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On November 2, 1958, just five days after this letter was finished, Marj Saint read portions of it and other letters by Elisabeth Elliot on the radio program Back Home Hour over radio station HCJB in Quito Ecuador. The portions from this letter and other letters were mixed together in an order different from the originals Click here to listen to the audio file. (7 minutes) This tape T3 in Collection 599 |
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Letter from Elisabeth Elliot to Marj Saint and Marilou McCully. In it she describes her initial experiences in the Waorani village where she had gone to live, along with her young daughter Valerie, Rachel Saint, and the young Waorani woman Dayuma. They were there to bear witness among to the Christian Gospel, about two and a half years after Elisabeth's husband Jim and Rachel's brother Nate had been murdered by Waorani of this village. It was also Dayuma's home village. For more information on the s0-called "Auca Incident," click here. |