"Through Gates of Splendor, " Elisabeth Elliot's first book, has become the best-selling and most powerful missionary story of the twentieth century. This edition contains subsequent developments in the lives of the families and the Waodani tribe. Decades later, its story of unconditional love and complete obedience to God still inspires new readers. "Through Gates of Splendor, " the story of Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming, and Jim Elliot, was first recorded in 1956 by Jim's widow, Elisabeth.
Their goal: to make contact with an isolated tribe whose previous response to the outside world had been to attack all strangers.Īt an agreed-upon time, their five young wives sat by their radios, waiting for a message that never came. Five men, spurred by a passion to share the good news of Jesus Christ, ventured deep into the jungles of Ecuador. In January 1956, a tragic story flooded headlines around the world. Five men entered the jungle in search of a savage tribe.
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