In 1955, 5 young missionaries who were working with other tribes in Ecuador decided to try to reach out to the Auca, a tribe with a deadly reputation. They gradually earned their trust by dropping gifts and pictures by plane. Their first contact with 3 Aucas seemed friendly, but later, all the missionaries were found dead. Some of the wives continued the ministry, and eventually some of the Auca became Christians. ( )

A moving account of five men with a passion to bring the Gospel to a primitive, unreached tribe in Ecuador and were speared to death as they attempted to make contact. The story is told by Elisabeth Eliot, widow of one of the men who with her little girl went herself a few years later into the jungle to live with this same tribe, the Aucas, now called the Waorani. Elisabeth Eliot in later years went on to write many books and become a well known speaker. ( )

A book that strongly influenced me when I was in college. Elliot grandly tells the story of five men who gave their lives for the gospel. Even more powerful knowing one of them was her own husband. To learn that she and her daughter and at least one of the other wives stayed shows the power of God. ( )

This is a classic of stories about missions that takes place in Ecuador in 1956. ( )

My favorite leisurely read. If you want to read a book where you are captivated and you can't put it down, read "Through Gates of Splendor"! This book brought me to tears as I read about the price 5 men paid in order to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a group of savage Indians.....their lives!!! ( )