Steve Hawthorne is Bert and Colleen’s nephew, the eldest son of Bert’s sister, Jane. He is a medical doctor who, with his wife, Mary, has served in Bolivia with SIM for about forty years. Here is his reflection about his aunt and uncle: Gilbert mentions in Love So Amazing that for a time Lars and …
Steve and Lisa Twinem served as missionaries alongside Bert and Colleen Elliot in Trujillo and were valued colleagues. Steve writes, As a young man intent on getting a Theology degree and entering the ministry, I ended up in northern Peru in 1987 for a summer mission trip where the Elliots were our hosts. I was …
Jorge and Donna Osorio worked alongside Bert and Colleen in Peru for almost twenty years, first in the jungle and later in the coastal city of Trujillo. Donna has provided a great description of what life was like on their river trips in the early 1980s: I have a fond memory of Bert and Colleen …