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Walter grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with his missionary parents. She has spent over 45 years being a pastor’s wife, raising 8 children, homeschooling, and teaching Bible studies. They now have 8 grandchildren, and their adult children now live from California to the UK.
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18 de out. de 2019 · Guest Post by Valerie Elliot Shepard (wife of Pastor Walt Shepard, mother of eight, and daughter of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot) Note from Val: ONLY by depending on the Lord for wisdom, patience, and self-discipline, can anyone train their children in righteousness.
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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
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.
6 de set. de 2019 · Valerie Elliot Shepard, the only child of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot, was left without a father. So were the children of Roger Youderian, Ed McCully and Nate Saint. The fifth victim,...
Everything that brings us to the cross is where God wants us. In addition, Valerie gives biblical... 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.
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.
