Before their marriage, Elisabeth took a post-graduate year of specialized studies at Prairie Bible Institute in Alberta, Canada, where a campus prayer chapel was later named in her honor. Her parents moved soon after her birth to Pennsylvania and then eventually to New Jersey where she saw as a child what a life serving others could mean. Their daughter, Valerie (born February 27, 1955), was 10 months old when her father was killed. She later spent two years as a missionary to the tribe members who killed her husband. It was easy for young, exhausted, me-generation mothers of toddlers to fall into self-pity, but each day Elisabeth Elliot would graciously, but firmly, pick me back up. Elisabeth Elliot went home to be with her Savior Sunday, June 14, 2015. In 1956 her first husband, Jim Elliot, and four other missionaries were killed by the Auca (Waorani) Indians. Jim and Elisabeth Elliot were missionaries to the Auca Indians in Ecuador. "[7][8] She was interred at Hamilton Cemetery in Hamilton, Massachusetts. In her later years, she and her third husband stopped traveling, but continued to keep in touch with the public through email and their website. Elisabeth was born in Brussels, Belgium, where her parents, Philip and Katherine Howard, were missionaries. After her husband's death, Elisabeth went to go live among the tribe that killed her husband with her three-year-old daughter, Valarie and share the truth of the gospel with them. [9] She was survived by her third husband, Lars Gren, a daughter, Valerie Elliot Shepard and husband Walter, and eight grandchildren. When I was a few months old, we came to the U.S. and lived in Germantown, not far from Philadelphia, where my father became an editor of the Sunday School Times. She studied Classical Greek at Wheaton College, believing that it was the best tool to help her with the calling of ultimately translating the New Testament of the Bible into an unknown language. Her response to the martyrdom of her husband and her readiness to share the insights God gave her at that time produced a … Elisabeth Elliot. In 1953 she married Jim Elliott and together they began work on translating the New Testament into the language of the Quichua Indians. About Elisabeth Elliot: From the Author's Web Site: My parents were missionaries in Belgium where I was born. Born to Serve: An Elisabeth Elliot Tribute. Elisabeth Elliot was born Elisabeth Howard in Brussels, Belgium on December 21, 1926, and her family included her missionary parents, four brothers, and one sister. 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We hope you enjoy this loving tribute from Valerie Elliot Shepard for her parents, Jim & Elisabeth Elliot…. She then spent her childhood, through age 8, in Ecuador alongside her mother. Elliot toured the country, sharing her knowledge and experience, well into her seventies. When they wrote in their journals, it is constantly obvious that they obeyed and WAITED on the Lord, and the suffering was real, palpable, and often made me very heartsick for them! I hope their story of obedience will keep being shared until Christ comes so that more and more people will be inspired and challenged to obey Christ as they did. Her family moved back to the United States when she was a baby and settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. Incredibly, prayerfully, Elisabeth took her toddler daughter, snakebite kit, Bible, and journal . Today, Oct. 8, 1953, is the anniversary of my parents’ wedding when they joyfully were married in a civil court in Quito, Ecuador. Today, Oct. 8, 1953, is the anniversary of my parents’ wedding when they joyfully were married in a civil court in Quito, Ecuador. “My parents were missionaries in Belgium where I was born. I am so deeply grateful for their faith, their example, and their joyful surrender to God and their Savior Jesus Christ. Soon after her mother’s death in 2015, Valerie stumbled on a collection of her mother’s letters to her father during their courtship. Elliot, Elisabeth. Elisabeth Elliot says that her parents followed the biblical injunctions to use the rod in correcting their children. Valerie Elliot Shepard. In 1977, she married Lars Gren, a hospital chaplain. Jim was martyred alongside four other missionaries during Operation Auca on January 8, 1956. [citation needed], In the mid-1970s, she served as one of the stylistic consultants for the committee of the New International Version of the Bible (NIV). "My parents were missionaries in Belgium where I was born. When I was a few months old, we came to the U.S. and lived in Germantown, not far from Philadelphia, where my father became an editor of the Sunday School Times. Elisabeth Elliot was born to missionary parents and served as a missionary in Ecudor. Leitch died in 1973. Elisabeth's brothers, Thomas Howard and David Howard, are also authors. In October 1958, Mrs. Elliot went to live with the Huaorani with her three-year-old daughter Valerie and with Rachel Saint. A child to missionary parents