These Strange Ashes

In a jungle clearing, an idealistic young missionary labors to translate a primitive people's language into written form -- and in the process discovers the realities of faith in the losses of life. Deeply personal, insightful, and sometimes dramatic, it is the story of Elisabeth's first year of mission work among the Colorado Indians of Ecuador, before she married Jim Elliot. And yet, on a deeper level, These Strange Ashes is also a reflection on the great questions of life, and a memorable testimony to the realities of authentic Christian commitment.