Book Review

   Jim Elliot:

Missionary to Ecuador

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 Though we are not all called to the ministry of foreign missionary, we are all called by God to share our faith (witness) with those who are not Christians.  Some Bible verses that you will find helpful for doing this, and that you may want to commit to memory are found on other pages on our  web site (see: Memory Verses; 2nd Set: Salvation!, Plan of Salvation, and Statement of Faith). _________________

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Author: Susan Martins Miller

Martyred by the Auca Indians

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."

Born into a godly family in Portland, Oregon, Jim was...a college wrestling champion.

Jim Elliot wrote these words during his years at Wheaton College, a time when he prayed for God's direction for his future as a missionary.

Where would God lead this unusually dedicated and versatile man?  Born into a godly family in Portland, Oregon, Jim was a dynamic speaker who had memorized literally hundreds of hymns, a Greek scholar, and a college wrestling champion.

"Father, if Thou wilt let me go to South America to labor with Thee and to die...let me go soon."

Again writing in his college journal, Jim welcomes the greatest sacrifice to serve his Lord: "Father, if Thou wilt let me go to South America to labor with Thee and to die...let me go soon."

Years later his request would be fulfilled, on a beach of the Curaray River---deep in Auca Indian Territory---in Eastern Ecuador.  But God's plans for Jim Elliot's extraordinary witness would not end there.  The seeds of a heretofor impossible ministry had been planted. ______________________________

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