Daughter of Martyred Missionary Jim Elliot: ‘His Life was Not Wasted’
The daughter of martyred missionary Jim and Elizabeth Elliot recently spoke out about her father’s death and how she believes God was working even through that tragedy.
Valerie Shepard is the daughter of the famous missionary couple. Jim Elliot was killed, along with four fellow missionaries, by a group of remote tribal people known as Auca Indians in Ecuador.
Jim Elliot’s wife, along with his daughter, remained in the jungle to minister to the very people who had killed him. God was surely working through this tragedy as many of these remote tribal peoples gave their lives to the Lord through the work of the missionaries.
Valerie Elliot (now Shepard) believes that God allowed this tragic event in order to show the Auca Indians that knowing Christ is even worth dying for....