Nate Saint By lcswilkerson Aug 30, 1923 Nate Saint born. Jun 4, 1936 Nate accepts Jesus as his Savior. May 4, 1941 Nate graduates from Wheaton College. Jun 16, 1941 Nate takes first flying lesson. Dec 30, 1942 Nate's formal induction into the Army Air Corps. Picture Dec 18, 1945 Nate experiences his "mountaintop encounter." Feb 15, 1946 Nate discharged from the Army. Jan 7, 1948 Nate and wife begin work in Ecuador. Feb 14, 1948 Nate and Marj are married. Picture Sep 16, 1948 Nate and Marj arrive in Ecuador. Picture Dec 30, 1948 Nate crashes his plane in Quinto. Picture Jan 30, 1951 Stephen Saint was born. Picture Feb 6, 1952 The Saint family return home to the U.S. Feb 14, 1953 Nate comes down with pneumonia. Sep 9, 1955 Nate is joined byJ im Elliot, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian. Sep 19, 1955 Nate spots an Auca village for the first time. Sep 19, 1955 "Operation Auca" commences. Jan 3, 1956 The group sets up camp four miles from the Auca territory. Jan 8, 1956 Five young Christian missionaries killed on "Palm Beach" Jun 5, 1957 Rachel Saint and Dayuma appear on the TV program "This is your Life." Picture Nov 1, 1957 Mintaka and Mankamo leave Waodani territory. May 4, 1958 Rachel and Dayuma return to Ecuador from the US. Dayuma is reunited with Mintaka and Mankamo after many years of separation. Sep 3, 1958 Mintaka and Mankamo return to Waodani territory with Dayuma. Sep 25, 1958 Rachel Saint and Betty Elliot get invited to live in Waodani territory. Oct 6, 1958 Rachel and Betty leave to live in Waodani Territory. Jul 3, 1960 Mission plane first lands in Tiwaeno. Nov 4, 1961 First Waodani believers baptized Picture Dec 1, 1961 Betty and Valerie leave Waodani territory. Jan 4, 1963 Cathy Peeke begins to help Rachel with Bible translation into Wao Tededo. Feb 4, 1964 First "downriver" Waodani clearing discovered by Wycliffe pilot. Apr 4, 1965 Gospel of Mark, published in Wao Tededo, is dedicated in the Waodani community. Jun 4, 1965 Kathy and Stephen Saint are baptized at Palm Beach. Baptized by two of the men who killed Nate and the other missionaries.Picture Feb 4, 1968 Upriver Waodani meet their downriver relatives. May 5, 1969 Inihua attributes the first death from polio to Piyamo and kills his son. Aug 4, 1969 Polio epidemic breaks out among downriver Waodani. Apr 4, 1970 Tona, a young believer who was kidnapped, is dropped with a two-way radio back into his downriver family group. Jun 25, 1970 All radio contact with Tona is lost. Dec 4, 1970 Recording reveal that Tona is still alive. Jan 4, 1971 Tona is found to be the first Waodani martyr. Jan 7, 1974 Waodani territorial protectorate granted to the tribe by the Ecuadorian government. Period: Apr 4, 1975 to Jun 4, 1991 Rachel Saint lives with Waodani. Jun 4, 1992 New Testament translation is completed and dedicated. Picture Jun 6, 1994 Rachel Saint travels to the U.S. for cancer surgery. Brings word that part of Nate's plane has been found. Nov 11, 1994 Rachel Saint dies in Ecuador and her nephew Stephen is asked to come live with the Waodani. Picture Jan 5, 1995 Stephen and his wife return to Ecuador to seek God's direction. Feb 3, 1995 Stephen and brother-in-law assist Waodani in beginning construction of a new airstrip. Jun 5, 1995 Stephen and family move to the jungle to work for the Waodani. Aug 10, 1996 Saint family leave the Waodani tribe to allow them to grow on their own. Oct 2, 1996 Stephen returns alone to see how the Waodani are doing. Jan 20, 2006 End of the Spear was released. Picture