Elliot,+Elizabeth

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 * ==December 21, 1926- June 15,2015==

Elisabeth Elliot was born in Belgium to her missionary parents. Elisabeth studied at Wheaton College and then went to Ecuador where she worked for a year when she met Jim Elliot.They married in 1953 and worked together in the city of Quito.

Jim had a desire to reach out to the Auca tribe, which Jim and four other missionaries were successful in making friendly contact with. When Elisabeth and Jim's daughter, Valerie, was only ten months old, Jim and all four missionaries were speared to death by the Auca Indians.

Elisabeth continued to work with the Quichuo Indians, when she had the opportunity to reach out and minister to the Auca Indians. She stayed and worked with them for two years.

In 1963, Elisabeth and Valerie returned to the U.S. where Elisabeth continues to write and travel speaking. She married Addison Leitch who was a professor at Gordon Conwell Seminary, but Addison died in 1973. She then married Lars Gren who she works with to this day. || ||
 * **Resources:**
 * **Resources:**

http://www.elisabethelliot.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Elliot

http://heathersjoy.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/brpassionpurityelisabethelliot/ ||  ||