Jim Elliot

Jim Elliot was a famous missionary who went to the rain forest of Ecuador to preach the gospel to an unreached tribe, the Aucas. All his life he wanted to be a missionary, and he hated to think that so many people die without hearing the gospel preached. Jim and several other missionaries first learned how to speak with the Quichuas, another tribe in that area. They soon became believers, and Jim and his missionary friends decided it was time to preach to reach the Aucas. First, they would fly a plan over the land of the Aucas, dropping goods and supplies to them as a friendly gesture. One day, the Aucas gave a present of their own in the bucket. Then, while flying around the area, Jim saw a beach and decided to land there and set up camp. After a few days, a group of Auca warriors came and attacked Jim and his comrades. Though they all had guns, they had agreed to never kill an unsaved Auca to rescue themselves. So Jim and his missionary comrades died. However, their deaths encouraged many, many other people to become missionaries, and in a few more years, the Aucas became a Christian tribe.