On this episode of Our American Stories Elisabeth Elliot was a missionary who returned to Ecuador with her toddler daughter to preach the Gospel to the Indian tribe that had killed her husband Here's Elisabeth Elliot to tell us her story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Elisabeth Elliot waited for a radio report from her husband and four other missionaries The call never came and the five men had been speared to death by the people they were trying to contact Later Elisabeth - and her daughter - went to live with the same people and share the Gospel Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories author of The Book of Spam A Most Glorious and Definitive Compendium of the World's Favorite Canned Meat Dustin Black tells the story of this often speculated household name product Elisabeth Elliot tells the story of Operation Auca an attempt by five American missionaries to reach the Auca tribe considered the most dangerous in the world of eastern Ecuador All five of the men including her husband were killed by the tribe What happened next is nothing short of miraculous Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - How Did [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Marija Elden the Zoological Manager of Birds shares Enrique the penguin's journey to owning a pair of pretty cool kicks Robert Frohlich tells the story of his bad road trip while volunteering to bring trucks to impoverished communities in Appalachia Elisabeth Elliot tells us the story of Operation Auca an attempt by five American missionaries to reach the Auca tribe considered the most dangerous in the world of eastern Ecuador nbsp Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes - Enrique the Penguin Who Wears Shoes - You're It - [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Paul Kengor's daughters were across the street while a tragedy unfolded at the Tree of Life Synagogue on October Dennis Peterson shares memories of his Appalachian storytelling grandfather Paw Summers Elisabeth Elliot author of Through Gates of Splendor tells us the story of Operation Auca an attempt by five American missionaries nbsp to reach the Auca tribe considered the most dangerous in the world of eastern Ecuador Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes - nbsp Father Receives Daughter's Text during Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre - My Grandpa the Storyteller [... more]