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Jim Elliot is born to Fred and Clara Elliot.
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Jim Elliot is saved at a young age.
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Jim Elliot studies architectural drawing.
He studies at Benson Polytechnic High School. -
Jim enrolls in Wheaton College.
Jim aspires for only an A.U.G. degree - Approved Unto God. -
Jim begins to study Spanish in Mexico.
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Jim attends a missions convention.
At the convention, Jim gets peace about doing pioneer work among jungle Indians. -
Jim works with Indians on a reservation.
This confirms his desire to preach the gospel to Indians in the jungles of Ecuador. -
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Jim is president of the Student Foreign Missions Fellowship at Wheaton College.
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Jim Elliot begins writing his journals.
Jim's journals are full of encouragement for generations to missionaries to come. -
A missionary to Ecuador tells Jim about the Aucas.
Jim immediately wants to go minister to the Aucas and after an intense 10 days of prayer purposes to go. -
Jim graduates Wheaton College.
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Jim studies linguistics at Camp Wycliffe.
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Jim writes to Pete about Ecuador.
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Jim and Pete leave Quito for Shell Mera.
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Ed McCully joins Jim and Pete in Shandia.
Ed was Jim's college friend and after some years of prayer and correspondence. -
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Jim works in Shandia with Pete, Nate, Roj, and Ed.
Jim works with the Quichua Indians, but still has a passion for the Waodani/Auca people. -
Jim & Pete leave San Pedro for Ecuador.
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Shandia is wiped out by a flood.
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Jim marries Elisabeth Howard.
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Jim and Elisabeth and the four other couples begin working together on Operation Auca.
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Jim's daughter Valerie is born.
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The team finds "Palm Beach" by an Auca village.
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The team drops a gift to the Aucas.
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The Aucas return a gift.
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Jim Elliot leaves a legacy that impacts missions.
Many missionaries have gone to the foreign field inspired by the life and death of Jim Elliot. -
Operation Auca begins.
Jim and the other four landed on Palm Beach. -
The team interacts with the Aucas.
They exchange communication with the Waodani people. -
Jim and the four are martyred by the Aucas.
Jim dies at age 28. -
The world reels at the death of Jim and the four.
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Elisabeth Elliot returns to the Auca tribe.
