Missionary Bert Elliot (brother of martyred missionary Jim Elliot) went home to be with Jesus last Friday. Nanci and I met Bert and his wife Colleen in January 2006, which marked the fiftieth anniversary of the martyrdom of the five missionaries in Ecuador.
I recently received this good letter, and I'm going to respond to it in this blog.
I am a missionary in Africa, and I wanted to thank Randy for his book on Heaven. It was a blessing to read and provided much food for thought. I found it freeing as well. I felt the freedom to go out and plant some flowers in our hard-packed dirt yard to add some beauty. In my mind it was no longer a waste of time.
As I thought about the importance of keeping an "eternal perspective," remembering where we are headed, I ...
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