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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Northern Teke of Gabon
2025 Status Update
“The
times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to
repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in
righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given
assurance to all by raising him from the dead.” (Acts 17:30-31)
2025 Status Update
Many Teke churches in Gabon are teaching the good news of salvation in Christ. These churches are active in evangelism and have planted new churches in unreached places. God has been working here through Protestant missionaries for almost 100 years. However, false gospels and African Traditional Religion’s idol worship remain serious obstacles to the healthy growth of the believers in Gabon, and Teke in more remote areas still do not have access to the gospel.
Prayer Requests
- · Praise God for how the Teke have come to know the name of Christ.
- Ask God to raise up Teke people who will lead and teach faithfully.
- Pray for the Teke to reach all their villages with the gospel.
22nd February—08th March 2026
Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past
Two Weeks
We Praise God for:
Traveling Grace:
- As the Herrons traveled in and around Jinja this past two weeks.
- James and Joseph as they visit Sigulu Island to prepare for the Gardendale FBC Mission team this Wednesday, 11th March.
- Joseph, Nathan and James traveled to Sigulu Island to deliver the Tools and Seed for next week’s mission team.
- We praise God for the Farming God’s Way Training on Hasusuni and Villages.
- We thank God for the church planting effort of Pastor Odongo and his ministry team.
- 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 the two men who attended Cross Cultural Ministry Training in Nairobi Kenya from Acacia Community Church as they plan to implement what they learn to reach the community around ACC with the Gospel of Christ.
- We are thankful for their willingness to utilize what they have learned during the ten-day training in reaching others with the gospel of Christ.
- We thank God for the repair work being done on the compound and the repairs done on the Herron’s truck.
- We are thankful for partners in the USA as they prepare to minister with us on the island in early March.
- John from Sigulu Island and the ministry he is doing among displaced children of Sigulu Island.
- Thanks God as Madison adjustment to her classes at Rift Valley Academy in Kijabe, Kenya.
Pray
for the Herron’s This Coming Week
09th—15th
March 2026
- Pray for the Herrons as they travel this week:
- James and Sonya as they travel in and around the Jinja area this week.
- James, Joseph, Nathan and the team from Gardendale FBC are traveling to Sigulu Island for
- Tools and Seeds Distribution 12th –15th March.
- Pray for the mission team sate journey as they travel from the USA to Entebbe, Uganda Tuesday and Wednesday 10th—11th March
- Pray for Pastor Odongo and his team as we go through election time and prepare for Farming God’s
- Pray for the Herrons as plans for 2026
- Preparing for our first mission team and March 2026.
- Discussion with prospective mission for the future.
- 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 physical, emotional, and spiritual health of the Herrons.
- Pray for the repairs being done on the Herron’s boat motor this week.
- Pray that the repairs to be completed before the end of the week
- Pray for work plan for the Worker Quarters later this week.
- Pray for preparations needed to be completed for Farming God’s Way Training planned for next week.
- Pray for the work the team will be doing during this week that many may come to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.
- Pray for the discipling of the new Believers who accept Christ during the mission team visit.
- Pray that the Herron would be salt and light 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 a wedding in April.
- Madison as she is near the end of her first term and preparing for 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)
