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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“Open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.” (Acts 26:18)
The Naath, also called the Nuer, are cattle herders living in both Ethiopia and South Sudan. In many African societies, cattle are considered to be “currency” and the primary source of wealth. The more cattle one has, the wealthier one is. Often cows are used in business transactions and as payment for wedding dowries. They are also traded to settle disputes between families.
The Naath believe in a supernatural being. They also believe in lesser gods, which they call "kuuth," but they know there is only one God (Kuoth). The Naath of South Sudan are unevangelized and unengaged, while their counterparts in Ethiopia have had more evangelical influence.
Pray
- That the Father will open the eyes of the Naath community to see Christ as the source of abundant and eternal life.
- That God would raise up qualified pastors and teachers who will be well established in the faith.
- That believers in South Sudan and neighboring countries would have a heart to bring the gospel to the Naath.
Praise God for His
Faithfulness from 15th–22nd
October 2023
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past
Week
We Praise God for:
- Traveling Grace:
- As God has protected us as we traveled to and from Kampala last Tuesday.
- As we traveled to in and about Jinja during the week.
- 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 report we received from Sigulu Island:
- We praise God for the leadership on Sigulu Island in their efforts of planting new congregations on and near Sigulu Island.
- The spiritual and numerical growth of the primary church we are working with:
- Numerical growth from 74 adults in worship to 173 in attendance now
- From six small group Bible study classes to twelve Bible study classes since April 2023.
- Primary work being done having six villages where there are Small Group Bible studies in April to having twelve small Bible studies group now.
- Plans of reaching six islands near Sigulu Island including islands in Kinya waters.
- 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 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.
Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week
16th–22nd
October 2023
- Pray for our travel this week:
- The Herron’s travels to Entebbe to pick-up the FBCO Mission Team Friday 20th October
- Visit to Buvuma Island for six-day mobile medical clinics 22nd—27th October.
- Travel around Jinja area this week.
- Pray for the Upper Buvuma Ministry Team as they work toward reaching six new Islands with the
- 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 approval from the Medical Director for the Buvuma District before Wednesday 18th October.
- 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.
- We pray for unity among the pastors as we minister to the people of the islands.
- 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)
