Welcome to another look into the life and message of Elizabeth Elliott, as she called

us to live to a higher standard each day. Not satisfied with just a little religion, but

instead giving God our best. As this Elizabeth Elliott Gateway to Joy podcast series continues

in the coming weeks, we'll hear from family, friends, and others who are influenced by

Elizabeth Elliott's life and message. Today, we continue our extended series on Operation

Alka and other events during Elizabeth's time in Ecuador. Today, we have two Gateway

to Joy programs contact with Stone Age people and one called Spiritual Warfare, both programs

originally aired in January of 1989. You know, as we think about contact with Stone Age

people, we're going to hear Elizabeth speak a little Kichua and later we'll hear from

Jim Elliott himself. It's just under three minutes. It's from a ceremony preached on the

resurrection. He spoke directly to those who haven't yet put their faith in Jesus Christ.

Now that's later in today's podcast. Let's get started now with our first Gateway

to Joy program contact with Stone Age people. I've been telling you the story of five American

missionaries who attempted to reach a people called Alkas in Ecuador, South America. This

happened back in 1956. You remember that their names were Jim, Pete, Ed, Nate, and Raj. I

remember not many years ago being at a certain rather prestigious theological seminary, not

very far from Boston, where someone was giving a lecture called The Search for a New Theory

of Mission. I went eager to find out whether he had discovered any new theory of mission

and if so, just exactly what it might be. It became dismayingly clear that the man had found

no new theories of mission. Maybe I shouldn't say dismayingly because it might have been more

dismaying if he had discovered any, but he didn't have a great deal to say. At the end of his lecture

there was a question and answer period. A professor's wife who was sitting near me stood up and she

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