Christmas at the Cove

Without a doubt, Christmas at the Cove was a special highlight of the holiday season.  The Grens hosted an annual Christmas party for the Gordon-Conwell seminary wives and their husbands as well as local family and friends.  My sister Karen and I had the blessing of helping at many of these parties.   We all gathered in the…

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It’s a Launch!

For the past 5 months, our web-developers and a team of wonderful volunteers have worked tirelessly to reformat and refine ElisabethElliot.org for the next phase of its’ developement. Today, we officially unveil the second phase of this beautiful and easy to navigate website filled with treasures both old and new from the Elliot family. To…

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My Amazing Parents

We hope you enjoy this loving tribute from Valerie Elliot Shepard for her parents, Jim & Elisabeth Elliot… Today, Oct. 8, 1953, is the anniversary of my parents’ wedding when they joyfully were married in a civil court in Quito, Ecuador.  They had waited faithfully and hopefully since June of 1948 when my father confessed…

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Progress for God’s Glory

We are so pleased to share the amazing progress and effort that is being made by friends and family around the world to bring together the 2nd phase of ElisabethElliot.org. Plans are crystallizing for this Phase 2 to launch in the next few months, and we are anxious to share with you all what we…

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New Biography Release: “Becoming Elisabeth Elliot”

We are so excited to announce the September 15th release of Elisabeth’s authorized biography, Becoming Elisabeth Elliot. New York Times bestselling author, Ellen Vaughn, has captured through her pen the essence and faith of our beloved friend. The book synopsis says so perfectly: Ellen uses Elisabeth’s private, unpublished journals, and candid interviews with her family…

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Tribute to Elisabeth

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. —Jim Elliot

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