Official name | Shell Mera |
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Pushpin map | Ecuador |
Coordinates display | inline,title |
Coordinates region | EC |
Subdivision type | Country |
Subdivision type1 | Province |
Subdivision type2 | Canton |
Subdivision name | Ecuador |
Subdivision name1 | Pastaza |
Subdivision name2 | Mera |
Timezone | EST |
Utc offset | -5 |
Elevation m | 2156 }} |
The base was located near some Indian tribes that were known to be hostile. On a few occasions the Indians attacked Shell, resulting in the deaths of several employees. The oil company eventually considered the base too dangerous to maintain, and abandoned it in 1948.
However, it is more likely that business prospects had more to do with the decision. It was during this time that the Middle East rose in prominence in the oil industry, since it was becoming much more productive. After spending 10 years prospecting in Ecuador, the oil company had not produced any oil from the region.
In 1954, Saint, a former member of the U.S. Army, welcomed General James Doolittle to Shell. Doolittle was an Air Force (Army Air Forces) aviator who rose to fame during what became known as "Doolittle's Raid" over Tokyo in 1942. General Doolittle was visiting Ecuador for then-President Eisenhower on a fact-finding mission for the CIA.
World-wide attention focused on Shell in January 1956 at the news of the disappearance of Saint and four other missionaries - Jim Elliot, Pete Fleming, Ed McCully, and Roger Youderian. They had been trying to reach the Huaorani tribe, and had been making aerial reconnaissance missions. When they landed in Huaorani territory they were killed by the natives, their bodies thrown into the Curaray River. Once again, Shell served as a base of operations, this time for the families of the victims and rescue workers.
Two years later, in 1958, the Hospital Vozandes Del Oriente opened its doors as the first hospital in that region of Ecuador. The hospital was the dream of Nate Saint, who donated both land and time to work on its construction before his death in 1956. It served an estimated 65,000 people who lived on the eastern side of the Andes and in the jungle. In 1985 a new Hospital Vozandes was opened on the other side of the Motolo River, and the old hospital was converted to a guest house, lasting until 2007 when weather and termites forced it to be torn down.
In August 1964, Nate Saint Memorial School opened in Shell for missionary children. The school was the realization of an idea Saint had of starting a mission school. He believed it was important for children to go to school close to home. The school was started by MAF, and later was transferred to HCJB who now operate it.
The airstrip remains operational and continues to service the region as the Rio Amazonas Airport (PTZ), which is owned by the military and used as a base. The airport is also still a major base of operations for the MAF.
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name | Nate Saint |
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birth date | August 30, 1923 |
birth place | Pennsylvania |
death date | January 08, 1956 |
death place | Curaray River, Ecuador |
education | Wheaton College |
occupation | Missionary pilot |
spouse | Marjorie Saint (née Farris)(Feb. 14, 1948 – Jan. 8, 1956) |
parents | Lawrence SaintKatherine Saint |
children | Kathy Saint DrownSteve Saint (1951)Philip Saint |
nationality | American |
website | }} |
Nathanael "Nate" Saint (August 30, 1923 – January 8, 1956) was an evangelical Christian missionary pilot to Ecuador who, along with four others, was killed while attempting to evangelize the Waodani people through efforts known as Operation Auca.
Rachel Saint, Nate's sister continued the mission efforts to the Waodani, which eventually came to fruition.
In 1966 Marjorie (Marj) Saint married Abe Van Der Puy, president of HCJB World Radio. He died in 2003, and Marj died on November 22, 2004 from cancer. She is buried in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, south of Ocala, Florida.
The son of Nate Saint, Steve, now works with the Waodani people and often travels around the world preaching the gospel, often accompanied by Mincaye, one of the Waorani who attacked the missionaries at Palm Beach. In 2005, a documentary based on the story was released entitled ''Beyond the Gates of Splendor''. The following year, a feature film entitled ''End of the Spear'' was released on January 20, 2006, a week and a half after the 50-year anniversary of the killings. Stephen Saint, Nate Saint's son, helped write ''Jungle Pilot'' in conjunction with Nate's diary about his time in Ecuador and work with the Waorani Indians.
Category:American evangelicals Category:American Christian missionaries Category:Christian missionaries in Ecuador Category:American people murdered abroad Category:People murdered in Ecuador
Category:People from Pennsylvania Category:American aviators Category:Operation Auca Category:1923 births Category:1956 deaths Category:Murdered missionaries Category:20th-century Protestant martyrs Category:United States Army soldiers
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