He is no fool

Irene Howat  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Jan 2006
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This January sees the 50th anniversary of the killing of Jim Elliot and four other young missionaries as they tried to reach the Auca Indians of Ecuador for Christ.

‘You’re so excited!’ Elisabeth said when Jim arrived home. ‘I’ve never seen you so excited before.’

In her heart she knew that this was it. For Jim, this was the mission of his life. Something in Elisabeth’s mind began to niggle. Should they really leave the work at Shandia for this, a work that was really going well for ... for what?

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