In about 1956, in Readers Digest, I read about the missionaries being killed by the Auca. Their deaths and the subsequent conversion & testimonies of their killers, plus the courage and dedication of Rachael Saint and Elizabeth Elliot motivated a whole generation of missionaries. 23 years later my family & I headed to the mission field. The later writings of Elizabeth Elliot have a huge impact on the spiritual growth of millions.
“Moreover we know that to those who love God, who are called according to his plan, everything that happens fits into a pattern for good. God, in his foreknowledge, chose them to bear the family likeness of his Son, that he might be the eldest of a family of many brothers. He chose them long ago; when the time came he called them, he made them righteous in his sight, and then lifted them to the splendour of life as his own sons.” Romans 8:28-30 J.B. Phillips
Thank you for your faithfulness, BwanaNdege, and for sharing your story.