Nate Saint - Legacy

Legacy

Saint and the other four men became famous worldwide as a result. Life magazine published a 10-page photo essay on the story, which was also covered in Reader's Digest and many other publications. Today, a small school for missionary children in Shell, Ecuador, bears Nate Saint's name.

Rachel Saint, Nate's sister, continued the mission efforts to the Waodani, which eventually came to fruition.

In 1966, Marjorie (Marj) Farris Saint married Abe Van Der Puy, President of HCJB World Radio. Abe died in 2003; and Marj died in 2004, from cancer. She is buried in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, south of Ocala, Florida.

Nate's older son, Steve Saint, now works with the Waodani people and travels around the world, preaching the gospel, often accompanied by Mincaye, one of the Waorani who attacked the missionaries at Palm Beach. A documentary based on the story, Beyond the Gates of Splendor, was released in 2005. The following year, a feature film, End of the Spear, was released on January 20, a week and a half after the 50-year anniversary of the killings. Steve Saint also helped write Jungle Pilot based on his father's diary about his time in Ecuador and work with the Waorani Indians.