Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) Missionary. Author. Speaker. Isaiah 43:10 NLT, “You are my servant. You have been chosen to know me, believe in me, and understand that I alone am God. There is no other God — there never has been, and there never will be.” The Early Years (ages approximate) • December 21, 1926 – Elisabeth Howard is born in Brussels, Belgium, to missionary parents, Philip and Katharine Howard. • Age 1 – The family moves to Germantown, PA. • Age 14 – Christian boarding school in Orlando, FL. • Age 18 – Wheaton College (Greek and Bible translation). • Age 21 – Meets Jim Elliot. • Ages 22-25 – Oklahoma, Canada, Brooklyn. The Ecuador Years (pt. 1) • Age 26 – Sailed for Quito, Ecuador. • Age 27 – Married Jim Elliot in Quito. • Age 29 – Daughter Valerie born. • Age 30 – Operation Auca begins (1955-56). Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Pete Fleming, and Ed McCully were killed by the Aucas (the Waodani Tribe). The Ecuador Years (pt. 2) • Age 31/32 – Through Gates of Splendor (1957) and Shadow of the Almighty (1958). • Age 32 – Elisabeth, Valerie, & Rachel Saint (Nate Saint’s sister) are invited into the jungle to live with the Waodani. • Age 34 – Many Waodani accept Christ as Lord & Savior. • Age 35 – The Savage My Kinsman (1961). • Age 36 – Conflict. Elisabeth & Valerie leave the tribe. The Extensive Years • Age 37 – Elisabeth & Valerie move to New Hampshire. • Age 43 – Married Professor Addison Leitch (3 ½ years). • Age 48 – Adjunct professor at Gordon-Conwell Seminary. • Age 49 – Contributor to the NIV Bible. • Age 51 – Married Lars Gren (the 3rd Mr. Elliot). • Age 62 – Gateway to Joy Radio Program (13 years). • Age 78 - Retired due to progressing dementia. • Age 88 – Died at her home in Magnolia, MA. On Missions… “I suppose the general opinion of missionary work says that it is intended to bring [people] to Christ. Only God knows if anything in my ‘missionary career’ has ever contributed anything at all to this end. But much in that ‘career’ has brought me to Christ.”- Becoming Elisabeth Elliot On Guidance… “’Do the next thing’ is one of the best pieces of advice I have ever had. It works in any kind of situation and is especially helpful when we don’t know what to do… Some duty lies on our doorstep. The rule is DO IT. The doing of that thing may open our eyes to the next.” - God’s Guidance, A Slow and Certain Light On Women… “The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman. For I have accepted God’s idea of me, and my whole life is an offering back to Him of all that I am and all that He wants me to be.” - Let Me Be A Woman On Marriage… Eph. 5:22 (NLT), “For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. 24 As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything.” On Suffering… “I can say to you that suffering is an irreplaceable medium through which I learned an indispensable truth… that God is God… He’s told us enough so that we know that suffering is never for nothing.” - Suffering is Never for Nothing