I just sent a copy of Cara’s CD to one of the people who ran the Perspectives class that she took last year who requested a copy so that she could play it for the class. Perspectives is a class that’s offered all over the U.S. and teaches people about christian missions. One of the songs that’s on Cara’s CD – They Walk On – was written when she was taking the course.

The first verse of the song:

“There is a lady at the jungle’s edge/
she has a toddler in tow and a calico dress.”

The full lyrics to the song are here, just click the “lyrics” button next to the song name. And you can hear a snippet of the song here.

It turns out that “Calico” isn’t a term that is familiar to everyone. Chris (my husband) heard the song and thought that it said “Calico Dreads” – he is from Jamaica, after all, so maybe he can be excused because of that? If you want to know more about calico, you can read up on it here.

Back to the song, the verse is based on the life of Elisabeth Elliot, whose husband, Jim, was killed while a missionary in Ecuador in 1956. After he was killed, she WENT BACK to the people who killed him, and spent two years with them.

That kind of forgiveness is unbelievable to me.