![]() ![]() Her best-selling book, Through Gates of Splendor, began a writing and speaking career that lasted four decades.įigure 2: Elisabeth Elliot in her home office in Magnolia, Massachusetts, ca. ![]() She eventually returned to the United States, becoming an active and vocal advocate for the gospel, for missions, for families, and for women. ![]() In the years that followed, Elliot created a writing system for the Waodäni language, advocated for their education, and paved the way for a New Testament translation finished in 1992. This remarkable story rippled across the globe, inspiring millions to serve God through missions.įigure 1: Elisabeth Elliot teaching in Ecuador with Valerie hugging her legs, ca. Her choice to forgive, rather than retaliate, sparked a change in the Waodäni, who left behind a cycle of violence to embrace a life of love. In 1958, Christian missionary Elisabeth Elliot returned to the Ecuadorian rainforest to live with the Waodäni, the tribe who had killed her husband only two years earlier. ![]()
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