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 26th August—01st September 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 Madison travel to and from school the last two week
o James travel to Kyindi Landing Site18th August
o Travel to Kyanja Baptist Church, Buziri Island 22nd
–26th August
o Travel to and from Kampala 07th August
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We praise God for our
training this week with our Zone Leaders 23rd – 27th
august.
o We thank God for Austin training three lessons
o The demonstration of the Zone Leaders in teaching what
they were taught to the students of the Island Bible School
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We praise God for the
first session of the Island Bible School
o We are thankful for the 21 students who attended the IBS
o The positive attitude and determination of the students
o The commitment of the nine female students who agreed to
complete the Island Bible School
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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 surgery 26th August and her continued progress
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We thank God for His
faithfulness, provisions and protection in our lives during the last two weeks
02nd—08th September
2019
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Pray for our travel
in Uganda this week
o Our travel in and around Jinja during this week
o Madison’s travel to and from school this week
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Pray for our plans
to work on structuring sermons outline from the Baptist Faith and Message for
the island pastors.
o Austin and me preparing the lessons we will present week after
next
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
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Pray for our
regional Leaders who will be searching for prospective leaders to mentor in
each congregation
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Pray for our
families in the USA
o
Our three sons and
their families
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Continue to pray for
our oldest son, Keith as he returned to his job last week.
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Our youngest son,
Jeremy and his family, as he complete studies at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas and prepare
to move to Georgia in May
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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 as
she recuperates from surgery last 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
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| Some Children on Kiiko Village, Bugaya Island |
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| Farming God's Way-Kiruguma Village, Bwema Island |
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| Lwazi Baptist Church, Bwema Island |
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| View from Kiiko Village, Bugaya Island |
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| Discipleship Training Malijja Island |
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| Discipleship Training-Kembo Buvuma Island |
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| Island Bible School First Week 2019 Class |
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Island Bible School 2019 Class
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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