1920s
Early Family Years: Love, Order, & Values Instilled
1940s
School Years: Boarding School, Heart for Missions, & Love Awakens
1950s
Missionary Years: Mission Field, Marriage, Motherhood, & Gain through Loss
January 8, 1956
This Sunday morning, members of the Waodani tribe return to “Palm Beach” with spears. They attack & kill all 5 missionaries: Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Pete Fleming, and Ed McCully.
1958
Elisabeth, Valerie, & Rachel Saint (Nate Saint’s sister) learn the Huao language & travel into the jungle to live with the Waodani people. Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot is published.
1960s
Early Writing Years: Revival, Return to the States, & Remarriage
1961
The Savage My Kinsman is published.
1970s
Writing & Teaching Years: Love, Loss, & Gain
September 19, 1973
Elisabeth’s second husband, Addison Leitch, dies of cancer. God’s Guidance: A Slow and Certain Light is published.
1975
Valerie marries Walter Shepard.
These Strange Ashes is published, & Elisabeth serves as a contributor to the New International Version of the Bible (NIV).
1980s
Early Public Speaking Years: Writing, Traveling, & Radio
1981
Elisabeth is appointed writer-in-residence at Gordon College in MA. The Mark of a Man is published.
1990s
Traveling Years: Writing, Lecturing, & Ministering Around the World
2000s
Sunset Years: Season of Retirement & Fading Memory
2019
Suffering is Never For Nothing is published posthumously. Valerie Elliot Shepard has her parents letters published in Devotedly: The Personal Letters and Love Story of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot.
September 15, 2020
Ellen Vaughn’s authorized biography of Elisabeth, Becoming Elisabeth Elliot, is published.
2022
The beloved perpetual calendar, A Heart for God, is republished.
Also released is a never-before-published devotional from Elisabeth, Heart of God: 31 Days to Discover God’s Love for You.