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
Praise
for 05th—18th August 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 week
o Travel to Kyanja Baptist Church, Buziri Island 31th
July –03rd and 08th—09th August
o Travel to Ziiru-Muto, Bwema and Serinya Island 01st August
o Travel back to Jinja 03rd August
o Travel to and from Kampala 07th August
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We praise God for our
visit to the islands to introduce Austin to the pastors, congregations LCs of
the various village churches.
o Our visits to Ziiru-Muto, Serinya and Lwazi on 01st
August, where we meet with the congregations and the Local Leader of these
villages. We received full support from
the churches and local leaders to seek to find unreached/underreached
groups.
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
o Introduction of Island Bible School to prospective
students
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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 praise God for
the 28 prospective students for the Island Bible School who were present as the
school was introduced on Friday 09th August.
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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
19th—25th August
2019
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Pray for our travel
in Uganda this week
o Our travel in and around Jinja during this week
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Pray for our plans
to have the Island Bible School starting the last week in August.
o Our preparing for the Island Bible School by securing
supplies this Wednesday
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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.
o Austin and my preparing the lessons we will present next
week when we meet with our team leaders for five days
o Pray that we are led by the Holy Spirit as we teach our
leaders
o Pray that they will be able to transmit what they learn
to the pastors and other church leader
·
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
·
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 is
to have testing on her heart to determine if she healthy enough for surgery
next week
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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
"...before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language...." Revelation 7:9 (NIV)
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| Disciple Training Kiruguma Baptist Church |
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| Bible Study dd caption |
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| A Student in West Nile |
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| Training Session on Sigulu Island |
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| Some Children Receiving Clothes on Buguya Island |
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| James' Brother Manel, Joseph and James on Bwema Island |
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| Meeting on Ziiru-Muto Island |
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| A View of Kiiko Village on Bugaya Island |
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| Some Fishermen Working on the Lake |
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| A Platter of Uganda BBQ Ribs |
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
