"Imagine the difficulties when the informants insist you hear every word they say, and understand thoroughly. They get very put out with me for asking them to repeat."

Letter on aerogram form. 8” x 9-1.2”, 2-sided. August 14, 1958. Letter from Elisabeth Elliot in Ecuador to her friend Carol Graham in the United States. Among other topics, she writes about her study of the Wao language. She states that she is considering living among the Waorani, and mentions that her biography about her husband, The Shadow of the Almighty/The Life and Testimony of Jim Elliot, is now off the presses and will be available on September 3. From BGC Archives, Collection 278, Box 1, Folder 2.