Monday, June 1, 2020

Week of 1-7 June 2020 Herron's Weekly Prayer


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


 
Sub-Saharan Africa Team Announces ‘55 in 5’ Strategy

IMB leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa has announced a five-year goal to engage 55 unengaged, unreached people groups in five years. Each UUPG selected has a population of more than 100,000.



“A people group is unengaged and unreached when no indigenous community of believers who is able to engage this people group exists and there is no strategy for church planting consistent with evangelical faith and practice taking place,” explains Daren Davis, Sub-Saharan Africa affinity group leader.



This first year of the emphasis—2020—is a year of prayer and education. Missionaries believe that these two things are vital first steps among their teams and partnering churches before engagement can happen. Each month they will focus on five priority people groups. Resources on these people groups will be published on the “55 in 5” web page. Davis has also tasked missionaries to send these resources to prayer supporters and partnering churches to join in the task.
Praise God for the Week of 25th –31th May
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Week
We Praise God for:
·       We thank God for safety for the limited travel around Jinja during the past week.
·       Some lifting of travel restrictions (We can drive private cars and have two persons in the car beside the driver)
·       James and Austin travel to the Smith’s house for Team Meeting Friday.
·       James and Austin’s travel to Kiyindi Landing Site to meet with the Island Leadership Team and make plans for ministry in the near future.
  • We thank God for continually keeping us in good physical, emotional and spiritual health during the last week. 
  • We continue to be thankful for the time we have with our family during this time of extended “Shelter in Place.” 
  • We praise God for the 12 new believers who accepted Christ as island pastors using community loudspeakers preached to the whole island community and people are receiving Christ through the preached Word. 
  • We continually thank God for our good and adjustment to having everyone at home and limiting our exposure to the outside world. 
  • We thank God for Madison’s good adjustment be being homeschool via computer and she had three days from school, resuming 01st June. 
  • Our being able to continue to minister at home and ministering using the internet and phone. 
  • The way our islands Pastor have been able to minister to their communities using different methods. 
Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week
01st –07th June 2020
Pray for our travel this week
    • James and Sonya travels throughout Jinja and surrounding area this week
Pray for us as we are to self-isolate as commanded by our leadership for May
    • Pray that we continue to redeem the time and spend time getting closer to one another and Christ during this time.
Pray for the Island Ministry Team as we adjust to ministering on the islands even though they are confined to reside. 
Pray for those are affected by the rising waters of Lake Victoria flooding homes, fields and destroying crops and fruit trees 
Pray for Wakikere Baptist Church, Bugaya Island which has been flooded by Lake Victoria and the congregation has been displaced. 
Pray for the people of Buvuma Island District because of the rising level of Lake Victoria and the restrictions placed on travel from the islands to the mainland.
Pray for Austin and his roommate Joseph (another IMB Journeymen) during this time of self-isolation as they adjust to this confinement 
Pray for our Pastors and Church leaders on the islands as they minister to the people on the island during this time because they are unable to travel, they are not able to work to provide for their family 
Pray for our plans for continue ministry when we are allowed to travel.
    • That God will direct our plans for resuming ministry. 
    • That our priorities are directed by God.
    • We have insight from the Holy Spirit and our plans to resume ministry.  
    • Pray that God give us insight and wisdom to make wise decisions as we engage in ministering on the island again.
Pray for our families in the USA 
    • Sonya mother, Mary Sutton, in a nursing home in Cleveland, Ohio.
    • Our three sons and their families 
      • Continue to pray for our oldest son Keith, that we will allow God to direct his life.
      • Our youngest son, Jeremy and his family as he serves in the Army in Ft. Stewart Georgia 
      • Our five grandchildren
o   The Sutton Family
o   The Dempsey Family
o   Stribling/Herron Family  
o   Our siblings 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)   
Joseph Wafula, Rev. Peter Mugabi Baptist Union of Uganda and Pastor Dewayne from the USA 

Showing of Jesus Film at Kyanja Church 


The Rising Lake at Kiyindi Landing Site

The Boats are near the road at Kiyindi Landing Site

Our Meeting on Saturday  

Austin after 60 plus Days of "Shelter in Place" 

Joseph has a beard after two months of isolation 

Social distanceing in our meeting 


 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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