Category Archives: Operation Auca

In Remembrance of January 8, 1956

January 8, 1956 was the day that five men made the ultimate sacrifice on a lonely bank by the Curaraye River in the middle of Ecuador, at the hands of the men they hoped to befriend. Their story has left … Continue reading

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Nate Saint’s House being restored!

Just read on the Mission Aviation Fellowship website that the house built and occupied by Nate Saint, in the MAF base at Shell Mera, Ecuador, is being restored! It has been used by MAF pilots as a pilot’s family’s home/radio … Continue reading

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LIFE Magazine article on Operation Auca

A few months ago, my sister sent me the link to the official LIFE magazine story, “Go Ye and Preach the Gospel Five Do and Die” on GoogleBooks! I myself tried to find it for a while, so I was … Continue reading

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Book Review: Jungle Pilot by Russell T. Hitt

Jungle Pilot by Russell T. Hitt is the story of the life and witness of Nate Saint, a missionary pilot to Ecuador who was martyred in 1956. A love for God and a love for airplanes led this young man … Continue reading

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Inspiring Story: By Their Fruits You Will Know Them

Ever stop and reminisce about the events that led up to your first real understanding of the gospel? Who are our fathers in the faith, and what it was about Jesus that really grasped our attention? Such things drive us … Continue reading

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Inspiring Story: The Highest Calling

This weeks inspiring story comes from the website of Mission Aviation Fellowship. (Nate Saint was a member of this organization in its early days.) The title was “Mission Aviation History to Hitch a Ride on the Space Shuttle: Astronaut Taking … Continue reading

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News (or did we know it already?)

Do you remember seeing this in the news? On May 30th, 2008, these pictures were taken in the Amazon region of Brazil; here the natives aim their bows at the airplane from which the pictures were taken. Apparently, no one … Continue reading

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Inspiring Story: Choirs of Angels

This week’s inspiring story covers one of the detailed events of Operation Auca, and the death of Nate Saint, Jim Elliot, Pete Fleming, Roger Youderian, and Ed McCully. It is the story told of in the book, Through the Gates … Continue reading

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Amazon Natives Evangelize Americans

I found an article by Steve Saint, son of Nate Saint, the famous missionary pilot who was speared in Ecuador in 1956. The same Indians who killed Nate and his four companions have now repented and become God-followers. If you … Continue reading

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