"We're Diving-In": 17-23 August 2020 Herron's Prayer Blog

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 and worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ

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“The joy of the Lord is your strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10c ESV)

The Konyanke are very joyful, friendly and hospitable people, but they don’t know the true JOY that comes from knowing Christ — eternal spiritual joy. There are around 233,000 Konyanke people in Ivory Coast and approximately 3,902,000 in the world. They are also found in seven other west African countries, and more than 12,000 in the United States. Islam is their outward religion of practice, though most still consider divination and casting spells a vital part of life.

Pray that God would send the Konyanke someone to tell them about the true, eternal joy they can have in Him.
Pray that God will raise up a remnant from the Konyanke people who will take it upon themselves to be the missionaries to the rest of their people in other countries.
Pray the Konyanke will make Jesus alone their Savior, putting away their traditional beliefs rather than adding Jesus to them.

Praise God for the Weeks of 10^th—23^rd August 2020

Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Week

We Praise God for:

Traveling grace for the Herrons during the past week as we traveled in the Savannah, Georgia area.
We thank God for the provision and the opportunities for visiting with our children and grandchildren in Georgia.
We thank God for keeping us in good physical, emotional and spiritual health and our adjustment to being in America.
We thank God for the work Austin is doing in Uganda while we are stateside.
The way our islands Pastor have been able to minister to their communities using different methods.

Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week

17^th–23^rd August 2020

Pray for our travel this week

James and Sonya travels throughout Savannah, Georgia and surrounding area this week.

Pray that we have more opportunities to connect with pastors in the Savannah area about international missions during the time we are in Savannah.
Pray for the Island Ministry Team as our leadership team travel to Sigulu Island 16^th-19^th august to distribute food to 200 families.
Pray for their traveling to and from Sigulu Island

By land and: As they travel two hours from Jinja to the landing site.
By water: As they travel the one hour boat ride to the village where the food will be distributed Monday and Tuesday and their travel back to the mainland.

Pray they do not have problems with the distribution of the food.
Pray for Joseph Wafula as he leads the administration of this team trip.

Continue to pray for Austin as we work with the Island Ministry Team leaders this week.
Pray for the people who have been displaced by the rising waters of Lake Victoria flooding as they make adjustments to their lives.
That all 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 even though I will be stateside until January 2021.
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