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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Zigua of Tanzania

2025 Status Update

“For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.” (Romans 1:21)

    For generations, the Zigua have practiced Islam. Missionary efforts have yielded little fruit         among this hard-to-reach people group, but God has begun to answer our prayers. Pastors         from a neighboring people group, the Maasai, lead churches in the Zigua region. The                 Maasai pastors have now been trained in evangelism strategies for reaching Muslims, and         they have a passion for proclaiming the gospel among the Zigua.

Prayer Requests

·       Pray that the Maasai believers will faithfully share the gospel with their Muslim Zigua neighbors. ·       Ask the Lord to soften the hearts of the Zigua to respond to the good news.

·      Ask the Lord to raise up more workers to engage the Zigua.

Praise God for His Faithfulness and Protection from the Last Week

18^th-23^rdAugust 2026

 Thank the Lord with the Herrons for the Past Week    

We Praise God for:

Traveling Grace:

•  As the Herrons traveled in and around the Jinja area this past t week.
• We continue to thank God for the church planting effort of Pastor Odongo and his ministry team, and the progress that the team are making on developing disciples and leaders on Sigulu Island.
• Pastor Odongo and the ministry team weekly visit to spiritually develop new churches on Sigulu Island.
• Effort to look for sites for three new church plants.
• We thank God for Pastor Odongo and the Hasusuni Baptist Church for their commitment to the reaching and discipleship of the those who accepted Christ during our last mission team.
• Planning Organizational Meetings with Pastor Odongo and the associational leaders next for the coming mission teams. 
• The successful Planning and Organizational Meetings with Pastor Odongo and the associational leaders next for the coming mission teams. 
• Thank God for the 313 persons who accepted Christ during the South Reno Baptist Church mission team 23^rd-30^th July and the follow-up from the Sigulu Baptist Association churches.
• The follow-up on the children who accepted Christ during the Children Program and the people who accepted Christ during the food distribution. 

Pray for the Herron’s This Coming Week

24^th—30^th August 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 and Joseph traveling to Sigulu Island for Discipleship Training to Pastors and Church Leaders 23^rd—26^th August
•    Pray as we continue planning for the next mission team from:
• O’Fallon First Baptist Church 27^th September –10^th October.
• Pray as the team prepare to teach Theological Training and Pastoral Care training
• Pray for our request for additional personnel in ministering to the peoples of the islands of Lake Victoria.
• 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 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 as he seeks God’s directions in his vocational life, and his wife Marsha and their two sons Jacob and Joshua
• Our youngest son, Jeremy, his wife Jennifer, and his three children, Kim, Colie, and Cy as he serves in the Army in stationed Kansas. Pray for this family as they make adjustment to a new post with new duties.  Pray that they quickly are assimilated into a Bible believing, Bible teaching church for their family. 
• Babra and her Dr. Christin Hoffman. Pray for their spiritual growth and development

Madison as she prepare to return to RVA her sophomore year at RVA.

Pray for our siblings, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews 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)