It was Christmas 1955. Five missionary couples met to plan and pray about how to reach a savage

tribe in the jungles of Ecuador. One wife expressed her concern.

It might have been Marge had said to the men, you know you all might be killed. And he,

I think it was neat, said, we're ready to die, but these Alka's are not.

So we need to go.

We'll hear from the daughter of Jim and Elizabeth Elliott today.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth,

author of Choosing Forgiveness for February 10th, 2020.

I'm Dana Gresh.

Before we begin, I have just a note for the parents of little ones.

If you're aware of the martyrdom of the five missionaries in Ecuador in 1956,

today's interview includes a brief mention of how they passed away.

You'll need to decide if your child needs to be kept busy elsewhere or not.

Nancy?

Some of you are going to be very excited when you hear who our guest is today

because she's like, well, a friend you've had for a very long time,

and you're going to say, yes, I'm so glad to get to hear her voice again.

And then some others are going to be thinking, I don't think I've heard that voice before. That voice is new to me. That

name is new to me. That story is new to me. So whether you're new or you've been familiar with

this story for a long time, you're going to love this conversation. I'm very excited to introduce today Valerie Elliott

Shepard. And for many of our listeners who were gateway to joy Elizabeth Elliott listeners for

years, you know that Val Shepard is the daughter of Jim and Elizabeth Elliott. So Val, welcome

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