Nate saint

Nate Saint

By lcswilkerson

  • Nate Saint born.

  • Nate accepts Jesus as his Savior.

  • Nate graduates from Wheaton College.

  • Nate takes first flying lesson.

  • Nate's formal induction into the Army Air Corps.

    Nate's formal induction into the Army Air Corps.
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  • Nate experiences his "mountaintop encounter."

  • Nate discharged from the Army.

  • Nate and wife begin work in Ecuador.

  • Nate and Marj are married.

    Nate and Marj are married.
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  • Nate and Marj arrive in Ecuador.

    Nate and Marj arrive in Ecuador.
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  • Nate crashes his plane in Quinto.

    Nate crashes his plane in Quinto.
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  • Stephen Saint was born.

    Stephen Saint was born.
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  • The Saint family return home to the U.S.

  • Nate comes down with pneumonia.

  • Nate is joined byJ im Elliot, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian.

  • Nate spots an Auca village for the first time.

  • "Operation Auca" commences.

  • The group sets up camp four miles from the Auca territory.

  • Five young Christian missionaries killed on "Palm Beach"

  • Rachel Saint and Dayuma appear on the TV program "This is your Life."

    Rachel Saint and Dayuma appear on the TV program "This is your Life."
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  • Mintaka and Mankamo leave Waodani territory.

  • Rachel and Dayuma return to Ecuador from the US.

    Dayuma is reunited with Mintaka and Mankamo after many years of separation.

  • Mintaka and Mankamo return to Waodani territory with Dayuma.

  • Rachel Saint and Betty Elliot get invited to live in Waodani territory.

  • Rachel and Betty leave to live in Waodani Territory.

  • Mission plane first lands in Tiwaeno.

  • First Waodani believers baptized

    First Waodani believers baptized
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  • Betty and Valerie leave Waodani territory.

  • Cathy Peeke begins to help Rachel with Bible translation into Wao Tededo.

  • First "downriver" Waodani clearing discovered by Wycliffe pilot.

  • Gospel of Mark, published in Wao Tededo, is dedicated in the Waodani community.

  • Kathy and Stephen Saint are baptized at Palm Beach.

    Kathy and Stephen Saint are baptized at Palm Beach.
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  • Upriver Waodani meet their downriver relatives.

  • Inihua attributes the first death from polio to Piyamo and kills his son.

  • Polio epidemic breaks out among downriver Waodani.

  • Tona, a young believer who was kidnapped, is dropped with a two-way radio back into his downriver family group.

  • All radio contact with Tona is lost.

  • Recording reveal that Tona is still alive.

  • Tona is found to be the first Waodani martyr.

  • Waodani territorial protectorate granted to the tribe by the Ecuadorian government.

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    Rachel Saint lives with Waodani.

  • New Testament translation is completed and dedicated.

    New Testament translation is completed and dedicated.
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  • Rachel Saint travels to the U.S. for cancer surgery.

    Brings word that part of Nate's plane has been found.

  • Rachel Saint dies in Ecuador and her nephew Stephen is asked to come live with the Waodani.

    Rachel Saint dies in Ecuador and her nephew Stephen is asked to come live with the Waodani.
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  • Stephen and his wife return to Ecuador to seek God's direction.

  • Stephen and brother-in-law assist Waodani in beginning construction of a new airstrip.

  • Stephen and family move to the jungle to work for the Waodani.

  • Saint family leave the Waodani tribe to allow them to grow on their own.

  • Stephen returns alone to see how the Waodani are doing.

  • End of the Spear was released.

    End of the Spear was released.
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