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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“Come
to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my
yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you
will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
(Matthew 11:28-30 ESV)
Pray for the Ingessana of Sudan
The Ingessana
people of Sudan number just over 100,000. They are a Muslim people group that
has no Bible translation, no “JESUS” film, no gospel recordings, and no radio
broadcasts that share the gospel message. They live a life of on-going
political conflict, which forces many of them to flee their areas and live as
refugees. Making their living from the land, they depend on cultivating the
land, raising livestock, and crafting.
Pray
- Pray the Ingessana people will have the opportunity to hear the gospel message.
- Pray those who are called to share with the Ingessana people will truly hear God’s voice and respond in obedience.
- Pray the Ingessana will know and follow Christ, who gives rest.
Praise God for 01st
—14th March 2021
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the
Past Week
We Praise God for:
- For traveling grace for the Herrons during the past week as we:
- Traveled in and around Jinja
- Madison traveled to and from school during the week
- We also praise God for continually keeping us in good physical, emotional and spiritual health and our adjustment to being in Uganda.
- We thank God for the time we had with Austin:
- His safe travel to Kampala on 07th March
- COVID-19 Test being negative on 09th March.
- His travel to the USA 11th
- And his return home 11th March
- We praise God for the Tuesday afternoon Bible School for the Bodas and merchants at our corner.
- The three who attended the Bible Study.
- The four others who have committed to come this Tuesday.
- We praise God for the work of Austin, Joseph Wafula, and the Upper Buvuma Island Baptist Ministry (UBIBM) Leadership Team after our return to Uganda.
- We thank God for how the islands Pastor have continue to minister to the people of their communities and continue the work of reaching lost people for Christ.
- We thank God for the sixteen people who received Christ as a result of the food Distribution the 12th and 13th February and the twenty plus new members to several churches because of preaching and evangelism from the Food Distribution.
- We thank God for the teaching we received from Joseph to prepare us for teaching and mentoring our pastors and church leaders.
- We thank God for Liberty Baptist Church and the funds given to feed 202 families.
Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week
15th—21st March
2021
- Pray for our travel this week:
- The Herron’s travels in and around Jinja
- Madison travel to and from school this week
- The Herrons travel to Kampala Tuesday
- 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 in view of COVID-19.
- Continue to pray for the people of the islands who have been affected by the rising waters of Lake Victoria.
- Pray for the people who are suffering because of the lack of fishing because of the high water level on the Lake.
- Pray for our pastors to learn and implement the government mandate on church meetings to protect from spreading COVID-19.
- 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
- Pray for God’s direction as he has great responsibilities as a lead officer
- Our five grandchildren
- The Sutton Family
- The Dempsey Family
- Stribling/Herron Family
- Our siblings and their families
- Our co-worker George and Geraldine Smith as he is hospitalized in Nairobi, Kenya since 24th January.
- Two other IMB missionaries suffering from Covid-19 hospitalized in Nairobi, Kenya
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)
Ingessana Women
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
