The call to Motherhood continues.

Welcome, we're here for another look into the life and message of Elizabeth

Elliot, who called us to live to a higher standard each day to not be satisfied

with just throwing a little religion into life as a shallow substitute for giving

God our best.

As our series continues in the coming weeks,

we'll hear from family, friends, and others

influenced by Elizabeth's life and message.

It's always good to have you with us. Well, we continue our series The Call to Motherhood as we think about Valerie's

teen years and her courtship. We'll also hear from Rachel Saint who spent

many a year with the Alka people, the same ones who killed her brother and the other four missionaries, an extended look into some of the people

that she knew.

We're calling today's gathering courtship and the teen years. And maybe as we think about the

adjustments that Valerie made, maybe we'll see some parallels in our lives. A

question and answer program about the teen years. in our

life, question and answer program about the teen years. Jan Anderson Wismer leads our discussion today.

What was it like for you without a father

during those years? you ever wish for some

fatherly advice or anything along those lines? Actually when I was about 12 years old my mother fell in love with a man named Addison Leach and I did not know that she was seeing him until she got engaged and one day she had come home from a trip

and I went in to see her in the morning because I hadn't seen her the night before and she said she had some exciting news for me and she said she was going to get married.

This was in October and she was going to get married on January the first and she showed me

the ring on her finger and I remember just seeing the joy in her face made

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