Jim Elliott
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Jim Elliot Missionary martyr killed while trying to reach the Waodani, an extremely violent tribe found in Ecuador that was previously unreached and on the brink of extinction. Feeling a strong calling from God to reach them, he and four other missionaries made the ultimate sacrifice in January 1956 when they lost their lives. Jim was 28 years ago. The story was told in Life Magazine and energized a new generation of Christians for the mission field. The Waodani would later be evangelized and give up their killing ways through the work of the wives of the murdered missionaries. Jim Elliott was survived by his wife, Elisabeth, and his daughter, Valerie, not quite 1 year old at the time of his death.