"Well, that's it. Two days ago I was a law student. Today I'm an untitled nobody. Thanks, Jim, for the intercession on my behalf. Don't let up. And brother, I'm really praying for you too as you're making preparation to leave. I only wish I were going with you."
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Letter to Jim Elliot during his time as a law student and working as a hotel night clerk (22 September 1950).
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Ed McCully
Theophilus "Ed" McCully (June 1 1927– January 8, 1956) was an evangelical Christian missionary to Ecuador who, along with four others — Jim Elliot, Pete Fleming, Nate Saint, and Roger Youderian — was killed while attempting to evangelize the Huaorani people through efforts known as Operation Auca.
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