"All the thrill of boyhood dreams came on me just now, outside watching the sky die in the sea on every side. I wanted to sail when I was in grammar school, and well remember memorising the names of the sails from Merriam-Webster's ponderous dictionary in the library. Now I am actually at sea - as a passenger, or course, but at sea nevertheless - and bound for Equador. Strange - or is it ? - that childish hopes should be answered in the will of God for this NOW."

In Jim Elliot's journal of February 4th, 1952 as he set forth on his God-given call to Ecuador that would lead him to the Auca Indians who would Martyr him.

("Shadow of the Almighty" byElisabeth Elliot, Chapter 18, opening paragraph.)

Content