Jim Elliot: One Great Purpose by Janet Benge & Geoff Benge

Author:Janet Benge & Geoff Benge [Benge, Janet & Benge, Geoff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography
ISBN: 9781576581469
Google: qY4JAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 1576581462
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Goodreads: 296703
Publisher: YWAM Publishing
Published: 1999-01-01T11:47:26+00:00

Chapter 10

Outstations

Puyupungu to Shell Mera. Come in Shell Mera. Over.” Jim was only vaguely aware of Betty at the radio, but he could make out anxiety in her voice. Betty repeated the message several times. Jim couldn’t focus long enough to hear what else his wife was saying on the radio. His head hurt too much, and he didn’t have the energy to open his eyes. He drifted from consciousness.

When he finally regained consciousness, Jim was surprised to learn that three weeks had passed since he’d gone to bed with a headache! Betty was sitting on a canvas campstool beside his bed. As she mopped his forehead with a damp cloth, she told him about the past three weeks. Jim’s temperature had risen to 104 degrees Fahrenheit, and Betty had become concerned. After many frustrating attempts on the radio, she’d managed to get a weak connection to Marj Saint at Shell Mera. Even though Marj was a nurse, she hadn’t been much help. Apart from recommending antimalaria drugs, which Betty was already giving him, she could not think of what the problem might be. It sounded like malaria, but she just wasn’t sure. Jim was too sick to be moved to Shell Mera by canoe, and there was no airstrip anywhere nearby for a plane to land. Without further options, Betty had continued to pray for Jim.

As Betty had struggled alone to take care of her husband, she’d also had to contend with the thick mud that now made up the floor of the tent, not to mention the curious Quichuas, who came by every hour to ask her questions about Jim’s illness that she had no answers to. Anxiously she had waited, not knowing whether Jim was going to live or die.

Another week passed before Jim felt strong enough to get out of bed. Wobbly at first, he took several more days to regain his strength. However, lying in bed had given Jim time to plan out the projects he intended to complete as soon as he was well enough. First he would build a schoolhouse and fulfill his promise to Atanasio. Then he would hack an airstrip from the jungle. His illness, whatever it had been, had reminded him how vital it was for him and Betty and Atanasio’s family to have a quick way in and out of Puyupungu for emergencies.

Jim and Betty continued to learn the Quichua language. Jim had a substantial head start on Betty and was already able to hold interesting conversations with Atanasio and his family.

Although the Elliots were the only missionaries at Puyupungu, they never forgot that they were part of a pioneering team that included the McCullys and Pete Fleming. Each morning, they cranked up the radio to report in to Shell Mera and to hear news from the other missionaries in the area.

Jim and Betty were delighted to hear about the progress Pete was making rebuilding the McCullys’ new home at Shandia. The roof was on, and Pete had just about finished cladding the walls.

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