groups in the near future
• Our commitment to language learning 
• Our commitment to sharing Christ in Luganda this week 
• Our witness to our Language teacher

Thanks for your prayerful support.

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)

 

Preparing to show the Jesus Film (Kyinji)

Some of the people viewing Jesus Film (Kyinji)

Meeting with Baptist Union of Uganda (Joseph, Bro. Peter and Pastor Dewayne)

And this is how you get from the boat to the landing site

A member of Kyinji receiving a Bible earned by learning 30 Bible verses

Traveling to Malijja for Discipleship Training 

This is where the Church of Malijja meet

Church leaders of Malijja received Church Bibles

A view of distant islands from Malijja

James Herron Preaching Uganda Baptist Seminary Graduation

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