Sentences with phrase «legendary missionary work»

Dayuma, the indigenous Auca woman who helped Jim Elliot and Nate Saint begin their short - lived but legendary missionary work in Ecuador and later traveled the United States speaking on evangelism and reconciliation, died March 1.

Elliot, the Christian author and speaker whose husband, Jim, was killed during their short - lived but legendary missionary work among unreached tribes in eastern Ecuador in the 1950s, passed away Monday at 88, according to reports.