Valerie elliot shepard blog sites

Note from Bekah: As a high school student I first read the biography of missionary couple Jim & Elisabeth Elliot.

Valerie elliot shepard blog sites

It shocked me and made me cry, which I almost never did for any book or movie. The book changed my life.

I couldn't have known then that God would let me get to know Jim & Elisabeth Elliot's daughter, Valerie, or that, like her, I would have eight kids.

I couldn't have known that as powerfully as her mother did, Valerie would share truths with me I'd desperately need.

In this guest post, Valerie Shepard was so gracious to share some parenting and marriage wisdom she's learned from raising her eight children.

Mrs. Val has the sober wisdom of her mother, who I remember my mother listening to on the radio daily when I was a little girl. I love this lady and her heart, and it's such a joy to get to share her words with you!

Guest Post by Valerie Elliot Shepard (wife of Pastor Walt Shepard, mother of