Nate saint: on a wing and a prayer - janet benge

Seven-year-old Nate Saint peered wide-eyed over the cockpit of his older brother Sams Challenger biplane.

The eastern Pennsylvania countryside was spread out neatly below him like a fine tablecloth.

Nate was determined to remember every moment of this first high-flying adventure.

Flying soon captured Nates heart.

His air-service ministry to isolated missionaries put him on a path of destiny that would ultimately end with a final airplane flight with four missionary friends to the Palm Beach landing strip in the jungles of Ecuador.

The mens lives given that day not only opened a door to the gospel for the unreached Aucas; it has been said that possibly no single event of the twentieth century awakened more hearts to Gods call to serve in missions.

(1923-1956).

This best-selling, missionary biography series - Christian Heroes: Then & Now - chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraord.