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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Manyika of Mozambique
2025 Status Update
“But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord
as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a
reason for the hope that is in you.” – 1 Peter 3:15
We’ve seen amazing things happen among the Manyika. For example, Baptist pastors who had been going to the Manyika took up an offering to provide the materials for a wood-and- thatch shelter where a Bible study group could worship together. The Manyika Bible study group has since become a church, baptized 10 believers, and chosen a leader who will receive pastoral training. We’re asking God to grow strong believers who are called to be leaders of this church and many others.
Prayer Requests
- · Pray for the new church leader to grow in
his calling, his ability to lead, and his ability to teach.
- · Pray that cross-cultural workers can wisely
engage the Manyika.
- · Pray that the 10 new believers can be
discipled well.
Praise God for His Faithfulness and Protection from
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past
Two Weeks
We Praise God for:
- Traveling Grace:
- James and Sonya traveled around the Jinja area during the last weeks without problems or difficulties.
- As the Herrons attended to several ministry opportunities this past week:
- Sonya’s Tuesday Bible Study and On-Line Bible Study and Prayer Ministry the past two weeks.
- James is teaching at Uganda Baptist Seminary this week and preparing to teach Sonday Morning Bible Class at Acacia Community Church the last two weeks.
- We praise God for the Evangelism and Discipleship Training conducted on Sigulu Island last week from Sunday—Friday.
- Pastor Odongo coordination of Discipleship-Evangelism Training for last week.
- We thank God for Pastor Odongo and the Hasusuni Baptist Church for their commitment to the reaching and discipleship of the those who recently accepted Christ during the last few weeks.
- We thank God for Bro. John, from Sigulu Island for attending the cross-cultural ministry in Nairobi in August 2025.
- Bro. John and Hamal are completing their second week of seminary class for this term.
- Thanks God as Madison begin classes at Rift Valley Academy in Kijabe, Kenya.
Pray
for the Herron’s This Coming Week
08th—14th September
2025
- Pray for the Herrons as they travel this week:
- James and Sonya drive in and around the Jinja area during this week.
- Paray for James as he completes grading by Friday the 12th September for the class he taught at Uganda Baptist Seminary for the last two weeks.
- Pray for Sonya as she has two Tuesday Bible studies. And a Women Fellowship on this Saturday, 13th September.
- Pray for Pastor Odongo and his team as they continue to assist with the training and outreach efforts to develop new believers.
- 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 physical, emotional, and spiritual health of the Herrons.
- 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 Herron’s ministry tasks we have this week.
- Pray that the Herron would be light and salt to the people they meet this week.
- Pray that the Herron’s 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 as she prepares for critical examinations in June.
- Madison as she returns to RVA after the end of her school break.
- 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)
