"BECOMING ELISABETH ELLIOT," BY ELLEN VAUGHN

When I saw that there was a new biography about missionary, Elisabeth Elliot, I was thrilled, having read several of her books over the decades including, “Through Gates of Splendor,” which chronicles her time in Ecuador as her husband and four other missionary men are martyred by the natives that they were trying to reach with the gospel. Thankfully, I was not disappointed as author Ellen Vaughn did a fabulous job telling Elisabeth Elliot’s story. Again, having read so much of the Elliots’ past, it was wonderful to have so much history filled in that I had never heard before. She truly captured Elisabeth’s spirit, her strengths and her own realized weaknesses. This was a real person, a true missionary that believed all and gave all, but knew of her human frailty, and was aware that she had a true woman’s heart that ached for the man that she had waited so long for. 

*Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced digital copy of this book! A positive review was not required, and the opinions expressed in this review are my own.