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These Strange Ashes by Elisabeth Elliot — WisdomDeck honest review
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These Strange Ashes

by Elisabeth Elliot

Elliot's first year as a missionary: a year of language work lost, a helper murdered, no visible fruit. On failure and obedience, before Jim's death.

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  1. Obedience without results.
  2. Loss is not waste.
  3. Trust in the dark.

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Elliot's first year.

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