Prayer Letter
October / November 2007

Dear Friend,

For the past five months we have been working with Independent Baptist Bible Church, Enugu.  That church is a merger of the church we started (and turned over to the Schoolers when we left Enugu) with the much larger church founded by Rich and Fran Schooler, who have left the field.  We are overseeing the use of the building fund raised by the Schoolers in the construction of a beautiful church building.  About every six weeks, we drive to Enugu to collect a copy of the receipts and inspect the progress.  Pastor Paul Okonkwo is doing a fine job of leading the church and supervising the construction.

Last week we received a call from Jude Alilonu, a young man who attended IBC for awhile before going off to college.  Jude has been a very diligent student and now he has started an organization at his university whose mission is to encourage students and help them excel.  During our talk, Jude thanked me for teaching him that salvation is by grace through faith, not by works.

What a pleasant surprise last week when Amina Ejigah told Ellen of a discussion she had with a charismatic pastor she met.  Amina took a stand on eternal security and had the pastor on the run.  The pastor called a friend, also a pastor, to help him.  The balance shifted and Amina had to retreat.  We did not expect so much out of Amina.  Most church-goers do not understand the beauty of eternal security.  Although they know you have to repent of your sins and receive Jesus as Lord and Saviour, they believe you have to keep the commandments and do good works to keep your salvation.

Malaria has been hitting us hard in this year of above average rainfall.  Many of our people have been out with malaria, including Daniel.  He lost eleven pounds in a few days.  We do not recommend that as a good weight-loss program!

Please pray for our health and that we can reach people here with the true Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Pray that God will bring new people to the church and revive the current ones.

Yours in Christ,
Ross, Ellen and Daniel Ligon