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
Hima of Uganda
2025 Status Update
All the (Hima) will worship you, and will
sing to you; they will sing to your name. Come, and see God’s deeds O (Hima) —
awesome work on your behalf. He turned the sea into dry land. Rejoice in him
for he rules by his might forever. His eyes watch you O (Hima people)! Don’t be
rebellious and rise up against him. (Psalm 66:4-7)
Challenges We have Faced
Older documents identified the Hima as a
significant unreached and unengaged people group in southwestern Uganda.
However, current interviews and research confirmed that the Hima do not have an
identifiable presence in Uganda. A smaller population of Hima live in the
neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and they have been engaged
with the gospel. We’re grateful for the research that informs our gospel
proclamation efforts.
Prayer Requests
- · Pray that more Hima in the DRC will respond
to the gospel.
- · Pray for church planters in Uganda as they
strive to see healthy churches among all people groups in their country.
- · Pray that IMB researchers can continue to
learn about people groups to inform our ministry efforts.
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 two weeks without problems or difficulties.
- James and Joseph Wafula as they traveled to Sigulu Island for discipleship training.
- The Herrons as they prepare for several ministry opportunities this week:
- Sonya’s Tuesday Bible Study and her On-Line Prayer Ministry
- James travel to West Nile Bibi Refugee Camp.
- Thank God for the Herrons because they celebrated 16th years being appointed IMB missionaries!
- We are thankful for the continued outreach on Sigulu Island and our ability to provide discipleship and evangelistic training from 22nd—26th October.
- We praise God for the twenty-eight, pastors and church leaders who attended the four-day training event.
- We thank God for the zeal and enthusiasm of the pastors and Church Leaders who attended the training.
- We thank God for the opportunity James had to minister to the people of Bibi Refugee Camp in West Nile:
- The twenty-eight pastors, 60 plus Women Leaders and 30 plus Youths Leaders and assistance who attended a three-day training session.
- 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.
- Madison’s readjustment to being in boarding school for her first term this school year.
Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week
- Pray for our travel this week:
- As we travel around Jinja this week.
- As James travels to Oklahoma City, OK this Friday for vacation until 23rd December.
- Pray for God guidance as Pastor Odongo has access to a boat and motor to minister to the villages of Sigulu Island.
- Pray for Pastor Odongo and his team as they 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 opportunities to expand their work to different islands on Lake Victoria.
- Pray for the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of 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 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 Madison as she continues her studies at Rift Valley Academy.
- 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 studies in Kenya until late-November.
- 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)
