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
Sonde of DR Congo
2025 Status Update
“17This became known to everyone
who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. Then fear fell on all of them, and
the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18And many who had become believers came confessing and
disclosing their practices, 19while many of those who had practiced magic
collected their books and burned them in front of everyone. So they calculated
their value and found it to be 50,000 pieces of silver. 20In this
way the Lord’s message flourished and prevailed.’” (Acts 19:17-20 ESV)
How God Is Working
Most
Sonde claim to be Roman Catholic but have animistic beliefs. They practice
witchcraft and live in fear of evil spirits. However, Bible storying is bearing fruit in
the villages under the leadership of local pastors. Bible translators are also
making progress on a Sonde translation. They have finished the Gospels and are
moving forward through the Epistles.
How You Can Pray
· Pray for the safety of those engaging the Sonde in the villages, especially for the pastors.
·
Praise
God for the completion of the Gospels in the Sonde language.
· Pray that many more Sonde will come to Christ through the bold proclamation of His Word.
Praise God for His Faithfulness and Protection from
07th— 14th April 2025
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 and On-Line Prayer Ministry
- 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.
- Thank God for the ministry outreach on Sigulu Island this past weekend and the reaching of many souls by the ministry team.
- Receiving funds from Gardendale FBC to secure the Tools and Seeds for distribution early next month.
- The GFBC mission team being finalized with their arrival scheduled on 30th April.
- Completing request for scheduled mission team from South Reno Baptist Church in this August
- 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.
Pray
for the Herron’s This Coming Week
- 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.
- James and Joseph Wafula traveling to Sigulu Island for three days Discipleship Training for Pastors and Church Leaders
- Sonya and Madison travel to Kampala this week
- Pray for Madison as she has two weeks 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 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 in furthering opportunities in reaching different villages on the islands later in May.
- 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 for the Herrons ministry tasks we have this week.
- Pray for preparations for mission team scheduled for later this month.
- Making payments on tools and seeds
- Training on Sigulu Island for the teams that will be discipling the new believers.
- 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 is home for the next two weeks.
- 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)
