Elisabeth Elliot

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Elisabeth Elliot (born December 21, 1926) is a missionary who spent some years among the Huaorani people in Ecuador and is a well-known Christian author and speaker. Her first husband, Jim Elliot, was one of five men who made initial contact with the Huaorani on January 6, 1956. Two days later, Huaorani returned and killed the five men. Several years later, Elliot went to the Huaorani with Rachel Saint, sister of Nate Saint, another of the five, and learned the language with the help of Dayuma, a Huaorani woman who had spent some time among the Quechuas. The Waoranis called her Gikari (Woodpecker).

Born Elisabeth Howard in Belgium, she had four brothers and one sister. She has lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in New Jersey. Elliot studied classical Greek at Wheaton College where she met Jim Elliot. They married in 1953 in the city of Quito, Ecuador. Their daughter, Valerie (born 1955), was 10 months old when her father was killed.

In 1969, Elisabeth married Addison Leitch, professor of theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. Leitch died in 1973. In 1977, she married Lars Gren, a seminary student who had been boarding at her house. Elisabeth's brother, Thomas Howard, is also an author.

In the mid 1970s she worked as one of the stylistic consultants for the New International Version of the Bible (NIV) committee. She appears on the NIV's list of contributors.[1]

A movie telling the story of Mincayani — a composite character representing the Huaorani that killed the five men — was made entitled End of the Spear. It had a limited release (approximately 1200 theatres) on January 20, 2006.

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Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot, 1958
Through Gates of Splendor
Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under God's Control
Let Me Be a Woman
Quest for Love
The Savage My Kinsman
The Journals of Jim Elliot
Discipline: The Glad Surrender
Love Has a Price Tag
The Mark of a Man
Keep a Quiet Heart
A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
Furnace of the Lord: Reflections on the Redemption of The Holy City, 1969
Path Through Suffering: Discovering the Relationship Between God's Mercy and Our Pain
The Path of Loneliness: Finding Your Way Through the Wilderness to God
No Graven Image
Secure in the Everlasting Arms
The Music of His Promises: Listening to God with Love, Trust, and Obedience
The Shaping of a Christian Family
God's Guidance: A Slow and Certain Light
Taking Flight: Wisdom for Your Journey