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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“For although they knew God, they neither
glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile
and their foolish hearts were darkened.” (Romans 1:21)
Pray for the Zigua of Tanzania
People all over Africa claim that they believe there is a
“God” who is the creator of all things and who is all powerful. But Islam
teaches that one cannot truly know God or have a relationship with Him.
Animism, which includes the belief that spirits inhabit inanimate objects,
often displays its practices in whatever religion an African takes on.
The Zigua (zee-goo-ah) of Tanzania are a rural, agricultural people of over a half a million who live in the northeastern part of Tanzania. They are predominately Muslims, and although they claim to know God, they have never truly yielded their lives to their Creator. Islam has grown in strength and has brought a lot of confusion and resistance to the spread of the gospel, thus forcing some missionary personnel to relocate away from the Zigua.
- For Great Commission partners who can continue to work among the Zigua for now but will be relocating soon.
- That Zigua believers will be bold to share the gospel with their friends, family members and neighbors.
- For children who have heard the gospel during English lessons and church-related activities. Pray that these spiritual seeds will be watered by others.
Praise God for the Last Two Weeks 11th–24 January 2021
Thank the Lord with the Herron's for the Past Two Week
We Praise God for:
- We thank God for traveling grace for the Herron's during the past two weeks as we:
- Traveled from the USA to Jinja Uganda 10th-12th January.
- Our travel from Entebbe to Jinja early Tuesday morning on the 12th.
- We thank God for His faithfulness in keeping us for six months while in America
- Our traveling over 15,000 miles with out problems
- Traveling through fifteen different states, and numerous cities and towns
- Visiting numerous churches and associations
- And not getting Covid-19 virus during our stay in America
- We thank God for our return to Uganda
- We praise God for the adjustment we have made since being home.
- We thank God for Madison resuming school last Tuesday and her adjustment to her resuming in-school classes.
- We also praise God for keeping us in good physical, emotional and spiritual health.
- We thank God for the work Austin, Joseph Wafula and the Upper Buvuma Island Baptist Ministry (UBIBM) Leadership Team and their continual work on the islands while we were in America. continued to do with the island pastors, in the Jinja community and around the compound.
- We thank God for our first UBIBM Leadership meeting on 23rd January after being away for six months.
- We thank God for our leadership making a commitment to being faithful in the ministry in 2021,
- Their willingness to deal with difficult issues in the life of the church
- Their recommitment to God and the ministry this year.
- We thank God for how the islands Pastor have been able to minister to their communities and continue the work of reaching people for Christ.
Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week
24th—31st January 2021
- Pray for our travel this week
- The Herron’s travels in and around Jinja
- James, Austin and Joseph travel to the island for pastoral training Sunday-Thursday, 31st January—04th February.
- Pray that God will give us insight and spiritual wisdom in making wise ministry decisions as we begin engaging in ministering on the island in our return from America.
- Continue to pray for Austin as he prepare to teach in two seminar next week and 17th-20th February.
- Continue to pray for the people of the islands who have been affected by the rising waters of Lake Victoria.
- Pray for our families in the USA
- Sonya mother, Mary Sutton, passed yesterday Saturday 19th December.
- 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
- 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
