Shandia

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Shandia (pronounced SHAN-dya) is a town located in the rainforest of eastern Ecuador. It is inhabited mostly by Quechua Indians.

It was used as a mission station by missionaries Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming from 1952 to 1954. Fleming later married and moved to a different station, but the Elliots stayed there until Jim's death in 1956. Jim's wife, Elisabeth Elliot, continued to work there for several years.

There was a devastating flood in Shandia in 1953 that destroyed much of the houses.

[edit] References

• Elliot, Elisabeth (1957). Through Gates of Splendor. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. 
• SPANISH PROGRAM IN THE JUNGLE "SHANDIA"

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