Jim Elliot said,
“Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.”
– Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor, (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H Revell Co., 1970), 19.
Pete Fleming said,
“In appreciation of beauty, mountains, music, poetry, knowledge, people, science – even in the tang of an apple – God is there, to reflect the joy of His presence in the believer who will realize God’s purposes in all things.”
– Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor, (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H Revell Co., 1970), 23.
Ed McCully said,
“The life of a missionary calls for infinite adaptability…”
– Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor, (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H Revell Co., 1970), 49.
Nate Saint (the pilot) said,
“When life’s flight is over, and we unload our cargo at the other end, the fellow who got rid of unnecessary weight will have the most valuable cargo to present the Lord.”
– Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor, (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H Revell Co., 1970), 52.
Roger Youderian said,
“The happiest day of my life was the day I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior for the remission of my sins, duly repented for…”
– Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor, (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H Revell Co., 1970), 68.
Jim Elliot, Pete Fleming, Ed McCully, Nate Saint, and Roger Youderian were killed this date (1/8/1956) along the Curaray River in Ecuador, South America.
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