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About Valerie Elliot Shepard. Born February 27th, 1955 in Shell Mera, Ecuador, Valerie was the only daughter of missionary parents, Elisabeth and Jim Elliot. They were missionaries to the Quichua Indians of the Amazon jungle.
Born February 27th, 1955 in Shell Mera, Ecuador, Valerie was the only daughter of missionary parents, Elisabeth and Jim Elliot. They were missionaries to the Quichua Indians of the Amazon jungle. In January 1956, while attempting to reach the Waodani Indians (a primitive and savage stone-age tribe) with 4 other missionaries, Jim was speared to ...
Valerie Elliot Shepard. Valerie Elliot Shepard was only 10 months old in January 1956 when her father, Jim Elliot, was killed. She then spent her childhood through age 8 in Ecuador alongside her mother, Elisabeth. A graduate of Wheaton College, Valerie and her husband, Walt, are the parents of eight children.
- My Father’s Words to Live by
- Mother’s Wise Instruction
- Weight of Legacy
- Grateful For The Legacy
I hadn’t read the whole bookThe Journals of Jim Elliot until about six years ago. I had perused it, searching for the “good parts,” but I’d never read it all the way through. When I did, I came across four maxims, and it dawned on me that these were ideals that I could live by, with God’s help. Now that I’m no longer the youthful and carefree ideal...
My natural personality is spontaneous, fun-loving, and easily distracted; in fact, the Indians once called me “pilipinto,” which means butterfly. I remember my mother stressing to me that when I did my chores, I had to do them thoroughly. I couldn’t skip off to do something I’d rather do. I also remember her telling me, when I thought I was really ...
In 2015, after my mother died, when I began planning the memorial service at Wheaton College, I was overwhelmed by the weight of responsibility of the legacy, which I felt lay on my shoulders to carry to others. I knew that her brilliance, her writing ability, her clarity of thought, and her absolute determination to obey Christ above all other des...
Instead of being intimidated by my parents’ remarkable legacies of faith and love, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for them. What an example of godliness, life in the Spirit, and love by his grace did I experience in knowing my mother! And having written Devotedly: The Personal Letters and Love Story of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot, I now know my fathe...
- Valerie Elliot Shepard
11 de ago. de 2022 · The bold faith of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot marked a generation of Christians, none more than their daughter. Valerie in her home sitting by the coffee table made by her father. Photo by Ted Jackson/Genesis. VALERIE ELLIOT SHEPARD STOOD BY A FIREPLACE in her mother’s New England home, shifting charred wood with a poker and wondering ...
- Kim Henderson
16 de jun. de 2023 · Valerie Shepard is the daughter of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot. This is the second of a series of talks she gave at the 2022 OPC Women's Retreat in Idyllwild, CA.
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- The Elisabeth Elliot Foundation
10 de jul. de 2019 · Valerie Elliot Shepard was only ten months old in January, 1956, when her father, Jim Elliot, was killed. She then spent her childhood, through age 8, in Ecuador alongside her mother. A graduate of Wheaton College, Valerie and her husband, Walt, are the parents of eight.
