So Why Are Luther Bibles Selling So Well? Order by 3:00PMThe day before. 8. While at Wheaton, Elliot met her future first husband, Jim Elliot. Bob: Its such a delight to hear Elisabeth Elliot Gren and her husband, Lars Gren, and just to remember that God gave them a rich marriage for three-and-a-half-plus decades. Valerie: This was when I was about 16 and 17. [8], In her later years, she and her third husband stopped traveling, but they continued to keep in touch with the public through email and their website. Elisabeth's brothers, Thomas Howard and David Howard, are also authors. View the profiles of people named Lars Gren. And people with Alzheimers disease have great difficulty with that. 8. Get email updates about Elisabeth Gren delivered directly to your inbox. . They were gathered together with us, along with the speakers who speak at our Weekend to Remember marriage getaways. This, to me, is a very heartening thingto think that, if we could propagate enough Christian families, we would actually take over the majority. Dr. Mast, thank you for your time. And so it encouraged me to be thinking about what rhythms of faith I want to have in my life right now. [Laughter]. Gren says Elliot has handled dementia just as she did the deaths of her husbands. This became very personal for me as I was writing my book. And even if you do, there is no guarantee you will experience it the same way your loved one did. Family and friends are cordially invited to attend. I mean, where did the skirts end up? Valerie: Well, she probably allowed me to wear almost the style, maybe not quite as short as some girls wore. And he can certainly address new challenges that come along in life. Dennis: Ive been in a lot of interviews. In 1953 she married Jim Elliot, also a Wheaton graduate, and together they worked with the Quichua Indians to reduce their language to writing. Together they share how God introduced them and brought them together in marriage. But isn't it incredibly wonderful that our loss is certainly her gain. but she has a great sense of humor. Lars Gren led me down a dim hallway to a simple room lit magnificently by floor-to-ceiling windows that looked out over the Atlantic Ocean. My big question for you is this: How does Alzheimers affect the spiritual life of faithful Christians? Leitch died in 1973. A friendly contact was made, but three days later the five missionaries were killed by the Aucas. Please make sure all fields are filled out. No matter what life might look like with Alzheimers disease, we know that this is not the end for us. what I mean to say is that I dont do it because I like to do it / I do it because the Scripture clearly tells me. Her second husband died of cancer just four years later, and in 1977 she married her present husband, Lars Gren. Together they share how God introduced them and brought them together in marriage. After graduation, and for five years before their engagement, Jim and Elisabeth served in different parts of Ecuador. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. Thats what the Bible says. He and two caregivers attend to her daily needs. Photo of Elisabeth and Lars One thing I've always wondered was whether or not it bothered Lars that Elisabeth's ministry was birthed out of her and Jim's love story and his eventual martyrdom. Kay Warren, wife of Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren, considered Elliot one of her most sacred companions" and honored her with a reflection that concluded: Elisabeth, thank you for shaping me into the woman I am, for modeling for me what it looks like to follow hard after Jesus, for never walking away from God in your darkest days and for holding true to your faith to the end.