Ellen Vaughn has poured over the private journals of the late Elizabeth Elliott.

She describes a poignant moment after Elizabeth and Valerie Elliott had gone to live among the Waldani people in Ecuador.

She sees this strong young man by the firelight.

Valerie, who's just a little girl, says,

Mommy, is that my daddy?

And Elizabeth, the truth is, no, that's not your daddy.

In fact, that man was one of the ones who killed your daddy.

Today, we'll see that even though it sounds impressive for Elizabeth Elliott to live among the very ones who'd violently murdered her husband, it wasn't all daisies and butterflies.

There was emotional pain mixed in with the joy.

This is Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, co-author of You Can Trust God to Write Your Story.

For September 18, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

Nancy's continuing her conversation with best-selling biographer Ellen Vaughn.

A few days ago, as we were preparing to produce this series with Ellen Vaughn on the early years of Elizabeth

Elliott, I put a question out on my social media, on Twitter and Facebook, and asked people,

how did the Lord use Elizabeth Elliott in your life? Well, not surprisingly, I got a ton of responses.

I've got a sheep of paper here with just scores and scores of responses,

and they're still coming in. Let me just read to you a few excerpts of the kinds of things

people said. One woman said Elizabeth Elliott was my radio mentor in the late 80s and 90s. Some of

you remember, Gateway to Joy, which Elizabeth Elliott did a five days a week radio program for 13 years,

that she did not begin until the age of 63, which has always kind of amazed me because I'm approaching

that age.

I've been doing this for almost 20 years now, and some days I just feel really tired, and I think,

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