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 Status Update
Syenara Senufo of West
Africa
2025 Status Update
How God Is Working
The
Syenara Senufo live in an area of West Africa that has experienced instability
for many years. However, a few denominations in the region organized themselves
into a group to develop a strategy for church planting. There are now several
churches and missionary pastors among the Syenara Senufo people. Even the young
people are responding to the good news.
How You Can Pray
· Pray that these churches will multiply throughout the Syenara Senufo villages.
·
Pray
for the pastors to remain faithful and preach only the pure gospel.
· Ask God to protect the believers and help them stand strong in persecution.
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past
Week
We Praise God for:
- Traveling Grace:
- As James and Sonya traveled around the Jinja area during the last week without problems.
- As the Herrons prepare for several ministry opportunities this week:
- Sonya two Weekly Tuesday Bible studies
- Sonya Saturday Bible Study and On-Line Prayer Ministry
- James preaching on Sunday at Acacia Community Church.
- Thank God for the ministry outreach on Sigulu Island this past weekend and the reaching of many souls by the ministry team.
- The use of Personal Testimonies and the Roman’s Road in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ during this weekend outreach. leaders to train congregations how to develop their personal testimonies and utilize them in sharing the Gospel.
- Madison returning home from boarding school in Kenya for a four-week school break.
- Pastor Odongo and the Hasusuni Baptist Church for their commitment to the discipleship of the those who recently accepted Christ during the last few weeks.
Pray
for the Herron’s This Coming Week
31st
March—07th April 2025
- Pray for our travel this week:
- As we travel around Jinja this week.
- James and Sonya driving in and around Jinja area during the week.
- Pray for as she finishes her second term at RVA this Friday.
- Pray for Madison as she begins a one month being home with her parents and friends.
- Pray for our effort to build a new boat to use in reaching the people of the islands.
- Pray for the work on the 33 feet boat we will use to reach the people of the islands with the Gospel of Christ.
- Pray for the funds needed to complete this task
- Pray for God’s provision for the coming months as the Herron’s has many opportunities to expand their work to different islands on Lake Victoria.
- Pray for the Herrons as meeting scheduled concerning the Upper Buvuma Island Baptist Ministry (UBIBM) as James’s schedule meetings with leaders of UBIBS next week.
- Pray for the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of the Herron’s.
- Pray that God will give the Herron’s insight and spiritual wisdom in making wise ministry decisions as they engage in ministering on Buvuma and Sigulu 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 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, Kim, Colie, and Cy as he serves in the Army in stationed on Stuttgart, Germany.
- Babra in Heidelberg, Germany
- Madison as she attends boarding school in Kenya.
- 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)
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