in Belgium, she studiously carried the missionary flame to eastern Ecuador where her life story unfolded among the Quichua and Auca tribes. The godly example they set for many generations of young couples is wonderful and incredible. Her first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in 1956 while attempting to make missionary contact with the Auca (now known as Huaorani; also rendered as Waorani or Waodani) of eastern Ecuador. I recall that June morning when her daughter Valerie shared her final moments with me in a phone conversation, her funeral and burial in Massachusetts; and then when Mike, Val and I visited her grave together one year later (2016) near Boston, singing together “Thine is the … Billy Graham Center Archives, BGC Archives 10 Things to Know about Elisabeth Elliot 1. How I long to worship their God and mine, face to face, when I get to Heaven! Though I cherished my mother and her determination to obey God, it wasn’t until I read Passion and Purity (her story of their courtship) in my twenties as a young mom that I realized the suffering and long endurance they remained committed to in order to keep the Lord’s will uppermost in their minds and hearts. Clara's parents moved near the turn of the 20th century from Switzerland to eastern … Sign up for announcements and updates about The Elisabeth Elliot Foundation and website. They were missionaries to the Quichua Indians of the Amazon jungle and in 1956, while attempting to reach the Waodani Indians with 4 other missionaries, Jim was speared to death in January of 1956. Her father writes, "How foolish and dangerous it is to discard the wisdom of the ages that is given us in the Bible!" ... Elisabeth Elliot is a well known Christian author and speaker. She Served as an Unmarried Missionary Though Elisabeth Howard met fellow Greek-major Jim Elliot during her years at... 3. The Grens later worked and traveled together. Her family... 2. She appears on the NIV's list of contributors. She was born Elisabeth Howard in 1926 – one of six children – to missionary parents in Brussels, Belgium. and lived in the jungle with the Stone-Age people who killed her husband. [citation needed], Two Huaorani women living among the Quichua, including one named Dayuma, taught the Huao language to Mrs. Elliot and fellow missionary Rachel Saint. Elisabeth Elliot died in Magnolia, Massachusetts on June 15, 2015, at the age of 88. In this book, she offers useful insights on the shaping of a Christian home and family. Valerie was the only daughter of missionary parents, Elisabeth and Jim Elliot. Having only seen each other 5 times in 5 years and the first 6 months in Quito being the last before they went their separate ways to different Indians, their love had grown not only for each other but also for God and His perfect sovereign timing. Christian parents have a responsibility to raise their children using scriptural principles. Elisabeth, fondly known as “Betty” to her family and friends, grew up in a godly, nurturing home. In this authorized biography, Becoming Elisabeth Elliot, bestselling author Ellen Vaughn uses Elisabeth’s private, unpublished journals, and candid interviews with her family and friends, to paint the adventures and misadventures God used to shape one of the most influential women in modern church history. Before she was a year old they moved to America to Germantown, Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia. Elisabeth Pott Elliot was born on month day 1838, at birth place, to John Elliot and Jane Elliot (born Usher). She almost always opened the program with the phrase, "'You are loved with an everlasting love,' – that's what the Bible says – 'and underneath are the everlasting arms.' [citation needed], The Auca/Huaorani gave Elisabeth the tribal name Gikari, Huao for "Woodpecker." [citation needed]. [4], In 1981, Mrs. Gren was appointed writer-in-residence at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. Jim Elliot and Elisabeth Howard went individually to Ecuador to work with the Quichua (or Quechua) Indians; the two married in 1953 in the city of Quito, Ecuador. In January 1956, her husband Jim was speared to death along with four of his missionary friends while attempting to contact the Huaorani tribe. [citation needed], Her family moved to the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the U.S. when she was a few months old. [citation needed]. Elisabeth Elliot, whose courage and faith have helped so many to follow Christ, is one of the most loved and respected Christian communicators of our time. [3] In addition to Philadelphia, she lived in Franconia, New Hampshire and Moorestown, New Jersey. I searched for book-length biographies that I could draw on … Elisabeth Elliot was born on December 27, 1926 in Brussels, Belgium, where her parents served as missionaries. [1], Elisabeth Elliot was born Elisabeth Howard in Brussels, Belgium on December 21, 1926,[2] and her family included her missionary parents, four brothers, and one sister.