Monday, October 9, 2023

Herron's Prayer Blog for 09-15 October 2023

 

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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55 in 5


“And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” (2 Timothy 2:2, ESV)  

Pray for the Ngongo of DRC

There are approximately 200,000 speakers of the Ngongo language in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They live in the very fertile lands and forests of central DRC. Like many of the people groups around them, many Ngongo are nominally Roman Catholic, although syncretism with African traditional religion is common. There is no written Scripture in their language, but last year a group of six committed Christians began putting stories from the Bible into their language to be shared orally. These six have recruited and trained 25 others to join in their work.

Pray 

  1. ·       That those who are putting God’s Word into their heart language would remain faithful to the Scriptures.
  2. ·       That they will remember the importance of what they are doing and not become discouraged by setbacks.
  3. ·       That those who claim the name of Christ would cling to faith in Him alone for salvation and leave their animistic beliefs and practices behind.

Praise God for His Faithfulness from 02nd–08th October 2023 

Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Week

We Praise God for:

  • Traveling Grace:
    •  As James traveled from Johannesburg, South Africa to Uganda last Tuesday.
    • As we traveled to in and about Jinja.
  • .We praise God for the Upper Buvuma Island Baptist Ministry (UBIBM) Leadership Team and their continual work in reaching and expanding the ministry of reaching the lost people of the islands.
  • We are thankful for the progress made in the planting of three new churches on Sigulu Island this year.
  • We thank God for the Buvuma District Zone Leaders and their assistances who are preparing our pastors and church leaders to prepare the congregations to take the Gospel of Jesus to the ends of the earth.
  • We praise God for the leadership on Sigulu Island in their efforts of planting new congregations on and near Sigulu Island.
  • We thank God for His provision and allowing us to minister to the peoples of the islands.
  • We also praise God for keeping us in good physical, emotional and spiritual health.
  • We praise God for Madison’s successful in school this year.

Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week

09th –15th October 2023

  • Pray for our travel this week:
    • The Herron’s travels to Kampala Tuesday 10th October 8, 2023
    • Visit to Buvuma Island later in the week.
    • Travel around Jinja area this week.
    • Meeting with Sigulu Island Leaders later this week.
  • Pray for the Upper Buvuma Ministry Team as they work toward reaching six new Islands with the Gospel of Christ and start eight new churches on these islands and planting of eight new churches in the Buvuma Island District.
  • Pray for the mission team from O’Fallon FBC as they prepare to come to Uganda 20th October for twelve days.
  • Pray for the planned five mobile medical clinic, that people will be ministered to by the medical care and the Gospel of Christ.
    • Pray for the team as they prepare themselves to minister to the peoples of the Islands of Lake Victoria.
    • Pray for God protection as they plan to travel from the St. Louis area to the islands of Lake Victoria.
    • Pray for the family, loved ones and those who are left behind praying for them as they travel. 
  • From these clinics, we pray that new believers are discipled and integrated into churches that will help them grow in their faith and commitment to Christ.
  • Pray that the Herrons would be light and salt to the people they meet this week. 
  • Pray that the Herrons will be given the words to share to others about Jesus and how they might receive the salvation from God offered through a relationship with Christ.
  • Pray for the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of the Herrons.
  • Pray that God will give the Herrons insight and spiritual wisdom in making wise ministry decisions as they engage in ministering on the island.
  •  Pray for our families in the USA 
    • Our three sons and their families 
      • Our oldest son Keith in Memphis, Tennessee
      • Our middle son, Jason, and his wife Marsha and their two sons Jacob and Joshua
      • Our youngest son, Jeremy, and his wife Jennifer, and his three children, Ki, Colie, and Cy as he serves in the Army in stationed on Stuttgart, Germany.   
      • Babra in Heidelberg, Germany
  • Pray for our siblings, aunts and uncles 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)   

 

55 in 5 Resources





Ngongo Team




Old Testament Survey Iganga Bible Study


View of Serinya Island from Malijja Island


Village on Sigulu Island


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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