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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Pray
for the Fulanke of Mali
The Fulanke,
also known as the Fula of Arbala, are one segment of a vast people know as
Fulani. Fulani are typically nomadic herdsmen, but the Fulanke are unique in
that they have intermarried with Malinké women and have settled as farmers.
While they continue to be proud of their Fulani heritage, the Fulanke no longer
speak any of the many dialects within the Fulani languages. Instead, they speak a
language of the area in which they live. Like their ancestors, the Fulanke say “to
be Fulanke is to be Muslim.” However, they are steeped in animistic religious
practices and live in fear of spirits.
- Ask the Lord to help the Fulanke understand the gospel clearly and recognize it is not something they simply add to their current practices.
- Pray that Scriptures in Maninka and Bambara (common languages in the area) will aid the Fulanke in their comprehension of who Jesus is. Pray they will understand that He alone is Savior.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to convict believers around the Fulanke to be bold witnesses to them.
Praise God for the Week 01st—08 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 Memphis, Tennessee as we visited our son Keith
- Our travel from Memphis to Freeburg, Illinois.
- We also 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
09th—15th November
2020
- Pray for the Herrons as they travel this week
- James and Sonya travels throughout Metro-East and surrounding area this week.
- 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 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 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)
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
