Born: October 8, 1927, Portland, OR
FATHER: Fred, MOTHER: Clara Elliot
SIBLINGS Robert, Jane, Herbert
In 1941, he joined an architectural drawing course in Benson Polytechnic High School. There, he was a member of the football team, contributed to his school newspaper, and exhibited an outstanding talent for oratory.
His daughters name was Valerie Elliot Shepard.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.
Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly
Jim Elliot was a missionary that went to many European countries and taught about God and also learned about other cultures and religions at the same time.
The Journals of Jim Elliot are volumes of documents written over many years by the missionary in which he details his mission work. His journals were published in 1978 unabridged.
Some interesting facts
Jim Elliot met Elizabeth Howard in Wheaton and was attracted to her, but they remained friends for a long time. They married in 1953 in Quito, Ecuador, and had a daughter, Valerie.
He was killed by the Huaorani warriors along with his four other companions on January 8, 1956, at the age of 28.
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