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
18 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in
prayer. (Romans 12:12)
Hope
is our cord to heaven. It allows us to
keep our head above when we are buffeted by trails from many sides. Hope lift our perspective from our weary feet
in reminds us that the road we travel with Christ at our side will ultimately
lead us to Heaven. When we consider our
destination the roughness or smoothness of the road ahead become to the road is
less significant. We are being trained
for being in Christ continual presence and the hope of heaven.
Praise
for 08th—28th July 2019
Thank
the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Three Weeks
We Praise God for:
o We thank God for safety as we traveled around Jinja during
the past three weeks
o Travel to Kyanja
Baptist Church, Buziri Island 09th—12th July
o Travel to Entebbe International Airport and back to Jinja
13th July
o Travel to Kyanja with mission team rom O’Fallon, Illinois
15th—21st July
§ Travel to:
· Kembo Baptist
Church, Buvuma Island 16th July
· Kiruguma Baptist Church, Bwema Island 17th July
· Wakikere Baprist Church, Bugaya Island 18th
July
· Lwazi Baptist Church, Bwema Island 19th
· Kyanja Baptist Church, Buziri Island 20th July
· Return to Jinja 21st July
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We praise God for
the planning and execration in preparing for the mission team form O’Fallon
First Baptist Church, Illinois.
o I thank God for the mission team from O’Fallon FBC as the
led out with five medical clinics which treated 1,457 patients who lives on three
islands and five villages
o We praise God for the 237 decisions made for Jesus Christ
and the efforts of our pastors and church leaders to disciple these new
believers.
o We praise God for the team safe return to America.
o We are thankful for the spiritual fire received from our
pastors and leaders during morning and evening training they received
·
We praise God for
Austin Lee, an IMB Journeyman from Illinois serving with the Island Ministries
Team.
o I thank God for his quick adjustment to living in jinja ‘
§ Securing a place to stay starting in early July
§ His contribution to the Island Ministry Team
§ His desire to do God’s will while serving here
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We praise God for our
Island Leadership Team desire to faithfully serve Christ and the people of the
islands
o Their commitment to reading the Bible as a ministry team
to be able to mentor and assist our pastors spend more time in the Word of God
o Their desire to lead our pastors in preaching the Baptist
Faith and Message to better understand with the Bible say and to build a
foundation to reaching and teaching the peoples of the islands
o There desire in teaching and training our pastors and
leaders to understanding and applying God’s Word to the lives of the island’s believers
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We thank God for Sonya’s
mother continued progress
· We thank God for His faithfulness, provisions and
protection in our lives during the last three weeks
29th July-04th August
2019
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Pray for our travel
in the Uganda this week
o Our travel in and around Jinja during this week
o James and Austin travel to the islands Thursday—Sunday this week
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Pray for our travel
to the island this week as we introduce Austin to the Buvuma Island District
Leadership and the various islands Local Counsel.
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Pray for our plans
to have the Island Bible School starting the last week in august.
·
Pray as we make
plans to teach our Leadership Team to prepare them to train our pastors to use
the Baptist Faith and Messages as preaching tools for the island’s pastors.
·
Pray for our
regional Leaders who will be searching for prospective leaders to mentor in
each congregation
·
Pray for Austin Lee
as he begins his work in Uganda
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Pray for our
families in the USA
o
Our three sons and
their families
§
Continue to pray for
our oldest son, Keith as he returned to his job last week.
§
Our youngest son,
Jeremy and his family, as he complete studies at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas and
prepare to move to Georgia in May
§
Sonya’s mother,
Mary, who was hospitalized last week but has been released
o
Our five
grandchildren
o
The Sutton Family
o
The Dempsey Family
o
Stribling/Herron
Family
o
Our siblings and
their families
o
Sonya’s mother who continue
her treated for cancer in Cleveland, Ohio
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Pray for our
language teacher that he may come to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior
Thanks for your prayerful support.
In HIS service
James and Sonya Herron
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| Picture of Installed Generator |
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| Light in Our Room |
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| We Have Outdoors Security Lights |
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Light on the Kitchen and Latrine
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| Traveling to the Islands |
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| The Team and Crew Ready to Go |
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| Barbara Lee Teaching Before Clinic |
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| Aldan Lee Shared Christ to these People on Bugaya Island |
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| Many Hearing the Gospel on Bwema Island |
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| O'Fallon FBC Team Members Plus Others |
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
