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
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“Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full
acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” (1 Timothy 1:15 NIV)
Pray for the Zande of
South Sudan
Historically,
the Zande are small scale farmers growing maize, peanuts, cassava and sweet
potatoes. They have an estimated global population of 2.8 million, with roughly
860,000 in South Sudan. Christianity was introduced to the Zande during British
rule in the 1800s, and Catholic and Protestant churches exist within this
people group. However, most Zande practice witchcraft, an evil magic that is
the cause of all unusual or terrible events and that is used to inflict harm on
others.
Although
the IMB is not working among the Zande, we recently discovered that several
Great Commission Christian groups are engaged in evangelism, discipleship and
leadership training among them. We are thankful for this work; however, there
is still much more to be done. The greatest need is solid biblical
discipleship.
- Thank God for Christian groups working among the Zande. Pray for them as they share the gospel, teach believers and train pastors.
- Pray against the lies of witchcraft and the strong hold it has on the Zande.
- Pray for the Zande to come to understand what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ and to yield their allegiances to Him.
Praise God for the Week 26th October—01st November 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 Metro-East Illinois area.
- Traveled to Dorrisville Baptist Church, Harrisburg, Illinois
- We thank God for keeping us in good physical, emotional and spiritual health.
- We continue to thank God for the work Austin is doing in Uganda as he coordinates ministry activities on the islands while we are stateside.
- Thank God for the reports I receives from Austin concerning what is the work on the islands.
- The work he is doing to maintain the compound and minister to the workers and church
- We thank God for how the islands Pastor have been able to minister to their communities.
Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week
02nd—08th November
2020
- Pray for our travel this week
- James and Sonya travels throughout Metro-East and surrounding area this week.
- The Herron travel to Memphis, Tennessee to visit with Keith 01st—05th November
- Travel to Memphis this Sunday afternoon to visit our oldest son Keith.
- Pray that we have more opportunities to connect with pastors in the Metro-East and Southern Illinois area about international missions.
- For contacting Metro-East Baptist Association DoM for meeting to discuss International Missions
- Pray that God give us insight and wisdom to make wise decisions to the Island Ministry Team as they engage in ministering on the island again even though I will be stateside until January 2021.
- Pray for the Island Ministry Team as our leadership team as they continue to minister of the island this week.
- That all our priorities are directed by God
- They we have insight from the Holy Spirit and our plans to resume ministry
- Continue to pray for Austin as he plans and work with the Island Ministry Team leaders this week and maintain the compound.
- Continue to pray for the people who have been affected by the rising waters of Lake Victoria.
- 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 our families in the USA
- Sonya mother, Mary Sutton, in a nursing home in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Our three sons and their families
- Our youngest son, Jeremy and his family as he serves in the Army in Ft. Stewart Georgia as he has been deployed to South Korea until July 2020
- Our five grandchildren
- The Sutton Family
- The Dempsey Family
- Stribling/Herron Family (The passing of Johnnie Herron Jr. last week)
- 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)
