After the death of her husband Jim, Elisabeth continued working with the Quichua, and kept actively in touch with continuing developments surrounding the deaths of the five men and continuing efforts to reach the Waorani with the Gospel. Her book, Through Gates of Splendor, told the story of the five men and had a major impact on Christians around the world, particularly in the United States. In 1957, Elisabeth met with Dayuma’s aunts who had fled tribal violence. They were reunited with Dayuma in 1958, and the three Wao women opened the way for Elisabeth, along with her daughter Valerie and Rachel Saint, to go and live peacefully in a Waorani cluster of homes belonging to Dayuma’s kinship group. This group included the men who had killed the five missionaries. Elisabeth lived there off and on until 1961, helping lay groundwork for understanding the Wao language and learning firsthand about Waorani culture and beliefs. Out of this experience came another book, The Savage My Kinsman, which helped shape the way the story was told. Elliot and her daughter left Ecuador in 1963 to return to the United States. There, she became an influential Evangelical speaker, author, teacher, and broadcaster for the rest of the 20th century.