Goaded by God Summary and Analysis

Jim's teachers allow him to take his exams early to attend his brother Bert's January wedding. He writes to his parents and makes an inflexible request that if he comes home before the wedding that there will be no going out to eat or others coming over to eat. Instead, he seeks a time of quiet refreshing with just the family, prayer and God's Word as "[...]this may be the last family get-together before Glory [...]. (p. 90) He does go home and as he foretold, it is to be the last of the Elliot family gatherings.

He attends his brother Bert's wedding in Portland and after a week says goodbye to him and his new wife as they will be traveling to Peru as missionaries. For the first time in his life, it is hard to say goodbye...