Through Gates of Splendor
by Elisabeth Elliot
Five missionaries killed by the Waorani in Ecuador in 1956, told by the widow of one of them, with diaries and letters. Unflinching and without self-pity; the story that shaped a generation of evangelical missions.
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you want the story of Operation Auca from the primary source.
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you are uneasy with missions; the book will not resolve that.
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Three things you will actually use
- He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
- Obedience precedes understanding.
- Grief and purpose can share a life.
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Operation Auca, primary source.
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